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

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 46 105
Rank change year-on-year +2 +59 +12
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,869 2,553 2,534
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.53% 6.28% 3.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.63% 24.65% 15.78%
Number of salaries quoted 944 1,191 1,178
10th Percentile £40,225 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £88,785 £88,750 £89,300
UK median annual salary £57,500 £61,700 £57,100
% change year-on-year -6.81% +8.06% +3.82%

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 9,519 10,356 16,063
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.17% 25.49% 22.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5,886 6,310 8,623
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,563 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.34% +8.30% -

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 16 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 (11.88%) ArcGIS
2 214 (11.45%) GeoServer
3 48 (2.57%) WebLogic
4 25 (1.34%) Confluence
4 25 (1.34%) OpenStack
4 25 (1.34%) SharePoint
5 15 (0.80%) CMS
6 12 (0.64%) Apache
7 11 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
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 (0.054%) Drupal
11 1 (0.054%) nginx
11 1 (0.054%) WordPress
Applications
1 34 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (1.34%) Simulink
3 18 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (0.64%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.21%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.21%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.11%) Fireworks
9 2 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.054%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.054%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.054%) Blender
Business Applications
1 55 (2.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 39 (2.09%) Remedy ITSM
3 10 (0.54%) Maximo
4 8 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.43%) Siebel CRM
5 6 (0.32%) SAP WM
6 4 (0.21%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.16%) SAP CRM
7 3 (0.16%) SAP CX
7 3 (0.16%) SAP GTS
7 3 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.16%) SAP SD
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%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.054%) Primavera
9 1 (0.054%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 617 (33.01%) Azure
2 542 (29.00%) AWS
3 86 (4.60%) Amazon EKS
4 78 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
5 71 (3.80%) Power Platform
6 67 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
7 61 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
8 59 (3.16%) SaaS
9 55 (2.94%) Serverless
10 47 (2.51%) Amazon SQS
11 41 (2.19%) PaaS
12 35 (1.87%) PowerApps
13 33 (1.77%) GCP
13 33 (1.77%) Power Automate
14 28 (1.50%) Amazon ECS
14 28 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
15 25 (1.34%) GitHub
15 25 (1.34%) IaaS
16 21 (1.12%) AWS Lambda
17 19 (1.02%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 91 (4.87%) Firewall
2 79 (4.23%) DNS
3 65 (3.48%) TCP/IP
4 52 (2.78%) SSL
5 48 (2.57%) BGP
6 35 (1.87%) Network Security
7 33 (1.77%) VPN
8 32 (1.71%) Wireless
9 31 (1.66%) SAN
10 27 (1.44%) SD-WAN
11 25 (1.34%) WAN
12 19 (1.02%) 5G
13 18 (0.96%) DHCP
14 10 (0.54%) LAN
14 10 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
15 8 (0.43%) IPv4
16 7 (0.37%) VLAN
17 6 (0.32%) Cisco IPT
17 6 (0.32%) Ethernet
17 6 (0.32%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 246 (13.16%) PostgreSQL
2 218 (11.66%) GIS
3 214 (11.45%) QGIS
4 129 (6.90%) Relational Database
5 63 (3.37%) RDBMS
6 61 (3.26%) Amazon RDS
7 59 (3.16%) Oracle Database
8 46 (2.46%) Power BI
9 40 (2.14%) NoSQL
10 33 (1.77%) SQL Server
11 27 (1.44%) MySQL
12 16 (0.86%) Big Data
13 15 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
