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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 79 64
Rank change year-on-year +43 -15 +1
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 918 568 1,354
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.55% 4.04% 4.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.28% 13.85% 16.86%
Number of salaries quoted 674 408 977
10th Percentile £44,331 £44,701 £41,230
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,938 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,564 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.68% +7.61% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £75,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,000 £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 4,762 4,101 8,029
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.77% 29.18% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,562 2,463 5,840
10th Percentile £30,987 £31,050 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,421 £45,000 £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 £73,646 £73,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £88,750
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 9 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 31 (3.38%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.54%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.44%) Apache
5 4 (0.44%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.44%) Confluence
5 4 (0.44%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.44%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.33%) SAS
6 3 (0.33%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.33%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.33%) WebLogic Portal
7 2 (0.22%) Camunda
8 1 (0.11%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 74 (8.06%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (3.05%) Adobe XD
3 10 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.44%) InVision
4 4 (0.44%) Sketch
5 3 (0.33%) Simulink
6 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.22%) Weka
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 17 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.44%) Primavera
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.33%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.22%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
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%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 221 (24.07%) Azure
2 183 (19.93%) AWS
3 116 (12.64%) Microsoft 365
4 69 (7.52%) GCP
5 52 (5.66%) Entra ID
6 38 (4.14%) Power Platform
7 31 (3.38%) AWS CloudFormation
8 30 (3.27%) PowerApps
9 29 (3.16%) Figma
10 25 (2.72%) Power Automate
11 24 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
12 23 (2.51%) Amazon ECS
12 23 (2.51%) Serverless
13 20 (2.18%) Amazon EKS
13 20 (2.18%) PaaS
14 19 (2.07%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 19 (2.07%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 17 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
16 16 (1.74%) GitHub
17 15 (1.63%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.59%) Firewall
2 28 (3.05%) VPN
3 20 (2.18%) WAN
4 18 (1.96%) LAN
5 17 (1.85%) DNS
6 16 (1.74%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (1.53%) Network Security
8 13 (1.42%) BGP
9 11 (1.20%) DHCP
10 9 (0.98%) MPLS
10 9 (0.98%) SMTP
11 7 (0.76%) HTTP
12 6 (0.65%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (0.65%) Ethernet
12 6 (0.65%) SNMP
13 5 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (0.54%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.54%) VoIP
13 5 (0.54%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.25%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (3.27%) Power BI
3 16 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (1.63%) NoSQL
5 14 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
5 14 (1.53%) Metadata
6 13 (1.42%) Redis
7 11 (1.20%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.20%) SQL Server
8 9 (0.98%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.98%) MySQL
9 7 (0.76%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.65%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (0.44%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.44%) GIS
11 4 (0.44%) QGIS
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 40 (4.36%) Git
2 27 (2.94%) Balsamiq
3 25 (2.72%) Axure RP
4 23 (2.51%) Jenkins
5 17 (1.85%) GitLab
6 14 (1.53%) JIRA
7 12 (1.31%) Selenium
8 8 (0.87%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.76%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.76%) Metasploit
10 6 (0.65%) Babel
10 6 (0.65%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.65%) webpack
11 4 (0.44%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.33%) JUnit
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.33%) Rational Rhapsody
13 2 (0.22%) JMeter
13 2 (0.22%) SoapUI
General
1 318 (34.64%) Social Skills
2 257 (28.00%) Public Sector
3 136 (14.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 116 (12.64%) Finance
5 114 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
6 97 (10.57%) Law
7 61 (6.64%) Back Office
8 58 (6.32%) Telecoms
9 49 (5.34%) Manufacturing
10 37 (4.03%) Electronics
11 36 (3.92%) Marketing
12 28 (3.05%) Legal
13 22 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (2.07%) Retail
15 18 (1.96%) Aerospace
16 14 (1.53%) Military
17 13 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
18 12 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
19 7 (0.76%) Aviation
20 6 (0.65%) Banking
Job Titles
1 171 (18.63%) Senior
2 102 (11.11%) Architect
3 100 (10.89%) Consultant
4 88 (9.59%) Developer
