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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 66 52
Rank change year-on-year +27 -14 +13
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 869 783 1,358
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.50% 4.83% 5.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.16% 16.91% 19.13%
Number of salaries quoted 617 466 1,021
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £54,094 £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 £78,750 £79,388 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,500 £88,750
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 5,065 4,630 7,098
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.03% 28.57% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,568 2,406 5,182
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £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 £78,500 £75,000 £74,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £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 31 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 27 (3.11%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.69%) Confluence
5 5 (0.58%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.46%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.46%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.46%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.35%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.35%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.35%) WebLogic Portal
8 2 (0.23%) Camunda
8 2 (0.23%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) Apache
9 1 (0.12%) IIS
9 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 75 (8.63%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (3.22%) Adobe XD
3 14 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.46%) InVision
4 4 (0.46%) Sketch
5 3 (0.35%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.35%) Simulink
6 2 (0.23%) Weka
7 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.12%) Revit
7 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 17 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (1.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.46%) Primavera
5 3 (0.35%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.23%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.12%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 187 (21.52%) Azure
2 160 (18.41%) AWS
3 119 (13.69%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (5.75%) Entra ID
5 48 (5.52%) GCP
6 40 (4.60%) Power Platform
7 31 (3.57%) AWS CloudFormation
8 30 (3.45%) Figma
9 29 (3.34%) PowerApps
10 24 (2.76%) Amazon EKS
11 23 (2.65%) GitHub
11 23 (2.65%) Power Automate
12 22 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
13 21 (2.42%) Amazon ECS
13 21 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
13 21 (2.42%) Serverless
14 19 (2.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 16 (1.84%) Amazon S3
15 16 (1.84%) Azure AKS
16 15 (1.73%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.68%) Firewall
2 25 (2.88%) VPN
3 16 (1.84%) LAN
4 15 (1.73%) WAN
5 13 (1.50%) DNS
5 13 (1.50%) Network Security
6 12 (1.38%) BGP
6 12 (1.38%) TCP/IP
7 11 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.92%) Ethernet
8 8 (0.92%) MPLS
9 7 (0.81%) DHCP
10 6 (0.69%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (0.58%) IPsec
11 5 (0.58%) Wireless
12 4 (0.46%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (0.46%) HTTP
12 4 (0.46%) SMTP
12 4 (0.46%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (3.45%) Power BI
3 17 (1.96%) NoSQL
4 14 (1.61%) Metadata
5 13 (1.50%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.50%) SQL Server
6 12 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (1.38%) MongoDB
7 10 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (1.15%) MySQL
8 8 (0.92%) Redis
9 5 (0.58%) Big Data
9 5 (0.58%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.58%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.46%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.46%) GIS
10 4 (0.46%) QGIS
10 4 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (3.57%) Git
2 27 (3.11%) Balsamiq
3 25 (2.88%) Axure RP
4 24 (2.76%) Jenkins
5 17 (1.96%) JIRA
6 16 (1.84%) Selenium
7 12 (1.38%) GitLab
8 11 (1.27%) Cypress.io
9 9 (1.04%) WebDriver
10 7 (0.81%) Burp Suite
10 7 (0.81%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.46%) Babel
11 4 (0.46%) MLflow
11 4 (0.46%) webpack
12 3 (0.35%) JUnit
12 3 (0.35%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.35%) Rational Rhapsody
12 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.35%) TeamCity
General
1 283 (32.57%) Social Skills
2 242 (27.85%) Public Sector
3 123 (14.15%) Finance
4 113 (13.00%) Analytical Skills
5 110 (12.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 97 (11.16%) Law
7 62 (7.13%) Manufacturing
8 61 (7.02%) Back Office
9 49 (5.64%) Telecoms
10 46 (5.29%) Electronics
11 45 (5.18%) Marketing
12 20 (2.30%) Retail
13 19 (2.19%) Aerospace
14 16 (1.84%) Military
15 15 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
18 9 (1.04%) Legal
19 8 (0.92%) Aviation
20 5 (0.58%) Games
Job Titles
1 137 (15.77%) Senior
2 105 (12.08%) Consultant
3 88 (10.13%) Architect
4 86 (9.90%) Developer
5 73 (8.40%) Support Engineer
6 68 (7.83%) Analyst
7 64 (7.36%) Site Engineer
8 60 (6.90%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (6.90%) Desktop Support
8 60 (6.90%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 44 (5.06%) Lead
10 41 (4.72%) Security Consultant
