Security Cleared Contracts with Work from Home Options

Security 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 Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 6 12
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 +2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 2,135 3,541 4,609
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.51% 14.78% 10.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.38% 58.75% 51.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,513 2,390 3,286
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 184 155
10th Percentile £13.32 £19.08 £24.54
25th Percentile £32.50 £49.00 £39.75
Median hourly rate £58.75 £65.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.62% +20.37% +48.11%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £87.46 £78.53 £69.50
UK median hourly rate £56.49 £60.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -5.85% +14.29% +34.89%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

Security 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 3,855 6,027 8,917
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.20% 25.16% 20.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,496 4,086 6,332
10th Percentile £331 £380 £375
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.43%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £527 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 247 225
10th Percentile £14.71 £19.00 £19.35
25th Percentile £23.69 £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +38.81%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £83.84 £80.25 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +29.93%

Security Cleared
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security 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 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 a work from home option citing Security Cleared over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Security Cleared over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

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 97 (4.54%) SharePoint
2 85 (3.98%) Confluence
3 68 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.70%) SharePoint Server
5 12 (0.56%) Apache
5 12 (0.56%) nginx
6 8 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2003
6 8 (0.37%) SAS
6 8 (0.37%) Skype for Business
7 7 (0.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 7 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
7 7 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
7 7 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
8 6 (0.28%) CICS
8 6 (0.28%) SharePoint 2013
9 5 (0.23%) CMS
10 4 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.19%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 56 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.61%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.37%) Trello
7 5 (0.23%) Adobe XD
7 5 (0.23%) Sketch
8 4 (0.19%) Revit
9 3 (0.14%) Acrobat
9 3 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.047%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.047%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.047%) Autodesk Inventor
10 1 (0.047%) Blender
10 1 (0.047%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.047%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 20 (0.94%) Teamcenter
2 17 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (0.66%) Primavera
4 11 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
5 9 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
6 8 (0.37%) SAP EWM
7 6 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 6 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 5 (0.23%) Distributed Ledger
8 5 (0.23%) SAP QM
9 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.19%) SAP BPC
9 4 (0.19%) SAP PS
9 4 (0.19%) SAP SD
10 2 (0.094%) Infor M3
10 2 (0.094%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.094%) PeopleSoft HCM
10 2 (0.094%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.094%) Siebel CRM
11 1 (0.047%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 357 (16.72%) AWS
2 323 (15.13%) Azure
3 116 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (3.14%) Power Platform
5 66 (3.09%) GitHub
6 51 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (2.01%) Entra ID
8 41 (1.92%) SaaS
9 37 (1.73%) GCP
9 37 (1.73%) GitHub Actions
10 31 (1.45%) PaaS
11 29 (1.36%) Serverless
12 28 (1.31%) Amazon S3
13 27 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
14 25 (1.17%) Azure Monitor
