Security Cleared Contracts in Bedfordshire

Security Clearance
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 25 12
Rank change year-on-year +9 -13 +19
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 17 10 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 10.90% 4.07% 11.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.78% 21.28% 36.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 15
10th Percentile £304 £374 £457
25th Percentile £305 £403 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £458 £600
Median % change year-on-year -32.19% -23.75% +20.00%
75th Percentile £317 £506 £638
90th Percentile £318 £509 £644
East of England median daily rate £450 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile £63.30 £45.13 £56.88
25th Percentile £70.00 £50.94 £65.31
Median hourly rate £80.00 £61.25 £82.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.61% -25.76% +39.83%
75th Percentile £88.00 £70.94 £90.00
90th Percentile £89.80 £76.38 -
East of England median hourly rate £62.50 £24.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +160.42% -58.26% +6.98%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 45 47 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 28.85% 19.11% 32.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 27 42
10th Percentile £337 £295 £208
25th Percentile - £331 £282
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% - +25.81%
75th Percentile £580 £531 £605
90th Percentile £612 £575 £644
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 4
10th Percentile £28.05 £24.58 £56.88
25th Percentile £30.34 £30.70 £65.31
Median hourly rate £63.25 £31.80 £82.50
Median % change year-on-year +98.90% -61.45% +43.48%
75th Percentile £83.88 £43.75 £90.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £65.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +64.29% +66.67% +7.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Bedfordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Bedfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Bedfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Bedfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Bedfordshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Bedfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Luton +6 14 - - 78
Henlow - 1 - -
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East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 10 (58.82%) SharePoint
2 9 (52.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (52.94%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Ethernet
General
1 13 (76.47%) Social Skills
2 10 (58.82%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Electronics
4 3 (17.65%) Games
5 2 (11.76%) Aerospace
6 1 (5.88%) Military
6 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (58.82%) Systems Engineer
2 7 (41.18%) Principal Engineer
3 6 (35.29%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Security Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) FPGA Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Author
6 1 (5.88%) Firmware Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Lead
6 1 (5.88%) Senior
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Test Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Service Desk Support
6 1 (5.88%) Systems Test Engineer
6 1 (5.88%) Technical Author
6 1 (5.88%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (58.82%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (35.29%) Management Information System
3 3 (17.65%) Algorithms
3 3 (17.65%) FPGA
3 3 (17.65%) PCIe
3 3 (17.65%) Verilog
4 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (52.94%) Cryptography
2 9 (52.94%) Data Management
2 9 (52.94%) PDM
3 7 (41.18%) Validation
3 7 (41.18%) Verification and Validation
4 6 (35.29%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 6 (35.29%) Systems Engineering
5 5 (29.41%) Document Management
6 4 (23.53%) Security Management
7 3 (17.65%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
7 3 (17.65%) Customer Requirements
7 3 (17.65%) Machine Learning
7 3 (17.65%) Physics
7 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
7 3 (17.65%) UVM
8 2 (11.76%) Architecture Roadmap
8 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
8 2 (11.76%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) MATLAB
2 3 (17.65%) SystemVerilog
2 3 (17.65%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 16 (94.12%) SC Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) HNC
2 3 (17.65%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) DO-254
2 1 (5.88%) JSP 440
2 1 (5.88%) NCSC
2 1 (5.88%) NIST
2 1 (5.88%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Actel
1 3 (17.65%) Altera
1 3 (17.65%) Intel
1 3 (17.65%) Microsemi
1 3 (17.65%) Xilinx