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 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 106 64
Rank change year-on-year +73 -42 -4
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,141 525 1,375
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.87% 3.47% 4.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.87% 10.27% 15.10%
Number of salaries quoted 877 366 1,005
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,799 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,627 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.58% +7.71% -5.62%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,125 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 4,246 5,112 9,107
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.83% 33.82% 26.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,907 2,349 5,923
10th Percentile £33,310 £27,319 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,333 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 10 June 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 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (1.31%) Apache
4 13 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.96%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.61%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.26%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.26%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.26%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.26%) Mule
7 3 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.26%) SAS
8 2 (0.18%) Camunda
8 2 (0.18%) Confluence
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.088%) Appian
9 1 (0.088%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.088%) Site Server
Applications
1 57 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.23%) Adobe XD
3 11 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.35%) InVision
5 4 (0.35%) Sketch
5 4 (0.35%) Windchill
6 3 (0.26%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.18%) Weka
8 1 (0.088%) CATIA
8 1 (0.088%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.18%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.18%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.088%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.088%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.088%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.088%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.088%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.088%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 286 (25.07%) Azure
2 257 (22.52%) AWS
3 105 (9.20%) Microsoft 365
4 84 (7.36%) GCP
5 60 (5.26%) Entra ID
6 39 (3.42%) Power Platform
7 23 (2.02%) GitHub
8 20 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
8 20 (1.75%) Google Analytics
8 20 (1.75%) Serverless
9 19 (1.67%) SaaS
10 18 (1.58%) Amazon S3
11 16 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
12 15 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
12 15 (1.31%) PaaS
13 14 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (1.23%) Figma
14 13 (1.14%) PowerApps
14 13 (1.14%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 13 (1.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.89%) Network Security
2 28 (2.45%) Firewall
3 24 (2.10%) VPN
3 24 (2.10%) WAN
4 17 (1.49%) DNS
5 16 (1.40%) BGP
5 16 (1.40%) LAN
6 15 (1.31%) TCP/IP
7 13 (1.14%) DHCP
8 12 (1.05%) MPLS
9 11 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.79%) SMTP
11 7 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.61%) SNMP
12 6 (0.53%) VoIP
13 5 (0.44%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (0.44%) Cisco Firepower
13 5 (0.44%) HTTP
13 5 (0.44%) SSL
14 4 (0.35%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (2.80%) Power BI
3 16 (1.40%) Metadata
4 12 (1.05%) DynamoDB
4 12 (1.05%) NoSQL
5 11 (0.96%) Amazon Athena
5 11 (0.96%) Big Data
5 11 (0.96%) Redis
6 10 (0.88%) MongoDB
7 8 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.53%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.53%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.53%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.35%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.26%) Flink
10 3 (0.26%) QGIS
10 3 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 42 (3.68%) Git
2 35 (3.07%) GitLab
3 25 (2.19%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.14%) JUnit
4 13 (1.14%) Selenium
5 10 (0.88%) Axure RP
5 10 (0.88%) Balsamiq
5 10 (0.88%) JIRA
6 8 (0.70%) Maven
7 7 (0.61%) Mockito
8 6 (0.53%) Burp Suite
8 6 (0.53%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.44%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.44%) Postman
10 4 (0.35%) JMeter
11 3 (0.26%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.26%) SoapUI
11 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.18%) Babel
12 2 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 318 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 312 (27.34%) Public Sector
3 165 (14.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 115 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
5 104 (9.11%) Law
6 102 (8.94%) Finance
7 51 (4.47%) Back Office
8 40 (3.51%) Legal
9 36 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (2.72%) Telecoms
11 21 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (1.84%) Manufacturing
11 21 (1.84%) Retail
12 20 (1.75%) Aerospace
12 20 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (0.96%) Aviation
14 10 (0.88%) Military
15 8 (0.70%) Automotive
16 7 (0.61%) Marketing
16 7 (0.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 223 (19.54%) Senior
2 171 (14.99%) Architect
3 119 (10.43%) Consultant
4 100 (8.76%) Developer
5 88 (7.71%) Lead
6 87 (7.62%) Analyst
7 79 (6.92%) Solutions Architect
8 69 (6.05%) Software Engineer
9 62 (5.43%) Support Engineer
10 54 (4.73%) Site Engineer
11 49 (4.29%) Data Engineer
12 48 (4.21%) Desktop Engineer
12 48 (4.21%) Desktop Support
