SC Cleared Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 30 123
Rank change year-on-year -13 +93 +3
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,488 2,615 2,560
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.33% 7.97% 3.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.31% 29.32% 14.03%
Number of salaries quoted 912 1,227 1,219
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,300 £36,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,391 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +12.61% +0.91%

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 permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,707 8,918 18,247
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.59% 27.17% 23.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4,422 5,570 9,177
10th Percentile £33,755 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,999 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £58,454
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.64% +6.28%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

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 26 July 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
1 104 (6.99%) ArcGIS
2 98 (6.59%) GeoServer
3 46 (3.09%) WebLogic
4 29 (1.95%) SharePoint
5 27 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
6 23 (1.55%) Appian
7 17 (1.14%) Apache
8 12 (0.81%) Confluence
9 11 (0.74%) Apache Spark
10 7 (0.47%) OpenStack
11 6 (0.40%) SAS
12 4 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
13 3 (0.20%) CMS
14 2 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 2 (0.13%) JBoss
14 2 (0.13%) nginx
14 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
14 2 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
14 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
15 1 (0.067%) Camunda
Applications
1 46 (3.09%) Simulink
2 28 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.27%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.27%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.13%) Fireworks
8 2 (0.13%) InDesign
9 1 (0.067%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.067%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.067%) Blender
Business Applications
1 50 (3.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 33 (2.22%) Remedy ITSM
3 15 (1.01%) Maximo
4 6 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.34%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.13%) Primavera
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.067%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.067%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.067%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.067%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 447 (30.04%) Azure
2 419 (28.16%) AWS
3 92 (6.18%) Microsoft 365
4 74 (4.97%) Dynamics 365
5 70 (4.70%) Power Platform
6 67 (4.50%) dbt
7 58 (3.90%) Amazon EKS
8 46 (3.09%) Amazon SQS
9 40 (2.69%) PowerApps
10 39 (2.62%) Power Automate
11 34 (2.28%) Serverless
12 33 (2.22%) SaaS
13 26 (1.75%) Entra ID
13 26 (1.75%) GitHub
14 25 (1.68%) PaaS
15 24 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
16 21 (1.41%) Amazon S3
16 21 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
16 21 (1.41%) GCP
17 20 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 100 (6.72%) Firewall
2 87 (5.85%) DNS
3 72 (4.84%) TCP/IP
4 54 (3.63%) BGP
5 47 (3.16%) SSL
6 29 (1.95%) VPN
7 27 (1.81%) WAN
8 24 (1.61%) DHCP
9 23 (1.55%) Wireless
10 22 (1.48%) Network Security
11 21 (1.41%) SD-WAN
12 16 (1.08%) LAN
12 16 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
13 15 (1.01%) 5G
14 14 (0.94%) VLAN
15 12 (0.81%) SAN
16 7 (0.47%) OSPF
17 6 (0.40%) ADSL
17 6 (0.40%) Cisco IPT
17 6 (0.40%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (8.20%) Relational Database
2 118 (7.93%) PostgreSQL
3 99 (6.65%) GIS
4 98 (6.59%) QGIS
5 62 (4.17%) RDBMS
6 58 (3.90%) Amazon RDS
