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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 64 49
Rank change year-on-year +23 -15 +24
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 815 815 1,263
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.33% 4.97% 5.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.23% 17.50% 21.65%
Number of salaries quoted 559 498 952
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -3.04%
75th Percentile £78,770 £79,600 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,091 £90,000 £87,950
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 5,022 4,656 5,835
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.83% 28.37% 26.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,520 2,370 4,183
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,715 £34,010
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,063 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.94% -0.74%
75th Percentile £78,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,875 £90,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,908 £57,495
% change year-on-year -8.19% +4.20% -0.01%

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 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 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.74%) Confluence
4 5 (0.61%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.49%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.49%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.49%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.37%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.37%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.37%) WebLogic Portal
7 2 (0.25%) Camunda
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) IIS
Applications
1 58 (7.12%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (3.56%) Adobe XD
3 13 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.37%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.37%) InVision
4 3 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.37%) Simulink
4 3 (0.37%) Sketch
5 1 (0.12%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.12%) Revit
5 1 (0.12%) Weka
Business Applications
1 17 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 17 (2.09%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 15 (1.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.49%) Primavera
4 3 (0.37%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.25%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.12%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 177 (21.72%) Azure
2 154 (18.90%) AWS
3 99 (12.15%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (5.40%) GCP
5 41 (5.03%) Power Platform
6 33 (4.05%) Entra ID
7 31 (3.80%) AWS CloudFormation
7 31 (3.80%) Figma
8 29 (3.56%) PowerApps
9 24 (2.94%) Amazon EKS
9 24 (2.94%) Power Automate
10 23 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (2.82%) GitHub
11 22 (2.70%) Serverless
12 21 (2.58%) Amazon ECS
12 21 (2.58%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (2.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 17 (2.09%) Amazon S3
15 16 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
15 16 (1.96%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.80%) Firewall
2 22 (2.70%) VPN
3 15 (1.84%) LAN
4 13 (1.60%) Network Security
4 13 (1.60%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.47%) Wireless
6 11 (1.35%) BGP
6 11 (1.35%) WAN
7 10 (1.23%) DNS
7 10 (1.23%) Software-Defined Radio
8 8 (0.98%) Ethernet
8 8 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.74%) IPsec
9 6 (0.74%) MPLS
9 6 (0.74%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.49%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (0.49%) DHCP
10 4 (0.49%) VoIP
10 4 (0.49%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
1 30 (3.68%) Power BI
2 16 (1.96%) Metadata
3 15 (1.84%) NoSQL
4 13 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
4 13 (1.60%) Relational Database
4 13 (1.60%) SQL Server
5 12 (1.47%) MongoDB
6 10 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (1.23%) MySQL
7 8 (0.98%) Redis
8 5 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (0.61%) Big Data
8 5 (0.61%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.61%) SAP HANA
9 4 (0.49%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.49%) GIS
9 4 (0.49%) QGIS
9 4 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (3.56%) Balsamiq
2 27 (3.31%) Axure RP
3 25 (3.07%) Git
4 24 (2.94%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.96%) JIRA
5 16 (1.96%) Selenium
6 11 (1.35%) Cypress.io
7 10 (1.23%) GitLab
8 9 (1.10%) WebDriver
9 7 (0.86%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.86%) Metasploit
10 4 (0.49%) Babel
10 4 (0.49%) MLflow
10 4 (0.49%) webpack
11 3 (0.37%) JMeter
11 3 (0.37%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.37%) Rational Rhapsody
11 3 (0.37%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 257 (31.53%) Social Skills
2 229 (28.10%) Public Sector
3 144 (17.67%) Finance
4 122 (14.97%) Analytical Skills
5 102 (12.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 99 (12.15%) Law
7 61 (7.48%) Manufacturing
8 46 (5.64%) Electronics
8 46 (5.64%) Telecoms
9 45 (5.52%) Back Office
10 44 (5.40%) Marketing
11 20 (2.45%) Retail
12 19 (2.33%) Aerospace
13 15 (1.84%) Military
13 15 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
14 12 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.86%) Aviation
17 6 (0.74%) Banking
18 5 (0.61%) Legal
Job Titles
1 123 (15.09%) Senior
2 97 (11.90%) Consultant
3 83 (10.18%) Architect
4 75 (9.20%) Developer
5 70 (8.59%) Analyst
6 53 (6.50%) Support Engineer
7 48 (5.89%) Site Engineer
