SC Cleared Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Check (SC) Clearance
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 4 12
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 +21
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 368 485 411
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.82% 16.85% 11.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.17% 49.29% 38.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 351 355
10th Percentile £363 £325 £360
25th Percentile £463 £410 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +13.75% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £625
90th Percentile £713 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £560 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +9.80% -2.86% +5.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 22 6
10th Percentile £18.00 £14.45 £18.31
25th Percentile £22.51 £20.75 £30.00
Median hourly rate £55.80 £59.94 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.91% +16.39% +36.42%
75th Percentile £60.58 £73.75 £64.38
90th Percentile £68.00 £79.19 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £62.78 £54.48
% change year-on-year -4.42% +15.23% +21.06%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,077 984 1,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 40.46% 34.19% 29.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 632 736
10th Percentile £250 £322 £297
25th Percentile £425 £411 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £485
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +5.15% +2.11%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £680 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 50 28
10th Percentile £20.51 £16.03 £16.25
25th Percentile £42.00 £24.90 £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.80 £64.68 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.99% +207.98% -0.24%
75th Percentile £75.68 £75.00 £49.81
90th Percentile £87.53 £80.25 £71.37
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +33.33% +5.88%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Berkshire +1 251 £605 +6.14% 62
Buckinghamshire 0 113 £500 +6.38% 23
Oxfordshire +5 4 £563 +25.70% 12
SC Cleared
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 27 (7.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.82%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.27%) JBoss
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 13 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (5.43%) SAP EWM
2 13 (3.53%) SAP QM
3 7 (1.90%) Primavera
4 5 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.27%) SAP PLM
5 1 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 78 (21.20%) Azure
2 31 (8.42%) AWS
3 30 (8.15%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (5.98%) Entra ID
5 21 (5.71%) Azure Monitor
6 20 (5.43%) Azure Storage
6 20 (5.43%) OpenShift
7 14 (3.80%) OCI
8 3 (0.82%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (0.82%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.82%) PaaS
8 3 (0.82%) SaaS
8 3 (0.82%) Serverless
9 2 (0.54%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.54%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (0.54%) GCP
9 2 (0.54%) IaaS
10 1 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.27%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 50 (13.59%) DNS
2 46 (12.50%) DHCP
3 44 (11.96%) Firewall
4 27 (7.34%) SAN
5 17 (4.62%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.72%) WAN
7 9 (2.45%) VPN
8 6 (1.63%) MPLS
8 6 (1.63%) Network Security
9 5 (1.36%) BGP
9 5 (1.36%) SD-WAN
10 4 (1.09%) Internet
10 4 (1.09%) VSAN
11 3 (0.82%) NAS
12 2 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (0.54%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.54%) GGSN
12 2 (0.54%) IPsec
12 2 (0.54%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.70%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (4.89%) Oracle Database
3 14 (3.80%) Elasticsearch
4 11 (2.99%) Oracle Database 11g
5 5 (1.36%) SAP HANA
6 4 (1.09%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.09%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.82%) MySQL
8 2 (0.54%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.27%) GIS
9 1 (0.27%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 36 (9.78%) Jenkins
2 26 (7.07%) Selenium
3 25 (6.79%) Cucumber
4 24 (6.52%) REST Assured
4 24 (6.52%) SonarQube
5 15 (4.08%) GitLab
6 13 (3.53%) JIRA
7 12 (3.26%) Git
8 7 (1.90%) Visual Studio
9 4 (1.09%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.09%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.82%) MSI
10 3 (0.82%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.27%) Appium
11 1 (0.27%) JUnit
11 1 (0.27%) MSTest
11 1 (0.27%) NUnit
11 1 (0.27%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.27%) TeamCity
General
1 91 (24.73%) Social Skills
2 45 (12.23%) Public Sector
3 39 (10.60%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (5.43%) Law
5 15 (4.08%) Finance
6 13 (3.53%) Police
7 11 (2.99%) Military
8 5 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.36%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.54%) Electronics
12 1 (0.27%) Advertising
12 1 (0.27%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.27%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.27%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 53 (14.40%) Developer
2 46 (12.50%) Consultant
3 39 (10.60%) Senior
4 38 (10.33%) SAP Consultant
5 37 (10.05%) Active Directory Support
6 34 (9.24%) Analyst
7 31 (8.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 26 (7.07%) Active Directory Specialist