14 13 (0.70%) Tableau
15 12 (0.64%) MongoDB
16 11 (0.59%) Metadata
17 10 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
18 9 (0.48%) Data Lake
18 9 (0.48%) Hadoop
19 7 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 102 (5.46%) Git
2 93 (4.98%) Jenkins
3 85 (4.55%) JIRA
4 43 (2.30%) GitLab
5 19 (1.02%) Subversion
6 16 (0.86%) Selenium
7 15 (0.80%) CMake
7 15 (0.80%) Cucumber
7 15 (0.80%) Vagrant
8 14 (0.75%) JUnit
8 14 (0.75%) Rational DOORS
9 12 (0.64%) JMeter
10 10 (0.54%) Trac
11 7 (0.37%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.32%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.32%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.32%) TestNG
12 6 (0.32%) WebDriver
13 5 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
13 5 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 518 (27.72%) Social Skills
2 283 (15.14%) Public Sector
3 214 (11.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 153 (8.19%) Finance
5 103 (5.51%) Analytical Skills
6 63 (3.37%) Aerospace
7 62 (3.32%) Police
8 51 (2.73%) Military
9 44 (2.35%) Telecoms
10 40 (2.14%) Games
11 38 (2.03%) Law
12 37 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
13 27 (1.44%) Retail
14 25 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.28%) Marketing
16 16 (0.86%) Manufacturing
17 15 (0.80%) Electronics
17 15 (0.80%) Legal
18 12 (0.64%) Local Government
19 9 (0.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 489 (26.16%) Senior
2 384 (20.55%) Architect
3 314 (16.80%) Software Engineer
4 271 (14.50%) Developer
5 249 (13.32%) Senior Software Engineer
6 202 (10.81%) Lead
7 200 (10.70%) Solutions Architect
8 138 (7.38%) Analyst
9 92 (4.92%) Presales Solution Architect
10 90 (4.82%) Senior Developer
11 87 (4.65%) Business Analyst
12 67 (3.58%) Project Manager
13 63 (3.37%) Consultant
14 52 (2.78%) Lead Architect
14 52 (2.78%) Technical Architect
15 51 (2.73%) DevOps Engineer
16 50 (2.68%) Systems Engineer
17 49 (2.62%) Java Developer
18 48 (2.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 48 (2.57%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 261 (13.96%) React
2 241 (12.89%) .NET
3 214 (11.45%) Leaflet
3 214 (11.45%) OpenLayers
3 214 (11.45%) PostGIS
4 200 (10.70%) CSS
5 182 (9.74%) .NET Core
6 101 (5.40%) Node.js
7 76 (4.07%) Spring Boot
8 70 (3.75%) RESTful
9 67 (3.58%) AngularJS
10 63 (3.37%) Web Services
11 60 (3.21%) Spring
12 59 (3.16%) Django
13 56 (3.00%) REST
14 51 (2.73%) RabbitMQ
15 50 (2.68%) XML
16 45 (2.41%) SOAP
17 44 (2.35%) Express.js
18 38 (2.03%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 82 (4.39%) Virtual Team
2 67 (3.58%) Product Ownership
3 63 (3.37%) Management Information System
4 61 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
5 57 (3.05%) Public Cloud
6 51 (2.73%) Data Centre
7 46 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
8 44 (2.35%) Private Cloud
9 30 (1.61%) Operational Technology
10 28 (1.50%) Onboarding
11 26 (1.39%) Algorithms
12 24 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
13 21 (1.12%) CMDB
13 21 (1.12%) Satnav
14 20 (1.07%) Cloud Native
14 20 (1.07%) Driving Licence
15 17 (0.91%) PKI
16 14 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
17 13 (0.70%) Digital Signage
18 11 (0.59%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 279 (14.93%) Linux
2 148 (7.92%) Windows
3 70 (3.75%) Windows Server
4 65 (3.48%) Ubuntu
5 62 (3.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 40 (2.14%) Unix
7 20 (1.07%) Android
8 19 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (0.91%) CentOS
9 17 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (0.64%) VMS
11 11 (0.59%) Windows 10
12 10 (0.54%) zOS
13 9 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
14 5 (0.27%) Windows NT
15 4 (0.21%) AIX
15 4 (0.21%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.16%) Kali Linux
17 2 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
17 2 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 812 (43.45%) Agile
