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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 57 47
Rank change year-on-year +9 -10 +27
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 754 854 1,259
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.99% 5.05% 6.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.00% 18.00% 22.20%
Number of salaries quoted 504 534 960
10th Percentile £43,043 £42,500 £40,950
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -0.83%
75th Percentile £78,790 £79,600 £74,942
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.64% +6.09% -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 5,028 4,744 5,670
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.28% 28.05% 27.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,455 2,447 4,086
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,249
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £46,004
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +2.74% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

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 2 January 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 26 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.06%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.93%) Confluence
5 5 (0.66%) 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 41 (5.44%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.85%) Adobe XD
3 13 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.40%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.40%) InVision
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.40%) Simulink
4 3 (0.40%) Sketch
5 1 (0.13%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 21 (2.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (2.12%) 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
1 182 (24.14%) Azure
2 146 (19.36%) AWS
3 82 (10.88%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (5.44%) GCP
4 41 (5.44%) Power Platform
5 31 (4.11%) Figma
6 30 (3.98%) AWS CloudFormation
7 29 (3.85%) PowerApps
8 25 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (3.32%) Power Automate
9 23 (3.05%) Amazon EKS
10 22 (2.92%) Entra ID
10 22 (2.92%) GitHub
11 21 (2.79%) Amazon ECS
11 21 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (2.79%) Serverless
12 18 (2.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 17 (2.25%) Amazon S3
14 16 (2.12%) Azure AKS
15 15 (1.99%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.24%) Firewall
2 21 (2.79%) VPN
3 14 (1.86%) TCP/IP
3 14 (1.86%) Wireless
4 13 (1.72%) LAN
4 13 (1.72%) Network Security
5 12 (1.59%) Software-Defined Radio
6 10 (1.33%) BGP
6 10 (1.33%) DNS
6 10 (1.33%) WAN
7 8 (1.06%) Ethernet
7 8 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.93%) IPsec
9 6 (0.80%) MPLS
10 5 (0.66%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (0.53%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (0.53%) DHCP
11 4 (0.53%) OSPF
11 4 (0.53%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.11%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (3.98%) Power BI
3 15 (1.99%) Metadata
4 14 (1.86%) NoSQL
5 13 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (1.72%) Relational Database
6 12 (1.59%) SQL Server
7 10 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (1.33%) MongoDB
7 10 (1.33%) MySQL
8 8 (1.06%) Redis
9 5 (0.66%) Big Data
9 5 (0.66%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.66%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.53%) GIS
10 4 (0.53%) QGIS
10 4 (0.53%) Tableau
11 3 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 29 (3.85%) Balsamiq
2 27 (3.58%) Axure RP
3 25 (3.32%) Git
4 22 (2.92%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.86%) JIRA
6 12 (1.59%) Selenium
7 11 (1.46%) Cypress.io
8 9 (1.19%) GitLab
8 9 (1.19%) WebDriver
9 6 (0.80%) Burp Suite
9 6 (0.80%) Metasploit
10 5 (0.66%) Babel
10 5 (0.66%) webpack
11 4 (0.53%) MLflow
11 4 (0.53%) TeamCity
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
1 236 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 208 (27.59%) Public Sector
3 154 (20.42%) Finance
4 125 (16.58%) Analytical Skills
5 97 (12.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 96 (12.73%) Law
7 59 (7.82%) Manufacturing
8 46 (6.10%) Electronics
9 44 (5.84%) Telecoms
10 41 (5.44%) Marketing
11 29 (3.85%) Back Office
12 19 (2.52%) Aerospace
13 18 (2.39%) Retail
14 14 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (1.72%) Military
16 12 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.93%) Aviation
18 6 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
19 5 (0.66%) Legal
20 4 (0.53%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 106 (14.06%) Senior
2 91 (12.07%) Consultant
3 82 (10.88%) Architect
4 76 (10.08%) Developer
5 64 (8.49%) Analyst
6 47 (6.23%) Systems Engineer
7 40 (5.31%) Administrator
8 36 (4.77%) Designer
8 36 (4.77%) Lead
9 34 (4.51%) Support Engineer
10 33 (4.38%) Software Engineer
11 32 (4.24%) Site Engineer
12 31 (4.11%) Systems Administrator
13 30 (3.98%) Security Consultant
14 29 (3.85%) Business Analyst
15 28 (3.71%) Desktop Engineer
15 28 (3.71%) Desktop Support
15 28 (3.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 27 (3.58%) Cloud Engineer
16 27 (3.58%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (5.70%) React
2 33 (4.38%) .NET
