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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 69 63
Rank change year-on-year +31 -6 +5
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 903 720 1,346
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.57% 4.58% 4.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.39% 15.68% 17.86%
Number of salaries quoted 664 428 995
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,784 £40,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £54,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,627 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.29% +7.71% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,300 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +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 4,910 4,591 7,535
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.31% 29.23% 27.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,610 2,412 5,508
10th Percentile £30,750 £34,404 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,772
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,500 £74,258 £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 15 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 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.78%) Confluence
5 5 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.44%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.44%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.44%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.33%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.33%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.33%) WebLogic Portal
8 2 (0.22%) Apache
8 2 (0.22%) Camunda
8 2 (0.22%) SAS
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 74 (8.19%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (3.10%) Adobe XD
3 13 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.44%) InVision
4 4 (0.44%) Sketch
5 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.33%) Simulink
6 2 (0.22%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.22%) Weka
7 1 (0.11%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 17 (1.88%) Dynamics CRM
1 17 (1.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.44%) Primavera
2 4 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.33%) SAP PM
4 2 (0.22%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 213 (23.59%) Azure
2 183 (20.27%) AWS
3 124 (13.73%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (6.76%) GCP
5 51 (5.65%) Entra ID
6 39 (4.32%) Power Platform
7 34 (3.77%) AWS CloudFormation
8 30 (3.32%) Figma
9 29 (3.21%) PowerApps
10 26 (2.88%) Amazon ECS
11 24 (2.66%) Serverless
12 23 (2.55%) Amazon EKS
12 23 (2.55%) Power Automate
13 22 (2.44%) GitHub
14 21 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
16 19 (2.10%) PaaS
17 18 (1.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 17 (1.88%) Amazon S3
19 16 (1.77%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.54%) Firewall
2 27 (2.99%) VPN
3 17 (1.88%) WAN
4 16 (1.77%) LAN
5 15 (1.66%) DNS
5 15 (1.66%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.55%) Network Security
7 13 (1.44%) BGP
7 13 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (1.11%) MPLS
9 9 (1.00%) DHCP
10 7 (0.78%) Ethernet
10 7 (0.78%) SMTP
11 6 (0.66%) HTTP
11 6 (0.66%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (0.55%) Cisco Firepower
12 5 (0.55%) IPsec
13 4 (0.44%) Cisco IOS
13 4 (0.44%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.99%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (3.32%) Power BI
3 17 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (1.66%) NoSQL
5 14 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
5 14 (1.55%) Metadata
6 13 (1.44%) Redis
6 13 (1.44%) SQL Server
7 12 (1.33%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.22%) MongoDB
9 9 (1.00%) MySQL
10 6 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.66%) SAP HANA
11 5 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.55%) Big Data
11 5 (0.55%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.55%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (0.44%) QGIS
12 4 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (3.99%) Git
2 27 (2.99%) Balsamiq
3 26 (2.88%) Jenkins
4 25 (2.77%) Axure RP
5 17 (1.88%) JIRA
6 16 (1.77%) GitLab
7 15 (1.66%) Selenium
8 10 (1.11%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.89%) WebDriver
10 7 (0.78%) Burp Suite
10 7 (0.78%) Metasploit
11 5 (0.55%) Babel
11 5 (0.55%) webpack
12 4 (0.44%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.33%) JUnit
13 3 (0.33%) MLflow
13 3 (0.33%) Oracle APEX
13 3 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
13 3 (0.33%) Rational Rhapsody
13 3 (0.33%) TeamCity
General
1 303 (33.55%) Social Skills
2 256 (28.35%) Public Sector
3 125 (13.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 115 (12.74%) Analytical Skills
5 109 (12.07%) Finance
6 97 (10.74%) Law
7 61 (6.76%) Back Office
7 61 (6.76%) Manufacturing
8 55 (6.09%) Telecoms
9 43 (4.76%) Electronics
10 42 (4.65%) Marketing
11 21 (2.33%) Retail
12 20 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
13 19 (2.10%) Aerospace
14 15 (1.66%) Legal
14 15 (1.66%) Military
15 11 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (1.00%) Aviation
18 5 (0.55%) Games
Job Titles
1 159 (17.61%) Senior
2 115 (12.74%) Consultant
3 93 (10.30%) Architect
4 90 (9.97%) Developer
5 75 (8.31%) Support Engineer
6 69 (7.64%) Analyst
7 64 (7.09%) Site Engineer
8 60 (6.64%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (6.64%) Desktop Support
