Security Cleared Contracts in the East Midlands

Security Clearance
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 2 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 +11 +1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 133 189 129
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 17.16% 18.33% 9.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 52.16% 60.19% 49.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 131 69
10th Percentile £153 £313 £187
25th Percentile £403 £469 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £400
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +43.75% +14.29%
75th Percentile £625 £683 £500
90th Percentile £684 £727 £550
England median daily rate £550 £550 £547
% change year-on-year - +0.58% +9.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 22 11
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.08 £13.73
25th Percentile £14.72 £11.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £21.84 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% -9.02% -49.47%
75th Percentile £25.00 £62.50 £36.25
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £37.50
England median hourly rate £57.29 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -4.53% +20.00% +18.59%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 255 314 260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 32.90% 30.46% 18.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 221 155
10th Percentile £168 £225 £178
25th Percentile £251 £370 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £361 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -27.75% +25.00% +7.02%
75th Percentile £584 £625 £500
90th Percentile £659 £700 £623
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 45 22
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £13.25
25th Percentile £14.72 £16.25 £17.69
Median hourly rate £20.00 £18.75 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.79% +22.86%
75th Percentile £35.56 £28.50 £32.78
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £37.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.06%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the East Midlands

Security Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the East Midlands

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the East Midlands

Security Cleared
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the East Midlands

