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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 9 19
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 -1
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 1,661 3,040 3,909
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.35% 12.61% 8.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 43.32% 49.87% 44.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,231 2,151 2,845
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 160 137
10th Percentile £13.99 £19.00 £25.50
25th Percentile £27.19 £50.94 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £54.96
Median % change year-on-year - +18.28% +15.69%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.06 £65.54
90th Percentile £75.75 £79.30 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £48.56 £58.18 £54.00
% change year-on-year -16.53% +7.73% +35.00%

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 3,834 6,096 8,846
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.19% 25.29% 20.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,485 4,140 6,282
10th Percentile £335 £380 £375
25th Percentile £438 £451 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 246 219
10th Percentile £15.46 £18.75 £19.47
25th Percentile £24.00 £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.81 £70.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £84.13 £80.25 £73.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.21%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 75 (4.52%) SharePoint
2 67 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 63 (3.79%) Confluence
4 11 (0.66%) Apache
4 11 (0.66%) nginx
5 8 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2003
5 8 (0.48%) Skype for Business
6 7 (0.42%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 7 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2007
6 7 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
6 7 (0.42%) SAS
7 6 (0.36%) CICS
7 6 (0.36%) SharePoint 2013
8 4 (0.24%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.18%) CMS
10 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 37 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.66%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.48%) Trello
7 4 (0.24%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.24%) Revit
7 4 (0.24%) Sketch
8 2 (0.12%) Acrobat
8 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.060%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.060%) Autodesk Inventor
9 1 (0.060%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 19 (1.14%) Teamcenter
2 10 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
4 7 (0.42%) Primavera
4 7 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 6 (0.36%) SAP EWM
6 5 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
6 5 (0.30%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.24%) SAP QM
7 4 (0.24%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.18%) SAP BPC
9 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.12%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.12%) Siebel CRM
10 1 (0.060%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 1 (0.060%) SAP BRIM
10 1 (0.060%) SAP Hybris
10 1 (0.060%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 314 (18.90%) AWS
2 262 (15.77%) Azure
3 108 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
4 56 (3.37%) Power Platform
5 52 (3.13%) GitHub
6 43 (2.59%) Entra ID
7 39 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (2.11%) SaaS
9 34 (2.05%) GCP
10 31 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
11 30 (1.81%) Serverless
12 29 (1.75%) PaaS
13 26 (1.57%) Amazon S3
13 26 (1.57%) Azure Monitor
14 24 (1.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 24 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
15 23 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
16 20 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
16 20 (1.20%) Azure Storage
17 19 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 63 (3.79%) Firewall
2 35 (2.11%) DNS
3 33 (1.99%) Network Security
4 31 (1.87%) DHCP
5 23 (1.38%) SSL
