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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 59 48
Rank change year-on-year +17 -11 +25
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 775 827 1,276
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.18% 5.03% 5.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.68% 17.71% 21.79%
Number of salaries quoted 532 508 968
10th Percentile £43,522 £42,500 £40,850
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% -1.64%
75th Percentile £78,790 £79,600 £74,942
90th Percentile £87,614 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +7.83% -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 4,944 4,669 5,856
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.07% 28.41% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,457 2,383 4,210
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £59,528
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +3.56% -0.79%
75th Percentile £78,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,300 £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 12 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 25 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.77%) Confluence
5 5 (0.65%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.52%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.52%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.52%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.39%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.39%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.39%) WebLogic Portal
8 2 (0.26%) Camunda
9 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 41 (5.29%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.74%) Adobe XD
3 13 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.39%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.39%) InVision
4 3 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.39%) Simulink
4 3 (0.39%) Sketch
5 1 (0.13%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 19 (2.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.94%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.52%) Primavera
5 3 (0.39%) 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
1 177 (22.84%) Azure
2 147 (18.97%) AWS
3 81 (10.45%) Microsoft 365
4 43 (5.55%) GCP
5 39 (5.03%) Power Platform
6 31 (4.00%) Figma
7 30 (3.87%) AWS CloudFormation
8 28 (3.61%) PowerApps
9 24 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (2.97%) Amazon EKS
10 23 (2.97%) Power Automate
11 21 (2.71%) Amazon ECS
11 21 (2.71%) GitHub
11 21 (2.71%) Serverless
12 20 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (2.58%) Entra ID
13 18 (2.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 17 (2.19%) Amazon S3
15 16 (2.06%) Azure AKS
16 15 (1.94%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.00%) Firewall
2 22 (2.84%) VPN
3 14 (1.81%) LAN
3 14 (1.81%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.68%) Network Security
4 13 (1.68%) Wireless
5 11 (1.42%) Software-Defined Radio
5 11 (1.42%) WAN
6 10 (1.29%) BGP
6 10 (1.29%) DNS
7 8 (1.03%) Ethernet
7 8 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.90%) IPsec
9 6 (0.77%) MPLS
9 6 (0.77%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.52%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (0.52%) DHCP
10 4 (0.52%) Junos
10 4 (0.52%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.87%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (3.74%) Power BI
3 16 (2.06%) Metadata
4 14 (1.81%) NoSQL
5 13 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (1.68%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.68%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (1.29%) MySQL
7 9 (1.16%) MongoDB
8 8 (1.03%) Redis
9 5 (0.65%) Big Data
9 5 (0.65%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.65%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.52%) GIS
10 4 (0.52%) QGIS
10 4 (0.52%) Tableau
11 3 (0.39%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 29 (3.74%) Balsamiq
2 27 (3.48%) Axure RP
3 23 (2.97%) Git
4 22 (2.84%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.81%) JIRA
6 12 (1.55%) Selenium
7 11 (1.42%) Cypress.io
8 9 (1.16%) GitLab
8 9 (1.16%) WebDriver
9 7 (0.90%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.90%) Metasploit
10 4 (0.52%) Babel
10 4 (0.52%) MLflow
10 4 (0.52%) webpack
11 3 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.39%) Rational Rhapsody
11 3 (0.39%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.26%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.26%) SpecFlow
General
1 234 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 222 (28.65%) Public Sector
3 148 (19.10%) Finance
4 121 (15.61%) Analytical Skills
5 96 (12.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 95 (12.26%) Law
7 59 (7.61%) Manufacturing
8 46 (5.94%) Electronics
9 44 (5.68%) Telecoms
10 41 (5.29%) Marketing
11 29 (3.74%) Back Office
12 19 (2.45%) Aerospace
13 18 (2.32%) Retail
14 15 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (1.68%) Military
16 12 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
18 7 (0.90%) Aviation
19 5 (0.65%) Legal
20 4 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 114 (14.71%) Senior
2 93 (12.00%) Consultant
3 83 (10.71%) Architect
4 71 (9.16%) Developer
5 68 (8.77%) Analyst
6 44 (5.68%) Systems Engineer
7 38 (4.90%) Administrator
8 36 (4.65%) Designer
9 35 (4.52%) Lead
9 35 (4.52%) Support Engineer
10 33 (4.26%) Business Analyst
10 33 (4.26%) Software Engineer
