SC Cleared Contracts with Work from Home 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 16 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 9 19
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 -1
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 1,674 2,940 3,901
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.35% 12.31% 8.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 43.24% 49.14% 44.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,228 2,077 2,822
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £626
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 159 142
10th Percentile £13.99 £19.00 £25.50
25th Percentile £30.38 £50.63 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% +15.86%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.85 £78.84 £67.95
UK median hourly rate £48.56 £58.59 £54.00
% change year-on-year -17.12% +8.50% +35.58%

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 3,871 5,983 8,825
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.24% 25.06% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,499 4,053 6,276
10th Percentile £331 £380 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +3.58% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 246 232
10th Percentile £15.36 £19.00 £19.04
25th Percentile £23.94 £42.50 £39.19
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £84.28 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

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

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SC Cleared.

SC Cleared daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SC Cleared over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

SC Cleared daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing SC Cleared over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

SC Cleared hourly rate 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 78 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 68 (4.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 61 (3.64%) Confluence
4 11 (0.66%) Apache
5 10 (0.60%) nginx
6 9 (0.54%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2003
7 8 (0.48%) Skype for Business
8 7 (0.42%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 7 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2007
8 7 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2010
8 7 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
8 7 (0.42%) SAS
9 6 (0.36%) CICS
9 6 (0.36%) SharePoint 2013
10 5 (0.30%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.18%) CMS
12 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 41 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.72%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.48%) Trello
7 4 (0.24%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.24%) Revit
7 4 (0.24%) Sketch
8 2 (0.12%) Acrobat
8 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.060%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.060%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.060%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 19 (1.14%) Teamcenter
2 9 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.48%) Primavera
4 7 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 6 (0.36%) SAP EWM
6 5 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
6 5 (0.30%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
7 4 (0.24%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.18%) SAP BPC
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.12%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.060%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 1 (0.060%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 306 (18.28%) AWS
2 263 (15.71%) Azure
3 109 (6.51%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (3.23%) Power Platform
5 52 (3.11%) GitHub
6 45 (2.69%) Entra ID
7 39 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (2.15%) SaaS
9 33 (1.97%) GCP
10 32 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
11 29 (1.73%) PaaS
12 27 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
12 27 (1.61%) Serverless
13 25 (1.49%) Amazon S3
14 22 (1.31%) Amazon EKS
14 22 (1.31%) Azure Storage
