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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 54 42
Rank change year-on-year +6 -12 +36
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 745 922 1,264
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.85% 5.24% 6.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.59% 19.08% 22.79%
Number of salaries quoted 477 591 992
10th Percentile £42,709 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,759 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% +4.60% -3.04%
75th Percentile £78,790 £77,500 £74,606
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,000 £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 5,105 4,833 5,546
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.25% 27.46% 28.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,463 2,541 4,077
10th Percentile £30,165 £35,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £46,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,269 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.61% +1.34% -

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 17 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 26 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.94%) Confluence
4 5 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.67%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.54%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.54%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.40%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.40%) WebLogic Portal
7 2 (0.27%) Camunda
8 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 39 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (3.36%) Adobe XD
3 13 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.40%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.40%) Simulink
5 1 (0.13%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.13%) InVision
5 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) Revit
5 1 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 24 (3.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.54%) Primavera
4 3 (0.40%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.27%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.13%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 184 (24.70%) Azure
2 144 (19.33%) AWS
3 81 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (5.50%) Power Platform
5 38 (5.10%) GCP
6 30 (4.03%) AWS CloudFormation
7 29 (3.89%) PowerApps
8 28 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (3.62%) Figma
10 26 (3.49%) Entra ID
11 25 (3.36%) Power Automate
12 23 (3.09%) Amazon ECS
12 23 (3.09%) Amazon EKS
13 22 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
13 22 (2.95%) GitHub
14 21 (2.82%) Serverless
15 18 (2.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 16 (2.15%) Azure AKS
16 16 (2.15%) Azure Monitor
16 16 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.30%) Firewall
2 20 (2.68%) VPN
3 18 (2.42%) Wireless
4 16 (2.15%) TCP/IP
5 15 (2.01%) Software-Defined Radio
6 14 (1.88%) LAN
7 11 (1.48%) WAN
8 10 (1.34%) Ethernet
8 10 (1.34%) Network Security
9 9 (1.21%) BGP
9 9 (1.21%) DNS
10 8 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.94%) IPsec
11 7 (0.94%) SD-WAN
12 6 (0.81%) MPLS
13 5 (0.67%) Cisco Firepower
13 5 (0.67%) Wireshark
14 4 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
14 4 (0.54%) Junos
14 4 (0.54%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.43%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (4.03%) Power BI
3 13 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (1.74%) NoSQL
4 12 (1.61%) MongoDB
4 12 (1.61%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.48%) MySQL
5 11 (1.48%) Relational Database
6 10 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (1.21%) Metadata
8 8 (1.07%) Redis
9 5 (0.67%) Big Data
9 5 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.67%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.54%) GIS
10 4 (0.54%) QGIS
10 4 (0.54%) Tableau
11 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 27 (3.62%) Balsamiq
1 27 (3.62%) Git
2 25 (3.36%) Axure RP
3 21 (2.82%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.88%) JIRA
5 12 (1.61%) Selenium
6 11 (1.48%) Cypress.io
7 9 (1.21%) WebDriver
8 8 (1.07%) GitLab
9 6 (0.81%) Babel
9 6 (0.81%) webpack
10 5 (0.67%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.54%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.54%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.54%) MLflow
12 3 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.40%) Rational Rhapsody
13 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.27%) SpecFlow
General
1 238 (31.95%) Social Skills
2 201 (26.98%) Public Sector
3 165 (22.15%) Finance
4 123 (16.51%) Analytical Skills
5 93 (12.48%) Law
6 92 (12.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 57 (7.65%) Manufacturing
8 46 (6.17%) Electronics
9 43 (5.77%) Telecoms
10 41 (5.50%) Marketing
11 29 (3.89%) Back Office
12 21 (2.82%) Aerospace
13 15 (2.01%) Military
13 15 (2.01%) Retail
14 14 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (0.94%) Aviation
17 5 (0.67%) Legal
17 5 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
18 4 (0.54%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 102 (13.69%) Senior
2 86 (11.54%) Consultant
3 80 (10.74%) Developer
4 77 (10.34%) Architect
5 60 (8.05%) Analyst
6 58 (7.79%) Systems Engineer
7 43 (5.77%) Administrator
8 37 (4.97%) Lead
9 35 (4.70%) Software Engineer
10 34 (4.56%) Support Engineer
10 34 (4.56%) Systems Administrator
