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 24 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 85 67
Rank change year-on-year +48 -18 -9
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 911 508 1,321
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.36% 3.89% 4.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.80% 13.31% 16.24%
Number of salaries quoted 691 397 961
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,493 £40,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,627 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.58% +7.71% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £87,500 £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 4,602 3,818 8,132
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.08% 29.26% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,634 2,435 5,893
10th Percentile £30,750 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £56,500 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.64% +5.51% -4.35%

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 24 March 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 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.55%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.44%) Apache
5 4 (0.44%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.44%) Confluence
5 4 (0.44%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.44%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.33%) Camunda
6 3 (0.33%) SAS
6 3 (0.33%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.33%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.33%) WebLogic Portal
7 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 71 (7.79%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.18%) Adobe XD
3 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.44%) InVision
4 4 (0.44%) Sketch
5 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.22%) Weka
6 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) CATIA
6 1 (0.11%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.44%) Primavera
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.33%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.22%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FSCM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 224 (24.59%) Azure
2 188 (20.64%) AWS
3 112 (12.29%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (7.79%) GCP
5 46 (5.05%) Entra ID
6 32 (3.51%) Power Platform
7 30 (3.29%) Figma
8 29 (3.18%) AWS CloudFormation
9 25 (2.74%) PowerApps
10 23 (2.52%) Power Automate
11 20 (2.20%) Serverless
12 19 (2.09%) Amazon ECS
12 19 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (2.09%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 19 (2.09%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 17 (1.87%) Amazon EKS
14 15 (1.65%) dbt
15 14 (1.54%) GitHub
15 14 (1.54%) Google Analytics
15 14 (1.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.29%) Firewall
2 24 (2.63%) WAN
3 22 (2.41%) VPN
4 19 (2.09%) LAN
5 18 (1.98%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.76%) Network Security
6 16 (1.76%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (1.32%) BGP
7 12 (1.32%) DNS
8 11 (1.21%) DHCP
9 9 (0.99%) MPLS
9 9 (0.99%) SMTP
10 7 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.77%) SNMP
11 6 (0.66%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (0.66%) Ethernet
11 6 (0.66%) HTTP
11 6 (0.66%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.66%) VoIP
12 5 (0.55%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.28%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (2.96%) Power BI
3 16 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (1.65%) Metadata
4 15 (1.65%) NoSQL
5 14 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
6 13 (1.43%) Redis
7 11 (1.21%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.21%) SQL Server
8 10 (1.10%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.99%) MySQL
10 7 (0.77%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (0.44%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.44%) GIS
12 4 (0.44%) QGIS
13 3 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 37 (4.06%) Git
2 28 (3.07%) Balsamiq
3 26 (2.85%) Axure RP
4 19 (2.09%) Jenkins
5 17 (1.87%) GitLab
6 13 (1.43%) JIRA
7 10 (1.10%) Selenium
8 7 (0.77%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.77%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.77%) Metasploit
9 6 (0.66%) Babel
9 6 (0.66%) webpack
10 5 (0.55%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.44%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.33%) JMeter
12 3 (0.33%) JUnit
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.33%) Postman
12 3 (0.33%) SoapUI
General
1 307 (33.70%) Social Skills
2 263 (28.87%) Public Sector
3 142 (15.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 107 (11.75%) Analytical Skills
5 103 (11.31%) Finance
6 100 (10.98%) Law
7 63 (6.92%) Back Office
8 51 (5.60%) Telecoms
9 48 (5.27%) Manufacturing
10 32 (3.51%) Marketing
11 31 (3.40%) Electronics
11 31 (3.40%) Legal
12 20 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
13 19 (2.09%) Retail
14 14 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (1.43%) Military
16 10 (1.10%) Aerospace
16 10 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.66%) Banking
18 5 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 172 (18.88%) Senior
2 112 (12.29%) Architect
3 103 (11.31%) Consultant
4 91 (9.99%) Developer
5 75 (8.23%) Analyst
6 73 (8.01%) Support Engineer
7 64 (7.03%) Site Engineer
8 60 (6.59%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (6.59%) Desktop Support
