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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 84 65
Rank change year-on-year +47 -19 -1
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 906 555 1,339
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.39% 4.01% 4.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.24% 13.72% 16.70%
Number of salaries quoted 682 398 971
10th Percentile £44,550 £44,956 £41,250
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 £78,780 £75,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,300 £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 4,710 4,045 8,018
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.01% 29.24% 26.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,616 2,425 5,829
10th Percentile £30,987 £30,000 £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 £72,500 £73,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £88,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.45% +8.05% -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 14 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 29 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.55%) 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%) Camunda
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%) IIS
7 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 72 (7.95%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.20%) Adobe XD
3 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.44%) InVision
4 4 (0.44%) 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%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 16 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.66%) 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
1 226 (24.94%) Azure
2 187 (20.64%) AWS
3 113 (12.47%) Microsoft 365
4 72 (7.95%) GCP
5 51 (5.63%) Entra ID
6 36 (3.97%) Power Platform
7 30 (3.31%) AWS CloudFormation
7 30 (3.31%) Figma
8 28 (3.09%) PowerApps
9 25 (2.76%) Power Automate
10 24 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (2.32%) Amazon ECS
11 21 (2.32%) Serverless
12 19 (2.10%) Amazon EKS
12 19 (2.10%) PaaS
12 19 (2.10%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 19 (2.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 16 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (1.66%) GitHub
14 15 (1.66%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.75%) Firewall
2 28 (3.09%) VPN
3 22 (2.43%) WAN
4 20 (2.21%) LAN
5 17 (1.88%) DNS
5 17 (1.88%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.77%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (1.66%) Network Security
8 13 (1.43%) BGP
9 11 (1.21%) DHCP
10 10 (1.10%) MPLS
11 9 (0.99%) SMTP
12 7 (0.77%) HTTP
12 7 (0.77%) SNMP
13 6 (0.66%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.66%) Ethernet
13 6 (0.66%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.66%) VoIP
14 5 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (0.55%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (3.09%) Power BI
3 16 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (1.66%) NoSQL
5 14 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
5 14 (1.55%) Metadata
6 13 (1.43%) Redis
7 12 (1.32%) SQL Server
8 11 (1.21%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.99%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.99%) MySQL
10 7 (0.77%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (0.44%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.44%) GIS
12 4 (0.44%) QGIS
13 3 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 38 (4.19%) Git
2 28 (3.09%) Balsamiq
3 26 (2.87%) Axure RP
4 21 (2.32%) Jenkins
5 17 (1.88%) GitLab
6 14 (1.55%) JIRA
7 11 (1.21%) Selenium
8 8 (0.88%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.77%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.77%) Metasploit
10 6 (0.66%) Babel
10 6 (0.66%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.66%) webpack
11 4 (0.44%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.33%) JUnit
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
13 2 (0.22%) JMeter
13 2 (0.22%) Maven
13 2 (0.22%) SoapUI
General
1 310 (34.22%) Social Skills
2 263 (29.03%) Public Sector
3 140 (15.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 111 (12.25%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (12.25%) Finance
5 101 (11.15%) Law
6 61 (6.73%) Back Office
7 54 (5.96%) Telecoms
8 49 (5.41%) Manufacturing
9 35 (3.86%) Marketing
10 34 (3.75%) Electronics
11 30 (3.31%) Legal
12 22 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
13 19 (2.10%) Retail
14 15 (1.66%) Military
15 13 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.10%) Aerospace
16 10 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.66%) Banking
18 5 (0.55%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 169 (18.65%) Senior
2 103 (11.37%) Architect
3 101 (11.15%) Consultant
4 88 (9.71%) Developer
5 77 (8.50%) Support Engineer
6 75 (8.28%) Analyst
7 64 (7.06%) Site Engineer
8 60 (6.62%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (6.62%) Desktop Support
8 60 (6.62%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 54 (5.96%) Lead
10 40 (4.42%) Business Analyst
11 39 (4.30%) Security Consultant
12 36 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
13 34 (3.75%) Data Engineer
