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

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 53 42
Rank change year-on-year +2 -11 +39
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 736 976 1,315
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.81% 5.19% 6.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.01% 19.24% 22.93%
Number of salaries quoted 472 621 1,054
10th Percentile £42,535 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,475
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +0.04% +0.96%
75th Percentile £78,790 £79,225 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +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 5,254 5,074 5,736
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.35% 26.98% 27.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,437 2,617 4,273
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.80%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,850 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,125 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.83% -

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 10 December 2025.

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 27 (3.67%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.95%) Confluence
4 5 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.54%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.41%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.41%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.41%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.41%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.41%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.41%) WebLogic Portal
7 2 (0.27%) Camunda
8 1 (0.14%) IIS
Applications
1 28 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (3.40%) Adobe XD
3 14 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.41%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.41%) Simulink
6 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.27%) Revit
7 1 (0.14%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.14%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 26 (3.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 18 (2.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.54%) Primavera
5 3 (0.41%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.27%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.27%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.14%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 186 (25.27%) Azure
2 149 (20.24%) AWS
3 72 (9.78%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (5.57%) Power Platform
5 39 (5.30%) GCP
6 33 (4.48%) Entra ID
7 30 (4.08%) AWS CloudFormation
7 30 (4.08%) PowerApps
8 28 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (3.67%) Figma
9 27 (3.67%) Power Automate
10 24 (3.26%) Amazon ECS
10 24 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
11 23 (3.13%) Amazon EKS
12 22 (2.99%) GitHub
12 22 (2.99%) Serverless
13 19 (2.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 16 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
14 16 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (2.04%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.94%) Firewall
2 21 (2.85%) VPN
3 19 (2.58%) Wireless
4 17 (2.31%) Software-Defined Radio
5 16 (2.17%) LAN
6 15 (2.04%) TCP/IP
7 13 (1.77%) WAN
8 10 (1.36%) Ethernet
8 10 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (1.22%) Network Security
10 7 (0.95%) BGP
10 7 (0.95%) DNS
10 7 (0.95%) Junos
10 7 (0.95%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.82%) IPsec
11 6 (0.82%) MPLS
12 5 (0.68%) Wireshark
13 4 (0.54%) Cisco Firepower
13 4 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
13 4 (0.54%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (4.21%) Power BI
3 15 (2.04%) NoSQL
4 14 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
4 14 (1.90%) MongoDB
5 12 (1.63%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.63%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.49%) MySQL
7 10 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (1.09%) Metadata
8 8 (1.09%) Redis
9 5 (0.68%) Big Data
9 5 (0.68%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.41%) GIS
11 3 (0.41%) Neo4j
11 3 (0.41%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.41%) Oracle Discoverer
11 3 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 28 (3.80%) Balsamiq
2 25 (3.40%) Axure RP
3 22 (2.99%) Git
4 20 (2.72%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.90%) JIRA
6 12 (1.63%) Selenium
7 11 (1.49%) Cypress.io
8 9 (1.22%) WebDriver
9 8 (1.09%) GitLab
10 5 (0.68%) Babel
10 5 (0.68%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.68%) webpack
11 4 (0.54%) MLflow
12 3 (0.41%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.41%) Metasploit
12 3 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.41%) Rational Rhapsody
13 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.27%) SpecFlow
General
1 222 (30.16%) Social Skills
2 197 (26.77%) Public Sector
3 177 (24.05%) Finance
4 121 (16.44%) Analytical Skills
5 92 (12.50%) Law
6 89 (12.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 56 (7.61%) Manufacturing
8 45 (6.11%) Electronics
9 41 (5.57%) Telecoms
10 40 (5.43%) Marketing
11 21 (2.85%) Aerospace
11 21 (2.85%) Back Office
12 15 (2.04%) Military
12 15 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.63%) Retail
14 10 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.95%) Aviation
16 6 (0.82%) Advertising
17 5 (0.68%) Legal
17 5 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 101 (13.72%) Senior
2 88 (11.96%) Consultant
3 79 (10.73%) Architect
4 78 (10.60%) Developer
5 63 (8.56%) Systems Engineer
6 53 (7.20%) Analyst
7 44 (5.98%) Administrator
8 39 (5.30%) Lead
9 37 (5.03%) Software Engineer
10 36 (4.89%) Systems Administrator
