Security Cleared Contracts in the South East

Security Clearance
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 1,840 1,462 1,366
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 33.34% 25.85% 17.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 74.89% 70.19% 56.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,118 976 886
10th Percentile £388 £328 £388
25th Percentile £475 £431 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £592 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +12.71% -2.33% +13.16%
75th Percentile £675 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £700 £695
England median daily rate £550 £550 £547
% change year-on-year - +0.61% +9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 89 46
10th Percentile £22.52 £20.47 £17.00
25th Percentile £52.90 £51.25 £20.63
Median hourly rate £61.65 £62.55 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% +35.24% +23.33%
75th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £62.44
90th Percentile £87.47 £76.44 £75.15
England median hourly rate £57.09 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -4.86% +20.00% +17.65%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,457 2,083 2,433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.52% 36.83% 31.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,426 1,360 1,560
10th Percentile £329 £300 £313
25th Percentile £449 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £650 £620 £625
90th Percentile £738 £700 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 209 142 84
10th Percentile £17.25 £20.47 £18.58
25th Percentile £26.73 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £58.55 £44.23
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +32.38% +10.56%
75th Percentile £67.00 £68.75 £54.25
90th Percentile £85.65 £75.00 £66.91
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +3.95%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Hampshire 0 999 £600 +9.09% 189
Thames Valley +1 743 £561 +12.25% 201
Berkshire +2 585 £575 +0.88% 134
Buckinghamshire 0 150 £511 +11.09% 40
Surrey +9 61 £625 +6.38% 48
West Sussex -18 18 £550 -4.35% 16
Kent +3 9 £294 -0.34% 7
Oxfordshire -9 8 £650 +44.44% 27
M4 Corridor - 5 £540 -
Middlesex - 2 £180 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 34 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (1.14%) Confluence
3 18 (0.98%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.27%) Apache
5 4 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.22%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.16%) CICS
6 3 (0.16%) CMS
6 3 (0.16%) SAS
7 1 (0.054%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.054%) IIS
7 1 (0.054%) JBoss
7 1 (0.054%) Moodle
7 1 (0.054%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.054%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.054%) Tomcat
Applications
1 78 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (0.60%) Simulink
4 10 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.33%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.27%) Siemens NX
8 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
9 1 (0.054%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.054%) Blender
Business Applications
1 28 (1.52%) Primavera
2 27 (1.47%) SAP QM
3 22 (1.20%) SAP EWM
4 11 (0.60%) SAP HR
5 10 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (0.43%) Teamcenter
7 7 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.27%) SAP PSCD
9 4 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
10 3 (0.16%) Infor M3
10 3 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
10 3 (0.16%) SAP BRIM
10 3 (0.16%) SAP Hybris
10 3 (0.16%) SAP PLM
11 1 (0.054%) SAP FI-CA
11 1 (0.054%) SAP HCM
11 1 (0.054%) SAP MM
11 1 (0.054%) SAP Payroll
11 1 (0.054%) SAP PM
11 1 (0.054%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 179 (9.73%) Azure
2 108 (5.87%) AWS
3 39 (2.12%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (1.25%) Entra ID
5 23 (1.25%) OpenShift
6 17 (0.92%) Azure Monitor
6 17 (0.92%) GitHub
7 16 (0.87%) Azure Storage
7 16 (0.87%) OCI
8 15 (0.82%) Power Platform
9 11 (0.60%) SuccessFactors
10 9 (0.49%) GCP
10 9 (0.49%) IaaS
11 8 (0.43%) Boomi
12 6 (0.33%) Serverless
13 5 (0.27%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (0.22%) Amazon ECS
14 4 (0.22%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 167 (9.08%) Firewall
2 112 (6.09%) WAN
