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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 8 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +11
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 1,396 1,760 3,212
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.15% 11.67% 12.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.18% 42.93% 50.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,003 1,276 2,277
10th Percentile £381 £363 £400
25th Percentile £456 £460 £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 £723
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 86 169
10th Percentile £21.40 £14.00 £23.50
25th Percentile £26.81 £29.31 £54.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +20.10%
75th Percentile £66.00 £72.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.13 £82.80
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -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 2,782 4,100 6,371
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.21% 27.20% 25.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,878 2,587 4,287
10th Percentile £352 £331 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 262 275
10th Percentile £18.22 £15.85 £19.25
25th Percentile £25.25 £25.13 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.50 £43.00 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +26.74% -33.51% +32.56%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £85.55 £83.20 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £38.27 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -4.33% -25.93% +28.57%

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 10 May 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 10 May 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 46 (3.30%) Confluence
2 38 (2.72%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.64%) Apache
4 9 (0.64%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.57%) CMS
6 6 (0.43%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.36%) Camunda
7 5 (0.36%) nginx
8 4 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.29%) SAS
8 4 (0.29%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.29%) WordPress
9 3 (0.21%) Documentum
9 3 (0.21%) JBoss
9 3 (0.21%) NetWeaver
9 3 (0.21%) PowerExchange
9 3 (0.21%) Skype for Business
9 3 (0.21%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.21%) Traefik
Applications
1 39 (2.79%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.36%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
6 3 (0.21%) Sketch
7 2 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.14%) Trello
8 1 (0.072%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 27 (1.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.57%) Primavera
3 5 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
3 5 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
3 5 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
3 5 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (0.36%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.29%) Sage X3
4 4 (0.29%) SAP CRM
4 4 (0.29%) SAP HCM
4 4 (0.29%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.21%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.21%) SAP HR
5 3 (0.21%) SAP PS
5 3 (0.21%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 329 (23.57%) AWS
2 243 (17.41%) Azure
3 91 (6.52%) Power Platform
4 68 (4.87%) Serverless
5 60 (4.30%) Azure DevOps
6 59 (4.23%) AWS CloudFormation
7 55 (3.94%) Amazon S3
8 52 (3.72%) AWS Lambda
8 52 (3.72%) GitHub
9 51 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
10 45 (3.22%) Amazon EKS
11 41 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
11 41 (2.94%) GCP
12 40 (2.87%) Entra ID
13 34 (2.44%) SaaS
14 30 (2.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 30 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
15 29 (2.08%) Azure Data Factory
16 26 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
16 26 (1.86%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 84 (6.02%) Firewall
2 66 (4.73%) DNS
3 37 (2.65%) VPN
4 33 (2.36%) Network Security
4 33 (2.36%) TCP/IP
5 27 (1.93%) WAN
6 23 (1.65%) DHCP
