Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Andover

Security Clearance
Hampshire > Andover

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Andover with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 33 4 18
As % of all contract jobs in Andover 84.62% 57.14% 64.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 1 15
10th Percentile £450 - £538
25th Percentile £506 £263 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £275 £675
Median % change year-on-year +172.73% -59.26% +38.46%
75th Percentile £788 £288 £688
90th Percentile - - £700
Hampshire median daily rate £570 £575 £591
% change year-on-year -0.87% -2.62% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.28% - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.11 £35.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -28.25% -41.67% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Andover

Security Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Andover.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 33 4 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Andover 84.62% 57.14% 64.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 1 15
10th Percentile £450 - £538
25th Percentile £506 £263 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £275 £675
Median % change year-on-year +172.73% -59.26% +38.46%
75th Percentile £788 £288 £688
90th Percentile - - £700
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £554 £570
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.76% +0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.28% - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £23.58 £35.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -32.64% -41.67% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Andover

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Andover.

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Andover

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Daily Rate Trend in Andover

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Andover citing Security Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Andover citing Security Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in Andover

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Andover over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Andover

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Hourly Rate Trend in Andover

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Andover citing Security Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Andover citing Security Cleared

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Andover by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 18 (54.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.09%) GitHub
1 3 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
1 3 (9.09%) OpenShift
2 1 (3.03%) AWS
2 1 (3.03%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.03%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) GitLab
1 3 (9.09%) JIRA
1 3 (9.09%) Maven
1 3 (9.09%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.03%) Electronics
4 1 (3.03%) Finance
4 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.03%) Marketing
4 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (51.52%) Architect
2 8 (24.24%) Enterprise Architect
3 7 (21.21%) Security Architect
4 3 (9.09%) Requirements Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Business Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Enterprise Security Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Lead
5 2 (6.06%) Project Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Project Leader
5 2 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.03%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
6 1 (3.03%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (3.03%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Desktop Support
6 1 (3.03%) Developer
6 1 (3.03%) IT Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) IT Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Kafka Developer
6 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) Elastic Stack
1 3 (9.09%) Kafka
1 3 (9.09%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Roadmaps
1 10 (30.30%) TOGAF
2 7 (21.21%) ArchiMate
2 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (15.15%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (15.15%) Migration
3 5 (15.15%) OWASP
3 5 (15.15%) Security Architecture
4 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (12.12%) Zachman Framework
5 3 (9.09%) Agile
5 3 (9.09%) Analytics
5 3 (9.09%) Containerisation
5 3 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (9.09%) Data Analytics
5 3 (9.09%) Requirements Engineering
5 3 (9.09%) Requirements Management
5 3 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
5 3 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
5 3 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) Java
Qualifications
1 33 (100.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.03%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) NCSC
2 4 (12.12%) GDPR
3 3 (9.09%) Def Stans
4 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.03%) NIST
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) Grafana
1 3 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 3 (9.09%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 18 (54.55%) Sparx
2 3 (9.09%) IBM
2 3 (9.09%) VMware
3 1 (3.03%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (3.03%) SAP