SC Cleared Contracts in the Midlands

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for SC 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 4 13 22
Rank change year-on-year +9 +9 -2
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 343 348 363
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.58% 10.31% 7.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.76% 36.44% 37.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 244 233
10th Percentile £265 £361 £304
25th Percentile £350 £458 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.19% +8.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £553 £638 £550
90th Percentile £643 £700 £625
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 20 9
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.72 £13.73
25th Percentile £14.00 £11.80 -
Median hourly rate £20.00 £21.19 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +5.94% +5.26%
75th Percentile £28.13 £40.25 £24.00
90th Percentile £51.91 £66.00 £37.50
England median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 £52.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% +10.58% +15.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 885 955 980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.45% 28.28% 19.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 608 662
10th Percentile £230 £261 £201
25th Percentile £325 £402 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £523 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% +16.11% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 73 33
10th Percentile £13.23 £11.00 £11.60
25th Percentile £17.00 £13.70 £13.73
Median hourly rate £24.65 £19.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.74% -5.00% +20.19%
75th Percentile £42.50 £28.50 £24.00
90th Percentile £56.50 £65.00 £37.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.06%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in the Midlands

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 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
West Midlands +10 244 £450 -18.18% 64
East Midlands +5 98 £545 +3.81% 24
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 15 (4.37%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.04%) CICS
3 7 (2.04%) SAS
4 3 (0.87%) Confluence
5 2 (0.58%) CMS
5 2 (0.58%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.29%) Appian
Applications
1 10 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) Revit
4 1 (0.29%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Primavera
2 1 (0.29%) CA PPM
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 23 (6.71%) Azure
2 11 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (1.46%) AWS
6 4 (1.17%) OCI
7 3 (0.87%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.87%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.58%) IaaS
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.29%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (0.29%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.29%) PaaS
9 1 (0.29%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.29%) SaaS
9 1 (0.29%) Serverless
9 1 (0.29%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.29%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 36 (10.50%) MPLS
2 35 (10.20%) WAN
3 32 (9.33%) Firewall
4 30 (8.75%) IPsec
5 21 (6.12%) BGP
6 13 (3.79%) SAN
7 10 (2.92%) LAN
8 8 (2.33%) Network Security
9 6 (1.75%) TCP/IP
9 6 (1.75%) VPN
10 5 (1.46%) Fibre Channel
10 5 (1.46%) Internet
11 4 (1.17%) ADSL
11 4 (1.17%) Ethernet
11 4 (1.17%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (1.17%) PSTN
11 4 (1.17%) Wireless
12 3 (0.87%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.87%) Junos
13 2 (0.58%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.37%) Amazon Redshift
1 15 (4.37%) MySQL
2 9 (2.62%) DB2
3 7 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (2.04%) IDMS
4 5 (1.46%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.17%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.58%) MS Access
7 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.29%) Big Data
8 1 (0.29%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.29%) Metadata
8 1 (0.29%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.29%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.29%) Power BI
8 1 (0.29%) Power Query
8 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (12.24%) PVCS
1 42 (12.24%) Visual Studio
2 22 (6.41%) Git
3 5 (1.46%) JIRA
3 5 (1.46%) JMeter
4 2 (0.58%) Selenium
4 2 (0.58%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.58%) TestRail
4 2 (0.58%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.29%) GitLab
5 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.29%) Rational DOORS
General
1 63 (18.37%) Public Sector
2 46 (13.41%) Social Skills
3 20 (5.83%) Finance
4 18 (5.25%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.21%) Legal
5 11 (3.21%) Telecoms
6 6 (1.75%) Aerospace
6 6 (1.75%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.17%) Electronics
7 4 (1.17%) Marketing
7 4 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.58%) Law
9 2 (0.58%) Police
10 1 (0.29%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.29%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 54 (15.74%) Analyst
2 49 (14.29%) Programmer
3 46 (13.41%) C Programmer
4 31 (9.04%) Network Engineer
5 27 (7.87%) Architect
6 26 (7.58%) SOC Analyst
7 22 (6.41%) Consultant
8 19 (5.54%) Developer
9 17 (4.96%) Senior
10 11 (3.21%) Test Analyst
11 10 (2.92%) Network Architect
12 9 (2.62%) Administrator