7 53 (3.56%) Power BI
8 52 (3.49%) Oracle Database
9 51 (3.43%) NoSQL
10 28 (1.88%) SQL Server
11 26 (1.75%) MySQL
12 17 (1.14%) Big Data
13 16 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
13 16 (1.08%) Tableau
14 14 (0.94%) MongoDB
15 13 (0.87%) Data Lake
16 11 (0.74%) Hadoop
17 8 (0.54%) Azkaban
17 8 (0.54%) Spark SQL
18 7 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 68 (4.57%) JIRA
2 67 (4.50%) Git
3 51 (3.43%) Jenkins
4 33 (2.22%) Vagrant
5 32 (2.15%) GitLab
6 14 (0.94%) JUnit
7 13 (0.87%) Selenium
8 11 (0.74%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.60%) Trac
10 8 (0.54%) JMeter
10 8 (0.54%) Rational DOORS
10 8 (0.54%) RStudio
10 8 (0.54%) TestNG
11 7 (0.47%) CMake
11 7 (0.47%) REST Assured
11 7 (0.47%) Subversion
11 7 (0.47%) WebDriver
12 6 (0.40%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.34%) Terragrunt
14 4 (0.27%) LoadRunner
General
1 367 (24.66%) Social Skills
2 203 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 196 (13.17%) Public Sector
4 128 (8.60%) Finance
5 96 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
6 47 (3.16%) Aerospace
7 34 (2.28%) Military
8 31 (2.08%) Police
9 30 (2.02%) Telecoms
10 25 (1.68%) Law
11 20 (1.34%) Games
11 20 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (1.21%) Retail
13 16 (1.08%) Marketing
14 11 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (0.74%) Legal
15 8 (0.54%) Advertising
15 8 (0.54%) Back Office
15 8 (0.54%) Electronics
15 8 (0.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 312 (20.97%) Senior
2 286 (19.22%) Architect
3 207 (13.91%) Software Engineer
4 199 (13.37%) Developer
5 179 (12.03%) Lead
6 142 (9.54%) Senior Software Engineer
7 108 (7.26%) Analyst
8 99 (6.65%) Solutions Architect
9 73 (4.91%) Business Analyst
10 71 (4.77%) Consultant
11 65 (4.37%) Technical Architect
12 56 (3.76%) Lead Architect
13 51 (3.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 48 (3.23%) Lead Solutions Architect
15 45 (3.02%) ERP Developer
16 44 (2.96%) Tester
17 41 (2.76%) Project Manager
18 39 (2.62%) Systems Engineer
19 38 (2.55%) DevOps Engineer
20 37 (2.49%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (10.42%) React
2 140 (9.41%) .NET
3 118 (7.93%) CSS
4 102 (6.85%) .NET Core
5 98 (6.59%) Leaflet
5 98 (6.59%) OpenLayers
5 98 (6.59%) PostGIS
6 69 (4.64%) Node.js
7 63 (4.23%) Spring Boot
8 53 (3.56%) Django
9 51 (3.43%) RabbitMQ
10 33 (2.22%) Middleware
10 33 (2.22%) REST
11 28 (1.88%) RESTful
12 25 (1.68%) Web Services
13 22 (1.48%) ARM Templates
13 22 (1.48%) Kafka
13 22 (1.48%) Spring
14 21 (1.41%) HTML
15 16 (1.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (3.76%) Public Cloud
2 48 (3.23%) Management Information System
3 46 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
4 41 (2.76%) Product Ownership
5 38 (2.55%) Private Cloud
6 31 (2.08%) Virtual Team
7 22 (1.48%) Algorithms
7 22 (1.48%) Onboarding
7 22 (1.48%) Operational Technology
7 22 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
8 21 (1.41%) Data Centre
9 19 (1.28%) Driving Licence
9 19 (1.28%) Security Operations Centre
10 18 (1.21%) Cloud Native
10 18 (1.21%) CMDB
11 16 (1.08%) PKI
12 13 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
12 13 (0.87%) IBM Mainframe
12 13 (0.87%) Low-Code
12 13 (0.87%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 196 (13.17%) Linux
2 122 (8.20%) Windows
3 78 (5.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 51 (3.43%) Windows Server
5 45 (3.02%) Android
6 35 (2.35%) CentOS
7 34 (2.28%) Ubuntu
8 25 (1.68%) Windows 10
9 20 (1.34%) Unix
9 20 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 15 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
11 13 (0.87%) zOS
12 7 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
13 4 (0.27%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.20%) Kali Linux
15 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 565 (37.97%) Agile
