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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 87 66
Rank change year-on-year +51 -21 -10
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 914 489 1,351
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.43% 3.81% 4.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.90% 13.08% 16.48%
Number of salaries quoted 697 392 991
10th Percentile £45,150 £43,914 £40,750
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 £77,500
90th Percentile £88,148 £87,450 £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 4,374 3,739 8,197
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.99% 29.14% 26.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,647 2,447 5,942
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,900 £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 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.92% +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 27 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 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.55%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.44%) Apache
5 4 (0.44%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.44%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.44%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.33%) Camunda
6 3 (0.33%) Confluence
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 (7.77%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.17%) Adobe XD
3 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.55%) InVision
4 5 (0.55%) 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 13 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.44%) Primavera
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.22%) 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
1 223 (24.40%) Azure
2 190 (20.79%) AWS
3 112 (12.25%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (7.66%) GCP
5 45 (4.92%) Entra ID
6 33 (3.61%) Power Platform
7 29 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
7 29 (3.17%) Figma
8 25 (2.74%) PowerApps
9 23 (2.52%) Power Automate
10 22 (2.41%) Serverless
11 20 (2.19%) Amazon ECS
12 19 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (1.97%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 18 (1.97%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 16 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
15 15 (1.64%) dbt
15 15 (1.64%) GitHub
16 14 (1.53%) Amazon S3
16 14 (1.53%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.28%) Firewall
2 23 (2.52%) WAN
3 22 (2.41%) VPN
4 18 (1.97%) LAN
4 18 (1.97%) TCP/IP
5 16 (1.75%) Network Security
6 15 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (1.42%) DNS
8 12 (1.31%) BGP
9 11 (1.20%) DHCP
10 9 (0.98%) MPLS
10 9 (0.98%) SMTP
11 7 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.77%) SNMP
12 6 (0.66%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (0.66%) HTTP
12 6 (0.66%) VoIP
13 5 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (0.55%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.44%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.27%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (3.06%) Power BI
3 17 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
4 16 (1.75%) Metadata
5 15 (1.64%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (1.42%) Redis
8 11 (1.20%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.20%) SQL Server
9 10 (1.09%) MongoDB
10 9 (0.98%) MySQL
11 8 (0.88%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (0.44%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.44%) GIS
13 4 (0.44%) QGIS
13 4 (0.44%) Tableau
14 3 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 38 (4.16%) Git
2 27 (2.95%) Balsamiq
3 25 (2.74%) Axure RP
4 20 (2.19%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.97%) GitLab
6 12 (1.31%) JIRA
7 10 (1.09%) 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%) JUnit
12 3 (0.33%) Maven
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.33%) Postman
12 3 (0.33%) SoapUI
General
1 310 (33.92%) Social Skills
2 262 (28.67%) Public Sector
3 144 (15.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 108 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
5 103 (11.27%) Finance
6 100 (10.94%) Law
7 62 (6.78%) Back Office
8 50 (5.47%) Telecoms
9 46 (5.03%) Manufacturing
10 31 (3.39%) Legal
10 31 (3.39%) Marketing
11 29 (3.17%) Electronics
12 22 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
13 19 (2.08%) Retail
14 15 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (1.42%) Military
16 11 (1.20%) Aerospace
17 10 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (0.66%) Banking
18 6 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 174 (19.04%) Senior
2 110 (12.04%) Architect
3 106 (11.60%) Consultant
4 92 (10.07%) Developer
5 75 (8.21%) Analyst
6 74 (8.10%) Support Engineer
7 64 (7.00%) Site Engineer
8 60 (6.56%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (6.56%) Desktop Support
8 60 (6.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 53 (5.80%) Lead
