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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 59 48
Rank change year-on-year +16 -11 +23
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 781 831 1,277
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.19% 5.04% 5.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.70% 17.73% 21.97%
Number of salaries quoted 535 512 968
10th Percentile £43,107 £42,500 £41,175
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -0.83%
75th Percentile £78,790 £79,600 £74,942
90th Percentile £87,614 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,822 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.95% +7.52% -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 4,975 4,686 5,813
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.04% 28.44% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,481 2,405 4,182
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.04% -0.83%
75th Percentile £78,500 £76,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,499 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% -

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 January 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 26 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.77%) Confluence
5 5 (0.64%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.51%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.51%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.51%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.38%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.38%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.38%) WebLogic Portal
8 2 (0.26%) Camunda
9 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 41 (5.25%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.71%) Adobe XD
3 13 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.38%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.38%) InVision
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.38%) Simulink
4 3 (0.38%) Sketch
5 1 (0.13%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 20 (2.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (2.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.51%) Primavera
5 3 (0.38%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.26%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 180 (23.05%) Azure
2 146 (18.69%) AWS
3 83 (10.63%) Microsoft 365
4 43 (5.51%) GCP
5 40 (5.12%) Power Platform
6 31 (3.97%) Figma
7 30 (3.84%) AWS CloudFormation
8 29 (3.71%) PowerApps
9 24 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (3.07%) Power Automate
10 23 (2.94%) Amazon EKS
11 21 (2.69%) Amazon ECS
11 21 (2.69%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (2.69%) Entra ID
11 21 (2.69%) GitHub
11 21 (2.69%) Serverless
12 18 (2.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 17 (2.18%) Amazon S3
14 16 (2.05%) Azure AKS
15 15 (1.92%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.97%) Firewall
2 22 (2.82%) VPN
3 14 (1.79%) LAN
3 14 (1.79%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.66%) Network Security
4 13 (1.66%) Wireless
5 11 (1.41%) Software-Defined Radio
6 10 (1.28%) BGP
6 10 (1.28%) DNS
6 10 (1.28%) WAN
7 8 (1.02%) Ethernet
7 8 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.90%) IPsec
9 6 (0.77%) MPLS
10 5 (0.64%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.51%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (0.51%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
11 4 (0.51%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.84%) PostgreSQL
1 30 (3.84%) Power BI
2 16 (2.05%) Metadata
3 14 (1.79%) NoSQL
4 13 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
4 13 (1.66%) Relational Database
4 13 (1.66%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (1.28%) MySQL
6 9 (1.15%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.02%) Redis
8 5 (0.64%) Big Data
8 5 (0.64%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.64%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.51%) GIS
9 4 (0.51%) QGIS
9 4 (0.51%) Tableau
10 3 (0.38%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 29 (3.71%) Balsamiq
2 27 (3.46%) Axure RP
3 23 (2.94%) Git
4 22 (2.82%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.79%) JIRA
6 12 (1.54%) Selenium
7 11 (1.41%) Cypress.io
8 9 (1.15%) GitLab
8 9 (1.15%) WebDriver
9 7 (0.90%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.90%) Metasploit
10 4 (0.51%) Babel
10 4 (0.51%) MLflow
10 4 (0.51%) webpack
11 3 (0.38%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.38%) Rational Rhapsody
11 3 (0.38%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.26%) SpecFlow
General
1 236 (30.22%) Social Skills
2 222 (28.43%) Public Sector
3 150 (19.21%) Finance
4 122 (15.62%) Analytical Skills
5 98 (12.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 97 (12.42%) Law
7 59 (7.55%) Manufacturing
8 46 (5.89%) Electronics
9 44 (5.63%) Telecoms
10 41 (5.25%) Marketing
11 29 (3.71%) Back Office
12 19 (2.43%) Aerospace
13 18 (2.30%) Retail
14 15 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (1.66%) Military
16 12 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
18 7 (0.90%) Aviation
19 5 (0.64%) Legal
20 4 (0.51%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 114 (14.60%) Senior
2 93 (11.91%) Consultant
3 85 (10.88%) Architect
4 72 (9.22%) Developer
5 68 (8.71%) Analyst
6 45 (5.76%) Systems Engineer
7 39 (4.99%) Administrator
8 36 (4.61%) Designer
9 35 (4.48%) Lead
9 35 (4.48%) Support Engineer
10 34 (4.35%) Software Engineer
11 33 (4.23%) Business Analyst
12 32 (4.10%) Site Engineer