7 21 (1.50%) Cisco ASA
8 18 (1.29%) LAN
9 17 (1.22%) Cisco Nexus
9 17 (1.22%) HTTP
10 16 (1.15%) BGP
11 13 (0.93%) Cisco Firepower
11 13 (0.93%) OSPF
12 12 (0.86%) Internet
13 11 (0.79%) Cisco ISE
14 10 (0.72%) EIGRP
14 10 (0.72%) MPLS
14 10 (0.72%) Skype
14 10 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (4.80%) Power BI
2 53 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
3 50 (3.58%) Amazon RDS
3 50 (3.58%) Relational Database
4 32 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (2.15%) Data Lake
6 29 (2.08%) SQL Server
7 24 (1.72%) Oracle Database
8 22 (1.58%) Neo4j
9 17 (1.22%) Metadata
9 17 (1.22%) MongoDB
10 15 (1.07%) Big Data
11 14 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
11 14 (1.00%) Redis
12 13 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (0.93%) SAP HANA
13 12 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
13 12 (0.86%) MySQL
13 12 (0.86%) Tableau
14 9 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 109 (7.81%) JIRA
2 91 (6.52%) Git
3 84 (6.02%) Jenkins
4 58 (4.15%) GitLab
5 29 (2.08%) Selenium
6 28 (2.01%) SonarQube
7 21 (1.50%) JUnit
8 18 (1.29%) MSI
9 14 (1.00%) Cucumber
10 13 (0.93%) Bitbucket
10 13 (0.93%) Gradle
10 13 (0.93%) JMeter
11 12 (0.86%) CircleCI
11 12 (0.86%) Cypress.io
12 11 (0.79%) Liquibase
12 11 (0.79%) Mockito
13 9 (0.64%) REST Assured
14 8 (0.57%) Eclipse
14 8 (0.57%) QARun
14 8 (0.57%) WinRunner
General
1 358 (25.64%) Public Sector
2 339 (24.28%) Social Skills
3 126 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
4 112 (8.02%) Finance
5 34 (2.44%) Military
6 30 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (2.15%) Telecoms
7 25 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (1.72%) Manufacturing
9 23 (1.65%) Legal
10 19 (1.36%) Aerospace
11 16 (1.15%) Law
12 15 (1.07%) General Ledger
12 15 (1.07%) Police
13 13 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (0.79%) Marketing
16 10 (0.72%) Billing
16 10 (0.72%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 241 (17.26%) Architect
2 173 (12.39%) Developer
3 130 (9.31%) Senior
4 107 (7.66%) Lead
5 87 (6.23%) Analyst
6 85 (6.09%) Consultant
7 76 (5.44%) DevOps Engineer
8 55 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
9 50 (3.58%) Data Engineer
10 38 (2.72%) Network Engineer
10 38 (2.72%) Technical Architect
11 37 (2.65%) Software Engineer
12 34 (2.44%) AWS Architect
12 34 (2.44%) AWS Engineer
13 31 (2.22%) Azure Engineer
14 30 (2.15%) Project Manager
15 29 (2.08%) Senior DevOps
16 28 (2.01%) Data Architect
17 27 (1.93%) Designer
18 26 (1.86%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.58%) React
2 52 (3.72%) REST
3 39 (2.79%) Kafka
4 37 (2.65%) HTML
4 37 (2.65%) Spring Boot
5 34 (2.44%) Node.js
6 33 (2.36%) Spring
7 32 (2.29%) Web Services
8 28 (2.01%) CSS
9 27 (1.93%) SOAP
10 22 (1.58%) .NET
10 22 (1.58%) AngularJS
10 22 (1.58%) Swagger
11 21 (1.50%) OpenAPI
11 21 (1.50%) Plotly
11 21 (1.50%) RESTful
12 19 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
12 19 (1.36%) XML
13 16 (1.15%) PySpark
14 14 (1.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 39 (2.79%) Data Centre
2 31 (2.22%) Onboarding
3 27 (1.93%) PKI
4 17 (1.22%) Product Ownership
5 16 (1.15%) Management Information System
6 15 (1.07%) Public Cloud
7 14 (1.00%) Cloud Native
8 12 (0.86%) Clustering
8 12 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (0.72%) SCADA
10 9 (0.64%) CMDB
10 9 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (0.64%) Low-Code
10 9 (0.64%) Security Operations Centre
10 9 (0.64%) Security Posture
10 9 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (0.57%) Replication
11 8 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 154 (11.03%) Windows
2 126 (9.03%) Linux
3 42 (3.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 39 (2.79%) Windows Server
5 27 (1.93%) Windows 10
6 20 (1.43%) Unix
7 14 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (0.79%) Android
10 10 (0.72%) AIX
11 9 (0.64%) VMS
11 9 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
12 8 (0.57%) Apple iOS
12 8 (0.57%) CentOS
13 6 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
14 5 (0.36%) Mac OS
15 3 (0.21%) HPUX
15 3 (0.21%) Solaris
15 3 (0.21%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (21.85%) Agile
2 230 (16.48%) DevOps
3 204 (14.61%) CI/CD
4 193 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
5 127 (9.10%) Migration
6 121 (8.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 111 (7.95%) Containerisation
8 103 (7.38%) Infrastructure as Code
9 92 (6.59%) Microservices
10 91 (6.52%) Software Engineering
10 91 (6.52%) Test Automation
11 82 (5.87%) Project Management
12 78 (5.59%) Analytics
13 71 (5.09%) ITIL
13 71 (5.09%) Service Management
14 67 (4.80%) Business Intelligence
15 66 (4.73%) Continuous Integration
16 60 (4.30%) Project Delivery
16 60 (4.30%) Roadmaps
17 58 (4.15%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 210 (15.04%) Python
2 157 (11.25%) SQL
3 113 (8.09%) JavaScript
4 107 (7.66%) Java
5 68 (4.87%) PowerShell
6 67 (4.80%) Bash
7 54 (3.87%) C#
8 39 (2.79%) TypeScript
9 27 (1.93%) PL/SQL
10 25 (1.79%) ABAP
11 17 (1.22%) Go
12 16 (1.15%) C++
13 9 (0.64%) PHP
13 9 (0.64%) R
14 8 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (0.57%) Ruby
15 7 (0.50%) Kotlin
15 7 (0.50%) Scala
16 6 (0.43%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 1,396 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 70 (5.01%) Degree
3 62 (4.44%) DV Cleared
4 47 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 42 (3.01%) AWS Certification
6 30 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
7 29 (2.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 26 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.50%) CCNA
10 20 (1.43%) CISSP
11 17 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 15 (1.07%) CCNP
12 15 (1.07%) PMP
13 14 (1.00%) PMI Certification
14 13 (0.93%) Azure Certification
14 13 (0.93%) Master's Degree
15 12 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
16 9 (0.64%) MCSE
17 8 (0.57%) CISM
18 7 (0.50%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (4.37%) QA
2 28 (2.01%) Data Quality
3 21 (1.50%) NIST
4 17 (1.22%) GDPR
4 17 (1.22%) NCSC
5 13 (0.93%) Accessibility
6 11 (0.79%) HIPAA
6 11 (0.79%) PMO
7 7 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.43%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.36%) WCAG
10 4 (0.29%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 4 (0.29%) NIST 800
10 4 (0.29%) SLA
11 3 (0.21%) HL7
11 3 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.14%) IFRS
System Software
1 115 (8.24%) Docker
2 63 (4.51%) Active Directory
3 57 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.36%) VMware NSX
5 17 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
6 13 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.79%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.43%) NFS
10 4 (0.29%) vSphere
11 3 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.21%) Samba
12 2 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 2 (0.14%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.14%) Firmware
13 1 (0.072%) LXC
13 1 (0.072%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.072%) XenApp
13 1 (0.072%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 147 (10.53%) Terraform
2 124 (8.88%) Kubernetes
3 97 (6.95%) Ansible
4 35 (2.51%) Grafana
4 35 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 33 (2.36%) Prometheus
6 25 (1.79%) Progress Chef
6 25 (1.79%) Puppet
7 19 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (1.22%) vCenter Server
9 16 (1.15%) SCCM
10 13 (0.93%) FortiGate
11 11 (0.79%) Packer
12 9 (0.64%) WSUS
13 7 (0.50%) Istio
13 7 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.43%) Data Guard
14 6 (0.43%) Rancher
15 5 (0.36%) Consul
15 5 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 181 (12.97%) Microsoft
2 87 (6.23%) SAP
3 83 (5.95%) Cisco
4 78 (5.59%) Oracle
5 74 (5.30%) VMware
6 42 (3.01%) Databricks
7 36 (2.58%) ServiceNow
8 34 (2.44%) Red Hat
9 32 (2.29%) Palo Alto
10 31 (2.22%) Google
11 30 (2.15%) Splunk
12 21 (1.50%) Atlassian
13 20 (1.43%) F5
14 17 (1.22%) Dynatrace
15 16 (1.15%) IBM
16 15 (1.07%) Fortinet
16 15 (1.07%) SolarWinds
17 14 (1.00%) Apple
17 14 (1.00%) HP
18 11 (0.79%) Foundry