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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 104 56
Rank change year-on-year +67 -48 -4
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,207 579 1,266
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.59% 3.51% 4.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.11% 10.40% 16.09%
Number of salaries quoted 962 367 967
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,875 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,300 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +5.26% -8.80%

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 4,453 5,566 7,869
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.61% 33.79% 27.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,044 2,492 4,884
10th Percentile £33,350 £29,525 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £90,000 £85,000
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 21 July 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 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.66%) Apache
3 19 (1.57%) Apache Spark
4 14 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.91%) Anypoint
5 11 (0.91%) Mule
6 10 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.58%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.41%) nginx
9 4 (0.33%) Camunda
10 3 (0.25%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.25%) Confluence
10 3 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.25%) SAS
11 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.17%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
12 1 (0.083%) Appian
12 1 (0.083%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.66%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.33%) Windchill
5 3 (0.25%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.17%) InVision
6 2 (0.17%) Simulink
6 2 (0.17%) Sketch
7 1 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.083%) CATIA
7 1 (0.083%) Houdini
7 1 (0.083%) Mathcad
7 1 (0.083%) NUKE
7 1 (0.083%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.083%) Weka
Business Applications
1 7 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.17%) SAP QM
4 2 (0.17%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.083%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.083%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.083%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.083%) SAP FSCM
5 1 (0.083%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.083%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.083%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 347 (28.75%) Azure
2 305 (25.27%) AWS
3 97 (8.04%) GCP
4 76 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
5 54 (4.47%) Power Platform
6 44 (3.65%) Entra ID
7 32 (2.65%) dbt
8 24 (1.99%) GitHub
9 22 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
9 22 (1.82%) Serverless
10 20 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
10 20 (1.66%) SaaS
11 18 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
11 18 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (1.49%) Google Analytics
11 18 (1.49%) PaaS
12 17 (1.41%) Amazon S3
13 15 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
13 15 (1.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.40%) Network Security
2 34 (2.82%) Firewall
3 24 (1.99%) DNS
4 23 (1.91%) TCP/IP
4 23 (1.91%) WAN
5 18 (1.49%) VPN
6 14 (1.16%) LAN
6 14 (1.16%) SSL
7 12 (0.99%) BGP
7 12 (0.99%) DHCP
7 12 (0.99%) MPLS
8 10 (0.83%) ATM
9 9 (0.75%) SMTP
9 9 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.58%) SNMP
11 6 (0.50%) HTTP
11 6 (0.50%) Wireless
12 5 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
13 4 (0.33%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (3.56%) Power BI
2 33 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (1.41%) Big Data
4 16 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
5 13 (1.08%) Metadata
6 11 (0.91%) Redis
7 10 (0.83%) DynamoDB
8 9 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (0.58%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.58%) NoSQL
9 7 (0.58%) Tableau
10 6 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.50%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.41%) Relational Database
11 5 (0.41%) SQL Server
11 5 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.33%) OLAP
12 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 44 (3.65%) Git
2 33 (2.73%) GitLab
3 23 (1.91%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.08%) JUnit
5 10 (0.83%) JIRA
5 10 (0.83%) Selenium
6 8 (0.66%) Mockito
7 7 (0.58%) Burp Suite
7 7 (0.58%) Maven
7 7 (0.58%) Metasploit
8 6 (0.50%) Axure RP
8 6 (0.50%) Balsamiq
8 6 (0.50%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.33%) Postman
10 3 (0.25%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.25%) Gatling
10 3 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
11 2 (0.17%) JMeter
11 2 (0.17%) LabVIEW
11 2 (0.17%) MSTest
General
1 356 (29.49%) Social Skills
2 302 (25.02%) Public Sector
3 203 (16.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 136 (11.27%) Finance
5 126 (10.44%) Analytical Skills
6 118 (9.78%) Law
7 44 (3.65%) Legal
8 43 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
9 33 (2.73%) Aerospace
9 33 (2.73%) Telecoms
10 29 (2.40%) Retail
11 26 (2.15%) Manufacturing
12 24 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.24%) Military
14 11 (0.91%) Aviation
15 10 (0.83%) Police
16 9 (0.75%) Automotive
16 9 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (0.58%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 231 (19.14%) Senior
2 230 (19.06%) Architect
3 122 (10.11%) Consultant
4 107 (8.86%) Developer
5 105 (8.70%) Lead
6 100 (8.29%) Solutions Architect
7 86 (7.13%) Software Engineer
8 83 (6.88%) Analyst
9 51 (4.23%) Security Consultant
10 47 (3.89%) Cloud Engineer
11 46 (3.81%) Senior Manager
12 42 (3.48%) DevOps Engineer
13 41 (3.40%) Security Architect
14 40 (3.31%) Data Engineer
15 39 (3.23%) Java Developer
15 39 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
16 38 (3.15%) Cloud Architect
16 38 (3.15%) Senior Developer