8 60 (6.59%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 52 (5.71%) Lead
10 43 (4.72%) Business Analyst
11 40 (4.39%) Security Consultant
11 40 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
12 34 (3.73%) Data Engineer
12 34 (3.73%) Senior Developer
13 33 (3.62%) Software Engineer
14 32 (3.51%) Designer
15 26 (2.85%) Cloud Engineer
15 26 (2.85%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (4.83%) .NET
2 38 (4.17%) REST
3 35 (3.84%) React
4 34 (3.73%) HTML
5 33 (3.62%) CSS
6 24 (2.63%) SOAP
6 24 (2.63%) Spring
7 23 (2.52%) Django
8 22 (2.41%) Middleware
9 19 (2.09%) Lightning Web Components
9 19 (2.09%) Visualforce
10 18 (1.98%) SAP CAF
11 16 (1.76%) Node.js
12 15 (1.65%) HTML5 Canvas
12 15 (1.65%) Kafka
12 15 (1.65%) Spring Boot
13 12 (1.32%) ASP.NET
14 11 (1.21%) AngularJS
15 10 (1.10%) RESTful
16 9 (0.99%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (6.59%) Product Ownership
2 54 (5.93%) Cloud Native
3 34 (3.73%) Data Centre
4 28 (3.07%) Security Posture
5 27 (2.96%) Management Information System
6 25 (2.74%) Onboarding
7 19 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (1.65%) Driving Licence
9 14 (1.54%) PKI
10 12 (1.32%) Blog
10 12 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.99%) AI Agents
13 8 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
14 7 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.77%) Insider Threat
15 6 (0.66%) e-Learning
15 6 (0.66%) Private Cloud
16 5 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
16 5 (0.55%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 111 (12.18%) Windows
2 65 (7.14%) Windows 10
3 64 (7.03%) Linux
4 26 (2.85%) Unix
5 14 (1.54%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.99%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.44%) CentOS
8 3 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (23.05%) Agile
2 160 (17.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 142 (15.59%) Cybersecurity
4 124 (13.61%) Problem-Solving
5 122 (13.39%) Analytics
6 115 (12.62%) DevOps
7 109 (11.96%) ITIL
8 105 (11.53%) Community of Practice
9 97 (10.65%) Mentoring
10 96 (10.54%) Technology Strategy
11 90 (9.88%) CI/CD
12 77 (8.45%) Software Engineering
13 68 (7.46%) Customer Service
13 68 (7.46%) User Experience
14 65 (7.14%) Patch Management
15 63 (6.92%) Infrastructure as Code
15 63 (6.92%) Stakeholder Management
16 61 (6.70%) Customer Experience
16 61 (6.70%) Software Deployment
16 61 (6.70%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 99 (10.87%) Python
2 90 (9.88%) Java
3 87 (9.55%) JavaScript
4 49 (5.38%) C#
5 41 (4.50%) SQL
6 27 (2.96%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.09%) Apex Code
7 19 (2.09%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.54%) C++
9 11 (1.21%) Bash
10 8 (0.88%) C
11 7 (0.77%) Bicep
12 6 (0.66%) Rust
12 6 (0.66%) Scala
13 5 (0.55%) Go
14 4 (0.44%) Ruby
15 3 (0.33%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.33%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.33%) Pascal
15 3 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 911 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 275 (30.19%) Degree
3 137 (15.04%) DV Cleared
4 60 (6.59%) CTC Cleared
5 58 (6.37%) CISSP
6 49 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 44 (4.83%) CISM
7 44 (4.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
9 26 (2.85%) Azure Certification
10 24 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
11 21 (2.31%) AWS Certification
12 18 (1.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 16 (1.76%) CREST Certified
14 14 (1.54%) TOGAF Certification
15 12 (1.32%) CCNA
15 12 (1.32%) Master's Degree
16 11 (1.21%) CEH
16 11 (1.21%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (1.21%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (7.03%) SLA
3 53 (5.82%) Accessibility
4 52 (5.71%) NIST
5 40 (4.39%) GDPR
6 32 (3.51%) QA
7 27 (2.96%) GRC
7 27 (2.96%) WCAG
8 13 (1.43%) Data Quality
8 13 (1.43%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (1.21%) NCSC
11 9 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.77%) Government Security Classifications
13 7 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 7 (0.77%) JSP 440
14 3 (0.33%) ISO 14001
14 3 (0.33%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.33%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 56 (6.15%) Docker
2 27 (2.96%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (0.99%) VMware NSX
4 6 (0.66%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.33%) Firmware
7 2 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 71 (7.79%) Terraform
2 54 (5.93%) Kubernetes
3 33 (3.62%) Ansible
4 16 (1.76%) Grafana
5 13 (1.43%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.77%) Nmap
8 6 (0.66%) Endace
8 6 (0.66%) Puppet
9 5 (0.55%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.44%) Kibana
10 4 (0.44%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 4 (0.44%) SCCM
10 4 (0.44%) WSUS
10 4 (0.44%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.22%) Argo
12 2 (0.22%) Check_MK
12 2 (0.22%) Packer
12 2 (0.22%) QRadar
Vendors
1 149 (16.36%) Microsoft
2 103 (11.31%) Cisco
3 56 (6.15%) Google
4 44 (4.83%) Salesforce
5 39 (4.28%) SAP
6 29 (3.18%) Adobe
7 20 (2.20%) Oracle
8 19 (2.09%) MuleSoft
9 16 (1.76%) VMware
10 11 (1.21%) Red Hat
11 10 (1.10%) CyberArk
12 9 (0.99%) F5
12 9 (0.99%) Juniper
12 9 (0.99%) Meraki
12 9 (0.99%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.99%) Splunk
13 7 (0.77%) CheckPoint
13 7 (0.77%) Remedy
14 6 (0.66%) BMC
14 6 (0.66%) Databricks