SC Cleared Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 43 105
Rank change year-on-year 0 +62 +15
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,903 2,583 2,588
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.54% 6.49% 3.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.76% 25.02% 15.25%
Number of salaries quoted 971 1,184 1,178
10th Percentile £40,750 £37,940 £39,123
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,621 £61,040
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% +2.59% +6.16%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £89,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £56,325
% change year-on-year -8.00% +10.96% +2.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

SC Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,632 10,325 16,967
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.04% 25.96% 23.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,895 6,199 8,867
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,125 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -

SC Cleared
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SC Cleared trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SC Cleared.

SC Cleared salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SC Cleared over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

SC Cleared salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 222 (11.67%) ArcGIS
2 214 (11.25%) GeoServer
3 48 (2.52%) WebLogic
4 26 (1.37%) SharePoint
5 25 (1.31%) OpenStack
6 14 (0.74%) CMS
6 14 (0.74%) Confluence
6 14 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.63%) Apache
8 6 (0.32%) JBoss
8 6 (0.32%) Red Hat Fuse
9 4 (0.21%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.21%) Appian
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.053%) Drupal
11 1 (0.053%) IIS
11 1 (0.053%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (1.58%) Simulink
3 17 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.21%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.21%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.11%) Fireworks
8 2 (0.11%) InDesign
8 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.053%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.053%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.053%) Blender
Business Applications
1 55 (2.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 38 (2.00%) Remedy ITSM
3 13 (0.68%) Maximo
4 8 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.37%) Siebel CRM
6 5 (0.26%) SAP WM
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.16%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.11%) SAP CRM
8 2 (0.11%) SAP CX
8 2 (0.11%) SAP GTS
8 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.11%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.053%) Primavera
9 1 (0.053%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 633 (33.26%) Azure
2 550 (28.90%) AWS
3 85 (4.47%) Amazon EKS
4 78 (4.10%) Dynamics 365
5 74 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
6 73 (3.84%) Power Platform
7 58 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
8 54 (2.84%) Serverless
9 53 (2.79%) SaaS
10 47 (2.47%) Amazon SQS
11 39 (2.05%) PowerApps
12 38 (2.00%) PaaS
13 37 (1.94%) Power Automate
14 33 (1.73%) GCP
15 28 (1.47%) Amazon ECS
15 28 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
16 26 (1.37%) dbt
17 24 (1.26%) IaaS
18 23 (1.21%) GitHub
19 22 (1.16%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 98 (5.15%) Firewall
2 86 (4.52%) DNS
3 66 (3.47%) TCP/IP
4 50 (2.63%) SSL
5 48 (2.52%) BGP
6 34 (1.79%) Network Security
7 32 (1.68%) SAN
7 32 (1.68%) Wireless
8 29 (1.52%) VPN
9 28 (1.47%) SD-WAN
10 26 (1.37%) WAN
11 23 (1.21%) DHCP
12 19 (1.00%) 5G
13 11 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (0.53%) LAN
15 9 (0.47%) VLAN
16 8 (0.42%) IPv4
17 6 (0.32%) Cisco IPT
17 6 (0.32%) Ethernet
17 6 (0.32%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 246 (12.93%) PostgreSQL
2 218 (11.46%) GIS
3 214 (11.25%) QGIS
4 133 (6.99%) Relational Database
5 63 (3.31%) RDBMS
6 62 (3.26%) Amazon RDS
7 59 (3.10%) Oracle Database
