Security Cleared Contracts in Hertfordshire

Security Clearance
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 102 183 265
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 30.72% 21.81% 35.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 68.46% 60.00% 80.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 102 152
10th Percentile £450 £201 £273
25th Percentile £500 £319 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £650
90th Percentile £604 £711 £700
East of England median daily rate £513 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 33 59
10th Percentile £25.19 £36.28 £49.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £40.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.35 £79.05 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £62.50 £40.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +56.25% -30.43% +15.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 149 305 329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 44.88% 36.35% 44.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 128 180
10th Percentile £390 £232 £273
25th Percentile £500 £330 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £701
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 88 71
10th Percentile £27.53 £38.40 £49.00
25th Percentile £41.25 - £53.75
Median hourly rate £66.00 £43.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.49% -28.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £52.50 £36.02 £21.00
% change year-on-year +45.74% +71.54% +6.01%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stevenage +2 80 £550 - 125
Hatfield -1 14 £500 +81.82% 4
Watford - 2 £550 - 112
Welwyn Garden City - 1 - -
Hitchin - 1 £575 -
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East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 7 (6.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.92%) Skype for Business
2 4 (3.92%) WebSphere
3 3 (2.94%) Apache
3 3 (2.94%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (2.94%) CMS
3 3 (2.94%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (1.96%) IIS
5 1 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 8 (7.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.90%) Simulink
3 4 (3.92%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (3.92%) Windchill
4 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.92%) Primavera
2 2 (1.96%) Maximo
3 1 (0.98%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 27 (26.47%) Cohesity
2 9 (8.82%) Entra ID
3 2 (1.96%) Azure
3 2 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.96%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.98%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 36 (35.29%) DNS
2 25 (24.51%) SAN
3 15 (14.71%) SMTP
4 12 (11.76%) FTP
4 12 (11.76%) HTTP
4 12 (11.76%) SSL
5 11 (10.78%) Network Security
6 7 (6.86%) Skype
7 3 (2.94%) Ethernet
7 3 (2.94%) IMAP
7 3 (2.94%) SpaceWire
7 3 (2.94%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.98%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.98%) Firewall
8 1 (0.98%) VSAN
8 1 (0.98%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.92%) DB2
2 3 (2.94%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.96%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.96%) Metadata
3 2 (1.96%) Power BI
4 1 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.98%) Flink
4 1 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.92%) Eclipse
1 4 (3.92%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.96%) Rational Statemate
3 1 (0.98%) GitLab
3 1 (0.98%) MSI
General
1 47 (46.08%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (5.88%) Aerospace
3 6 (5.88%) Military
4 5 (4.90%) Law
4 5 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (3.92%) Aviation
6 3 (2.94%) Finance
6 3 (2.94%) Marketing
6 3 (2.94%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.96%) Electronics
7 2 (1.96%) Legal
7 2 (1.96%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.96%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.98%) Automotive
8 1 (0.98%) Avionics
8 1 (0.98%) Banking
8 1 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (17.65%) Analyst
2 15 (14.71%) SOC Analyst
3 11 (10.78%) Architect
4 9 (8.82%) Senior
5 5 (4.90%) Network Architect
5 5 (4.90%) Network Infrastructure Architect
5 5 (4.90%) Systems Engineer
6 4 (3.92%) Configuration Engineer
6 4 (3.92%) Infrastructure Architect
6 4 (3.92%) Senior Configuration Engineer
6 4 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (2.94%) C# Software Engineer
7 3 (2.94%) Consultant
7 3 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (2.94%) Junior
7 3 (2.94%) Junior Analyst
7 3 (2.94%) Lead
7 3 (2.94%) Messaging Engineer
7 3 (2.94%) Software Engineer
8 2 (1.96%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.76%) LDAP
2 5 (4.90%) Web Services
3 3 (2.94%) Node.js
4 2 (1.96%) SOAP
4 2 (1.96%) XML
5 1 (0.98%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (0.98%) CSS
5 1 (0.98%) Kafka
5 1 (0.98%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
1 12 (11.76%) Security Operations Centre
2 10 (9.80%) Cyberattack
3 9 (8.82%) Management Information System
4 8 (7.84%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (5.88%) CSOC
6 4 (3.92%) Blackberry
7 3 (2.94%) Algorithms
7 3 (2.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (2.94%) Smartcard
7 3 (2.94%) YubiKey
8 2 (1.96%) FPGA
8 2 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.96%) Reference Data
8 2 (1.96%) Verilog
8 2 (1.96%) VHDL
8 2 (1.96%) YARA
9 1 (0.98%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.98%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 45 (44.12%) Windows
2 28 (27.45%) Windows Server
3 21 (20.59%) Windows Server 2016
3 21 (20.59%) Windows Server 2019
4 12 (11.76%) Linux
5 3 (2.94%) Unix
6 1 (0.98%) Android
6 1 (0.98%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (27.45%) SIEM
2 20 (19.61%) Build Automation
2 20 (19.61%) Deployment Automation
2 20 (19.61%) Operations Management
3 16 (15.69%) Agile
4 15 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (11.76%) Threat Detection
6 11 (10.78%) Security Operations
7 10 (9.80%) Customer Requirements
7 10 (9.80%) Information Management
8 9 (8.82%) Incident Response
8 9 (8.82%) Network Packet Capture
8 9 (8.82%) PRINCE2
8 9 (8.82%) Project Management
9 8 (7.84%) Analytics
9 8 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (7.84%) Information Security
10 7 (6.86%) Mobile Device Management
10 7 (6.86%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 29 (28.43%) PowerShell
2 8 (7.84%) SQL
3 7 (6.86%) Python
4 5 (4.90%) C
4 5 (4.90%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.92%) Bash
5 4 (3.92%) C#
5 4 (3.92%) C++
6 3 (2.94%) Java
6 3 (2.94%) MATLAB
6 3 (2.94%) Tcl
7 2 (1.96%) SystemVerilog
7 2 (1.96%) VBA
Qualifications
1 70 (68.63%) SC Cleared
2 43 (42.16%) DV Cleared
3 10 (9.80%) Degree
4 5 (4.90%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.94%) CISSP
6 2 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.96%) GCIA
7 1 (0.98%) CISM
7 1 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.84%) QA
2 2 (1.96%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.98%) GDPR
3 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.98%) NIST
3 1 (0.98%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (30.39%) Active Directory
2 22 (21.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (19.61%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 20 (19.61%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (3.92%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.94%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.96%) Docker
7 1 (0.98%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (24.51%) WSUS
2 24 (23.53%) SCCM
3 23 (22.55%) Ansible
4 7 (6.86%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (2.94%) Nessus
6 2 (1.96%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.98%) SCOM
7 1 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (42.16%) Microsoft
2 27 (26.47%) VMware
3 25 (24.51%) NetApp
4 24 (23.53%) Splunk
5 8 (7.84%) Apple
6 7 (6.86%) Samsung
6 7 (6.86%) SOTI
7 5 (4.90%) SAP
8 4 (3.92%) Tenable
8 4 (3.92%) Twitter
9 3 (2.94%) Darktrace
9 3 (2.94%) FireEye
9 3 (2.94%) LogRhythm
10 2 (1.96%) Computacenter
10 2 (1.96%) EMC
10 2 (1.96%) HP
10 2 (1.96%) Intel
10 2 (1.96%) Microsemi
10 2 (1.96%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.96%) Xilinx