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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 88 65
Rank change year-on-year +52 -23 -8
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 915 489 1,347
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.43% 3.78% 4.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.48% 13.04% 16.40%
Number of salaries quoted 698 392 988
10th Percentile £45,175 £44,956 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,627 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.58% +7.71% -4.00%
75th Percentile £79,555 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,450 £88,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +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 4,260 3,749 8,211
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.28% 29.01% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,671 2,470 5,938
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,762 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -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 29 March 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 30 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.55%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.44%) Apache
6 3 (0.33%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.33%) Camunda
6 3 (0.33%) Confluence
6 3 (0.33%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.33%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.33%) SAS
6 3 (0.33%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.33%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.33%) WebLogic Portal
7 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 71 (7.76%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.17%) Adobe XD
3 9 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.55%) InVision
4 5 (0.55%) Sketch
5 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.22%) Weka
6 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) CATIA
6 1 (0.11%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 12 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.44%) Primavera
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.22%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.22%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP FSCM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 223 (24.37%) Azure
2 189 (20.66%) AWS
3 113 (12.35%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (7.65%) GCP
5 45 (4.92%) Entra ID
6 34 (3.72%) Power Platform
7 29 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
7 29 (3.17%) Figma
8 26 (2.84%) PowerApps
9 23 (2.51%) Power Automate
10 22 (2.40%) Serverless
11 20 (2.19%) Amazon ECS
11 20 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (1.97%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 18 (1.97%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 16 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
14 15 (1.64%) dbt
14 15 (1.64%) GitHub
15 14 (1.53%) Amazon S3
15 14 (1.53%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.28%) Firewall
2 23 (2.51%) WAN
3 22 (2.40%) VPN
4 18 (1.97%) LAN
4 18 (1.97%) TCP/IP
5 16 (1.75%) Network Security
6 15 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (1.42%) DNS
8 12 (1.31%) BGP
9 11 (1.20%) DHCP
10 9 (0.98%) MPLS
10 9 (0.98%) SMTP
11 7 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.77%) SNMP
12 6 (0.66%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (0.66%) HTTP
12 6 (0.66%) VoIP
13 5 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (0.55%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.44%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.15%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (3.17%) Power BI
3 17 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
4 16 (1.75%) Metadata
5 15 (1.64%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (1.42%) Redis
8 11 (1.20%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.09%) MongoDB
9 10 (1.09%) SQL Server
10 9 (0.98%) MySQL
11 8 (0.87%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (0.44%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.44%) Tableau
14 3 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (0.33%) QGIS
14 3 (0.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 38 (4.15%) Git
2 27 (2.95%) Balsamiq
3 25 (2.73%) Axure RP
4 20 (2.19%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.97%) GitLab
6 12 (1.31%) JIRA
7 10 (1.09%) Selenium
8 7 (0.77%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.77%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.77%) Metasploit
9 6 (0.66%) Babel
9 6 (0.66%) webpack
10 5 (0.55%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.44%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.33%) JMeter
12 3 (0.33%) JUnit
12 3 (0.33%) Maven
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.33%) SoapUI
General
1 308 (33.66%) Social Skills
2 263 (28.74%) Public Sector
3 144 (15.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 107 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
5 101 (11.04%) Finance
6 100 (10.93%) Law
7 62 (6.78%) Back Office
8 49 (5.36%) Telecoms
9 45 (4.92%) Manufacturing
10 31 (3.39%) Legal
11 30 (3.28%) Marketing
12 28 (3.06%) Electronics
13 22 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (2.08%) Retail
15 15 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (1.42%) Military
17 12 (1.31%) Aerospace
18 11 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
19 6 (0.66%) Banking
19 6 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 175 (19.13%) Senior
2 110 (12.02%) Architect
3 106 (11.58%) Consultant
4 92 (10.05%) Developer
5 76 (8.31%) Analyst
