Hybrid/Remote SC Cleared Job Trends

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 89 50
Rank change year-on-year +56 -39 -2
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,370 645 1,167
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.90% 3.90% 4.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.77% 11.38% 17.68%
Number of salaries quoted 956 385 860
10th Percentile £46,622 £45,200 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,000 £47,533
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -4.74%
75th Percentile £81,957 £80,000 £75,063
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £58,425
% change year-on-year +16.67% +2.70% -6.52%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

SC Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,762 5,670 6,601
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.52% 34.30% 26.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,071 2,432 3,647
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £32,999
25th Percentile £46,500 £40,840 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -1.71% -2.50%
75th Percentile £79,744 £75,900 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SC Cleared and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SC Cleared job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SC Cleared
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SC Cleared over the 6 months to 26 August 2026.

SC Cleared salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 28 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.97%) Apache Spark
3 23 (1.68%) Apache
4 13 (0.95%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.95%) Mule
5 11 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.80%) Confluence
6 8 (0.58%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.51%) Camunda
7 7 (0.51%) nginx
7 7 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.22%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.22%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.15%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.073%) CMS
10 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.073%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.24%) Simulink
3 12 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.66%) Adobe XD
4 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.51%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.29%) Mathcad
7 4 (0.29%) Windchill
8 2 (0.15%) InDesign
9 1 (0.073%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.073%) CATIA
9 1 (0.073%) Houdini
9 1 (0.073%) InVision
9 1 (0.073%) NUKE
9 1 (0.073%) Sketch
9 1 (0.073%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.073%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 11 (0.80%) Primavera
2 6 (0.44%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.36%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.22%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.073%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.073%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.073%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.073%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.073%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 366 (26.72%) Azure
2 347 (25.33%) AWS
3 111 (8.10%) GCP
4 70 (5.11%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (4.96%) Power Platform
6 50 (3.65%) Entra ID
7 38 (2.77%) AWS CloudFormation
7 38 (2.77%) dbt
8 33 (2.41%) GitHub
9 23 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.68%) Serverless
10 21 (1.53%) Google Analytics
11 20 (1.46%) Amazon S3
11 20 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
11 20 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
11 20 (1.46%) OpenShift
12 18 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (1.31%) PowerApps
13 16 (1.17%) Slack
14 14 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.14%) Network Security
2 31 (2.26%) TCP/IP
3 30 (2.19%) Firewall
4 24 (1.75%) DNS
5 16 (1.17%) SSL
6 13 (0.95%) WAN
7 11 (0.80%) ATM
7 11 (0.80%) VPN
8 9 (0.66%) Ethernet
9 8 (0.58%) DHCP
10 7 (0.51%) BGP
10 7 (0.51%) LAN
10 7 (0.51%) Wireless
11 6 (0.44%) MPLS
12 5 (0.36%) VLAN
13 3 (0.22%) 3GPP
13 3 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.22%) TETRA
13 3 (0.22%) WLAN
14 2 (0.15%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.09%) Power BI
2 40 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (1.61%) Big Data
5 17 (1.24%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.17%) Relational Database
7 14 (1.02%) DynamoDB
7 14 (1.02%) MySQL
7 14 (1.02%) Tableau
8 13 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
9 12 (0.88%) Metadata
10 11 (0.80%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.66%) Hadoop
12 6 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.44%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.44%) NoSQL
12 6 (0.44%) Redis
13 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (0.29%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.29%) Flink
Development Applications
1 58 (4.23%) Git
2 35 (2.55%) GitLab
3 26 (1.90%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.68%) JIRA
5 21 (1.53%) JUnit
5 21 (1.53%) Rational DOORS
6 15 (1.09%) Selenium
7 12 (0.88%) Mockito
8 11 (0.80%) Maven
9 10 (0.73%) Balsamiq
10 9 (0.66%) Postman
11 8 (0.58%) Axure RP
11 8 (0.58%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.51%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.51%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.44%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.44%) Gatling
13 6 (0.44%) LabVIEW
14 3 (0.22%) CMake
14 3 (0.22%) Snyk
General
1 426 (31.09%) Social Skills
2 331 (24.16%) Public Sector
3 317 (23.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 266 (19.42%) Finance
5 169 (12.34%) Analytical Skills
6 147 (10.73%) Law
7 145 (10.58%) Aerospace
8 62 (4.53%) Legal
9 49 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (3.14%) Military
11 40 (2.92%) Electronics
12 39 (2.85%) Retail
13 37 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
14 35 (2.55%) Manufacturing
15 25 (1.82%) Police
15 25 (1.82%) Telecoms
16 15 (1.09%) Local Government
17 13 (0.95%) Aviation
18 11 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 254 (18.54%) Senior
2 238 (17.37%) Architect
3 131 (9.56%) Lead