11 33 (4.43%) Designer
12 32 (4.30%) Site Engineer
13 31 (4.16%) Security Consultant
14 29 (3.89%) Senior Developer
15 28 (3.76%) Desktop Engineer
15 28 (3.76%) Desktop Support
15 28 (3.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 27 (3.62%) Business Analyst
17 25 (3.36%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (5.77%) React
2 31 (4.16%) .NET
3 25 (3.36%) HTML
4 24 (3.22%) CSS
4 24 (3.22%) SAP CAF
5 22 (2.95%) Node.js
6 20 (2.68%) Spring
7 18 (2.42%) Django
8 17 (2.28%) Spring Boot
9 15 (2.01%) HTML5 Canvas
10 14 (1.88%) REST
11 12 (1.61%) AngularJS
12 11 (1.48%) Kafka
13 9 (1.21%) Middleware
13 9 (1.21%) SAP Fiori
13 9 (1.21%) Web Services
14 8 (1.07%) .NET Core
14 8 (1.07%) RESTful
14 8 (1.07%) SOAP
15 7 (0.94%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 98 (13.15%) e-Learning
2 51 (6.85%) Cloud Native
3 36 (4.83%) Data Centre
3 36 (4.83%) Product Ownership
4 21 (2.82%) Management Information System
4 21 (2.82%) Onboarding
4 21 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 15 (2.01%) Algorithms
6 15 (2.01%) Embedded Systems
6 15 (2.01%) MicroBlaze
6 15 (2.01%) RISC-V
6 15 (2.01%) Security Posture
7 13 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.34%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.07%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.07%) PKI
10 8 (1.07%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 7 (0.94%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 100 (13.42%) Linux
2 71 (9.53%) Windows
3 39 (5.23%) Unix
4 30 (4.03%) Windows 10
5 17 (2.28%) Windows Server
6 15 (2.01%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (1.07%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.81%) Rocky
8 6 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.40%) VMS
10 2 (0.27%) CentOS
10 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (25.64%) Agile
2 137 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
3 124 (16.64%) Innovative Thinking
4 106 (14.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 105 (14.09%) Software Engineering
6 104 (13.96%) DevOps
7 100 (13.42%) Cybersecurity
8 92 (12.35%) Analytics
9 90 (12.08%) CI/CD
10 77 (10.34%) Community of Practice
11 76 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
12 72 (9.66%) Computer Science
12 72 (9.66%) Technology Strategy
13 63 (8.46%) User Experience
14 62 (8.32%) AI
14 62 (8.32%) ITIL
15 58 (7.79%) Collaborative Culture
16 53 (7.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 52 (6.98%) Infrastructure as Code
17 52 (6.98%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 110 (14.77%) Python
2 77 (10.34%) JavaScript
3 73 (9.80%) Java
4 43 (5.77%) C#
5 42 (5.64%) SQL
6 29 (3.89%) C
6 29 (3.89%) PowerShell
7 28 (3.76%) C++
7 28 (3.76%) TypeScript
8 21 (2.82%) Bicep
9 19 (2.55%) Bash
10 10 (1.34%) MATLAB
11 8 (1.07%) Go
12 7 (0.94%) Apex Code
12 7 (0.94%) Scala
13 6 (0.81%) VBA
14 5 (0.67%) R
15 4 (0.54%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.54%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 745 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 250 (33.56%) Degree
3 128 (17.18%) DV Cleared
4 59 (7.92%) Cisco Certification
5 57 (7.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 52 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 51 (6.85%) CISSP
8 46 (6.17%) CISM
9 42 (5.64%) Azure Certification
10 41 (5.50%) CCNP
11 39 (5.23%) Microsoft Certification
12 36 (4.83%) CCNA
13 31 (4.16%) AWS Certification
14 29 (3.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 28 (3.76%) CTC Cleared
16 16 (2.15%) Master's Degree
17 9 (1.21%) CompTIA Security+
17 9 (1.21%) CRISC
18 8 (1.07%) CISMP
18 8 (1.07%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (8.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 51 (6.85%) Accessibility
3 49 (6.58%) NIST
4 34 (4.56%) GRC
5 32 (4.30%) SLA
6 29 (3.89%) QA
7 27 (3.62%) WCAG
8 22 (2.95%) GDPR
9 10 (1.34%) Data Quality
10 7 (0.94%) JSP 440
11 5 (0.67%) NCSC
11 5 (0.67%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.40%) ISO 14001
13 3 (0.40%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.40%) NEBOSH
13 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (5.91%) Docker
2 26 (3.49%) Active Directory
3 22 (2.95%) Firmware
4 18 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (2.01%) Embedded Firmware
6 14 (1.88%) Hyper-V
7 11 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.67%) vSphere
9 4 (0.54%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.27%) pfSense
11 1 (0.13%) IAG
11 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 62 (8.32%) Kubernetes
2 57 (7.65%) Terraform
3 27 (3.62%) Ansible
4 19 (2.55%) Grafana
5 6 (0.81%) SCOM
6 5 (0.67%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.54%) Kibana
7 4 (0.54%) Nmap
8 3 (0.40%) Endace
8 3 (0.40%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.27%) Argo
9 2 (0.27%) Nagios
9 2 (0.27%) Nessus
9 2 (0.27%) WSUS
9 2 (0.27%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.13%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.13%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 111 (14.90%) Microsoft
2 91 (12.21%) Cisco
3 58 (7.79%) SAP
4 38 (5.10%) Google
5 31 (4.16%) Salesforce
6 25 (3.36%) Adobe
7 24 (3.22%) Sparx
8 22 (2.95%) VMware
9 15 (2.01%) Red Hat
10 14 (1.88%) Oracle
11 11 (1.48%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.21%) Juniper
13 8 (1.07%) Dell
14 7 (0.94%) Databricks
14 7 (0.94%) MuleSoft
15 6 (0.81%) CheckPoint
15 6 (0.81%) F5
15 6 (0.81%) Splunk
16 5 (0.67%) Fortinet
17 4 (0.54%) Ariba