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 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 42 39 108
Rank change year-on-year -3 +69 +11
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,948 2,586 2,647
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.52% 6.79% 3.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.89% 25.85% 15.19%
Number of salaries quoted 997 1,186 1,194
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,940 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £48,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,621 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% +0.19% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £79,938 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,100
% change year-on-year -8.00% +9.46% +3.82%

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 9,795 10,002 17,422
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.77% 26.25% 23.14%
Number of salaries quoted 5,900 6,054 8,958
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -

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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 7 June 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 (11.40%) ArcGIS
2 214 (10.99%) GeoServer
3 48 (2.46%) WebLogic
4 28 (1.44%) SharePoint
5 22 (1.13%) OpenStack
6 16 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
7 15 (0.77%) Confluence
8 12 (0.62%) Apache
9 11 (0.56%) CMS
10 7 (0.36%) Appian
11 6 (0.31%) JBoss
11 6 (0.31%) Red Hat Fuse
12 4 (0.21%) Apache Spark
13 2 (0.10%) Oracle Service Bus
13 2 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.051%) IIS
Applications
1 40 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (1.75%) Simulink
3 17 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (0.62%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.21%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.21%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.10%) Fireworks
8 2 (0.10%) InDesign
8 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.051%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.051%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.051%) Blender
Business Applications
1 54 (2.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 38 (1.95%) Remedy ITSM
3 13 (0.67%) Maximo
4 8 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.26%) SAP HR
5 5 (0.26%) SAP WM
5 5 (0.26%) Siebel CRM
6 3 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.10%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.10%) SAP CX
7 2 (0.10%) SAP GTS
7 2 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.10%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.10%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.051%) Primavera
8 1 (0.051%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 638 (32.75%) Azure
2 555 (28.49%) AWS
3 81 (4.16%) Amazon EKS
4 80 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
5 79 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
5 79 (4.06%) Power Platform
6 56 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
7 52 (2.67%) Serverless
8 48 (2.46%) SaaS
9 47 (2.41%) Amazon SQS
10 40 (2.05%) PowerApps
11 38 (1.95%) Power Automate
12 35 (1.80%) PaaS
13 32 (1.64%) dbt
13 32 (1.64%) GCP
14 29 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
15 25 (1.28%) Amazon ECS
16 23 (1.18%) IaaS
17 21 (1.08%) Entra ID
17 21 (1.08%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 104 (5.34%) Firewall
2 90 (4.62%) DNS
3 68 (3.49%) TCP/IP
4 52 (2.67%) BGP
5 50 (2.57%) SSL
6 32 (1.64%) Network Security
6 32 (1.64%) Wireless
7 30 (1.54%) VPN
8 29 (1.49%) SAN
9 27 (1.39%) SD-WAN
9 27 (1.39%) WAN
10 24 (1.23%) DHCP
11 17 (0.87%) 5G
12 11 (0.56%) LAN
12 11 (0.56%) VLAN
12 11 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (0.41%) IPv4
14 6 (0.31%) Cisco IPT
14 6 (0.31%) Ethernet
14 6 (0.31%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 247 (12.68%) PostgreSQL
2 218 (11.19%) GIS
3 214 (10.99%) QGIS
4 137 (7.03%) Relational Database
5 63 (3.23%) RDBMS
6 62 (3.18%) Amazon RDS
7 56 (2.87%) Oracle Database