15 21 (1.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 21 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
16 20 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
17 17 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 64 (3.82%) Firewall
2 36 (2.15%) DNS
3 34 (2.03%) Network Security
4 32 (1.91%) DHCP
5 23 (1.37%) SSL
6 21 (1.25%) Cisco ASA
6 21 (1.25%) VPN
6 21 (1.25%) WAN
7 18 (1.08%) SAN
8 16 (0.96%) BGP
8 16 (0.96%) Cisco ISE
8 16 (0.96%) OSPF
8 16 (0.96%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.84%) Cisco Firepower
9 14 (0.84%) EIGRP
9 14 (0.84%) IPsec
9 14 (0.84%) NetScaler
10 12 (0.72%) 4G
10 12 (0.72%) HSRP
10 12 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (2.33%) SQL Server
3 29 (1.73%) Power BI
4 27 (1.61%) Oracle Database
5 24 (1.43%) Adabas
6 21 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (1.02%) NoSQL
8 17 (1.02%) Relational Database
9 15 (0.90%) BusinessObjects
9 15 (0.90%) MySQL
10 14 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
10 14 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 12 (0.72%) DB2
11 12 (0.72%) Oracle Database 11g
12 9 (0.54%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (0.54%) Siebel EIM
13 8 (0.48%) Data Lake
13 8 (0.48%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 115 (6.87%) JIRA
2 58 (3.46%) Git
3 57 (3.41%) Jenkins
4 35 (2.09%) GitLab
5 33 (1.97%) Visual Studio
6 32 (1.91%) Selenium
7 31 (1.85%) PVCS
8 21 (1.25%) SonarQube
9 19 (1.14%) Cucumber
10 15 (0.90%) JMeter
11 14 (0.84%) JUnit
12 12 (0.72%) REST Assured
13 10 (0.60%) Rational DOORS
14 9 (0.54%) Bitbucket
15 8 (0.48%) Maven
15 8 (0.48%) SoapUI
16 7 (0.42%) Cypress.io
16 7 (0.42%) TestNG
17 6 (0.36%) CircleCI
17 6 (0.36%) Oracle APEX
General
1 368 (21.98%) Public Sector
2 282 (16.85%) Social Skills
3 120 (7.17%) Finance
4 101 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (4.12%) Telecoms
6 30 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
7 28 (1.67%) Military
8 25 (1.49%) Law
9 24 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
10 23 (1.37%) Manufacturing
10 23 (1.37%) Police
11 22 (1.31%) Banking
12 21 (1.25%) Marketing
13 20 (1.19%) Electronics
14 19 (1.14%) Aerospace
15 16 (0.96%) Legal
16 14 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
17 13 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 8 (0.48%) Local Government
19 5 (0.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 295 (17.62%) Architect
2 192 (11.47%) Developer
3 143 (8.54%) Senior
4 132 (7.89%) Consultant
5 111 (6.63%) Lead
6 100 (5.97%) DevOps Engineer
7 95 (5.68%) Analyst
8 76 (4.54%) Project Manager
9 73 (4.36%) Solutions Architect
10 60 (3.58%) Technical Architect
11 46 (2.75%) AWS Engineer
12 41 (2.45%) AWS DevOps
12 41 (2.45%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 41 (2.45%) Java Developer
12 41 (2.45%) Support Engineer
13 36 (2.15%) Service Manager
14 35 (2.09%) Delivery Manager
14 35 (2.09%) Network Architect
15 33 (1.97%) SC Cleared Project Manager
15 33 (1.97%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.87%) REST
1 48 (2.87%) Web Services
2 45 (2.69%) ARM Templates
3 37 (2.21%) .NET
4 33 (1.97%) CSS
4 33 (1.97%) HTML
5 32 (1.91%) Spring Boot
6 28 (1.67%) Spring
7 27 (1.61%) RESTful
8 21 (1.25%) Node.js
9 18 (1.08%) React
10 17 (1.02%) Kafka
11 13 (0.78%) GraphQL
12 12 (0.72%) FastAPI
12 12 (0.72%) OpenID
12 12 (0.72%) SAML
12 12 (0.72%) WebSockets
13 11 (0.66%) .NET Framework
13 11 (0.66%) Sass
14 10 (0.60%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 56 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
2 55 (3.29%) PKI
3 51 (3.05%) Management Information System
4 39 (2.33%) Cloud Native
5 34 (2.03%) Onboarding
6 27 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
7 25 (1.49%) Data Centre
8 20 (1.19%) Data Structures
8 20 (1.19%) Mainframe
8 20 (1.19%) Public Cloud
9 17 (1.02%) CMDB
9 17 (1.02%) Product Ownership
10 16 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
11 14 (0.84%) Virtual Team
12 10 (0.60%) Replication
12 10 (0.60%) Security Posture
12 10 (0.60%) Taxonomies
13 8 (0.48%) Low-Code
14 7 (0.42%) Operational Technology
14 7 (0.42%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 129 (7.71%) Windows
2 117 (6.99%) Linux
3 47 (2.81%) Windows Server
4 30 (1.79%) zOS