10 44 (4.81%) Business Analyst
11 41 (4.49%) Security Consultant
12 40 (4.38%) Solutions Architect
13 34 (3.72%) Data Engineer
13 34 (3.72%) Senior Developer
14 33 (3.61%) Software Engineer
15 31 (3.39%) Designer
16 26 (2.84%) Senior Manager
17 25 (2.74%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (4.70%) .NET
2 37 (4.05%) REST
3 35 (3.83%) HTML
3 35 (3.83%) React
4 34 (3.72%) CSS
5 24 (2.63%) Spring
6 23 (2.52%) Django
6 23 (2.52%) SOAP
7 21 (2.30%) Middleware
8 18 (1.97%) Lightning Web Components
8 18 (1.97%) Visualforce
9 17 (1.86%) SAP CAF
10 16 (1.75%) Node.js
11 15 (1.64%) HTML5 Canvas
11 15 (1.64%) Kafka
11 15 (1.64%) Spring Boot
12 12 (1.31%) ASP.NET
13 11 (1.20%) AngularJS
14 10 (1.09%) RESTful
15 9 (0.98%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (6.56%) Product Ownership
2 55 (6.02%) Cloud Native
3 34 (3.72%) Data Centre
4 28 (3.06%) Management Information System
4 28 (3.06%) Security Posture
5 25 (2.74%) Onboarding
6 19 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (1.64%) Driving Licence
8 14 (1.53%) PKI
9 13 (1.42%) Blog
10 12 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.98%) 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%) Linux Command Line
15 6 (0.66%) Private Cloud
16 5 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 112 (12.25%) Windows
2 67 (7.33%) Linux
3 65 (7.11%) Windows 10
4 27 (2.95%) Unix
5 15 (1.64%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.98%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.44%) CentOS
9 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (23.19%) Agile
2 164 (17.94%) Continuous Improvement
3 142 (15.54%) Cybersecurity
4 126 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
5 120 (13.13%) Analytics
6 116 (12.69%) DevOps
7 109 (11.93%) ITIL
8 106 (11.60%) Community of Practice
9 97 (10.61%) Mentoring
9 97 (10.61%) Technology Strategy
10 92 (10.07%) CI/CD
11 77 (8.42%) Software Engineering
12 68 (7.44%) Customer Service
13 67 (7.33%) User Experience
14 65 (7.11%) Patch Management
14 65 (7.11%) Stakeholder Management
15 63 (6.89%) Infrastructure as Code
16 61 (6.67%) Customer Experience
16 61 (6.67%) Software Deployment
17 60 (6.56%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 99 (10.83%) Python
2 90 (9.85%) Java
3 87 (9.52%) JavaScript
4 49 (5.36%) C#
5 43 (4.70%) SQL
6 27 (2.95%) TypeScript
7 18 (1.97%) Apex Code
7 18 (1.97%) PowerShell
8 13 (1.42%) Bash
8 13 (1.42%) C++
9 7 (0.77%) C
10 6 (0.66%) Bicep
10 6 (0.66%) Go
10 6 (0.66%) Rust
10 6 (0.66%) Scala
11 4 (0.44%) Ruby
12 3 (0.33%) Google Apps Script
12 3 (0.33%) Pascal
12 3 (0.33%) VBA
12 3 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 914 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 274 (29.98%) Degree
3 137 (14.99%) DV Cleared
4 60 (6.56%) CTC Cleared
5 57 (6.24%) CISSP
6 50 (5.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 44 (4.81%) CISM
8 43 (4.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (2.63%) Azure Certification
10 24 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
11 19 (2.08%) AWS Certification
12 18 (1.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 17 (1.86%) CREST Certified
14 13 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
15 12 (1.31%) CCNA
15 12 (1.31%) Master's Degree
16 11 (1.20%) CEH
16 11 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (1.20%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (7.00%) SLA
3 52 (5.69%) Accessibility
4 51 (5.58%) NIST
5 39 (4.27%) GDPR
6 31 (3.39%) QA
7 28 (3.06%) GRC
8 25 (2.74%) WCAG
9 13 (1.42%) Data Quality
9 13 (1.42%) PCI DSS
10 12 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (1.09%) NCSC
12 9 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.77%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (0.77%) JSP 440
15 3 (0.33%) ISO 14001
15 3 (0.33%) NEBOSH
15 3 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 60 (6.56%) Docker
2 27 (2.95%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.88%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.66%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.33%) Firmware
8 2 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.11%) vSphere
9 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 71 (7.77%) Terraform
2 54 (5.91%) Kubernetes
3 33 (3.61%) Ansible
4 15 (1.64%) Grafana
5 14 (1.53%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.77%) Nmap
8 6 (0.66%) Endace
8 6 (0.66%) Puppet
9 5 (0.55%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.55%) 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%) Nagios
11 3 (0.33%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.22%) Argo
Vendors
1 149 (16.30%) Microsoft
2 102 (11.16%) Cisco
3 55 (6.02%) Google
4 42 (4.60%) Salesforce
5 37 (4.05%) SAP
6 29 (3.17%) Adobe
7 22 (2.41%) Oracle
8 18 (1.97%) MuleSoft
9 17 (1.86%) VMware
10 13 (1.42%) Red Hat
11 10 (1.09%) CyberArk
11 10 (1.09%) Splunk
12 9 (0.98%) Juniper
12 9 (0.98%) Meraki
12 9 (0.98%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.88%) F5
14 7 (0.77%) Remedy
15 6 (0.66%) BMC
15 6 (0.66%) CheckPoint
15 6 (0.66%) Databricks