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 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 6 6 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 +1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 2,138 3,600 4,570
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.60% 14.94% 10.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.76% 59.06% 51.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,519 2,440 3,273
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 111 182 152
10th Percentile £13.99 £19.00 £25.50
25th Percentile £35.38 £49.00 £39.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £54.98
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.23% +39.18%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.15 £68.69
UK median hourly rate £56.15 £60.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -6.43% +12.15% +35.44%

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 3,834 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%

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 1 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 1 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 95 (4.44%) SharePoint
2 86 (4.02%) Confluence
3 68 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.70%) SharePoint Server
5 13 (0.61%) Apache
5 13 (0.61%) 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 52 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.56%) 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 13 (0.61%) Primavera
4 11 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
5 9 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
6 8 (0.37%) SAP EWM
7 7 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 6 (0.28%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.23%) Distributed Ledger
9 5 (0.23%) SAP QM
10 4 (0.19%) SAP BPC
10 4 (0.19%) SAP PS
10 4 (0.19%) SAP SD
11 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
12 2 (0.094%) Infor M3
12 2 (0.094%) SAP HR
12 2 (0.094%) Siebel CRM
13 1 (0.047%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 1 (0.047%) PeopleSoft HCM
13 1 (0.047%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 365 (17.07%) AWS
2 329 (15.39%) Azure
3 114 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (3.13%) GitHub
5 66 (3.09%) Power Platform
6 53 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (2.01%) Entra ID
8 40 (1.87%) SaaS
9 38 (1.78%) GCP
10 36 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
11 32 (1.50%) Serverless
12 31 (1.45%) PaaS
13 29 (1.36%) Amazon S3
14 27 (1.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 27 (1.26%) Azure Monitor
14 27 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
15 25 (1.17%) AWS CloudFormation
16 24 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
16 24 (1.12%) AWS Lambda
17 23 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 136 (6.36%) Firewall
2 51 (2.39%) Network Security
3 41 (1.92%) DNS
4 36 (1.68%) DHCP
5 35 (1.64%) SSL
6 33 (1.54%) BGP
7 30 (1.40%) VPN
8 26 (1.22%) WAN
9 25 (1.17%) TCP/IP
10 24 (1.12%) Cisco ISE
11 23 (1.08%) Cisco ASA
12 20 (0.94%) SAN
13 18 (0.84%) OSPF
14 17 (0.80%) Cisco Firepower
15 16 (0.75%) 4G
15 16 (0.75%) IPsec
16 15 (0.70%) EIGRP
16 15 (0.70%) NetScaler
17 14 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
18 13 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
2 44 (2.06%) SQL Server
3 37 (1.73%) Power BI
4 30 (1.40%) Oracle Database
5 26 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
6 24 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.94%) NoSQL
8 19 (0.89%) Relational Database
9 15 (0.70%) BusinessObjects
9 15 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
