Government Security Classifications Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Government Security Classifications (GSC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Government Security Classifications skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Government Security Classifications over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 317 -
Rank change year-on-year +16 - -
Contract jobs citing Government Security Classifications 3 28 0
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.030% 0.18% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.20% 1.25% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 27 0
10th Percentile - £460 -
25th Percentile £563 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £588 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £495 £569
% change year-on-year +16.16% -12.97% -14.15%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

Government Security Classifications falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,488 2,240 3,140
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.02% 14.60% 12.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,005 1,532 2,292
10th Percentile £281 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £420 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +3.00%
75th Percentile £603 £623 £625
90th Percentile £713 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 79 63
10th Percentile £17.98 £12.75 £18.54
25th Percentile £23.13 £14.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £39.00 £22.87 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.53% -46.81% -2.16%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.38 £61.88
90th Percentile £87.15 £65.00 £72.35
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

Government Security Classifications
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Government Security Classifications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Government Security Classifications trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Government Security Classifications
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Government Security Classifications.

Government Security Classifications daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Government Security Classifications
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Bitbucket
1 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
1 2 (66.67%) SonarQube
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Software Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Core
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET Core
1 2 (66.67%) CSS
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (66.67%) Database Optimisation
1 2 (66.67%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
1 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) VMware