Security Cleared Contracts in Edinburgh

Security Clearance
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 37 96 85
Rank change year-on-year +59 -11 +10
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 34 17 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.20% 1.32% 2.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.66% 8.76% 15.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 6 20
10th Percentile £227 £308 £413
25th Percentile £291 £372 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £420 £494
Median % change year-on-year -6.55% -14.94% +39.49%
75th Percentile £575 £508 £577
90th Percentile - £569 £599
Scotland median daily rate £575 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +27.78% -5.26% +6.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 3
10th Percentile £34.20 £21.47 £47.25
25th Percentile £45.00 £28.63 £48.75
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -0.48% +200.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £61.00 £67.50 -
Scotland median hourly rate £60.00 £52.25 £45.14
% change year-on-year +14.83% +15.75% -26.60%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 157 194 257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 19.41% 15.04% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 124 153
10th Percentile £179 £165 £315
25th Percentile £385 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -3.23% +9.41%
75th Percentile £575 £511 £575
90th Percentile £633 £600 £635
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 6 5
10th Percentile £15.43 £21.47 £17.01
25th Percentile £16.31 £28.63 £25.50
Median hourly rate £17.75 £52.25 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -66.03% +10.00% +171.43%
75th Percentile £45.00 £64.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 -
Scotland median hourly rate £40.94 £21.67 £39.99
% change year-on-year +88.92% -45.81% +8.82%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Edinburgh

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Teamcenter
2 1 (2.94%) SAP MM
2 1 (2.94%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.76%) AWS
2 1 (2.94%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) DHCP
1 4 (11.76%) DNS
1 4 (11.76%) VPN
2 1 (2.94%) Internet
2 1 (2.94%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) Metadata
1 4 (11.76%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.94%) GIS
2 1 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (2.94%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 8 (23.53%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.94%) Avionics
5 1 (2.94%) Electronics
5 1 (2.94%) Finance
5 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (14.71%) Infrastructure Support
1 5 (14.71%) Support Engineer
2 4 (11.76%) Developer
3 3 (8.82%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (8.82%) Ada Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Ada Software Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Desktop Support
3 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Software Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
4 2 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Database Developer
4 2 (5.88%) Hardware Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 2 (5.88%) Linux Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (2.94%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Clustering
1 2 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.94%) Verilog
2 1 (2.94%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 9 (26.47%) Windows
2 4 (11.76%) Windows 10
3 3 (8.82%) Windows 7
3 3 (8.82%) Windows Server
4 2 (5.88%) Linux
4 2 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (5.88%) Solaris
5 1 (2.94%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (17.65%) Customer Service
3 5 (14.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (14.71%) Performance Tuning
3 5 (14.71%) SQL Optimisation
4 4 (11.76%) ITIL
4 4 (11.76%) Service Delivery
5 3 (8.82%) Break/Fix
5 3 (8.82%) CI/CD
5 3 (8.82%) Computer Science
5 3 (8.82%) DevOps
5 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (8.82%) Network Management
5 3 (8.82%) Software Engineering
6 2 (5.88%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (5.88%) Compliance Management
6 2 (5.88%) Containerisation
6 2 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (5.88%) Data Protection
6 2 (5.88%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.71%) PL/SQL
1 5 (14.71%) SQL
2 3 (8.82%) Ada
3 1 (2.94%) Java
3 1 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (76.47%) SC Cleared
2 3 (8.82%) A+ Certification
2 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (8.82%) Degree
3 2 (5.88%) RHCE
4 1 (2.94%) BC Cleared
4 1 (2.94%) MCP
4 1 (2.94%) MCSE
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) SLA
2 1 (2.94%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.94%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.88%) Docker
2 2 (5.88%) KVM
3 1 (2.94%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (20.59%) SCCM
2 3 (8.82%) Kubernetes
2 3 (8.82%) WSUS
3 1 (2.94%) Grafana
3 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (32.35%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.65%) Oracle
3 4 (11.76%) Cisco
4 2 (5.88%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.94%) Apple
5 1 (2.94%) Citrix
5 1 (2.94%) Mentor Graphics
5 1 (2.94%) SAP
5 1 (2.94%) Xilinx