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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 52 40
Rank change year-on-year +2 -12 +41
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 742 1,030 1,341
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.86% 5.24% 6.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.00% 19.61% 23.06%
Number of salaries quoted 479 655 1,078
10th Percentile £41,450 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,759 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% +0.41% +1.00%
75th Percentile £79,395 £79,225 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £86,059
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £58,425
% change year-on-year - +2.70% -0.97%

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 5,300 5,253 5,815
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.70% 26.72% 27.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,456 2,671 4,332
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,806 £45,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,063
90th Percentile £92,750 £89,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +0.77%

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 November 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 27 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.62%) Confluence
3 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.67%) Appian
5 4 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.54%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.40%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.40%) WebLogic Portal
7 2 (0.27%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.27%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.13%) Camunda
8 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 27 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (3.23%) Adobe XD
3 14 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.40%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.40%) Simulink
6 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.27%) Revit
7 1 (0.13%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.13%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 27 (3.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 18 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.54%) Primavera
5 3 (0.40%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.27%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.27%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 184 (24.80%) Azure
2 148 (19.95%) AWS
3 72 (9.70%) Microsoft 365
4 43 (5.80%) Power Platform
5 37 (4.99%) GCP
6 34 (4.58%) Entra ID
7 30 (4.04%) AWS CloudFormation
7 30 (4.04%) PowerApps
8 28 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (3.64%) Power Automate
10 26 (3.50%) Figma
11 25 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
12 24 (3.23%) Amazon ECS
12 24 (3.23%) GitHub
13 23 (3.10%) Amazon EKS
14 22 (2.96%) Serverless
15 20 (2.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 18 (2.43%) GitHub Actions
17 16 (2.16%) Azure Monitor
18 15 (2.02%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (4.04%) Firewall
2 22 (2.96%) VPN
3 20 (2.70%) Wireless
4 18 (2.43%) Software-Defined Radio
5 17 (2.29%) LAN
6 15 (2.02%) TCP/IP
7 14 (1.89%) WAN
8 11 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (1.35%) Ethernet
10 8 (1.08%) Junos
10 8 (1.08%) Network Security
11 7 (0.94%) BGP
11 7 (0.94%) DNS
11 7 (0.94%) SD-WAN
12 6 (0.81%) IPsec
12 6 (0.81%) MPLS
13 5 (0.67%) Wireshark
14 4 (0.54%) Cisco Firepower
14 4 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
14 4 (0.54%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (4.31%) Power BI
3 14 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (1.89%) MongoDB
3 14 (1.89%) NoSQL
4 12 (1.62%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.48%) MySQL
5 11 (1.48%) SQL Server
6 9 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (1.08%) Redis
8 7 (0.94%) Metadata
9 5 (0.67%) Big Data
9 5 (0.67%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.54%) Tableau
11 3 (0.40%) Neo4j
11 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.40%) Oracle Discoverer
11 3 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 28 (3.77%) Git
2 27 (3.64%) Balsamiq
3 24 (3.23%) Axure RP
4 20 (2.70%) Jenkins
5 18 (2.43%) JIRA
6 11 (1.48%) Cypress.io
6 11 (1.48%) Selenium
7 8 (1.08%) GitLab
7 8 (1.08%) WebDriver
8 6 (0.81%) Babel
8 6 (0.81%) TeamCity
8 6 (0.81%) webpack
9 4 (0.54%) MLflow
10 3 (0.40%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.40%) Metasploit
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.40%) Rational Rhapsody
11 2 (0.27%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 223 (30.05%) Social Skills
2 197 (26.55%) Public Sector
3 182 (24.53%) Finance
4 123 (16.58%) Analytical Skills
5 89 (11.99%) Law
6 86 (11.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 55 (7.41%) Manufacturing
8 45 (6.06%) Electronics
9 42 (5.66%) Marketing
10 41 (5.53%) Telecoms
11 21 (2.83%) Back Office
12 20 (2.70%) Aerospace
13 17 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (2.02%) Military
15 11 (1.48%) Retail
16 9 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.94%) Aviation
18 6 (0.81%) Advertising
19 5 (0.67%) Legal
19 5 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 109 (14.69%) Senior
2 91 (12.26%) Consultant
2 91 (12.26%) Developer
3 74 (9.97%) Architect
4 65 (8.76%) Systems Engineer
5 46 (6.20%) Analyst
6 45 (6.06%) Administrator
7 40 (5.39%) Lead
8 37 (4.99%) Systems Administrator
9 36 (4.85%) Software Engineer
10 33 (4.45%) Designer
11 32 (4.31%) Security Consultant
12 31 (4.18%) Senior Developer
13 22 (2.96%) Cloud Engineer
14 20 (2.70%) Desktop Support
15 19 (2.56%) Service Designer
