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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 89 67
Rank change year-on-year +52 -22 -3
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 901 529 1,333
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.34% 3.88% 4.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.17% 13.30% 16.58%
Number of salaries quoted 683 400 961
10th Percentile £45,000 £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 £78,790 £75,313 £79,600
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £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 4,701 3,977 8,041
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.88% 29.14% 26.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,620 2,453 5,838
10th Percentile £30,987 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £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 £73,036
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £87,800
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 16 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 (3.22%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.44%) 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 71 (7.88%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.22%) Adobe XD
3 8 (0.89%) 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
Business Applications
1 16 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.67%) 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
1 227 (25.19%) Azure
2 186 (20.64%) AWS
3 113 (12.54%) Microsoft 365
4 72 (7.99%) GCP
5 51 (5.66%) Entra ID
6 36 (4.00%) Power Platform
7 30 (3.33%) AWS CloudFormation
7 30 (3.33%) Figma
8 28 (3.11%) PowerApps
9 25 (2.77%) Power Automate
10 24 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (2.22%) Amazon ECS
11 20 (2.22%) Serverless
12 19 (2.11%) Amazon EKS
12 19 (2.11%) PaaS
12 19 (2.11%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 19 (2.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 16 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (1.66%) GitHub
14 15 (1.66%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.77%) Firewall
2 27 (3.00%) VPN
3 22 (2.44%) WAN
4 19 (2.11%) LAN
5 17 (1.89%) DNS
5 17 (1.89%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.78%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (1.66%) Network Security
8 12 (1.33%) BGP
9 11 (1.22%) DHCP
10 9 (1.00%) MPLS
10 9 (1.00%) SMTP
11 7 (0.78%) HTTP
11 7 (0.78%) SNMP
12 6 (0.67%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (0.67%) Ethernet
12 6 (0.67%) SD-WAN
12 6 (0.67%) VoIP
13 5 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.33%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (3.11%) Power BI
3 16 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (1.66%) NoSQL
5 14 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
5 14 (1.55%) Metadata
6 13 (1.44%) Redis
7 12 (1.33%) SQL Server
8 11 (1.22%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.11%) MongoDB
10 9 (1.00%) MySQL
11 7 (0.78%) DynamoDB
12 6 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (0.44%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.44%) GIS
13 4 (0.44%) QGIS
14 3 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 37 (4.11%) Git
2 28 (3.11%) Balsamiq
3 26 (2.89%) Axure RP
4 21 (2.33%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.78%) GitLab
6 14 (1.55%) JIRA
7 11 (1.22%) Selenium
8 8 (0.89%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.78%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.78%) Metasploit
10 6 (0.67%) Babel
10 6 (0.67%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.67%) 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
1 309 (34.30%) Social Skills
2 265 (29.41%) Public Sector
3 142 (15.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 110 (12.21%) Finance
5 109 (12.10%) Analytical Skills
6 101 (11.21%) Law
7 62 (6.88%) Back Office
8 53 (5.88%) Telecoms
9 49 (5.44%) Manufacturing
10 35 (3.88%) Marketing
11 33 (3.66%) Electronics
12 30 (3.33%) Legal
13 21 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (2.11%) Retail
15 14 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (1.55%) Military
16 10 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (0.89%) Aerospace
18 6 (0.67%) Banking
19 4 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 169 (18.76%) Senior
2 106 (11.76%) Architect
3 101 (11.21%) Consultant
4 88 (9.77%) Developer
5 77 (8.55%) Support Engineer
6 75 (8.32%) Analyst
7 64 (7.10%) Site Engineer
8 60 (6.66%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (6.66%) Desktop Support
8 60 (6.66%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 54 (5.99%) Lead
10 40 (4.44%) Business Analyst
11 39 (4.33%) Security Consultant
12 38 (4.22%) Solutions Architect
13 34 (3.77%) Data Engineer
14 33 (3.66%) Senior Developer
14 33 (3.66%) Software Engineer
15 31 (3.44%) Designer
16 27 (3.00%) Cloud Engineer
17 25 (2.77%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (4.99%) .NET
