Hybrid/Remote Government Security Classifications Contract Job Trends

Government Security Classifications (GSC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Government Security Classifications skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 302 328
Rank change year-on-year -22 +26 -
Contract jobs citing Government Security Classifications 8 5 32
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.070% 0.049% 0.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.37% 0.34% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 31
10th Percentile £500 £521 £460
25th Percentile £508 £548 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +15.00% -
75th Percentile - £588 £588
90th Percentile £646 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £489 £513
% change year-on-year +12.40% -4.52% -28.57%

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 2,185 1,459 2,418
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 19.03% 14.29% 14.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,449 994 1,634
10th Percentile £340 £275 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -1.96% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 45 81
10th Percentile £20.28 £17.92 £12.84
25th Percentile £45.00 £22.00 £14.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% +45.83% -48.72%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £27.88 £32.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.88% +33.33% -36.42%

Government Security Classifications
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Government Security Classifications and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Government Security Classifications job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Government Security Classifications
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Government Security Classifications.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Government Security Classifications

Government Security Classifications
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Government Security Classifications over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Government Security Classifications daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Government Security Classifications
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 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (37.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Designer
1 4 (50.00%) Service Designer
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Lead Designer
2 2 (25.00%) Lead Service Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Architect
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Data Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Data Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 1 (12.50%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Cloud Security
2 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) AI
3 4 (50.00%) Business Continuity
3 4 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (50.00%) ITIL
3 4 (50.00%) ITSM
3 4 (50.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 4 (50.00%) Service Design
3 4 (50.00%) Service Management
3 4 (50.00%) SIAM
3 4 (50.00%) Six Sigma
3 4 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
3 4 (50.00%) TOGAF
4 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (37.50%) Remediation Plan
4 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
4 3 (37.50%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (37.50%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (37.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (37.50%) CISM
2 3 (37.50%) CISSP
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 3 (37.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 4 (50.00%) NCSC
2 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
3 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow