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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 45 106
Rank change year-on-year +3 +61 +11
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,875 2,585 2,555
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.55% 6.37% 3.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.63% 24.85% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 950 1,201 1,189
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,940 £39,700
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £61,040
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.39% +6.16%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £88,920 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,000 £57,100
% change year-on-year -7.26% +8.58% +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 9,552 10,403 16,413
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.25% 25.64% 23.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5,899 6,318 8,788
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +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 20 May 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 (11.84%) ArcGIS
2 214 (11.41%) GeoServer
3 48 (2.56%) WebLogic
4 26 (1.39%) Confluence
5 25 (1.33%) OpenStack
6 24 (1.28%) SharePoint
7 14 (0.75%) CMS
8 12 (0.64%) Apache
9 11 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
10 6 (0.32%) JBoss
10 6 (0.32%) Red Hat Fuse
11 4 (0.21%) Apache Spark
11 4 (0.21%) Appian
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle Service Bus
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.053%) Drupal
13 1 (0.053%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (1.49%) Simulink
3 18 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (0.64%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.21%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.21%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.11%) Fireworks
9 2 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.053%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.053%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.053%) Blender
Business Applications
1 55 (2.93%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 39 (2.08%) Remedy ITSM
3 11 (0.59%) Maximo
4 8 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (0.43%) Siebel CRM
5 6 (0.32%) SAP WM
6 4 (0.21%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.16%) SAP CRM
7 3 (0.16%) SAP CX
7 3 (0.16%) SAP GTS
7 3 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.16%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.053%) Primavera
9 1 (0.053%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 622 (33.17%) Azure
2 546 (29.12%) AWS
3 86 (4.59%) Amazon EKS
4 77 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
5 70 (3.73%) Power Platform
6 67 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
7 59 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
8 58 (3.09%) SaaS
9 55 (2.93%) Serverless
10 47 (2.51%) Amazon SQS
11 41 (2.19%) PaaS
12 36 (1.92%) PowerApps
13 35 (1.87%) GCP
14 34 (1.81%) Power Automate
15 28 (1.49%) Amazon ECS
15 28 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
16 25 (1.33%) IaaS
17 24 (1.28%) GitHub
18 21 (1.12%) AWS Lambda
19 19 (1.01%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 90 (4.80%) Firewall
2 79 (4.21%) DNS
3 65 (3.47%) TCP/IP
4 52 (2.77%) SSL
5 48 (2.56%) BGP
6 34 (1.81%) Network Security
7 32 (1.71%) VPN
8 31 (1.65%) SAN
8 31 (1.65%) Wireless
9 27 (1.44%) SD-WAN
10 24 (1.28%) WAN
11 19 (1.01%) 5G
12 18 (0.96%) DHCP
13 11 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (0.48%) LAN
15 8 (0.43%) IPv4
16 7 (0.37%) VLAN
17 6 (0.32%) Cisco IPT
17 6 (0.32%) Ethernet
17 6 (0.32%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 246 (13.12%) PostgreSQL
2 218 (11.63%) GIS
3 214 (11.41%) QGIS
4 132 (7.04%) Relational Database
5 63 (3.36%) RDBMS
6 61 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
