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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 88 70
Rank change year-on-year +54 -18 -10
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,056 474 1,306
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.82% 3.52% 4.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.80% 11.52% 14.90%
Number of salaries quoted 805 376 959
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,563 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,553 £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 4,113 8,767
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.47% 30.54% 26.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,872 2,470 5,934
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,018 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.70% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,785 £54,296
% change year-on-year +5.66% +4.58% -6.39%

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 2 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 28 (2.65%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.95%) 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 (0.095%) Appian
9 1 (0.095%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.095%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 71 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.37%) 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 (0.095%) CATIA
6 1 (0.095%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.095%) Siemens NX
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 (0.095%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.095%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.095%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.095%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.095%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.095%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 238 (22.54%) Azure
2 204 (19.32%) AWS
3 112 (10.61%) Microsoft 365
4 77 (7.29%) GCP
5 52 (4.92%) Entra ID
6 34 (3.22%) Power Platform
7 25 (2.37%) Figma
8 20 (1.89%) PowerApps
9 19 (1.80%) Google Analytics
9 19 (1.80%) Serverless
10 17 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
11 16 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
11 16 (1.52%) Power Automate
11 16 (1.52%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 16 (1.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 15 (1.42%) Amazon S3
12 15 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (1.33%) GitHub
13 14 (1.33%) SaaS
14 12 (1.14%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.75%) Firewall
2 26 (2.46%) WAN
3 25 (2.37%) VPN
4 23 (2.18%) Network Security
5 18 (1.70%) LAN
6 17 (1.61%) DNS
7 16 (1.52%) BGP
8 13 (1.23%) DHCP
8 13 (1.23%) MPLS
9 12 (1.14%) 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 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (2.94%) Power BI
3 17 (1.61%) Metadata
4 14 (1.33%) NoSQL
5 10 (0.95%) DynamoDB
5 10 (0.95%) 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 (3.79%) Git
2 23 (2.18%) GitLab
3 21 (1.99%) Axure RP
3 21 (1.99%) Balsamiq
4 19 (1.80%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.95%) 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%) Gradle
10 2 (0.19%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.19%) WebDriver
General
1 318 (30.11%) Social Skills
2 286 (27.08%) Public Sector
3 162 (15.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 110 (10.42%) Law
5 108 (10.23%) Finance
6 99 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
7 63 (5.97%) Back Office
8 46 (4.36%) Telecoms
9 40 (3.79%) Legal
10 36 (3.41%) Manufacturing
11 32 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (1.99%) Marketing
13 19 (1.80%) Aerospace
13 19 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
13 19 (1.80%) Retail
14 15 (1.42%) Electronics
15 10 (0.95%) Military
16 8 (0.76%) Aviation
16 8 (0.76%) Police
Job Titles
1 202 (19.13%) Senior
2 145 (13.73%) Architect
3 128 (12.12%) Consultant
4 90 (8.52%) Analyst
5 84 (7.95%) Developer
6 74 (7.01%) Support Engineer
7 69 (6.53%) Lead
8 62 (5.87%) Solutions Architect
9 60 (5.68%) Desktop Engineer
9 60 (5.68%) Desktop Support
9 60 (5.68%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 60 (5.68%) Site Engineer
10 53 (5.02%) Software Engineer
11 50 (4.73%) Business Analyst
12 42 (3.98%) Security Consultant
13 39 (3.69%) Cloud Engineer
13 39 (3.69%) Senior Manager
14 37 (3.50%) Data Engineer
