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

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +9
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 149 309 247
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 30.85% 36.18% 27.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 80.11% 84.66% 71.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 264 224
10th Percentile £365 £286 £358
25th Percentile £415 £400 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -6.04% -9.14%
75th Percentile £619 £550 £596
90th Percentile £780 £645 £650
South East median daily rate £592 £525 £540
% change year-on-year +12.71% -2.78% +13.68%
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% -45.45%
75th Percentile £22.52 £10.50 £25.00
90th Percentile £22.55 - £43.00
South East median hourly rate £61.60 £62.78 £47.50
% change year-on-year -1.87% +32.16% +18.75%

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 186 365 345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 38.51% 42.74% 38.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 303 295
10th Percentile £358 £275 £250
25th Percentile £414 £400 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £470
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% - -6.93%
75th Percentile £590 £550 £568
90th Percentile £748 £631 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 7
10th Percentile £15.85 £10.18 £13.35
25th Percentile £18.00 £11.19 £16.64
Median hourly rate £22.50 £13.75 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% -34.52% -44.00%
75th Percentile £27.50 £16.69 £40.00
90th Percentile - £17.93 £65.70
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +33.33% +5.88%

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

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 24 May 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 24 May 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 0 131 £511 +11.09% 21
High Wycombe -5 1 £530 -11.92% 7
Buckingham - 1 £418 -
Newport Pagnell - 1 £800 -
Security Cleared
South East

Security Cleared
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 (5.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (8.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (7.38%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (4.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (4.70%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.38%) Azure
2 8 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (4.70%) AWS
4 3 (2.01%) PaaS
5 2 (1.34%) OpenShift
5 2 (1.34%) Slack
6 1 (0.67%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.67%) GCP
6 1 (0.67%) IaaS
6 1 (0.67%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.41%) TCP/IP
2 13 (8.72%) Network Security
3 11 (7.38%) Cisco ASA
3 11 (7.38%) Cisco ISE
4 10 (6.71%) Firewall
4 10 (6.71%) SAN
5 8 (5.37%) DHCP
5 8 (5.37%) DNS
6 7 (4.70%) VPN
7 4 (2.68%) VSAN
8 2 (1.34%) Wireless
9 1 (0.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database
1 1 (0.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.34%) Git
1 2 (1.34%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (14.09%) Public Sector
2 18 (12.08%) Social Skills
3 13 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (8.72%) Finance
4 7 (4.70%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (4.70%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (4.03%) Military
6 3 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.01%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.34%) Electronics
7 2 (1.34%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.34%) Marketing
8 1 (0.67%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.67%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 36 (24.16%) Analyst
2 23 (15.44%) Senior
3 19 (12.75%) Developer
4 18 (12.08%) Python Developer
5 15 (10.07%) Architect
6 13 (8.72%) Security Analyst
7 12 (8.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (6.71%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (5.37%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
9 8 (5.37%) Network Analyst
9 8 (5.37%) Network Security Analyst
9 8 (5.37%) Operations Engineer
9 8 (5.37%) VMware Architect
10 6 (4.03%) Active Directory Engineer
10 6 (4.03%) Business Analyst
10 6 (4.03%) Change Analyst
10 6 (4.03%) Project Manager
10 6 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (4.03%) Senior Architect
10 6 (4.03%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.34%) Fluent Bit
1 2 (1.34%) Loki
2 1 (0.67%) .NET
2 1 (0.67%) .NET Core
2 1 (0.67%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.67%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (0.67%) CSS
2 1 (0.67%) CSS3
2 1 (0.67%) HTML
2 1 (0.67%) HTML5
2 1 (0.67%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.37%) PKI
2 5 (3.36%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.36%) Security Posture
3 4 (2.68%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (2.68%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.01%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.67%) Clustering
5 1 (0.67%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.67%) iPhone
5 1 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.67%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.67%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 18 (12.08%) Windows
2 17 (11.41%) Linux
3 10 (6.71%) Debian
3 10 (6.71%) Ubuntu
4 7 (4.70%) Windows 7
5 3 (2.01%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.34%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (27.52%) Agile
2 33 (22.15%) ITIL
3 21 (14.09%) Project Management
4 17 (11.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (10.07%) Configuration Management
6 14 (9.40%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (8.72%) Customer Service
7 13 (8.72%) PRINCE2
8 12 (8.05%) Release Management
8 12 (8.05%) Service Management
8 12 (8.05%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (6.71%) Data Modelling
9 10 (6.71%) Decision-Making
9 10 (6.71%) Incident Management
9 10 (6.71%) Prototyping
10 9 (6.04%) Business Case
10 9 (6.04%) Logistics
10 9 (6.04%) Matrix Organization
10 9 (6.04%) Project Delivery
10 9 (6.04%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 21 (14.09%) Python
2 9 (6.04%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.34%) Bash
4 1 (0.67%) C#
4 1 (0.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 114 (76.51%) SC Cleared
2 71 (47.65%) DV Cleared
3 14 (9.40%) CCNP
3 14 (9.40%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (7.38%) Degree
5 8 (5.37%) ISEB
6 6 (4.03%) CISM
7 5 (3.36%) APMP
7 5 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (3.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (2.68%) VCAP
8 4 (2.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (2.01%) MCSE
9 3 (2.01%) PMI Certification
9 3 (2.01%) PMP
10 2 (1.34%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.34%) ISTQB
10 2 (1.34%) NVQ Level 3
10 2 (1.34%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.03%) NCSC
1 6 (4.03%) NIST
1 6 (4.03%) PMO
2 5 (3.36%) SLA
3 1 (0.67%) QA
System Software
1 16 (10.74%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.68%) VMware NSX
2 4 (2.68%) vSphere
3 3 (2.01%) Docker
4 2 (1.34%) Firmware
5 1 (0.67%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 10 (6.71%) Nessus
2 4 (2.68%) Ansible
2 4 (2.68%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.68%) SCCM
3 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.01%) SCOM
4 2 (1.34%) Argo
4 2 (1.34%) Grafana
4 2 (1.34%) Kustomize
4 2 (1.34%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.34%) Terraform
5 1 (0.67%) SELinux
5 1 (0.67%) yum
Vendors
1 49 (32.89%) Microsoft
2 38 (25.50%) VMware
3 14 (9.40%) Cisco
4 11 (7.38%) Juniper
4 11 (7.38%) Palo Alto
4 11 (7.38%) Red Hat
4 11 (7.38%) ScienceLogic
5 5 (3.36%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.68%) Apple
7 3 (2.01%) NEC
8 2 (1.34%) Oracle
8 2 (1.34%) SAP
8 2 (1.34%) Veeam
9 1 (0.67%) Citrix
9 1 (0.67%) Dell
9 1 (0.67%) HP
9 1 (0.67%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.67%) Remedy
9 1 (0.67%) TippingPoint
9 1 (0.67%) Trend Micro