10 14 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.61%) MySQL
11 13 (0.61%) Oracle Database 11g
12 12 (0.56%) BigQuery
12 12 (0.56%) DB2
13 11 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (0.51%) Data Lake
13 11 (0.51%) Metadata
13 11 (0.51%) Oracle BI EE
14 10 (0.47%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 142 (6.64%) JIRA
2 74 (3.46%) Git
3 69 (3.23%) Jenkins
4 44 (2.06%) GitLab
5 41 (1.92%) Selenium
6 34 (1.59%) Visual Studio
7 31 (1.45%) PVCS
8 23 (1.08%) Cucumber
9 22 (1.03%) SonarQube
10 20 (0.94%) JMeter
11 17 (0.80%) Bitbucket
11 17 (0.80%) JUnit
12 16 (0.75%) Maven
13 15 (0.70%) REST Assured
14 10 (0.47%) SoapUI
15 9 (0.42%) Cypress.io
15 9 (0.42%) TestNG
15 9 (0.42%) TestRail
16 8 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
17 7 (0.33%) WebDriver
General
1 504 (23.57%) Public Sector
2 398 (18.62%) Social Skills
3 168 (7.86%) Finance
4 137 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
5 86 (4.02%) Telecoms
6 41 (1.92%) Manufacturing
7 37 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
8 35 (1.64%) Military
8 35 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (1.50%) Electronics
9 32 (1.50%) Marketing
10 31 (1.45%) Police
11 27 (1.26%) Law
12 26 (1.22%) Aerospace
13 24 (1.12%) Banking
14 17 (0.80%) Legal
15 16 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (0.56%) Local Government
18 9 (0.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 364 (17.03%) Architect
2 230 (10.76%) Developer
3 196 (9.17%) Senior
4 142 (6.64%) Consultant
5 125 (5.85%) Analyst
6 124 (5.80%) Lead
7 120 (5.61%) DevOps Engineer
8 97 (4.54%) Project Manager
9 88 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
10 58 (2.71%) Technical Architect
11 53 (2.48%) AWS Engineer
12 48 (2.25%) Java Developer
13 47 (2.20%) Senior Manager
14 45 (2.10%) Security Architect
15 44 (2.06%) Delivery Manager
16 43 (2.01%) AWS DevOps
16 43 (2.01%) Network Engineer
17 42 (1.96%) AWS DevOps Engineer
18 39 (1.82%) Service Manager
19 38 (1.78%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (3.04%) Web Services
2 63 (2.95%) REST
3 51 (2.39%) .NET
4 45 (2.10%) Spring Boot
5 43 (2.01%) ARM Templates
6 40 (1.87%) HTML
7 39 (1.82%) CSS
8 34 (1.59%) RESTful
8 34 (1.59%) Spring
9 31 (1.45%) Node.js
10 30 (1.40%) React
11 22 (1.03%) XML
12 18 (0.84%) Kafka
13 14 (0.65%) Elastic Stack
14 13 (0.61%) .NET Framework
14 13 (0.61%) JSON
14 13 (0.61%) OpenID
14 13 (0.61%) WebSockets
15 12 (0.56%) SAML
15 12 (0.56%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 73 (3.41%) PKI
2 63 (2.95%) Management Information System
3 58 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
4 43 (2.01%) Onboarding
5 39 (1.82%) Data Centre
6 35 (1.64%) Cloud Native
7 30 (1.40%) Virtual Team
8 25 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
9 20 (0.94%) Mainframe
9 20 (0.94%) Private Cloud
9 20 (0.94%) Product Ownership
9 20 (0.94%) Public Cloud
10 19 (0.89%) CMDB
10 19 (0.89%) Data Structures
11 18 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
11 18 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (0.65%) Replication
13 12 (0.56%) Security Posture
14 10 (0.47%) Low-Code
14 10 (0.47%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 179 (8.37%) Linux
1 179 (8.37%) Windows
2 53 (2.48%) Windows Server
3 28 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
4 24 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
5 22 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 20 (0.94%) Windows 10
7 19 (0.89%) Unix
8 13 (0.61%) Ubuntu
8 13 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (0.56%) Windows 7
10 11 (0.51%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.51%) Debian
11 8 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
