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 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 53 41
Rank change year-on-year +4 -12 +37
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 738 924 1,294
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.84% 5.18% 6.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.51% 19.05% 23.00%
Number of salaries quoted 474 594 1,015
10th Percentile £42,604 £41,250 £40,200
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,629 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% +1.01% +0.91%
75th Percentile £78,790 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +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 5,086 4,851 5,627
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.38% 27.21% 27.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,441 2,550 4,141
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,249
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £46,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% -

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 14 December 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 (3.52%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.95%) Confluence
4 5 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.68%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.54%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.54%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.54%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.41%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.41%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.41%) WebLogic Portal
7 2 (0.27%) Camunda
8 1 (0.14%) IIS
Applications
1 31 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (3.39%) Adobe XD
3 13 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.41%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.41%) Simulink
5 1 (0.14%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.14%) InVision
5 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.14%) Revit
5 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 25 (3.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (2.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.54%) Primavera
4 3 (0.41%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.27%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.14%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 184 (24.93%) Azure
2 145 (19.65%) AWS
3 73 (9.89%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 38 (5.15%) GCP
6 30 (4.07%) AWS CloudFormation
7 29 (3.93%) PowerApps
8 28 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (3.66%) Figma
10 26 (3.52%) Entra ID
11 25 (3.39%) Power Automate
12 23 (3.12%) Amazon ECS
12 23 (3.12%) Amazon EKS
13 22 (2.98%) Dynamics 365
13 22 (2.98%) GitHub
13 22 (2.98%) Serverless
14 19 (2.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 16 (2.17%) Azure AKS
15 16 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
15 16 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.20%) Firewall
2 20 (2.71%) VPN
3 19 (2.57%) Wireless
4 16 (2.17%) Software-Defined Radio
4 16 (2.17%) TCP/IP
5 14 (1.90%) LAN
6 11 (1.49%) WAN
7 10 (1.36%) Ethernet
7 10 (1.36%) Network Security
8 9 (1.22%) DNS
9 8 (1.08%) BGP
9 8 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.95%) IPsec
10 7 (0.95%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.81%) MPLS
12 5 (0.68%) Cisco Firepower
12 5 (0.68%) Wireshark
13 4 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
13 4 (0.54%) Junos
13 4 (0.54%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.74%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (4.07%) Power BI
3 14 (1.90%) NoSQL
4 13 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
4 13 (1.76%) MongoDB
5 12 (1.63%) MySQL
5 12 (1.63%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.49%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (1.22%) Metadata
9 8 (1.08%) Redis
10 5 (0.68%) Big Data
10 5 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.68%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.54%) GIS
11 4 (0.54%) QGIS
11 4 (0.54%) Tableau
12 3 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.41%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 27 (3.66%) Balsamiq
1 27 (3.66%) Git
2 25 (3.39%) Axure RP
3 21 (2.85%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.90%) JIRA
5 12 (1.63%) Selenium
6 11 (1.49%) Cypress.io
7 9 (1.22%) WebDriver
8 8 (1.08%) GitLab
9 6 (0.81%) Babel
9 6 (0.81%) webpack
10 5 (0.68%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.54%) MLflow
12 3 (0.41%) Burp Suite
12 3 (0.41%) Metasploit
12 3 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.41%) Rational Rhapsody
13 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.27%) SpecFlow
General
1 228 (30.89%) Social Skills
2 200 (27.10%) Public Sector
3 169 (22.90%) Finance
4 124 (16.80%) Analytical Skills
5 93 (12.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 93 (12.60%) Law
6 57 (7.72%) Manufacturing
7 46 (6.23%) Electronics
8 42 (5.69%) Telecoms
9 40 (5.42%) Marketing
10 21 (2.85%) Aerospace
10 21 (2.85%) Back Office
11 15 (2.03%) Military
12 14 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.76%) Retail
14 11 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.95%) Aviation
16 5 (0.68%) Legal
16 5 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (0.54%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 102 (13.82%) Senior
2 86 (11.65%) Consultant
3 81 (10.98%) Developer
4 77 (10.43%) Architect
5 61 (8.27%) Systems Engineer
6 58 (7.86%) Analyst
7 44 (5.96%) Administrator
8 38 (5.15%) Lead
9 36 (4.88%) Software Engineer
10 35 (4.74%) Systems Administrator