8 52 (2.67%) Power BI
9 48 (2.46%) NoSQL
10 37 (1.90%) SQL Server
11 26 (1.33%) MySQL
12 19 (0.98%) Big Data
13 17 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
13 17 (0.87%) Tableau
14 15 (0.77%) MongoDB
15 12 (0.62%) Hadoop
16 11 (0.56%) Data Lake
17 10 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
18 7 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
19 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 91 (4.67%) Git
2 75 (3.85%) JIRA
3 73 (3.75%) Jenkins
4 42 (2.16%) GitLab
5 21 (1.08%) Vagrant
6 18 (0.92%) Subversion
7 15 (0.77%) JUnit
7 15 (0.77%) Selenium
8 14 (0.72%) CMake
8 14 (0.72%) Rational DOORS
9 13 (0.67%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.51%) JMeter
10 10 (0.51%) Trac
11 6 (0.31%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.31%) TestNG
11 6 (0.31%) WebDriver
12 5 (0.26%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.26%) CircleCI
12 5 (0.26%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.26%) SonarQube
General
1 545 (27.98%) Social Skills
2 278 (14.27%) Public Sector
3 223 (11.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 171 (8.78%) Finance
5 105 (5.39%) Analytical Skills
6 65 (3.34%) Aerospace
7 49 (2.52%) Military
8 47 (2.41%) Police
9 45 (2.31%) Telecoms
10 40 (2.05%) Games
11 32 (1.64%) Law
12 29 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
13 27 (1.39%) Retail
14 23 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (0.87%) Electronics
16 16 (0.82%) Marketing
17 15 (0.77%) Manufacturing
18 12 (0.62%) Legal
19 10 (0.51%) French Language
20 9 (0.46%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 507 (26.03%) Senior
2 385 (19.76%) Architect
3 329 (16.89%) Software Engineer
4 273 (14.01%) Developer
5 261 (13.40%) Senior Software Engineer
6 215 (11.04%) Lead
7 197 (10.11%) Solutions Architect
8 140 (7.19%) Analyst
9 92 (4.72%) Presales Solution Architect
10 89 (4.57%) Business Analyst
11 80 (4.11%) Senior Developer
12 69 (3.54%) Consultant
12 69 (3.54%) Project Manager
13 65 (3.34%) Technical Architect
14 57 (2.93%) Lead Architect
14 57 (2.93%) Systems Engineer
15 54 (2.77%) Full Stack Developer
16 50 (2.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 48 (2.46%) ERP Developer
17 48 (2.46%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 275 (14.12%) React
2 247 (12.68%) .NET
3 214 (10.99%) Leaflet
3 214 (10.99%) OpenLayers
3 214 (10.99%) PostGIS
4 200 (10.27%) CSS
5 182 (9.34%) .NET Core
6 112 (5.75%) Node.js
7 74 (3.80%) Spring Boot
8 66 (3.39%) Django
9 63 (3.23%) AngularJS
10 57 (2.93%) RESTful
10 57 (2.93%) Web Services
11 53 (2.72%) REST
12 51 (2.62%) RabbitMQ
13 45 (2.31%) Spring
14 44 (2.26%) Express.js
14 44 (2.26%) XML
15 38 (1.95%) SOAP
16 36 (1.85%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 78 (4.00%) Virtual Team
2 64 (3.29%) Management Information System
3 63 (3.23%) Product Ownership
3 63 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
4 58 (2.98%) Public Cloud
5 46 (2.36%) Data Centre
5 46 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
5 46 (2.36%) Private Cloud
6 30 (1.54%) Operational Technology
7 28 (1.44%) Onboarding
8 27 (1.39%) Algorithms
9 23 (1.18%) Driving Licence
10 22 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
11 20 (1.03%) CMDB
12 19 (0.98%) PKI
13 18 (0.92%) Satnav
14 17 (0.87%) Cloud Native
15 14 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
16 12 (0.62%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 284 (14.58%) Linux
2 152 (7.80%) Windows
3 72 (3.70%) Windows Server
4 71 (3.64%) Ubuntu
5 68 (3.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 42 (2.16%) Unix
7 30 (1.54%) Android
8 23 (1.18%) CentOS
8 23 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 22 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 14 (0.72%) Windows 10
11 12 (0.62%) VMS
12 11 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
13 10 (0.51%) zOS
14 5 (0.26%) Windows NT
15 4 (0.21%) AIX
15 4 (0.21%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.15%) Kali Linux
17 2 (0.10%) Oracle Linux
17 2 (0.10%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 818 (41.99%) Agile
