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 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 48 41
Rank change year-on-year -4 -7 +51
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 793 1,072 1,418
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.97% 5.40% 6.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.54% 20.36% 22.78%
Number of salaries quoted 481 683 1,126
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,759 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.41% +0.41% +1.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,225 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,333 £91,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +2.56%

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 5,856 5,265 6,225
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.68% 26.51% 28.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2,403 2,589 4,566
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,290 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,500 £77,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +3.35%

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 8 November 2025.

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 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.51%) Confluence
3 10 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.76%) Appian
5 3 (0.38%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.38%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.38%) WebLogic Portal
6 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.13%) Camunda
6 1 (0.13%) Drupal
6 1 (0.13%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.13%) IIS
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.40%) Adobe XD
3 15 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.38%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.38%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.38%) Simulink
6 2 (0.25%) Revit
7 1 (0.13%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.13%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 45 (5.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.50%) Primavera
5 3 (0.38%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.25%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.25%) SAP BPC
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 (22.70%) Azure
2 150 (18.92%) AWS
3 68 (8.58%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (5.80%) Entra ID
5 42 (5.30%) Power Platform
6 34 (4.29%) GCP
7 33 (4.16%) AWS CloudFormation
8 27 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (3.40%) Serverless
9 26 (3.28%) PowerApps
10 24 (3.03%) Amazon ECS
10 24 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (3.03%) Power Automate
11 21 (2.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 21 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
11 21 (2.65%) Figma
12 20 (2.52%) Amazon EKS
12 20 (2.52%) GitHub
13 18 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (2.14%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 39 (4.92%) Wireless
2 36 (4.54%) Software-Defined Radio
3 35 (4.41%) Firewall
4 30 (3.78%) VPN
5 22 (2.77%) LAN
5 22 (2.77%) Network Security
6 18 (2.27%) WAN
7 16 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (1.89%) TCP/IP
9 13 (1.64%) Junos
10 11 (1.39%) DNS
11 10 (1.26%) Ethernet
12 7 (0.88%) BGP
12 7 (0.88%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.76%) IPsec
14 5 (0.63%) MPLS
14 5 (0.63%) Wireshark
15 4 (0.50%) Cisco IOS
15 4 (0.50%) Modbus
15 4 (0.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (3.91%) Power BI
2 28 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (2.14%) Amazon RDS
4 13 (1.64%) MongoDB
4 13 (1.64%) NoSQL
5 10 (1.26%) SQL Server
6 9 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (1.13%) MySQL
6 9 (1.13%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.01%) Redis
8 6 (0.76%) Metadata
9 5 (0.63%) Big Data
10 3 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.38%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.38%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.38%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.38%) Oracle Discoverer
10 3 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.38%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 29 (3.66%) Git
2 22 (2.77%) Balsamiq
3 20 (2.52%) Jenkins
4 19 (2.40%) Axure RP
5 18 (2.27%) JIRA
6 13 (1.64%) Cypress.io
7 11 (1.39%) Selenium
8 8 (1.01%) GitLab
8 8 (1.01%) WebDriver
9 7 (0.88%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.76%) Babel
10 6 (0.76%) webpack
11 4 (0.50%) MLflow
12 3 (0.38%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.38%) Metasploit
12 3 (0.38%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.38%) Rational Rhapsody
13 2 (0.25%) ER Studio
14 1 (0.13%) Gatling
General
1 244 (30.77%) Finance
2 234 (29.51%) Social Skills
3 181 (22.82%) Public Sector
4 132 (16.65%) Analytical Skills
5 92 (11.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 76 (9.58%) Law
7 43 (5.42%) Manufacturing
8 35 (4.41%) Electronics
9 34 (4.29%) Marketing
10 31 (3.91%) Telecoms
11 18 (2.27%) Back Office
11 18 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (2.14%) Aerospace
13 13 (1.64%) Military
14 12 (1.51%) Legal
15 11 (1.39%) Retail
16 10 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
18 7 (0.88%) Aviation
19 6 (0.76%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 116 (14.63%) Senior
2 97 (12.23%) Architect
3 92 (11.60%) Developer
4 89 (11.22%) Systems Engineer
5 72 (9.08%) Consultant
6 56 (7.06%) Administrator
7 52 (6.56%) Software Engineer
8 49 (6.18%) Systems Administrator
9 45 (5.67%) Lead
10 44 (5.55%) Analyst