16 18 (2.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
16 18 (2.43%) Software Developer
16 18 (2.43%) Support Engineer
16 18 (2.43%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (5.93%) React
2 26 (3.50%) Node.js
3 25 (3.37%) .NET
3 25 (3.37%) HTML
4 24 (3.23%) CSS
4 24 (3.23%) SAP CAF
5 18 (2.43%) Spring
6 17 (2.29%) Django
7 16 (2.16%) HTML5 Canvas
7 16 (2.16%) Spring Boot
8 13 (1.75%) REST
9 12 (1.62%) AngularJS
10 10 (1.35%) Kafka
10 10 (1.35%) SAP Fiori
11 9 (1.21%) Middleware
12 8 (1.08%) RESTful
12 8 (1.08%) SOAP
12 8 (1.08%) Web Services
13 7 (0.94%) .NET Core
13 7 (0.94%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 110 (14.82%) e-Learning
2 53 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 41 (5.53%) Data Centre
4 36 (4.85%) Product Ownership
5 24 (3.23%) Management Information System
6 21 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
6 21 (2.83%) Onboarding
7 20 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (2.43%) Embedded Systems
8 18 (2.43%) MicroBlaze
8 18 (2.43%) RISC-V
9 16 (2.16%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (1.75%) Security Posture
11 10 (1.35%) Driving Licence
12 9 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.21%) PKI
13 8 (1.08%) Private Cloud
13 8 (1.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 7 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 109 (14.69%) Linux
2 63 (8.49%) Windows
3 43 (5.80%) Unix
4 21 (2.83%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.43%) Embedded Linux
6 15 (2.02%) Windows Server
7 8 (1.08%) Rocky
7 8 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.67%) CentOS
8 5 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.67%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.54%) Android
10 3 (0.40%) HPUX
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle Linux
10 3 (0.40%) Solaris
10 3 (0.40%) VMS
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (27.22%) Agile
2 139 (18.73%) Problem-Solving
3 135 (18.19%) Innovative Thinking
4 106 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 104 (14.02%) Software Engineering
6 102 (13.75%) DevOps
7 97 (13.07%) Cybersecurity
8 91 (12.26%) CI/CD
9 81 (10.92%) Analytics
10 76 (10.24%) Business Intelligence
11 74 (9.97%) Community of Practice
12 72 (9.70%) Computer Science
13 67 (9.03%) Technology Strategy
14 59 (7.95%) Collaborative Culture
15 58 (7.82%) AI
15 58 (7.82%) Mentoring
15 58 (7.82%) User Experience
16 54 (7.28%) Infrastructure as Code
16 54 (7.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 49 (6.60%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 106 (14.29%) Python
2 81 (10.92%) JavaScript
3 70 (9.43%) Java
4 41 (5.53%) C#
4 41 (5.53%) SQL
5 32 (4.31%) C
6 31 (4.18%) C++
7 29 (3.91%) PowerShell
8 28 (3.77%) TypeScript
9 21 (2.83%) Bicep
10 18 (2.43%) Bash
11 10 (1.35%) MATLAB
12 9 (1.21%) Go
13 8 (1.08%) Kotlin
14 7 (0.94%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.81%) Scala
15 6 (0.81%) VBA
16 5 (0.67%) R
17 4 (0.54%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 742 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 242 (32.61%) Degree
3 125 (16.85%) DV Cleared
4 65 (8.76%) Cisco Certification
5 59 (7.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 52 (7.01%) CISSP
6 52 (7.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 48 (6.47%) CCNP
8 47 (6.33%) CISM
9 43 (5.80%) Azure Certification
10 38 (5.12%) CCNA
11 36 (4.85%) Microsoft Certification
12 34 (4.58%) AWS Certification
13 29 (3.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 20 (2.70%) CTC Cleared
15 16 (2.16%) Master's Degree
16 10 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (1.35%) RHCSA
17 8 (1.08%) CRISC
17 8 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (8.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (6.74%) NIST
3 47 (6.33%) Accessibility
4 34 (4.58%) GRC
5 30 (4.04%) QA
6 26 (3.50%) WCAG
7 24 (3.23%) GDPR
7 24 (3.23%) SLA
8 8 (1.08%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.94%) JSP 440
9 7 (0.94%) NCSC
10 5 (0.67%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.40%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.40%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (0.40%) NEBOSH
11 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.27%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 39 (5.26%) Docker
2 28 (3.77%) Active Directory
3 25 (3.37%) Firmware
4 18 (2.43%) Embedded Firmware
5 17 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (2.16%) Hyper-V
7 11 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.81%) vSphere
9 3 (0.40%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.27%) IAG
10 2 (0.27%) pfSense
11 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 58 (7.82%) Kubernetes
2 56 (7.55%) Terraform
3 27 (3.64%) Ansible
4 21 (2.83%) Grafana
5 6 (0.81%) SCOM
6 5 (0.67%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.54%) Kibana
8 3 (0.40%) Endace
8 3 (0.40%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.40%) Nmap
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.27%) Argo
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.27%) Nagios
9 2 (0.27%) Nessus
9 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.27%) WSUS
9 2 (0.27%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.13%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 118 (15.90%) Microsoft
2 85 (11.46%) Cisco
3 57 (7.68%) SAP
4 37 (4.99%) Google
5 29 (3.91%) Salesforce
6 27 (3.64%) Sparx
7 26 (3.50%) VMware
8 24 (3.23%) Adobe
9 16 (2.16%) Oracle
10 15 (2.02%) Red Hat
11 13 (1.75%) Juniper
12 10 (1.35%) Dell
12 10 (1.35%) ServiceNow
13 7 (0.94%) MuleSoft
14 6 (0.81%) Databricks
14 6 (0.81%) Splunk
15 5 (0.67%) CheckPoint
15 5 (0.67%) F5
15 5 (0.67%) Fortinet
16 4 (0.54%) Ariba