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the East Midlands

Security Cleared
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 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
Leicestershire +34 46 £525 - 9
Derbyshire -2 41 £538 +3.66% 13
Lincolnshire 0 21 £650 +8.33% 5
Nottinghamshire -8 12 £600 -14.29% 2
Northamptonshire 0 8 £400 -12.17% 14
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 6 (4.51%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.26%) Confluence
3 1 (0.75%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.75%) Appian
Applications
1 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.52%) Azure
2 7 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (3.76%) AWS
4 4 (3.01%) OCI
5 3 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.26%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.50%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.75%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (0.75%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.75%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.75%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.75%) IaaS
7 1 (0.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (11.28%) SAN
2 8 (6.02%) Fibre Channel
3 7 (5.26%) Firewall
4 5 (3.76%) TCP/IP
4 5 (3.76%) VPN
5 3 (2.26%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (2.26%) LAN
6 2 (1.50%) DNS
6 2 (1.50%) NAS
6 2 (1.50%) NetScaler
6 2 (1.50%) WAN
6 2 (1.50%) Wireless
7 1 (0.75%) DHCP
7 1 (0.75%) PBX
7 1 (0.75%) PSTN
7 1 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.01%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.50%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.75%) Big Data
3 1 (0.75%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.75%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.75%) Metadata
3 1 (0.75%) MySQL
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.75%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 8 (6.02%) JMeter
2 6 (4.51%) JIRA
3 3 (2.26%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (1.50%) Selenium
4 2 (1.50%) SoapUI
4 2 (1.50%) TestRail
4 2 (1.50%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.75%) Git
5 1 (0.75%) GitLab
General
1 32 (24.06%) Social Skills
2 26 (19.55%) Public Sector
3 14 (10.53%) Finance
4 9 (6.77%) Aerospace
5 8 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.02%) Electronics
6 5 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.76%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.01%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.01%) Marketing
8 1 (0.75%) Aeronautics
8 1 (0.75%) Law
8 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (12.03%) Analyst
2 14 (10.53%) Architect
3 11 (8.27%) Administrator
4 10 (7.52%) Developer
5 9 (6.77%) Consultant
6 8 (6.02%) IT Engineer
6 8 (6.02%) Network Engineer
7 7 (5.26%) IT Technician
7 7 (5.26%) Senior
7 7 (5.26%) Support Engineer
8 6 (4.51%) IT Administrator
8 6 (4.51%) Systems Administrator
9 5 (3.76%) Desktop Engineer
9 5 (3.76%) HR Consultant
9 5 (3.76%) Python Developer
9 5 (3.76%) Storage Engineer
9 5 (3.76%) Test Analyst
10 4 (3.01%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
10 4 (3.01%) IMAC Engineer
10 4 (3.01%) IMAC Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.26%) LDAP
1 3 (2.26%) SOAP
1 3 (2.26%) Web Services
1 3 (2.26%) XML
2 1 (0.75%) .NET
2 1 (0.75%) Anaconda
2 1 (0.75%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.75%) CSS
2 1 (0.75%) HTML
2 1 (0.75%) JSON
2 1 (0.75%) REST
2 1 (0.75%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.51%) HP Storage
2 4 (3.01%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (2.26%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (2.26%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (1.50%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.50%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.75%) BYOD
5 1 (0.75%) Clustering
5 1 (0.75%) iPad
5 1 (0.75%) iPhone
5 1 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.75%) PDA
5 1 (0.75%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.75%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 48 (36.09%) Windows
2 26 (19.55%) Linux
3 23 (17.29%) Windows 7
4 18 (13.53%) Windows Vista
5 8 (6.02%) AIX
5 8 (6.02%) Solaris
6 7 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (5.26%) Ubuntu
7 5 (3.76%) Debian
8 4 (3.01%) Windows Server
9 2 (1.50%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.75%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.75%) SUSE
10 1 (0.75%) VMS
10 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.75%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (12.03%) Customer Service
2 15 (11.28%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (9.02%) Agile
3 12 (9.02%) ITIL
4 10 (7.52%) Software Engineering
4 10 (7.52%) Software Testing
5 8 (6.02%) Customer Requirements
6 7 (5.26%) Configuration Management
6 7 (5.26%) Data Modelling
6 7 (5.26%) Migration
7 6 (4.51%) DevOps
7 6 (4.51%) Network Architecture
7 6 (4.51%) Performance Testing
7 6 (4.51%) Performance Tuning
7 6 (4.51%) Service Management
7 6 (4.51%) Test Automation
7 6 (4.51%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (4.51%) Validation
8 5 (3.76%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (3.76%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.27%) SQL
2 9 (6.77%) Python
3 6 (4.51%) PowerShell
4 5 (3.76%) Bash
5 3 (2.26%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.50%) Java
6 2 (1.50%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.75%) ABAP
7 1 (0.75%) C#
7 1 (0.75%) R
7 1 (0.75%) Scala
7 1 (0.75%) X++
Qualifications
1 98 (73.68%) SC Cleared
2 35 (26.32%) DV Cleared
3 7 (5.26%) Degree
4 6 (4.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.76%) ISTQB
6 4 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.01%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (2.26%) ISEB
8 2 (1.50%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.50%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (0.75%) ACCA
9 1 (0.75%) CIMA
9 1 (0.75%) MCSE
9 1 (0.75%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.51%) SLA
2 3 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.50%) QA
4 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.75%) IFRS
4 1 (0.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (6.77%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.01%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.50%) XenApp
3 2 (1.50%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.75%) Docker
4 1 (0.75%) KVM
4 1 (0.75%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 8 (6.02%) EMC NetWorker
2 7 (5.26%) Ansible
3 6 (4.51%) HP Data Protector
3 6 (4.51%) NetBackup
4 2 (1.50%) Red Hat Satellite
4 2 (1.50%) SCOM
4 2 (1.50%) VxRail
5 1 (0.75%) Grafana
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.75%) SCCM
5 1 (0.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (18.80%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.02%) Oracle
3 11 (8.27%) Cisco
4 10 (7.52%) Red Hat
4 10 (7.52%) VMware
5 8 (6.02%) Brocade
5 8 (6.02%) EMC
5 8 (6.02%) HP
6 7 (5.26%) SolarWinds
7 6 (4.51%) SAP
7 6 (4.51%) Symantec
8 5 (3.76%) F5
9 4 (3.01%) Computacenter
10 3 (2.26%) Dell
10 3 (2.26%) Fortinet
10 3 (2.26%) Juniper
11 2 (1.50%) Citrix
12 1 (0.75%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.75%) Peregrine
12 1 (0.75%) Salesforce