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 20 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 105 107 76
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 11.72% 18.64% 10.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 53.03% 61.14% 52.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 75 34
10th Percentile £396 £176 £263
25th Percentile £425 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -9.48%
75th Percentile £544 £594 £672
90th Percentile £674 £638 £709
West Midlands median daily rate £469 £514 £534
% change year-on-year -8.74% -3.67% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 3
10th Percentile £13.45 - £13.40
25th Percentile £65.00 - £13.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £18.87 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +270.96% +34.79% +7.69%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £20.34
90th Percentile - £41.49 £24.15
West Midlands median hourly rate £63.14 £18.87 £22.00
% change year-on-year +234.58% -14.23% -20.00%

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 198 175 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 22.10% 30.49% 20.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 119 85
10th Percentile £211 £150 £255
25th Percentile £371 £263 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £545 £575 £638
90th Percentile £688 £622 £725
West Midlands median daily rate £467 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -6.60% -3.85% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 9
10th Percentile £17.01 £18.65 £13.85
25th Percentile £29.10 - £20.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.87 £26.13
Median % change year-on-year +132.96% -27.77% +41.22%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.58 £52.50
90th Percentile - £49.10 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £52.50 £30.00 £33.93
% change year-on-year +75.00% -11.58% +31.51%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 8 (7.62%) Confluence
2 3 (2.86%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.95%) Apache
3 1 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.95%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.95%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.95%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (0.95%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.95%) Navisworks
1 1 (0.95%) ProjectWise
1 1 (0.95%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (1.90%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.95%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.95%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (0.95%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.95%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.95%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.95%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 34 (32.38%) AWS
2 16 (15.24%) Azure
2 16 (15.24%) GitHub
3 12 (11.43%) GitHub Actions
4 8 (7.62%) OCI
5 7 (6.67%) GCP
6 6 (5.71%) Amazon S3
7 4 (3.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (3.81%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (3.81%) Amazon SQS
7 4 (3.81%) AWS KMS
7 4 (3.81%) SaaS
7 4 (3.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (2.86%) Route 53
8 3 (2.86%) Serverless
8 3 (2.86%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (1.90%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.90%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.90%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.76%) WAN
2 4 (3.81%) WLAN
3 3 (2.86%) BGP
3 3 (2.86%) BIG-IP
3 3 (2.86%) Ethernet VPN
3 3 (2.86%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (2.86%) Firewall
3 3 (2.86%) OSPF
3 3 (2.86%) SD-WAN
3 3 (2.86%) VXLAN
3 3 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.90%) HTTPS
4 2 (1.90%) LAN
5 1 (0.95%) DNS
5 1 (0.95%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.95%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.95%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.43%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (5.71%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.86%) Amazon Aurora
3 3 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.86%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.90%) Metadata
4 2 (1.90%) Power BI
4 2 (1.90%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.95%) JasperReports
5 1 (0.95%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.95%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 20 (19.05%) Jenkins
2 19 (18.10%) GitLab
3 11 (10.48%) Git
4 10 (9.52%) JUnit
4 10 (9.52%) Selenium
5 8 (7.62%) JIRA
6 7 (6.67%) Cucumber
6 7 (6.67%) JMeter
6 7 (6.67%) WebDriver
7 4 (3.81%) Mockito
8 3 (2.86%) Maven
8 3 (2.86%) REST Assured
8 3 (2.86%) Serenity BDD
8 3 (2.86%) SonarQube
9 2 (1.90%) Gatling
10 1 (0.95%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 31 (29.52%) Public Sector
2 21 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (5.71%) Legal
4 5 (4.76%) Finance
4 5 (4.76%) Military
