SC Cleared Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 +10
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 1,385 1,826 3,358
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 13.97% 11.87% 12.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.11% 42.71% 50.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 993 1,317 2,382
10th Percentile £380 £363 £400
25th Percentile £456 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £608 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 86 181
10th Percentile £21.25 £14.00 £32.75
25th Percentile £30.09 £29.31 £54.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +20.10%
75th Percentile £68.69 £72.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - -16.67% +11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

SC Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,764 4,275 6,590
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.89% 27.80% 25.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,864 2,670 4,421
10th Percentile £350 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.21% -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £726 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 267 292
10th Percentile £19.50 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £24.63 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.88 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.63% -33.85% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.69 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £84.13 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.72 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year +1.79% -25.93% +29.75%

SC Cleared
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

SC Cleared
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.

SC Cleared daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SC Cleared over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

SC Cleared daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SC Cleared hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SC Cleared over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

SC Cleared hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SC Cleared
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 50 (3.61%) Confluence
2 41 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.65%) Apache
4 9 (0.65%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.58%) CMS
5 8 (0.58%) nginx
6 6 (0.43%) SAS
7 5 (0.36%) Camunda
7 5 (0.36%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.29%) Traefik
8 4 (0.29%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.22%) Documentum
9 3 (0.22%) JBoss
9 3 (0.22%) NetWeaver
9 3 (0.22%) PowerExchange
9 3 (0.22%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.36%) Siemens NX
5 4 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
5 4 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.22%) Sketch
7 2 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.14%) Trello
8 1 (0.072%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (2.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.65%) Primavera
3 6 (0.43%) SAP PP
4 5 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
4 5 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
4 5 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.36%) Teamcenter
5 4 (0.29%) Sage X3
5 4 (0.29%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.22%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.22%) SAP Payroll
6 3 (0.22%) SAP PM
6 3 (0.22%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 338 (24.40%) AWS
2 248 (17.91%) Azure
3 92 (6.64%) Power Platform
4 70 (5.05%) Serverless
5 62 (4.48%) Azure DevOps
6 59 (4.26%) AWS CloudFormation
7 55 (3.97%) Amazon S3
8 52 (3.75%) AWS Lambda
8 52 (3.75%) GitHub
9 51 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
10 44 (3.18%) Amazon EKS
11 41 (2.96%) GCP
12 40 (2.89%) Amazon EC2
13 39 (2.82%) Entra ID
13 39 (2.82%) SaaS
14 32 (2.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 31 (2.24%) Azure Data Factory
16 29 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
17 28 (2.02%) PowerApps
18 25 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 81 (5.85%) Firewall
2 65 (4.69%) DNS
3 38 (2.74%) VPN
4 32 (2.31%) TCP/IP
5 28 (2.02%) Network Security