12 9 (2.62%) IT Engineer
13 8 (2.33%) IBM Mainframe Developer
13 8 (2.33%) Lead
13 8 (2.33%) Mainframe Developer
13 8 (2.33%) Solutions Architect
14 7 (2.04%) IT Technician
14 7 (2.04%) Security Consultant
15 6 (1.75%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (0.87%) LDAP
2 3 (0.87%) SOAP
2 3 (0.87%) Web Services
2 3 (0.87%) XML
3 2 (0.58%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.29%) .NET
4 1 (0.29%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.29%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.29%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.29%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.29%) Flask
4 1 (0.29%) HTML
4 1 (0.29%) JSON
4 1 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.29%) pytest
4 1 (0.29%) React
4 1 (0.29%) REST
4 1 (0.29%) SQLAlchemy
4 1 (0.29%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.50%) Security Operations Centre
2 10 (2.92%) Mainframe
3 9 (2.62%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (2.33%) IBM Mainframe
4 8 (2.33%) PKI
5 7 (2.04%) Cyber Defence
5 7 (2.04%) Security Posture
6 6 (1.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (1.46%) Digital Media
7 5 (1.46%) Taxonomies
8 4 (1.17%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.17%) CMDB
8 4 (1.17%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.17%) HP Storage
8 4 (1.17%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 57 (16.62%) Windows
2 40 (11.66%) Linux
3 19 (5.54%) Windows 7
4 14 (4.08%) Windows Vista
5 10 (2.92%) Mac OS X
6 9 (2.62%) Ubuntu
7 8 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.04%) Windows Server
8 7 (2.04%) zOS
9 5 (1.46%) AIX
9 5 (1.46%) Debian
9 5 (1.46%) Solaris
10 3 (0.87%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.87%) Unix
11 2 (0.58%) VMS
11 2 (0.58%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.29%) Android
12 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (11.66%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (10.50%) Agile
3 35 (10.20%) SIEM
4 34 (9.91%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (7.58%) Stakeholder Management
6 25 (7.29%) Analytics
7 24 (7.00%) Software Engineering
8 23 (6.71%) Requirements Gathering
9 22 (6.41%) Configuration Management
10 20 (5.83%) Incident Management
10 20 (5.83%) Scrum
11 19 (5.54%) Customer Service
11 19 (5.54%) Data Analytics
11 19 (5.54%) ITIL
12 18 (5.25%) Security Operations
13 17 (4.96%) Continuous Integration
13 17 (4.96%) Dashboard Development
13 17 (4.96%) ETL
14 16 (4.66%) Data Extraction
14 16 (4.66%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 50 (14.58%) C
2 43 (12.54%) PL/SQL
3 15 (4.37%) C++
3 15 (4.37%) SQL
4 12 (3.50%) Python
5 9 (2.62%) COBOL
6 7 (2.04%) CLIST
6 7 (2.04%) REXX
6 7 (2.04%) SELCOPY
7 5 (1.46%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.87%) Bash
8 3 (0.87%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.87%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.87%) R
8 3 (0.87%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.29%) ProC
9 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.29%) VB
9 1 (0.29%) X++
Qualifications
1 343 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 25 (7.29%) DV Cleared
3 17 (4.96%) Degree
4 14 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (3.50%) CISSP
6 10 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.62%) CompTIA Security+
7 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.75%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.75%) BC Cleared
10 5 (1.46%) CCNA
10 5 (1.46%) CCNP
11 3 (0.87%) GIAC
12 2 (0.58%) CEH
12 2 (0.58%) CISM
12 2 (0.58%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (0.58%) GSEC
12 2 (0.58%) JNCIS
12 2 (0.58%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (3.21%) NIST
2 11 (3.21%) SLA
3 10 (2.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 10 (2.92%) GDPR
3 10 (2.92%) HIPAA
4 8 (2.33%) QA
5 5 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 5 (1.46%) ISO17020
6 2 (0.58%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.58%) NCSC
6 2 (0.58%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.58%) PMO
7 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.29%) GPG13
7 1 (0.29%) IFRS
System Software
1 20 (5.83%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.46%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.87%) iptables
5 2 (0.58%) Docker
5 2 (0.58%) vSphere
5 2 (0.58%) XenApp
5 2 (0.58%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.29%) Firmware
6 1 (0.29%) KVM
6 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.29%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 15 (4.37%) Grafana
2 8 (2.33%) Ansible
3 7 (2.04%) Kibana
4 6 (1.75%) logstash
4 6 (1.75%) SCCM
5 5 (1.46%) EMC NetWorker
5 5 (1.46%) NetBackup
6 4 (1.17%) HP Data Protector
6 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.58%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.58%) SCOM
7 2 (0.58%) Terraform
7 2 (0.58%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.58%) VxRail
8 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.29%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 47 (13.70%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.50%) Juniper
3 18 (5.25%) Cisco
3 18 (5.25%) Denodo
3 18 (5.25%) VMware
4 17 (4.96%) Oracle
5 16 (4.66%) Talend
6 12 (3.50%) Red Hat
7 10 (2.92%) IBM
7 10 (2.92%) SAP
8 7 (2.04%) Syncsort
9 6 (1.75%) HP
9 6 (1.75%) SolarWinds
10 5 (1.46%) Brocade
10 5 (1.46%) EMC
10 5 (1.46%) F5
10 5 (1.46%) LogRhythm
10 5 (1.46%) Splunk
11 4 (1.17%) Citrix
11 4 (1.17%) Computacenter