The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 24 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Security 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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications
12,596
6,775
15,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England
18.73%
24.78%
20.16%
Number of daily rates quoted
8,098
4,599
9,965
10th Percentile
£310
£300
£263
25th Percentile
£413
£388
£363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£481
£470
Median % change year-on-year
+4.00%
+2.29%
+4.44%
75th Percentile
£600
£575
£569
90th Percentile
£688
£650
£650
UK median daily rate
£500
£475
£463
% change year-on-year
+5.26%
+2.70%
+2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted
599
251
666
10th Percentile
£12.30
£15.00
£14.00
25th Percentile
£16.13
£20.06
£17.50
Median hourly rate
£30.00
£33.50
£40.00
Median % change year-on-year
-10.45%
-16.25%
+74.44%
75th Percentile
£53.75
£48.75
£50.00
90th Percentile
£65.51
£64.50
£60.67
UK median hourly rate
£32.25
£31.61
£39.18
% change year-on-year
+2.02%
-19.31%
+70.33%
Security Cleared Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
Security Cleared Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in England.
Security Cleared Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in England over the 6 months to 24 October 2021.
Security Cleared Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in England.
Security Cleared Hourly Rate Histogram in England
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in England over the 6 months to 24 October 2021.
Security Cleared Contract Job Locations in England
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 England region over the 6 months to 24 October 2021. 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
Security Cleared Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England
For the 6 months to 24 October 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Security Cleared also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for Security Cleared.
Security Cleared Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
