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 1 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 86 65
Rank change year-on-year +50 -21 -8
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 930 478 1,351
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.55% 3.73% 4.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.87% 12.94% 16.43%
Number of salaries quoted 711 381 998
10th Percentile £45,421 £43,799 £40,000
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 £79,864 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 4,067 3,693 8,223
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.29% 28.83% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,694 2,449 5,948
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £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 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -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 1 April 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 30 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.54%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.43%) Apache
6 3 (0.32%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.32%) Camunda
6 3 (0.32%) Confluence
6 3 (0.32%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.32%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.32%) SAS
6 3 (0.32%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.32%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.32%) WebLogic Portal
7 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 71 (7.63%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.12%) Adobe XD
3 9 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.54%) InVision
4 5 (0.54%) 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 12 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.43%) Primavera
3 4 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.22%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.22%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP FSCM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 227 (24.41%) Azure
2 190 (20.43%) AWS
3 113 (12.15%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (7.63%) GCP
5 46 (4.95%) Entra ID
6 35 (3.76%) Power Platform
7 29 (3.12%) AWS CloudFormation
7 29 (3.12%) Figma
8 26 (2.80%) PowerApps
9 23 (2.47%) Power Automate
10 20 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
10 20 (2.15%) Serverless
11 19 (2.04%) Amazon ECS
12 18 (1.94%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 18 (1.94%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 17 (1.83%) Amazon EKS
13 17 (1.83%) GitHub
14 15 (1.61%) dbt
14 15 (1.61%) Google Analytics
15 14 (1.51%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.23%) Firewall
2 24 (2.58%) WAN
3 23 (2.47%) VPN
4 18 (1.94%) LAN
4 18 (1.94%) TCP/IP
5 16 (1.72%) Network Security
6 15 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (1.51%) DNS
8 13 (1.40%) BGP
9 12 (1.29%) DHCP
10 10 (1.08%) MPLS
11 9 (0.97%) SMTP
12 7 (0.75%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.75%) SNMP
13 6 (0.65%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.65%) HTTP
13 6 (0.65%) VoIP
14 5 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (0.54%) SD-WAN
15 4 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (3.23%) Power BI
3 16 (1.72%) Metadata
4 15 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (1.61%) NoSQL
5 14 (1.51%) Elasticsearch
6 13 (1.40%) Redis
7 12 (1.29%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.18%) MongoDB
9 10 (1.08%) SQL Server
10 9 (0.97%) MySQL
11 8 (0.86%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (0.43%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.43%) Tableau
14 3 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
14 3 (0.32%) Oracle Database
14 3 (0.32%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 40 (4.30%) Git
2 27 (2.90%) Balsamiq
3 25 (2.69%) Axure RP
4 20 (2.15%) Jenkins
5 19 (2.04%) GitLab
6 12 (1.29%) JIRA
7 11 (1.18%) Selenium
8 7 (0.75%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.75%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.75%) Metasploit
9 6 (0.65%) Babel
9 6 (0.65%) webpack
10 5 (0.54%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.43%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.32%) JMeter
12 3 (0.32%) JUnit
12 3 (0.32%) Maven
12 3 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.32%) SoapUI
General
1 310 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 271 (29.14%) Public Sector
3 151 (16.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 108 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
5 106 (11.40%) Law
6 103 (11.08%) Finance
7 63 (6.77%) Back Office
8 48 (5.16%) Telecoms
9 44 (4.73%) Manufacturing
10 31 (3.33%) Legal
11 29 (3.12%) Marketing
12 27 (2.90%) Electronics
13 23 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (2.15%) Retail
15 15 (1.61%) Aerospace
15 15 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (1.40%) Military
17 11 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (0.65%) Banking
18 6 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 178 (19.14%) Senior
2 109 (11.72%) Architect
3 106 (11.40%) Consultant
4 91 (9.78%) Developer
5 78 (8.39%) Analyst
6 74 (7.96%) Support Engineer
7 64 (6.88%) Site Engineer
8 60 (6.45%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (6.45%) Desktop Support
8 60 (6.45%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 57 (6.13%) Lead
10 45 (4.84%) Business Analyst