15 24 (1.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 24 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
16 23 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
17 22 (1.03%) Azure Storage
18 21 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 132 (6.18%) Firewall
2 50 (2.34%) Network Security
3 40 (1.87%) DNS
4 36 (1.69%) DHCP
5 35 (1.64%) SSL
6 32 (1.50%) BGP
7 28 (1.31%) VPN
8 25 (1.17%) WAN
9 24 (1.12%) Cisco ASA
9 24 (1.12%) Cisco ISE
9 24 (1.12%) TCP/IP
10 19 (0.89%) SAN
11 17 (0.80%) Cisco Firepower
11 17 (0.80%) OSPF
12 15 (0.70%) EIGRP
12 15 (0.70%) IPsec
12 15 (0.70%) NetScaler
13 14 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
14 13 (0.61%) HSRP
14 13 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (2.11%) SQL Server
3 37 (1.73%) Power BI
4 29 (1.36%) Oracle Database
5 25 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
6 24 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.94%) NoSQL
8 19 (0.89%) Relational Database
9 16 (0.75%) MySQL
10 15 (0.70%) BusinessObjects
11 14 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
11 14 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (0.56%) BigQuery
13 12 (0.56%) DB2
13 12 (0.56%) Oracle Database 11g
14 11 (0.52%) Data Lake
14 11 (0.52%) Metadata
14 11 (0.52%) Oracle BI EE
15 10 (0.47%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 142 (6.65%) JIRA
2 74 (3.47%) Git
3 66 (3.09%) Jenkins
4 41 (1.92%) GitLab
5 39 (1.83%) Selenium
6 33 (1.55%) Visual Studio
7 31 (1.45%) PVCS
8 22 (1.03%) SonarQube
9 21 (0.98%) Cucumber
10 19 (0.89%) JMeter
11 16 (0.75%) JUnit
12 15 (0.70%) Maven
13 14 (0.66%) Bitbucket
13 14 (0.66%) REST Assured
14 9 (0.42%) Cypress.io
14 9 (0.42%) SoapUI
14 9 (0.42%) TestRail
15 8 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
15 8 (0.37%) TestNG
16 7 (0.33%) Oracle APEX
General
1 499 (23.37%) Public Sector
2 392 (18.36%) Social Skills
3 167 (7.82%) Finance
4 131 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
5 85 (3.98%) Telecoms
6 41 (1.92%) Manufacturing
7 37 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
8 34 (1.59%) Marketing
8 34 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
9 33 (1.55%) Military
10 32 (1.50%) Electronics
11 30 (1.41%) Police
12 26 (1.22%) Law
13 23 (1.08%) Banking
14 21 (0.98%) Aerospace
15 20 (0.94%) Legal
16 16 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
17 15 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 12 (0.56%) Local Government
19 9 (0.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 367 (17.19%) Architect
2 226 (10.59%) Developer
3 194 (9.09%) Senior
4 141 (6.60%) Consultant
5 124 (5.81%) Lead
6 123 (5.76%) Analyst
7 118 (5.53%) DevOps Engineer
8 96 (4.50%) Project Manager
9 89 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
10 64 (3.00%) Technical Architect
11 53 (2.48%) AWS Engineer
12 47 (2.20%) Java Developer
12 47 (2.20%) Senior Manager
13 45 (2.11%) Network Engineer
14 44 (2.06%) Delivery Manager
15 43 (2.01%) AWS DevOps
15 43 (2.01%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 43 (2.01%) Security Architect
16 41 (1.92%) Support Engineer
17 40 (1.87%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (3.00%) Web Services
2 62 (2.90%) REST
3 50 (2.34%) .NET
4 44 (2.06%) Spring Boot
5 43 (2.01%) ARM Templates
6 39 (1.83%) HTML
7 38 (1.78%) CSS
8 34 (1.59%) Spring
9 33 (1.55%) RESTful
10 30 (1.41%) Node.js
11 28 (1.31%) React
12 22 (1.03%) XML
13 18 (0.84%) Kafka
14 15 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
15 13 (0.61%) .NET Framework
16 12 (0.56%) GraphQL
16 12 (0.56%) JSON
16 12 (0.56%) OpenID
16 12 (0.56%) SAML
16 12 (0.56%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 68 (3.19%) PKI
2 63 (2.95%) Management Information System
3 58 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (1.97%) Onboarding
5 40 (1.87%) Data Centre
6 36 (1.69%) Cloud Native
7 30 (1.41%) Virtual Team
8 27 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
9 22 (1.03%) Product Ownership
10 21 (0.98%) Mainframe
11 20 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
11 20 (0.94%) Data Structures
11 20 (0.94%) Private Cloud
11 20 (0.94%) Public Cloud
12 19 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
13 18 (0.84%) CMDB
14 14 (0.66%) Replication
15 12 (0.56%) Security Posture
16 11 (0.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
17 10 (0.47%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 176 (8.24%) Windows
2 169 (7.92%) Linux
3 52 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 28 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