11 33 (4.47%) Designer
12 31 (4.20%) Security Consultant
13 30 (4.07%) Senior Developer
14 26 (3.52%) Support Engineer
15 25 (3.39%) Business Analyst
15 25 (3.39%) Cloud Engineer
16 24 (3.25%) Site Engineer
17 20 (2.71%) Desktop Support
17 20 (2.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 20 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (5.96%) React
2 31 (4.20%) .NET
3 25 (3.39%) HTML
4 24 (3.25%) CSS
4 24 (3.25%) SAP CAF
5 23 (3.12%) Node.js
6 20 (2.71%) Spring
7 19 (2.57%) Django
8 17 (2.30%) Spring Boot
9 15 (2.03%) HTML5 Canvas
10 14 (1.90%) REST
11 12 (1.63%) AngularJS
12 11 (1.49%) Kafka
13 9 (1.22%) Middleware
13 9 (1.22%) SAP Fiori
13 9 (1.22%) Web Services
14 8 (1.08%) .NET Core
14 8 (1.08%) RESTful
14 8 (1.08%) SOAP
15 7 (0.95%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 102 (13.82%) e-Learning
2 51 (6.91%) Cloud Native
3 36 (4.88%) Product Ownership
4 35 (4.74%) Data Centre
5 21 (2.85%) Management Information System
5 21 (2.85%) Onboarding
5 21 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (2.17%) Embedded Systems
6 16 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
6 16 (2.17%) MicroBlaze
6 16 (2.17%) RISC-V
7 15 (2.03%) Algorithms
8 13 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (1.76%) Security Posture
9 11 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.36%) Driving Licence
11 8 (1.08%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.08%) PKI
11 8 (1.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 7 (0.95%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 102 (13.82%) Linux
2 63 (8.54%) Windows
3 39 (5.28%) Unix
4 22 (2.98%) Windows 10
5 17 (2.30%) Windows Server
6 16 (2.17%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (1.08%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.81%) Rocky
8 6 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.41%) VMS
10 2 (0.27%) CentOS
10 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (26.29%) Agile
2 137 (18.56%) Problem-Solving
3 128 (17.34%) Innovative Thinking
4 106 (14.36%) Software Engineering
5 104 (14.09%) DevOps
6 98 (13.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 91 (12.33%) Cybersecurity
8 90 (12.20%) CI/CD
9 84 (11.38%) Analytics
10 78 (10.57%) Community of Practice
11 75 (10.16%) Business Intelligence
12 72 (9.76%) Computer Science
12 72 (9.76%) Technology Strategy
13 63 (8.54%) User Experience
14 62 (8.40%) AI
15 58 (7.86%) Collaborative Culture
16 54 (7.32%) ITIL
16 54 (7.32%) Mentoring
17 53 (7.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 51 (6.91%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 111 (15.04%) Python
2 79 (10.70%) JavaScript
3 73 (9.89%) Java
4 44 (5.96%) SQL
5 43 (5.83%) C#
6 30 (4.07%) C
7 29 (3.93%) C++
7 29 (3.93%) PowerShell
8 28 (3.79%) TypeScript
9 21 (2.85%) Bicep
10 19 (2.57%) Bash
11 10 (1.36%) MATLAB
12 8 (1.08%) Go
13 7 (0.95%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.95%) Scala
14 6 (0.81%) VBA
15 5 (0.68%) R
16 4 (0.54%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.54%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 738 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 242 (32.79%) Degree
3 128 (17.34%) DV Cleared
4 59 (7.99%) Cisco Certification
5 57 (7.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 52 (7.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 50 (6.78%) CISSP
8 46 (6.23%) CISM
9 42 (5.69%) Azure Certification
9 42 (5.69%) CCNP
10 38 (5.15%) Microsoft Certification
11 35 (4.74%) CCNA
12 31 (4.20%) AWS Certification
13 29 (3.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 20 (2.71%) CTC Cleared
15 16 (2.17%) Master's Degree
16 9 (1.22%) CRISC
17 8 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
17 8 (1.08%) RHCSA
18 7 (0.95%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (8.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 51 (6.91%) Accessibility
3 49 (6.64%) NIST
4 34 (4.61%) GRC
5 30 (4.07%) QA
6 27 (3.66%) WCAG
7 24 (3.25%) SLA
8 22 (2.98%) GDPR
9 10 (1.36%) Data Quality
10 7 (0.95%) JSP 440
11 5 (0.68%) NCSC
11 5 (0.68%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.41%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.41%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.41%) NEBOSH
12 3 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (5.96%) Docker
2 26 (3.52%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.12%) Firmware
4 17 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (2.17%) Embedded Firmware
6 14 (1.90%) Hyper-V
7 11 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.68%) vSphere
9 3 (0.41%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.27%) pfSense
11 1 (0.14%) IAG
11 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 62 (8.40%) Kubernetes
2 57 (7.72%) Terraform
3 27 (3.66%) Ansible
4 20 (2.71%) Grafana
5 6 (0.81%) SCOM
6 5 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.54%) Kibana
8 3 (0.41%) Endace
8 3 (0.41%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.41%) Nmap
8 3 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.27%) Argo
9 2 (0.27%) Nagios
9 2 (0.27%) Nessus
9 2 (0.27%) WSUS
9 2 (0.27%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.14%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 110 (14.91%) Microsoft
2 82 (11.11%) Cisco
3 58 (7.86%) SAP
4 38 (5.15%) Google
5 30 (4.07%) Salesforce
6 25 (3.39%) Adobe
6 25 (3.39%) Sparx
7 21 (2.85%) VMware
8 16 (2.17%) Red Hat
9 14 (1.90%) Oracle
10 11 (1.49%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.22%) Juniper
12 8 (1.08%) Dell
13 7 (0.95%) Databricks
13 7 (0.95%) MuleSoft
14 6 (0.81%) F5
14 6 (0.81%) Splunk
15 5 (0.68%) CheckPoint
15 5 (0.68%) Fortinet
16 4 (0.54%) Ariba