6 27 (1.95%) WAN
7 22 (1.59%) DHCP
8 21 (1.52%) Cisco ASA
9 18 (1.30%) LAN
10 17 (1.23%) Cisco Nexus
11 16 (1.16%) HTTP
12 14 (1.01%) BGP
13 11 (0.79%) Cisco Firepower
13 11 (0.79%) Internet
13 11 (0.79%) OSPF
14 10 (0.72%) MPLS
14 10 (0.72%) Skype
14 10 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
15 9 (0.65%) Cisco ISE
15 9 (0.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (5.05%) Power BI
2 54 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
3 52 (3.75%) Relational Database
4 50 (3.61%) Amazon RDS
5 33 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
6 32 (2.31%) Data Lake
6 32 (2.31%) SQL Server
7 25 (1.81%) Oracle Database
8 22 (1.59%) Neo4j
9 19 (1.37%) MongoDB
10 17 (1.23%) Metadata
11 15 (1.08%) Big Data
12 14 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
12 14 (1.01%) Redis
13 13 (0.94%) MySQL
13 13 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
13 13 (0.94%) SAP HANA
13 13 (0.94%) Tableau
14 11 (0.79%) Amazon Aurora
15 9 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 115 (8.30%) JIRA
2 95 (6.86%) Git
3 82 (5.92%) Jenkins
4 56 (4.04%) GitLab
5 28 (2.02%) Selenium
6 24 (1.73%) SonarQube
7 19 (1.37%) JUnit
8 16 (1.16%) MSI
9 15 (1.08%) Cucumber
10 14 (1.01%) Bitbucket
11 13 (0.94%) JMeter
12 12 (0.87%) CircleCI
13 11 (0.79%) Cypress.io
13 11 (0.79%) Gradle
14 10 (0.72%) REST Assured
15 9 (0.65%) Liquibase
15 9 (0.65%) Mockito
16 8 (0.58%) Eclipse
16 8 (0.58%) QARun
16 8 (0.58%) WinRunner
General
1 357 (25.78%) Public Sector
2 328 (23.68%) Social Skills
3 131 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (7.73%) Finance
5 34 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 34 (2.45%) Military
6 28 (2.02%) Telecoms
7 26 (1.88%) Manufacturing
8 25 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
9 22 (1.59%) Legal
10 20 (1.44%) Aerospace
11 17 (1.23%) Law
12 15 (1.08%) General Ledger
13 14 (1.01%) Police
14 13 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (0.87%) Electronics
15 12 (0.87%) Marketing
15 12 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (0.58%) Banking
Job Titles
1 242 (17.47%) Architect
2 172 (12.42%) Developer
3 138 (9.96%) Senior
4 99 (7.15%) Lead
5 90 (6.50%) Analyst
6 79 (5.70%) Consultant
7 77 (5.56%) DevOps Engineer
8 55 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
9 51 (3.68%) Data Engineer
10 44 (3.18%) Technical Architect
11 39 (2.82%) Network Engineer
12 38 (2.74%) Software Engineer
13 36 (2.60%) AWS Engineer
14 35 (2.53%) AWS Architect
15 31 (2.24%) Designer
16 30 (2.17%) Azure Engineer
17 29 (2.09%) Senior DevOps
18 28 (2.02%) Data Architect
19 27 (1.95%) AWS DevOps
20 26 (1.88%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (4.40%) React
2 52 (3.75%) REST
3 38 (2.74%) Kafka
4 35 (2.53%) HTML
4 35 (2.53%) Spring Boot
5 33 (2.38%) Node.js
6 31 (2.24%) Spring
6 31 (2.24%) Web Services
7 27 (1.95%) .NET
8 26 (1.88%) CSS
8 26 (1.88%) SOAP
9 22 (1.59%) AngularJS
10 21 (1.52%) Plotly
10 21 (1.52%) RESTful
11 20 (1.44%) Swagger
12 19 (1.37%) OpenAPI
12 19 (1.37%) XML
13 18 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
14 15 (1.08%) PySpark
15 13 (0.94%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 37 (2.67%) Data Centre
2 34 (2.45%) Onboarding
3 32 (2.31%) PKI
4 17 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (1.23%) Management Information System
4 17 (1.23%) Public Cloud
5 16 (1.16%) Product Ownership
6 14 (1.01%) Cloud Native
7 12 (0.87%) Clustering
8 9 (0.65%) CMDB
8 9 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (0.65%) SCADA
8 9 (0.65%) Security Operations Centre
8 9 (0.65%) Security Posture
8 9 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (0.58%) Virtual Team
10 7 (0.51%) Operational Technology
10 7 (0.51%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 152 (10.97%) Windows
2 132 (9.53%) Linux
3 43 (3.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 36 (2.60%) Windows Server
5 25 (1.81%) Unix
5 25 (1.81%) Windows 10
6 14 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (0.87%) AIX
8 11 (0.79%) Android
8 11 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (0.65%) CentOS
9 9 (0.65%) VMS
9 9 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (0.58%) Apple iOS
11 6 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
