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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 99 55
Rank change year-on-year +63 -44 -4
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,257 604 1,190
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.75% 3.66% 4.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.77% 10.84% 16.36%
Number of salaries quoted 971 376 912
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,625 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £63,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.67% +5.42% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +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 4,527 5,570 7,276
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.72% 33.74% 26.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,043 2,474 4,425
10th Percentile £33,270 £29,306 £33,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,197 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £86,250
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 27 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 (2.31%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.75%) Apache
2 22 (1.75%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (0.88%) Anypoint
4 11 (0.88%) Mule
5 9 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.56%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.48%) Camunda
7 6 (0.48%) Confluence
7 6 (0.48%) nginx
8 5 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.24%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.24%) SAS
10 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.16%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.16%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.080%) Appian
11 1 (0.080%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.64%) Adobe XD
4 6 (0.48%) Simulink
5 4 (0.32%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.32%) Windchill
6 2 (0.16%) InVision
6 2 (0.16%) Mathcad
6 2 (0.16%) Sketch
7 1 (0.080%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.080%) CATIA
7 1 (0.080%) Houdini
7 1 (0.080%) InDesign
7 1 (0.080%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 7 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.32%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.16%) SAP QM
4 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.080%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.080%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.080%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.080%) SAP FSCM
5 1 (0.080%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.080%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 364 (28.96%) Azure
2 329 (26.17%) AWS
3 104 (8.27%) GCP
4 78 (6.21%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (4.53%) Power Platform
6 46 (3.66%) Entra ID
7 35 (2.78%) dbt
8 28 (2.23%) AWS CloudFormation
9 27 (2.15%) GitHub
10 23 (1.83%) Serverless
11 22 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
13 19 (1.51%) Azure Sentinel
14 18 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
14 18 (1.43%) Google Analytics
14 18 (1.43%) PaaS
15 17 (1.35%) Amazon S3
15 17 (1.35%) SaaS
16 16 (1.27%) PowerApps
17 15 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.26%) Network Security
2 34 (2.70%) Firewall
3 27 (2.15%) TCP/IP
4 25 (1.99%) DNS
5 20 (1.59%) WAN
6 17 (1.35%) VPN
7 14 (1.11%) SSL
8 12 (0.95%) LAN
9 11 (0.88%) ATM
9 11 (0.88%) BGP
9 11 (0.88%) DHCP
9 11 (0.88%) MPLS
10 7 (0.56%) SMTP
10 7 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (0.48%) SNMP
11 6 (0.48%) Wireless
12 5 (0.40%) HTTP
13 4 (0.32%) MQTT
13 4 (0.32%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (3.66%) Power BI
2 37 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.51%) Big Data
5 13 (1.03%) Amazon Athena
5 13 (1.03%) Metadata
6 11 (0.88%) Redis
7 10 (0.80%) DynamoDB
8 9 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (0.72%) SQL Server
9 8 (0.64%) Data Lake
9 8 (0.64%) NoSQL
9 8 (0.64%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.56%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.56%) Tableau
11 6 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.48%) MySQL
12 5 (0.40%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 51 (4.06%) Git
2 36 (2.86%) GitLab
3 24 (1.91%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.43%) JUnit
5 14 (1.11%) JIRA
6 13 (1.03%) Selenium
7 10 (0.80%) Mockito
8 9 (0.72%) Maven
9 8 (0.64%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.64%) Rational DOORS
10 7 (0.56%) Balsamiq
10 7 (0.56%) Burp Suite
10 7 (0.56%) Metasploit
10 7 (0.56%) Postman
11 6 (0.48%) Axure RP
12 5 (0.40%) Gatling
13 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
14 3 (0.24%) LabVIEW
14 3 (0.24%) SonarQube
15 2 (0.16%) JMeter
General
1 381 (30.31%) Social Skills
2 320 (25.46%) Public Sector
3 234 (18.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 171 (13.60%) Finance
5 133 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
6 129 (10.26%) Law
7 58 (4.61%) Aerospace
8 52 (4.14%) Legal
9 46 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
10 33 (2.63%) Retail
11 32 (2.55%) Telecoms
12 28 (2.23%) Manufacturing
13 26 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (1.59%) Military
15 15 (1.19%) Police
16 14 (1.11%) Electronics
17 11 (0.88%) Aviation
17 11 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.80%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 249 (19.81%) Senior
2 231 (18.38%) Architect
3 125 (9.94%) Consultant
4 115 (9.15%) Lead
5 112 (8.91%) Developer
6 99 (7.88%) Solutions Architect
7 95 (7.56%) Software Engineer
8 88 (7.00%) Analyst
9 50 (3.98%) Security Consultant
10 49 (3.90%) Cloud Engineer
11 46 (3.66%) DevOps Engineer
11 46 (3.66%) Senior Manager
12 45 (3.58%) Senior Developer
13 41 (3.26%) Data Engineer
13 41 (3.26%) Security Architect
13 41 (3.26%) Senior Analyst
14 39 (3.10%) Java Developer
15 38 (3.02%) Business Analyst
15 38 (3.02%) Cloud Architect
16 33 (2.63%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.10%) REST
2 36 (2.86%) React
3 34 (2.70%) Spring
4 26 (2.07%) .NET
5 20 (1.59%) Kafka
6 17 (1.35%) CSS
6 17 (1.35%) Playwright
7 16 (1.27%) HTML
8 15 (1.19%) PySpark
8 15 (1.19%) Spring Boot
9 13 (1.03%) OAuth
10 12 (0.95%) JWT
10 12 (0.95%) OAuth2
11 11 (0.88%) AngularJS
11 11 (0.88%) Middleware
11 11 (0.88%) MUnit
11 11 (0.88%) RAML
11 11 (0.88%) RESTful
12 10 (0.80%) SOAP
12 10 (0.80%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 102 (8.11%) Cloud Native
2 52 (4.14%) Product Ownership
3 48 (3.82%) Management Information System
4 43 (3.42%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.70%) Security Posture
6 30 (2.39%) Data Centre
7 26 (2.07%) Driving Licence
8 25 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
9 23 (1.83%) Blog
10 19 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (1.19%) PKI
11 15 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
12 14 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (0.88%) Public Cloud
14 10 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
15 9 (0.72%) AI Agents
15 9 (0.72%) Data Structures
16 8 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
16 8 (0.64%) Low-Code
16 8 (0.64%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 94 (7.48%) Linux
2 81 (6.44%) Windows
3 36 (2.86%) Windows Server
4 26 (2.07%) Unix
5 12 (0.95%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.24%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.16%) Android
8 2 (0.16%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.080%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.080%) CentOS
9 1 (0.080%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.080%) Solaris
9 1 (0.080%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (27.45%) Agile
2 216 (17.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 200 (15.91%) Mentoring
4 190 (15.12%) Cybersecurity
5 182 (14.48%) CI/CD
6 171 (13.60%) DevOps
7 168 (13.37%) Problem-Solving
8 159 (12.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 151 (12.01%) Software Engineering
10 127 (10.10%) Community of Practice
11 118 (9.39%) Stakeholder Management
12 112 (8.91%) Technology Strategy
13 110 (8.75%) Infrastructure as Code
14 107 (8.51%) AI
15 101 (8.04%) Scrum
16 96 (7.64%) Decision-Making
16 96 (7.64%) Project Delivery
17 95 (7.56%) Analytics
18 92 (7.32%) Technical Leadership
19 91 (7.24%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 159 (12.65%) Python
2 127 (10.10%) Java
3 80 (6.36%) SQL
4 76 (6.05%) JavaScript
5 41 (3.26%) C++
6 35 (2.78%) Bash
7 34 (2.70%) C#
8 33 (2.63%) PowerShell
9 24 (1.91%) TypeScript
10 15 (1.19%) C
11 12 (0.95%) Ada
12 11 (0.88%) DataWeave
12 11 (0.88%) Rust
13 9 (0.72%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.64%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (0.64%) MATLAB
14 8 (0.64%) VBA
15 7 (0.56%) Go
15 7 (0.56%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,257 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 227 (18.06%) Degree
3 195 (15.51%) DV Cleared
4 102 (8.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 63 (5.01%) CISSP
6 50 (3.98%) CISM
7 49 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (2.78%) Azure Certification
9 30 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (1.83%) AWS Certification
11 18 (1.43%) Master's Degree
12 16 (1.27%) CRISC
13 15 (1.19%) CREST Certified
13 15 (1.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 14 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
14 14 (1.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 11 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
16 8 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 8 (0.64%) PMI Certification
17 7 (0.56%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (9.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 66 (5.25%) Accessibility
2 66 (5.25%) NIST
3 44 (3.50%) NCSC
4 42 (3.34%) QA
5 30 (2.39%) GDPR
5 30 (2.39%) GRC
6 27 (2.15%) Data Quality
7 24 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
8 20 (1.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 18 (1.43%) PCI DSS
9 18 (1.43%) SLA
10 16 (1.27%) WCAG
11 12 (0.95%) JSP 440
12 11 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
13 10 (0.80%) Def Stans
14 9 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.48%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.40%) NEBOSH
16 5 (0.40%) NIST 800
System Software
1 77 (6.13%) Docker
2 48 (3.82%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.99%) Hyper-V
5 15 (1.19%) Firmware
6 13 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.48%) Squid
7 6 (0.48%) vSphere
8 4 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.32%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.080%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.080%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.080%) IAG
9 1 (0.080%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.080%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.080%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.080%) Xen
Systems Management
1 93 (7.40%) Terraform
2 85 (6.76%) Kubernetes
3 38 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 35 (2.78%) Ansible
5 19 (1.51%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.35%) Grafana
7 11 (0.88%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.80%) Argo
9 7 (0.56%) Nmap
10 6 (0.48%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.40%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.40%) Istio
11 5 (0.40%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.32%) Endace
12 4 (0.32%) Kibana
12 4 (0.32%) Packer
12 4 (0.32%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.32%) Puppet
13 3 (0.24%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 187 (14.88%) Microsoft
2 52 (4.14%) Google
3 35 (2.78%) VMware
4 34 (2.70%) Oracle
5 33 (2.63%) ServiceNow
6 25 (1.99%) Cisco
7 23 (1.83%) Salesforce
8 22 (1.75%) SAP
9 21 (1.67%) MuleSoft
10 19 (1.51%) Red Hat
11 16 (1.27%) OpenAI
12 13 (1.03%) Databricks
13 12 (0.95%) CyberArk
14 10 (0.80%) Adobe
15 8 (0.64%) Veeam
16 7 (0.56%) Splunk
17 6 (0.48%) Fortinet
18 5 (0.40%) Informatica
18 5 (0.40%) Juniper
18 5 (0.40%) Workday