2 660 (35.31%) Actionable Insight
3 518 (27.72%) DevOps
4 480 (25.68%) Software Engineering
5 362 (19.37%) Problem-Solving
6 224 (11.99%) Project Management
7 215 (11.50%) Web Development
8 206 (11.02%) Scrum
9 171 (9.15%) CI/CD
10 165 (8.83%) Presales
11 156 (8.35%) Open Source
12 144 (7.70%) Kanban
13 139 (7.44%) Stakeholder Management
14 136 (7.28%) Service Management
15 129 (6.90%) ITIL
16 127 (6.80%) Mentoring
17 125 (6.69%) Analytics
18 120 (6.42%) Migration
18 120 (6.42%) Project Delivery
19 117 (6.26%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 398 (21.29%) Python
2 372 (19.90%) JavaScript
3 225 (12.04%) Java
4 160 (8.56%) C#
5 120 (6.42%) SQL
6 74 (3.96%) C++
7 72 (3.85%) PowerShell
8 42 (2.25%) TypeScript
9 33 (1.77%) C
10 28 (1.50%) Go
11 26 (1.39%) MATLAB
12 22 (1.18%) Bash
13 19 (1.02%) Bicep
14 17 (0.91%) VBA
15 14 (0.75%) Kotlin
15 14 (0.75%) PL/SQL
15 14 (0.75%) Shell Script
15 14 (0.75%) VB
16 12 (0.64%) Groovy
17 10 (0.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,869 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 360 (19.26%) Degree
3 157 (8.40%) DV Cleared
4 87 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 84 (4.49%) AWS Certification
6 82 (4.39%) Azure Certification
7 61 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 59 (3.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 48 (2.57%) CISM
10 46 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
11 35 (1.87%) CISSP
12 28 (1.50%) CRISC
13 25 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
14 23 (1.23%) CCNP
15 22 (1.18%) CISA
16 18 (0.96%) CCNA
17 16 (0.86%) Master's Degree
18 15 (0.80%) DBS Check
19 14 (0.75%) CEH
20 12 (0.64%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (2.89%) QA
2 39 (2.09%) NCSC
3 38 (2.03%) Accessibility
4 35 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 32 (1.71%) COBIT
6 22 (1.18%) PMO
7 21 (1.12%) Software Quality Assurance
8 18 (0.96%) GDPR
9 17 (0.91%) Data Quality
9 17 (0.91%) NIST
10 15 (0.80%) GRC
10 15 (0.80%) SLA
11 14 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.64%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 8 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.32%) RMADS
16 3 (0.16%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 120 (6.42%) Docker
2 90 (4.82%) Active Directory
3 42 (2.25%) Hyper-V
4 23 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (0.86%) pfSense
7 15 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
8 12 (0.64%) Firmware
9 10 (0.54%) NFS
10 9 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (0.48%) vSphere
11 8 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
12 7 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
13 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
14 1 (0.054%) Lustre
14 1 (0.054%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.054%) Snort
14 1 (0.054%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 116 (6.21%) Kubernetes
1 116 (6.21%) Terraform
2 101 (5.40%) Ansible
3 43 (2.30%) SCCM
4 32 (1.71%) OpenView
5 29 (1.55%) WSUS
6 27 (1.44%) Grafana
7 24 (1.28%) SCOM
8 16 (0.86%) ZABBIX
9 12 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 11 (0.59%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 11 (0.59%) Prometheus
11 10 (0.54%) SCDPM
12 9 (0.48%) vCenter Server
13 8 (0.43%) Kibana
13 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
14 6 (0.32%) Progress Chef
15 5 (0.27%) HP UCMDB
15 5 (0.27%) Puppet
15 5 (0.27%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 267 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 219 (11.72%) ESRI
3 117 (6.26%) Oracle
4 80 (4.28%) VMware
5 73 (3.91%) ServiceNow
6 61 (3.26%) Cisco
7 55 (2.94%) HP
7 55 (2.94%) Sparx
8 48 (2.57%) Juniper
9 39 (2.09%) Remedy
10 38 (2.03%) Fortinet
11 37 (1.98%) BMC
12 25 (1.34%) Citrix
12 25 (1.34%) NetApp
13 24 (1.28%) WSO2
14 22 (1.18%) Meraki
15 17 (0.91%) Splunk
15 17 (0.91%) Xilinx
16 16 (0.86%) Dynatrace
16 16 (0.86%) Google