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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 42 108
Rank change year-on-year -1 +66 +13
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,904 2,608 2,590
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.53% 6.58% 3.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.72% 25.26% 15.29%
Number of salaries quoted 971 1,185 1,177
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,940 £39,370
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,742 £61,040
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +2.79% +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 9,654 10,324 16,940
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.04% 26.05% 23.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5,897 6,170 8,821
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,197 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £59,732
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +0.45% +8.60%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +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 29 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 (11.66%) ArcGIS
2 214 (11.24%) GeoServer
3 48 (2.52%) WebLogic
4 26 (1.37%) SharePoint
5 24 (1.26%) 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 5 (0.26%) Appian
10 4 (0.21%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Service Bus
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.053%) Drupal
12 1 (0.053%) IIS
12 1 (0.053%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (1.89%) 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 6 (0.32%) 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
1 631 (33.14%) Azure
2 551 (28.94%) AWS
3 84 (4.41%) Amazon EKS
4 78 (4.10%) Dynamics 365
5 74 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
6 73 (3.83%) Power Platform
7 58 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
8 54 (2.84%) Serverless
9 52 (2.73%) SaaS
10 47 (2.47%) Amazon SQS
11 39 (2.05%) PowerApps
12 37 (1.94%) Power Automate
13 36 (1.89%) PaaS
14 34 (1.79%) GCP
15 29 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
16 27 (1.42%) Amazon ECS
17 26 (1.37%) dbt
18 23 (1.21%) GitHub
18 23 (1.21%) IaaS
19 21 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 99 (5.20%) Firewall
2 87 (4.57%) DNS
3 66 (3.47%) TCP/IP
4 50 (2.63%) SSL
5 49 (2.57%) BGP
6 34 (1.79%) Network Security
7 33 (1.73%) Wireless
8 32 (1.68%) SAN
9 30 (1.58%) VPN
10 28 (1.47%) SD-WAN
11 27 (1.42%) WAN
12 23 (1.21%) DHCP
13 19 (1.00%) 5G
14 11 (0.58%) LAN
14 11 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
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 (12.92%) PostgreSQL
2 218 (11.45%) GIS
3 214 (11.24%) QGIS
4 135 (7.09%) 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 45 (2.36%) NoSQL
10 36 (1.89%) SQL Server
11 26 (1.37%) MySQL
12 17 (0.89%) Big Data
13 16 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
14 14 (0.74%) Tableau
15 13 (0.68%) MongoDB
16 10 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
16 10 (0.53%) Hadoop
17 9 (0.47%) Data Lake
18 8 (0.42%) Metadata
19 7 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 92 (4.83%) Git
2 80 (4.20%) Jenkins
3 74 (3.89%) JIRA
4 44 (2.31%) 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
1 537 (28.20%) Social Skills
2 280 (14.71%) Public Sector
3 219 (11.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 164 (8.61%) Finance
5 104 (5.46%) Analytical Skills
6 63 (3.31%) Aerospace
7 49 (2.57%) Military
8 48 (2.52%) Police
9 45 (2.36%) Telecoms
10 40 (2.10%) Games
11 33 (1.73%) Law
12 29 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
13 27 (1.42%) Retail
14 23 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
15 18 (0.95%) Marketing
16 15 (0.79%) Electronics
16 15 (0.79%) Manufacturing
17 12 (0.63%) Legal
18 10 (0.53%) French Language
18 10 (0.53%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 504 (26.47%) Senior
2 380 (19.96%) Architect
3 320 (16.81%) Software Engineer
4 268 (14.08%) Developer
5 255 (13.39%) Senior Software Engineer
6 208 (10.92%) Lead
7 197 (10.35%) 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 (3.20%) Consultant
14 56 (2.94%) Technical Architect
15 54 (2.84%) Systems Engineer
16 53 (2.78%) Full Stack Developer
17 51 (2.68%) Lead Architect
18 50 (2.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 49 (2.57%) DevOps Engineer