13 31 (3.97%) Security Consultant
14 30 (3.84%) Systems Administrator
15 28 (3.59%) Desktop Engineer
15 28 (3.59%) Desktop Support
15 28 (3.59%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 26 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
16 26 (3.33%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (5.38%) React
2 35 (4.48%) .NET
3 26 (3.33%) HTML
4 25 (3.20%) CSS
5 24 (3.07%) SAP CAF
6 21 (2.69%) Spring
7 18 (2.30%) Django
7 18 (2.30%) Spring Boot
8 15 (1.92%) HTML5 Canvas
8 15 (1.92%) Node.js
9 13 (1.66%) REST
10 12 (1.54%) AngularJS
11 11 (1.41%) Kafka
12 10 (1.28%) ASP.NET
13 9 (1.15%) Middleware
13 9 (1.15%) Web Services
14 8 (1.02%) .NET Core
14 8 (1.02%) RESTful
14 8 (1.02%) SOAP
15 7 (0.90%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 82 (10.50%) e-Learning
2 54 (6.91%) Cloud Native
3 38 (4.87%) Product Ownership
4 28 (3.59%) Data Centre
5 19 (2.43%) Management Information System
5 19 (2.43%) Onboarding
5 19 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (2.30%) Security Posture
7 15 (1.92%) Algorithms
8 13 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
10 11 (1.41%) MicroBlaze
10 11 (1.41%) PKI
10 11 (1.41%) RISC-V
11 10 (1.28%) Driving Licence
12 9 (1.15%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 7 (0.90%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 88 (11.27%) Linux
2 70 (8.96%) Windows
3 36 (4.61%) Unix
4 31 (3.97%) Windows 10
5 16 (2.05%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.41%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (1.02%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.38%) Rocky
8 3 (0.38%) VMS
8 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.26%) CentOS
9 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (23.69%) Agile
2 131 (16.77%) Problem-Solving
3 108 (13.83%) Innovative Thinking
4 104 (13.32%) Cybersecurity
4 104 (13.32%) Software Engineering
5 103 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 99 (12.68%) DevOps
7 95 (12.16%) Analytics
8 86 (11.01%) CI/CD
9 82 (10.50%) Community of Practice
10 79 (10.12%) Technology Strategy
11 74 (9.48%) Business Intelligence
12 65 (8.32%) AI
12 65 (8.32%) Computer Science
12 65 (8.32%) User Experience
13 64 (8.19%) Collaborative Culture
13 64 (8.19%) ITIL
14 58 (7.43%) Mentoring
15 53 (6.79%) Infrastructure as Code
16 51 (6.53%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 113 (14.47%) Python
2 72 (9.22%) Java
2 72 (9.22%) JavaScript
3 47 (6.02%) C#
4 40 (5.12%) SQL
5 30 (3.84%) PowerShell
6 25 (3.20%) C
6 25 (3.20%) TypeScript
7 24 (3.07%) C++
8 21 (2.69%) Bicep
9 19 (2.43%) Bash
10 10 (1.28%) MATLAB
11 8 (1.02%) Go
12 7 (0.90%) Apex Code
12 7 (0.90%) Scala
13 6 (0.77%) VBA
14 5 (0.64%) R
15 4 (0.51%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (0.51%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.51%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 781 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 246 (31.50%) Degree
3 139 (17.80%) DV Cleared
4 55 (7.04%) Cisco Certification
4 55 (7.04%) CISSP
5 51 (6.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 47 (6.02%) CISM
6 47 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 43 (5.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (4.87%) Azure Certification
9 36 (4.61%) CCNA
10 35 (4.48%) CCNP
11 29 (3.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 28 (3.59%) CTC Cleared
13 26 (3.33%) AWS Certification
14 15 (1.92%) Master's Degree
15 11 (1.41%) CEH
15 11 (1.41%) CISMP
15 11 (1.41%) CREST Certified
16 10 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 54 (6.91%) NIST
3 53 (6.79%) Accessibility
4 34 (4.35%) GRC
5 32 (4.10%) SLA
6 29 (3.71%) WCAG
7 26 (3.33%) QA
8 25 (3.20%) GDPR
9 13 (1.66%) Data Quality
10 8 (1.02%) NCSC
11 7 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.90%) JSP 440
12 6 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.77%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.64%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.38%) ISO 14001
15 3 (0.38%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 3 (0.38%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 43 (5.51%) Docker
2 22 (2.82%) Active Directory
3 17 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.05%) Firmware
5 11 (1.41%) Embedded Firmware
6 10 (1.28%) Hyper-V
7 9 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.64%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.38%) vSphere
10 2 (0.26%) pfSense
11 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 61 (7.81%) Terraform
2 59 (7.55%) Kubernetes
3 27 (3.46%) Ansible
4 19 (2.43%) Grafana
5 7 (0.90%) Nmap
6 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.77%) SCOM
7 5 (0.64%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.51%) Kibana
8 4 (0.51%) WSUS
9 3 (0.38%) Endace
9 3 (0.38%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.38%) Nagios
9 3 (0.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.38%) SCCM
10 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.26%) Argo
10 2 (0.26%) Nessus
10 2 (0.26%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 116 (14.85%) Microsoft
2 90 (11.52%) Cisco
3 55 (7.04%) SAP
4 41 (5.25%) Google
5 30 (3.84%) Salesforce
6 29 (3.71%) Adobe
7 20 (2.56%) Sparx
7 20 (2.56%) VMware
8 14 (1.79%) Red Hat
9 13 (1.66%) Oracle
10 9 (1.15%) Juniper
10 9 (1.15%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.02%) CheckPoint
12 7 (0.90%) Databricks
12 7 (0.90%) F5
12 7 (0.90%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.77%) Splunk
14 4 (0.51%) Dell
14 4 (0.51%) Fortinet
14 4 (0.51%) Foundry