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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 86 65
Rank change year-on-year +49 -21 -8
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 918 503 1,335
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.44% 3.89% 4.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.59% 13.33% 16.36%
Number of salaries quoted 699 399 974
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,725 £40,575
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 £87,100 £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 4,459 3,773 8,158
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.44% 29.20% 26.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,652 2,458 5,905
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,762 £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 26 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 (3.16%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.54%) 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 (7.73%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.16%) Adobe XD
3 8 (0.87%) 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 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.65%) 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 (24.40%) Azure
2 192 (20.92%) AWS
3 112 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (7.63%) GCP
5 45 (4.90%) Entra ID
6 33 (3.59%) Power Platform
7 30 (3.27%) AWS CloudFormation
7 30 (3.27%) Figma
8 25 (2.72%) PowerApps
9 23 (2.51%) Power Automate
10 22 (2.40%) Serverless
11 20 (2.18%) Amazon ECS
12 19 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (2.07%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 19 (2.07%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 17 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
14 16 (1.74%) GitHub
15 15 (1.63%) dbt
16 14 (1.53%) Amazon ECR
16 14 (1.53%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.16%) Firewall
2 23 (2.51%) WAN
3 22 (2.40%) VPN
4 18 (1.96%) LAN
4 18 (1.96%) TCP/IP
5 16 (1.74%) Network Security
6 15 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (1.31%) BGP
7 12 (1.31%) DNS
8 11 (1.20%) DHCP
9 9 (0.98%) MPLS
9 9 (0.98%) SMTP
10 7 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.76%) SNMP
11 6 (0.65%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (0.65%) HTTP
11 6 (0.65%) VoIP
12 5 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (0.54%) SD-WAN
13 4 (0.44%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.25%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (3.05%) Power BI
3 17 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
4 16 (1.74%) Metadata
5 15 (1.63%) 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 (0.87%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.65%) 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 (4.14%) Git
2 28 (3.05%) Balsamiq
3 26 (2.83%) Axure RP
4 21 (2.29%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.96%) GitLab
6 13 (1.42%) JIRA
7 10 (1.09%) Selenium
8 7 (0.76%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.76%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.76%) Metasploit
9 6 (0.65%) Babel
9 6 (0.65%) webpack
10 5 (0.54%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.44%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.33%) JMeter
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%) SoapUI
General
1 309 (33.66%) Social Skills
2 264 (28.76%) Public Sector
3 146 (15.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 108 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 103 (11.22%) Finance
5 103 (11.22%) Law
6 62 (6.75%) Back Office
7 50 (5.45%) Telecoms
8 47 (5.12%) Manufacturing
9 31 (3.38%) Legal
9 31 (3.38%) Marketing
10 29 (3.16%) Electronics
11 22 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (2.07%) Retail
13 15 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.42%) Military
15 11 (1.20%) Aerospace
16 10 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.65%) Banking
18 5 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 173 (18.85%) Senior
2 111 (12.09%) Architect
3 106 (11.55%) Consultant
4 93 (10.13%) Developer
5 75 (8.17%) Analyst
6 73 (7.95%) Support Engineer
7 64 (6.97%) Site Engineer
8 60 (6.54%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (6.54%) Desktop Support
8 60 (6.54%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 53 (5.77%) Lead
10 44 (4.79%) Business Analyst
11 41 (4.47%) Security Consultant
12 40 (4.36%) Solutions Architect
13 34 (3.70%) Data Engineer
13 34 (3.70%) Senior Developer
14 33 (3.59%) Software Engineer
15 32 (3.49%) Designer
16 26 (2.83%) Cloud Engineer
16 26 (2.83%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (4.79%) .NET