2 39 (4.33%) REST
3 38 (4.22%) React
4 34 (3.77%) HTML
5 33 (3.66%) CSS
6 25 (2.77%) SOAP
6 25 (2.77%) Spring
7 23 (2.55%) Django
8 22 (2.44%) Middleware
9 20 (2.22%) SAP CAF
10 19 (2.11%) Lightning Web Components
10 19 (2.11%) Visualforce
11 16 (1.78%) HTML5 Canvas
11 16 (1.78%) Kafka
11 16 (1.78%) Node.js
11 16 (1.78%) Spring Boot
12 13 (1.44%) ASP.NET
13 11 (1.22%) AngularJS
13 11 (1.22%) RESTful
14 9 (1.00%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 58 (6.44%) Product Ownership
2 56 (6.22%) Cloud Native
3 35 (3.88%) Data Centre
4 31 (3.44%) Onboarding
5 25 (2.77%) Management Information System
5 25 (2.77%) Security Posture
6 15 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (1.44%) Driving Licence
8 12 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (1.33%) PKI
9 11 (1.22%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (1.11%) AI Agents
10 10 (1.11%) e-Learning
11 9 (1.00%) Blog
11 9 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (0.89%) Private Cloud
12 8 (0.89%) Security Operations Centre
12 8 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.78%) Insider Threat
13 7 (0.78%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 110 (12.21%) Windows
2 65 (7.21%) Linux
2 65 (7.21%) Windows 10
3 27 (3.00%) Unix
4 13 (1.44%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.00%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.33%) CentOS
6 3 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.33%) VMS
7 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (23.64%) Agile
2 160 (17.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 138 (15.32%) Cybersecurity
4 127 (14.10%) Analytics
5 126 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
6 114 (12.65%) DevOps
7 113 (12.54%) ITIL
8 105 (11.65%) Community of Practice
9 99 (10.99%) Mentoring
10 96 (10.65%) Technology Strategy
11 93 (10.32%) CI/CD
12 81 (8.99%) Software Engineering
13 72 (7.99%) Infrastructure as Code
14 69 (7.66%) User Experience
15 68 (7.55%) Collaborative Culture
15 68 (7.55%) Customer Service
16 65 (7.21%) Patch Management
17 64 (7.10%) Business Intelligence
18 62 (6.88%) Customer Experience
18 62 (6.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 103 (11.43%) Python
2 91 (10.10%) Java
3 90 (9.99%) JavaScript
4 52 (5.77%) C#
5 42 (4.66%) SQL
6 28 (3.11%) PowerShell
6 28 (3.11%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.11%) Apex Code
8 14 (1.55%) Bicep
9 13 (1.44%) C++
10 12 (1.33%) Bash
11 6 (0.67%) C
11 6 (0.67%) Rust
11 6 (0.67%) Scala
12 5 (0.55%) Go
13 4 (0.44%) Ruby
13 4 (0.44%) VBA
14 3 (0.33%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.33%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 901 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 274 (30.41%) Degree
3 131 (14.54%) DV Cleared
4 60 (6.66%) CTC Cleared
5 58 (6.44%) CISSP
6 52 (5.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 48 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 44 (4.88%) CISM
9 32 (3.55%) Azure Certification
10 31 (3.44%) BPSS Clearance
11 29 (3.22%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (2.44%) AWS Certification
13 21 (2.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 16 (1.78%) CCNA
15 15 (1.66%) CREST Certified
16 14 (1.55%) TOGAF Certification
17 13 (1.44%) Master's Degree
18 11 (1.22%) CEH
18 11 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
19 10 (1.11%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (7.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (7.10%) SLA
3 55 (6.10%) Accessibility
4 49 (5.44%) NIST
5 36 (4.00%) GDPR
6 31 (3.44%) QA
7 27 (3.00%) WCAG
8 26 (2.89%) GRC
9 13 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (1.44%) Data Quality
10 11 (1.22%) NCSC
10 11 (1.22%) PCI DSS
11 10 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.78%) JSP 440
14 5 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 3 (0.33%) ISO 14001
15 3 (0.33%) NEBOSH
15 3 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 57 (6.33%) Docker
2 29 (3.22%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.22%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.89%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.33%) Firmware
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 78 (8.66%) Terraform
2 55 (6.10%) Kubernetes
3 31 (3.44%) Ansible
4 19 (2.11%) Grafana
5 13 (1.44%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.78%) Nmap
8 6 (0.67%) Endace
8 6 (0.67%) 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%) QRadar
Vendors
1 153 (16.98%) Microsoft
2 107 (11.88%) Cisco
3 54 (5.99%) Google
4 46 (5.11%) Salesforce
5 43 (4.77%) SAP
6 29 (3.22%) Adobe
7 19 (2.11%) MuleSoft
7 19 (2.11%) VMware
8 18 (2.00%) Oracle
9 11 (1.22%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.11%) F5
10 10 (1.11%) Red Hat
11 9 (1.00%) CyberArk
11 9 (1.00%) Juniper
11 9 (1.00%) Meraki
12 8 (0.89%) CheckPoint
12 8 (0.89%) Splunk
13 7 (0.78%) Remedy
14 6 (0.67%) BMC
14 6 (0.67%) Databricks