SC Cleared Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 47 102
Rank change year-on-year +6 +55 +11
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,918 2,675 2,434
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.68% 6.20% 3.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.28% 24.17% 15.96%
Number of salaries quoted 964 1,237 1,172
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,150 £41,025
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £49,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

SC Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,458 11,067 15,253
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.03% 25.65% 22.85%
Number of salaries quoted 5,903 6,702 8,578
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £59,732
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +0.45% +8.60%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

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

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SC Cleared salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SC Cleared over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

SC Cleared salary 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
1 222 (11.57%) ArcGIS
2 214 (11.16%) GeoServer
3 49 (2.55%) WebLogic
4 27 (1.41%) SharePoint
5 26 (1.36%) Confluence
6 25 (1.30%) OpenStack
7 16 (0.83%) CMS
8 12 (0.63%) Apache
9 11 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
10 6 (0.31%) JBoss
10 6 (0.31%) Red Hat Fuse
11 4 (0.21%) Apache Spark
11 4 (0.21%) Appian
12 3 (0.16%) Oracle Service Bus
13 2 (0.10%) Drupal
13 2 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.10%) WordPress
14 1 (0.052%) nginx
Applications
1 38 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.09%) Simulink
3 19 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (0.73%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.21%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.21%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.10%) Fireworks
9 2 (0.10%) InDesign
10 1 (0.052%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.052%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.052%) Blender
Business Applications
1 55 (2.87%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 43 (2.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 9 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.42%) Siebel CRM
5 6 (0.31%) Maximo
5 6 (0.31%) SAP WM
6 4 (0.21%) SAP HR
6 4 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.16%) SAP CRM
7 3 (0.16%) SAP CX
7 3 (0.16%) SAP GTS
7 3 (0.16%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.10%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.052%) Primavera
9 1 (0.052%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 619 (32.27%) Azure
2 542 (28.26%) AWS
3 89 (4.64%) Amazon EKS
4 84 (4.38%) Dynamics 365
5 74 (3.86%) Power Platform
6 72 (3.75%) Azure DevOps
7 69 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
8 62 (3.23%) SaaS
9 58 (3.02%) Serverless
10 47 (2.45%) Amazon SQS
11 40 (2.09%) PaaS
12 38 (1.98%) GCP
13 32 (1.67%) PowerApps
14 31 (1.62%) GitHub
15 29 (1.51%) Power Automate
16 28 (1.46%) Amazon ECS
16 28 (1.46%) dbt
17 25 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
18 24 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
18 24 (1.25%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 94 (4.90%) Firewall
2 80 (4.17%) DNS
3 65 (3.39%) TCP/IP
4 55 (2.87%) SSL
5 49 (2.55%) BGP
6 41 (2.14%) VPN
7 36 (1.88%) Network Security
8 33 (1.72%) SAN
9 31 (1.62%) Wireless
10 27 (1.41%) SD-WAN
10 27 (1.41%) WAN
11 19 (0.99%) 5G
12 18 (0.94%) DHCP
13 13 (0.68%) LAN
14 10 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
15 8 (0.42%) IPv4
16 7 (0.36%) Ethernet
17 6 (0.31%) RS-232
18 5 (0.26%) AMQP
18 5 (0.26%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 244 (12.72%) PostgreSQL
2 218 (11.37%) GIS
3 214 (11.16%) QGIS
4 126 (6.57%) Relational Database
5 63 (3.28%) RDBMS
6 61 (3.18%) Amazon RDS
7 60 (3.13%) Oracle Database