6 22 (1.32%) WAN
7 21 (1.26%) VPN
8 20 (1.20%) Cisco ASA
9 19 (1.14%) SAN
10 17 (1.02%) BGP
10 17 (1.02%) OSPF
10 17 (1.02%) TCP/IP
11 16 (0.96%) Cisco ISE
12 15 (0.90%) IPsec
13 14 (0.84%) 4G
13 14 (0.84%) Cisco Firepower
13 14 (0.84%) EIGRP
13 14 (0.84%) NetScaler
14 12 (0.72%) HSRP
14 12 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (2.29%) SQL Server
3 30 (1.81%) Power BI
4 28 (1.69%) Oracle Database
5 20 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
5 20 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (1.02%) Relational Database
7 16 (0.96%) NoSQL
8 15 (0.90%) BusinessObjects
9 14 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (0.78%) Oracle Database 11g
11 12 (0.72%) DB2
11 12 (0.72%) MySQL
12 11 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (0.60%) Siebel EIM
14 9 (0.54%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.48%) Data Lake
15 8 (0.48%) Oracle BI EE
15 8 (0.48%) RDBMS
16 7 (0.42%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 116 (6.98%) JIRA
2 61 (3.67%) Jenkins
3 56 (3.37%) Git
4 39 (2.35%) GitLab
5 35 (2.11%) Selenium
6 34 (2.05%) Visual Studio
7 31 (1.87%) PVCS
8 21 (1.26%) Cucumber
8 21 (1.26%) SonarQube
9 16 (0.96%) JMeter
10 15 (0.90%) JUnit
11 13 (0.78%) Bitbucket
11 13 (0.78%) REST Assured
12 9 (0.54%) Maven
12 9 (0.54%) SoapUI
13 8 (0.48%) Rational DOORS
13 8 (0.48%) TestNG
14 7 (0.42%) Cypress.io
15 6 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 6 (0.36%) WebDriver
General
1 379 (22.82%) Public Sector
2 291 (17.52%) Social Skills
3 129 (7.77%) Finance
4 110 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (4.39%) Telecoms
6 31 (1.87%) Military
7 30 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
8 27 (1.63%) Law
9 25 (1.51%) Aerospace
9 25 (1.51%) Manufacturing
9 25 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
9 25 (1.51%) Police
10 23 (1.38%) Banking
11 22 (1.32%) Electronics
11 22 (1.32%) Marketing
12 14 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (0.84%) Legal
13 11 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (0.48%) Local Government
14 8 (0.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 296 (17.82%) Architect
2 192 (11.56%) Developer
3 151 (9.09%) Senior
4 112 (6.74%) Lead
5 111 (6.68%) Consultant
6 100 (6.02%) DevOps Engineer
7 94 (5.66%) Analyst
8 81 (4.88%) Project Manager
9 72 (4.33%) Solutions Architect
10 55 (3.31%) Technical Architect
11 47 (2.83%) AWS Engineer
12 42 (2.53%) Java Developer
13 41 (2.47%) AWS DevOps
13 41 (2.47%) Delivery Manager
14 40 (2.41%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 38 (2.29%) Senior Manager
16 36 (2.17%) Support Engineer
17 35 (2.11%) Network Architect
17 35 (2.11%) Service Manager
18 34 (2.05%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.95%) Web Services
2 48 (2.89%) REST
3 43 (2.59%) ARM Templates
4 39 (2.35%) .NET
5 33 (1.99%) CSS
5 33 (1.99%) HTML
6 31 (1.87%) Spring Boot
7 28 (1.69%) RESTful
7 28 (1.69%) Spring
8 22 (1.32%) Node.js
9 19 (1.14%) React
10 15 (0.90%) Kafka
11 13 (0.78%) OpenID
11 13 (0.78%) WebSockets
12 12 (0.72%) FastAPI
12 12 (0.72%) GraphQL
12 12 (0.72%) SAML
12 12 (0.72%) Sass
13 11 (0.66%) Laravel
14 10 (0.60%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 58 (3.49%) PKI
2 56 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
3 52 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 38 (2.29%) Onboarding
5 35 (2.11%) Cloud Native
6 25 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
7 24 (1.44%) Data Centre
8 20 (1.20%) Public Cloud
9 19 (1.14%) CMDB
9 19 (1.14%) Data Structures
9 19 (1.14%) Mainframe
10 17 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
11 15 (0.90%) Product Ownership
12 13 (0.78%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.60%) Replication
13 10 (0.60%) Taxonomies
14 9 (0.54%) Security Posture
15 8 (0.48%) Low-Code
16 7 (0.42%) Operational Technology
16 7 (0.42%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 134 (8.07%) Windows
2 126 (7.59%) Linux
3 48 (2.89%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.51%) Windows Server 2019