7 60 (3.20%) Oracle Database
8 46 (2.45%) Power BI
9 42 (2.24%) NoSQL
10 33 (1.76%) SQL Server
11 27 (1.44%) MySQL
12 16 (0.85%) Big Data
13 15 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
14 12 (0.64%) MongoDB
14 12 (0.64%) Tableau
15 10 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
15 10 (0.53%) Metadata
16 9 (0.48%) Data Lake
16 9 (0.48%) Hadoop
17 7 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 104 (5.55%) Git
2 92 (4.91%) Jenkins
3 85 (4.53%) JIRA
4 44 (2.35%) GitLab
5 19 (1.01%) Subversion
6 17 (0.91%) Vagrant
7 15 (0.80%) CMake
7 15 (0.80%) Selenium
8 14 (0.75%) Cucumber
8 14 (0.75%) JUnit
8 14 (0.75%) Rational DOORS
9 11 (0.59%) JMeter
10 10 (0.53%) Trac
11 7 (0.37%) CircleCI
12 6 (0.32%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.32%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.32%) TestNG
12 6 (0.32%) WebDriver
13 5 (0.27%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.27%) git-flow
General
1 526 (28.05%) Social Skills
2 286 (15.25%) Public Sector
3 211 (11.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 153 (8.16%) Finance
5 106 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
6 62 (3.31%) Aerospace
6 62 (3.31%) Police
7 50 (2.67%) Military
8 44 (2.35%) Telecoms
9 40 (2.13%) Games
10 36 (1.92%) Law
11 34 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (1.44%) Retail
13 25 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (1.12%) Marketing
15 16 (0.85%) Manufacturing
16 15 (0.80%) Electronics
16 15 (0.80%) Legal
17 12 (0.64%) Local Government
18 10 (0.53%) French Language
Job Titles
1 493 (26.29%) Senior
2 383 (20.43%) Architect
3 317 (16.91%) Software Engineer
4 273 (14.56%) Developer
5 250 (13.33%) Senior Software Engineer
6 202 (10.77%) Lead
7 201 (10.72%) Solutions Architect
8 138 (7.36%) Analyst
9 92 (4.91%) Presales Solution Architect
9 92 (4.91%) Senior Developer
10 88 (4.69%) Business Analyst
11 66 (3.52%) Project Manager
12 62 (3.31%) Consultant
13 52 (2.77%) Technical Architect
14 51 (2.72%) DevOps Engineer
14 51 (2.72%) Lead Architect
14 51 (2.72%) Systems Engineer
15 50 (2.67%) Full Stack Developer
16 49 (2.61%) Java Developer
17 48 (2.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (13.97%) React
2 242 (12.91%) .NET
3 214 (11.41%) Leaflet
3 214 (11.41%) OpenLayers
3 214 (11.41%) PostGIS
4 202 (10.77%) CSS
5 182 (9.71%) .NET Core
6 103 (5.49%) Node.js
7 76 (4.05%) Spring Boot
8 70 (3.73%) RESTful
9 67 (3.57%) AngularJS
10 64 (3.41%) Web Services
11 60 (3.20%) Spring
12 59 (3.15%) Django
13 56 (2.99%) REST
14 51 (2.72%) RabbitMQ
15 50 (2.67%) XML
16 44 (2.35%) Express.js
17 43 (2.29%) SOAP
18 39 (2.08%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 81 (4.32%) Virtual Team
2 66 (3.52%) Product Ownership
3 64 (3.41%) Management Information System
4 61 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
5 57 (3.04%) Public Cloud
6 50 (2.67%) Data Centre
7 46 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
8 45 (2.40%) Private Cloud
9 30 (1.60%) Onboarding
9 30 (1.60%) Operational Technology
10 27 (1.44%) Algorithms
11 24 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
12 21 (1.12%) CMDB
12 21 (1.12%) Driving Licence
12 21 (1.12%) Satnav
13 20 (1.07%) Cloud Native
14 17 (0.91%) PKI
15 14 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
16 13 (0.69%) Digital Signage
17 11 (0.59%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 279 (14.88%) Linux
2 148 (7.89%) Windows
3 69 (3.68%) Windows Server
4 67 (3.57%) Ubuntu
5 64 (3.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 41 (2.19%) Unix
7 22 (1.17%) Android
8 19 (1.01%) CentOS
9 18 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
11 12 (0.64%) VMS
12 11 (0.59%) Windows 10
13 10 (0.53%) zOS
14 9 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.27%) Windows NT
16 4 (0.21%) AIX
16 4 (0.21%) Windows 7
17 3 (0.16%) Kali Linux
18 2 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
