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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 51 40
Rank change year-on-year +2 -11 +39
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 750 911 1,281
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.90% 5.25% 6.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.74% 18.91% 22.97%
Number of salaries quoted 483 585 1,000
10th Percentile £42,570 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,193 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,108 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.41% +6.85% -2.35%
75th Percentile £78,770 £78,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £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 5,089 4,817 5,578
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.22% 27.75% 28.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,470 2,530 4,091
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £46,044
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +0.83% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,891
90th Percentile £93,875 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,125 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.83% -

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 20 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 (3.47%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.93%) Confluence
4 6 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.67%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.53%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.53%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.53%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.40%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.40%) WebLogic Portal
8 2 (0.27%) Camunda
9 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 40 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (3.60%) Adobe XD
3 13 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.40%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.40%) Simulink
5 1 (0.13%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.13%) InVision
5 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) Revit
5 1 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 24 (3.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.53%) Primavera
5 3 (0.40%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.27%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
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
1 183 (24.40%) Azure
2 144 (19.20%) AWS
3 82 (10.93%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (5.47%) Power Platform
5 40 (5.33%) GCP
6 30 (4.00%) AWS CloudFormation
7 29 (3.87%) Figma
7 29 (3.87%) PowerApps
8 27 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (3.33%) Entra ID
9 25 (3.33%) Power Automate
10 23 (3.07%) Amazon EKS
11 22 (2.93%) Amazon ECS
11 22 (2.93%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (2.93%) GitHub
12 21 (2.80%) Serverless
13 18 (2.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 16 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
14 16 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
14 16 (2.13%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.40%) Firewall
2 21 (2.80%) VPN
3 18 (2.40%) Wireless
4 15 (2.00%) LAN
4 15 (2.00%) Software-Defined Radio
4 15 (2.00%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.60%) WAN
6 10 (1.33%) BGP
6 10 (1.33%) DNS
6 10 (1.33%) Network Security
7 9 (1.20%) Ethernet
7 9 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.93%) IPsec
8 7 (0.93%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.80%) MPLS
10 5 (0.67%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (0.67%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (0.67%) Wireshark
11 4 (0.53%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.53%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.27%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (4.00%) Power BI
3 13 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
4 12 (1.60%) NoSQL
4 12 (1.60%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.47%) MongoDB
5 11 (1.47%) Relational Database
6 10 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (1.33%) Metadata
6 10 (1.33%) MySQL
7 8 (1.07%) Redis
8 5 (0.67%) Big Data
8 5 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.67%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.53%) GIS
9 4 (0.53%) QGIS
9 4 (0.53%) Tableau
10 3 (0.40%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 29 (3.87%) Balsamiq
2 27 (3.60%) Axure RP
2 27 (3.60%) Git
3 21 (2.80%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.87%) JIRA
5 12 (1.60%) Selenium
6 11 (1.47%) Cypress.io
7 9 (1.20%) WebDriver
8 8 (1.07%) GitLab
9 6 (0.80%) Babel
9 6 (0.80%) webpack
10 5 (0.67%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.53%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.53%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.53%) MLflow
12 3 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.40%) Rational Rhapsody
13 2 (0.27%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.27%) SpecFlow
General
1 237 (31.60%) Social Skills
2 208 (27.73%) Public Sector
3 166 (22.13%) Finance
4 128 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
5 99 (13.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 99 (13.20%) Law
6 57 (7.60%) Manufacturing
7 46 (6.13%) Electronics
8 44 (5.87%) Telecoms
9 41 (5.47%) Marketing
10 29 (3.87%) Back Office
11 20 (2.67%) Aerospace
12 16 (2.13%) Retail
13 14 (1.87%) Military
13 14 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.93%) Aviation
16 5 (0.67%) Legal
17 4 (0.53%) Advertising
17 4 (0.53%) Banking
Job Titles
1 102 (13.60%) Senior
2 85 (11.33%) Consultant
