Security Cleared Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Security Clearance
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 0
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Security Cleared 78 103 296
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 24.45% 27.76% 36.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 83.87% 71.03% 88.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 85 254
10th Percentile £303 £351 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £495 £510
Median % change year-on-year -1.01% -2.94% +6.25%
75th Percentile £560 £538 £600
90th Percentile £637 £611 £680
South East median daily rate £538 £585 £525
% change year-on-year -8.12% +11.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 3
10th Percentile £15.95 - £13.25
25th Percentile - - £13.37
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.58 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year +11.38% +66.40% -45.72%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £61.75 £61.63
% change year-on-year -59.27% +0.19% +2.72%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 93 145 334
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 29.15% 39.08% 41.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 118 277
10th Percentile £283 £326 £320
25th Percentile £401 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £483 £510
Median % change year-on-year +1.71% -5.29% +6.25%
75th Percentile £560 £538 £600
90th Percentile £632 £590 £677
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 4
10th Percentile £15.20 - £13.29
25th Percentile £17.87 £22.50 £13.47
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.00 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year +0.60% +84.23% -45.72%
75th Percentile - £30.00 £14.87
90th Percentile £36.59 £34.80 £17.20
South East median hourly rate £26.65 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -53.53% -4.42% +33.33%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Buckinghamshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Buckinghamshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Buckinghamshire

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes -1 57 £490 -1.51% 17
High Wycombe - 12 £675 - 2
Marlow - 2 - -
Bletchley - 2 £575 - 3
Aylesbury - 1 - -
Security Cleared
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.85%) CMS
3 1 (1.28%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (1.28%) IIS
3 1 (1.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.28%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (3.85%) Entra ID
3 2 (2.56%) Amazon S3
3 2 (2.56%) AWS
3 2 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (2.56%) Azure
3 2 (2.56%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.56%) PowerApps
3 2 (2.56%) Serverless
4 1 (1.28%) Amazon Bedrock
4 1 (1.28%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (1.28%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (1.28%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (1.28%) Amazon SQS
4 1 (1.28%) AWS Step Functions
4 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.28%) ChatGPT
4 1 (1.28%) Figma
4 1 (1.28%) Nutanix
4 1 (1.28%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.85%) SAN
2 2 (2.56%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.28%) Firewall
3 1 (1.28%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.13%) Metadata
2 2 (2.56%) Oracle Database
2 2 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (2.56%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.56%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.28%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.28%) Big Data
3 1 (1.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Git
1 2 (2.56%) JIRA
2 1 (1.28%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (1.28%) SoapUI
General
1 23 (29.49%) Social Skills
2 15 (19.23%) Public Sector
3 12 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (11.54%) Finance
5 5 (6.41%) Law
6 3 (3.85%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.56%) Electronics
7 2 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Aviation
8 1 (1.28%) Banking
8 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (21.79%) Analyst
2 8 (10.26%) Senior
3 7 (8.97%) Developer
3 7 (8.97%) Lead
3 7 (8.97%) Service Analyst
4 5 (6.41%) Information Manager
4 5 (6.41%) Knowledge Manager
4 5 (6.41%) Service Desk Analyst
5 4 (5.13%) 1st Line Support
5 4 (5.13%) Business Analyst
5 4 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (5.13%) Service Manager
5 4 (5.13%) Service Transition Manager
5 4 (5.13%) Transition Manager
6 3 (3.85%) Change Manager
6 3 (3.85%) Consultant
6 3 (3.85%) Python Developer
6 3 (3.85%) Release Manager
6 3 (3.85%) SOC Analyst
6 3 (3.85%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.28%) .NET
1 1 (1.28%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.28%) CSS
1 1 (1.28%) HTML
1 1 (1.28%) Hugging Face
1 1 (1.28%) jQuery
1 1 (1.28%) NumPy
1 1 (1.28%) Pandas
1 1 (1.28%) Prophet
1 1 (1.28%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.28%) RESTful
1 1 (1.28%) scikit-learn
1 1 (1.28%) SOAP
1 1 (1.28%) Web Services
1 1 (1.28%) XML
1 1 (1.28%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 5 (6.41%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.41%) Freedom of Information Act
2 5 (6.41%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (5.13%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (5.13%) Freedom of Information
3 4 (5.13%) Taxonomies
4 3 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.56%) CSOC
5 2 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.56%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.28%) CESG
6 1 (1.28%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.28%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.28%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 13 (16.67%) Windows
2 6 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 5 (6.41%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.85%) Debian
4 3 (3.85%) Linux
4 3 (3.85%) Ubuntu
4 3 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (2.56%) Unix
5 2 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.28%) VMS
6 1 (1.28%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (23.08%) ITIL
2 16 (20.51%) Agile
2 16 (20.51%) Migration
3 14 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (14.10%) Workflow
5 10 (12.82%) Service Management
5 10 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (12.82%) Workflow Management
6 9 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (11.54%) ITSM
6 9 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (8.97%) Configuration Management
7 7 (8.97%) Data Modelling
8 6 (7.69%) Data Privacy
8 6 (7.69%) SIEM
9 5 (6.41%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (6.41%) Data Governance
9 5 (6.41%) Information Management
9 5 (6.41%) Records Management
9 5 (6.41%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.41%) SQL
2 4 (5.13%) Python
3 2 (2.56%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.28%) COBOL
4 1 (1.28%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.28%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (73.08%) SC Cleared
2 25 (32.05%) DV Cleared
3 5 (6.41%) ACCA
3 5 (6.41%) CIMA
3 5 (6.41%) Degree
4 3 (3.85%) CISSP
5 2 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.28%) CEH
6 1 (1.28%) CISM
6 1 (1.28%) CREST Certified
6 1 (1.28%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.28%) GCIH
6 1 (1.28%) ISEB
6 1 (1.28%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (1.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.97%) GDPR
1 7 (8.97%) SLA
2 5 (6.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (5.13%) QA
4 3 (3.85%) ISO 9001
5 2 (2.56%) ARP4754
5 2 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.28%) COBIT
6 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.28%) NIST
6 1 (1.28%) RMADS
System Software
1 4 (5.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.28%) Docker
2 1 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.28%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.28%) SCOM
1 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.38%) ServiceNow
3 4 (5.13%) JDA
3 4 (5.13%) Oracle
3 4 (5.13%) VMware
4 3 (3.85%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.56%) HP
5 2 (2.56%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.56%) webMethods
6 1 (1.28%) BMC
6 1 (1.28%) Compaq
6 1 (1.28%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.28%) IBM
6 1 (1.28%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.28%) Remedy
6 1 (1.28%) Sage
6 1 (1.28%) Terracotta
6 1 (1.28%) TIBCO