3 102 (5.54%) LAN
4 86 (4.67%) DNS
5 77 (4.18%) SSL
6 63 (3.42%) DHCP
7 59 (3.21%) BGP
8 55 (2.99%) SAN
9 46 (2.50%) VPN
10 38 (2.07%) Cisco Firepower
11 37 (2.01%) Network Security
12 33 (1.79%) MPLS
13 29 (1.58%) Intrusion Detection
13 29 (1.58%) OSPF
14 27 (1.47%) Cisco ASA
14 27 (1.47%) TCP/IP
15 24 (1.30%) EIGRP
16 22 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
17 21 (1.14%) Cisco ISE
18 19 (1.03%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (1.58%) SQL Server
3 28 (1.52%) Oracle Database
4 16 (0.87%) Oracle Database 11g
5 15 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
6 13 (0.71%) MySQL
7 12 (0.65%) MongoDB
8 10 (0.54%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.49%) Metadata
10 8 (0.43%) SAP HANA
11 7 (0.38%) MariaDB
12 6 (0.33%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.27%) RDBMS
14 4 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
15 3 (0.16%) Data Lake
15 3 (0.16%) DB2
15 3 (0.16%) IDMS
16 2 (0.11%) CouchDB
16 2 (0.11%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 47 (2.55%) Jenkins
2 41 (2.23%) Git
3 40 (2.17%) GitLab
4 38 (2.07%) JIRA
5 32 (1.74%) Selenium
6 25 (1.36%) Cucumber
6 25 (1.36%) SonarQube
7 24 (1.30%) REST Assured
8 23 (1.25%) Robot Framework
9 21 (1.14%) TestRail
10 14 (0.76%) MSI
10 14 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
10 14 (0.76%) Visual Studio
11 10 (0.54%) Bitbucket
12 9 (0.49%) Rational DOORS
13 6 (0.33%) Artifactory
14 5 (0.27%) ClearCase
14 5 (0.27%) ClearQuest
15 4 (0.22%) Eclipse
15 4 (0.22%) JMeter
General
1 300 (16.30%) Social Skills
2 261 (14.18%) Public Sector
3 121 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (3.75%) Finance
5 58 (3.15%) Aerospace
6 46 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
7 45 (2.45%) Military
8 27 (1.47%) Telecoms
9 24 (1.30%) Law
10 17 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (0.87%) Electronics
12 14 (0.76%) Aviation
13 13 (0.71%) Police
14 9 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (0.43%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.22%) Aeronautics
16 4 (0.22%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.22%) Legal
16 4 (0.22%) Marketing
16 4 (0.22%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 481 (26.14%) Architect
2 165 (8.97%) Senior
3 132 (7.17%) Network Architect
4 126 (6.85%) Consultant
5 110 (5.98%) Developer
6 107 (5.82%) Network Engineer
7 97 (5.27%) Analyst
8 84 (4.57%) Security Architect
9 79 (4.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 75 (4.08%) Infrastructure Architect
11 71 (3.86%) SAP Consultant
12 67 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
13 52 (2.83%) Lead
14 48 (2.61%) Project Manager
15 40 (2.17%) Support Specialist
16 39 (2.12%) Administrator
17 38 (2.07%) Service Architect
18 36 (1.96%) Systems Administrator
19 35 (1.90%) Security Engineer
20 34 (1.85%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.77%) Web Services
2 33 (1.79%) REST
3 29 (1.58%) ARM Templates
4 25 (1.36%) Java EE
5 22 (1.20%) .NET
6 21 (1.14%) HTML
7 14 (0.76%) ASP.NET
8 13 (0.71%) Flash
8 13 (0.71%) Itk
9 11 (0.60%) CSS
9 11 (0.60%) Kafka
9 11 (0.60%) Node.js
10 8 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
10 8 (0.43%) SAP Basis
11 7 (0.38%) AngularJS
12 6 (0.33%) React
12 6 (0.33%) SAP Fiori
12 6 (0.33%) YAML
13 5 (0.27%) Keycloak
13 5 (0.27%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 149 (8.10%) PKI
2 45 (2.45%) Data Centre
3 42 (2.28%) Driving Licence
4 40 (2.17%) Management Information System
5 31 (1.68%) Cyber Defence
5 31 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
5 31 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (1.52%) Product Ownership
7 23 (1.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 22 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
9 20 (1.09%) Client/Server
10 19 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
11 15 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (0.65%) Cloud Native
13 11 (0.60%) Clustering
13 11 (0.60%) FPGA
14 10 (0.54%) Private Cloud
15 8 (0.43%) Distributed Systems
15 8 (0.43%) Replication
16 7 (0.38%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 291 (15.82%) Windows
2 205 (11.14%) Linux
3 144 (7.83%) Windows Server
4 93 (5.05%) Windows 10
5 85 (4.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 63 (3.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 59 (3.21%) Windows Server 2012
