Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Security Clearance
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 2 15
Rank change year-on-year -2 +13 -14
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 124 119 66
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 13.48% 19.67% 9.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 53.91% 60.41% 43.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 80 24
10th Percentile £410 £250 £383
25th Percentile £456 £319 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -20.83% +11.63%
75th Percentile £585 £589 £700
90th Percentile £700 £638 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £481 £519 £573
% change year-on-year -7.33% -9.51% +4.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 2
10th Percentile £13.45 - £28.58
25th Percentile £16.01 - £33.11
Median hourly rate £70.00 £18.87 £41.31
Median % change year-on-year +270.96% -54.32% -36.44%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £49.61
90th Percentile - £36.46 £54.19
West Midlands median hourly rate £63.14 £18.87 £45.75
% change year-on-year +234.58% -58.75% -29.62%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 230 197 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 25.00% 32.56% 21.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 130 85
10th Percentile £211 £150 £209
25th Percentile £388 £283 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £650
90th Percentile £700 £638 £759
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -5.00% -7.06% -0.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 19 6
10th Percentile £14.99 £17.66 £20.88
25th Percentile £21.56 - £22.33
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.87 £38.06
Median % change year-on-year +132.96% -50.42% -41.44%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £51.88
90th Percentile - £45.70 £54.88
West Midlands median hourly rate £43.96 £28.18 £38.75
% change year-on-year +56.00% -27.28% +42.20%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Birmingham over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Birmingham

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Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Birmingham over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Birmingham

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.61%) Apache
1 2 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (1.61%) Apache Spark
1 2 (1.61%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.81%) Confluence
2 1 (0.81%) Jupyter
2 1 (0.81%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.81%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.81%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.81%) Navisworks
1 1 (0.81%) ProjectWise
1 1 (0.81%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.81%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.81%) SAP CO
1 1 (0.81%) SAP EWM
1 1 (0.81%) SAP FI
1 1 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (0.81%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 30 (24.19%) AWS
2 10 (8.06%) Azure
2 10 (8.06%) GitHub
3 8 (6.45%) OCI
4 6 (4.84%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (3.23%) Amazon S3
5 4 (3.23%) SaaS
6 3 (2.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (2.42%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (2.42%) Amazon SQS
6 3 (2.42%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (2.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.61%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (1.61%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (1.61%) AWS KMS
7 2 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.61%) Route 53
7 2 (1.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.03%) WAN
2 4 (3.23%) VSAN
2 4 (3.23%) WLAN
3 3 (2.42%) BGP
3 3 (2.42%) BIG-IP
3 3 (2.42%) Ethernet VPN
3 3 (2.42%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (2.42%) Firewall
3 3 (2.42%) OSPF
3 3 (2.42%) SD-WAN
3 3 (2.42%) VXLAN
3 3 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.61%) HTTPS
4 2 (1.61%) LAN
5 1 (0.81%) DNS
5 1 (0.81%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.81%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.81%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.06%) MongoDB
2 5 (4.03%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.42%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.61%) Amazon Aurora
4 2 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.61%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.61%) Metadata
4 2 (1.61%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.81%) JasperReports
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.81%) Power BI
5 1 (0.81%) PowerCenter
5 1 (0.81%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.81%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.81%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 15 (12.10%) GitLab
2 13 (10.48%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.23%) Git
3 4 (3.23%) Selenium
4 3 (2.42%) JUnit
4 3 (2.42%) Mockito
4 3 (2.42%) REST Assured
4 3 (2.42%) Serenity BDD
5 2 (1.61%) Gatling
5 2 (1.61%) JIRA
5 2 (1.61%) Maven
5 2 (1.61%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.81%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.81%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.81%) JMeter