2 38 (4.14%) REST
3 35 (3.81%) HTML
3 35 (3.81%) React
4 34 (3.70%) CSS
5 24 (2.61%) SOAP
5 24 (2.61%) Spring
6 23 (2.51%) Django
7 22 (2.40%) Middleware
8 19 (2.07%) Lightning Web Components
8 19 (2.07%) Visualforce
9 17 (1.85%) SAP CAF
10 16 (1.74%) Node.js
11 15 (1.63%) HTML5 Canvas
11 15 (1.63%) Kafka
11 15 (1.63%) Spring Boot
12 12 (1.31%) ASP.NET
13 11 (1.20%) AngularJS
14 10 (1.09%) RESTful
15 9 (0.98%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 61 (6.64%) Product Ownership
2 55 (5.99%) Cloud Native
3 34 (3.70%) Data Centre
4 28 (3.05%) Management Information System
4 28 (3.05%) Security Posture
5 25 (2.72%) Onboarding
6 19 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (1.63%) Driving Licence
7 15 (1.63%) PKI
8 13 (1.42%) Blog
9 12 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (0.98%) AI Agents
12 8 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
13 7 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.76%) Insider Threat
14 6 (0.65%) e-Learning
14 6 (0.65%) Linux Command Line
14 6 (0.65%) Private Cloud
15 5 (0.54%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 113 (12.31%) Windows
2 68 (7.41%) Linux
3 65 (7.08%) Windows 10
4 27 (2.94%) Unix
5 15 (1.63%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.98%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.54%) 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
1 214 (23.31%) Agile
2 164 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 143 (15.58%) Cybersecurity
4 127 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
5 122 (13.29%) Analytics
6 118 (12.85%) DevOps
7 109 (11.87%) Community of Practice
8 108 (11.76%) ITIL
9 100 (10.89%) Technology Strategy
10 96 (10.46%) Mentoring
11 93 (10.13%) CI/CD
12 77 (8.39%) Software Engineering
13 68 (7.41%) Customer Service
13 68 (7.41%) User Experience
14 65 (7.08%) Patch Management
14 65 (7.08%) Stakeholder Management
15 63 (6.86%) Infrastructure as Code
16 61 (6.64%) Collaborative Culture
16 61 (6.64%) Customer Experience
16 61 (6.64%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 101 (11.00%) Python
2 91 (9.91%) Java
3 88 (9.59%) JavaScript
4 49 (5.34%) C#
5 43 (4.68%) SQL
6 27 (2.94%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.07%) Apex Code
8 18 (1.96%) PowerShell
9 13 (1.42%) Bash
9 13 (1.42%) C++
10 7 (0.76%) C
11 6 (0.65%) Bicep
11 6 (0.65%) Go
11 6 (0.65%) Rust
11 6 (0.65%) Scala
12 4 (0.44%) Ruby
13 3 (0.33%) Pascal
13 3 (0.33%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.33%) VBA
13 3 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 918 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 278 (30.28%) Degree
3 136 (14.81%) DV Cleared
4 60 (6.54%) CTC Cleared
5 58 (6.32%) CISSP
6 50 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 44 (4.79%) CISM
8 43 (4.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 28 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
10 26 (2.83%) Azure Certification
11 24 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
12 21 (2.29%) AWS Certification
13 17 (1.85%) CREST Certified
13 17 (1.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 14 (1.53%) 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 (7.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (6.97%) SLA
3 54 (5.88%) Accessibility
4 52 (5.66%) NIST
5 40 (4.36%) GDPR
6 32 (3.49%) QA
7 27 (2.94%) GRC
7 27 (2.94%) WCAG
8 14 (1.53%) PCI DSS
9 13 (1.42%) Data Quality
10 12 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (1.20%) NCSC
12 9 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.76%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (0.76%) JSP 440
15 3 (0.33%) ISO 14001
15 3 (0.33%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.33%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 60 (6.54%) Docker
2 27 (2.94%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.87%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.65%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.54%) 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 (7.73%) Terraform
2 55 (5.99%) Kubernetes
3 34 (3.70%) Ansible
4 16 (1.74%) Grafana
5 14 (1.53%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.76%) Nmap
8 6 (0.65%) Endace
8 6 (0.65%) Puppet
9 5 (0.54%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.54%) Kibana
10 4 (0.44%) 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 (16.23%) Microsoft
2 102 (11.11%) Cisco
3 55 (5.99%) Google
4 44 (4.79%) Salesforce
5 38 (4.14%) SAP
6 29 (3.16%) Adobe
7 22 (2.40%) Oracle
8 19 (2.07%) MuleSoft
9 17 (1.85%) 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 (0.87%) F5
14 7 (0.76%) Remedy
15 6 (0.65%) BMC
15 6 (0.65%) CheckPoint
15 6 (0.65%) Databricks