4 127 (9.27%) Consultant
5 120 (8.76%) Software Engineer
6 117 (8.54%) Developer
7 109 (7.96%) Analyst
8 87 (6.35%) Solutions Architect
9 55 (4.01%) Security Consultant
10 54 (3.94%) DevOps Engineer
11 53 (3.87%) Cloud Engineer
12 52 (3.80%) Principal Engineer
13 45 (3.28%) Senior Analyst
13 45 (3.28%) Senior Developer
14 44 (3.21%) Senior Manager
15 43 (3.14%) Business Analyst
15 43 (3.14%) Security Architect
16 40 (2.92%) Data Engineer
17 38 (2.77%) Cloud Architect
18 35 (2.55%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (7.52%) Terraform
2 50 (3.65%) React
3 37 (2.70%) Spring
4 34 (2.48%) .NET
5 32 (2.34%) REST
6 28 (2.04%) CSS
7 24 (1.75%) HTML
8 21 (1.53%) Kafka
9 20 (1.46%) .NET Core
9 20 (1.46%) Playwright
10 19 (1.39%) AngularJS
11 17 (1.24%) Node.js
11 17 (1.24%) OAuth
12 16 (1.17%) PySpark
13 14 (1.02%) Entity Framework
13 14 (1.02%) OAuth2
13 14 (1.02%) Spring Boot
14 13 (0.95%) JWT
14 13 (0.95%) MUnit
14 13 (0.95%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 100 (7.30%) Cloud Native
2 52 (3.80%) Product Ownership
3 43 (3.14%) Management Information System
4 41 (2.99%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (2.41%) Blog
7 32 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
8 31 (2.26%) Security Posture
9 26 (1.90%) Driving Licence
10 23 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
11 22 (1.61%) Data Centre
11 22 (1.61%) FPGA
12 18 (1.31%) Cyber Threat
13 17 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
14 15 (1.09%) Algorithms
14 15 (1.09%) Public Cloud
15 13 (0.95%) AI Agents
16 12 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
16 12 (0.88%) PKI
17 10 (0.73%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 109 (7.96%) Linux
2 86 (6.28%) Windows
3 38 (2.77%) Windows Server
4 33 (2.41%) Unix
5 11 (0.80%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.22%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.22%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.15%) Android
9 2 (0.15%) Solaris
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.073%) CentOS
10 1 (0.073%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (28.47%) Agile
2 260 (18.98%) Continuous Improvement
3 227 (16.57%) Mentoring
4 205 (14.96%) Cybersecurity
5 201 (14.67%) CI/CD
6 198 (14.45%) Problem-Solving
7 197 (14.38%) Software Engineering
8 186 (13.58%) DevOps
9 180 (13.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 143 (10.44%) Community of Practice
11 142 (10.36%) AI
12 126 (9.20%) Technology Strategy
13 124 (9.05%) Decision-Making
13 124 (9.05%) Stakeholder Management
14 122 (8.91%) Project Delivery
15 120 (8.76%) Infrastructure as Code
16 116 (8.47%) Scrum
17 114 (8.32%) Coaching
18 109 (7.96%) Analytics
19 104 (7.59%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 167 (12.19%) Python
2 129 (9.42%) Java
3 87 (6.35%) SQL
4 85 (6.20%) JavaScript
5 49 (3.58%) C#
5 49 (3.58%) C++
6 42 (3.07%) Bash
7 37 (2.70%) PowerShell
8 25 (1.82%) TypeScript
9 23 (1.68%) MATLAB
10 19 (1.39%) Ada
10 19 (1.39%) C
11 13 (0.95%) DataWeave
12 12 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
12 12 (0.88%) PL/SQL
12 12 (0.88%) Ruby
13 9 (0.66%) Rust
13 9 (0.66%) VBA
14 8 (0.58%) Go
15 6 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,370 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 285 (20.80%) DV Cleared
3 269 (19.64%) Degree
4 185 (13.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 68 (4.96%) CISSP
6 54 (3.94%) CISM
7 49 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (2.99%) Azure Certification
9 33 (2.41%) AWS Certification
10 30 (2.19%) Master's Degree
11 24 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
12 18 (1.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 17 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (1.24%) PhD
14 16 (1.17%) CRISC
15 15 (1.09%) CREST Certified
15 15 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 13 (0.95%) Chartered Engineer
17 11 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
18 9 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (10.80%) Accessibility
2 123 (8.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (5.40%) NIST
4 54 (3.94%) NCSC
5 47 (3.43%) QA
6 31 (2.26%) Data Quality
6 31 (2.26%) GRC
7 25 (1.82%) GDPR
8 23 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 20 (1.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 20 (1.46%) WCAG
10 18 (1.31%) PCI DSS
11 17 (1.24%) SLA
12 12 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (0.88%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.80%) Def Stans
14 6 (0.44%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.36%) NEBOSH
15 5 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 89 (6.50%) Docker
2 51 (3.72%) Active Directory
3 34 (2.48%) Firmware
4 28 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (1.53%) Hyper-V
6 15 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.44%) Squid
7 6 (0.44%) vSphere
8 4 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.073%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.073%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.073%) IAG
10 1 (0.073%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.073%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 97 (7.08%) Kubernetes
2 35 (2.55%) Ansible
2 35 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (1.17%) Prometheus
4 15 (1.09%) Grafana
5 13 (0.95%) CloudHub
6 10 (0.73%) Argo
7 7 (0.51%) Nmap
8 6 (0.44%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.36%) Istio
9 5 (0.36%) Packer
9 5 (0.36%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.29%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.22%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.22%) Kibana
12 2 (0.15%) Graylog
12 2 (0.15%) Nagios
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 192 (14.01%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.09%) Google
3 42 (3.07%) ServiceNow
4 39 (2.85%) VMware
5 38 (2.77%) Oracle
6 28 (2.04%) SAP
7 20 (1.46%) Red Hat
8 18 (1.31%) Salesforce
9 17 (1.24%) Cisco
10 16 (1.17%) MuleSoft
10 16 (1.17%) OpenAI
11 15 (1.09%) Databricks
12 12 (0.88%) Adobe
13 11 (0.80%) Siemens
13 11 (0.80%) Veeam
14 8 (0.58%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.58%) CyberArk
15 7 (0.51%) Fortinet
15 7 (0.51%) Splunk
15 7 (0.51%) YouTube