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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 108 64
Rank change year-on-year +76 -44 -5
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,140 528 1,372
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.86% 3.50% 4.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.77% 10.37% 15.09%
Number of salaries quoted 874 368 999
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% -4.37%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,625 £92,875 £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 4,258 5,091 9,090
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.88% 33.73% 26.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,913 2,345 5,895
10th Percentile £33,350 £27,025 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £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 9 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 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (1.32%) Apache
4 14 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.05%) 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 56 (4.91%) 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
1 288 (25.26%) Azure
2 258 (22.63%) AWS
3 103 (9.04%) Microsoft 365
4 85 (7.46%) GCP
5 58 (5.09%) 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 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
12 15 (1.32%) 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 27 (2.37%) Firewall
3 25 (2.19%) VPN
3 25 (2.19%) WAN
4 18 (1.58%) DNS
5 17 (1.49%) LAN
6 16 (1.40%) BGP
7 14 (1.23%) DHCP
8 13 (1.14%) TCP/IP
9 12 (1.05%) MPLS
9 12 (1.05%) 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 (2.81%) 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 9 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.53%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.53%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.53%) SQL Server
10 4 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.35%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.35%) MySQL
10 4 (0.35%) Tableau
11 3 (0.26%) Flink
Development Applications
1 44 (3.86%) Git
2 35 (3.07%) GitLab
3 26 (2.28%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.14%) JUnit
4 13 (1.14%) Selenium
5 10 (0.88%) Axure RP
5 10 (0.88%) Balsamiq
6 9 (0.79%) JIRA
7 8 (0.70%) Maven
8 7 (0.61%) Mockito
9 6 (0.53%) Burp Suite
9 6 (0.53%) Metasploit
10 5 (0.44%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.44%) Postman
11 4 (0.35%) JMeter
12 3 (0.26%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.26%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.18%) Babel
13 2 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 316 (27.72%) Social Skills
2 313 (27.46%) Public Sector
3 167 (14.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 114 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 105 (9.21%) Law
6 102 (8.95%) 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 (19.56%) Senior
2 173 (15.18%) Architect
3 118 (10.35%) Consultant
4 100 (8.77%) Developer
5 87 (7.63%) Analyst
6 86 (7.54%) Lead
7 80 (7.02%) Solutions Architect
8 69 (6.05%) Software Engineer
9 62 (5.44%) Support Engineer
10 54 (4.74%) Site Engineer
11 49 (4.30%) Data Engineer
12 48 (4.21%) Desktop Engineer
12 48 (4.21%) Desktop Support
12 48 (4.21%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 46 (4.04%) Cloud Engineer
14 42 (3.68%) Business Analyst
14 42 (3.68%) Security Consultant
14 42 (3.68%) Senior Manager
15 40 (3.51%) Java Developer
16 37 (3.25%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.51%) REST
2 35 (3.07%) Spring
3 32 (2.81%) .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 (1.32%) Playwright
9 13 (1.14%) Lightning Web Components
9 13 (1.14%) Visualforce
10 12 (1.05%) Kafka
11 11 (0.96%) RESTful
12 9 (0.79%) Django
12 9 (0.79%) SAML
13 8 (0.70%) ASP.NET
13 8 (0.70%) HTML5 Canvas
13 8 (0.70%) YAML
14 7 (0.61%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 76 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 58 (5.09%) Product Ownership
3 40 (3.51%) Onboarding
4 37 (3.25%) Management Information System
4 37 (3.25%) Security Posture
5 35 (3.07%) Data Centre
6 22 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
7 20 (1.75%) PKI
8 15 (1.32%) Driving Licence
9 14 (1.23%) Blog
10 12 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
11 11 (0.96%) Low-Code
12 10 (0.88%) Data Structures
12 10 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (0.70%) AI Agents
13 8 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
15 6 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
15 6 (0.53%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 106 (9.30%) Windows
2 70 (6.14%) Linux
3 53 (4.65%) Windows 10
4 24 (2.11%) 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
1 254 (22.28%) Agile
2 200 (17.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 178 (15.61%) Cybersecurity
4 141 (12.37%) Mentoring
5 138 (12.11%) DevOps
6 134 (11.75%) CI/CD
7 124 (10.88%) Problem-Solving
8 118 (10.35%) Analytics
9 115 (10.09%) Community of Practice
10 110 (9.65%) ITIL
11 108 (9.47%) Technology Strategy
12 103 (9.04%) Software Engineering
13 99 (8.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 96 (8.42%) Infrastructure as Code
15 91 (7.98%) Stakeholder Management
16 73 (6.40%) Collaborative Culture
17 72 (6.32%) Scrum
18 71 (6.23%) Cloud Security
19 68 (5.96%) Decision-Making
19 68 (5.96%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 121 (10.61%) Python
2 114 (10.00%) Java
3 67 (5.88%) JavaScript
4 64 (5.61%) SQL
5 31 (2.72%) 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
12 6 (0.53%) Scala
13 4 (0.35%) Go
13 4 (0.35%) VBA
14 3 (0.26%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.26%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,140 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 239 (20.96%) Degree
3 194 (17.02%) DV Cleared
4 62 (5.44%) 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 33 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (2.02%) Azure Certification
10 22 (1.93%) AWS Certification
11 15 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
12 13 (1.14%) CREST Certified
12 13 (1.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 10 (0.88%) CRISC
13 10 (0.88%) HNC
14 8 (0.70%) CCIE
14 8 (0.70%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.61%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 58 (5.09%) NIST
3 57 (5.00%) SLA
4 44 (3.86%) QA
5 40 (3.51%) Accessibility
6 37 (3.25%) GDPR
7 35 (3.07%) NCSC
8 22 (1.93%) Data Quality
9 19 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
9 19 (1.67%) PCI DSS
10 18 (1.58%) GRC
11 16 (1.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 14 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
12 14 (1.23%) WCAG
13 11 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 11 (0.96%) JSP 440
14 10 (0.88%) Def Stans
15 7 (0.61%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.44%) NEBOSH
16 5 (0.44%) NIST 800
System Software
1 66 (5.79%) Docker
2 33 (2.89%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.96%) Hyper-V
4 11 (0.96%) VMware NSX
5 5 (0.44%) Firmware
5 5 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.44%) vSphere
6 4 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.088%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.088%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.088%) IAG
8 1 (0.088%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.088%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.088%) Xen
Systems Management
1 89 (7.81%) Terraform
2 73 (6.40%) Kubernetes
3 39 (3.42%) Ansible
4 22 (1.93%) 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
1 174 (15.26%) Microsoft
2 81 (7.11%) Cisco
3 48 (4.21%) Google
4 32 (2.81%) Oracle
5 28 (2.46%) VMware
6 23 (2.02%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.67%) Red Hat
8 16 (1.40%) MuleSoft
9 15 (1.32%) ServiceNow
10 14 (1.23%) Adobe
10 14 (1.23%) SAP
11 12 (1.05%) CyberArk
12 9 (0.79%) Meraki
13 8 (0.70%) Splunk
14 7 (0.61%) CheckPoint
14 7 (0.61%) Databricks
14 7 (0.61%) F5
14 7 (0.61%) Juniper
15 4 (0.35%) BMC
15 4 (0.35%) Dell