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 4 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 101 55
Rank change year-on-year +66 -46 -5
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,315 618 1,143
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.90% 3.75% 4.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.49% 11.06% 17.08%
Number of salaries quoted 977 376 867
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,625 £47,522
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £72,900
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 4,615 5,587 6,693
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.72% 33.86% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,047 2,476 3,921
10th Percentile £33,310 £29,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,743 £40,976 £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 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
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 4 August 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 (2.21%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.83%) Apache Spark
3 22 (1.67%) Apache
4 12 (0.91%) Anypoint
4 12 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (0.91%) Mule
5 8 (0.61%) Confluence
6 7 (0.53%) Camunda
6 7 (0.53%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.46%) nginx
7 6 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.23%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.15%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.15%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.076%) Appian
10 1 (0.076%) CMS
10 1 (0.076%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (0.84%) Simulink
3 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.68%) Adobe XD
5 5 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.30%) Windchill
7 3 (0.23%) Mathcad
7 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.076%) CATIA
8 1 (0.076%) Houdini
8 1 (0.076%) InDesign
8 1 (0.076%) InVision
8 1 (0.076%) NUKE
8 1 (0.076%) Sketch
8 1 (0.076%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.076%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 7 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.46%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.30%) Primavera
5 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.23%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.15%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.076%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.076%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.076%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.076%) SAP FSCM
7 1 (0.076%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.076%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 379 (28.82%) Azure
2 348 (26.46%) AWS
3 113 (8.59%) GCP
4 78 (5.93%) Microsoft 365
5 59 (4.49%) Power Platform
6 48 (3.65%) Entra ID
7 42 (3.19%) dbt
8 37 (2.81%) AWS CloudFormation
9 28 (2.13%) GitHub
10 23 (1.75%) Serverless
11 22 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (1.60%) Google Analytics
13 20 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
14 19 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
15 18 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
15 18 (1.37%) PaaS
16 17 (1.29%) Amazon S3
17 16 (1.22%) PowerApps
18 15 (1.14%) Amazon EC2
19 14 (1.06%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.12%) Network Security
2 34 (2.59%) TCP/IP
3 33 (2.51%) Firewall
4 25 (1.90%) DNS
5 18 (1.37%) WAN
6 15 (1.14%) SSL
6 15 (1.14%) VPN
7 12 (0.91%) ATM
8 11 (0.84%) LAN
9 10 (0.76%) BGP
9 10 (0.76%) DHCP
9 10 (0.76%) MPLS
10 6 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.46%) Wireless
11 5 (0.38%) SMTP
11 5 (0.38%) SNMP
12 4 (0.30%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.30%) HTTP
12 4 (0.30%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (3.65%) Power BI
2 39 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.60%) Big Data
5 13 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
5 13 (0.99%) Metadata
6 11 (0.84%) DynamoDB
6 11 (0.84%) Redis
6 11 (0.84%) SQL Server
7 9 (0.68%) Data Lake
7 9 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.61%) MySQL
8 8 (0.61%) NoSQL
8 8 (0.61%) Tableau
9 7 (0.53%) Hadoop
9 7 (0.53%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 52 (3.95%) Git
2 35 (2.66%) GitLab
3 25 (1.90%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.52%) JUnit
5 18 (1.37%) JIRA
6 15 (1.14%) Selenium
7 14 (1.06%) Rational DOORS
8 11 (0.84%) Mockito
9 10 (0.76%) Maven
10 9 (0.68%) Balsamiq
10 9 (0.68%) Postman
11 8 (0.61%) Axure RP
11 8 (0.61%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.53%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.53%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.46%) Gatling
14 5 (0.38%) Cypress.io
15 4 (0.30%) LabVIEW
16 3 (0.23%) Snyk
16 3 (0.23%) SonarQube
General
1 411 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 323 (24.56%) Public Sector
3 274 (20.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 218 (16.58%) Finance
5 145 (11.03%) Analytical Skills
6 138 (10.49%) Law
7 94 (7.15%) Aerospace
8 57 (4.33%) Legal
9 46 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
10 36 (2.74%) Retail
11 32 (2.43%) Manufacturing
11 32 (2.43%) Telecoms
12 31 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
13 29 (2.21%) Military
14 24 (1.83%) Electronics
15 23 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
16 17 (1.29%) Police
17 12 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
18 11 (0.84%) Automotive
19 10 (0.76%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 262 (19.92%) Senior
2 240 (18.25%) Architect
3 125 (9.51%) Consultant
3 125 (9.51%) Lead
4 113 (8.59%) Developer
5 102 (7.76%) Software Engineer
6 101 (7.68%) Solutions Architect
7 95 (7.22%) Analyst
8 51 (3.88%) Cloud Engineer
9 49 (3.73%) Security Consultant
10 47 (3.57%) Senior Developer
11 46 (3.50%) DevOps Engineer
11 46 (3.50%) Senior Manager
12 42 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
13 41 (3.12%) Data Engineer