15 33 (3.13%) Java Developer
15 33 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.69%) .NET
2 38 (3.60%) REST
3 28 (2.65%) Spring
4 27 (2.56%) CSS
4 27 (2.56%) HTML
5 22 (2.08%) SOAP
6 20 (1.89%) Middleware
6 20 (1.89%) React
7 16 (1.52%) Lightning Web Components
7 16 (1.52%) Visualforce
8 15 (1.42%) Kafka
8 15 (1.42%) Spring Boot
9 11 (1.04%) ASP.NET
10 10 (0.95%) Django
10 10 (0.95%) HTML5 Canvas
10 10 (0.95%) 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 (6.06%) Product Ownership
2 55 (5.21%) Cloud Native
3 40 (3.79%) Data Centre
4 39 (3.69%) Management Information System
5 38 (3.60%) Onboarding
6 28 (2.65%) Security Posture
7 20 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (1.80%) PKI
9 14 (1.33%) Blog
9 14 (1.33%) Driving Licence
10 12 (1.14%) 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%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 117 (11.08%) Windows
2 65 (6.16%) Windows 10
3 63 (5.97%) Linux
4 21 (1.99%) 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 (0.095%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.095%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.095%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (20.93%) Agile
2 175 (16.57%) Cybersecurity
3 170 (16.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 128 (12.12%) Analytics
5 118 (11.17%) DevOps
6 117 (11.08%) Community of Practice
7 114 (10.80%) Mentoring
8 113 (10.70%) ITIL
9 110 (10.42%) Technology Strategy
10 98 (9.28%) Problem-Solving
11 94 (8.90%) CI/CD
12 86 (8.14%) Software Engineering
13 78 (7.39%) Stakeholder Management
14 72 (6.82%) Customer Service
15 71 (6.72%) Infrastructure as Code
16 70 (6.63%) Risk Management
17 68 (6.44%) User Experience
18 65 (6.16%) Collaborative Culture
18 65 (6.16%) Patch Management
18 65 (6.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 101 (9.56%) Java
1 101 (9.56%) Python
2 64 (6.06%) JavaScript
3 50 (4.73%) SQL
4 36 (3.41%) C#
5 23 (2.18%) PowerShell
5 23 (2.18%) TypeScript
6 19 (1.80%) C++
7 16 (1.52%) Apex Code
8 14 (1.33%) Bash
9 9 (0.85%) Rust
10 6 (0.57%) C
10 6 (0.57%) Scala
10 6 (0.57%) VBA
11 4 (0.38%) Go
12 3 (0.28%) Bicep
12 3 (0.28%) Google Apps Script
12 3 (0.28%) Groovy
12 3 (0.28%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,056 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 259 (24.53%) Degree
3 170 (16.10%) DV Cleared
4 60 (5.68%) CTC Cleared
5 51 (4.83%) CISSP
6 47 (4.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 45 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 40 (3.79%) CISM
9 39 (3.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (2.08%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.52%) AWS Certification
13 13 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
14 12 (1.14%) CREST Certified
15 11 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 10 (0.95%) HNC
16 10 (0.95%) Master's Degree
17 9 (0.85%) CCIE
17 9 (0.85%) CRISC
18 8 (0.76%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (6.06%) SLA
3 49 (4.64%) NIST
4 46 (4.36%) Accessibility
5 35 (3.31%) GDPR
6 31 (2.94%) QA
7 23 (2.18%) GRC
7 23 (2.18%) WCAG
8 17 (1.61%) Data Quality
9 16 (1.52%) NCSC
10 14 (1.33%) PCI DSS
11 12 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (1.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 9 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.76%) JSP 440
15 7 (0.66%) Government Security Classifications
16 6 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
17 5 (0.47%) NEBOSH
18 4 (0.38%) PMO
19 3 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 57 (5.40%) Docker
2 30 (2.84%) 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 (0.095%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.095%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.095%) IAG
9 1 (0.095%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.095%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.095%) Xen
Systems Management
1 74 (7.01%) Terraform
2 59 (5.59%) Kubernetes
3 41 (3.88%) Ansible
4 18 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.61%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.52%) 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%) Nagios
10 3 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 159 (15.06%) Microsoft
2 99 (9.38%) Cisco
3 51 (4.83%) Google
4 28 (2.65%) Salesforce
5 27 (2.56%) Oracle
5 27 (2.56%) VMware
6 25 (2.37%) Adobe
6 25 (2.37%) SAP
7 20 (1.89%) Red Hat
8 16 (1.52%) 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