8 53 (2.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 41 (2.23%) Windows 7
10 21 (1.14%) Unix
11 20 (1.09%) Windows NT
12 16 (0.87%) Ubuntu
13 14 (0.76%) Windows XP
14 13 (0.71%) AIX
14 13 (0.71%) Debian
15 8 (0.43%) VMS
16 3 (0.16%) zOS
17 2 (0.11%) Solaris
18 1 (0.054%) Apple iOS
18 1 (0.054%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (16.41%) Agile
2 220 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
3 183 (9.95%) DevOps
4 166 (9.02%) ITIL
5 115 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
6 113 (6.14%) Project Management
7 111 (6.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 107 (5.82%) Service Management
9 101 (5.49%) Customer Requirements
10 94 (5.11%) Test Automation
11 93 (5.05%) Software Engineering
12 83 (4.51%) SIEM
13 82 (4.46%) Customer Service
14 79 (4.29%) Network Design
15 75 (4.08%) Prototyping
16 71 (3.86%) Technical Leadership
17 70 (3.80%) Project Delivery
18 68 (3.70%) Scrum
19 67 (3.64%) Stakeholder Management
20 65 (3.53%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 160 (8.70%) PowerShell
2 121 (6.58%) Python
3 81 (4.40%) Java
4 65 (3.53%) SQL
5 47 (2.55%) C#
6 38 (2.07%) C++
7 34 (1.85%) VBScript
8 30 (1.63%) C
9 24 (1.30%) JavaScript
10 21 (1.14%) Bash
11 18 (0.98%) PL/SQL
11 18 (0.98%) Shell Script
12 17 (0.92%) VB
13 16 (0.87%) Bicep
14 14 (0.76%) PHP
15 11 (0.60%) MATLAB
16 7 (0.38%) Go
17 5 (0.27%) Embedded C
17 5 (0.27%) Embedded C++
18 4 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 863 (46.90%) DV Cleared
2 848 (46.09%) SC Cleared
3 153 (8.32%) Degree
4 59 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
5 49 (2.66%) CCNP
6 34 (1.85%) CCNA
7 33 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 25 (1.36%) ISTQB
9 21 (1.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 17 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 14 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 13 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.60%) CISM
14 10 (0.54%) ISEB
14 10 (0.54%) MCSE
14 10 (0.54%) PMI Certification
15 9 (0.49%) JNCIA
15 9 (0.49%) JNCIS
16 8 (0.43%) APMP
16 8 (0.43%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (2.77%) SLA
2 36 (1.96%) QA
3 30 (1.63%) NIST
4 20 (1.09%) NIST 800
4 20 (1.09%) RMADS
5 18 (0.98%) NCSC
6 15 (0.82%) PMO
7 7 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 6 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.27%) GDPR
9 5 (0.27%) ISO 9000
10 4 (0.22%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.22%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.16%) PMBOK
12 2 (0.11%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.11%) DO-178B
12 2 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.054%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 211 (11.47%) Active Directory
2 119 (6.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (2.23%) Firmware
4 36 (1.96%) Hyper-V
5 31 (1.68%) VMware NSX
6 29 (1.58%) vSphere
7 28 (1.52%) Docker
8 23 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
9 21 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
10 16 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 2 (0.11%) VirtualBox
12 2 (0.11%) XenApp
12 2 (0.11%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.054%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.054%) LXC
13 1 (0.054%) NFS
13 1 (0.054%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.054%) UAG
13 1 (0.054%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 118 (6.41%) Ansible
2 106 (5.76%) SCCM
3 83 (4.51%) Terraform
4 73 (3.97%) Kubernetes
5 72 (3.91%) WSUS
6 42 (2.28%) SCOM
7 28 (1.52%) Endace
8 26 (1.41%) FortiGate
9 23 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
10 22 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 22 (1.20%) vCenter Server
11 20 (1.09%) Sysprep
12 16 (0.87%) EMC NetWorker
12 16 (0.87%) Nessus
12 16 (0.87%) NetBackup
12 16 (0.87%) vRealize
13 15 (0.82%) WMI
14 13 (0.71%) Grafana
14 13 (0.71%) Istio
15 12 (0.65%) Podman
Vendors
1 334 (18.15%) Microsoft
2 196 (10.65%) VMware
3 189 (10.27%) Cisco
4 163 (8.86%) Juniper
5 94 (5.11%) SAP
6 72 (3.91%) Oracle
7 66 (3.59%) HP
8 54 (2.93%) Fortinet
9 53 (2.88%) Red Hat
10 50 (2.72%) F5
11 44 (2.39%) Dell
11 44 (2.39%) Palo Alto
12 29 (1.58%) IBM
13 26 (1.41%) ServiceNow
14 21 (1.14%) EMC
15 20 (1.09%) SolarWinds
15 20 (1.09%) Veeam
16 18 (0.98%) 3PAR
17 16 (0.87%) ArcSight
18 15 (0.82%) Symantec