6 1 (0.81%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.81%) WebDriver
General
1 32 (25.81%) Public Sector
2 22 (17.74%) Social Skills
3 7 (5.65%) Legal
3 7 (5.65%) Military
4 6 (4.84%) Finance
5 3 (2.42%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.61%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.81%) Banking
7 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (20.97%) Senior
2 22 (17.74%) Consultant
3 15 (12.10%) Developer
4 14 (11.29%) Architect
5 11 (8.87%) Java Developer
5 11 (8.87%) Lead
6 10 (8.06%) DevOps Engineer
6 10 (8.06%) Software Engineer
7 9 (7.26%) Analyst
7 9 (7.26%) Security Consultant
8 8 (6.45%) Senior Developer
9 6 (4.84%) SOC Analyst
9 6 (4.84%) Technical Architect
10 5 (4.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (4.03%) Java Engineer
10 5 (4.03%) Java Software Engineer
10 5 (4.03%) SAP Consultant
10 5 (4.03%) Senior Java Developer
10 5 (4.03%) Test Engineer
10 5 (4.03%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.68%) Spring
2 11 (8.87%) Terraform
3 10 (8.06%) Spring Boot
4 9 (7.26%) Kafka
5 5 (4.03%) Node.js
6 4 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (3.23%) Playwright
7 3 (2.42%) ActiveMQ
7 3 (2.42%) Django
7 3 (2.42%) REST
7 3 (2.42%) Spring Cloud
7 3 (2.42%) Web Services
8 2 (1.61%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.61%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (1.61%) Hibernate
8 2 (1.61%) JPA
8 2 (1.61%) SOAP
8 2 (1.61%) Spring Batch
8 2 (1.61%) Spring Integration
9 1 (0.81%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.65%) Cloud Native
2 5 (4.03%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.23%) Distributed Architecture
3 4 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (2.42%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.81%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.81%) IoT
5 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.81%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.81%) Photography
5 1 (0.81%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.81%) PropTech
5 1 (0.81%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.81%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.42%) Linux
2 2 (1.61%) Windows
2 2 (1.61%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.81%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (23.39%) Stakeholder Management
2 26 (20.97%) Agile
3 23 (18.55%) DevOps
4 19 (15.32%) CI/CD
5 17 (13.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (12.10%) TDD
7 14 (11.29%) Microservices
7 14 (11.29%) Software Engineering
7 14 (11.29%) Technical Leadership
8 13 (10.48%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (9.68%) Infrastructure as Code
9 12 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 10 (8.06%) Vulnerability Management
11 9 (7.26%) Coaching
11 9 (7.26%) Data Protection
11 9 (7.26%) Incident Management
11 9 (7.26%) Test Automation
12 8 (6.45%) Risk Management
12 8 (6.45%) Roadmaps
12 8 (6.45%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 25 (20.16%) Java
2 10 (8.06%) Python
3 8 (6.45%) Kotlin
3 8 (6.45%) TypeScript
4 7 (5.65%) SQL
5 2 (1.61%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.61%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.81%) ABAP
6 1 (0.81%) Bash
6 1 (0.81%) Bicep
6 1 (0.81%) Go
6 1 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.81%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 102 (82.26%) SC Cleared
2 10 (8.06%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (3.23%) CISSP
4 2 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.61%) CISM
4 2 (1.61%) Degree
4 2 (1.61%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (0.81%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.81%) CCIE
5 1 (0.81%) CCNP
5 1 (0.81%) GCIH
5 1 (0.81%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.81%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.06%) NIST
2 7 (5.65%) NCSC
3 6 (4.84%) GRC
4 5 (4.03%) SLA
5 4 (3.23%) Accessibility
5 4 (3.23%) Data Quality
5 4 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (3.23%) QA
6 3 (2.42%) GDPR
6 3 (2.42%) PMO
7 1 (0.81%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.81%) P3O
7 1 (0.81%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (11.29%) Docker
2 9 (7.26%) VMware NSX
2 9 (7.26%) vSphere
3 7 (5.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (4.03%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.81%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.81%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (8.06%) Ansible
1 10 (8.06%) Kubernetes
2 9 (7.26%) Grafana
3 7 (5.65%) Prometheus
4 5 (4.03%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.81%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.81%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.81%) Puppet
Vendors
1 13 (10.48%) VMware
2 8 (6.45%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.65%) Oracle
3 7 (5.65%) SAP
4 5 (4.03%) Veeam
5 3 (2.42%) Arista
5 3 (2.42%) Aruba
5 3 (2.42%) F5
5 3 (2.42%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.42%) Splunk
6 2 (1.61%) Jaspersoft
6 2 (1.61%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.81%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.81%) Autodesk
7 1 (0.81%) Cisco
7 1 (0.81%) Infor
7 1 (0.81%) Informatica
7 1 (0.81%) Remedy
7 1 (0.81%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.81%) Trend Micro