5 24 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
6 21 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 19 (0.89%) Windows 10
8 18 (0.84%) Unix
9 13 (0.61%) Android
9 13 (0.61%) Apple iOS
9 13 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (0.56%) Windows 7
11 10 (0.47%) Debian
11 10 (0.47%) Ubuntu
12 9 (0.42%) zOS
13 8 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
14 7 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
15 5 (0.23%) Solaris
16 4 (0.19%) VMS
17 3 (0.14%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (17.33%) Agile
2 288 (13.49%) DevOps
3 180 (8.43%) Problem-Solving
4 177 (8.29%) ITIL
5 164 (7.68%) Service Management
6 157 (7.35%) Project Management
7 142 (6.65%) Cybersecurity
8 128 (6.00%) CI/CD
9 126 (5.90%) Stakeholder Management
10 125 (5.85%) Migration
11 119 (5.57%) Analytics
12 103 (4.82%) Configuration Management
12 103 (4.82%) Software Engineering
13 98 (4.59%) Change Management
14 97 (4.54%) Test Automation
15 96 (4.50%) Business Intelligence
16 91 (4.26%) ITSM
17 89 (4.17%) Roadmaps
18 82 (3.84%) Infrastructure as Code
19 81 (3.79%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 172 (8.06%) Python
2 144 (6.74%) SQL
3 142 (6.65%) Java
4 99 (4.64%) PowerShell
5 94 (4.40%) JavaScript
6 77 (3.61%) C#
7 60 (2.81%) PL/SQL
8 51 (2.39%) C
9 37 (1.73%) Bash
10 32 (1.50%) TypeScript
11 24 (1.12%) Bicep
12 23 (1.08%) VB
13 22 (1.03%) C++
14 21 (0.98%) VBScript
15 16 (0.75%) Go
16 12 (0.56%) ABAP
17 11 (0.52%) COBOL
18 10 (0.47%) PHP
19 9 (0.42%) Kotlin
20 8 (0.37%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,660 (77.75%) SC Cleared
2 447 (20.94%) DV Cleared
3 185 (8.67%) Degree
4 120 (5.62%) BPSS Clearance
5 41 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
6 33 (1.55%) CISSP
7 29 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (1.36%) PMP
8 28 (1.31%) CCNP
9 25 (1.17%) CCNA
9 25 (1.17%) PMI Certification
10 23 (1.08%) ISTQB
10 23 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 22 (1.03%) CISM
12 18 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (0.61%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.61%) CTC Cleared
14 11 (0.52%) AWS Certification
14 11 (0.52%) ISEB
15 10 (0.47%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (2.44%) QA
2 46 (2.15%) SLA
3 43 (2.01%) NCSC
4 42 (1.97%) NIST
5 37 (1.73%) Data Quality
6 31 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 28 (1.31%) PMO
8 20 (0.94%) Accessibility
9 19 (0.89%) Government Security Classifications
10 15 (0.70%) GDPR
11 9 (0.42%) NIST 800
12 7 (0.33%) COBIT
13 5 (0.23%) GRC
13 5 (0.23%) RMADS
14 4 (0.19%) WCAG
15 2 (0.094%) Cyber Essentials
15 2 (0.094%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 2 (0.094%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.094%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.094%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 143 (6.70%) Active Directory
2 104 (4.87%) Docker
3 34 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 21 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
6 19 (0.89%) VMware NSX
7 10 (0.47%) Firmware
7 10 (0.47%) vSphere
8 8 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.19%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.14%) VMFS
11 2 (0.094%) KVM
11 2 (0.094%) Time Sharing Option
11 2 (0.094%) XenApp
11 2 (0.094%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.047%) ACF2
12 1 (0.047%) RACF
12 1 (0.047%) Snort
12 1 (0.047%) UAG
Systems Management
1 161 (7.54%) Terraform
2 140 (6.56%) Kubernetes
3 95 (4.45%) Ansible
4 37 (1.73%) SCCM
4 37 (1.73%) SCOM
5 33 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 28 (1.31%) Grafana
7 26 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 23 (1.08%) Prometheus
9 21 (0.98%) WSUS
10 15 (0.70%) Puppet
11 14 (0.66%) Progress Chef
11 14 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
12 11 (0.52%) Docker Swarm
13 10 (0.47%) Kibana
14 8 (0.37%) logstash
14 8 (0.37%) Packer
14 8 (0.37%) Podman
15 7 (0.33%) Argo
15 7 (0.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 328 (15.36%) Microsoft
2 103 (4.82%) SAP
3 93 (4.36%) Oracle
4 63 (2.95%) Cisco
4 63 (2.95%) VMware
5 47 (2.20%) ServiceNow
6 46 (2.15%) Atlassian
7 38 (1.78%) Palo Alto
8 35 (1.64%) Splunk
9 28 (1.31%) Dell
10 24 (1.12%) Red Hat
11 19 (0.89%) Citrix
11 19 (0.89%) IBM
11 19 (0.89%) NetApp
12 18 (0.84%) CyberArk
12 18 (0.84%) Dynatrace
12 18 (0.84%) Juniper
13 16 (0.75%) Google
14 15 (0.70%) SolarWinds
15 14 (0.66%) Siebel