11 41 (4.41%) Solutions Architect
12 39 (4.19%) Security Consultant
13 37 (3.98%) Software Engineer
14 35 (3.76%) Senior Developer
15 34 (3.66%) Data Engineer
16 32 (3.44%) Designer
17 28 (3.01%) Cloud Engineer
18 26 (2.80%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (4.62%) .NET
2 37 (3.98%) REST
3 36 (3.87%) React
4 35 (3.76%) HTML
5 34 (3.66%) CSS
6 25 (2.69%) Spring
7 23 (2.47%) SOAP
8 22 (2.37%) Django
9 21 (2.26%) Middleware
10 18 (1.94%) Lightning Web Components
10 18 (1.94%) Visualforce
11 16 (1.72%) Node.js
11 16 (1.72%) Spring Boot
12 15 (1.61%) HTML5 Canvas
12 15 (1.61%) Kafka
12 15 (1.61%) SAP CAF
13 12 (1.29%) AngularJS
13 12 (1.29%) ASP.NET
14 10 (1.08%) RESTful
15 9 (0.97%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 61 (6.56%) Product Ownership
2 54 (5.81%) Cloud Native
3 34 (3.66%) Data Centre
4 29 (3.12%) Management Information System
5 28 (3.01%) Security Posture
6 27 (2.90%) Onboarding
7 19 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (1.61%) Driving Licence
8 15 (1.61%) PKI
9 13 (1.40%) Blog
10 12 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.97%) AI Agents
13 8 (0.86%) Security Operations Centre
14 7 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.75%) Insider Threat
15 6 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
15 6 (0.65%) Data Structures
15 6 (0.65%) Low-Code
15 6 (0.65%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 114 (12.26%) Windows
2 68 (7.31%) Linux
3 65 (6.99%) Windows 10
4 28 (3.01%) Unix
5 16 (1.72%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.86%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.43%) CentOS
9 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (23.55%) Agile
2 168 (18.06%) Continuous Improvement
3 142 (15.27%) Cybersecurity
4 121 (13.01%) Analytics
4 121 (13.01%) DevOps
4 121 (13.01%) Problem-Solving
5 111 (11.94%) Community of Practice
6 110 (11.83%) ITIL
7 102 (10.97%) Technology Strategy
8 98 (10.54%) Mentoring
9 96 (10.32%) CI/CD
10 82 (8.82%) Software Engineering
11 68 (7.31%) Customer Service
11 68 (7.31%) User Experience
12 66 (7.10%) Stakeholder Management
13 65 (6.99%) Infrastructure as Code
13 65 (6.99%) Patch Management
14 63 (6.77%) Collaborative Culture
15 61 (6.56%) Customer Experience
15 61 (6.56%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 101 (10.86%) Python
2 94 (10.11%) Java
3 85 (9.14%) JavaScript
4 50 (5.38%) C#
5 44 (4.73%) SQL
6 28 (3.01%) TypeScript
7 20 (2.15%) PowerShell
8 18 (1.94%) Apex Code
9 15 (1.61%) C++
10 13 (1.40%) Bash
11 7 (0.75%) C
11 7 (0.75%) Rust
12 6 (0.65%) Bicep
12 6 (0.65%) Go
12 6 (0.65%) Scala
13 4 (0.43%) Ruby
13 4 (0.43%) VBA
14 3 (0.32%) Pascal
14 3 (0.32%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 930 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 279 (30.00%) Degree
3 143 (15.38%) DV Cleared
4 60 (6.45%) CTC Cleared
5 55 (5.91%) CISSP
6 52 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 43 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 42 (4.52%) CISM
9 30 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 25 (2.69%) Azure Certification
11 23 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (2.04%) AWS Certification
13 17 (1.83%) CREST Certified
14 16 (1.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 13 (1.40%) Master's Degree
15 13 (1.40%) TOGAF Certification
16 11 (1.18%) CCNA
16 11 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (1.18%) CRISC
17 10 (1.08%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (7.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (6.88%) SLA
3 53 (5.70%) Accessibility
4 49 (5.27%) NIST
5 39 (4.19%) GDPR
6 32 (3.44%) QA
7 26 (2.80%) GRC
7 26 (2.80%) WCAG
8 13 (1.40%) Data Quality
8 13 (1.40%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (1.08%) NCSC
11 9 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.75%) Government Security Classifications
13 7 (0.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 7 (0.75%) JSP 440
14 3 (0.32%) ISO 14001
14 3 (0.32%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.32%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 59 (6.34%) Docker
2 28 (3.01%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.97%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.65%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.43%) Firmware
8 2 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.22%) vSphere
9 1 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 73 (7.85%) Terraform
2 55 (5.91%) Kubernetes
3 36 (3.87%) Ansible
4 15 (1.61%) Grafana
5 14 (1.51%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.75%) Nmap
8 6 (0.65%) Endace
8 6 (0.65%) Puppet
9 5 (0.54%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.54%) Kibana
10 4 (0.43%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 4 (0.43%) SCCM
10 4 (0.43%) WSUS
10 4 (0.43%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.32%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.32%) Nagios
11 3 (0.32%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.22%) Argo
Vendors
1 151 (16.24%) Microsoft
2 101 (10.86%) Cisco
3 56 (6.02%) Google
4 41 (4.41%) Salesforce
5 35 (3.76%) SAP
6 29 (3.12%) Adobe
7 22 (2.37%) Oracle
8 19 (2.04%) VMware
9 18 (1.94%) MuleSoft
10 12 (1.29%) Red Hat
11 11 (1.18%) CyberArk
11 11 (1.18%) Splunk
12 9 (0.97%) Juniper
12 9 (0.97%) Meraki
12 9 (0.97%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.86%) F5
14 6 (0.65%) CheckPoint
14 6 (0.65%) Databricks
15 5 (0.54%) Remedy
16 4 (0.43%) BMC