2 641 (32.91%) Actionable Insight
3 533 (27.36%) DevOps
4 497 (25.51%) Software Engineering
5 359 (18.43%) Problem-Solving
6 228 (11.70%) Project Management
7 214 (10.99%) Web Development
8 200 (10.27%) Scrum
9 185 (9.50%) CI/CD
10 170 (8.73%) Open Source
11 168 (8.62%) Presales
12 156 (8.01%) Stakeholder Management
13 145 (7.44%) Mentoring
14 143 (7.34%) Kanban
15 141 (7.24%) ITIL
16 138 (7.08%) Service Management
17 131 (6.72%) Analytics
17 131 (6.72%) Artificial Intelligence
18 127 (6.52%) Computer Science
19 125 (6.42%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 433 (22.23%) Python
2 383 (19.66%) JavaScript
3 223 (11.45%) Java
4 175 (8.98%) C#
5 122 (6.26%) SQL
6 78 (4.00%) C++
7 76 (3.90%) PowerShell
8 62 (3.18%) TypeScript
9 30 (1.54%) C
9 30 (1.54%) MATLAB
10 29 (1.49%) Go
11 24 (1.23%) Bicep
12 21 (1.08%) Bash
13 20 (1.03%) Kotlin
14 17 (0.87%) VB
14 17 (0.87%) VBA
15 12 (0.62%) Shell Script
16 11 (0.56%) VBScript
17 10 (0.51%) Groovy
18 8 (0.41%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,948 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 395 (20.28%) Degree
3 184 (9.45%) DV Cleared
4 103 (5.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 94 (4.83%) AWS Certification
6 87 (4.47%) Azure Certification
7 66 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 62 (3.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 45 (2.31%) CISM
10 44 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
11 33 (1.69%) CISSP
12 28 (1.44%) CRISC
13 23 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
14 21 (1.08%) CCNP
14 21 (1.08%) CISA
15 20 (1.03%) CREST Certified
16 18 (0.92%) DBS Check
17 17 (0.87%) CEH
17 17 (0.87%) Master's Degree
18 16 (0.82%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (2.82%) QA
2 41 (2.10%) Accessibility
2 41 (2.10%) NCSC
3 32 (1.64%) COBIT
4 31 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.13%) PMO
6 18 (0.92%) GDPR
6 18 (0.92%) Software Quality Assurance
7 14 (0.72%) Data Quality
7 14 (0.72%) GRC
7 14 (0.72%) NIST
7 14 (0.72%) SLA
8 12 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 10 (0.51%) JSP 440
11 8 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 8 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 5 (0.26%) RMADS
13 3 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 116 (5.95%) Docker
2 85 (4.36%) Active Directory
3 43 (2.21%) Hyper-V
4 27 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
6 19 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
7 16 (0.82%) pfSense
8 12 (0.62%) Firmware
8 12 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (0.51%) NFS
10 8 (0.41%) vSphere
11 7 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
12 5 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
13 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
13 2 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
13 2 (0.10%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.051%) Lustre
14 1 (0.051%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.051%) Snort
Systems Management
1 127 (6.52%) Kubernetes
2 117 (6.01%) Terraform
3 105 (5.39%) Ansible
4 48 (2.46%) SCCM
5 32 (1.64%) OpenView
5 32 (1.64%) WSUS
6 28 (1.44%) SCOM
7 27 (1.39%) Grafana
8 16 (0.82%) ZABBIX
9 14 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 12 (0.62%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 12 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
11 11 (0.56%) Prometheus
12 10 (0.51%) SCDPM
13 7 (0.36%) Kibana
13 7 (0.36%) Progress Chef
14 6 (0.31%) Puppet
15 5 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
15 5 (0.26%) Nagios
15 5 (0.26%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 273 (14.01%) Microsoft
2 219 (11.24%) ESRI
3 110 (5.65%) Oracle
4 79 (4.06%) ServiceNow
4 79 (4.06%) VMware
5 60 (3.08%) Cisco
6 54 (2.77%) Sparx
7 53 (2.72%) HP
8 48 (2.46%) Juniper
9 38 (1.95%) Remedy
10 37 (1.90%) Fortinet
11 36 (1.85%) BMC
12 24 (1.23%) Xilinx
13 22 (1.13%) Citrix
14 21 (1.08%) Meraki
14 21 (1.08%) NetApp
14 21 (1.08%) WSO2
15 17 (0.87%) IBM
16 16 (0.82%) Veeam
17 14 (0.72%) Splunk