3 79 (10.53%) Architect
3 79 (10.53%) Developer
4 62 (8.27%) Analyst
5 56 (7.47%) Systems Engineer
6 43 (5.73%) Administrator
7 37 (4.93%) Lead
8 35 (4.67%) Designer
8 35 (4.67%) Software Engineer
9 34 (4.53%) Support Engineer
9 34 (4.53%) Systems Administrator
10 32 (4.27%) Site Engineer
11 30 (4.00%) Security Consultant
12 29 (3.87%) Senior Developer
13 28 (3.73%) Business Analyst
13 28 (3.73%) Desktop Engineer
13 28 (3.73%) Desktop Support
13 28 (3.73%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 25 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (5.73%) React
2 31 (4.13%) .NET
3 26 (3.47%) HTML
4 25 (3.33%) CSS
5 24 (3.20%) SAP CAF
6 22 (2.93%) Node.js
7 20 (2.67%) Spring
8 18 (2.40%) Django
9 17 (2.27%) Spring Boot
10 15 (2.00%) HTML5 Canvas
11 13 (1.73%) REST
12 12 (1.60%) AngularJS
13 11 (1.47%) Kafka
14 9 (1.20%) Middleware
14 9 (1.20%) Web Services
15 8 (1.07%) .NET Core
15 8 (1.07%) RESTful
15 8 (1.07%) SAP Fiori
15 8 (1.07%) SOAP
16 7 (0.93%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 98 (13.07%) e-Learning
2 52 (6.93%) Cloud Native
3 38 (5.07%) Product Ownership
4 36 (4.80%) Data Centre
5 21 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (2.67%) Onboarding
7 19 (2.53%) Management Information System
8 15 (2.00%) Algorithms
8 15 (2.00%) Embedded Systems
8 15 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
8 15 (2.00%) MicroBlaze
8 15 (2.00%) RISC-V
8 15 (2.00%) Security Posture
9 13 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.33%) Driving Licence
12 9 (1.20%) PKI
13 8 (1.07%) AI Agents
13 8 (1.07%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 7 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 98 (13.07%) Linux
2 70 (9.33%) Windows
3 39 (5.20%) Unix
4 31 (4.13%) Windows 10
5 16 (2.13%) Windows Server
6 15 (2.00%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (1.07%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.67%) Rocky
8 5 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.40%) VMS
10 2 (0.27%) CentOS
10 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (26.00%) Agile
2 139 (18.53%) Problem-Solving
3 124 (16.53%) Innovative Thinking
4 107 (14.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 105 (14.00%) Software Engineering
6 103 (13.73%) Cybersecurity
6 103 (13.73%) DevOps
7 95 (12.67%) Analytics
8 89 (11.87%) CI/CD
9 83 (11.07%) Community of Practice
10 78 (10.40%) Technology Strategy
11 76 (10.13%) Business Intelligence
12 72 (9.60%) Computer Science
13 65 (8.67%) User Experience
14 64 (8.53%) ITIL
15 62 (8.27%) AI
16 60 (8.00%) Collaborative Culture
17 54 (7.20%) Mentoring
17 54 (7.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 53 (7.07%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 111 (14.80%) Python
2 78 (10.40%) JavaScript
3 73 (9.73%) Java
4 43 (5.73%) C#
5 42 (5.60%) SQL
6 29 (3.87%) C
6 29 (3.87%) PowerShell
7 28 (3.73%) C++
7 28 (3.73%) TypeScript
8 21 (2.80%) Bicep
9 19 (2.53%) Bash
10 10 (1.33%) MATLAB
11 8 (1.07%) Go
12 7 (0.93%) Apex Code
12 7 (0.93%) Scala
13 6 (0.80%) VBA
14 5 (0.67%) R
15 4 (0.53%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.53%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.53%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 750 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 254 (33.87%) Degree
3 132 (17.60%) DV Cleared
4 58 (7.73%) Cisco Certification
5 54 (7.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 53 (7.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 51 (6.80%) CISSP
8 46 (6.13%) CISM
9 42 (5.60%) Azure Certification
10 41 (5.47%) CCNP
11 40 (5.33%) Microsoft Certification
12 36 (4.80%) CCNA
13 30 (4.00%) AWS Certification
14 29 (3.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 28 (3.73%) CTC Cleared
16 16 (2.13%) Master's Degree
17 9 (1.20%) CRISC
18 8 (1.07%) CEH
18 8 (1.07%) CISMP
18 8 (1.07%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 54 (7.20%) Accessibility
3 50 (6.67%) NIST
4 34 (4.53%) GRC
5 32 (4.27%) SLA
6 29 (3.87%) QA
6 29 (3.87%) WCAG
7 22 (2.93%) GDPR
8 11 (1.47%) Data Quality
9 7 (0.93%) JSP 440
10 6 (0.80%) NCSC
11 5 (0.67%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.53%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.40%) ISO 14001
13 3 (0.40%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 3 (0.40%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 43 (5.73%) Docker
2 24 (3.20%) Active Directory
3 22 (2.93%) Firmware
4 19 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (2.00%) Embedded Firmware
6 13 (1.73%) Hyper-V
7 11 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.67%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.67%) vSphere
9 2 (0.27%) pfSense
10 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 60 (8.00%) Kubernetes
2 57 (7.60%) Terraform
3 27 (3.60%) Ansible
4 19 (2.53%) Grafana
5 6 (0.80%) SCOM
6 5 (0.67%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.53%) Kibana
7 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.53%) Nmap
8 3 (0.40%) Endace
8 3 (0.40%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.40%) 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%) SCCM
9 2 (0.27%) WSUS
9 2 (0.27%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.13%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 113 (15.07%) Microsoft
2 93 (12.40%) Cisco
3 57 (7.60%) SAP
4 39 (5.20%) Google
5 30 (4.00%) Salesforce
6 27 (3.60%) Adobe
7 24 (3.20%) Sparx
8 23 (3.07%) VMware
9 15 (2.00%) Red Hat
10 14 (1.87%) Oracle
11 11 (1.47%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.20%) Juniper
13 7 (0.93%) CheckPoint
13 7 (0.93%) Databricks
13 7 (0.93%) Dell
13 7 (0.93%) MuleSoft
14 6 (0.80%) F5
14 6 (0.80%) Splunk
15 5 (0.67%) Fortinet
16 4 (0.53%) ESRI