Government Security Classifications Contracts in the UK excluding London

Government Security Classifications (GSC)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Government Security Classifications skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Government Security Classifications over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 358 456 519
Rank change year-on-year +98 +63 -
Contract jobs citing Government Security Classifications 45 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.004% 0.013%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.45% 0.028% 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 1 4
10th Percentile - - £486
25th Percentile £463 £513 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £547
90th Percentile £588 - £564
UK median daily rate £495 £569 £725
% change year-on-year -12.97% -21.55% +65.71%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

Government Security Classifications is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,099 3,539 4,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.99% 14.80% 14.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,815 2,383 3,087
10th Percentile £254 £213 £204
25th Percentile £363 £363 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £478 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.09% +6.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £572
90th Percentile £685 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 185 195
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.67 £11.36
25th Percentile £12.58 £18.09 £15.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £35.00 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year -48.57% +66.27% +0.24%
75th Percentile £45.00 £60.00 £47.40
90th Percentile £67.65 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £20.80 £35.00 £27.75
% change year-on-year -40.56% +26.13% +32.14%

Government Security Classifications
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Government Security Classifications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Government Security Classifications in the UK excluding London

Government Security Classifications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Government Security Classifications in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Government Security Classifications in the UK excluding London

Government Security Classifications
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Government Security Classifications within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
South West - 39 £495 -
North of England - 4 £575 -
Midlands +30 2 £575 +9.52%
West Midlands +26 2 £575 +9.52%
North West - 2 £575 -
Yorkshire - 2 £575 -
Government Security Classifications
UK

Government Security Classifications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 39 (86.67%) Confluence
2 35 (77.78%) SharePoint
2 35 (77.78%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 39 (86.67%) Azure
2 34 (75.56%) Azure Stack
3 4 (8.89%) AWS
3 4 (8.89%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 35 (77.78%) BGP
1 35 (77.78%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 39 (86.67%) JIRA
General
1 35 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 18 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.67%) Police
Job Titles
1 17 (37.78%) Microsoft Engineer
2 10 (22.22%) Analyst
3 6 (13.33%) Consultant
3 6 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 6 (13.33%) Security Consultant
4 5 (11.11%) Service Analyst
4 5 (11.11%) Service Management Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) Architect
6 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (6.67%) IT Architect
7 2 (4.44%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
8 1 (2.22%) Azure Engineer
8 1 (2.22%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (2.22%) Cloud Engineer
8 1 (2.22%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (2.22%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 35 (77.78%) Private Cloud
2 4 (8.89%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (77.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (80.00%) Service Management
2 35 (77.78%) ITIL
3 34 (75.56%) Capacity Management
3 34 (75.56%) Network Management
3 34 (75.56%) Security Monitoring
4 28 (62.22%) ITSM
5 18 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (24.44%) Backlog Management
6 11 (24.44%) Knowledge Transfer
7 6 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (13.33%) Data Protection
7 6 (13.33%) Information Security
7 6 (13.33%) Information Security Management
7 6 (13.33%) ISMS
7 6 (13.33%) Security Management
8 4 (8.89%) ArchiMate
8 4 (8.89%) Technical Architecture
9 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 1 (2.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 1 (2.22%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 44 (97.78%) Security Cleared
2 34 (75.56%) DV Cleared
3 11 (24.44%) SC Cleared
4 6 (13.33%) CISM
4 6 (13.33%) CISSP
5 5 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.22%) NCSC
2 6 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.22%) QA
Systems Management
1 24 (53.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 35 (77.78%) Atlassian
1 35 (77.78%) Microsoft