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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 87 65
Rank change year-on-year +50 -22 -6
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 910 531 1,325
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.32% 3.96% 4.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.32% 13.50% 16.33%
Number of salaries quoted 687 404 961
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,956 £40,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,938 £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 £75,313 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,614 £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 4,710 3,933 8,116
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.55% 29.31% 26.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,635 2,457 5,886
10th Percentile £30,750 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,104 £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 £56,000 £59,400 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.72% +8.00% -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 22 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 30 (3.30%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.55%) 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 (7.80%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.19%) Adobe XD
3 7 (0.77%) 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 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.66%) 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 (24.62%) Azure
2 189 (20.77%) AWS
3 113 (12.42%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (7.80%) GCP
5 46 (5.05%) Entra ID
6 33 (3.63%) Power Platform
7 30 (3.30%) AWS CloudFormation
7 30 (3.30%) Figma
8 26 (2.86%) PowerApps
9 24 (2.64%) Power Automate
10 20 (2.20%) Amazon ECS
10 20 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
10 20 (2.20%) Serverless
11 19 (2.09%) Amazon EKS
11 19 (2.09%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 19 (2.09%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 15 (1.65%) dbt
13 14 (1.54%) GitHub
13 14 (1.54%) Google Analytics
13 14 (1.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.41%) Firewall
2 24 (2.64%) WAN
3 23 (2.53%) VPN
4 20 (2.20%) LAN
5 18 (1.98%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.87%) Network Security
7 16 (1.76%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (1.43%) BGP
9 12 (1.32%) DNS
10 11 (1.21%) DHCP
11 10 (1.10%) MPLS
12 9 (0.99%) SMTP
13 7 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
13 7 (0.77%) SNMP
14 6 (0.66%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (0.66%) Ethernet
14 6 (0.66%) HTTP
14 6 (0.66%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.66%) VoIP
15 5 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (3.08%) Power BI
3 16 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (1.65%) Metadata
4 15 (1.65%) NoSQL
5 14 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
6 13 (1.43%) Redis
7 11 (1.21%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.21%) SQL Server
8 9 (0.99%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.99%) MySQL
9 7 (0.77%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (0.44%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.44%) GIS
11 4 (0.44%) QGIS
12 3 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 37 (4.07%) Git
2 28 (3.08%) Balsamiq
3 26 (2.86%) Axure RP
4 20 (2.20%) Jenkins
5 17 (1.87%) GitLab
6 14 (1.54%) JIRA
7 11 (1.21%) Selenium
8 8 (0.88%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.77%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.77%) Metasploit
10 6 (0.66%) Babel
10 6 (0.66%) webpack
11 5 (0.55%) WebDriver
12 4 (0.44%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.33%) JMeter
13 3 (0.33%) JUnit
13 3 (0.33%) Oracle APEX
13 3 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
13 3 (0.33%) Postman
13 3 (0.33%) SoapUI
General
1 307 (33.74%) Social Skills
2 262 (28.79%) Public Sector
3 142 (15.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 107 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 103 (11.32%) Finance
6 102 (11.21%) Law
7 62 (6.81%) Back Office
8 51 (5.60%) Telecoms
9 49 (5.38%) Manufacturing
10 32 (3.52%) Marketing
11 31 (3.41%) Electronics
11 31 (3.41%) Legal
12 21 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
13 19 (2.09%) Retail
14 14 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.54%) Military
15 10 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (0.99%) Aerospace
17 6 (0.66%) Banking
18 5 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 173 (19.01%) Senior
2 110 (12.09%) Architect
3 102 (11.21%) Consultant
4 91 (10.00%) Developer
5 75 (8.24%) Analyst
6 73 (8.02%) Support Engineer
7 64 (7.03%) Site Engineer
8 60 (6.59%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (6.59%) Desktop Support
8 60 (6.59%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 54 (5.93%) Lead
10 43 (4.73%) Business Analyst
11 39 (4.29%) Security Consultant
11 39 (4.29%) Solutions Architect
