SC Cleared Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 44 46
Rank change year-on-year -73 +2 +57
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 475 1,882 2,563
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.86% 5.57% 6.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.23% 19.80% 24.33%
Number of salaries quoted 370 947 1,205
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,627 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.71% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £88,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%

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 5,771 9,505 10,536
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.73% 28.15% 25.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3,116 5,902 6,443
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.24% +8.18%

SC Cleared
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SC Cleared trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SC Cleared
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SC Cleared.

SC Cleared salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SC Cleared over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

SC Cleared salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.47%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 7 (1.47%) Exchange Server 2013
2 7 (1.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 7 (1.47%) Skype for Business
3 2 (0.42%) nginx
3 2 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.21%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 11 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.63%) Simulink
4 2 (0.42%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.42%) Oracle Smart View
4 2 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.21%) InVision
5 1 (0.21%) Revit
5 1 (0.21%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 11 (2.32%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (1.68%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.84%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.42%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.42%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.21%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.21%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.21%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 104 (21.89%) AWS
2 97 (20.42%) Azure
3 35 (7.37%) Power Platform
4 29 (6.11%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (5.89%) GCP
6 26 (5.47%) AWS CloudFormation
6 26 (5.47%) Serverless
7 22 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (4.00%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (3.79%) OCI
10 16 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
11 14 (2.95%) Amazon ECS
12 13 (2.74%) AWS KMS
12 13 (2.74%) Entra ID
13 12 (2.53%) PaaS
13 12 (2.53%) PowerApps
14 11 (2.32%) Amazon ElastiCache
14 11 (2.32%) AWS CodeBuild
14 11 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (2.32%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.74%) Network Security
2 23 (4.84%) Firewall
2 23 (4.84%) TCP/IP
3 19 (4.00%) VPN
4 17 (3.58%) BGP
5 13 (2.74%) VLAN
6 11 (2.32%) OSPF
6 11 (2.32%) SMTP
6 11 (2.32%) WAN
7 10 (2.11%) DNS
8 9 (1.89%) IPsec
8 9 (1.89%) SAN
9 8 (1.68%) LAN
9 8 (1.68%) Wireless
10 7 (1.47%) IMAP
10 7 (1.47%) Skype
11 6 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (1.26%) DHCP
11 6 (1.26%) Internet
11 6 (1.26%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.05%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (4.63%) Power BI
3 13 (2.74%) Redis
3 13 (2.74%) SQL Server
4 12 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
4 12 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
4 12 (2.53%) MongoDB
5 11 (2.32%) MySQL
6 10 (2.11%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.47%) Tableau
8 5 (1.05%) Oracle ODI
9 4 (0.84%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.84%) Spark SQL
10 3 (0.63%) Big Data
10 3 (0.63%) Metadata
11 2 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.42%) Metadata Repository
11 2 (0.42%) Oracle Exadata
11 2 (0.42%) Pentaho
11 2 (0.42%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 30 (6.32%) Git
2 14 (2.95%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.74%) GitLab
4 7 (1.47%) JMeter
4 7 (1.47%) Selenium
5 5 (1.05%) JUnit
5 5 (1.05%) Subversion
6 4 (0.84%) JIRA
6 4 (0.84%) Mockito
7 3 (0.63%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.63%) Gatling
7 3 (0.63%) LabVIEW
7 3 (0.63%) Locust
7 3 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.63%) Postman
8 2 (0.42%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.42%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.21%) Babel
9 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.21%) webpack
General
1 158 (33.26%) Social Skills
2 99 (20.84%) Public Sector
3 69 (14.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 68 (14.32%) Finance
5 50 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (5.89%) Marketing
7 23 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
7 23 (4.84%) Retail
8 21 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (3.16%) Law
10 10 (2.11%) Aerospace
10 10 (2.11%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.89%) Back Office
12 8 (1.68%) Electronics
12 8 (1.68%) Legal
13 7 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.47%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.26%) Local Government
14 6 (1.26%) Police
14 6 (1.26%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 101 (21.26%) Architect
2 90 (18.95%) Senior
3 58 (12.21%) Developer
4 48 (10.11%) Consultant
5 39 (8.21%) Solutions Architect
6 36 (7.58%) Lead
7 26 (5.47%) Cloud Architect
8 25 (5.26%) Senior Developer
8 25 (5.26%) Software Engineer
9 22 (4.63%) Senior Consultant
10 20 (4.21%) Analyst
11 17 (3.58%) Network Engineer
12 14 (2.95%) AWS Architect
