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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 68 58
Rank change year-on-year +27 -10 +10
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 876 731 1,373
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.45% 4.65% 4.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.34% 16.08% 18.27%
Number of salaries quoted 636 431 1,023
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.46% +6.09% -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 5,053 4,545 7,517
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.43% 28.90% 27.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,570 2,392 5,505
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,470
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 10 February 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 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.80%) Confluence
5 5 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.46%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.46%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.34%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.34%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.34%) WebLogic Portal
8 2 (0.23%) Apache
8 2 (0.23%) Camunda
8 2 (0.23%) SAS
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 74 (8.45%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (3.20%) Adobe XD
3 13 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.46%) InVision
4 4 (0.46%) Sketch
5 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.34%) Simulink
6 2 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.23%) Weka
7 1 (0.11%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 17 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
1 17 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.46%) Primavera
3 4 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.34%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.23%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
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
1 198 (22.60%) Azure
2 167 (19.06%) AWS
3 123 (14.04%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (6.05%) GCP
5 51 (5.82%) Entra ID
6 40 (4.57%) Power Platform
7 30 (3.42%) Figma
8 29 (3.31%) AWS CloudFormation
8 29 (3.31%) PowerApps
9 24 (2.74%) Serverless
10 23 (2.63%) Amazon EKS
10 23 (2.63%) Power Automate
11 22 (2.51%) GitHub
12 21 (2.40%) Amazon ECS
12 21 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (2.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 17 (1.94%) Amazon S3
15 16 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
16 15 (1.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.65%) Firewall
2 28 (3.20%) VPN
3 18 (2.05%) LAN
3 18 (2.05%) WAN
4 15 (1.71%) DNS
5 13 (1.48%) Network Security
5 13 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (1.37%) BGP
7 11 (1.26%) TCP/IP
8 9 (1.03%) DHCP
8 9 (1.03%) MPLS
9 8 (0.91%) Ethernet
10 6 (0.68%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (0.57%) HTTP
11 5 (0.57%) IPsec
11 5 (0.57%) SMTP
12 4 (0.46%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (0.46%) VoIP
12 4 (0.46%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (3.42%) Power BI
3 16 (1.83%) NoSQL
4 14 (1.60%) Metadata
5 13 (1.48%) SQL Server
6 12 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (1.37%) MongoDB
6 12 (1.37%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.14%) MySQL
8 9 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (0.91%) Redis
10 6 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.68%) SAP HANA
11 5 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.57%) Big Data
11 5 (0.57%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.57%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.46%) GIS
12 4 (0.46%) QGIS
12 4 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (4.11%) Git
2 27 (3.08%) Balsamiq
3 25 (2.85%) Axure RP
3 25 (2.85%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.94%) JIRA
5 15 (1.71%) GitLab
5 15 (1.71%) Selenium
6 10 (1.14%) Cypress.io
7 8 (0.91%) WebDriver
8 7 (0.80%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.80%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.57%) Babel
9 5 (0.57%) webpack
10 4 (0.46%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.34%) JUnit
11 3 (0.34%) MLflow
11 3 (0.34%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
11 3 (0.34%) TeamCity
General
1 292 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 243 (27.74%) Public Sector
3 115 (13.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 111 (12.67%) Analytical Skills
5 107 (12.21%) Finance
6 96 (10.96%) Law
7 61 (6.96%) Back Office
8 60 (6.85%) Manufacturing
9 49 (5.59%) Telecoms
10 43 (4.91%) Electronics
11 42 (4.79%) Marketing
12 21 (2.40%) Retail
13 20 (2.28%) Aerospace
14 19 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (1.83%) Military
16 11 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
18 9 (1.03%) Aviation
18 9 (1.03%) Legal
19 5 (0.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 143 (16.32%) Senior
2 111 (12.67%) Consultant
3 90 (10.27%) Developer
4 88 (10.05%) Architect
5 74 (8.45%) Support Engineer
6 68 (7.76%) Analyst
7 64 (7.31%) Site Engineer
8 60 (6.85%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (6.85%) Desktop Support
8 60 (6.85%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 51 (5.82%) Lead
10 43 (4.91%) Security Consultant
11 33 (3.77%) Business Analyst
11 33 (3.77%) Data Engineer