8 48 (2.52%) Power BI
9 44 (2.31%) NoSQL
10 35 (1.84%) SQL Server
11 26 (1.37%) MySQL
12 16 (0.84%) Big Data
12 16 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
13 13 (0.68%) Tableau
14 12 (0.63%) MongoDB
15 10 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
16 9 (0.47%) Data Lake
16 9 (0.47%) Hadoop
17 8 (0.42%) Metadata
18 7 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 93 (4.89%) Git
2 81 (4.26%) Jenkins
3 74 (3.89%) JIRA
4 45 (2.36%) GitLab
5 19 (1.00%) Vagrant
6 18 (0.95%) Subversion
7 16 (0.84%) Selenium
8 15 (0.79%) JUnit
9 14 (0.74%) CMake
9 14 (0.74%) Cucumber
9 14 (0.74%) Rational DOORS
10 11 (0.58%) JMeter
11 10 (0.53%) Trac
12 6 (0.32%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.32%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.32%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.32%) TestNG
12 6 (0.32%) WebDriver
13 5 (0.26%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.26%) SonarQube
General
1 534 (28.06%) Social Skills
2 279 (14.66%) Public Sector
3 221 (11.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 163 (8.57%) Finance
5 103 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
6 63 (3.31%) Aerospace
7 49 (2.57%) Military
7 49 (2.57%) Police
8 44 (2.31%) Telecoms
9 40 (2.10%) Games
10 34 (1.79%) Law
11 29 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (1.42%) Retail
13 23 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (0.95%) Marketing
15 15 (0.79%) Electronics
15 15 (0.79%) Manufacturing
16 12 (0.63%) Legal
17 10 (0.53%) French Language
17 10 (0.53%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 504 (26.48%) Senior
2 378 (19.86%) Architect
3 323 (16.97%) Software Engineer
4 267 (14.03%) Developer
5 255 (13.40%) Senior Software Engineer
6 208 (10.93%) Lead
7 196 (10.30%) Solutions Architect
8 137 (7.20%) Analyst
9 92 (4.83%) Presales Solution Architect
10 88 (4.62%) Business Analyst
11 80 (4.20%) Senior Developer
12 66 (3.47%) Project Manager
13 61 (3.21%) Consultant
14 55 (2.89%) Technical Architect
15 53 (2.79%) Full Stack Developer
15 53 (2.79%) Systems Engineer
16 51 (2.68%) Lead Architect
17 50 (2.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 49 (2.57%) DevOps Engineer
19 48 (2.52%) ERP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 267 (14.03%) React
2 243 (12.77%) .NET
3 214 (11.25%) Leaflet
3 214 (11.25%) OpenLayers
3 214 (11.25%) PostGIS
4 199 (10.46%) CSS
5 182 (9.56%) .NET Core
6 104 (5.47%) Node.js
7 76 (3.99%) Spring Boot
8 66 (3.47%) AngularJS
9 61 (3.21%) Web Services
10 60 (3.15%) Django
11 58 (3.05%) RESTful
12 57 (3.00%) REST
13 51 (2.68%) RabbitMQ
14 48 (2.52%) Spring
15 47 (2.47%) XML
16 44 (2.31%) Express.js
17 41 (2.15%) SOAP
18 36 (1.89%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 80 (4.20%) Virtual Team
2 67 (3.52%) Product Ownership
3 63 (3.31%) Management Information System
3 63 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
4 56 (2.94%) Public Cloud
5 49 (2.57%) Data Centre
6 47 (2.47%) Private Cloud
7 46 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
8 30 (1.58%) Operational Technology
9 28 (1.47%) Onboarding
10 26 (1.37%) Algorithms
11 24 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
12 21 (1.10%) Driving Licence
13 20 (1.05%) CMDB
13 20 (1.05%) Satnav
14 19 (1.00%) PKI
15 18 (0.95%) Cloud Native
16 14 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
17 13 (0.68%) Digital Signage
18 12 (0.63%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 286 (15.03%) Linux
2 154 (8.09%) Windows
3 74 (3.89%) Windows Server
4 69 (3.63%) Ubuntu
5 66 (3.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 42 (2.21%) Unix
7 26 (1.37%) Android
8 21 (1.10%) CentOS
8 21 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
9 20 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (0.63%) VMS
10 12 (0.63%) Windows 10
11 10 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (0.53%) zOS
12 5 (0.26%) Windows NT
13 4 (0.21%) AIX
13 4 (0.21%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.16%) Kali Linux
15 2 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