11 8 (0.37%) zOS
12 7 (0.33%) Android
12 7 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.19%) Solaris
14 3 (0.14%) AIX
14 3 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (17.59%) Agile
2 295 (13.80%) DevOps
3 185 (8.65%) Problem-Solving
4 180 (8.42%) ITIL
5 165 (7.72%) Service Management
6 158 (7.39%) Project Management
7 142 (6.64%) Cybersecurity
8 136 (6.36%) CI/CD
9 127 (5.94%) Stakeholder Management
10 123 (5.75%) Migration
11 115 (5.38%) Analytics
12 102 (4.77%) Configuration Management
13 101 (4.72%) Software Engineering
14 100 (4.68%) Test Automation
15 96 (4.49%) Business Intelligence
15 96 (4.49%) Change Management
16 91 (4.26%) ITSM
17 89 (4.16%) Infrastructure as Code
18 84 (3.93%) Decision-Making
18 84 (3.93%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 178 (8.33%) Python
2 144 (6.74%) SQL
3 143 (6.69%) Java
4 103 (4.82%) PowerShell
5 97 (4.54%) JavaScript
6 79 (3.70%) C#
7 61 (2.85%) PL/SQL
8 52 (2.43%) C
9 40 (1.87%) Bash
10 32 (1.50%) TypeScript
11 24 (1.12%) Bicep
12 23 (1.08%) C++
12 23 (1.08%) VB
13 21 (0.98%) VBScript
14 17 (0.80%) Go
15 12 (0.56%) ABAP
16 11 (0.51%) COBOL
16 11 (0.51%) PHP
17 8 (0.37%) Perl
17 8 (0.37%) REXX
Qualifications
1 1,661 (77.69%) SC Cleared
2 450 (21.05%) DV Cleared
3 192 (8.98%) Degree
4 119 (5.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 40 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
6 32 (1.50%) CISSP
7 30 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (1.36%) PMP
9 27 (1.26%) CCNP
10 25 (1.17%) ISTQB
10 25 (1.17%) PMI Certification
11 24 (1.12%) CISM
12 23 (1.08%) CCNA
12 23 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 19 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
14 14 (0.65%) CTC Cleared
15 13 (0.61%) Azure Certification
16 11 (0.51%) AWS Certification
16 11 (0.51%) ISEB
17 10 (0.47%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (2.53%) QA
2 45 (2.10%) NCSC
2 45 (2.10%) NIST
2 45 (2.10%) SLA
3 37 (1.73%) Data Quality
4 34 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 30 (1.40%) PMO
6 21 (0.98%) Accessibility
7 19 (0.89%) Government Security Classifications
8 13 (0.61%) GDPR
9 8 (0.37%) NIST 800
10 7 (0.33%) COBIT
11 6 (0.28%) RMADS
12 5 (0.23%) GRC
13 4 (0.19%) WCAG
14 3 (0.14%) Def Stans
14 3 (0.14%) JSP 440
15 2 (0.094%) Cyber Essentials
15 2 (0.094%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 2 (0.094%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 148 (6.92%) Active Directory
2 107 (5.00%) Docker
3 36 (1.68%) 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%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.047%) RACF
12 1 (0.047%) Snort
12 1 (0.047%) UAG
Systems Management
1 165 (7.72%) Terraform
2 143 (6.69%) Kubernetes
3 98 (4.58%) Ansible
4 37 (1.73%) SCOM
5 35 (1.64%) SCCM
6 34 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
7 26 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 26 (1.22%) Grafana
8 23 (1.08%) Prometheus
9 21 (0.98%) WSUS
10 15 (0.70%) Puppet
11 14 (0.65%) Progress Chef
11 14 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
12 11 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
13 9 (0.42%) Kibana
14 8 (0.37%) Packer
14 8 (0.37%) Podman
15 7 (0.33%) Argo
15 7 (0.33%) VxRail
16 6 (0.28%) logstash
Vendors
1 322 (15.06%) Microsoft
2 106 (4.96%) SAP
3 93 (4.35%) Oracle
4 66 (3.09%) VMware
5 65 (3.04%) Cisco
6 46 (2.15%) ServiceNow
7 44 (2.06%) Atlassian
8 39 (1.82%) Splunk
9 37 (1.73%) Palo Alto
10 29 (1.36%) Dell
11 25 (1.17%) Red Hat
12 22 (1.03%) Juniper
13 20 (0.94%) Citrix
14 19 (0.89%) IBM
15 18 (0.84%) CyberArk
15 18 (0.84%) Dynatrace
15 18 (0.84%) NetApp
16 15 (0.70%) Google
16 15 (0.70%) SolarWinds
17 14 (0.65%) Siebel