5 25 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 22 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (0.96%) Windows 10
9 15 (0.90%) Unix
10 14 (0.84%) Android
11 13 (0.78%) Apple iOS
11 13 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
12 12 (0.72%) Windows 7
13 10 (0.60%) Debian
13 10 (0.60%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.48%) Windows Server 2003
15 7 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
16 5 (0.30%) Solaris
17 3 (0.18%) AIX
17 3 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (18.40%) Agile
2 238 (14.22%) DevOps
3 150 (8.96%) ITIL
4 137 (8.18%) Service Management
5 135 (8.06%) Problem-Solving
6 121 (7.23%) Project Management
7 112 (6.69%) CI/CD
8 106 (6.33%) Migration
8 106 (6.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 103 (6.15%) Analytics
10 99 (5.91%) Cybersecurity
11 88 (5.26%) Change Management
12 86 (5.14%) Configuration Management
13 83 (4.96%) Software Engineering
14 77 (4.60%) Test Automation
15 71 (4.24%) Business Intelligence
16 68 (4.06%) Infrastructure as Code
17 66 (3.94%) ITSM
18 64 (3.82%) Roadmaps
19 62 (3.70%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 145 (8.66%) Python
2 119 (7.11%) SQL
3 115 (6.87%) Java
4 89 (5.32%) PowerShell
5 70 (4.18%) JavaScript
6 60 (3.58%) PL/SQL
7 59 (3.52%) C#
8 37 (2.21%) C
9 26 (1.55%) TypeScript
10 25 (1.49%) Bash
10 25 (1.49%) Bicep
11 24 (1.43%) Natural
12 23 (1.37%) VB
13 22 (1.31%) VBScript
14 19 (1.14%) C++
15 17 (1.02%) Go
16 12 (0.72%) ABAP
17 11 (0.66%) COBOL
17 11 (0.66%) Kotlin
18 10 (0.60%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1,674 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 173 (10.33%) DV Cleared
3 155 (9.26%) Degree
4 102 (6.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 31 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (1.67%) CISSP
7 24 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 24 (1.43%) PMI Certification
7 24 (1.43%) PMP
8 23 (1.37%) CCNP
9 21 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (1.02%) CCNA
12 16 (0.96%) CISM
13 12 (0.72%) Azure Certification
14 9 (0.54%) CISA
15 8 (0.48%) BC Cleared
15 8 (0.48%) CCSA
15 8 (0.48%) HND
15 8 (0.48%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (2.39%) SLA
2 39 (2.33%) NCSC
3 35 (2.09%) QA
4 33 (1.97%) Data Quality
5 30 (1.79%) NIST
6 29 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 20 (1.19%) Accessibility
8 18 (1.08%) PMO
9 7 (0.42%) GDPR
10 6 (0.36%) COBIT
11 5 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
11 5 (0.30%) GRC
12 4 (0.24%) RMADS
12 4 (0.24%) WCAG
13 2 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.060%) Def Stans
14 1 (0.060%) IFRS
System Software
1 125 (7.47%) Active Directory
2 79 (4.72%) Docker
3 32 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (1.31%) Virtual Desktop
5 21 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (0.72%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.60%) Firmware
8 6 (0.36%) vSphere
9 4 (0.24%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.18%) VMFS
11 2 (0.12%) KVM
11 2 (0.12%) XenApp
11 2 (0.12%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.060%) Snort
12 1 (0.060%) Time Sharing Option
12 1 (0.060%) UAG
Systems Management
1 132 (7.89%) Terraform
2 127 (7.59%) Kubernetes
3 78 (4.66%) Ansible
4 37 (2.21%) SCCM
5 31 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
6 26 (1.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 24 (1.43%) Grafana
8 22 (1.31%) SCOM
8 22 (1.31%) WSUS
9 19 (1.14%) Prometheus
10 14 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
11 12 (0.72%) Progress Chef
11 12 (0.72%) Puppet
12 10 (0.60%) Docker Swarm
13 8 (0.48%) Podman
14 7 (0.42%) VxRail
15 6 (0.36%) Argo
15 6 (0.36%) Kibana
15 6 (0.36%) Packer
16 5 (0.30%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 251 (14.99%) Microsoft
2 82 (4.90%) Oracle
3 76 (4.54%) SAP
4 58 (3.46%) VMware
5 46 (2.75%) Cisco
6 42 (2.51%) ServiceNow
7 34 (2.03%) Palo Alto
8 33 (1.97%) Splunk
9 27 (1.61%) Atlassian
10 25 (1.49%) Red Hat
11 24 (1.43%) Software AG
12 19 (1.14%) NetApp
13 18 (1.08%) Citrix
13 18 (1.08%) IBM
14 17 (1.02%) Dynatrace
15 14 (0.84%) SolarWinds
16 13 (0.78%) Google
16 13 (0.78%) Siebel
17 11 (0.66%) CheckPoint
17 11 (0.66%) Juniper