12 34 (3.74%) Data Engineer
12 34 (3.74%) Senior Developer
12 34 (3.74%) Software Engineer
13 31 (3.41%) Designer
14 27 (2.97%) Cloud Engineer
15 26 (2.86%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (4.84%) .NET
2 38 (4.18%) REST
3 36 (3.96%) React
4 34 (3.74%) HTML
5 33 (3.63%) CSS
6 25 (2.75%) Spring
7 24 (2.64%) SOAP
8 23 (2.53%) Django
9 22 (2.42%) Middleware
10 19 (2.09%) Lightning Web Components
10 19 (2.09%) Visualforce
11 18 (1.98%) SAP CAF
12 16 (1.76%) HTML5 Canvas
12 16 (1.76%) Kafka
12 16 (1.76%) Node.js
12 16 (1.76%) Spring Boot
13 12 (1.32%) ASP.NET
14 11 (1.21%) AngularJS
14 11 (1.21%) RESTful
15 9 (0.99%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 60 (6.59%) Product Ownership
2 55 (6.04%) Cloud Native
3 35 (3.85%) Data Centre
4 28 (3.08%) Security Posture
5 27 (2.97%) Management Information System
6 26 (2.86%) Onboarding
7 19 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (1.76%) Driving Licence
9 14 (1.54%) PKI
10 12 (1.32%) Blog
10 12 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.99%) 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%) Private Cloud
16 5 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
16 5 (0.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 111 (12.20%) Windows
2 65 (7.14%) Windows 10
3 64 (7.03%) Linux
4 25 (2.75%) Unix
5 14 (1.54%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.99%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.44%) CentOS
8 3 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (23.30%) Agile
2 161 (17.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 142 (15.60%) Cybersecurity
4 126 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
5 122 (13.41%) Analytics
6 114 (12.53%) DevOps
7 109 (11.98%) ITIL
8 106 (11.65%) Community of Practice
9 97 (10.66%) Mentoring
9 97 (10.66%) Technology Strategy
10 93 (10.22%) CI/CD
11 79 (8.68%) Software Engineering
12 68 (7.47%) Customer Service
13 67 (7.36%) User Experience
14 65 (7.14%) Patch Management
15 64 (7.03%) Infrastructure as Code
16 63 (6.92%) Stakeholder Management
17 61 (6.70%) Customer Experience
17 61 (6.70%) Software Deployment
17 61 (6.70%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 99 (10.88%) Python
2 90 (9.89%) Java
3 88 (9.67%) JavaScript
4 50 (5.49%) C#
5 41 (4.51%) SQL
6 28 (3.08%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.09%) Apex Code
7 19 (2.09%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.54%) C++
9 11 (1.21%) Bash
10 8 (0.88%) C
11 7 (0.77%) Bicep
12 6 (0.66%) Rust
12 6 (0.66%) Scala
13 5 (0.55%) Go
14 4 (0.44%) Ruby
15 3 (0.33%) Pascal
15 3 (0.33%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.33%) VBA
15 3 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 910 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 276 (30.33%) Degree
3 136 (14.95%) DV Cleared
4 60 (6.59%) CTC Cleared
5 58 (6.37%) CISSP
6 50 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 45 (4.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 44 (4.84%) CISM
9 27 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
10 26 (2.86%) Azure Certification
10 26 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
11 21 (2.31%) AWS Certification
12 18 (1.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 16 (1.76%) CREST Certified
14 14 (1.54%) TOGAF Certification
15 13 (1.43%) CCNA
16 12 (1.32%) Master's Degree
17 11 (1.21%) CEH
17 11 (1.21%) CompTIA Security+
17 11 (1.21%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (7.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (7.03%) SLA
3 54 (5.93%) Accessibility
4 52 (5.71%) NIST
5 41 (4.51%) GDPR
6 32 (3.52%) QA
7 27 (2.97%) WCAG
8 26 (2.86%) GRC
9 13 (1.43%) Data Quality
9 13 (1.43%) PCI DSS
10 12 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (1.21%) NCSC
12 9 (0.99%) 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%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.33%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 56 (6.15%) Docker
2 27 (2.97%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (0.99%) VMware NSX
4 6 (0.66%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.33%) Firmware
7 2 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.11%) vSphere
8 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 72 (7.91%) Terraform
2 55 (6.04%) Kubernetes
3 33 (3.63%) Ansible
4 17 (1.87%) Grafana
5 13 (1.43%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.32%) 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%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.22%) Argo
12 2 (0.22%) OpenView
12 2 (0.22%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 149 (16.37%) Microsoft
2 105 (11.54%) Cisco
3 56 (6.15%) Google
4 44 (4.84%) Salesforce
5 41 (4.51%) SAP
6 29 (3.19%) Adobe
7 20 (2.20%) Oracle
8 19 (2.09%) MuleSoft
9 15 (1.65%) VMware
10 11 (1.21%) Red Hat
11 10 (1.10%) CyberArk
11 10 (1.10%) F5
11 10 (1.10%) Juniper
12 9 (0.99%) Meraki
12 9 (0.99%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.99%) Splunk
13 8 (0.88%) CheckPoint
14 7 (0.77%) Remedy
15 6 (0.66%) BMC
15 6 (0.66%) Databricks