17 35 (2.90%) Business Analyst
18 32 (2.65%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.98%) REST
2 31 (2.57%) Spring
3 26 (2.15%) React
4 20 (1.66%) .NET
5 19 (1.57%) Kafka
6 15 (1.24%) PySpark
6 15 (1.24%) Spring Boot
7 13 (1.08%) CSS
7 13 (1.08%) HTML
7 13 (1.08%) Playwright
8 12 (0.99%) JWT
8 12 (0.99%) OAuth
8 12 (0.99%) OAuth2
9 11 (0.91%) Middleware
9 11 (0.91%) MUnit
9 11 (0.91%) RAML
10 10 (0.83%) RESTful
10 10 (0.83%) SOAP
11 9 (0.75%) Web Services
11 9 (0.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 99 (8.20%) Cloud Native
2 49 (4.06%) Product Ownership
3 47 (3.89%) Management Information System
4 40 (3.31%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.82%) Security Posture
6 32 (2.65%) Data Centre
7 25 (2.07%) Driving Licence
8 24 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (1.41%) Blog
9 17 (1.41%) Security Operations Centre
10 15 (1.24%) PKI
10 15 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (0.83%) Public Cloud
12 9 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (0.66%) Data Structures
13 8 (0.66%) Low-Code
14 7 (0.58%) AI Agents
14 7 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
14 7 (0.58%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 89 (7.37%) Linux
2 79 (6.55%) Windows
3 34 (2.82%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.82%) Unix
5 11 (0.91%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.25%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.17%) Android
8 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.083%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.083%) CentOS
9 1 (0.083%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.083%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (25.43%) Agile
2 195 (16.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 181 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
4 180 (14.91%) Mentoring
5 158 (13.09%) CI/CD
6 157 (13.01%) Problem-Solving
7 154 (12.76%) DevOps
8 150 (12.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 130 (10.77%) Software Engineering
10 117 (9.69%) Stakeholder Management
11 115 (9.53%) Community of Practice
12 104 (8.62%) Technology Strategy
13 98 (8.12%) Infrastructure as Code
14 89 (7.37%) AI
14 89 (7.37%) Project Delivery
15 86 (7.13%) Analytics
16 85 (7.04%) Risk Management
17 84 (6.96%) Cloud Security
17 84 (6.96%) Decision-Making
17 84 (6.96%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 147 (12.18%) Python
2 117 (9.69%) Java
3 74 (6.13%) SQL
4 65 (5.39%) JavaScript
5 38 (3.15%) C++
6 32 (2.65%) Bash
6 32 (2.65%) PowerShell
7 29 (2.40%) C#
8 22 (1.82%) TypeScript
9 15 (1.24%) C
10 11 (0.91%) DataWeave
10 11 (0.91%) Rust
11 9 (0.75%) Ada
12 8 (0.66%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (0.58%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.58%) Scala
13 7 (0.58%) VBA
14 6 (0.50%) Ruby
15 5 (0.41%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1,207 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 206 (17.07%) Degree
3 177 (14.66%) DV Cleared
4 76 (6.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 65 (5.39%) CISSP
6 51 (4.23%) CISM
7 42 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (2.82%) Azure Certification
9 32 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (1.49%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.41%) CRISC
12 14 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (1.16%) CREST Certified
12 14 (1.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 14 (1.16%) Master's Degree
13 13 (1.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 11 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 8 (0.66%) PMI Certification
16 7 (0.58%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (9.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (5.30%) NIST
3 42 (3.48%) NCSC
4 40 (3.31%) QA
5 39 (3.23%) Accessibility
6 34 (2.82%) GDPR
7 27 (2.24%) GRC
8 26 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 24 (1.99%) Data Quality
10 20 (1.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 19 (1.57%) PCI DSS
11 19 (1.57%) SLA
12 14 (1.16%) WCAG
13 13 (1.08%) JSP 440
14 11 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 10 (0.83%) Def Stans
16 7 (0.58%) Government Security Classifications
17 5 (0.41%) NEBOSH
17 5 (0.41%) NIST 800
System Software
1 67 (5.55%) Docker
2 47 (3.89%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.99%) Hyper-V
4 23 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.91%) Firmware
5 11 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.50%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.50%) vSphere
7 5 (0.41%) Squid
8 4 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.083%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.083%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.083%) IAG
9 1 (0.083%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.083%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.083%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.083%) Xen
Systems Management
1 84 (6.96%) Terraform
2 77 (6.38%) Kubernetes
3 37 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 35 (2.90%) Ansible
5 19 (1.57%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.41%) Grafana
7 11 (0.91%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.83%) Argo
9 7 (0.58%) Nmap
10 6 (0.50%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.41%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.41%) Endace
11 5 (0.41%) Istio
11 5 (0.41%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.41%) Puppet
11 5 (0.41%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.33%) Kibana
12 4 (0.33%) Packer
13 3 (0.25%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 186 (15.41%) Microsoft
2 52 (4.31%) Google
3 35 (2.90%) Oracle
4 34 (2.82%) ServiceNow
5 33 (2.73%) VMware
6 28 (2.32%) Cisco
7 23 (1.91%) Salesforce
8 22 (1.82%) SAP
9 21 (1.74%) MuleSoft
10 18 (1.49%) Red Hat
11 16 (1.33%) OpenAI
12 13 (1.08%) CyberArk
13 10 (0.83%) Databricks
14 9 (0.75%) Adobe
15 7 (0.58%) Splunk
16 6 (0.50%) F5
16 6 (0.50%) Fortinet
16 6 (0.50%) Juniper
16 6 (0.50%) Meraki
17 5 (0.41%) Informatica