11 33 (3.80%) Business Analyst
11 33 (3.80%) Data Engineer
11 33 (3.80%) Designer
11 33 (3.80%) Software Engineer
12 30 (3.45%) Administrator
13 28 (3.22%) Senior Developer
14 27 (3.11%) Systems Engineer
15 26 (2.99%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (5.06%) React
2 41 (4.72%) .NET
3 28 (3.22%) HTML
3 28 (3.22%) REST
4 27 (3.11%) CSS
5 24 (2.76%) SAP CAF
5 24 (2.76%) Spring
6 19 (2.19%) SOAP
7 18 (2.07%) Django
7 18 (2.07%) Spring Boot
8 17 (1.96%) Node.js
9 16 (1.84%) Middleware
10 15 (1.73%) HTML5 Canvas
11 14 (1.61%) Lightning Web Components
11 14 (1.61%) Visualforce
12 13 (1.50%) AngularJS
12 13 (1.50%) Kafka
13 12 (1.38%) ASP.NET
14 11 (1.27%) Playwright
14 11 (1.27%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 55 (6.33%) Cloud Native
2 47 (5.41%) e-Learning
2 47 (5.41%) Product Ownership
3 27 (3.11%) Data Centre
4 23 (2.65%) Management Information System
5 21 (2.42%) Onboarding
6 20 (2.30%) Security Posture
7 16 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.61%) Algorithms
8 14 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (1.50%) PKI
10 12 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (1.38%) Driving Licence
11 10 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.04%) AI Agents
13 8 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 7 (0.81%) Insider Threat
14 7 (0.81%) Private Cloud
14 7 (0.81%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 107 (12.31%) Windows
2 77 (8.86%) Linux
3 64 (7.36%) Windows 10
4 31 (3.57%) Unix
5 15 (1.73%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.04%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.35%) CentOS
7 3 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.35%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) Rocky
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (22.90%) Agile
2 143 (16.46%) Continuous Improvement
3 142 (16.34%) Cybersecurity
4 135 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
5 128 (14.73%) Analytics
6 111 (12.77%) DevOps
7 105 (12.08%) Software Engineering
8 103 (11.85%) ITIL
9 97 (11.16%) CI/CD
10 89 (10.24%) Community of Practice
11 85 (9.78%) Technology Strategy
12 75 (8.63%) Business Intelligence
13 73 (8.40%) Innovative Thinking
13 73 (8.40%) Mentoring
14 68 (7.83%) User Experience
15 67 (7.71%) Customer Service
16 66 (7.59%) Collaborative Culture
16 66 (7.59%) Computer Science
17 65 (7.48%) AI
18 63 (7.25%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 123 (14.15%) Python
2 90 (10.36%) Java
3 78 (8.98%) JavaScript
4 50 (5.75%) C#
5 46 (5.29%) SQL
6 32 (3.68%) PowerShell
7 28 (3.22%) TypeScript
8 21 (2.42%) Bicep
9 19 (2.19%) Bash
9 19 (2.19%) C++
10 18 (2.07%) C
11 14 (1.61%) Apex Code
12 10 (1.15%) MATLAB
13 8 (0.92%) Go
14 6 (0.69%) Scala
14 6 (0.69%) VBA
15 5 (0.58%) Google Apps Script
15 5 (0.58%) R
16 4 (0.46%) Ruby
17 3 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 869 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 282 (32.45%) Degree
3 138 (15.88%) DV Cleared
4 60 (6.90%) CTC Cleared
5 59 (6.79%) CISSP
6 54 (6.21%) BPSS Clearance
7 49 (5.64%) CISM
8 48 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 48 (5.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 46 (5.29%) Cisco Certification
10 39 (4.49%) Azure Certification
11 29 (3.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 28 (3.22%) AWS Certification
13 27 (3.11%) CCNA
14 23 (2.65%) CCNP
15 14 (1.61%) Master's Degree
16 11 (1.27%) CEH
16 11 (1.27%) CISMP
16 11 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (1.27%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (7.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (7.36%) SLA
3 55 (6.33%) Accessibility
3 55 (6.33%) NIST
4 36 (4.14%) QA
5 34 (3.91%) GDPR
5 34 (3.91%) GRC
6 27 (3.11%) WCAG
7 12 (1.38%) Data Quality
7 12 (1.38%) NCSC
8 9 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (1.04%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.92%) JSP 440
10 7 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 5 (0.58%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.35%) ISO 14001
13 3 (0.35%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.35%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 50 (5.75%) Docker
2 23 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 19 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.15%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.04%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.81%) Firmware
7 3 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.35%) vSphere
8 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 68 (7.83%) Terraform
2 61 (7.02%) Kubernetes
3 32 (3.68%) Ansible
4 23 (2.65%) Grafana
5 9 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.81%) Nmap
8 6 (0.69%) SCOM
9 5 (0.58%) Endace
10 4 (0.46%) Kibana
10 4 (0.46%) SCCM
10 4 (0.46%) WSUS
10 4 (0.46%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.35%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.35%) Nagios
11 3 (0.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.23%) Packer
12 2 (0.23%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.23%) Puppet
12 2 (0.23%) QRadar
Vendors
1 153 (17.61%) Microsoft
2 117 (13.46%) Cisco
3 55 (6.33%) SAP
4 44 (5.06%) Google
5 40 (4.60%) Salesforce
6 28 (3.22%) Adobe
7 24 (2.76%) VMware
8 18 (2.07%) Oracle
9 14 (1.61%) Red Hat
10 12 (1.38%) Juniper
10 12 (1.38%) MuleSoft
10 12 (1.38%) ServiceNow
11 10 (1.15%) CheckPoint
11 10 (1.15%) Sparx
12 9 (1.04%) F5
13 7 (0.81%) Databricks
13 7 (0.81%) Splunk
14 5 (0.58%) Meraki
15 4 (0.46%) CyberArk
15 4 (0.46%) ESRI