18 2 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 812 (43.31%) Agile
2 660 (35.20%) Actionable Insight
3 520 (27.73%) DevOps
4 484 (25.81%) Software Engineering
5 369 (19.68%) Problem-Solving
6 224 (11.95%) Project Management
7 215 (11.47%) Web Development
8 209 (11.15%) Scrum
9 176 (9.39%) CI/CD
10 165 (8.80%) Presales
11 157 (8.37%) Open Source
12 145 (7.73%) Kanban
13 141 (7.52%) Stakeholder Management
14 138 (7.36%) Service Management
15 131 (6.99%) Mentoring
16 130 (6.93%) ITIL
17 125 (6.67%) Analytics
18 121 (6.45%) Migration
19 117 (6.24%) Business Case
20 116 (6.19%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 403 (21.49%) Python
2 375 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 229 (12.21%) Java
4 163 (8.69%) C#
5 121 (6.45%) SQL
6 77 (4.11%) C++
7 71 (3.79%) PowerShell
8 44 (2.35%) TypeScript
9 33 (1.76%) C
10 29 (1.55%) Go
11 27 (1.44%) MATLAB
12 22 (1.17%) Bash
13 19 (1.01%) Bicep
14 17 (0.91%) VBA
15 16 (0.85%) Kotlin
16 14 (0.75%) Shell Script
16 14 (0.75%) VB
17 13 (0.69%) PL/SQL
18 11 (0.59%) Groovy
19 10 (0.53%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,875 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 364 (19.41%) Degree
3 159 (8.48%) DV Cleared
4 92 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 89 (4.75%) AWS Certification
6 82 (4.37%) Azure Certification
7 63 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 60 (3.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 48 (2.56%) CISM
10 44 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
11 35 (1.87%) CISSP
12 28 (1.49%) CRISC
13 23 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
14 22 (1.17%) CCNP
14 22 (1.17%) CISA
15 17 (0.91%) CCNA
16 16 (0.85%) Master's Degree
17 15 (0.80%) DBS Check
18 14 (0.75%) CEH
19 13 (0.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (3.15%) QA
2 40 (2.13%) Accessibility
2 40 (2.13%) NCSC
3 35 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (1.71%) COBIT
5 22 (1.17%) PMO
6 21 (1.12%) Software Quality Assurance
7 18 (0.96%) GDPR
8 17 (0.91%) NIST
9 16 (0.85%) Data Quality
10 15 (0.80%) GRC
10 15 (0.80%) SLA
11 13 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.64%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 8 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.32%) RMADS
16 3 (0.16%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 121 (6.45%) Docker
2 89 (4.75%) Active Directory
3 42 (2.24%) Hyper-V
4 23 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (0.85%) pfSense
7 15 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
8 12 (0.64%) Firmware
9 10 (0.53%) NFS
10 8 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (0.43%) vSphere
11 7 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.053%) Lustre
13 1 (0.053%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.053%) Snort
13 1 (0.053%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 118 (6.29%) Terraform
2 117 (6.24%) Kubernetes
3 104 (5.55%) Ansible
4 43 (2.29%) SCCM
5 32 (1.71%) OpenView
6 28 (1.49%) WSUS
7 27 (1.44%) Grafana
8 24 (1.28%) SCOM
9 16 (0.85%) ZABBIX
10 12 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 11 (0.59%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 11 (0.59%) Prometheus
12 10 (0.53%) SCDPM
13 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
13 8 (0.43%) vCenter Server
14 7 (0.37%) Kibana
14 7 (0.37%) Progress Chef
15 6 (0.32%) Puppet
16 5 (0.27%) HP UCMDB
16 5 (0.27%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 264 (14.08%) Microsoft
2 219 (11.68%) ESRI
3 117 (6.24%) Oracle
4 78 (4.16%) VMware
5 74 (3.95%) ServiceNow
6 58 (3.09%) Cisco
7 55 (2.93%) HP
7 55 (2.93%) Sparx
8 48 (2.56%) Juniper
9 39 (2.08%) Remedy
10 38 (2.03%) Fortinet
11 37 (1.97%) BMC
12 25 (1.33%) Citrix
13 24 (1.28%) NetApp
13 24 (1.28%) WSO2
14 21 (1.12%) Meraki
15 20 (1.07%) Xilinx
16 16 (0.85%) Dynatrace
16 16 (0.85%) Google
16 16 (0.85%) IBM