15 2 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 818 (42.98%) Agile
2 643 (33.79%) Actionable Insight
3 529 (27.80%) DevOps
4 492 (25.85%) Software Engineering
5 350 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
6 223 (11.72%) Project Management
7 214 (11.25%) Web Development
8 209 (10.98%) Scrum
9 187 (9.83%) CI/CD
10 163 (8.57%) Open Source
10 163 (8.57%) Presales
11 149 (7.83%) Stakeholder Management
12 147 (7.72%) Kanban
13 139 (7.30%) ITIL
14 137 (7.20%) Service Management
15 134 (7.04%) Mentoring
16 128 (6.73%) Analytics
17 122 (6.41%) Migration
18 121 (6.36%) Artificial Intelligence
19 118 (6.20%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 412 (21.65%) Python
2 379 (19.92%) JavaScript
3 222 (11.67%) Java
4 168 (8.83%) C#
5 122 (6.41%) SQL
6 76 (3.99%) C++
6 76 (3.99%) PowerShell
7 54 (2.84%) TypeScript
8 32 (1.68%) C
9 29 (1.52%) Go
10 27 (1.42%) MATLAB
11 23 (1.21%) Bicep
12 22 (1.16%) Bash
13 18 (0.95%) Kotlin
14 17 (0.89%) VBA
15 16 (0.84%) VB
16 13 (0.68%) Shell Script
17 12 (0.63%) Groovy
18 11 (0.58%) PL/SQL
19 10 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1,903 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 370 (19.44%) Degree
3 180 (9.46%) DV Cleared
4 95 (4.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 93 (4.89%) AWS Certification
6 86 (4.52%) Azure Certification
7 62 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 61 (3.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 46 (2.42%) CISM
10 43 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
11 33 (1.73%) CISSP
12 28 (1.47%) CRISC
13 22 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
14 21 (1.10%) CCNP
14 21 (1.10%) CISA
15 16 (0.84%) CCNA
15 16 (0.84%) CHECK Team Leader
15 16 (0.84%) DBS Check
15 16 (0.84%) Master's Degree
16 15 (0.79%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (3.05%) QA
2 41 (2.15%) Accessibility
3 40 (2.10%) NCSC
4 32 (1.68%) COBIT
4 32 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.16%) PMO
6 20 (1.05%) Software Quality Assurance
7 18 (0.95%) GDPR
8 16 (0.84%) NIST
9 15 (0.79%) Data Quality
10 14 (0.74%) GRC
11 13 (0.68%) SLA
12 12 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.63%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 8 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.32%) RMADS
16 3 (0.16%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 122 (6.41%) Docker
2 91 (4.78%) Active Directory
3 44 (2.31%) Hyper-V
4 26 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
6 17 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
7 16 (0.84%) pfSense
8 12 (0.63%) Firmware
9 11 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (0.53%) NFS
11 8 (0.42%) vSphere
12 7 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
13 6 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
14 2 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
14 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.053%) Lustre
15 1 (0.053%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 1 (0.053%) Snort
15 1 (0.053%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 127 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 122 (6.41%) Terraform
3 106 (5.57%) Ansible
4 47 (2.47%) SCCM
5 32 (1.68%) OpenView
6 31 (1.63%) WSUS
7 28 (1.47%) SCOM
8 27 (1.42%) Grafana
9 16 (0.84%) ZABBIX
10 15 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 12 (0.63%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 11 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
12 11 (0.58%) Prometheus
13 10 (0.53%) SCDPM
14 7 (0.37%) Kibana
14 7 (0.37%) Progress Chef
15 6 (0.32%) Puppet
15 6 (0.32%) vCenter Server
16 5 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
16 5 (0.26%) Karpenter
Vendors
1 269 (14.14%) Microsoft
2 219 (11.51%) ESRI
3 115 (6.04%) Oracle
4 80 (4.20%) ServiceNow
5 79 (4.15%) VMware
6 58 (3.05%) Cisco
7 55 (2.89%) HP
7 55 (2.89%) Sparx
8 49 (2.57%) Juniper
9 39 (2.05%) Fortinet
10 38 (2.00%) Remedy
11 36 (1.89%) BMC
12 25 (1.31%) Citrix
13 24 (1.26%) NetApp
13 24 (1.26%) WSO2
14 22 (1.16%) Xilinx
15 21 (1.10%) Meraki
16 16 (0.84%) Dynatrace
16 16 (0.84%) IBM
16 16 (0.84%) Veeam