SC Cleared Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Security Check (SC) Clearance
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 12 32
Rank change year-on-year -8 +20 -11
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 42 60 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 8.52% 10.10% 5.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 23.86% 29.56% 17.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 18 17
10th Percentile £236 £286 £263
25th Percentile £335 £297 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +7.89% +163.89%
75th Percentile £650 £583 £510
90th Percentile £740 £600 £530
East of England median daily rate £365 £516 £500
% change year-on-year -29.30% +3.25% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 36 26
10th Percentile - £17.28 -
25th Percentile £21.37 £19.06 £18.75
Median hourly rate £21.42 £21.00 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% +6.01% +23.81%
75th Percentile £21.46 £22.00 £22.00
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £24.00 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -58.26% +4.55% +22.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

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 contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 176 203 259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 35.70% 34.18% 30.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 53 97
10th Percentile £350 £225 £244
25th Percentile £405 £306 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.63%
75th Percentile £688 £569 £538
90th Percentile £793 £621 £600
East of England median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 101 122
10th Percentile £14.00 - -
25th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
Median hourly rate £16.30 £15.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.16% +6.90% -9.38%
75th Percentile £21.46 £22.00 £20.19
90th Percentile £31.13 - £21.88
East of England median hourly rate £35.00 £21.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +66.67% +7.69% -49.19%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Cambridgeshire

SC Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Cambridgeshire.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Cambridgeshire

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Cambridgeshire

SC Cleared
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Cambridgeshire.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Cambridgeshire

SC Cleared
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Peterborough -6 35 £180 -39.50% 1
Cambridge -1 2 £750 +41.18% 1
March - 1 - -
SC Cleared
East of England

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (38.10%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (38.10%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (4.76%) Firewall
2 2 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Metadata
1 1 (2.38%) Power BI
1 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (2.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (50.00%) Retail
2 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.38%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (97.62%) Analyst
2 35 (83.33%) Service Analyst
2 35 (83.33%) Service Desk Analyst
3 11 (26.19%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) Data Analyst
5 2 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (4.76%) Security Analyst
5 2 (4.76%) Senior
5 2 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (4.76%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (4.76%) Senior Security Analyst
6 1 (2.38%) Asset Management Analyst
6 1 (2.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (2.38%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
6 1 (2.38%) IT Analyst
6 1 (2.38%) Lead
6 1 (2.38%) Power BI Analyst
6 1 (2.38%) SQL Analyst
6 1 (2.38%) SQL Data Analyst
6 1 (2.38%) SSIS Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
1 2 (4.76%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (2.38%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.38%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.14%) Windows
2 2 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (45.24%) Customer Service
1 19 (45.24%) Incident Management
2 16 (38.10%) ITIL
3 4 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (7.14%) Data Cleansing
4 3 (7.14%) Data Modelling
4 3 (7.14%) Migration
5 2 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (4.76%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (4.76%) Logical Data Model
5 2 (4.76%) Mentoring
5 2 (4.76%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (4.76%) Physical Data Model
5 2 (4.76%) Problem Management
5 2 (4.76%) Risk Management
5 2 (4.76%) SIEM
5 2 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (4.76%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (4.76%) Validation
5 2 (4.76%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.76%) SQL
2 1 (2.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 16 (38.10%) A+ Certification
2 16 (38.10%) MCSA
2 16 (38.10%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (16.67%) MCP
4 2 (4.76%) Degree
5 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.38%) CISSP
5 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 17 (40.48%) Citrix
2 16 (38.10%) ServiceNow
3 11 (26.19%) Sun
4 2 (4.76%) Cisco
4 2 (4.76%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.38%) NetApp
5 1 (2.38%) Splunk