8 60 (6.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 58 (6.42%) Lead
10 44 (4.87%) Security Consultant
11 33 (3.65%) Business Analyst
11 33 (3.65%) Data Engineer
12 32 (3.54%) Designer
12 32 (3.54%) Software Engineer
13 31 (3.43%) Senior Developer
13 31 (3.43%) Solutions Architect
14 27 (2.99%) Cloud Engineer
15 22 (2.44%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.20%) React
2 42 (4.65%) .NET
3 32 (3.54%) REST
4 31 (3.43%) HTML
5 30 (3.32%) CSS
6 26 (2.88%) Spring
7 24 (2.66%) SAP CAF
8 23 (2.55%) Django
9 21 (2.33%) SOAP
10 19 (2.10%) Middleware
11 18 (1.99%) Spring Boot
12 17 (1.88%) Node.js
13 16 (1.77%) Lightning Web Components
13 16 (1.77%) Visualforce
14 15 (1.66%) HTML5 Canvas
15 14 (1.55%) Kafka
16 13 (1.44%) AngularJS
16 13 (1.44%) ASP.NET
17 11 (1.22%) RESTful
18 10 (1.11%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 60 (6.64%) Cloud Native
2 48 (5.32%) Product Ownership
3 30 (3.32%) Data Centre
4 25 (2.77%) Onboarding
5 24 (2.66%) e-Learning
5 24 (2.66%) Management Information System
6 22 (2.44%) Security Posture
7 16 (1.77%) PKI
8 14 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (1.55%) Driving Licence
8 14 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (1.44%) Algorithms
10 12 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (1.00%) AI Agents
14 8 (0.89%) Private Cloud
14 8 (0.89%) Security Operations Centre
15 7 (0.78%) Insider Threat
15 7 (0.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 109 (12.07%) Windows
2 72 (7.97%) Linux
3 65 (7.20%) Windows 10
4 30 (3.32%) Unix
5 15 (1.66%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.00%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.33%) CentOS
7 3 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.33%) VMS
8 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.11%) Rocky
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (23.70%) Agile
2 150 (16.61%) Continuous Improvement
3 149 (16.50%) Cybersecurity
4 136 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
5 134 (14.84%) Analytics
6 120 (13.29%) DevOps
7 107 (11.85%) ITIL
8 105 (11.63%) CI/CD
9 102 (11.30%) Software Engineering
10 94 (10.41%) Community of Practice
11 86 (9.52%) Technology Strategy
12 82 (9.08%) Mentoring
13 73 (8.08%) Business Intelligence
14 71 (7.86%) Infrastructure as Code
14 71 (7.86%) User Experience
15 70 (7.75%) Collaborative Culture
15 70 (7.75%) Computer Science
16 68 (7.53%) Customer Service
17 64 (7.09%) AI
17 64 (7.09%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 133 (14.73%) Python
2 99 (10.96%) Java
3 86 (9.52%) JavaScript
4 52 (5.76%) C#
5 44 (4.87%) SQL
6 31 (3.43%) TypeScript
7 30 (3.32%) PowerShell
8 19 (2.10%) Bicep
9 18 (1.99%) C++
10 17 (1.88%) Bash
11 16 (1.77%) Apex Code
12 15 (1.66%) C
13 9 (1.00%) MATLAB
14 8 (0.89%) Go
15 6 (0.66%) Scala
15 6 (0.66%) VBA
16 5 (0.55%) Google Apps Script
17 4 (0.44%) R
17 4 (0.44%) Ruby
17 4 (0.44%) Rust
Qualifications
1 903 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 283 (31.34%) Degree
3 126 (13.95%) DV Cleared
4 62 (6.87%) CISSP
5 60 (6.64%) CTC Cleared
6 55 (6.09%) BPSS Clearance
7 50 (5.54%) CISM
7 50 (5.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 50 (5.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 39 (4.32%) Azure Certification
9 37 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
10 28 (3.10%) AWS Certification
10 28 (3.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 21 (2.33%) CCNA
12 15 (1.66%) Master's Degree
12 15 (1.66%) TOGAF Certification
13 14 (1.55%) CCNP
14 11 (1.22%) CEH
14 11 (1.22%) CISMP
14 11 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (7.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 65 (7.20%) SLA
3 56 (6.20%) NIST
4 55 (6.09%) Accessibility
5 38 (4.21%) GDPR
6 33 (3.65%) GRC
6 33 (3.65%) QA
7 27 (2.99%) WCAG
8 13 (1.44%) NCSC
9 12 (1.33%) Data Quality
10 11 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (1.11%) PCI DSS
12 9 (1.00%) JSP 440
13 8 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.55%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.33%) ISO 14001
16 3 (0.33%) ISO 9001
16 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 3 (0.33%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 58 (6.42%) Docker
2 27 (2.99%) Active Directory
3 20 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.33%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.00%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.55%) Firmware
7 4 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.33%) vSphere
9 1 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 79 (8.75%) Terraform
2 64 (7.09%) Kubernetes
3 34 (3.77%) Ansible
4 24 (2.66%) Grafana
5 12 (1.33%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.78%) Nmap
8 6 (0.66%) SCOM
9 5 (0.55%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.55%) Endace
9 5 (0.55%) Kibana
10 4 (0.44%) Nagios
10 4 (0.44%) Puppet
10 4 (0.44%) SCCM
10 4 (0.44%) WSUS
10 4 (0.44%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.33%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.22%) Packer
12 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 162 (17.94%) Microsoft
2 111 (12.29%) Cisco
3 55 (6.09%) Google
3 55 (6.09%) SAP
4 42 (4.65%) Salesforce
5 28 (3.10%) Adobe
6 26 (2.88%) VMware
7 18 (1.99%) Oracle
8 15 (1.66%) MuleSoft
9 12 (1.33%) Juniper
10 11 (1.22%) F5
10 11 (1.22%) Red Hat
10 11 (1.22%) ServiceNow
11 10 (1.11%) CheckPoint
12 8 (0.89%) Splunk
13 7 (0.78%) CyberArk
13 7 (0.78%) Databricks
13 7 (0.78%) Meraki
14 5 (0.55%) Remedy
15 4 (0.44%) BMC