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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 88 65
Rank change year-on-year +53 -23 -8
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 920 480 1,353
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.51% 3.74% 4.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.79% 12.96% 16.45%
Number of salaries quoted 701 383 999
10th Percentile £45,421 £44,030 £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 £79,727 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,000 £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 4,037 3,704 8,227
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.19% 28.87% 26.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,667 2,451 5,951
10th Percentile £31,125 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £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 31 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 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.54%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.43%) 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 (7.72%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.15%) Adobe XD
3 9 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.54%) InVision
4 5 (0.54%) 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 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.43%) Primavera
3 4 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.22%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.22%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP FSCM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.11%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 223 (24.24%) Azure
2 188 (20.43%) AWS
3 113 (12.28%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (7.61%) GCP
5 46 (5.00%) Entra ID
6 35 (3.80%) Power Platform
7 29 (3.15%) AWS CloudFormation
7 29 (3.15%) Figma
8 26 (2.83%) PowerApps
9 23 (2.50%) Power Automate
10 21 (2.28%) Serverless
11 20 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (2.07%) Amazon ECS
13 18 (1.96%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 18 (1.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 17 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
15 15 (1.63%) dbt
15 15 (1.63%) GitHub
15 15 (1.63%) Google Analytics
16 14 (1.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.26%) Firewall
2 24 (2.61%) WAN
3 23 (2.50%) VPN
4 18 (1.96%) LAN
4 18 (1.96%) TCP/IP
5 16 (1.74%) Network Security
6 15 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (1.52%) DNS
8 13 (1.41%) BGP
9 12 (1.30%) DHCP
10 10 (1.09%) MPLS
11 9 (0.98%) SMTP
12 7 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.76%) SNMP
13 6 (0.65%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.65%) HTTP
13 6 (0.65%) VoIP
14 5 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (0.54%) SD-WAN
15 4 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.24%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (3.26%) Power BI
3 16 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (1.74%) Metadata
4 15 (1.63%) NoSQL
5 14 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
6 13 (1.41%) Redis
7 12 (1.30%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.09%) MongoDB
8 10 (1.09%) SQL Server
9 9 (0.98%) MySQL
10 8 (0.87%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (0.43%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.43%) Tableau
13 3 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
13 3 (0.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 39 (4.24%) Git
2 27 (2.93%) Balsamiq
3 25 (2.72%) Axure RP
4 20 (2.17%) Jenkins
5 19 (2.07%) GitLab
6 12 (1.30%) JIRA
7 11 (1.20%) Selenium
8 7 (0.76%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.76%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.76%) Metasploit
9 6 (0.65%) Babel
9 6 (0.65%) webpack
10 5 (0.54%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.43%) 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 (33.48%) Social Skills
2 264 (28.70%) Public Sector
3 145 (15.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 107 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
5 101 (10.98%) Law
6 100 (10.87%) Finance
7 62 (6.74%) Back Office
8 48 (5.22%) Telecoms
9 44 (4.78%) Manufacturing
10 31 (3.37%) Legal
11 29 (3.15%) Marketing
12 27 (2.93%) Electronics
13 22 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (2.07%) Retail
15 15 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (1.41%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.41%) Military
17 11 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (0.65%) Banking
18 6 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 177 (19.24%) Senior
2 110 (11.96%) Architect
3 105 (11.41%) Consultant
4 91 (9.89%) Developer
5 77 (8.37%) Analyst
6 74 (8.04%) Support Engineer
7 64 (6.96%) Site Engineer
8 60 (6.52%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (6.52%) Desktop Support
8 60 (6.52%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 56 (6.09%) Lead
10 44 (4.78%) Business Analyst
11 41 (4.46%) Solutions Architect
12 39 (4.24%) Security Consultant
13 37 (4.02%) Software Engineer
14 35 (3.80%) Senior Developer
15 34 (3.70%) Data Engineer
16 31 (3.37%) Designer