5 77 (8.39%) Support Engineer
6 76 (8.28%) Analyst
7 64 (6.97%) Site Engineer
8 60 (6.54%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (6.54%) Desktop Support
8 60 (6.54%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 54 (5.88%) Lead
10 41 (4.47%) Business Analyst
11 37 (4.03%) Security Consultant
12 35 (3.81%) Software Engineer
12 35 (3.81%) Solutions Architect
13 34 (3.70%) Data Engineer
14 33 (3.59%) Senior Developer
15 30 (3.27%) Designer
16 25 (2.72%) Cloud Engineer
16 25 (2.72%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (4.90%) .NET
2 42 (4.58%) React
3 38 (4.14%) REST
4 33 (3.59%) HTML
5 32 (3.49%) CSS
6 26 (2.83%) Spring
7 25 (2.72%) SOAP
8 23 (2.51%) Django
9 22 (2.40%) Middleware
10 21 (2.29%) SAP CAF
11 19 (2.07%) Lightning Web Components
11 19 (2.07%) Visualforce
12 18 (1.96%) Spring Boot
13 16 (1.74%) HTML5 Canvas
13 16 (1.74%) Node.js
14 15 (1.63%) Kafka
15 13 (1.42%) ASP.NET
16 12 (1.31%) AngularJS
17 11 (1.20%) RESTful
18 9 (0.98%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (6.32%) Cloud Native
2 56 (6.10%) Product Ownership
3 35 (3.81%) Data Centre
4 32 (3.49%) Onboarding
5 26 (2.83%) Management Information System
6 24 (2.61%) Security Posture
7 18 (1.96%) e-Learning
8 15 (1.63%) PKI
9 14 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
9 14 (1.53%) Driving Licence
9 14 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.42%) Algorithms
11 12 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (0.98%) AI Agents
14 8 (0.87%) Private Cloud
14 8 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
15 7 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
15 7 (0.76%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 107 (11.66%) Windows
2 66 (7.19%) Linux
3 65 (7.08%) Windows 10
4 28 (3.05%) Unix
5 14 (1.53%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.98%) 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%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (23.86%) Agile
2 158 (17.21%) Continuous Improvement
3 141 (15.36%) Cybersecurity
4 138 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
5 132 (14.38%) Analytics
6 115 (12.53%) DevOps
7 109 (11.87%) ITIL
8 100 (10.89%) Community of Practice
9 97 (10.57%) CI/CD
10 95 (10.35%) Mentoring
11 92 (10.02%) Technology Strategy
12 91 (9.91%) Software Engineering
13 73 (7.95%) Infrastructure as Code
14 69 (7.52%) User Experience
15 68 (7.41%) Computer Science
15 68 (7.41%) Customer Service
16 67 (7.30%) Business Intelligence
16 67 (7.30%) Collaborative Culture
17 65 (7.08%) Patch Management
18 62 (6.75%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 128 (13.94%) Python
2 102 (11.11%) Java
3 95 (10.35%) JavaScript
4 52 (5.66%) C#
5 43 (4.68%) SQL
6 31 (3.38%) TypeScript
7 29 (3.16%) PowerShell
8 21 (2.29%) C++
9 19 (2.07%) Apex Code
10 16 (1.74%) Bicep
11 15 (1.63%) C
12 14 (1.53%) Bash
13 7 (0.76%) Go
14 6 (0.65%) Google Apps Script
14 6 (0.65%) MATLAB
14 6 (0.65%) Rust
14 6 (0.65%) Scala
14 6 (0.65%) VBA
15 4 (0.44%) Ruby
16 3 (0.33%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 918 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 291 (31.70%) Degree
3 125 (13.62%) DV Cleared
4 60 (6.54%) CTC Cleared
5 58 (6.32%) CISSP
6 53 (5.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 52 (5.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 48 (5.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 44 (4.79%) CISM
10 33 (3.59%) Azure Certification
11 30 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
12 23 (2.51%) AWS Certification
13 22 (2.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 18 (1.96%) CCNA
15 14 (1.53%) Master's Degree
15 14 (1.53%) TOGAF Certification
16 12 (1.31%) CREST Certified
17 11 (1.20%) CEH
17 11 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
18 10 (1.09%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (7.08%) SLA
2 62 (6.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 55 (5.99%) Accessibility
4 49 (5.34%) NIST
5 36 (3.92%) GDPR
6 32 (3.49%) QA
7 27 (2.94%) GRC
8 26 (2.83%) WCAG
9 13 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (1.42%) Data Quality
10 11 (1.20%) NCSC
11 10 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.87%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.65%) JSP 440
14 4 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
14 4 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 3 (0.33%) ISO 14001
15 3 (0.33%) NEBOSH
15 3 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 57 (6.21%) Docker
2 27 (2.94%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.31%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.87%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.76%) Firmware
7 6 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 79 (8.61%) Terraform
2 57 (6.21%) Kubernetes
3 31 (3.38%) Ansible
4 22 (2.40%) Grafana
5 13 (1.42%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.76%) Nmap
8 6 (0.65%) Endace
8 6 (0.65%) Puppet
8 6 (0.65%) SCOM
9 5 (0.54%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.54%) Kibana
10 4 (0.44%) SCCM
10 4 (0.44%) WSUS
10 4 (0.44%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.33%) Nagios
11 3 (0.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.22%) Argo
12 2 (0.22%) Nessus
Vendors
1 155 (16.88%) Microsoft
2 109 (11.87%) Cisco
3 58 (6.32%) Google
4 47 (5.12%) Salesforce
4 47 (5.12%) SAP
5 28 (3.05%) Adobe
6 22 (2.40%) VMware
7 19 (2.07%) MuleSoft
8 17 (1.85%) Oracle
9 11 (1.20%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.09%) F5
10 10 (1.09%) Juniper
10 10 (1.09%) Red Hat
11 9 (0.98%) CyberArk
11 9 (0.98%) Meraki
12 8 (0.87%) CheckPoint
12 8 (0.87%) Splunk
13 7 (0.76%) Remedy
14 6 (0.65%) BMC
14 6 (0.65%) Databricks