12 5 (0.36%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.22%) HPUX
13 3 (0.22%) Solaris
13 3 (0.22%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (21.59%) Agile
2 238 (17.18%) DevOps
3 211 (15.23%) CI/CD
4 196 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
5 122 (8.81%) Migration
6 121 (8.74%) Stakeholder Management
7 108 (7.80%) Containerisation
8 102 (7.36%) Infrastructure as Code
9 94 (6.79%) Microservices
9 94 (6.79%) Test Automation
10 92 (6.64%) Software Engineering
11 84 (6.06%) Analytics
12 79 (5.70%) ITIL
13 77 (5.56%) Project Management
14 74 (5.34%) Continuous Integration
15 73 (5.27%) Service Management
16 68 (4.91%) Business Intelligence
17 59 (4.26%) Data Modelling
18 58 (4.19%) High Availability
19 57 (4.12%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 212 (15.31%) Python
2 159 (11.48%) SQL
3 112 (8.09%) JavaScript
4 105 (7.58%) Java
5 69 (4.98%) PowerShell
6 64 (4.62%) Bash
7 57 (4.12%) C#
8 35 (2.53%) TypeScript
9 27 (1.95%) PL/SQL
10 24 (1.73%) ABAP
11 18 (1.30%) Go
12 15 (1.08%) C++
13 8 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
13 8 (0.58%) PHP
13 8 (0.58%) R
13 8 (0.58%) Ruby
13 8 (0.58%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.51%) Kotlin
14 7 (0.51%) Scala
15 6 (0.43%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1,385 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 72 (5.20%) Degree
3 64 (4.62%) DV Cleared
4 45 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 43 (3.10%) AWS Certification
6 32 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
7 31 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (2.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 22 (1.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 21 (1.52%) CCNA
11 20 (1.44%) CISSP
12 15 (1.08%) CCNP
13 14 (1.01%) MCSE
14 13 (0.94%) Master's Degree
15 12 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
15 12 (0.87%) PMP
16 11 (0.79%) PMI Certification
17 10 (0.72%) Azure Certification
18 7 (0.51%) CISM
18 7 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (4.55%) QA
2 30 (2.17%) NIST
3 28 (2.02%) Data Quality
4 23 (1.66%) NCSC
5 15 (1.08%) GDPR
6 13 (0.94%) Accessibility
7 12 (0.87%) PMO
8 10 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (0.65%) HIPAA
10 7 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 6 (0.43%) WCAG
12 5 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.36%) Def Stans
13 4 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 4 (0.29%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.29%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.29%) SLA
14 3 (0.22%) HL7
14 3 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.14%) IFRS
System Software
1 112 (8.09%) Docker
2 66 (4.77%) Active Directory
3 63 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.81%) VMware NSX
5 18 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.87%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.51%) NFS
10 5 (0.36%) Firmware
11 3 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.22%) Samba
11 3 (0.22%) vSphere
12 2 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 2 (0.14%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.072%) HDFS
13 1 (0.072%) LXC
13 1 (0.072%) XenApp
13 1 (0.072%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 146 (10.54%) Terraform
2 122 (8.81%) Kubernetes
3 97 (7.00%) Ansible
4 38 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 35 (2.53%) Grafana
6 32 (2.31%) Prometheus
7 26 (1.88%) Progress Chef
7 26 (1.88%) Puppet
8 18 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
9 17 (1.23%) SCCM
9 17 (1.23%) vCenter Server
10 14 (1.01%) Packer
11 12 (0.87%) FortiGate
12 9 (0.65%) WSUS
13 8 (0.58%) Consul
13 8 (0.58%) Istio
13 8 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (0.51%) Rancher
15 6 (0.43%) ZABBIX
16 5 (0.36%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 182 (13.14%) Microsoft
2 89 (6.43%) Cisco
3 83 (5.99%) SAP
4 81 (5.85%) Oracle
5 80 (5.78%) VMware
6 43 (3.10%) Databricks
7 38 (2.74%) ServiceNow
8 36 (2.60%) Palo Alto
9 33 (2.38%) Red Hat
10 32 (2.31%) Splunk
11 31 (2.24%) Google
12 23 (1.66%) Atlassian
13 22 (1.59%) F5
14 17 (1.23%) Dynatrace
15 16 (1.16%) Fortinet
16 15 (1.08%) Apple
17 13 (0.94%) Foundry
17 13 (0.94%) HP
17 13 (0.94%) SolarWinds
18 12 (0.87%) IBM