13 41 (3.12%) Security Architect
14 39 (2.97%) Business Analyst
15 38 (2.89%) Cloud Architect
15 38 (2.89%) Principal Engineer
16 37 (2.81%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.19%) React
2 40 (3.04%) REST
3 36 (2.74%) Spring
4 27 (2.05%) .NET
5 21 (1.60%) CSS
5 21 (1.60%) Kafka
6 20 (1.52%) HTML
6 20 (1.52%) Playwright
7 15 (1.14%) OAuth
7 15 (1.14%) PySpark
7 15 (1.14%) Spring Boot
8 14 (1.06%) AngularJS
9 13 (0.99%) JWT
9 13 (0.99%) OAuth2
10 12 (0.91%) MUnit
10 12 (0.91%) RAML
11 11 (0.84%) Node.js
12 10 (0.76%) RESTful
12 10 (0.76%) SOAP
12 10 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 104 (7.91%) Cloud Native
2 51 (3.88%) Product Ownership
3 48 (3.65%) Management Information System
4 47 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.59%) Security Posture
6 30 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
7 29 (2.21%) Data Centre
8 27 (2.05%) Driving Licence
9 26 (1.98%) Blog
10 22 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
13 14 (1.06%) PKI
14 13 (0.99%) Public Cloud
15 12 (0.91%) Algorithms
15 12 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
15 12 (0.91%) FPGA
16 11 (0.84%) AI Agents
17 10 (0.76%) Data Structures
18 9 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 105 (7.98%) Linux
2 83 (6.31%) Windows
3 36 (2.74%) Windows Server
4 34 (2.59%) Unix
5 12 (0.91%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.23%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.15%) Android
9 2 (0.15%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.15%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.076%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.076%) CentOS
10 1 (0.076%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.076%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (27.76%) Agile
2 235 (17.87%) Continuous Improvement
3 221 (16.81%) Mentoring
4 196 (14.90%) CI/CD
4 196 (14.90%) Cybersecurity
5 184 (13.99%) DevOps
6 180 (13.69%) Problem-Solving
7 172 (13.08%) Software Engineering
8 166 (12.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 131 (9.96%) Community of Practice
10 122 (9.28%) Infrastructure as Code
11 120 (9.13%) Stakeholder Management
12 119 (9.05%) AI
13 115 (8.75%) Technology Strategy
14 105 (7.98%) Decision-Making
15 104 (7.91%) Coaching
16 103 (7.83%) Project Delivery
17 102 (7.76%) Scrum
18 100 (7.60%) Technical Leadership
19 99 (7.53%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 169 (12.85%) Python
2 130 (9.89%) Java
3 82 (6.24%) JavaScript
3 82 (6.24%) SQL
4 42 (3.19%) C++
5 39 (2.97%) C#
6 36 (2.74%) Bash
7 35 (2.66%) PowerShell
8 25 (1.90%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.22%) Ada
9 16 (1.22%) C
10 15 (1.14%) MATLAB
11 12 (0.91%) DataWeave
12 10 (0.76%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.76%) Rust
13 9 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (0.61%) Ruby
14 8 (0.61%) VBA
15 7 (0.53%) Apex Code
15 7 (0.53%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,315 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 249 (18.94%) Degree
3 234 (17.79%) DV Cleared
4 138 (10.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 65 (4.94%) CISSP
6 51 (3.88%) CISM
6 51 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (2.81%) Azure Certification
8 29 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (2.13%) AWS Certification
10 24 (1.83%) Master's Degree
11 16 (1.22%) CRISC
12 15 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (1.14%) CREST Certified
12 15 (1.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 14 (1.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 12 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
15 11 (0.84%) PhD
16 9 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 8 (0.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (9.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 106 (8.06%) Accessibility
3 69 (5.25%) NIST
4 47 (3.57%) NCSC
5 43 (3.27%) QA
6 30 (2.28%) GDPR
6 30 (2.28%) GRC
7 28 (2.13%) Data Quality
8 23 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
9 20 (1.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 20 (1.52%) WCAG
10 18 (1.37%) PCI DSS
10 18 (1.37%) SLA
11 12 (0.91%) JSP 440
12 11 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
13 10 (0.76%) Def Stans
14 8 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.38%) NEBOSH
16 5 (0.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 80 (6.08%) Docker
2 51 (3.88%) Active Directory
3 27 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (1.83%) Firmware
4 24 (1.83%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.46%) Squid
6 6 (0.46%) vSphere
7 4 (0.30%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.076%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.076%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.076%) IAG
10 1 (0.076%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.076%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.076%) Xen
Systems Management
1 104 (7.91%) Terraform
2 87 (6.62%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 34 (2.59%) Ansible
5 17 (1.29%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.22%) Grafana
7 12 (0.91%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.76%) Argo
9 7 (0.53%) Nmap
10 6 (0.46%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.38%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.38%) Istio
11 5 (0.38%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.30%) Packer
12 4 (0.30%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.23%) Check_MK
13 3 (0.23%) Endace
13 3 (0.23%) Kibana
13 3 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 193 (14.68%) Microsoft
2 64 (4.87%) Google
3 36 (2.74%) Oracle
3 36 (2.74%) VMware
4 34 (2.59%) ServiceNow
5 26 (1.98%) SAP
6 24 (1.83%) Cisco
7 22 (1.67%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.52%) MuleSoft
8 20 (1.52%) Red Hat
9 16 (1.22%) Databricks
9 16 (1.22%) OpenAI
10 13 (0.99%) CyberArk
11 11 (0.84%) Adobe
12 8 (0.61%) Veeam
13 7 (0.53%) Okta
13 7 (0.53%) Siemens
13 7 (0.53%) Splunk
13 7 (0.53%) Workday
14 6 (0.46%) BeyondTrust