8 26 (7.07%) Azure Specialist
8 26 (7.07%) Support Specialist
9 18 (4.89%) Java Engineer
10 17 (4.62%) Python Developer
10 17 (4.62%) Support Engineer
11 16 (4.35%) Active Directory Engineer
11 16 (4.35%) Site Engineer
11 16 (4.35%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 15 (4.08%) Architect
13 14 (3.80%) Storage Engineer
14 12 (3.26%) Azure Engineer
14 12 (3.26%) SAP QM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (8.97%) ARM Templates
2 28 (7.61%) REST
3 25 (6.79%) Java EE
4 13 (3.53%) Kafka
5 10 (2.72%) .NET
6 8 (2.17%) ASP.NET
7 5 (1.36%) SAP Basis
8 4 (1.09%) Web Services
8 4 (1.09%) YAML
9 3 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.82%) Node.js
9 3 (0.82%) React
9 3 (0.82%) Spring
9 3 (0.82%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.54%) .NET Core
10 2 (0.54%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.54%) CSS
10 2 (0.54%) HTML
10 2 (0.54%) Mustache
10 2 (0.54%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.42%) PKI
2 21 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (4.08%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.08%) Data Centre
4 9 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (1.90%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.09%) Product Ownership
7 3 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (0.82%) Fat Client
7 3 (0.82%) iPad
7 3 (0.82%) Operational Technology
7 3 (0.82%) PMI
7 3 (0.82%) Robotics
7 3 (0.82%) Thin Client
8 2 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.54%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.54%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 62 (16.85%) Linux
2 60 (16.30%) Windows
3 41 (11.14%) Windows Server
4 37 (10.05%) Windows Server 2019
5 34 (9.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (4.89%) Windows 10
7 14 (3.80%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (3.80%) Windows XP
8 13 (3.53%) Ubuntu
9 10 (2.72%) Debian
10 8 (2.17%) Windows 7
11 5 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.82%) Unix
12 3 (0.82%) VMS
13 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.27%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (20.65%) DevOps
2 72 (19.57%) Agile
3 71 (19.29%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (18.21%) ITIL
5 51 (13.86%) Software Engineering
6 44 (11.96%) Performance Tuning
7 40 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 34 (9.24%) Infrastructure as Code
8 34 (9.24%) Project Management
8 34 (9.24%) Release Management
9 33 (8.97%) Decision-Making
10 31 (8.42%) Technical Leadership
11 30 (8.15%) Containerisation
11 30 (8.15%) ITSM
11 30 (8.15%) Service Management
11 30 (8.15%) Stakeholder Management
11 30 (8.15%) Test Automation
12 26 (7.07%) Change Management
12 26 (7.07%) Configuration Management
12 26 (7.07%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 60 (16.30%) PowerShell
2 32 (8.70%) C#
3 31 (8.42%) Java
4 23 (6.25%) Python
5 20 (5.43%) Bicep
5 20 (5.43%) VB
5 20 (5.43%) VBScript
6 15 (4.08%) SQL
7 11 (2.99%) PL/SQL
8 5 (1.36%) Bash
8 5 (1.36%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.82%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 368 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 123 (33.42%) DV Cleared
3 46 (12.50%) Degree
4 21 (5.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 18 (4.89%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (4.62%) CCNP
7 16 (4.35%) CCNA
8 7 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.63%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.09%) VCAP
10 4 (1.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.82%) APMP
11 3 (0.82%) ISEB
11 3 (0.82%) PMP
12 2 (0.54%) CTC Cleared
12 2 (0.54%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.54%) NVQ Level 3
13 1 (0.27%) BC Cleared
13 1 (0.27%) Chartered Engineer
13 1 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.17%) PMO
2 6 (1.63%) SLA
3 3 (0.82%) ISO 9000
3 3 (0.82%) NCSC
3 3 (0.82%) NIST
3 3 (0.82%) QA
4 2 (0.54%) GDPR
5 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
System Software
1 74 (20.11%) Active Directory
2 26 (7.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (6.52%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (5.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 19 (5.16%) VMware ESXi
6 17 (4.62%) Docker
7 16 (4.35%) Hyper-V
8 8 (2.17%) vSphere
9 4 (1.09%) Firmware
9 4 (1.09%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.82%) XenApp
10 3 (0.82%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.27%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 53 (14.40%) Kubernetes
2 39 (10.60%) Ansible
2 39 (10.60%) SCCM
3 38 (10.33%) WSUS
4 35 (9.51%) SCOM
5 24 (6.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 21 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
7 18 (4.89%) Terraform
8 17 (4.62%) vCenter Server
9 15 (4.08%) Grafana
9 15 (4.08%) Istio
10 14 (3.80%) EMC NetWorker
10 14 (3.80%) NetBackup
11 12 (3.26%) Docker Swarm
11 12 (3.26%) Podman
12 11 (2.99%) Argo
12 11 (2.99%) Kibana
12 11 (2.99%) Prometheus
13 5 (1.36%) Nessus
14 3 (0.82%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 93 (25.27%) Microsoft
2 59 (16.03%) VMware
3 43 (11.68%) SAP
4 37 (10.05%) Oracle
5 25 (6.79%) Cisco
6 21 (5.71%) Red Hat
7 20 (5.43%) Juniper
8 18 (4.89%) Veeam
9 16 (4.35%) Palo Alto
10 15 (4.08%) Dell
10 15 (4.08%) HP
11 14 (3.80%) 3PAR
11 14 (3.80%) EMC
11 14 (3.80%) Extreme Networks
11 14 (3.80%) Symantec
12 12 (3.26%) ServiceNow
13 5 (1.36%) Citrix
14 3 (0.82%) NEC
15 2 (0.54%) F5
15 2 (0.54%) SolarWinds