SC Cleared Contracts in Berkshire

Security Check (SC) Clearance
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 8 28
Rank change year-on-year -1 +20 +14
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 247 217 139
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 12.74% 12.31% 5.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.96% 39.17% 21.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 143 106
10th Percentile £391 £365 £380
25th Percentile £501 £456 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £570 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.14% +8.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £675 £641 £625
90th Percentile £716 £721 £691
South East median daily rate £563 £515 £529
% change year-on-year +9.22% -2.65% +11.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 18 4
10th Percentile £38.58 £23.00 £55.85
25th Percentile £52.90 £53.36 £60.13
Median hourly rate £59.46 £65.34 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% -9.88% +241.18%
75th Percentile £64.42 £75.56 £82.56
90th Percentile £76.57 £79.19 £82.68
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £62.55 £54.96
% change year-on-year -4.08% +13.82% +29.31%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 853 554 656
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 43.99% 31.42% 27.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 320 388
10th Percentile £213 £330 £314
25th Percentile £425 £447 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £489
Median % change year-on-year - +12.53% +5.68%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £589
90th Percentile £688 £721 £675
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +7.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 38 16
10th Percentile £41.48 £21.95 -
25th Percentile £52.90 £54.56 £17.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +208.79% -
75th Percentile £75.68 £75.56 £56.63
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £81.45
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £58.13 £44.50
% change year-on-year -1.34% +30.63% +11.25%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Berkshire over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Berkshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in Berkshire over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 8 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
Reading +1 169 £613 +7.46% 48
Wokingham 0 23 £466 -22.33% 2
Bracknell -5 14 £400 +14.29% 5
Newbury +8 13 £525 +40.00% 1
Maidenhead - 2 £625 -
Slough +1 1 £345 -43.90% 1
SC Cleared
South East

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 16 (6.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.62%) OpenStack
2 4 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) JBoss
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Spatial
3 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 20 (8.10%) SAP EWM
2 13 (5.26%) SAP QM
3 8 (3.24%) Primavera
4 4 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (1.21%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 64 (25.91%) Azure
2 36 (14.57%) AWS
3 17 (6.88%) Azure Monitor
3 17 (6.88%) Entra ID
3 17 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (6.48%) Azure Storage
4 16 (6.48%) OpenShift
5 14 (5.67%) OCI
6 5 (2.02%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (1.62%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (1.62%) Serverless
8 3 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.81%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.81%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (0.81%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.40%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.40%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.40%) PaaS
10 1 (0.40%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (15.38%) DNS
2 36 (14.57%) Firewall
3 34 (13.77%) DHCP
4 19 (7.69%) SAN
5 9 (3.64%) WAN
6 7 (2.83%) BGP
6 7 (2.83%) MPLS
7 5 (2.02%) Internet
7 5 (2.02%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.62%) VPN
9 3 (1.21%) Ethernet
9 3 (1.21%) NAS
9 3 (1.21%) OSPF
10 2 (0.81%) DSL
10 2 (0.81%) EIGRP
10 2 (0.81%) GGSN
10 2 (0.81%) IPsec
10 2 (0.81%) PPP
10 2 (0.81%) RIP
11 1 (0.40%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (14.17%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (8.91%) Oracle Database
3 16 (6.48%) Oracle Database 11g
4 10 (4.05%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (2.02%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.02%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.62%) SAP HANA
7 3 (1.21%) MySQL
8 2 (0.81%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.40%) GIS
9 1 (0.40%) Power BI
9 1 (0.40%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 37 (14.98%) Jenkins
2 26 (10.53%) Selenium
3 25 (10.12%) Cucumber
4 24 (9.72%) REST Assured
4 24 (9.72%) SonarQube
5 16 (6.48%) GitLab
6 13 (5.26%) Git
6 13 (5.26%) JIRA
7 7 (2.83%) Visual Studio
8 4 (1.62%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.62%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.81%) JUnit
9 2 (0.81%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.40%) Appium
10 1 (0.40%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.40%) MSI
10 1 (0.40%) MSTest
10 1 (0.40%) NUnit
10 1 (0.40%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.40%) TeamCity
General
1 68 (27.53%) Social Skills
2 33 (13.36%) Public Sector
3 27 (10.93%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (8.10%) Law
5 13 (5.26%) Police
6 6 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.02%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.62%) Finance