8 44 (2.29%) Power BI
9 33 (1.72%) NoSQL
10 30 (1.56%) SQL Server
11 25 (1.30%) MySQL
12 17 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
13 14 (0.73%) Big Data
13 14 (0.73%) Metadata
14 10 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
15 9 (0.47%) Data Lake
15 9 (0.47%) MongoDB
15 9 (0.47%) Tableau
16 7 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
16 7 (0.36%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 101 (5.27%) Git
2 99 (5.16%) Jenkins
3 89 (4.64%) JIRA
4 46 (2.40%) GitLab
5 20 (1.04%) Selenium
5 20 (1.04%) Subversion
6 17 (0.89%) Cucumber
7 16 (0.83%) CMake
8 14 (0.73%) JMeter
8 14 (0.73%) JUnit
8 14 (0.73%) Rational DOORS
9 11 (0.57%) Vagrant
10 10 (0.52%) Trac
11 9 (0.47%) CircleCI
12 8 (0.42%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.42%) git-flow
13 7 (0.36%) REST Assured
13 7 (0.36%) TestNG
14 6 (0.31%) Bitbucket Server
14 6 (0.31%) Serenity BDD
General
1 551 (28.73%) Social Skills
2 303 (15.80%) Public Sector
3 226 (11.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 158 (8.24%) Finance
5 108 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
6 64 (3.34%) Police
7 61 (3.18%) Aerospace
8 57 (2.97%) Military
9 44 (2.29%) Telecoms
10 40 (2.09%) Games
10 40 (2.09%) Law
10 40 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
11 37 (1.93%) Retail
12 28 (1.46%) Marketing
13 26 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
14 17 (0.89%) Legal
14 17 (0.89%) Manufacturing
15 15 (0.78%) Electronics
16 13 (0.68%) Local Government
17 12 (0.63%) French Language
Job Titles
1 485 (25.29%) Senior
2 411 (21.43%) Architect
3 298 (15.54%) Software Engineer
4 270 (14.08%) Developer
5 237 (12.36%) Senior Software Engineer
6 220 (11.47%) Solutions Architect
7 214 (11.16%) Lead
8 141 (7.35%) Analyst
9 116 (6.05%) Presales Solution Architect
10 90 (4.69%) Senior Developer
11 89 (4.64%) Business Analyst
12 74 (3.86%) Consultant
13 69 (3.60%) Project Manager
14 53 (2.76%) DevOps Engineer
14 53 (2.76%) Technical Architect
15 51 (2.66%) Java Developer
16 50 (2.61%) ERP Developer
16 50 (2.61%) Lead Architect
17 48 (2.50%) Full Stack Developer
17 48 (2.50%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 260 (13.56%) React
2 244 (12.72%) .NET
3 214 (11.16%) Leaflet
3 214 (11.16%) OpenLayers
3 214 (11.16%) PostGIS
4 203 (10.58%) CSS
5 183 (9.54%) .NET Core
6 100 (5.21%) Node.js
7 78 (4.07%) RESTful
8 76 (3.96%) Spring Boot
9 73 (3.81%) Web Services
10 67 (3.49%) AngularJS
11 60 (3.13%) Spring
12 59 (3.08%) Django
13 56 (2.92%) REST
14 54 (2.82%) XML
15 52 (2.71%) SOAP
16 51 (2.66%) RabbitMQ
17 44 (2.29%) Express.js
18 43 (2.24%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 87 (4.54%) Virtual Team
2 69 (3.60%) Product Ownership
3 65 (3.39%) Management Information System
4 61 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
5 59 (3.08%) Public Cloud
6 52 (2.71%) Data Centre
7 46 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
8 44 (2.29%) Private Cloud
9 34 (1.77%) Onboarding
10 31 (1.62%) Operational Technology
11 26 (1.36%) Algorithms
12 24 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
13 23 (1.20%) CMDB
13 23 (1.20%) Driving Licence
14 21 (1.09%) Satnav
15 20 (1.04%) PKI
16 19 (0.99%) Cloud Native
17 13 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
17 13 (0.68%) Digital Signage
18 11 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 278 (14.49%) Linux
2 149 (7.77%) Windows
3 72 (3.75%) Windows Server
4 61 (3.18%) Ubuntu
5 58 (3.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 40 (2.09%) Unix
7 21 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
8 17 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (0.68%) CentOS
10 12 (0.63%) VMS
10 12 (0.63%) Windows 10
11 11 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (0.52%) Android
12 10 (0.52%) zOS
13 6 (0.31%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.26%) Windows NT
15 4 (0.21%) AIX
16 3 (0.16%) Kali Linux
16 3 (0.16%) Solaris
17 2 (0.10%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 829 (43.22%) Agile
