Security Cleared Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Security Clearance
South East > Buckinghamshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +9
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 146 319 189
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 30.54% 36.42% 23.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 81.11% 82.01% 65.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 276 169
10th Percentile £370 £275 £294
25th Percentile £420 £400 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £465 £520
Median % change year-on-year +12.96% -10.63% -5.45%
75th Percentile £619 £550 £600
90th Percentile £790 £632 £650
South East median daily rate £582 £549 £543
% change year-on-year +6.01% +1.20% +14.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 5
10th Percentile - - £12.78
25th Percentile £18.00 £9.50 £14.51
Median hourly rate £20.25 £10.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +102.50% -52.38% -42.86%
75th Percentile £22.52 £10.50 £25.00
90th Percentile £22.55 - £26.20
South East median hourly rate £62.07 £62.55 £46.25
% change year-on-year -0.76% +35.24% +23.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

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 advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 180 389 288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 37.66% 44.41% 35.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 326 246
10th Percentile £357 £270 £225
25th Percentile £416 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.95% -1.05% -5.94%
75th Percentile £610 £550 £570
90th Percentile £773 £625 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 8
10th Percentile £15.85 - £13.64
25th Percentile £18.00 £9.50 £17.70
Median hourly rate £22.50 £10.00 £22.73
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% -56.00% -36.87%
75th Percentile £27.50 £10.50 £26.05
90th Percentile - - £43.43
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £57.32 £44.50
% change year-on-year +0.05% +28.81% +11.25%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Buckinghamshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Buckinghamshire.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Buckinghamshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Buckinghamshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Buckinghamshire.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Buckinghamshire

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Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes 0 128 £525 +14.13% 22
High Wycombe -4 1 £530 -9.13% 7
Newport Pagnell - 1 £800 -
Chesham - 1 - -
Buckingham - 1 £418 -
Aylesbury - 1 - -
Security Cleared
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 8 (5.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (8.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (4.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (0.68%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 7 (4.79%) Azure
2 6 (4.11%) AWS
3 5 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.68%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.68%) GCP
4 1 (0.68%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 22 (15.07%) TCP/IP
2 15 (10.27%) SAN
3 14 (9.59%) Network Security
4 12 (8.22%) Cisco ASA
4 12 (8.22%) Cisco ISE
5 10 (6.85%) Firewall
6 8 (5.48%) DHCP
6 8 (5.48%) DNS
7 7 (4.79%) VPN
7 7 (4.79%) VSAN
8 3 (2.05%) SNA
9 1 (0.68%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database
1 1 (0.68%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.05%) Git
General
1 21 (14.38%) Social Skills
2 14 (9.59%) Public Sector
3 12 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (8.22%) Presentation Skills
4 11 (7.53%) Finance
5 8 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.11%) Military
7 3 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.05%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.37%) Electronics
8 2 (1.37%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.37%) Marketing
9 1 (0.68%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.68%) Aviation
9 1 (0.68%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 32 (21.92%) Analyst
2 24 (16.44%) Developer
3 23 (15.75%) Python Developer
4 20 (13.70%) Senior
5 17 (11.64%) Architect
6 12 (8.22%) Security Analyst
7 11 (7.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (6.85%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (6.16%) Business Analyst
9 9 (6.16%) Network Analyst
9 9 (6.16%) Network Security Analyst
10 8 (5.48%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
10 8 (5.48%) Lead
10 8 (5.48%) Operations Engineer
10 8 (5.48%) VMware Architect
11 6 (4.11%) Active Directory Engineer
11 6 (4.11%) Senior Architect
11 6 (4.11%) Senior Solutions Architect
12 5 (3.42%) PMO Lead
12 5 (3.42%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.05%) YAML
2 2 (1.37%) .NET
3 1 (0.68%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.68%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.68%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.68%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (0.68%) CSS
3 1 (0.68%) CSS3
3 1 (0.68%) HTML
3 1 (0.68%) HTML5
3 1 (0.68%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.48%) PKI
2 6 (4.11%) Security Posture
3 4 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (2.74%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.05%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.37%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.68%) Clustering
6 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.68%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.68%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.68%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 21 (14.38%) Linux
2 15 (10.27%) Debian
2 15 (10.27%) Ubuntu
3 14 (9.59%) Windows
4 7 (4.79%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.37%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (31.51%) Agile
2 35 (23.97%) ITIL
3 16 (10.96%) Project Management
4 15 (10.27%) Customer Service
4 15 (10.27%) Data Modelling
5 14 (9.59%) Configuration Management
5 14 (9.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 14 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (9.59%) Prototyping
6 13 (8.90%) Data Engineering
6 13 (8.90%) Matrix Organization
6 13 (8.90%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 11 (7.53%) Decision-Making
7 11 (7.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (6.85%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (6.16%) Business Case
9 9 (6.16%) Release Management
9 9 (6.16%) Service Management
9 9 (6.16%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 8 (5.48%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 27 (18.49%) Python
2 6 (4.11%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.68%) C#
3 1 (0.68%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 116 (79.45%) SC Cleared
2 74 (50.68%) DV Cleared
3 15 (10.27%) CCNP
3 15 (10.27%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (7.53%) Degree
5 7 (4.79%) CISM
6 5 (3.42%) ISEB
7 4 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.74%) VCAP
7 4 (2.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (2.05%) MCSE
8 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.05%) PMI Certification
8 3 (2.05%) PMP
9 2 (1.37%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.68%) ACCA
10 1 (0.68%) CISA
10 1 (0.68%) CISSP
10 1 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.11%) NCSC
1 6 (4.11%) NIST
1 6 (4.11%) PMO
2 5 (3.42%) SLA
3 2 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.68%) QA
System Software
1 15 (10.27%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (4.79%) VMware NSX
3 4 (2.74%) vSphere
4 3 (2.05%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.68%) Docker
5 1 (0.68%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 11 (7.53%) Nessus
2 5 (3.42%) Ansible
3 3 (2.05%) SCCM
3 3 (2.05%) SCOM
3 3 (2.05%) Terraform
3 3 (2.05%) vCenter Server
3 3 (2.05%) vRealize
4 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 50 (34.25%) Microsoft
2 45 (30.82%) VMware
3 16 (10.96%) Red Hat
4 15 (10.27%) Cisco
5 12 (8.22%) Juniper
5 12 (8.22%) Palo Alto
5 12 (8.22%) ScienceLogic
6 4 (2.74%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.05%) Oracle
8 2 (1.37%) SAP
8 2 (1.37%) Veeam
9 1 (0.68%) Apple
9 1 (0.68%) Citrix
9 1 (0.68%) Computacenter
9 1 (0.68%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.68%) NEC
9 1 (0.68%) Remedy
9 1 (0.68%) TippingPoint
9 1 (0.68%) Trend Micro