5 21 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 20 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 18 (1.08%) Windows 10
8 16 (0.96%) Unix
9 13 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (0.72%) Ubuntu
10 12 (0.72%) Windows 7
11 11 (0.66%) Debian
12 10 (0.60%) Apple iOS
13 8 (0.48%) Windows Server 2003
14 7 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
14 7 (0.42%) zOS
15 6 (0.36%) Android
16 4 (0.24%) Solaris
17 3 (0.18%) AIX
18 2 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (18.84%) Agile
2 234 (14.09%) DevOps
3 149 (8.97%) ITIL
4 142 (8.55%) Problem-Solving
5 137 (8.25%) Service Management
6 126 (7.59%) Project Management
7 118 (7.10%) CI/CD
8 108 (6.50%) Stakeholder Management
9 104 (6.26%) Migration
10 102 (6.14%) Analytics
10 102 (6.14%) Cybersecurity
11 88 (5.30%) Configuration Management
12 84 (5.06%) Change Management
13 82 (4.94%) Test Automation
14 79 (4.76%) Software Engineering
15 73 (4.39%) Business Intelligence
15 73 (4.39%) Infrastructure as Code
16 65 (3.91%) Decision-Making
17 64 (3.85%) ITSM
17 64 (3.85%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 151 (9.09%) Python
2 118 (7.10%) SQL
3 115 (6.92%) Java
4 91 (5.48%) PowerShell
5 71 (4.27%) JavaScript
6 59 (3.55%) C#
6 59 (3.55%) PL/SQL
7 38 (2.29%) C
8 26 (1.57%) Bash
9 25 (1.51%) TypeScript
10 24 (1.44%) Bicep
11 22 (1.32%) VB
12 21 (1.26%) VBScript
13 20 (1.20%) C++
14 17 (1.02%) Go
15 12 (0.72%) ABAP
16 11 (0.66%) COBOL
16 11 (0.66%) PHP
17 8 (0.48%) Perl
18 7 (0.42%) REXX
Qualifications
1 1,661 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 176 (10.60%) DV Cleared
3 158 (9.51%) Degree
4 105 (6.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 30 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (1.63%) CISSP
7 25 (1.51%) PMI Certification
7 25 (1.51%) PMP
8 23 (1.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 22 (1.32%) CCNP
9 22 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (1.08%) CISM
12 15 (0.90%) CCNA
13 11 (0.66%) Azure Certification
13 11 (0.66%) ISTQB
14 10 (0.60%) CISA
15 9 (0.54%) BC Cleared
15 9 (0.54%) CTC Cleared
16 8 (0.48%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (2.47%) NCSC
1 41 (2.47%) SLA
2 40 (2.41%) QA
3 36 (2.17%) Data Quality
4 34 (2.05%) NIST
5 32 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 22 (1.32%) PMO
7 21 (1.26%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.42%) COBIT
8 7 (0.42%) GDPR
9 5 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
9 5 (0.30%) GRC
9 5 (0.30%) RMADS
10 4 (0.24%) WCAG
11 3 (0.18%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.12%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 126 (7.59%) Active Directory
2 80 (4.82%) Docker
3 32 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
4 21 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (0.72%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.60%) Firmware
8 6 (0.36%) vSphere
9 4 (0.24%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.18%) VMFS
11 2 (0.12%) KVM
11 2 (0.12%) XenApp
11 2 (0.12%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.060%) Snort
12 1 (0.060%) Time Sharing Option
12 1 (0.060%) UAG
Systems Management
1 134 (8.07%) Terraform
2 124 (7.47%) Kubernetes
3 81 (4.88%) Ansible
4 33 (1.99%) SCCM
5 31 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (1.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 21 (1.26%) SCOM
7 21 (1.26%) WSUS
8 20 (1.20%) Grafana
9 17 (1.02%) Prometheus
10 14 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
11 12 (0.72%) Progress Chef
11 12 (0.72%) Puppet
12 11 (0.66%) Docker Swarm
13 8 (0.48%) Podman
14 7 (0.42%) VxRail
15 6 (0.36%) Packer
16 5 (0.30%) Argo
16 5 (0.30%) HP ALM
17 4 (0.24%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 248 (14.93%) Microsoft
2 83 (5.00%) Oracle
3 81 (4.88%) SAP
4 59 (3.55%) VMware
5 47 (2.83%) Cisco
6 40 (2.41%) ServiceNow
7 38 (2.29%) Splunk
8 33 (1.99%) Palo Alto
9 25 (1.51%) Atlassian
9 25 (1.51%) Red Hat
10 18 (1.08%) Citrix
10 18 (1.08%) IBM
10 18 (1.08%) NetApp
11 17 (1.02%) Dynatrace
12 14 (0.84%) Google
12 14 (0.84%) Siebel
12 14 (0.84%) SolarWinds
13 13 (0.78%) Juniper
13 13 (0.78%) Sparx
14 11 (0.66%) Remedy