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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 6 14
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 -3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 2,179 3,710 4,499
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.72% 15.05% 10.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 54.87% 59.48% 51.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,537 2,510 3,218
10th Percentile £363 £400 £400
25th Percentile £460 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £713 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 187 150
10th Percentile £13.69 £19.40 £25.50
25th Percentile £34.13 £49.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £66.00 £54.98
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +20.05% +15.82%
75th Percentile £72.50 £71.63 £66.00
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.75 £70.25
UK median hourly rate £55.80 £60.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -7.00% +13.21% +27.98%

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 3,971 6,237 8,722
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.83% 25.31% 19.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,525 4,208 6,155
10th Percentile £335 £378 £369
25th Percentile £438 £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 £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 261 223
10th Percentile £14.71 £19.00 £20.47
25th Percentile £24.25 £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £64.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.81% +30.61% +22.50%
75th Percentile £68.75 £71.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.56 £43.95
% change year-on-year -26.69% +24.14% +16.73%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 (4.45%) Confluence
2 93 (4.27%) SharePoint
3 58 (2.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 18 (0.83%) nginx
4 18 (0.83%) SharePoint Server
5 14 (0.64%) Apache
6 9 (0.41%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2003
7 8 (0.37%) SAS
7 8 (0.37%) Skype for Business
8 7 (0.32%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 7 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
8 7 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2010
8 7 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
9 6 (0.28%) CICS
9 6 (0.28%) SharePoint 2013
10 5 (0.23%) CMS
11 4 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.18%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 4 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 56 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.55%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.37%) Trello
7 5 (0.23%) Adobe XD
7 5 (0.23%) Sketch
8 4 (0.18%) Revit
9 3 (0.14%) Acrobat
9 3 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.046%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.046%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.046%) Blender
10 1 (0.046%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.046%) Weka
Business Applications
1 18 (0.83%) Teamcenter
2 12 (0.55%) Primavera
2 12 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
3 11 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.37%) SAP EWM
6 7 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 5 (0.23%) Distributed Ledger
7 5 (0.23%) SAP QM
8 4 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 4 (0.18%) SAP SD
9 3 (0.14%) Infor M3
9 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.14%) SAP BPC
10 2 (0.092%) SAP BRIM
10 2 (0.092%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.092%) SAP Hybris
10 2 (0.092%) SAP PSCD
10 2 (0.092%) Siebel CRM
11 1 (0.046%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 389 (17.85%) AWS
2 334 (15.33%) Azure
3 104 (4.77%) Microsoft 365
4 68 (3.12%) Power Platform
5 62 (2.85%) GitHub
6 52 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (1.84%) GCP
8 39 (1.79%) SaaS
9 38 (1.74%) Entra ID
10 35 (1.61%) PaaS
11 33 (1.51%) GitHub Actions
12 31 (1.42%) Serverless
13 27 (1.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 27 (1.24%) Amazon EKS
13 27 (1.24%) Amazon S3
14 25 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
14 25 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
15 24 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
16 22 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
16 22 (1.01%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 132 (6.06%) Firewall
2 55 (2.52%) Network Security
3 37 (1.70%) SSL
4 36 (1.65%) DNS
5 34 (1.56%) VPN
6 31 (1.42%) DHCP
7 29 (1.33%) BGP
8 28 (1.28%) WAN
9 26 (1.19%) TCP/IP
10 21 (0.96%) SAN
11 20 (0.92%) Cisco ISE
12 19 (0.87%) 4G
13 15 (0.69%) Intrusion Detection
14 14 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
14 14 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
15 12 (0.55%) Cisco Firepower
15 12 (0.55%) OSPF
15 12 (0.55%) VoIP
16 11 (0.50%) 5G
16 11 (0.50%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
2 46 (2.11%) SQL Server
3 41 (1.88%) Power BI
4 31 (1.42%) Oracle Database
5 28 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
6 25 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
7 22 (1.01%) NoSQL
8 21 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (0.87%) Relational Database
10 16 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
11 15 (0.69%) MongoDB
12 14 (0.64%) Oracle Database 11g
13 13 (0.60%) BigQuery
13 13 (0.60%) MySQL
13 13 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (0.55%) DB2
14 12 (0.55%) Metadata
15 11 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
15 11 (0.50%) Data Lake
15 11 (0.50%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 156 (7.16%) JIRA
2 77 (3.53%) Git
3 74 (3.40%) Jenkins
4 47 (2.16%) Selenium
5 44 (2.02%) GitLab
6 34 (1.56%) Visual Studio
7 31 (1.42%) PVCS
8 27 (1.24%) Cucumber
9 23 (1.06%) SonarQube
10 20 (0.92%) JMeter
11 18 (0.83%) Bitbucket
11 18 (0.83%) JUnit
12 15 (0.69%) Maven
12 15 (0.69%) REST Assured
13 12 (0.55%) Cypress.io
14 11 (0.50%) TestNG
15 10 (0.46%) Postman
15 10 (0.46%) SoapUI
16 9 (0.41%) TestRail
17 8 (0.37%) CircleCI
General
1 530 (24.32%) Public Sector
2 404 (18.54%) Social Skills
3 171 (7.85%) Finance
4 143 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
5 90 (4.13%) Telecoms
6 44 (2.02%) Manufacturing
7 41 (1.88%) Military
8 39 (1.79%) Police
8 39 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
9 35 (1.61%) Electronics
9 35 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
10 34 (1.56%) Marketing
11 28 (1.28%) Law
12 27 (1.24%) Aerospace
13 26 (1.19%) Banking
14 18 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (0.78%) Legal
16 14 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 11 (0.50%) Publishing
18 9 (0.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 375 (17.21%) Architect
2 237 (10.88%) Developer
3 200 (9.18%) Senior
4 150 (6.88%) Consultant
5 131 (6.01%) Lead
6 128 (5.87%) Analyst
7 115 (5.28%) DevOps Engineer
8 104 (4.77%) Project Manager
9 91 (4.18%) Solutions Architect
10 59 (2.71%) Technical Architect
11 49 (2.25%) Security Architect
12 46 (2.11%) AWS Engineer
12 46 (2.11%) Java Developer
13 45 (2.07%) Delivery Manager
13 45 (2.07%) Senior Manager
14 39 (1.79%) Designer
15 38 (1.74%) Lead Architect
15 38 (1.74%) Test Engineer
16 37 (1.70%) Business Analyst
17 36 (1.65%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (3.12%) Web Services
2 61 (2.80%) REST
3 53 (2.43%) .NET
4 44 (2.02%) HTML
5 43 (1.97%) CSS
5 43 (1.97%) Spring Boot
6 41 (1.88%) ARM Templates
7 36 (1.65%) RESTful
8 35 (1.61%) Spring
9 34 (1.56%) Node.js
10 31 (1.42%) React
11 22 (1.01%) XML
12 20 (0.92%) Kafka
13 15 (0.69%) JSON
13 15 (0.69%) Sass
14 14 (0.64%) Laravel
14 14 (0.64%) OpenID
14 14 (0.64%) WebSockets
15 13 (0.60%) .NET Framework
15 13 (0.60%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (3.26%) PKI
2 64 (2.94%) Management Information System
3 56 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (1.93%) Onboarding
5 35 (1.61%) Data Centre
6 32 (1.47%) Cloud Native
7 30 (1.38%) Virtual Team
8 25 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
8 25 (1.15%) Private Cloud
9 22 (1.01%) CMDB
10 20 (0.92%) Mainframe
10 20 (0.92%) Product Ownership
11 19 (0.87%) Data Structures
11 19 (0.87%) Public Cloud
12 18 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
13 16 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
14 13 (0.60%) Replication
15 12 (0.55%) Security Posture
16 10 (0.46%) Low-Code
16 10 (0.46%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 179 (8.21%) Linux
2 172 (7.89%) Windows
3 47 (2.16%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.01%) Unix
4 22 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
5 21 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