20 48 (2.52%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 267 (14.02%) React
2 243 (12.76%) .NET
3 214 (11.24%) Leaflet
3 214 (11.24%) OpenLayers
3 214 (11.24%) PostGIS
4 199 (10.45%) CSS
5 182 (9.56%) .NET Core
6 105 (5.51%) Node.js
7 75 (3.94%) Spring Boot
8 65 (3.41%) AngularJS
9 60 (3.15%) Django
9 60 (3.15%) Web Services
10 58 (3.05%) RESTful
11 56 (2.94%) REST
12 51 (2.68%) RabbitMQ
13 47 (2.47%) Spring
14 46 (2.42%) XML
15 44 (2.31%) Express.js
16 41 (2.15%) SOAP
17 35 (1.84%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 79 (4.15%) Virtual Team
2 67 (3.52%) Product Ownership
3 64 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
4 63 (3.31%) Management Information System
5 55 (2.89%) Public Cloud
6 49 (2.57%) Data Centre
7 46 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
7 46 (2.42%) Private Cloud
8 30 (1.58%) Operational Technology
9 28 (1.47%) Onboarding
10 26 (1.37%) Algorithms
11 23 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
12 21 (1.10%) Driving Licence
13 20 (1.05%) CMDB
14 19 (1.00%) PKI
14 19 (1.00%) Satnav
15 17 (0.89%) Cloud Native
16 14 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
17 13 (0.68%) Digital Signage
18 12 (0.63%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 287 (15.07%) Linux
2 153 (8.04%) Windows
3 74 (3.89%) Windows Server
4 69 (3.62%) 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
1 816 (42.86%) Agile
2 641 (33.67%) Actionable Insight
3 526 (27.63%) DevOps
4 488 (25.63%) Software Engineering
5 350 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
6 224 (11.76%) Project Management
7 214 (11.24%) Web Development
8 207 (10.87%) Scrum
9 184 (9.66%) CI/CD
10 163 (8.56%) Open Source
10 163 (8.56%) Presales
11 150 (7.88%) Stakeholder Management
12 145 (7.62%) Kanban
13 139 (7.30%) ITIL
14 136 (7.14%) Service Management
15 135 (7.09%) Mentoring
16 129 (6.78%) Analytics
17 122 (6.41%) Migration
18 121 (6.36%) Artificial Intelligence
19 119 (6.25%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 412 (21.64%) Python
2 378 (19.85%) JavaScript
3 222 (11.66%) Java
4 169 (8.88%) C#
5 122 (6.41%) SQL
6 76 (3.99%) PowerShell
7 75 (3.94%) C++
8 55 (2.89%) TypeScript
9 31 (1.63%) C
10 29 (1.52%) Go
11 27 (1.42%) MATLAB
12 23 (1.21%) Bicep
13 22 (1.16%) Bash
14 18 (0.95%) Kotlin
15 17 (0.89%) VBA
16 16 (0.84%) VB
17 13 (0.68%) Shell Script
18 12 (0.63%) Groovy
19 11 (0.58%) PL/SQL
20 10 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1,904 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 371 (19.49%) Degree
3 180 (9.45%) DV Cleared
4 96 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 94 (4.94%) AWS Certification
6 86 (4.52%) Azure Certification
7 62 (3.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 62 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 46 (2.42%) CISM
9 43 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 33 (1.73%) CISSP
11 28 (1.47%) CRISC
12 22 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
13 21 (1.10%) CISA
14 20 (1.05%) CCNP
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 57 (2.99%) 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 19 (1.00%) Software Quality Assurance
7 18 (0.95%) GDPR
8 16 (0.84%) NIST
9 15 (0.79%) Data Quality
10 14 (0.74%) GRC
10 14 (0.74%) SLA
11 12 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (0.63%) JSP 440
12 11 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 8 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.32%) RMADS
15 3 (0.16%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 121 (6.36%) Docker
2 89 (4.67%) Active Directory
3 43 (2.26%) Hyper-V
4 26 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.00%) 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 5 (0.26%) 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
1 126 (6.62%) Kubernetes
2 121 (6.36%) Terraform
3 105 (5.51%) Ansible
4 46 (2.42%) 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 14 (0.74%) 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
16 5 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
16 5 (0.26%) Nagios
16 5 (0.26%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 270 (14.18%) Microsoft
2 219 (11.50%) ESRI
3 114 (5.99%) Oracle
4 80 (4.20%) ServiceNow
5 78 (4.10%) 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
14 23 (1.21%) WSO2
15 22 (1.16%) Xilinx
16 20 (1.05%) Meraki
17 16 (0.84%) Dynatrace
17 16 (0.84%) IBM
17 16 (0.84%) Veeam