17 26 (2.83%) Cloud Engineer
17 26 (2.83%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (4.67%) .NET
2 37 (4.02%) REST
3 36 (3.91%) React
4 35 (3.80%) HTML
5 34 (3.70%) CSS
6 25 (2.72%) Spring
7 23 (2.50%) SOAP
8 22 (2.39%) Django
9 21 (2.28%) Middleware
10 18 (1.96%) Lightning Web Components
10 18 (1.96%) Visualforce
11 16 (1.74%) Node.js
11 16 (1.74%) Spring Boot
12 15 (1.63%) HTML5 Canvas
12 15 (1.63%) Kafka
12 15 (1.63%) SAP CAF
13 12 (1.30%) AngularJS
13 12 (1.30%) ASP.NET
14 10 (1.09%) RESTful
15 9 (0.98%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 60 (6.52%) Product Ownership
2 54 (5.87%) Cloud Native
3 34 (3.70%) Data Centre
4 28 (3.04%) Management Information System
4 28 (3.04%) Security Posture
5 26 (2.83%) Onboarding
6 19 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (1.63%) Driving Licence
7 15 (1.63%) PKI
8 13 (1.41%) Blog
9 12 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (0.98%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (0.76%) Insider Threat
12 7 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
13 6 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (0.65%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.65%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 113 (12.28%) Windows
2 67 (7.28%) Linux
3 65 (7.07%) Windows 10
4 27 (2.93%) Unix
5 16 (1.74%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.87%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.43%) 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 (23.15%) Agile
2 164 (17.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 141 (15.33%) Cybersecurity
4 121 (13.15%) Analytics
4 121 (13.15%) Problem-Solving
5 119 (12.93%) DevOps
6 109 (11.85%) ITIL
7 107 (11.63%) Community of Practice
8 98 (10.65%) Technology Strategy
9 95 (10.33%) Mentoring
10 94 (10.22%) CI/CD
11 82 (8.91%) Software Engineering
12 68 (7.39%) Customer Service
13 67 (7.28%) User Experience
14 65 (7.07%) Patch Management
15 64 (6.96%) Stakeholder Management
16 63 (6.85%) Infrastructure as Code
17 61 (6.63%) Customer Experience
17 61 (6.63%) Software Deployment
18 60 (6.52%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 100 (10.87%) Python
2 93 (10.11%) Java
3 85 (9.24%) JavaScript
4 50 (5.43%) C#
5 44 (4.78%) SQL
6 28 (3.04%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.07%) PowerShell
8 18 (1.96%) Apex Code
9 15 (1.63%) C++
10 13 (1.41%) Bash
11 7 (0.76%) C
11 7 (0.76%) Rust
12 6 (0.65%) Bicep
12 6 (0.65%) Go
12 6 (0.65%) Scala
13 4 (0.43%) Ruby
13 4 (0.43%) VBA
14 3 (0.33%) Pascal
14 3 (0.33%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 920 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 275 (29.89%) Degree
3 141 (15.33%) DV Cleared
4 60 (6.52%) CTC Cleared
5 55 (5.98%) CISSP
6 51 (5.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 43 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 42 (4.57%) CISM
9 30 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 24 (2.61%) Azure Certification
11 23 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (1.96%) AWS Certification
13 17 (1.85%) CREST Certified
14 16 (1.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 13 (1.41%) Master's Degree
15 13 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
16 11 (1.20%) CCNA
16 11 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (1.20%) CRISC
17 10 (1.09%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (7.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (6.96%) SLA
3 53 (5.76%) Accessibility
4 49 (5.33%) NIST
5 39 (4.24%) GDPR
6 32 (3.48%) QA
7 26 (2.83%) GRC
7 26 (2.83%) WCAG
8 13 (1.41%) Data Quality
8 13 (1.41%) PCI DSS
9 12 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (1.09%) NCSC
11 9 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.76%) Government Security Classifications
13 7 (0.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 7 (0.76%) JSP 440
14 3 (0.33%) ISO 14001
14 3 (0.33%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.33%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 59 (6.41%) Docker
2 28 (3.04%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.98%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.65%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.43%) Firmware
8 2 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.22%) vSphere
9 1 (0.11%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 71 (7.72%) Terraform
2 53 (5.76%) Kubernetes
3 34 (3.70%) Ansible
4 15 (1.63%) Grafana
5 14 (1.52%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.76%) Nmap
8 6 (0.65%) Endace
8 6 (0.65%) Puppet
9 5 (0.54%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.54%) Kibana
10 4 (0.43%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 4 (0.43%) SCCM
10 4 (0.43%) WSUS
10 4 (0.43%) 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
1 150 (16.30%) Microsoft
2 101 (10.98%) Cisco
3 56 (6.09%) Google
4 41 (4.46%) Salesforce
5 35 (3.80%) SAP
6 29 (3.15%) Adobe
7 21 (2.28%) Oracle
8 18 (1.96%) MuleSoft
8 18 (1.96%) VMware
9 12 (1.30%) Red Hat
10 11 (1.20%) CyberArk
10 11 (1.20%) Splunk
11 9 (0.98%) Juniper
11 9 (0.98%) Meraki
11 9 (0.98%) ServiceNow
12 8 (0.87%) F5
13 6 (0.65%) CheckPoint
13 6 (0.65%) Databricks
14 5 (0.54%) Remedy
15 4 (0.43%) BMC