SC Cleared Contracts with Work from Home Options

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 8 19
Rank change year-on-year 0 +11 -1
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 1,750 3,199 3,824
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.63% 12.78% 8.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.80% 50.52% 43.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,272 2,263 2,772
10th Percentile £363 £400 £406
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £700 £721 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 167 135
10th Percentile £13.99 £22.50 £25.55
25th Percentile £32.50 £54.00 £39.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £66.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% +3.85%
75th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £65.77
90th Percentile £75.15 £82.50 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £59.80 £54.00
% change year-on-year -16.39% +10.74% +20.00%

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,089 6,332 8,710
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.18% 25.29% 19.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,579 4,260 6,124
10th Percentile £331 £380 £369
25th Percentile £439 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 272 223
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.03 £19.68
25th Percentile £25.50 £42.50 £38.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £63.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.75% +28.57% +22.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.56 £65.77
90th Percentile £83.55 £81.45 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year -25.93% +24.38% +14.25%

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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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 11 May 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

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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 11 May 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 71 (4.06%) SharePoint
2 68 (3.89%) Confluence
3 56 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (0.91%) nginx
5 12 (0.69%) Apache
6 8 (0.46%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2003
6 8 (0.46%) Skype for Business
7 7 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2007
7 7 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2010
7 7 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
7 7 (0.40%) SAS
8 6 (0.34%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 6 (0.34%) CICS
8 6 (0.34%) SharePoint 2013
9 4 (0.23%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.17%) CMS
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 2 (0.11%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 40 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.57%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.46%) Trello
7 5 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.23%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.23%) Revit
8 4 (0.23%) Sketch
9 2 (0.11%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.057%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 17 (0.97%) Teamcenter
2 12 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
4 8 (0.46%) Primavera
4 8 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 6 (0.34%) SAP EWM
6 5 (0.29%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.23%) SAP QM
7 4 (0.23%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.17%) SAP BPC
8 3 (0.17%) SAP PSCD
9 2 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
9 2 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
9 2 (0.11%) SAP MM
9 2 (0.11%) SAP PM
9 2 (0.11%) SAP PS
9 2 (0.11%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 339 (19.37%) AWS
2 276 (15.77%) Azure
3 100 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (3.14%) Power Platform
5 54 (3.09%) GitHub
6 47 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (2.11%) Entra ID
7 37 (2.11%) SaaS
8 36 (2.06%) PaaS
9 35 (2.00%) GCP
10 31 (1.77%) Serverless
11 28 (1.60%) Amazon S3
11 28 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
12 26 (1.49%) Amazon EKS
13 23 (1.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 23 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
