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 3 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 95 70
Rank change year-on-year +61 -25 -10
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,059 464 1,306
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.82% 3.41% 4.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.87% 11.29% 14.91%
Number of salaries quoted 807 370 959
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,314 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.07% +7.19% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,368 £96,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 4,258 4,109 8,758
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.39% 30.20% 26.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,874 2,463 5,930
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £71,622 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £54,296
% change year-on-year +6.19% +4.06% -7.01%

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 3 May 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 27 (2.55%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.94%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.66%) Apache
6 5 (0.47%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.47%) GeoServer
6 5 (0.47%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.28%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.28%) SAS
8 2 (0.19%) Camunda
8 2 (0.19%) Confluence
8 2 (0.19%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.094%) Appian
9 1 (0.094%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 71 (6.70%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.36%) Adobe XD
3 9 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.47%) InVision
4 5 (0.47%) Sketch
5 2 (0.19%) Weka
6 1 (0.094%) CATIA
6 1 (0.094%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.094%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.094%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.094%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.19%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.094%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.094%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.094%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.094%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.094%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.094%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 239 (22.57%) Azure
2 206 (19.45%) AWS
3 111 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
4 78 (7.37%) GCP
5 52 (4.91%) Entra ID
6 33 (3.12%) Power Platform
7 25 (2.36%) Figma
8 19 (1.79%) Google Analytics
8 19 (1.79%) PowerApps
8 19 (1.79%) Serverless
9 17 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
10 16 (1.51%) Azure Sentinel
10 16 (1.51%) Power Automate
10 16 (1.51%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 16 (1.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 15 (1.42%) Amazon S3
11 15 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (1.42%) GitHub
12 14 (1.32%) SaaS
13 12 (1.13%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.74%) Firewall
2 26 (2.46%) WAN
3 25 (2.36%) VPN
4 23 (2.17%) Network Security
5 18 (1.70%) LAN
6 17 (1.61%) DNS
7 16 (1.51%) BGP
8 13 (1.23%) DHCP
8 13 (1.23%) MPLS
9 12 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.85%) SMTP
10 9 (0.85%) TCP/IP
11 7 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.66%) SNMP
12 6 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (0.57%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (0.57%) HTTP
12 6 (0.57%) VoIP
13 5 (0.47%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.38%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (2.83%) Power BI
3 17 (1.61%) Metadata
4 14 (1.32%) NoSQL
5 10 (0.94%) DynamoDB
5 10 (0.94%) MongoDB
6 9 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (0.76%) Redis
7 8 (0.76%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (0.66%) SQL Server
9 6 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
9 6 (0.57%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.47%) GIS
10 5 (0.47%) QGIS
11 4 (0.38%) MySQL
11 4 (0.38%) Tableau
12 3 (0.28%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 40 (3.78%) Git
2 23 (2.17%) GitLab
3 21 (1.98%) Axure RP
3 21 (1.98%) Balsamiq
4 19 (1.79%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.94%) JIRA
6 9 (0.85%) Selenium
7 5 (0.47%) Babel
7 5 (0.47%) JUnit
7 5 (0.47%) webpack
8 4 (0.38%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.38%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.38%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.28%) JMeter
9 3 (0.28%) Maven
9 3 (0.28%) Postman
9 3 (0.28%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.19%) Mockito
10 2 (0.19%) MSTest
10 2 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 319 (30.12%) Social Skills
2 289 (27.29%) Public Sector
3 163 (15.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 111 (10.48%) Law
5 109 (10.29%) Finance
6 99 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
7 63 (5.95%) Back Office
8 46 (4.34%) Telecoms
9 40 (3.78%) Legal
10 36 (3.40%) Manufacturing
11 33 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (1.98%) Marketing
13 19 (1.79%) Aerospace
13 19 (1.79%) Retail
14 18 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (1.42%) Electronics
16 11 (1.04%) Military
17 8 (0.76%) Aviation
17 8 (0.76%) Police
Job Titles
1 202 (19.07%) Senior
2 146 (13.79%) Architect
3 128 (12.09%) Consultant
4 89 (8.40%) Analyst
5 84 (7.93%) Developer
6 74 (6.99%) Support Engineer
7 70 (6.61%) Lead
8 63 (5.95%) Solutions Architect
9 60 (5.67%) Desktop Engineer
9 60 (5.67%) Desktop Support
9 60 (5.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 60 (5.67%) Site Engineer
10 53 (5.00%) Software Engineer
11 50 (4.72%) Business Analyst
12 42 (3.97%) Security Consultant