11 32 (4.13%) Site Engineer
12 31 (4.00%) Security Consultant
13 29 (3.74%) Systems Administrator
14 28 (3.61%) Desktop Engineer
14 28 (3.61%) Desktop Support
14 28 (3.61%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 26 (3.35%) Cloud Engineer
15 26 (3.35%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (5.42%) React
2 33 (4.26%) .NET
3 26 (3.35%) HTML
4 25 (3.23%) CSS
5 24 (3.10%) SAP CAF
6 21 (2.71%) Spring
7 18 (2.32%) Django
7 18 (2.32%) Spring Boot
8 15 (1.94%) Node.js
9 14 (1.81%) HTML5 Canvas
10 13 (1.68%) REST
11 12 (1.55%) AngularJS
12 11 (1.42%) Kafka
13 10 (1.29%) ASP.NET
14 9 (1.16%) Middleware
14 9 (1.16%) Web Services
15 8 (1.03%) .NET Core
15 8 (1.03%) RESTful
15 8 (1.03%) SOAP
16 7 (0.90%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 80 (10.32%) e-Learning
2 54 (6.97%) Cloud Native
3 38 (4.90%) Product Ownership
4 28 (3.61%) Data Centre
5 19 (2.45%) Management Information System
5 19 (2.45%) Onboarding
5 19 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (2.32%) Security Posture
7 15 (1.94%) Algorithms
8 13 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
9 11 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
9 11 (1.42%) MicroBlaze
9 11 (1.42%) PKI
9 11 (1.42%) RISC-V
10 10 (1.29%) Driving Licence
11 9 (1.16%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 7 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 87 (11.23%) Linux
2 70 (9.03%) Windows
3 35 (4.52%) Unix
4 31 (4.00%) Windows 10
5 16 (2.06%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.42%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (1.03%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.39%) Rocky
8 3 (0.39%) VMS
8 3 (0.39%) 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
1 184 (23.74%) Agile
2 129 (16.65%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (13.68%) Innovative Thinking
4 103 (13.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 103 (13.29%) Cybersecurity
5 101 (13.03%) Software Engineering
6 98 (12.65%) DevOps
7 95 (12.26%) Analytics
8 85 (10.97%) CI/CD
9 81 (10.45%) Community of Practice
10 78 (10.06%) Technology Strategy
11 73 (9.42%) Business Intelligence
12 65 (8.39%) AI
12 65 (8.39%) ITIL
12 65 (8.39%) User Experience
13 64 (8.26%) Collaborative Culture
14 63 (8.13%) Computer Science
15 57 (7.35%) Mentoring
16 53 (6.84%) Infrastructure as Code
17 52 (6.71%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 113 (14.58%) Python
2 72 (9.29%) Java
3 71 (9.16%) JavaScript
4 46 (5.94%) C#
5 40 (5.16%) SQL
6 30 (3.87%) PowerShell
7 25 (3.23%) C
7 25 (3.23%) TypeScript
8 24 (3.10%) C++
9 21 (2.71%) Bicep
10 19 (2.45%) Bash
11 10 (1.29%) MATLAB
12 8 (1.03%) Go
13 7 (0.90%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.90%) Scala
14 6 (0.77%) VBA
15 5 (0.65%) R
16 4 (0.52%) Google Apps Script
16 4 (0.52%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.52%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 775 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 244 (31.48%) Degree
3 137 (17.68%) DV Cleared
4 54 (6.97%) Cisco Certification
4 54 (6.97%) CISSP
5 52 (6.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 46 (5.94%) CISM
7 45 (5.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (5.42%) Microsoft Certification
9 38 (4.90%) Azure Certification
10 35 (4.52%) CCNA
11 34 (4.39%) CCNP
12 29 (3.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 28 (3.61%) CTC Cleared
14 26 (3.35%) AWS Certification
15 15 (1.94%) Master's Degree
16 11 (1.42%) CEH
16 11 (1.42%) CISMP
16 11 (1.42%) CREST Certified
17 10 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (6.84%) Accessibility
2 53 (6.84%) NIST
3 34 (4.39%) GRC
4 32 (4.13%) SLA
5 29 (3.74%) WCAG
6 26 (3.35%) QA
7 25 (3.23%) GDPR
8 13 (1.68%) Data Quality
9 9 (1.16%) NCSC
10 7 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (0.90%) JSP 440
11 6 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.77%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.65%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.39%) ISO 14001
14 3 (0.39%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.39%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 43 (5.55%) Docker
2 21 (2.71%) Active Directory
3 17 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.06%) Firmware
5 11 (1.42%) Embedded Firmware
6 10 (1.29%) Hyper-V
7 9 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.65%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.39%) vSphere
10 2 (0.26%) pfSense
11 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 62 (8.00%) Terraform
2 59 (7.61%) Kubernetes
3 27 (3.48%) Ansible
4 19 (2.45%) Grafana
5 7 (0.90%) Nmap
6 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.77%) SCOM
7 5 (0.65%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.52%) Kibana
8 4 (0.52%) WSUS
9 3 (0.39%) Endace
9 3 (0.39%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.39%) Nagios
9 3 (0.39%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.39%) SCCM
10 2 (0.26%) Argo
10 2 (0.26%) Nessus
10 2 (0.26%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 114 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 90 (11.61%) Cisco
3 55 (7.10%) SAP
4 41 (5.29%) Google
5 30 (3.87%) Salesforce
6 29 (3.74%) Adobe
7 20 (2.58%) VMware
8 19 (2.45%) Sparx
9 14 (1.81%) Red Hat
10 13 (1.68%) Oracle
11 10 (1.29%) Juniper
12 9 (1.16%) ServiceNow
13 8 (1.03%) CheckPoint
14 7 (0.90%) Databricks
14 7 (0.90%) F5
14 7 (0.90%) MuleSoft
15 6 (0.77%) Splunk
16 4 (0.52%) Dell
16 4 (0.52%) Fortinet
16 4 (0.52%) Foundry