8 44 (5.40%) Desktop Engineer
8 44 (5.40%) Desktop Support
8 44 (5.40%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 41 (5.03%) Systems Engineer
10 37 (4.54%) Administrator
10 37 (4.54%) Lead
11 36 (4.42%) Designer
12 34 (4.17%) Business Analyst
12 34 (4.17%) Security Consultant
12 34 (4.17%) Software Engineer
13 28 (3.44%) Data Engineer
13 28 (3.44%) Systems Administrator
14 27 (3.31%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (5.28%) React
2 35 (4.29%) .NET
3 27 (3.31%) HTML
4 26 (3.19%) CSS
5 24 (2.94%) SAP CAF
6 23 (2.82%) Spring
7 19 (2.33%) Spring Boot
8 18 (2.21%) Django
9 17 (2.09%) Node.js
9 17 (2.09%) REST
10 15 (1.84%) HTML5 Canvas
11 13 (1.60%) AngularJS
11 13 (1.60%) SOAP
12 12 (1.47%) Kafka
13 11 (1.35%) ASP.NET
13 11 (1.35%) Middleware
13 11 (1.35%) Playwright
14 9 (1.10%) Lightning Web Components
14 9 (1.10%) Visualforce
14 9 (1.10%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 75 (9.20%) e-Learning
2 56 (6.87%) Cloud Native
3 43 (5.28%) Product Ownership
4 28 (3.44%) Data Centre
5 20 (2.45%) Management Information System
5 20 (2.45%) Security Posture
6 19 (2.33%) Onboarding
7 18 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.84%) Algorithms
9 14 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
10 12 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (1.23%) Driving Licence
11 10 (1.23%) Embedded Systems
11 10 (1.23%) MicroBlaze
11 10 (1.23%) PKI
11 10 (1.23%) RISC-V
12 9 (1.10%) AI Agents
12 9 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 88 (10.80%) Linux
2 87 (10.67%) Windows
3 48 (5.89%) Windows 10
4 38 (4.66%) Unix
5 15 (1.84%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.23%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (1.10%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.37%) CentOS
8 3 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.37%) VMS
9 2 (0.25%) Rocky
9 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (23.68%) Agile
2 131 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
3 124 (15.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 122 (14.97%) Cybersecurity
5 112 (13.74%) Analytics
6 104 (12.76%) DevOps
6 104 (12.76%) Software Engineering
7 101 (12.39%) Innovative Thinking
8 90 (11.04%) CI/CD
9 86 (10.55%) Community of Practice
10 83 (10.18%) ITIL
10 83 (10.18%) Technology Strategy
11 75 (9.20%) Business Intelligence
12 69 (8.47%) User Experience
13 66 (8.10%) Computer Science
14 65 (7.98%) AI
15 64 (7.85%) Collaborative Culture
16 61 (7.48%) Mentoring
17 59 (7.24%) Infrastructure as Code
18 55 (6.75%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 119 (14.60%) Python
2 81 (9.94%) Java
3 74 (9.08%) JavaScript
4 49 (6.01%) C#
5 44 (5.40%) SQL
6 31 (3.80%) PowerShell
7 29 (3.56%) TypeScript
8 24 (2.94%) C
9 23 (2.82%) C++
10 21 (2.58%) Bicep
11 19 (2.33%) Bash
12 10 (1.23%) MATLAB
13 9 (1.10%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.98%) Go
15 7 (0.86%) Scala
16 6 (0.74%) VBA
17 5 (0.61%) Google Apps Script
17 5 (0.61%) R
18 4 (0.49%) Kotlin
18 4 (0.49%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 815 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 267 (32.76%) Degree
3 142 (17.42%) DV Cleared
4 54 (6.63%) Cisco Certification
4 54 (6.63%) CISSP
5 51 (6.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 47 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 46 (5.64%) CISM
8 44 (5.40%) CTC Cleared
9 43 (5.28%) Microsoft Certification
10 38 (4.66%) Azure Certification
11 34 (4.17%) CCNA
12 32 (3.93%) CCNP
13 29 (3.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 27 (3.31%) AWS Certification
15 15 (1.84%) Master's Degree
16 11 (1.35%) CEH
16 11 (1.35%) CISMP
16 11 (1.35%) CREST Certified
17 10 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 56 (6.87%) Accessibility
3 53 (6.50%) NIST
4 48 (5.89%) SLA
5 34 (4.17%) GRC
6 30 (3.68%) QA
7 29 (3.56%) WCAG
8 27 (3.31%) GDPR
9 13 (1.60%) Data Quality
10 9 (1.10%) NCSC
11 7 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.86%) JSP 440
12 6 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.74%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.61%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.37%) ISO 14001
15 3 (0.37%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 3 (0.37%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 48 (5.89%) Docker
2 19 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (1.72%) Firmware
4 10 (1.23%) Embedded Firmware
5 9 (1.10%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.98%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.37%) vSphere
8 1 (0.12%) pfSense
8 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 66 (8.10%) Terraform
2 59 (7.24%) Kubernetes
3 30 (3.68%) Ansible
4 21 (2.58%) Grafana
5 7 (0.86%) Nmap
5 7 (0.86%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.74%) SCOM
7 4 (0.49%) Kibana
7 4 (0.49%) SCCM
7 4 (0.49%) WSUS
8 3 (0.37%) Endace
8 3 (0.37%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.37%) Nagios
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.37%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.25%) Argo
9 2 (0.25%) Nessus
9 2 (0.25%) Packer
9 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 131 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 105 (12.88%) Cisco
3 55 (6.75%) SAP
4 42 (5.15%) Google
5 33 (4.05%) Salesforce
6 29 (3.56%) Adobe
7 23 (2.82%) VMware
8 17 (2.09%) Sparx
9 15 (1.84%) Oracle
10 14 (1.72%) Red Hat
11 10 (1.23%) CheckPoint
11 10 (1.23%) Juniper
12 9 (1.10%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.98%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.86%) Databricks
14 7 (0.86%) F5
14 7 (0.86%) Splunk
15 4 (0.49%) ESRI
16 3 (0.37%) Ariba
16 3 (0.37%) Remedy