13 23 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
14 22 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
15 20 (1.14%) IaaS
16 19 (1.09%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (3.09%) Firewall
2 35 (2.00%) Network Security
3 29 (1.66%) DNS
4 27 (1.54%) WAN
5 25 (1.43%) DHCP
6 23 (1.31%) SSL
6 23 (1.31%) VPN
7 22 (1.26%) SAN
8 20 (1.14%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.80%) 4G
10 13 (0.74%) BGP
10 13 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (0.74%) Cisco ISE
10 13 (0.74%) OSPF
10 13 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.63%) Skype
11 11 (0.63%) SNMP
12 10 (0.57%) IPsec
12 10 (0.57%) NetScaler
12 10 (0.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (2.29%) SQL Server
3 32 (1.83%) Power BI
4 29 (1.66%) Oracle Database
5 24 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (0.97%) NoSQL
7 17 (0.97%) Relational Database
8 14 (0.80%) BusinessObjects
8 14 (0.80%) Oracle Database 11g
9 13 (0.74%) DB2
9 13 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
11 11 (0.63%) MongoDB
11 11 (0.63%) MySQL
12 10 (0.57%) BigQuery
12 10 (0.57%) Siebel EIM
13 9 (0.51%) Metadata
14 8 (0.46%) Data Lake
14 8 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 123 (7.03%) JIRA
2 72 (4.11%) Jenkins
3 62 (3.54%) Git
4 42 (2.40%) GitLab
5 40 (2.29%) Selenium
6 34 (1.94%) Visual Studio
7 31 (1.77%) PVCS
8 23 (1.31%) Cucumber
9 22 (1.26%) SonarQube
10 16 (0.91%) JMeter
10 16 (0.91%) JUnit
11 14 (0.80%) Bitbucket
12 13 (0.74%) REST Assured
13 10 (0.57%) Maven
13 10 (0.57%) Oracle APEX
13 10 (0.57%) TestNG
14 9 (0.51%) Cypress.io
14 9 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
14 9 (0.51%) SoapUI
15 8 (0.46%) Postman
General
1 409 (23.37%) Public Sector
2 301 (17.20%) Social Skills
3 141 (8.06%) Finance
4 119 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
5 78 (4.46%) Telecoms
6 36 (2.06%) Military
7 32 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
8 29 (1.66%) Electronics
8 29 (1.66%) Law
9 28 (1.60%) Manufacturing
10 27 (1.54%) Aerospace
11 26 (1.49%) Banking
11 26 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
11 26 (1.49%) Police
12 23 (1.31%) Marketing
13 17 (0.97%) Legal
14 16 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (0.57%) Publishing
17 8 (0.46%) Retail
Job Titles
1 313 (17.89%) Architect
2 211 (12.06%) Developer
3 160 (9.14%) Senior
4 122 (6.97%) Lead
5 120 (6.86%) Consultant
6 101 (5.77%) Analyst
7 95 (5.43%) DevOps Engineer
8 91 (5.20%) Project Manager
9 79 (4.51%) Solutions Architect
10 56 (3.20%) Technical Architect
11 46 (2.63%) Java Developer
12 41 (2.34%) Security Architect
13 40 (2.29%) Delivery Manager
14 38 (2.17%) AWS Engineer
15 37 (2.11%) Lead Architect
15 37 (2.11%) SC Cleared Project Manager
15 37 (2.11%) Senior Manager
16 34 (1.94%) Network Architect
17 33 (1.89%) Business Analyst
17 33 (1.89%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.03%) REST
2 50 (2.86%) Web Services
3 40 (2.29%) ARM Templates
4 38 (2.17%) .NET
5 37 (2.11%) CSS
5 37 (2.11%) HTML
6 36 (2.06%) Spring Boot
7 32 (1.83%) Spring
8 29 (1.66%) RESTful
9 25 (1.43%) Node.js
10 21 (1.20%) React
11 16 (0.91%) Kafka
12 15 (0.86%) Sass
13 14 (0.80%) Laravel
13 14 (0.80%) WebSockets
14 13 (0.74%) OpenID
15 12 (0.69%) Hibernate
15 12 (0.69%) JPA
15 12 (0.69%) JSON
15 12 (0.69%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 58 (3.31%) Management Information System
2 53 (3.03%) PKI
2 53 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
3 40 (2.29%) Onboarding
4 30 (1.71%) Cloud Native
5 27 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
6 25 (1.43%) CMDB
7 20 (1.14%) Mainframe
8 19 (1.09%) Data Structures
8 19 (1.09%) Product Ownership
8 19 (1.09%) Public Cloud
9 18 (1.03%) Data Centre
9 18 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (0.80%) Virtual Team
11 11 (0.63%) Security Posture
12 10 (0.57%) Taxonomies
13 9 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
13 9 (0.51%) Replication
13 9 (0.51%) Security Operations Centre
14 8 (0.46%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 129 (7.37%) Windows
2 127 (7.26%) Linux
3 42 (2.40%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.31%) Unix
5 19 (1.09%) Windows 10
6 18 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (0.91%) Ubuntu
8 14 (0.80%) Debian