2 685 (35.71%) Actionable Insight
3 518 (27.01%) DevOps
4 476 (24.82%) Software Engineering
5 380 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
6 229 (11.94%) Project Management
7 215 (11.21%) Web Development
8 208 (10.84%) Scrum
9 193 (10.06%) Presales
10 179 (9.33%) CI/CD
11 155 (8.08%) Open Source
12 154 (8.03%) Analytics
12 154 (8.03%) Stakeholder Management
13 145 (7.56%) Kanban
14 141 (7.35%) Business Case
14 141 (7.35%) Service Management
15 137 (7.14%) Mentoring
16 133 (6.93%) ITIL
17 132 (6.88%) Thought Leadership
18 129 (6.73%) Contract Negotiation
Programming Languages
1 390 (20.33%) Python
2 365 (19.03%) JavaScript
3 219 (11.42%) Java
4 156 (8.13%) C#
5 118 (6.15%) SQL
6 74 (3.86%) PowerShell
7 67 (3.49%) C++
8 33 (1.72%) C
9 31 (1.62%) Go
9 31 (1.62%) TypeScript
10 25 (1.30%) MATLAB
11 21 (1.09%) Bash
12 19 (0.99%) Bicep
12 19 (0.99%) PL/SQL
13 17 (0.89%) Shell Script
14 16 (0.83%) VBA
15 14 (0.73%) VB
16 11 (0.57%) Groovy
17 10 (0.52%) Kotlin
18 8 (0.42%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,918 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 361 (18.82%) Degree
3 158 (8.24%) DV Cleared
4 81 (4.22%) AWS Certification
5 80 (4.17%) Azure Certification
6 79 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 74 (3.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 59 (3.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 50 (2.61%) CISM
10 44 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 37 (1.93%) CISSP
12 31 (1.62%) CRISC
13 24 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
14 22 (1.15%) CCNP
15 21 (1.09%) CISA
16 18 (0.94%) CCNA
17 16 (0.83%) Master's Degree
18 14 (0.73%) CEH
18 14 (0.73%) DBS Check
19 13 (0.68%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (3.23%) QA
2 44 (2.29%) Accessibility
3 38 (1.98%) NCSC
4 34 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 32 (1.67%) COBIT
6 22 (1.15%) PMO
7 21 (1.09%) SLA
7 21 (1.09%) Software Quality Assurance
8 20 (1.04%) Data Quality
9 19 (0.99%) GDPR
10 18 (0.94%) NIST
11 16 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
12 15 (0.78%) GRC
13 12 (0.63%) JSP 440
14 10 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 8 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 7 (0.36%) RMADS
17 3 (0.16%) NIST 800
17 3 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 121 (6.31%) Docker
2 99 (5.16%) Active Directory
3 43 (2.24%) Hyper-V
4 23 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
4 23 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (0.83%) pfSense
5 16 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
6 12 (0.63%) Firmware
7 11 (0.57%) vSphere
8 10 (0.52%) NFS
9 9 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
10 7 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
10 7 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (0.21%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.052%) Lustre
14 1 (0.052%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.052%) Snort
Systems Management
1 113 (5.89%) Terraform
2 108 (5.63%) Kubernetes
3 99 (5.16%) Ansible
4 45 (2.35%) SCCM
5 32 (1.67%) OpenView
6 29 (1.51%) WSUS
7 27 (1.41%) Grafana
8 24 (1.25%) SCOM
9 16 (0.83%) ZABBIX
10 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 12 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 11 (0.57%) Prometheus
13 10 (0.52%) SCDPM
14 9 (0.47%) vCenter Server
15 8 (0.42%) HP UCMDB
15 8 (0.42%) Kibana
15 8 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
16 6 (0.31%) Progress Chef
17 5 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
17 5 (0.26%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 272 (14.18%) Microsoft
2 219 (11.42%) ESRI
3 120 (6.26%) Oracle
4 82 (4.28%) VMware
5 76 (3.96%) ServiceNow
6 62 (3.23%) Cisco
7 58 (3.02%) HP
8 55 (2.87%) Sparx
9 46 (2.40%) Juniper
10 43 (2.24%) Remedy
11 40 (2.09%) BMC
12 39 (2.03%) Fortinet
13 25 (1.30%) NetApp
14 24 (1.25%) Citrix
14 24 (1.25%) WSO2
15 22 (1.15%) Meraki
16 20 (1.04%) Google
17 18 (0.94%) McAfee
18 16 (0.83%) Dynatrace
19 15 (0.78%) Veeam