9 3 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.81%) Electronics
11 1 (0.40%) Advertising
11 1 (0.40%) Aviation
11 1 (0.40%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.40%) Marketing
11 1 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (19.03%) Consultant
2 41 (16.60%) SAP Consultant
3 39 (15.79%) Developer
4 27 (10.93%) Active Directory Support
5 25 (10.12%) Active Directory Specialist
5 25 (10.12%) Azure Specialist
5 25 (10.12%) Support Specialist
6 21 (8.50%) Senior
7 20 (8.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 18 (7.29%) Java Engineer
9 14 (5.67%) PostgreSQL Developer
9 14 (5.67%) Storage Engineer
10 12 (4.86%) SAP EWM Consultant
10 12 (4.86%) SAP QM Consultant
10 12 (4.86%) Site Engineer
10 12 (4.86%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 9 (3.64%) Java Developer
12 8 (3.24%) Architect
12 8 (3.24%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
12 8 (3.24%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (11.74%) ARM Templates
1 29 (11.74%) REST
2 25 (10.12%) Java EE
3 9 (3.64%) .NET
3 9 (3.64%) Kafka
4 7 (2.83%) ASP.NET
5 5 (2.02%) Web Services
6 4 (1.62%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (1.62%) Node.js
6 4 (1.62%) SAP Basis
6 4 (1.62%) Spring
6 4 (1.62%) Spring Boot
6 4 (1.62%) YAML
7 3 (1.21%) React
8 2 (0.81%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.81%) Mustache
8 2 (0.81%) RESTful
8 2 (0.81%) SOAP
9 1 (0.40%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.10%) PKI
2 17 (6.88%) Data Centre
3 16 (6.48%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.45%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.83%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.62%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (1.62%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.21%) Fat Client
8 3 (1.21%) iPad
8 3 (1.21%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.21%) PMI
8 3 (1.21%) Robotics
8 3 (1.21%) Thin Client
9 2 (0.81%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.40%) Analogue Electronics
10 1 (0.40%) IoT
10 1 (0.40%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 47 (19.03%) Linux
1 47 (19.03%) Windows
2 36 (14.57%) Windows Server
2 36 (14.57%) Windows Server 2019
3 33 (13.36%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (6.88%) Windows 10
4 17 (6.88%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (5.67%) Windows XP
6 7 (2.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.62%) Unix
8 3 (1.21%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.81%) VMS
9 2 (0.81%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (29.55%) DevOps
2 55 (22.27%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (19.03%) Software Engineering
4 44 (17.81%) Performance Tuning
5 36 (14.57%) ITIL
6 34 (13.77%) Agile
7 30 (12.15%) Infrastructure as Code
8 28 (11.34%) Decision-Making
8 28 (11.34%) Technical Leadership
8 28 (11.34%) Test Automation
9 26 (10.53%) Continuous Integration
10 25 (10.12%) Software Architecture
11 24 (9.72%) Containerisation
11 24 (9.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 22 (8.91%) Migration
13 21 (8.50%) Disaster Recovery
13 21 (8.50%) ITSM
14 20 (8.10%) Data Migration
14 20 (8.10%) Project Management
14 20 (8.10%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (18.62%) PowerShell
2 32 (12.96%) Java
3 27 (10.93%) C#
4 23 (9.31%) SQL
5 17 (6.88%) PL/SQL
6 16 (6.48%) Bicep
6 16 (6.48%) VB
6 16 (6.48%) VBScript
7 5 (2.02%) Bash
7 5 (2.02%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.02%) Python
7 5 (2.02%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 247 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 72 (29.15%) DV Cleared
3 31 (12.55%) Degree
4 17 (6.88%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (6.48%) CCNA
5 16 (6.48%) CCNP
5 16 (6.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.21%) APMP
7 3 (1.21%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.81%) BC Cleared
8 2 (0.81%) CCDP
9 1 (0.40%) CCIP
9 1 (0.40%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.40%) HND
9 1 (0.40%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.40%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.21%) ISO 9000
1 3 (1.21%) QA
2 2 (0.81%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.81%) SLA
3 1 (0.40%) PMO
System Software
1 49 (19.84%) Active Directory
2 20 (8.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (7.29%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (6.88%) Docker
4 17 (6.88%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (6.48%) Hyper-V
5 16 (6.48%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.81%) vSphere
6 2 (0.81%) XenApp
6 2 (0.81%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 43 (17.41%) Kubernetes
2 39 (15.79%) Ansible
3 34 (13.77%) WSUS
4 33 (13.36%) SCCM
5 31 (12.55%) SCOM
6 20 (8.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 19 (7.69%) Terraform
8 17 (6.88%) vCenter Server
9 16 (6.48%) Microsoft Intune
9 16 (6.48%) NetBackup
10 14 (5.67%) EMC NetWorker
11 12 (4.86%) Docker Swarm
11 12 (4.86%) Podman
12 11 (4.45%) Grafana
12 11 (4.45%) Istio
13 7 (2.83%) Argo
13 7 (2.83%) Kibana
13 7 (2.83%) Prometheus
14 3 (1.21%) Red Hat Satellite
14 3 (1.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 47 (19.03%) Microsoft
2 46 (18.62%) SAP
3 43 (17.41%) Oracle
4 25 (10.12%) Cisco
4 25 (10.12%) VMware
5 21 (8.50%) Juniper
6 19 (7.69%) HP
7 18 (7.29%) 3PAR
8 17 (6.88%) Veeam
9 16 (6.48%) Dell
10 15 (6.07%) Red Hat
11 14 (5.67%) EMC
11 14 (5.67%) Extreme Networks
11 14 (5.67%) Palo Alto
11 14 (5.67%) Symantec
12 9 (3.64%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.62%) NetApp
13 4 (1.62%) Nimble Storage
14 2 (0.81%) Nokia
14 2 (0.81%) Veritas