13 13 (2.74%) Systems Engineer
14 12 (2.53%) DevOps Engineer
14 12 (2.53%) Senior ServiceNow Consultant
14 12 (2.53%) Senior Technical Consultant
14 12 (2.53%) ServiceNow Consultant
14 12 (2.53%) Technical Consultant
15 11 (2.32%) Principal Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.89%) React
2 27 (5.68%) Kafka
3 17 (3.58%) AngularJS
4 16 (3.37%) .NET
4 16 (3.37%) RESTful
5 15 (3.16%) Elastic Stack
5 15 (3.16%) HTML
6 14 (2.95%) Django
7 12 (2.53%) CSS
8 10 (2.11%) Spring
9 9 (1.89%) .NET Framework
9 9 (1.89%) Node.js
10 8 (1.68%) Spring Boot
11 7 (1.47%) PySpark
11 7 (1.47%) SAP Fiori
12 6 (1.26%) Oracle Fusion
12 6 (1.26%) Ruby on Rails
12 6 (1.26%) Web Services
13 5 (1.05%) SOAP
13 5 (1.05%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.11%) Management Information System
2 26 (5.47%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.63%) Data Centre
4 20 (4.21%) Algorithms
5 16 (3.37%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.95%) Security Posture
7 13 (2.74%) e-Learning
7 13 (2.74%) FPGA
8 12 (2.53%) Virtual Team
9 10 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (2.11%) Linux Command Line
9 10 (2.11%) NHS
10 9 (1.89%) CSOC
10 9 (1.89%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.68%) Housing Association
11 8 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.47%) Blackberry
12 7 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.47%) MicroBlaze
12 7 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 57 (12.00%) Linux
2 38 (8.00%) Windows
3 25 (5.26%) Unix
4 14 (2.95%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.89%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.63%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.42%) AIX
8 2 (0.42%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.42%) Solaris
8 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.21%) Android
9 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (22.95%) Agile
1 109 (22.95%) DevOps
2 79 (16.63%) Software Engineering
3 75 (15.79%) CI/CD
4 72 (15.16%) Mentoring
5 69 (14.53%) Cybersecurity
6 53 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (10.74%) Analytics
8 49 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 49 (10.32%) Technical Leadership
9 45 (9.47%) Containerisation
10 44 (9.26%) Computer Science
11 41 (8.63%) Microservices
11 41 (8.63%) Open Source
12 40 (8.42%) Business Intelligence
12 40 (8.42%) Migration
13 36 (7.58%) Cloud Security
14 31 (6.53%) Customer Experience
14 31 (6.53%) Scrum
14 31 (6.53%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 69 (14.53%) Python
2 48 (10.11%) Java
3 43 (9.05%) JavaScript
4 37 (7.79%) SQL
5 31 (6.53%) C#
6 20 (4.21%) TypeScript
7 19 (4.00%) C
7 19 (4.00%) C++
8 13 (2.74%) Bash
9 9 (1.89%) Fortran
10 8 (1.68%) Ruby
11 6 (1.26%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.84%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.84%) X++
13 3 (0.63%) R
13 3 (0.63%) VBA
14 2 (0.42%) Go
14 2 (0.42%) Scala
14 2 (0.42%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.42%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 475 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 109 (22.95%) Degree
3 46 (9.68%) DV Cleared
4 33 (6.95%) AWS Certification
5 29 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (4.63%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (4.21%) CISSP
8 19 (4.00%) Master's Degree
9 17 (3.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 15 (3.16%) CCNP
10 15 (3.16%) TOGAF Certification
11 13 (2.74%) CCNA
11 13 (2.74%) CISM
12 11 (2.32%) CTC Cleared
13 9 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (1.68%) PhD
15 6 (1.26%) JNCIS
16 5 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
16 5 (1.05%) CISA
16 5 (1.05%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.47%) QA
2 21 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (4.21%) NIST
4 19 (4.00%) GDPR
5 17 (3.58%) NCSC
6 13 (2.74%) HIPAA
7 12 (2.53%) SLA
8 10 (2.11%) Def Stans
9 9 (1.89%) GRC
10 8 (1.68%) Accessibility
11 7 (1.47%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.63%) Data Quality
13 3 (0.63%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.63%) RMADS
14 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.42%) Dublin Core
14 2 (0.42%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.42%) WCAG
15 1 (0.21%) COBIT
System Software
1 54 (11.37%) Docker
2 16 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.32%) Firmware
3 11 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.47%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.42%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.42%) vSphere
8 1 (0.21%) IAG
8 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 42 (8.84%) Kubernetes
2 41 (8.63%) Terraform
3 20 (4.21%) Prometheus
4 15 (3.16%) Grafana
5 14 (2.95%) Ansible
6 11 (2.32%) AWS Copilot
7 9 (1.89%) QRadar
8 5 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.84%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.63%) Argo
10 3 (0.63%) Kibana
10 3 (0.63%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.42%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.42%) Iperf
11 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.42%) Nagios
11 2 (0.42%) Nessus
11 2 (0.42%) Puppet
12 1 (0.21%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 76 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.32%) VMware
3 26 (5.47%) Cisco
4 25 (5.26%) Oracle
5 21 (4.42%) Google
6 16 (3.37%) SAP
7 14 (2.95%) ServiceNow
8 11 (2.32%) Juniper
9 7 (1.47%) F5
9 7 (1.47%) NetApp
10 6 (1.26%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.05%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.05%) Foundry
11 5 (1.05%) Palantir
11 5 (1.05%) Splunk
12 4 (0.84%) Hyperion
12 4 (0.84%) JD Edwards
12 4 (0.84%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.84%) PeopleSoft
12 4 (0.84%) Tenable