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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 106 72
Rank change year-on-year +73 -34 -12
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,075 479 1,285
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.83% 3.31% 3.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.15% 10.58% 14.64%
Number of salaries quoted 822 372 947
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,125 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,627 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.58% +7.71% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,921 £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 4,274 4,528 8,780
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.19% 31.31% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,887 2,460 5,898
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,900 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,065 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,237
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.41% -7.29%

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 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 29 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.02%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.65%) Apache
6 4 (0.37%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.37%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.37%) 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 (0.093%) Appian
9 1 (0.093%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.093%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.093%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 62 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.14%) Adobe XD
3 10 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.47%) InVision
4 5 (0.47%) Sketch
5 3 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.19%) Weka
6 2 (0.19%) Windchill
7 1 (0.093%) CATIA
7 1 (0.093%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.19%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.093%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.093%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.093%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.093%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.093%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.093%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.093%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.093%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 250 (23.26%) Azure
2 218 (20.28%) AWS
3 103 (9.58%) Microsoft 365
4 77 (7.16%) GCP
5 53 (4.93%) Entra ID
6 37 (3.44%) Power Platform
7 23 (2.14%) Figma
8 19 (1.77%) GitHub
8 19 (1.77%) Google Analytics
8 19 (1.77%) Serverless
9 18 (1.67%) PowerApps
10 16 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
10 16 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
10 16 (1.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 16 (1.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 15 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (1.40%) Power Automate
12 14 (1.30%) Amazon S3
12 14 (1.30%) SaaS
13 11 (1.02%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.70%) Firewall
2 26 (2.42%) WAN
3 25 (2.33%) Network Security
3 25 (2.33%) VPN
4 18 (1.67%) LAN
5 17 (1.58%) DNS
6 16 (1.49%) BGP
7 13 (1.21%) DHCP
7 13 (1.21%) MPLS
8 12 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.84%) SMTP
9 9 (0.84%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.65%) SNMP
11 6 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.56%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (0.56%) VoIP
12 5 (0.47%) HTTP
12 5 (0.47%) SD-WAN
13 4 (0.37%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (2.98%) Power BI
3 17 (1.58%) Metadata
4 14 (1.30%) NoSQL
5 10 (0.93%) MongoDB
6 9 (0.84%) DynamoDB
6 9 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (0.84%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.74%) Redis
8 6 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
8 6 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.56%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.56%) SQL Server
9 5 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.37%) GIS
10 4 (0.37%) MySQL
10 4 (0.37%) QGIS
10 4 (0.37%) Tableau
11 3 (0.28%) Flink
Development Applications
1 43 (4.00%) Git
2 22 (2.05%) GitLab
2 22 (2.05%) Jenkins
3 19 (1.77%) Axure RP
4 18 (1.67%) Balsamiq
5 11 (1.02%) Selenium
6 10 (0.93%) JIRA
7 7 (0.65%) JUnit
8 5 (0.47%) Maven
9 4 (0.37%) Babel
9 4 (0.37%) Burp Suite
9 4 (0.37%) JMeter
9 4 (0.37%) Metasploit
9 4 (0.37%) Mockito
9 4 (0.37%) webpack
10 3 (0.28%) Postman
10 3 (0.28%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.28%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.19%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
General
1 309 (28.74%) Social Skills
2 292 (27.16%) Public Sector
3 162 (15.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 108 (10.05%) Finance
5 106 (9.86%) Law
6 98 (9.12%) Analytical Skills
7 54 (5.02%) Back Office
8 42 (3.91%) Telecoms
9 39 (3.63%) Legal
10 33 (3.07%) Manufacturing
10 33 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (1.86%) Aerospace
14 19 (1.77%) Retail
15 18 (1.67%) Marketing
16 11 (1.02%) Electronics
16 11 (1.02%) Military
17 8 (0.74%) Aviation
17 8 (0.74%) Police
Job Titles
1 207 (19.26%) Senior
2 152 (14.14%) Architect
3 124 (11.53%) Consultant
4 93 (8.65%) Developer
5 90 (8.37%) Analyst
6 72 (6.70%) Lead
7 70 (6.51%) Solutions Architect
8 65 (6.05%) Support Engineer
9 60 (5.58%) Software Engineer
10 52 (4.84%) Site Engineer
11 51 (4.74%) Desktop Engineer
11 51 (4.74%) Desktop Support
11 51 (4.74%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 48 (4.47%) Business Analyst