11 33 (4.48%) Designer
12 32 (4.35%) Security Consultant
13 27 (3.67%) Senior Developer
14 23 (3.13%) Cloud Engineer
15 21 (2.85%) Business Analyst
16 20 (2.72%) Desktop Support
17 19 (2.58%) Service Designer
18 18 (2.45%) Support Engineer
18 18 (2.45%) Technical Architect
19 17 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (5.84%) React
2 27 (3.67%) .NET
3 24 (3.26%) HTML
3 24 (3.26%) SAP CAF
4 23 (3.13%) CSS
4 23 (3.13%) Node.js
5 19 (2.58%) Spring
6 18 (2.45%) Django
7 17 (2.31%) Spring Boot
8 16 (2.17%) HTML5 Canvas
9 14 (1.90%) REST
10 12 (1.63%) AngularJS
11 10 (1.36%) Kafka
11 10 (1.36%) SAP Fiori
12 9 (1.22%) Middleware
12 9 (1.22%) Web Services
13 8 (1.09%) SOAP
14 7 (0.95%) .NET Core
14 7 (0.95%) RESTful
14 7 (0.95%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 106 (14.40%) e-Learning
2 52 (7.07%) Cloud Native
3 37 (5.03%) Product Ownership
4 36 (4.89%) Data Centre
5 22 (2.99%) Management Information System
6 21 (2.85%) Onboarding
6 21 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
8 17 (2.31%) Embedded Systems
8 17 (2.31%) MicroBlaze
8 17 (2.31%) RISC-V
9 16 (2.17%) Algorithms
10 14 (1.90%) Security Posture
11 13 (1.77%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (1.36%) Driving Licence
13 9 (1.22%) PKI
14 8 (1.09%) Private Cloud
14 8 (1.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 7 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 105 (14.27%) Linux
2 64 (8.70%) Windows
3 41 (5.57%) Unix
4 21 (2.85%) Windows 10
5 17 (2.31%) Embedded Linux
6 15 (2.04%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.95%) Rocky
7 7 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.82%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.54%) CentOS
9 4 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.41%) VMS
11 2 (0.27%) HPUX
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.27%) Solaris
12 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (25.95%) Agile
2 135 (18.34%) Problem-Solving
3 131 (17.80%) Innovative Thinking
4 107 (14.54%) Software Engineering
5 103 (13.99%) DevOps
6 100 (13.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 95 (12.91%) Cybersecurity
8 90 (12.23%) CI/CD
9 84 (11.41%) Analytics
10 76 (10.33%) Business Intelligence
10 76 (10.33%) Community of Practice
11 71 (9.65%) Computer Science
12 69 (9.38%) Technology Strategy
13 64 (8.70%) AI
14 59 (8.02%) Collaborative Culture
15 58 (7.88%) Mentoring
15 58 (7.88%) User Experience
16 55 (7.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 53 (7.20%) Infrastructure as Code
18 51 (6.93%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 108 (14.67%) Python
2 78 (10.60%) JavaScript
3 71 (9.65%) Java
4 43 (5.84%) SQL
5 42 (5.71%) C#
6 31 (4.21%) C
7 30 (4.08%) C++
8 29 (3.94%) PowerShell
9 26 (3.53%) TypeScript
10 21 (2.85%) Bicep
11 18 (2.45%) Bash
12 10 (1.36%) MATLAB
13 8 (1.09%) Go
14 7 (0.95%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.82%) Scala
15 6 (0.82%) VBA
16 5 (0.68%) R
17 4 (0.54%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.54%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 736 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 240 (32.61%) Degree
3 128 (17.39%) DV Cleared
4 63 (8.56%) Cisco Certification
5 58 (7.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 52 (7.07%) CISSP
7 51 (6.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 48 (6.52%) CISM
9 46 (6.25%) CCNP
10 41 (5.57%) Azure Certification
11 37 (5.03%) CCNA
12 36 (4.89%) Microsoft Certification
13 33 (4.48%) AWS Certification
14 29 (3.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 20 (2.72%) CTC Cleared
16 16 (2.17%) Master's Degree
17 10 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
18 9 (1.22%) CRISC
18 9 (1.22%) RHCSA
19 7 (0.95%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (8.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (6.79%) NIST
3 47 (6.39%) Accessibility
4 34 (4.62%) GRC
5 30 (4.08%) QA
6 27 (3.67%) WCAG
7 24 (3.26%) GDPR
7 24 (3.26%) SLA
8 9 (1.22%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.95%) JSP 440
10 6 (0.82%) NCSC
11 5 (0.68%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.41%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.41%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.41%) NEBOSH
12 3 (0.41%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.27%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 42 (5.71%) Docker
2 28 (3.80%) Active Directory
3 24 (3.26%) Firmware
4 17 (2.31%) Embedded Firmware
5 16 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (2.04%) Hyper-V
7 10 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.68%) vSphere
9 3 (0.41%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.27%) IAG
10 2 (0.27%) pfSense
11 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 60 (8.15%) Kubernetes
2 57 (7.74%) Terraform
3 27 (3.67%) Ansible
4 20 (2.72%) Grafana
5 6 (0.82%) SCOM
6 5 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.54%) Kibana
8 3 (0.41%) Endace
8 3 (0.41%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.41%) Nmap
8 3 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.27%) Argo
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.27%) Nagios
9 2 (0.27%) Nessus
9 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.27%) WSUS
9 2 (0.27%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.14%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 120 (16.30%) Microsoft
2 83 (11.28%) Cisco
3 57 (7.74%) SAP
4 38 (5.16%) Google
5 29 (3.94%) Salesforce
6 26 (3.53%) Sparx
7 25 (3.40%) Adobe
8 24 (3.26%) VMware
9 16 (2.17%) Oracle
10 15 (2.04%) Red Hat
11 12 (1.63%) Juniper
12 11 (1.49%) ServiceNow
13 9 (1.22%) Dell
14 7 (0.95%) MuleSoft
15 6 (0.82%) Databricks
15 6 (0.82%) Splunk
16 5 (0.68%) CheckPoint
16 5 (0.68%) F5
16 5 (0.68%) Fortinet
17 4 (0.54%) Ariba