6 74 (8.09%) Support Engineer
7 64 (6.99%) Site Engineer
8 60 (6.56%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (6.56%) Desktop Support
8 60 (6.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 54 (5.90%) Lead
10 44 (4.81%) Business Analyst
11 41 (4.48%) Solutions Architect
12 40 (4.37%) Security Consultant
13 35 (3.83%) Software Engineer
14 34 (3.72%) Data Engineer
14 34 (3.72%) Senior Developer
15 31 (3.39%) Designer
16 26 (2.84%) Senior Manager
17 25 (2.73%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (4.59%) .NET
2 37 (4.04%) REST
3 35 (3.83%) HTML
3 35 (3.83%) React
4 34 (3.72%) CSS
5 24 (2.62%) Spring
6 23 (2.51%) SOAP
7 22 (2.40%) Django
8 21 (2.30%) Middleware
9 18 (1.97%) Lightning Web Components
9 18 (1.97%) Visualforce
10 16 (1.75%) Node.js
10 16 (1.75%) SAP CAF
11 15 (1.64%) HTML5 Canvas
11 15 (1.64%) Kafka
11 15 (1.64%) Spring Boot
12 12 (1.31%) ASP.NET
13 11 (1.20%) AngularJS
14 10 (1.09%) RESTful
15 9 (0.98%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (6.56%) Product Ownership
2 55 (6.01%) Cloud Native
3 34 (3.72%) Data Centre
4 28 (3.06%) Management Information System
4 28 (3.06%) Security Posture
5 25 (2.73%) Onboarding
6 19 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (1.64%) Driving Licence
8 14 (1.53%) PKI
9 13 (1.42%) Blog
10 12 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.98%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.77%) Insider Threat
13 7 (0.77%) Security Operations Centre
14 6 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (0.66%) Data Structures
14 6 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
14 6 (0.66%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 112 (12.24%) Windows
2 66 (7.21%) Linux
3 65 (7.10%) Windows 10
4 26 (2.84%) Unix
5 15 (1.64%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.87%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.44%) CentOS
9 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (23.28%) Agile
2 163 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 141 (15.41%) Cybersecurity
4 125 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
5 120 (13.11%) Analytics
6 116 (12.68%) DevOps
7 109 (11.91%) ITIL
8 106 (11.58%) Community of Practice
9 97 (10.60%) Technology Strategy
10 96 (10.49%) Mentoring
11 92 (10.05%) CI/CD
12 79 (8.63%) Software Engineering
13 68 (7.43%) Customer Service
14 67 (7.32%) User Experience
15 65 (7.10%) Patch Management
16 64 (6.99%) Stakeholder Management
17 63 (6.89%) Infrastructure as Code
18 61 (6.67%) Customer Experience
18 61 (6.67%) Software Deployment
19 60 (6.56%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 99 (10.82%) Python
2 90 (9.84%) Java
3 87 (9.51%) JavaScript
4 49 (5.36%) C#
5 43 (4.70%) SQL
6 27 (2.95%) TypeScript
7 18 (1.97%) Apex Code
7 18 (1.97%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.53%) C++
9 13 (1.42%) Bash
10 7 (0.77%) C
10 7 (0.77%) Rust
11 6 (0.66%) Bicep
11 6 (0.66%) Go
11 6 (0.66%) Scala
12 4 (0.44%) Ruby
12 4 (0.44%) VBA
13 3 (0.33%) Pascal
13 3 (0.33%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 915 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 272 (29.73%) Degree
3 137 (14.97%) DV Cleared
4 60 (6.56%) CTC Cleared
5 56 (6.12%) CISSP
6 50 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 43 (4.70%) CISM
7 43 (4.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (2.62%) Azure Certification
10 23 (2.51%) Cisco Certification
11 19 (2.08%) AWS Certification
12 17 (1.86%) CREST Certified
12 17 (1.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 13 (1.42%) Master's Degree
13 13 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
14 11 (1.20%) CCNA
14 11 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (1.20%) CRISC
15 10 (1.09%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (7.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (6.99%) SLA
3 52 (5.68%) Accessibility
4 50 (5.46%) NIST
5 39 (4.26%) GDPR
6 31 (3.39%) QA
7 27 (2.95%) GRC
8 25 (2.73%) WCAG
9 13 (1.42%) Data Quality
9 13 (1.42%) PCI DSS
10 12 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (1.09%) NCSC
12 9 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.77%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (0.77%) JSP 440
15 3 (0.33%) ISO 14001
15 3 (0.33%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.33%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 59 (6.45%) Docker
2 27 (2.95%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.87%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.66%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.44%) Firmware
8 2 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.11%) vSphere
9 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 71 (7.76%) Terraform
2 53 (5.79%) Kubernetes
3 32 (3.50%) Ansible
4 15 (1.64%) Grafana
5 14 (1.53%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.77%) Nmap
8 6 (0.66%) Endace
8 6 (0.66%) Puppet
9 5 (0.55%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.55%) Kibana
10 4 (0.44%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 4 (0.44%) SCCM
10 4 (0.44%) WSUS
10 4 (0.44%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.33%) Nagios
11 3 (0.33%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.22%) Argo
Vendors
1 148 (16.17%) Microsoft
2 101 (11.04%) Cisco
3 55 (6.01%) Google
4 41 (4.48%) Salesforce
5 36 (3.93%) SAP
6 29 (3.17%) Adobe
7 21 (2.30%) Oracle
8 18 (1.97%) MuleSoft
9 17 (1.86%) VMware
10 12 (1.31%) Red Hat
11 10 (1.09%) CyberArk
11 10 (1.09%) Splunk
12 9 (0.98%) Juniper
12 9 (0.98%) Meraki
12 9 (0.98%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.87%) F5
14 7 (0.77%) Remedy
15 6 (0.66%) BMC
15 6 (0.66%) CheckPoint
15 6 (0.66%) Databricks