3 27 (3.58%) HTML
4 26 (3.45%) CSS
5 24 (3.18%) SAP CAF
6 21 (2.79%) Spring
7 18 (2.39%) Django
7 18 (2.39%) Node.js
7 18 (2.39%) Spring Boot
8 15 (1.99%) HTML5 Canvas
9 13 (1.72%) REST
10 12 (1.59%) AngularJS
11 11 (1.46%) Kafka
12 9 (1.19%) Middleware
12 9 (1.19%) Web Services
13 8 (1.06%) .NET Core
13 8 (1.06%) ASP.NET
13 8 (1.06%) RESTful
13 8 (1.06%) SAP Fiori
13 8 (1.06%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 86 (11.41%) e-Learning
2 52 (6.90%) Cloud Native
3 37 (4.91%) Product Ownership
4 32 (4.24%) Data Centre
5 20 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 19 (2.52%) Onboarding
7 17 (2.25%) Security Posture
8 15 (1.99%) Algorithms
9 14 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (1.59%) Embedded Systems
11 12 (1.59%) MicroBlaze
11 12 (1.59%) RISC-V
12 11 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
13 10 (1.33%) Driving Licence
13 10 (1.33%) PKI
14 9 (1.19%) AI Agents
15 8 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 7 (0.93%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 91 (12.07%) Linux
2 70 (9.28%) Windows
3 37 (4.91%) Unix
4 31 (4.11%) Windows 10
5 17 (2.25%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.59%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (1.06%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.53%) Rocky
8 4 (0.53%) 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
1 187 (24.80%) Agile
2 133 (17.64%) Problem-Solving
3 112 (14.85%) Innovative Thinking
4 103 (13.66%) Continuous Improvement
4 103 (13.66%) Cybersecurity
4 103 (13.66%) Software Engineering
5 101 (13.40%) DevOps
6 95 (12.60%) Analytics
7 88 (11.67%) CI/CD
8 81 (10.74%) Community of Practice
9 76 (10.08%) Technology Strategy
10 75 (9.95%) Business Intelligence
11 68 (9.02%) Computer Science
12 65 (8.62%) User Experience
13 64 (8.49%) AI
13 64 (8.49%) ITIL
14 62 (8.22%) Collaborative Culture
15 56 (7.43%) Mentoring
16 53 (7.03%) Infrastructure as Code
17 52 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 111 (14.72%) Python
2 75 (9.95%) JavaScript
3 73 (9.68%) Java
4 44 (5.84%) C#
5 41 (5.44%) SQL
6 28 (3.71%) PowerShell
7 27 (3.58%) TypeScript
8 26 (3.45%) C
9 25 (3.32%) C++
10 21 (2.79%) Bicep
11 19 (2.52%) Bash
12 10 (1.33%) MATLAB
13 8 (1.06%) Go
14 7 (0.93%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.93%) Scala
15 6 (0.80%) VBA
16 5 (0.66%) R
17 4 (0.53%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.53%) Ruby
18 3 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 754 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 247 (32.76%) Degree
3 132 (17.51%) DV Cleared
4 55 (7.29%) Cisco Certification
5 53 (7.03%) CISSP
6 52 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 50 (6.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 46 (6.10%) CISM
9 42 (5.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 40 (5.31%) Azure Certification
11 36 (4.77%) CCNA
11 36 (4.77%) CCNP
12 29 (3.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 28 (3.71%) CTC Cleared
14 27 (3.58%) AWS Certification
15 16 (2.12%) Master's Degree
16 10 (1.33%) CEH
16 10 (1.33%) CISMP
16 10 (1.33%) CREST Certified
17 9 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (8.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 54 (7.16%) Accessibility
3 53 (7.03%) NIST
4 34 (4.51%) GRC
5 32 (4.24%) SLA
6 29 (3.85%) WCAG
7 27 (3.58%) QA
8 23 (3.05%) GDPR
9 13 (1.72%) Data Quality
10 7 (0.93%) JSP 440
10 7 (0.93%) NCSC
11 6 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.66%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.66%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.40%) ISO 14001
14 3 (0.40%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 3 (0.40%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 43 (5.70%) Docker
2 23 (3.05%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.39%) Firmware
3 18 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.59%) Embedded Firmware
5 11 (1.46%) Hyper-V
6 10 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.66%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.53%) vSphere
9 2 (0.27%) pfSense
10 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 61 (8.09%) Terraform
2 60 (7.96%) Kubernetes
3 27 (3.58%) Ansible
4 19 (2.52%) Grafana
5 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.80%) Nmap
5 6 (0.80%) SCOM
6 5 (0.66%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.53%) Kibana
7 4 (0.53%) WSUS
8 3 (0.40%) Endace
8 3 (0.40%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.40%) Nagios
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.40%) SCCM
9 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.27%) Argo
9 2 (0.27%) Nessus
9 2 (0.27%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.13%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 115 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 91 (12.07%) Cisco
3 56 (7.43%) SAP
4 40 (5.31%) Google
5 29 (3.85%) Adobe
5 29 (3.85%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.79%) Sparx
6 21 (2.79%) VMware
7 14 (1.86%) Red Hat
8 13 (1.72%) Oracle
9 9 (1.19%) Juniper
9 9 (1.19%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.06%) CheckPoint
11 7 (0.93%) Databricks
11 7 (0.93%) F5
11 7 (0.93%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.80%) Splunk
13 5 (0.66%) Dell
13 5 (0.66%) Fortinet
14 4 (0.53%) Ariba