13 34 (3.75%) Software Engineer
14 33 (3.64%) Senior Developer
15 30 (3.31%) Designer
16 27 (2.98%) Cloud Engineer
17 25 (2.76%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (4.97%) .NET
2 39 (4.30%) React
2 39 (4.30%) REST
3 34 (3.75%) HTML
4 33 (3.64%) CSS
5 26 (2.87%) Spring
6 25 (2.76%) SOAP
7 23 (2.54%) Django
8 22 (2.43%) Middleware
9 20 (2.21%) SAP CAF
10 19 (2.10%) Lightning Web Components
10 19 (2.10%) Visualforce
11 17 (1.88%) Spring Boot
12 16 (1.77%) HTML5 Canvas
12 16 (1.77%) Kafka
12 16 (1.77%) Node.js
13 13 (1.43%) ASP.NET
14 12 (1.32%) AngularJS
15 11 (1.21%) RESTful
16 9 (0.99%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 58 (6.40%) Product Ownership
2 57 (6.29%) Cloud Native
3 35 (3.86%) Data Centre
4 32 (3.53%) Onboarding
5 25 (2.76%) Security Posture
6 24 (2.65%) Management Information System
7 15 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.55%) Driving Licence
9 12 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.32%) PKI
10 11 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (1.21%) e-Learning
11 10 (1.10%) AI Agents
12 9 (0.99%) Blog
12 9 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
12 9 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (0.88%) Private Cloud
13 8 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
14 7 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.77%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 109 (12.03%) Windows
2 66 (7.28%) Linux
3 65 (7.17%) Windows 10
4 27 (2.98%) Unix
5 13 (1.43%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.99%) 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
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (23.62%) Agile
2 161 (17.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 139 (15.34%) Cybersecurity
4 130 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
5 129 (14.24%) Analytics
6 115 (12.69%) DevOps
7 112 (12.36%) ITIL
8 104 (11.48%) Community of Practice
9 99 (10.93%) Mentoring
10 95 (10.49%) Technology Strategy
11 94 (10.38%) CI/CD
12 85 (9.38%) Software Engineering
13 72 (7.95%) Infrastructure as Code
14 68 (7.51%) Collaborative Culture
14 68 (7.51%) Customer Service
14 68 (7.51%) User Experience
15 65 (7.17%) Patch Management
16 64 (7.06%) Business Intelligence
17 62 (6.84%) Customer Experience
17 62 (6.84%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 109 (12.03%) Python
2 95 (10.49%) Java
3 92 (10.15%) JavaScript
4 52 (5.74%) C#
5 42 (4.64%) SQL
6 29 (3.20%) TypeScript
7 28 (3.09%) PowerShell
8 19 (2.10%) Apex Code
9 16 (1.77%) C++
10 14 (1.55%) Bicep
11 12 (1.32%) Bash
12 9 (0.99%) C
13 6 (0.66%) Rust
13 6 (0.66%) Scala
14 5 (0.55%) Go
15 4 (0.44%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (0.44%) Ruby
15 4 (0.44%) VBA
16 3 (0.33%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 906 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 279 (30.79%) Degree
3 132 (14.57%) DV Cleared
4 60 (6.62%) CTC Cleared
5 58 (6.40%) CISSP
6 52 (5.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 48 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 44 (4.86%) CISM
9 37 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
10 32 (3.53%) Azure Certification
11 31 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (2.43%) AWS Certification
13 21 (2.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 18 (1.99%) CCNA
15 15 (1.66%) CREST Certified
16 14 (1.55%) TOGAF Certification
17 13 (1.43%) Master's Degree
18 11 (1.21%) CEH
18 11 (1.21%) CompTIA Security+
19 10 (1.10%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (7.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (7.06%) SLA
3 55 (6.07%) Accessibility
4 49 (5.41%) NIST
5 37 (4.08%) GDPR
6 31 (3.42%) QA
7 27 (2.98%) WCAG
8 26 (2.87%) GRC
9 13 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (1.43%) Data Quality
10 11 (1.21%) NCSC
10 11 (1.21%) PCI DSS
11 10 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.77%) JSP 440
14 5 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 3 (0.33%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.33%) NEBOSH
15 3 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 57 (6.29%) Docker
2 29 (3.20%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.21%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.88%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.44%) Firmware
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 78 (8.61%) Terraform
2 56 (6.18%) Kubernetes
3 31 (3.42%) Ansible
4 19 (2.10%) Grafana
5 13 (1.43%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.32%) 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
9 5 (0.55%) SCOM
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%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.22%) Argo
12 2 (0.22%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 153 (16.89%) Microsoft
2 109 (12.03%) Cisco
3 56 (6.18%) Google
4 46 (5.08%) Salesforce
5 43 (4.75%) SAP
6 29 (3.20%) Adobe
7 19 (2.10%) MuleSoft
8 18 (1.99%) Oracle
8 18 (1.99%) VMware
9 11 (1.21%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.10%) F5
10 10 (1.10%) Juniper
10 10 (1.10%) Red Hat
11 9 (0.99%) CyberArk
11 9 (0.99%) Meraki
12 8 (0.88%) CheckPoint
12 8 (0.88%) Splunk
13 7 (0.77%) Remedy
14 6 (0.66%) BMC
14 6 (0.66%) Databricks