11 33 (3.77%) Designer
12 31 (3.54%) Senior Developer
12 31 (3.54%) Software Engineer
13 27 (3.08%) Cloud Engineer
14 26 (2.97%) Administrator
15 25 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.14%) React
2 41 (4.68%) .NET
3 30 (3.42%) HTML
3 30 (3.42%) REST
4 29 (3.31%) CSS
5 25 (2.85%) Spring
6 24 (2.74%) SAP CAF
7 20 (2.28%) SOAP
8 18 (2.05%) Django
8 18 (2.05%) Middleware
8 18 (2.05%) Spring Boot
9 17 (1.94%) Node.js
10 15 (1.71%) HTML5 Canvas
10 15 (1.71%) Lightning Web Components
10 15 (1.71%) Visualforce
11 14 (1.60%) Kafka
12 13 (1.48%) AngularJS
12 13 (1.48%) ASP.NET
13 11 (1.26%) RESTful
14 10 (1.14%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 59 (6.74%) Cloud Native
2 48 (5.48%) Product Ownership
3 31 (3.54%) e-Learning
4 28 (3.20%) Data Centre
5 21 (2.40%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.28%) Onboarding
6 20 (2.28%) Security Posture
7 14 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (1.60%) Driving Licence
7 14 (1.60%) PKI
7 14 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.48%) Algorithms
9 12 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (1.03%) AI Agents
13 8 (0.91%) Private Cloud
13 8 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
14 7 (0.80%) Insider Threat
14 7 (0.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 107 (12.21%) Windows
2 71 (8.11%) Linux
3 65 (7.42%) Windows 10
4 27 (3.08%) Unix
5 15 (1.71%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.03%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.34%) CentOS
7 3 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.34%) VMS
8 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.11%) Rocky
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (22.83%) Agile
2 145 (16.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 143 (16.32%) Cybersecurity
4 132 (15.07%) Problem-Solving
5 129 (14.73%) Analytics
6 111 (12.67%) DevOps
7 107 (12.21%) ITIL
8 102 (11.64%) Software Engineering
9 97 (11.07%) CI/CD
10 92 (10.50%) Community of Practice
11 86 (9.82%) Technology Strategy
12 74 (8.45%) Mentoring
13 73 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
14 70 (7.99%) Computer Science
14 70 (7.99%) User Experience
15 68 (7.76%) Collaborative Culture
15 68 (7.76%) Customer Service
16 64 (7.31%) AI
16 64 (7.31%) Patch Management
17 62 (7.08%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 126 (14.38%) Python
2 92 (10.50%) Java
3 83 (9.47%) JavaScript
4 51 (5.82%) C#
5 45 (5.14%) SQL
6 30 (3.42%) PowerShell
6 30 (3.42%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.17%) Bicep
8 17 (1.94%) Bash
8 17 (1.94%) C++
9 15 (1.71%) Apex Code
9 15 (1.71%) C
10 9 (1.03%) MATLAB
11 8 (0.91%) Go
12 6 (0.68%) Scala
12 6 (0.68%) VBA
13 5 (0.57%) Google Apps Script
14 4 (0.46%) R
14 4 (0.46%) Ruby
14 4 (0.46%) Rust
Qualifications
1 876 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 284 (32.42%) Degree
3 129 (14.73%) DV Cleared
4 60 (6.85%) CTC Cleared
5 58 (6.62%) CISSP
6 55 (6.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 50 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 50 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
8 48 (5.48%) CISM
9 41 (4.68%) Cisco Certification
10 38 (4.34%) Azure Certification
11 28 (3.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 27 (3.08%) AWS Certification
13 23 (2.63%) CCNA
14 18 (2.05%) CCNP
15 15 (1.71%) Master's Degree
16 14 (1.60%) TOGAF Certification
17 11 (1.26%) CISMP
17 11 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
17 11 (1.26%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (7.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 65 (7.42%) SLA
3 55 (6.28%) Accessibility
4 54 (6.16%) NIST
5 34 (3.88%) GDPR
6 33 (3.77%) GRC
6 33 (3.77%) QA
7 27 (3.08%) WCAG
8 12 (1.37%) Data Quality
8 12 (1.37%) NCSC
9 11 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (1.03%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.91%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.57%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.34%) ISO 14001
14 3 (0.34%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.34%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 52 (5.94%) Docker
2 25 (2.85%) Active Directory
3 20 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.26%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.03%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.57%) Firmware
7 3 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.34%) vSphere
8 1 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 69 (7.88%) Terraform
2 62 (7.08%) Kubernetes
3 33 (3.77%) Ansible
4 24 (2.74%) Grafana
5 12 (1.37%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.80%) Nmap
8 6 (0.68%) Endace
8 6 (0.68%) SCOM
9 5 (0.57%) Kibana
10 4 (0.46%) Nagios
10 4 (0.46%) Puppet
10 4 (0.46%) SCCM
10 4 (0.46%) WSUS
10 4 (0.46%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.34%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.34%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.23%) Packer
12 2 (0.23%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 158 (18.04%) Microsoft
2 116 (13.24%) Cisco
3 55 (6.28%) SAP
4 46 (5.25%) Google
5 41 (4.68%) Salesforce
6 28 (3.20%) Adobe
7 26 (2.97%) VMware
8 18 (2.05%) Oracle
9 14 (1.60%) MuleSoft
10 13 (1.48%) Juniper
10 13 (1.48%) Red Hat
11 11 (1.26%) ServiceNow
12 10 (1.14%) CheckPoint
12 10 (1.14%) F5
13 8 (0.91%) Splunk
14 7 (0.80%) Databricks
14 7 (0.80%) Meraki
15 6 (0.68%) Sparx
16 5 (0.57%) CyberArk
16 5 (0.57%) Remedy