11 36 (4.54%) Embedded Engineer
11 36 (4.54%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 32 (4.04%) Senior Developer
13 30 (3.78%) Designer
14 24 (3.03%) Security Consultant
15 23 (2.90%) Security Architect
16 20 (2.52%) Technical Architect
17 19 (2.40%) DevOps Engineer
17 19 (2.40%) Software Developer
18 17 (2.14%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (5.17%) React
2 29 (3.66%) Node.js
3 21 (2.65%) HTML
4 20 (2.52%) .NET
4 20 (2.52%) CSS
5 18 (2.27%) Spring
6 16 (2.02%) Django
6 16 (2.02%) SAP CAF
6 16 (2.02%) Spring Boot
7 14 (1.77%) HTML5 Canvas
8 10 (1.26%) AngularJS
8 10 (1.26%) REST
9 9 (1.13%) RESTful
10 8 (1.01%) Playwright
10 8 (1.01%) SAP Fiori
11 7 (0.88%) .NET Core
11 7 (0.88%) Kafka
11 7 (0.88%) SOAP
11 7 (0.88%) Web Services
12 6 (0.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 171 (21.56%) e-Learning
2 48 (6.05%) Cloud Native
3 47 (5.93%) Data Centre
4 36 (4.54%) Embedded Systems
4 36 (4.54%) MicroBlaze
4 36 (4.54%) RISC-V
5 31 (3.91%) Product Ownership
6 25 (3.15%) Management Information System
7 22 (2.77%) Hybrid Cloud
7 22 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
8 19 (2.40%) Onboarding
9 17 (2.14%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.64%) Security Posture
11 12 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.39%) Driving Licence
13 10 (1.26%) PKI
14 9 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
14 9 (1.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 8 (1.01%) Private Cloud
16 7 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 141 (17.78%) Linux
2 59 (7.44%) Windows
3 46 (5.80%) Unix
4 36 (4.54%) Embedded Linux
5 19 (2.40%) Windows 10
6 14 (1.77%) Windows Server
7 8 (1.01%) Rocky
7 8 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.63%) CentOS
8 5 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.50%) Android
9 4 (0.50%) HPUX
9 4 (0.50%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (0.50%) Solaris
10 3 (0.38%) VMS
11 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (26.23%) Agile
2 196 (24.72%) Innovative Thinking
3 151 (19.04%) Problem-Solving
4 119 (15.01%) Software Engineering
5 106 (13.37%) Continuous Improvement
6 101 (12.74%) Cybersecurity
7 100 (12.61%) DevOps
8 92 (11.60%) CI/CD
9 74 (9.33%) Computer Science
10 69 (8.70%) Analytics
11 67 (8.45%) High Availability
12 66 (8.32%) Business Intelligence
13 64 (8.07%) Community of Practice
14 63 (7.94%) Mentoring
15 62 (7.82%) Systems Engineering
16 59 (7.44%) Technology Strategy
17 55 (6.94%) Infrastructure as Code
18 54 (6.81%) AI
19 51 (6.43%) Collaborative Culture
19 51 (6.43%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 107 (13.49%) Python
2 78 (9.84%) JavaScript
3 68 (8.58%) Java
4 50 (6.31%) C
5 49 (6.18%) C++
6 42 (5.30%) SQL
7 38 (4.79%) C#
8 33 (4.16%) PowerShell
9 31 (3.91%) TypeScript
10 23 (2.90%) Bash
11 20 (2.52%) Bicep
12 12 (1.51%) Go
13 10 (1.26%) MATLAB
14 8 (1.01%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.76%) VBA
16 5 (0.63%) Apex Code
16 5 (0.63%) R
17 4 (0.50%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.50%) Scala
18 3 (0.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 793 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 241 (30.39%) Degree
3 145 (18.28%) DV Cleared
4 82 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
5 67 (8.45%) CCNP
6 58 (7.31%) BPSS Clearance
7 52 (6.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (5.42%) CISSP
9 42 (5.30%) CCNA
10 39 (4.92%) Azure Certification
11 38 (4.79%) CISM
12 36 (4.54%) AWS Certification
13 32 (4.04%) Microsoft Certification
14 24 (3.03%) RHCSA
15 21 (2.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 17 (2.14%) CTC Cleared
17 16 (2.02%) Master's Degree
18 11 (1.39%) CompTIA Security+
19 9 (1.13%) JNCIA
19 9 (1.13%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 57 (7.19%) NIST
3 42 (5.30%) Accessibility
4 39 (4.92%) QA
5 24 (3.03%) GDPR
5 24 (3.03%) GRC
6 21 (2.65%) NCSC
6 21 (2.65%) SLA
6 21 (2.65%) WCAG
7 7 (0.88%) JSP 440
8 5 (0.63%) ISO 9001
8 5 (0.63%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.38%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.38%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 3 (0.38%) NEBOSH
9 3 (0.38%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.25%) ISO 19650
10 2 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 43 (5.42%) Firmware
2 36 (4.54%) Embedded Firmware
3 35 (4.41%) Docker
4 33 (4.16%) Active Directory
5 18 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 17 (2.14%) Hyper-V
7 12 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.88%) vSphere
9 3 (0.38%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.25%) IAG
10 2 (0.25%) pfSense
11 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 57 (7.19%) Kubernetes
2 56 (7.06%) Terraform
3 29 (3.66%) Ansible
4 21 (2.65%) Grafana
5 6 (0.76%) SCOM
6 5 (0.63%) Kibana
7 4 (0.50%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.38%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.38%) Nagios
8 3 (0.38%) Nmap
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 2 (0.25%) Endace
9 2 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.25%) SCCM
9 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.13%) QRadar
Vendors
1 121 (15.26%) Microsoft
2 99 (12.48%) Cisco
3 45 (5.67%) SAP
3 45 (5.67%) Sparx
4 35 (4.41%) Google
5 29 (3.66%) VMware
6 26 (3.28%) Red Hat
6 26 (3.28%) Salesforce
7 19 (2.40%) Adobe
8 16 (2.02%) Juniper
8 16 (2.02%) Oracle
9 10 (1.26%) Dell
10 8 (1.01%) ServiceNow
11 6 (0.76%) Fortinet
12 5 (0.63%) CheckPoint
12 5 (0.63%) Databricks
12 5 (0.63%) F5
12 5 (0.63%) MuleSoft
12 5 (0.63%) Splunk
13 4 (0.50%) Samsung