2 343 (23.05%) Actionable Insight
2 343 (23.05%) Software Engineering
3 304 (20.43%) DevOps
4 205 (13.78%) Problem-Solving
5 177 (11.90%) Project Management
6 164 (11.02%) Mentoring
6 164 (11.02%) Stakeholder Management
7 154 (10.35%) Scrum
8 148 (9.95%) CI/CD
9 140 (9.41%) Artificial Intelligence
10 138 (9.27%) Open Source
11 132 (8.87%) Migration
12 124 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
13 117 (7.86%) Service Management
14 115 (7.73%) Computer Science
15 114 (7.66%) ITIL
15 114 (7.66%) Machine Learning
16 113 (7.59%) Roadmaps
17 109 (7.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 335 (22.51%) Python
2 234 (15.73%) JavaScript
3 176 (11.83%) Java
4 145 (9.74%) C#
5 140 (9.41%) SQL
6 75 (5.04%) C++
7 58 (3.90%) TypeScript
8 50 (3.36%) PowerShell
9 32 (2.15%) Kotlin
10 27 (1.81%) MATLAB
11 22 (1.48%) Bicep
12 21 (1.41%) Bash
13 19 (1.28%) C
14 17 (1.14%) Go
15 15 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
16 13 (0.87%) VB
17 12 (0.81%) VBA
18 11 (0.74%) R
19 10 (0.67%) Groovy
20 9 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,488 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 300 (20.16%) Degree
3 151 (10.15%) DV Cleared
4 102 (6.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 86 (5.78%) Azure Certification
6 78 (5.24%) AWS Certification
7 60 (4.03%) Microsoft Certification
8 56 (3.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 49 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 43 (2.89%) CISM
11 34 (2.28%) CISSP
12 24 (1.61%) CREST Certified
13 23 (1.55%) CRISC
14 22 (1.48%) CISA
15 21 (1.41%) CEH
16 19 (1.28%) CHECK Team Leader
16 19 (1.28%) DBS Check
17 18 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
18 16 (1.08%) CCNP
19 13 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (3.43%) QA
2 38 (2.55%) NCSC
3 33 (2.22%) COBIT
3 33 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 29 (1.95%) Accessibility
5 24 (1.61%) Data Quality
6 17 (1.14%) PMO
7 15 (1.01%) GDPR
7 15 (1.01%) GRC
8 13 (0.87%) NIST
9 11 (0.74%) Software Quality Assurance
10 10 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.47%) SLA
13 6 (0.40%) RMADS
14 5 (0.34%) JSP 440
15 4 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 4 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 3 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
16 3 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 84 (5.65%) Docker
2 67 (4.50%) Active Directory
3 41 (2.76%) Hyper-V
4 33 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 26 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
7 15 (1.01%) pfSense
8 10 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (0.60%) NFS
9 9 (0.60%) vSphere
10 7 (0.47%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.27%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.20%) vCloud
13 2 (0.13%) Firmware
14 1 (0.067%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.067%) Lustre
14 1 (0.067%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.067%) Snort
Systems Management
1 104 (6.99%) Terraform
2 98 (6.59%) Kubernetes
3 90 (6.05%) Ansible
4 32 (2.15%) OpenView
5 31 (2.08%) SCCM
6 21 (1.41%) Grafana
6 21 (1.41%) SCOM
7 16 (1.08%) WSUS
8 15 (1.01%) ZABBIX
9 12 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
11 9 (0.60%) SCDPM
12 7 (0.47%) Kibana
12 7 (0.47%) Progress Chef
13 6 (0.40%) Prometheus
14 5 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
14 5 (0.34%) Puppet
15 3 (0.20%) Nessus
15 3 (0.20%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 271 (18.21%) Microsoft
2 100 (6.72%) ESRI
3 86 (5.78%) VMware
4 84 (5.65%) Oracle
5 73 (4.91%) ServiceNow
6 53 (3.56%) Cisco
7 50 (3.36%) Sparx
8 46 (3.09%) Juniper
9 43 (2.89%) HP
10 40 (2.69%) Xilinx
11 37 (2.49%) Fortinet
12 33 (2.22%) BMC
12 33 (2.22%) Remedy
13 23 (1.55%) IBM
13 23 (1.55%) Splunk
14 18 (1.21%) Veeam
15 17 (1.14%) McAfee
16 16 (1.08%) Databricks
17 15 (1.01%) Meraki
18 14 (0.94%) Palo Alto