Hybrid/Remote CTC Cleared Job Trends

Counter-Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for CTC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 413 485 486
Rank change year-on-year +72 +1 +340
Permanent jobs citing CTC Cleared 16 22 26
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.099% 0.094% 0.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% 0.35% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 0 17 26
10th Percentile - £28,498 £36,750
25th Percentile - £44,106 £40,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £45,096 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year - +4.27% +2.92%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £45,250
90th Percentile - £57,528 £45,375
UK median annual salary £52,000 £47,548 £43,250
% change year-on-year +9.36% +9.94% -1.81%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

CTC 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 5,691 6,369 6,650
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.04% 27.29% 26.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,327 3,096 4,998
10th Percentile £31,000 £34,404 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% -3.45% +5.45%

CTC Cleared
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

CTC Cleared
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing CTC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing CTC Cleared

CTC 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:

Applications
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 16 (100.00%) Back Office
1 16 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 16 (100.00%) Desktop Support Technician
1 16 (100.00%) Desktop Technician
1 16 (100.00%) Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
1 16 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Analytics
1 16 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 16 (100.00%) Customer Acquisition
1 16 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 16 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 16 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 16 (100.00%) ITIL
1 16 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 16 (100.00%) Software Deployment
1 16 (100.00%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
1 16 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 16 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Cisco
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft