Security Cleared Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 6 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +8
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 1,613 2,333 3,932
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 16.30% 15.29% 15.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.42% 55.49% 60.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,142 1,616 2,650
10th Percentile £385 £363 £400
25th Percentile £455 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £713 £725
UK median daily rate £529 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 118 213
10th Percentile £21.63 £13.99 £20.00
25th Percentile £39.03 £35.88 £51.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +20.37%
75th Percentile £68.75 £72.50 £72.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £87.46 £84.80
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £57.32 £60.00
% change year-on-year -12.77% -4.47% +14.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

Security 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 2,761 4,204 6,541
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.89% 27.56% 25.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,859 2,636 4,400
10th Percentile £352 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £731 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 267 293
10th Percentile £19.10 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £24.63 £43.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -33.85% +32.65%
75th Percentile £67.75 £66.25 £72.50
90th Percentile £85.78 £85.00 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +28.57%

Security Cleared
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security 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 remote working options citing Security Cleared over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Security 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 remote working options citing Security Cleared.

Security Cleared hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Security Cleared over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Security 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 54 (3.35%) Confluence
2 49 (3.04%) SharePoint
3 24 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.68%) nginx
5 10 (0.62%) Apache
6 9 (0.56%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.50%) CMS
8 6 (0.37%) Skype for Business
9 5 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.31%) Camunda
9 5 (0.31%) Traefik
9 5 (0.31%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.25%) SAS
10 4 (0.25%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.19%) Documentum
11 3 (0.19%) MTS
11 3 (0.19%) NetWeaver
11 3 (0.19%) PowerExchange
11 3 (0.19%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
3 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.31%) Siemens NX
4 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.19%) Sketch
7 2 (0.12%) Trello
8 1 (0.062%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 33 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.50%) Primavera
4 7 (0.43%) SAP PP
4 7 (0.43%) Teamcenter
5 6 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
6 5 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
6 5 (0.31%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.31%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.31%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
6 5 (0.31%) SAP HR
6 5 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
7 4 (0.25%) Sage X3
7 4 (0.25%) SAP CRM
7 4 (0.25%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 370 (22.94%) AWS
2 278 (17.23%) Azure
3 100 (6.20%) Power Platform
4 70 (4.34%) Azure DevOps
4 70 (4.34%) Serverless
5 61 (3.78%) AWS CloudFormation
6 58 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
7 56 (3.47%) Amazon S3
7 56 (3.47%) GitHub
8 53 (3.29%) AWS Lambda
9 46 (2.85%) Amazon EKS
10 45 (2.79%) Entra ID
11 43 (2.67%) GCP
12 40 (2.48%) Amazon EC2
12 40 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
13 37 (2.29%) SaaS
14 34 (2.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 34 (2.11%) PowerApps
15 31 (1.92%) Azure Data Factory
15 31 (1.92%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 94 (5.83%) Firewall
2 69 (4.28%) DNS
3 46 (2.85%) VPN
4 37 (2.29%) Network Security
5 33 (2.05%) TCP/IP
6 31 (1.92%) WAN
7 25 (1.55%) DHCP
8 22 (1.36%) Cisco ASA
9 20 (1.24%) LAN
10 18 (1.12%) Cisco Nexus
11 17 (1.05%) HTTP
12 16 (0.99%) BGP
13 13 (0.81%) Cisco Firepower
13 13 (0.81%) MPLS
13 13 (0.81%) OSPF
13 13 (0.81%) Skype
14 12 (0.74%) Internet
15 10 (0.62%) EIGRP
15 10 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
15 10 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (4.40%) Power BI
2 55 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
3 53 (3.29%) Relational Database
4 49 (3.04%) Amazon RDS
5 36 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
6 32 (1.98%) SQL Server
7 30 (1.86%) Data Lake
8 27 (1.67%) Oracle Database
9 22 (1.36%) Neo4j
10 21 (1.30%) MongoDB
11 18 (1.12%) Metadata
12 15 (0.93%) Big Data
13 14 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
13 14 (0.87%) Redis
14 13 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
14 13 (0.81%) SAP HANA
15 12 (0.74%) MySQL
15 12 (0.74%) Tableau
16 11 (0.68%) Amazon Aurora
17 10 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 119 (7.38%) JIRA
2 102 (6.32%) Git
3 89 (5.52%) Jenkins
4 67 (4.15%) GitLab
5 28 (1.74%) Selenium
6 24 (1.49%) SonarQube
7 19 (1.18%) JUnit
8 16 (0.99%) Cucumber
8 16 (0.99%) MSI
9 14 (0.87%) Bitbucket
10 13 (0.81%) CircleCI
10 13 (0.81%) Cypress.io
10 13 (0.81%) JMeter
11 11 (0.68%) Gradle
11 11 (0.68%) REST Assured
12 9 (0.56%) Liquibase
12 9 (0.56%) Mockito
13 8 (0.50%) Eclipse
13 8 (0.50%) QARun
13 8 (0.50%) WinRunner
General
1 440 (27.28%) Public Sector
2 385 (23.87%) Social Skills
3 155 (9.61%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (8.25%) Finance
5 38 (2.36%) Military
6 36 (2.23%) Telecoms
7 35 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 32 (1.98%) Manufacturing
9 29 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (1.43%) Legal
11 21 (1.30%) Aerospace
12 18 (1.12%) Law
13 17 (1.05%) Police
14 15 (0.93%) General Ledger
14 15 (0.93%) Marketing
15 14 (0.87%) Electronics
16 13 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
17 12 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
18 11 (0.68%) Banking
Job Titles
1 274 (16.99%) Architect
2 199 (12.34%) Developer
3 162 (10.04%) Senior
4 112 (6.94%) Analyst
5 111 (6.88%) Lead
6 102 (6.32%) Consultant
7 87 (5.39%) DevOps Engineer
8 67 (4.15%) Solutions Architect
9 52 (3.22%) Data Engineer
10 46 (2.85%) Network Engineer
10 46 (2.85%) Technical Architect
11 43 (2.67%) Software Engineer
12 40 (2.48%) AWS Engineer
13 39 (2.42%) Business Analyst
14 34 (2.11%) AWS Architect
14 34 (2.11%) Project Manager
15 32 (1.98%) Azure Engineer
15 32 (1.98%) Data Architect
15 32 (1.98%) Senior DevOps
16 31 (1.92%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (4.28%) React
2 57 (3.53%) REST
3 44 (2.73%) HTML
4 41 (2.54%) Kafka
5 36 (2.23%) CSS
5 36 (2.23%) Node.js
6 35 (2.17%) Spring Boot
7 33 (2.05%) .NET
7 33 (2.05%) SOAP
7 33 (2.05%) Web Services
8 31 (1.92%) Spring
9 28 (1.74%) AngularJS
10 23 (1.43%) RESTful
11 21 (1.30%) Plotly
12 20 (1.24%) Swagger
12 20 (1.24%) XML
13 19 (1.18%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (1.18%) OpenAPI
14 15 (0.93%) PySpark
15 14 (0.87%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 48 (2.98%) Data Centre
2 45 (2.79%) Onboarding
3 36 (2.23%) PKI
4 25 (1.55%) Management Information System
5 24 (1.49%) Product Ownership
6 18 (1.12%) Public Cloud
7 15 (0.93%) Cloud Native
8 14 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (0.74%) Clustering
10 11 (0.68%) CMDB
10 11 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (0.68%) Security Posture
10 11 (0.68%) Virtual Team
11 10 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (0.62%) Operational Technology
11 10 (0.62%) SCADA
11 10 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (0.56%) Security Operations Centre
13 8 (0.50%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 161 (9.98%) Windows
2 145 (8.99%) Linux
3 45 (2.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 39 (2.42%) Windows Server
5 25 (1.55%) Unix
5 25 (1.55%) Windows 10
6 14 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (0.74%) AIX
8 11 (0.68%) Android
8 11 (0.68%) CentOS
8 11 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (0.56%) VMS
10 8 (0.50%) Apple iOS
11 6 (0.37%) Mac OS
11 6 (0.37%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.19%) HPUX
12 3 (0.19%) Solaris
12 3 (0.19%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.19%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 349 (21.64%) Agile
2 258 (16.00%) DevOps
3 229 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
4 224 (13.89%) CI/CD
5 138 (8.56%) Migration
6 131 (8.12%) Stakeholder Management
7 111 (6.88%) Containerisation
8 109 (6.76%) Infrastructure as Code
9 103 (6.39%) Software Engineering
10 102 (6.32%) Project Management
10 102 (6.32%) Test Automation
11 97 (6.01%) Microservices
12 90 (5.58%) ITIL
13 84 (5.21%) Analytics
14 76 (4.71%) Business Intelligence
14 76 (4.71%) Service Management
15 74 (4.59%) Continuous Integration
16 68 (4.22%) Roadmaps
17 64 (3.97%) High Availability
17 64 (3.97%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 231 (14.32%) Python
2 175 (10.85%) SQL
3 131 (8.12%) JavaScript
4 117 (7.25%) Java
5 83 (5.15%) PowerShell
6 67 (4.15%) Bash
7 66 (4.09%) C#
8 47 (2.91%) TypeScript
9 28 (1.74%) ABAP
10 27 (1.67%) PL/SQL
11 20 (1.24%) Go
12 15 (0.93%) C++
13 9 (0.56%) Ruby
14 8 (0.50%) Kotlin
14 8 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (0.50%) PHP
14 8 (0.50%) R
14 8 (0.50%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.43%) C
15 7 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,381 (85.62%) SC Cleared
2 134 (8.31%) DV Cleared
3 82 (5.08%) Degree
4 73 (4.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 44 (2.73%) AWS Certification
6 33 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
7 29 (1.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 27 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (1.55%) CISSP
10 21 (1.30%) CCNA
11 18 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 16 (0.99%) CCNP
12 16 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (0.87%) CISM
13 14 (0.87%) PMP
14 13 (0.81%) Master's Degree
14 13 (0.81%) PMI Certification
15 11 (0.68%) CTC Cleared
16 10 (0.62%) Azure Certification
16 10 (0.62%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (4.28%) QA
2 30 (1.86%) Data Quality
2 30 (1.86%) NIST
3 22 (1.36%) NCSC
4 17 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (0.93%) GDPR
6 14 (0.87%) Accessibility
7 13 (0.81%) PMO
8 9 (0.56%) HIPAA
9 7 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.37%) SLA
11 5 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.31%) Def Stans
11 5 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.31%) WCAG
12 4 (0.25%) GRC
12 4 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 4 (0.25%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.25%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.19%) HL7
System Software
1 125 (7.75%) Docker
2 76 (4.71%) Active Directory
3 66 (4.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.36%) VMware NSX
5 19 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (1.12%) Hyper-V
7 13 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.43%) NFS
9 6 (0.37%) Firmware
10 5 (0.31%) vSphere
11 3 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.19%) Samba
12 2 (0.12%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.062%) LXC
13 1 (0.062%) XenApp
13 1 (0.062%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 155 (9.61%) Terraform
2 145 (8.99%) Kubernetes
3 99 (6.14%) Ansible
4 43 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 38 (2.36%) Grafana
6 36 (2.23%) Prometheus
7 26 (1.61%) Progress Chef
7 26 (1.61%) Puppet
8 22 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
9 19 (1.18%) vCenter Server
10 16 (0.99%) Packer
10 16 (0.99%) SCCM
11 12 (0.74%) FortiGate
12 11 (0.68%) WSUS
13 9 (0.56%) Consul
13 9 (0.56%) Istio
13 9 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
14 8 (0.50%) Rancher
15 7 (0.43%) ZABBIX
16 6 (0.37%) linkerd
Vendors
1 206 (12.77%) Microsoft
2 100 (6.20%) SAP
3 93 (5.77%) Cisco
3 93 (5.77%) VMware
4 89 (5.52%) Oracle
5 43 (2.67%) Databricks
5 43 (2.67%) ServiceNow
6 37 (2.29%) Splunk
7 36 (2.23%) Google
8 33 (2.05%) Red Hat
9 32 (1.98%) Palo Alto
10 23 (1.43%) Fortinet
11 22 (1.36%) Atlassian
11 22 (1.36%) F5
12 17 (1.05%) Dynatrace
13 16 (0.99%) Apple
13 16 (0.99%) IBM
14 15 (0.93%) HP
15 13 (0.81%) Citrix
15 13 (0.81%) Juniper