8 14 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (0.69%) Windows 7
9 12 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (0.63%) Apple iOS
11 8 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
12 7 (0.40%) Solaris
12 7 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
13 6 (0.34%) Android
13 6 (0.34%) zOS
14 5 (0.29%) VMS
15 3 (0.17%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (18.86%) Agile
2 228 (13.03%) DevOps
3 160 (9.14%) Problem-Solving
4 154 (8.80%) ITIL
5 140 (8.00%) Service Management
6 135 (7.71%) CI/CD
7 133 (7.60%) Project Management
8 123 (7.03%) Stakeholder Management
9 112 (6.40%) Cybersecurity
10 111 (6.34%) Analytics
11 106 (6.06%) Migration
12 91 (5.20%) Change Management
13 89 (5.09%) Configuration Management
13 89 (5.09%) Test Automation
14 84 (4.80%) Software Engineering
15 79 (4.51%) Business Intelligence
16 76 (4.34%) Decision-Making
17 68 (3.89%) Infrastructure as Code
18 66 (3.77%) Roadmaps
19 65 (3.71%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 166 (9.49%) Python
2 127 (7.26%) SQL
3 122 (6.97%) Java
4 87 (4.97%) PowerShell
5 71 (4.06%) JavaScript
6 61 (3.49%) PL/SQL
7 57 (3.26%) C#
8 40 (2.29%) C
9 32 (1.83%) Bash
10 23 (1.31%) TypeScript
11 22 (1.26%) C++
12 20 (1.14%) Bicep
13 17 (0.97%) VB
14 16 (0.91%) VBScript
15 14 (0.80%) PHP
16 12 (0.69%) Go
17 11 (0.63%) ABAP
17 11 (0.63%) COBOL
18 9 (0.51%) T-SQL
19 8 (0.46%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,750 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 174 (9.94%) DV Cleared
3 164 (9.37%) Degree
4 116 (6.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 32 (1.83%) CISSP
6 28 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
7 26 (1.49%) PMI Certification
7 26 (1.49%) PMP
8 23 (1.31%) CISM
8 23 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (1.14%) CCNP
10 19 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 18 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (0.74%) Azure Certification
12 13 (0.74%) CCNA
13 12 (0.69%) CISA
13 12 (0.69%) ISTQB
14 11 (0.63%) CTC Cleared
14 11 (0.63%) ISEB
15 9 (0.51%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (2.69%) QA
2 45 (2.57%) NCSC
3 42 (2.40%) SLA
4 40 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 36 (2.06%) Data Quality
5 36 (2.06%) NIST
6 31 (1.77%) Accessibility
7 24 (1.37%) PMO
8 8 (0.46%) GDPR
8 8 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
9 7 (0.40%) COBIT
10 5 (0.29%) GRC
10 5 (0.29%) RMADS
10 5 (0.29%) WCAG
11 3 (0.17%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.17%) DO-178B
11 3 (0.17%) IEC 61508
11 3 (0.17%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.11%) IFRS
12 2 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 121 (6.91%) Active Directory
2 88 (5.03%) Docker
3 26 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.74%) Firmware
6 10 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (0.46%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.23%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.17%) XenApp
9 3 (0.17%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.11%) KVM
10 2 (0.11%) vSphere
11 1 (0.057%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.057%) OpenIDM
11 1 (0.057%) Snort
11 1 (0.057%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.057%) UAG
Systems Management
1 130 (7.43%) Terraform
2 120 (6.86%) Kubernetes
3 82 (4.69%) Ansible
4 30 (1.71%) SCCM
5 27 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (1.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 19 (1.09%) Grafana
8 17 (0.97%) Prometheus
8 17 (0.97%) SCOM
8 17 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (0.97%) WSUS
9 11 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
9 11 (0.63%) Progress Chef
9 11 (0.63%) Puppet
10 8 (0.46%) Packer
10 8 (0.46%) Podman
11 6 (0.34%) HP ALM
11 6 (0.34%) VxRail
12 5 (0.29%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.29%) Kibana
Vendors
1 242 (13.83%) Microsoft
2 88 (5.03%) Oracle
2 88 (5.03%) SAP
3 52 (2.97%) VMware
4 42 (2.40%) Splunk
5 40 (2.29%) ServiceNow
6 39 (2.23%) Cisco
7 32 (1.83%) Atlassian
8 28 (1.60%) Palo Alto
9 26 (1.49%) Red Hat
10 21 (1.20%) IBM
11 18 (1.03%) NetApp
12 16 (0.91%) Dynatrace
13 15 (0.86%) Google
14 14 (0.80%) Citrix
14 14 (0.80%) Juniper
14 14 (0.80%) Siebel
14 14 (0.80%) Sparx
15 13 (0.74%) Remedy
16 12 (0.69%) HP