SC Cleared Network Engineer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Check Clearance Network Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Check Clearance Network Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £473, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
3 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 338 452
Rank change year-on-year +61 +114 +156
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Network Engineer 24 6 19
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.24% 0.039% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.042% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 14
10th Percentile £385 £415 £340
25th Percentile £404 £419 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £484 £488 £600
90th Percentile £500 £537 £653
UK median daily rate £490 £475 £370
% change year-on-year +3.16% +28.38% -17.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,280 14,264 24,476
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 93.50% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,354 9,548 17,287
10th Percentile £338 £325 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £774 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 576 563
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.34 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.13 £23.32 £25.98
Median hourly rate £35.13 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured SC Cleared Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SC Cleared Network Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SC Cleared Network Engineer.

SC Cleared Network Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SC Cleared Network Engineer over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

SC Cleared Network Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SC Cleared Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, SC Cleared Network Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring SC Cleared Network Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 24 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 20 (83.33%) Cisco
3 18 (75.00%) Firewall
4 13 (54.17%) Palo Alto
5 10 (41.67%) Cisco Firepower
5 10 (41.67%) Cisco ASA
6 9 (37.50%) VPN
7 8 (33.33%) Wireless
7 8 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
9 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
9 5 (20.83%) CheckPoint
9 5 (20.83%) F5
9 5 (20.83%) Load Balancing
10 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (16.67%) ITIL
10 4 (16.67%) CCNP
10 4 (16.67%) IPsec
10 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (16.67%) Network Management
10 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (12.50%) Ansible
11 3 (12.50%) Data Centre
11 3 (12.50%) Terraform
11 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
11 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
11 3 (12.50%) WAN
11 3 (12.50%) OSPF

SC Cleared Network Engineer Skill Set
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 1 (4.17%) AWS
1 1 (4.17%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 18 (75.00%) Firewall
2 10 (41.67%) Cisco ASA
2 10 (41.67%) Cisco Firepower
3 9 (37.50%) VPN
4 8 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 8 (33.33%) Wireless
5 6 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
5 6 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (16.67%) IPsec
7 3 (12.50%) BGP
7 3 (12.50%) EIGRP
7 3 (12.50%) HSRP
7 3 (12.50%) Network Security
7 3 (12.50%) OSPF
7 3 (12.50%) WAN
8 2 (8.33%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 2 (8.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (8.33%) NGFW
8 2 (8.33%) VXLAN
8 2 (8.33%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.17%) Advertising
4 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.33%) PKI
3 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) Load Balancing
2 4 (16.67%) ITIL
2 4 (16.67%) Network Management
2 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (8.33%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (8.33%) ITSM
4 2 (8.33%) Network Architecture
4 2 (8.33%) Network Design
4 2 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (8.33%) Service Management
5 1 (4.17%) Auto-Scaling
5 1 (4.17%) Change Management
5 1 (4.17%) Configuration Management
5 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.17%) DevOps
5 1 (4.17%) Network Virtualisation
5 1 (4.17%) Operational Acceptance Testing
5 1 (4.17%) Patch Management
5 1 (4.17%) SFIA
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 24 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.67%) CCNP
2 4 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (8.33%) CCNA
4 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.17%) Degree
4 1 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Ansible
1 3 (12.50%) Terraform
2 1 (4.17%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 20 (83.33%) Cisco
2 13 (54.17%) Palo Alto
3 5 (20.83%) CheckPoint
3 5 (20.83%) F5
4 3 (12.50%) NetScout
4 3 (12.50%) SolarWinds
5 2 (8.33%) Arista
5 2 (8.33%) Aruba
5 2 (8.33%) BMC
5 2 (8.33%) Juniper
6 1 (4.17%) Blue Coat
6 1 (4.17%) Meraki
6 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
6 1 (4.17%) Sophos
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