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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 90 71
Rank change year-on-year +56 -19 -11
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,043 471 1,310
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.74% 3.49% 4.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.32% 11.45% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 803 375 964
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,625 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +5.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,737 £95,750 £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 4,288 4,114 8,732
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.62% 30.46% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,875 2,466 5,899
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,125 £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 £78,800 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,300 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £54,296
% change year-on-year +4.35% +5.90% -6.08%

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 28 April 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 27 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.86%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.48%) Apache
5 5 (0.48%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.48%) GeoServer
5 5 (0.48%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.29%) Camunda
6 3 (0.29%) SAS
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.19%) Confluence
8 1 (0.096%) Appian
8 1 (0.096%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.096%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 71 (6.81%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (2.59%) Adobe XD
3 9 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.48%) InVision
4 5 (0.48%) Sketch
5 2 (0.19%) Weka
6 1 (0.096%) CATIA
6 1 (0.096%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.096%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.19%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.19%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.096%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.096%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.096%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.096%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.096%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.096%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 234 (22.44%) Azure
2 202 (19.37%) AWS
3 111 (10.64%) Microsoft 365
4 75 (7.19%) GCP
5 52 (4.99%) Entra ID
6 32 (3.07%) Power Platform
7 27 (2.59%) Figma
8 20 (1.92%) PowerApps
9 19 (1.82%) Google Analytics
9 19 (1.82%) Serverless
10 17 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
10 17 (1.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 17 (1.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 16 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
11 16 (1.53%) Power Automate
12 14 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (1.34%) GitHub
12 14 (1.34%) SaaS
13 13 (1.25%) Amazon S3
14 12 (1.15%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.78%) Firewall
2 26 (2.49%) WAN
3 25 (2.40%) VPN
4 23 (2.21%) Network Security
5 18 (1.73%) LAN
6 17 (1.63%) DNS
7 16 (1.53%) BGP
8 13 (1.25%) DHCP
8 13 (1.25%) MPLS
9 12 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.86%) SMTP
10 9 (0.86%) TCP/IP
11 7 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.67%) SNMP
12 6 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (0.58%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (0.58%) HTTP
12 6 (0.58%) VoIP
13 5 (0.48%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.38%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (2.78%) Power BI
3 16 (1.53%) Metadata
4 14 (1.34%) NoSQL
5 10 (0.96%) MongoDB
6 8 (0.77%) DynamoDB
6 8 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
6 8 (0.77%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (0.67%) Redis
7 7 (0.67%) SQL Server
8 6 (0.58%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.48%) GIS
9 5 (0.48%) QGIS
10 4 (0.38%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.38%) MySQL
10 4 (0.38%) Tableau
11 3 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 40 (3.84%) Git
2 24 (2.30%) Balsamiq
3 23 (2.21%) Axure RP
4 21 (2.01%) GitLab
5 18 (1.73%) Jenkins
6 11 (1.05%) JIRA
7 9 (0.86%) Selenium
8 5 (0.48%) Babel
8 5 (0.48%) Burp Suite
8 5 (0.48%) JUnit
8 5 (0.48%) Metasploit
8 5 (0.48%) webpack
9 4 (0.38%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.29%) JMeter
10 3 (0.29%) Maven
10 3 (0.29%) Postman
10 3 (0.29%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.19%) MSTest
11 2 (0.19%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.19%) WebDriver
General
1 321 (30.78%) Social Skills
2 281 (26.94%) Public Sector
3 160 (15.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 111 (10.64%) Law
5 110 (10.55%) Finance
6 99 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
7 63 (6.04%) Back Office
8 46 (4.41%) Telecoms
9 38 (3.64%) Legal
10 36 (3.45%) Manufacturing
11 31 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (2.01%) Marketing
12 21 (2.01%) Retail
13 20 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
14 19 (1.82%) Aerospace
14 19 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (1.44%) Electronics
16 11 (1.05%) Military
17 8 (0.77%) Police
18 7 (0.67%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 199 (19.08%) Senior
2 139 (13.33%) Architect
3 120 (11.51%) Consultant
4 89 (8.53%) Analyst
5 83 (7.96%) Developer
6 74 (7.09%) Support Engineer
7 68 (6.52%) Lead
8 60 (5.75%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (5.75%) Desktop Support
8 60 (5.75%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 60 (5.75%) Site Engineer