13 43 (4.00%) Cloud Engineer
14 40 (3.72%) Security Consultant
14 40 (3.72%) Senior Manager
15 37 (3.44%) Data Engineer
16 36 (3.35%) Java Developer
17 35 (3.26%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.81%) REST
2 36 (3.35%) .NET
3 30 (2.79%) Spring
4 25 (2.33%) CSS
4 25 (2.33%) HTML
4 25 (2.33%) React
5 22 (2.05%) SOAP
6 20 (1.86%) Middleware
7 16 (1.49%) Lightning Web Components
7 16 (1.49%) Spring Boot
7 16 (1.49%) Visualforce
8 15 (1.40%) Kafka
9 10 (0.93%) ASP.NET
9 10 (0.93%) Django
9 10 (0.93%) HTML5 Canvas
10 9 (0.84%) Node.js
10 9 (0.84%) Playwright
10 9 (0.84%) SAML
11 8 (0.74%) AngularJS
11 8 (0.74%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 64 (5.95%) Product Ownership
2 59 (5.49%) Cloud Native
3 41 (3.81%) Onboarding
4 38 (3.53%) Data Centre
4 38 (3.53%) Management Information System
5 29 (2.70%) Security Posture
6 19 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
6 19 (1.77%) PKI
7 14 (1.30%) Blog
7 14 (1.30%) Driving Licence
8 12 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
9 11 (1.02%) Low-Code
10 9 (0.84%) AI Agents
11 8 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (0.74%) Data Structures
12 7 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (0.56%) Cyberattack
13 6 (0.56%) Enterprise Cloud
13 6 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.56%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 110 (10.23%) Windows
2 65 (6.05%) Linux
3 56 (5.21%) Windows 10
4 22 (2.05%) Windows Server
5 18 (1.67%) Unix
6 7 (0.65%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.19%) Android
9 2 (0.19%) CentOS
10 1 (0.093%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.093%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.093%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (21.58%) Agile
2 172 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 167 (15.53%) Cybersecurity
4 126 (11.72%) DevOps
5 121 (11.26%) Mentoring
6 118 (10.98%) Analytics
7 115 (10.70%) Community of Practice
8 109 (10.14%) ITIL
9 107 (9.95%) Technology Strategy
10 105 (9.77%) Problem-Solving
11 104 (9.67%) CI/CD
12 94 (8.74%) Software Engineering
13 83 (7.72%) Stakeholder Management
14 75 (6.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 73 (6.79%) Infrastructure as Code
16 67 (6.23%) Risk Management
17 66 (6.14%) Collaborative Culture
18 64 (5.95%) User Experience
19 63 (5.86%) Customer Service
19 63 (5.86%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 107 (9.95%) Java
2 102 (9.49%) Python
3 71 (6.60%) JavaScript
4 53 (4.93%) SQL
5 33 (3.07%) C#
6 24 (2.23%) TypeScript
7 22 (2.05%) PowerShell
8 21 (1.95%) C++
9 16 (1.49%) Apex Code
10 15 (1.40%) Bash
11 9 (0.84%) Rust
12 7 (0.65%) Scala
13 6 (0.56%) C
14 5 (0.47%) VBA
15 4 (0.37%) Groovy
16 3 (0.28%) Pascal
16 3 (0.28%) Perl
16 3 (0.28%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.28%) Ruby
16 3 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,075 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 244 (22.70%) Degree
3 183 (17.02%) DV Cleared
4 52 (4.84%) BPSS Clearance
5 51 (4.74%) CTC Cleared
6 50 (4.65%) CISSP
7 46 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (3.63%) CISM
8 39 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (2.14%) Azure Certification
10 17 (1.58%) AWS Certification
11 16 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
13 11 (1.02%) CREST Certified
14 10 (0.93%) HNC
15 9 (0.84%) CCIE
15 9 (0.84%) CRISC
15 9 (0.84%) Master's Degree
16 8 (0.74%) CCNA
16 8 (0.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (6.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 56 (5.21%) SLA
3 48 (4.47%) NIST
4 46 (4.28%) Accessibility
5 36 (3.35%) QA
6 34 (3.16%) GDPR
7 21 (1.95%) GRC
7 21 (1.95%) WCAG
8 19 (1.77%) NCSC
9 18 (1.67%) Data Quality
10 14 (1.30%) PCI DSS
11 13 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (1.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 9 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.74%) JSP 440
15 7 (0.65%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.47%) NEBOSH
17 3 (0.28%) Def Stans
17 3 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 57 (5.30%) Docker
2 30 (2.79%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.02%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.74%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.47%) Firmware
6 5 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.37%) vSphere
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.093%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.093%) IAG
9 1 (0.093%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.093%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.093%) Xen
Systems Management
1 76 (7.07%) Terraform
2 61 (5.67%) Kubernetes
3 43 (4.00%) Ansible
4 18 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (1.49%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.40%) Grafana
7 6 (0.56%) Argo
7 6 (0.56%) Endace
7 6 (0.56%) Puppet
8 5 (0.47%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.47%) Packer
9 4 (0.37%) Istio
9 4 (0.37%) Kustomize
9 4 (0.37%) Nmap
9 4 (0.37%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.37%) SCCM
9 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.37%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.37%) WSUS
10 3 (0.28%) Nessus
Vendors
1 163 (15.16%) Microsoft
2 89 (8.28%) Cisco
3 48 (4.47%) Google
4 28 (2.60%) Oracle
5 27 (2.51%) VMware
6 25 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 23 (2.14%) Adobe
7 23 (2.14%) SAP
8 19 (1.77%) Red Hat
9 16 (1.49%) MuleSoft
10 12 (1.12%) CyberArk
11 9 (0.84%) Databricks
11 9 (0.84%) Juniper
11 9 (0.84%) Meraki
11 9 (0.84%) ServiceNow
12 8 (0.74%) F5
12 8 (0.74%) Splunk
13 6 (0.56%) CheckPoint
14 5 (0.47%) Remedy
15 4 (0.37%) BMC