6 20 (0.92%) Windows 10
7 15 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 14 (0.64%) Ubuntu
9 12 (0.55%) Apple iOS
9 12 (0.55%) Debian
9 12 (0.55%) Windows 7
10 11 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
12 7 (0.32%) Android
12 7 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (0.32%) zOS
13 4 (0.18%) Solaris
14 3 (0.14%) AIX
14 3 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (17.71%) Agile
2 282 (12.94%) DevOps
3 191 (8.77%) Problem-Solving
4 185 (8.49%) ITIL
5 170 (7.80%) Service Management
6 161 (7.39%) Project Management
7 152 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
8 148 (6.79%) CI/CD
9 137 (6.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 123 (5.64%) Migration
11 119 (5.46%) Analytics
12 108 (4.96%) Test Automation
13 104 (4.77%) Software Engineering
14 102 (4.68%) Business Intelligence
15 100 (4.59%) Configuration Management
16 97 (4.45%) Change Management
17 91 (4.18%) Decision-Making
17 91 (4.18%) ITSM
18 84 (3.85%) Roadmaps
19 82 (3.76%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 196 (8.99%) Python
2 153 (7.02%) SQL
3 148 (6.79%) Java
4 102 (4.68%) JavaScript
5 96 (4.41%) PowerShell
6 81 (3.72%) C#
7 64 (2.94%) PL/SQL
8 56 (2.57%) C
9 45 (2.07%) Bash
10 29 (1.33%) TypeScript
11 25 (1.15%) C++
12 21 (0.96%) Bicep
13 20 (0.92%) VB
14 18 (0.83%) VBScript
15 14 (0.64%) Go
15 14 (0.64%) PHP
16 11 (0.50%) ABAP
16 11 (0.50%) COBOL
17 9 (0.41%) Perl
17 9 (0.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,687 (77.42%) SC Cleared
2 448 (20.56%) DV Cleared
3 196 (8.99%) Degree
4 125 (5.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 38 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
6 34 (1.56%) CISSP
7 30 (1.38%) PMP
8 28 (1.28%) CISM
8 28 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (1.19%) ISTQB
9 26 (1.19%) PMI Certification
10 25 (1.15%) CCNP
11 21 (0.96%) CCNA
12 20 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 17 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (0.73%) CTC Cleared
15 14 (0.64%) ISEB
16 13 (0.60%) AWS Certification
16 13 (0.60%) Azure Certification
16 13 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (2.75%) QA
2 49 (2.25%) NCSC
3 46 (2.11%) SLA
4 42 (1.93%) NIST
5 41 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 36 (1.65%) Data Quality
7 35 (1.61%) PMO
8 30 (1.38%) Accessibility
9 25 (1.15%) Government Security Classifications
10 20 (0.92%) GDPR
11 7 (0.32%) COBIT
12 6 (0.28%) RMADS
13 5 (0.23%) GRC
14 4 (0.18%) JSP 440
14 4 (0.18%) WCAG
15 3 (0.14%) Def Stans
15 3 (0.14%) DO-178B
15 3 (0.14%) IEC 61508
15 3 (0.14%) NIST 800
16 2 (0.092%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 142 (6.52%) Active Directory
2 113 (5.19%) Docker
3 31 (1.42%) Virtual Machines
4 19 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (0.60%) VMware NSX
6 10 (0.46%) Firmware
6 10 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
7 6 (0.28%) vSphere
8 4 (0.18%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.092%) KVM
9 2 (0.092%) Time Sharing Option
9 2 (0.092%) XenApp
9 2 (0.092%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.046%) ACF2
10 1 (0.046%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.046%) Lustre
10 1 (0.046%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.046%) RACF
10 1 (0.046%) UAG
Systems Management
1 159 (7.30%) Terraform
2 141 (6.47%) Kubernetes
3 95 (4.36%) Ansible
4 37 (1.70%) SCOM
5 33 (1.51%) SCCM
6 30 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 27 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 26 (1.19%) Grafana
9 24 (1.10%) Prometheus
10 18 (0.83%) WSUS
11 16 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
12 12 (0.55%) Progress Chef
12 12 (0.55%) Puppet
13 11 (0.50%) Docker Swarm
14 9 (0.41%) Packer
15 8 (0.37%) Podman
16 7 (0.32%) Kibana
17 6 (0.28%) Argo
17 6 (0.28%) FortiGate
17 6 (0.28%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 306 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 103 (4.73%) SAP
3 94 (4.31%) Oracle
4 58 (2.66%) Cisco
5 55 (2.52%) Atlassian
6 53 (2.43%) VMware
7 45 (2.07%) ServiceNow
8 42 (1.93%) Splunk
9 29 (1.33%) Dell
9 29 (1.33%) Palo Alto
10 26 (1.19%) Juniper
11 23 (1.06%) IBM
11 23 (1.06%) Red Hat
12 18 (0.83%) NetApp
13 17 (0.78%) Dynatrace
14 16 (0.73%) Google
15 15 (0.69%) CyberArk
16 14 (0.64%) Citrix
16 14 (0.64%) Remedy
16 14 (0.64%) Siebel