9 59 (5.66%) Solutions Architect
10 55 (5.27%) Software Engineer
11 50 (4.79%) Business Analyst
12 40 (3.84%) Security Consultant
13 39 (3.74%) Senior Manager
14 38 (3.64%) Cloud Engineer
15 36 (3.45%) Data Engineer
16 33 (3.16%) Designer
17 32 (3.07%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.74%) .NET
1 39 (3.74%) REST
2 28 (2.68%) CSS
2 28 (2.68%) HTML
2 28 (2.68%) Spring
3 23 (2.21%) SOAP
4 21 (2.01%) Middleware
4 21 (2.01%) React
5 17 (1.63%) Lightning Web Components
5 17 (1.63%) Visualforce
6 15 (1.44%) Spring Boot
7 14 (1.34%) Kafka
8 11 (1.05%) ASP.NET
9 10 (0.96%) Django
9 10 (0.96%) SAP CAF
10 9 (0.86%) HTML5 Canvas
10 9 (0.86%) Node.js
10 9 (0.86%) SAML
11 8 (0.77%) AngularJS
12 7 (0.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 66 (6.33%) Product Ownership
2 50 (4.79%) Cloud Native
3 40 (3.84%) Data Centre
4 39 (3.74%) Management Information System
5 38 (3.64%) Onboarding
6 29 (2.78%) Security Posture
7 20 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (1.82%) PKI
9 15 (1.44%) Driving Licence
10 14 (1.34%) Blog
11 12 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
12 11 (1.05%) Low-Code
13 8 (0.77%) AI Agents
13 8 (0.77%) Data Structures
14 7 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
15 6 (0.58%) Cyberattack
15 6 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
15 6 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
15 6 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 114 (10.93%) Windows
2 65 (6.23%) Windows 10
3 61 (5.85%) Linux
4 19 (1.82%) Windows Server
5 18 (1.73%) Unix
6 9 (0.86%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.29%) CentOS
8 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.19%) Android
10 1 (0.096%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.096%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.096%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (20.90%) Agile
2 172 (16.49%) Continuous Improvement
3 171 (16.40%) Cybersecurity
4 128 (12.27%) Analytics
5 117 (11.22%) Community of Practice
6 114 (10.93%) DevOps
6 114 (10.93%) ITIL
7 113 (10.83%) Mentoring
8 108 (10.35%) Technology Strategy
9 103 (9.88%) Problem-Solving
10 93 (8.92%) CI/CD
11 87 (8.34%) Software Engineering
12 79 (7.57%) Stakeholder Management
13 72 (6.90%) Customer Service
14 71 (6.81%) User Experience
15 68 (6.52%) Risk Management
16 67 (6.42%) Infrastructure as Code
17 65 (6.23%) Collaborative Culture
17 65 (6.23%) Patch Management
18 61 (5.85%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 98 (9.40%) Java
1 98 (9.40%) Python
2 65 (6.23%) JavaScript
3 46 (4.41%) SQL
4 36 (3.45%) C#
5 24 (2.30%) PowerShell
5 24 (2.30%) TypeScript
6 19 (1.82%) C++
7 17 (1.63%) Apex Code
8 13 (1.25%) Bash
9 9 (0.86%) Rust
10 6 (0.58%) C
10 6 (0.58%) VBA
11 5 (0.48%) Go
11 5 (0.48%) Scala
12 3 (0.29%) Google Apps Script
12 3 (0.29%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.29%) Pascal
12 3 (0.29%) Perl
12 3 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,043 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 266 (25.50%) Degree
3 167 (16.01%) DV Cleared
4 60 (5.75%) CTC Cleared
5 53 (5.08%) CISSP
6 45 (4.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 45 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 40 (3.84%) CISM
8 39 (3.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (2.11%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (1.73%) AWS Certification
12 14 (1.34%) CREST Certified
13 13 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
14 11 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 10 (0.96%) HNC
15 10 (0.96%) Master's Degree
16 9 (0.86%) CCIE
16 9 (0.86%) CCNA
16 9 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (6.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (6.14%) SLA
3 49 (4.70%) Accessibility
3 49 (4.70%) NIST
4 36 (3.45%) GDPR
5 29 (2.78%) QA
6 25 (2.40%) WCAG
7 23 (2.21%) GRC
8 15 (1.44%) NCSC
9 14 (1.34%) Data Quality
9 14 (1.34%) PCI DSS
10 12 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (1.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 9 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.77%) JSP 440
14 7 (0.67%) Government Security Classifications
15 6 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.58%) NEBOSH
16 4 (0.38%) PMO
17 3 (0.29%) HIPAA
System Software
1 57 (5.47%) Docker
2 30 (2.88%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.05%) VMware NSX
5 7 (0.67%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.48%) Firmware
6 5 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.38%) vSphere
8 2 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.096%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.096%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.096%) IAG
9 1 (0.096%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.096%) Xen
Systems Management
1 71 (6.81%) Terraform
2 60 (5.75%) Kubernetes
3 40 (3.84%) Ansible
4 18 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.63%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.53%) Grafana
7 6 (0.58%) Argo
7 6 (0.58%) Endace
7 6 (0.58%) Puppet
8 5 (0.48%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.48%) Nmap
9 4 (0.38%) Istio
9 4 (0.38%) Kustomize
9 4 (0.38%) Packer
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 (0.29%) Kibana
10 3 (0.29%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 160 (15.34%) Microsoft
2 100 (9.59%) Cisco
3 50 (4.79%) Google
4 32 (3.07%) Salesforce
5 27 (2.59%) Adobe
6 26 (2.49%) SAP
6 26 (2.49%) VMware
7 25 (2.40%) Oracle
8 19 (1.82%) Red Hat
9 17 (1.63%) MuleSoft
10 11 (1.05%) CyberArk
11 10 (0.96%) Splunk
12 9 (0.86%) Juniper
12 9 (0.86%) Meraki
13 8 (0.77%) Databricks
13 8 (0.77%) F5
13 8 (0.77%) ServiceNow
14 6 (0.58%) CheckPoint
15 5 (0.48%) ESRI
15 5 (0.48%) Remedy