12 48 (4.21%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 46 (4.03%) Cloud Engineer
14 43 (3.77%) Security Consultant
15 42 (3.68%) Business Analyst
15 42 (3.68%) Senior Manager
16 40 (3.51%) Java Developer
17 37 (3.24%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.51%) REST
2 34 (2.98%) Spring
3 31 (2.72%) .NET
4 25 (2.19%) React
5 19 (1.67%) SOAP
6 17 (1.49%) Spring Boot
7 16 (1.40%) CSS
7 16 (1.40%) HTML
7 16 (1.40%) Middleware
8 15 (1.31%) Playwright
9 13 (1.14%) Lightning Web Components
9 13 (1.14%) Visualforce
10 11 (0.96%) Kafka
10 11 (0.96%) RESTful
11 9 (0.79%) Django
11 9 (0.79%) SAML
12 8 (0.70%) HTML5 Canvas
12 8 (0.70%) YAML
13 7 (0.61%) AngularJS
13 7 (0.61%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 77 (6.75%) Cloud Native
2 58 (5.08%) Product Ownership
3 40 (3.51%) Onboarding
4 37 (3.24%) Management Information System
4 37 (3.24%) Security Posture
5 35 (3.07%) Data Centre
6 22 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
7 20 (1.75%) PKI
8 14 (1.23%) Blog
8 14 (1.23%) Driving Licence
9 12 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
10 11 (0.96%) Low-Code
11 10 (0.88%) Data Structures
11 10 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (0.70%) AI Agents
12 8 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (0.53%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 109 (9.55%) Windows
2 70 (6.13%) Linux
3 53 (4.65%) Windows 10
4 27 (2.37%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.75%) Unix
6 5 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.35%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.18%) Android
8 2 (0.18%) CentOS
9 1 (0.088%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.088%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.088%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (22.09%) Agile
2 201 (17.62%) Continuous Improvement
3 179 (15.69%) Cybersecurity
4 142 (12.45%) Mentoring
5 137 (12.01%) DevOps
6 134 (11.74%) CI/CD
7 123 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
8 118 (10.34%) Analytics
9 114 (9.99%) Community of Practice
10 111 (9.73%) ITIL
11 107 (9.38%) Technology Strategy
12 103 (9.03%) Software Engineering
13 99 (8.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 96 (8.41%) Infrastructure as Code
15 92 (8.06%) Stakeholder Management
16 73 (6.40%) Collaborative Culture
17 72 (6.31%) Scrum
18 70 (6.13%) Cloud Security
19 69 (6.05%) Risk Management
19 69 (6.05%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 121 (10.60%) Python
2 114 (9.99%) Java
3 67 (5.87%) JavaScript
4 63 (5.52%) SQL
5 30 (2.63%) C#
6 29 (2.54%) Bash
7 27 (2.37%) PowerShell
8 26 (2.28%) C++
9 23 (2.02%) TypeScript
10 13 (1.14%) Apex Code
11 9 (0.79%) Rust
12 6 (0.53%) C
12 6 (0.53%) Groovy
12 6 (0.53%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.44%) Scala
14 4 (0.35%) Go
14 4 (0.35%) VBA
15 3 (0.26%) Pascal
15 3 (0.26%) Perl
15 3 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,141 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 239 (20.95%) Degree
3 193 (16.91%) DV Cleared
4 64 (5.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 55 (4.82%) CISSP
6 48 (4.21%) CTC Cleared
7 40 (3.51%) CISM
7 40 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.93%) AWS Certification
9 22 (1.93%) Azure Certification
10 15 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
11 13 (1.14%) CREST Certified
11 13 (1.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 10 (0.88%) CRISC
12 10 (0.88%) HNC
13 8 (0.70%) CCIE
13 8 (0.70%) Master's Degree
14 7 (0.61%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (8.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 59 (5.17%) NIST
2 59 (5.17%) SLA
3 45 (3.94%) QA
4 40 (3.51%) Accessibility
5 37 (3.24%) GDPR
6 35 (3.07%) NCSC
7 21 (1.84%) Data Quality
8 19 (1.67%) PCI DSS
9 18 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
9 18 (1.58%) GRC
10 16 (1.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 14 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
11 14 (1.23%) WCAG
12 11 (0.96%) JSP 440
13 10 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.88%) Def Stans
14 7 (0.61%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.44%) NEBOSH
15 5 (0.44%) NIST 800
System Software
1 64 (5.61%) Docker
2 34 (2.98%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.05%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.96%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.44%) Firmware
6 5 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.44%) vSphere
7 4 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.088%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.088%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.088%) IAG
9 1 (0.088%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.088%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.088%) Xen
Systems Management
1 89 (7.80%) Terraform
2 71 (6.22%) Kubernetes
3 39 (3.42%) Ansible
4 23 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.84%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.67%) Grafana
7 10 (0.88%) Argo
8 8 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.53%) Kustomize
9 6 (0.53%) Nmap
9 6 (0.53%) Packer
9 6 (0.53%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.53%) Puppet
10 5 (0.44%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.44%) Endace
10 5 (0.44%) Istio
10 5 (0.44%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.35%) Kibana
11 4 (0.35%) Nagios
11 4 (0.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 177 (15.51%) Microsoft
2 80 (7.01%) Cisco
3 47 (4.12%) Google
4 32 (2.80%) Oracle
5 28 (2.45%) VMware
6 23 (2.02%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.67%) Red Hat
8 17 (1.49%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.40%) MuleSoft
10 14 (1.23%) Adobe
11 13 (1.14%) SAP
12 12 (1.05%) CyberArk
13 8 (0.70%) Meraki
13 8 (0.70%) Splunk
14 7 (0.61%) CheckPoint
14 7 (0.61%) F5
14 7 (0.61%) Juniper
15 6 (0.53%) Databricks
16 4 (0.35%) BMC
16 4 (0.35%) Remedy