13 39 (3.68%) Cloud Engineer
13 39 (3.68%) Senior Manager
14 37 (3.49%) Data Engineer
15 33 (3.12%) Java Developer
15 33 (3.12%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.68%) .NET
2 38 (3.59%) REST
3 28 (2.64%) Spring
4 27 (2.55%) CSS
4 27 (2.55%) HTML
5 22 (2.08%) SOAP
6 20 (1.89%) Middleware
6 20 (1.89%) React
7 16 (1.51%) Lightning Web Components
7 16 (1.51%) Visualforce
8 15 (1.42%) Kafka
8 15 (1.42%) Spring Boot
9 11 (1.04%) ASP.NET
10 10 (0.94%) Django
10 10 (0.94%) HTML5 Canvas
10 10 (0.94%) SAP CAF
11 9 (0.85%) Node.js
11 9 (0.85%) SAML
12 8 (0.76%) RESTful
13 7 (0.66%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 64 (6.04%) Product Ownership
2 56 (5.29%) Cloud Native
3 40 (3.78%) Data Centre
4 39 (3.68%) Management Information System
5 38 (3.59%) Onboarding
6 28 (2.64%) Security Posture
7 20 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (1.79%) PKI
9 14 (1.32%) Blog
9 14 (1.32%) Driving Licence
10 12 (1.13%) Security Operations Centre
11 11 (1.04%) Low-Code
12 8 (0.76%) AI Agents
12 8 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (0.76%) Data Structures
13 7 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (0.57%) Cyberattack
14 6 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 117 (11.05%) Windows
2 65 (6.14%) Windows 10
3 63 (5.95%) Linux
4 21 (1.98%) Windows Server
5 18 (1.70%) Unix
6 9 (0.85%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.28%) CentOS
8 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.19%) Android
10 1 (0.094%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.094%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.094%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (20.96%) Agile
2 176 (16.62%) Cybersecurity
3 173 (16.34%) Continuous Improvement
4 128 (12.09%) Analytics
5 118 (11.14%) Community of Practice
5 118 (11.14%) DevOps
6 115 (10.86%) Mentoring
7 114 (10.76%) ITIL
8 111 (10.48%) Technology Strategy
9 98 (9.25%) Problem-Solving
10 94 (8.88%) CI/CD
11 87 (8.22%) Software Engineering
12 78 (7.37%) Stakeholder Management
13 72 (6.80%) Customer Service
14 71 (6.70%) Infrastructure as Code
15 70 (6.61%) Risk Management
16 67 (6.33%) Collaborative Culture
16 67 (6.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 67 (6.33%) User Experience
17 65 (6.14%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 101 (9.54%) Java
2 100 (9.44%) Python
3 64 (6.04%) JavaScript
4 50 (4.72%) SQL
5 36 (3.40%) C#
6 23 (2.17%) PowerShell
6 23 (2.17%) TypeScript
7 19 (1.79%) C++
8 16 (1.51%) Apex Code
9 14 (1.32%) Bash
10 9 (0.85%) Rust
11 6 (0.57%) C
11 6 (0.57%) Scala
12 5 (0.47%) VBA
13 4 (0.38%) Go
14 3 (0.28%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.28%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.28%) Pascal
14 3 (0.28%) Perl
14 3 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,059 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 260 (24.55%) Degree
3 171 (16.15%) DV Cleared
4 60 (5.67%) CTC Cleared
5 51 (4.82%) CISSP
6 48 (4.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 45 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 40 (3.78%) CISM
9 39 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (2.08%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.51%) AWS Certification
13 13 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
14 12 (1.13%) CREST Certified
15 11 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 10 (0.94%) HNC
17 9 (0.85%) CCIE
17 9 (0.85%) CRISC
17 9 (0.85%) Master's Degree
18 8 (0.76%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (6.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (6.04%) SLA
3 49 (4.63%) NIST
4 46 (4.34%) Accessibility
5 35 (3.31%) GDPR
6 32 (3.02%) QA
7 23 (2.17%) GRC
7 23 (2.17%) WCAG
8 17 (1.61%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.61%) NCSC
9 14 (1.32%) PCI DSS
10 12 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (1.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 9 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.76%) JSP 440
14 7 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.66%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.47%) NEBOSH
16 4 (0.38%) PMO
17 3 (0.28%) HIPAA
System Software
1 57 (5.38%) Docker
2 30 (2.83%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.04%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.76%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.47%) Firmware
6 5 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.38%) vSphere
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.094%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.094%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.094%) IAG
9 1 (0.094%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.094%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.094%) Xen
Systems Management
1 74 (6.99%) Terraform
2 59 (5.57%) Kubernetes
3 41 (3.87%) Ansible
4 18 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.61%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.51%) Grafana
7 6 (0.57%) Argo
7 6 (0.57%) Endace
7 6 (0.57%) Puppet
8 5 (0.47%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.47%) Packer
9 4 (0.38%) Istio
9 4 (0.38%) Kustomize
9 4 (0.38%) Nmap
9 4 (0.38%) SCCM
9 4 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.38%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.38%) WSUS
10 3 (0.28%) Nessus
10 3 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 160 (15.11%) Microsoft
2 99 (9.35%) Cisco
3 51 (4.82%) Google
4 28 (2.64%) Salesforce
5 27 (2.55%) Oracle
5 27 (2.55%) VMware
6 25 (2.36%) Adobe
6 25 (2.36%) SAP
7 20 (1.89%) Red Hat
8 16 (1.51%) MuleSoft
9 11 (1.04%) CyberArk
10 9 (0.85%) Databricks
10 9 (0.85%) Juniper
10 9 (0.85%) Meraki
10 9 (0.85%) Splunk
11 8 (0.76%) F5
11 8 (0.76%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.57%) CheckPoint
13 5 (0.47%) ESRI
13 5 (0.47%) Remedy