5 4 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.90%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.95%) Banking
8 1 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (20.00%) Senior
2 18 (17.14%) Consultant
3 11 (10.48%) Developer
4 10 (9.52%) DevOps Engineer
5 9 (8.57%) Java Developer
6 8 (7.62%) Analyst
6 8 (7.62%) Lead
7 7 (6.67%) Architect
8 6 (5.71%) Software Engineer
8 6 (5.71%) Tester
9 5 (4.76%) Automation Tester
9 5 (4.76%) SAP Consultant
9 5 (4.76%) Security Consultant
9 5 (4.76%) Senior Automation Tester
9 5 (4.76%) Senior Developer
9 5 (4.76%) Senior Tester
9 5 (4.76%) SOC Analyst
9 5 (4.76%) VMware Consultant
10 4 (3.81%) AWS Engineer
10 4 (3.81%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (13.33%) Spring
2 11 (10.48%) Terraform
3 7 (6.67%) WireMock
4 6 (5.71%) Kafka
4 6 (5.71%) Spring Boot
5 5 (4.76%) Node.js
6 4 (3.81%) ActiveMQ
6 4 (3.81%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (3.81%) Playwright
6 4 (3.81%) REST
6 4 (3.81%) Spring Cloud
6 4 (3.81%) Web Services
7 3 (2.86%) AngularJS
7 3 (2.86%) Django
7 3 (2.86%) Hibernate
7 3 (2.86%) JPA
7 3 (2.86%) SOAP
7 3 (2.86%) Spring Batch
7 3 (2.86%) Spring Integration
8 2 (1.90%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.57%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (7.62%) Distributed Architecture
3 7 (6.67%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.81%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.81%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.81%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.95%) CMDB
6 1 (0.95%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (0.95%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.95%) IoT
6 1 (0.95%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.95%) Photography
6 1 (0.95%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.95%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.95%) PropTech
6 1 (0.95%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.90%) Windows
2 1 (0.95%) Linux
2 1 (0.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (28.57%) Agile
2 26 (24.76%) CI/CD
3 25 (23.81%) DevOps
4 21 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (19.05%) Microservices
6 18 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (15.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 15 (14.29%) TDD
8 15 (14.29%) Test Automation
8 15 (14.29%) Validation
9 12 (11.43%) BDD
9 12 (11.43%) Infrastructure as Code
9 12 (11.43%) Observability
10 11 (10.48%) Workshop Facilitation
11 10 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (9.52%) End-to-End Testing
11 10 (9.52%) Test Strategy
12 9 (8.57%) Coaching
12 9 (8.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 9 (8.57%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.29%) Java
2 10 (9.52%) Python
3 7 (6.67%) SQL
4 3 (2.86%) Kotlin
5 2 (1.90%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.90%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.90%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.95%) ABAP
6 1 (0.95%) Bash
6 1 (0.95%) Bicep
6 1 (0.95%) Go
6 1 (0.95%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.95%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 85 (80.95%) SC Cleared
2 7 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (3.81%) CISSP
4 2 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.90%) CISM
4 2 (1.90%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (0.95%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.95%) CCIE
5 1 (0.95%) CCNP
5 1 (0.95%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.67%) NIST
2 5 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.76%) GRC
2 5 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.81%) QA
4 3 (2.86%) NCSC
4 3 (2.86%) PMO
5 2 (1.90%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.90%) GDPR
5 2 (1.90%) SLA
6 1 (0.95%) ISO 19650
6 1 (0.95%) P3O
6 1 (0.95%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (20.95%) Docker
2 7 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (4.76%) VMware NSX
3 5 (4.76%) vSphere
4 1 (0.95%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.95%) etcd
4 1 (0.95%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (17.14%) Kubernetes
2 16 (15.24%) Grafana
3 14 (13.33%) Prometheus
4 9 (8.57%) Ansible
5 5 (4.76%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.95%) Fluentd
6 1 (0.95%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.95%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (8.57%) VMware
2 8 (7.62%) Microsoft
3 7 (6.67%) SAP
4 6 (5.71%) Oracle
5 5 (4.76%) Veeam
6 3 (2.86%) Arista
6 3 (2.86%) Aruba
6 3 (2.86%) F5
6 3 (2.86%) Jaspersoft
6 3 (2.86%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.86%) Splunk
7 2 (1.90%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.95%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.95%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.95%) Cisco
8 1 (0.95%) Databricks
8 1 (0.95%) Infor
8 1 (0.95%) Planon
8 1 (0.95%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.95%) Trend Micro