Security Cleared Contracts in Hertfordshire

Security Clearance
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 160 300 166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 19.30% 36.99% 21.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.55% 81.08% 62.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 171 67
10th Percentile £200 £260 £325
25th Percentile £315 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £650 £694 £581
90th Percentile £725 £738 £653
East of England median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 71 47
10th Percentile £34.58 £49.00 £33.50
25th Percentile £40.00 £53.75 £55.00
Median hourly rate £58.75 £62.50 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +11.61% +14.87%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.88 £74.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £30.25 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -47.39% +4.55% +22.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 278 370 265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 33.53% 45.62% 33.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 202 122
10th Percentile £200 £273 £201
25th Percentile £325 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £544 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.05% +20.83% +5.88%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £555
90th Percentile £725 £750 £650
East of England median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 84 66
10th Percentile £38.12 £49.00 £35.00
25th Percentile - £53.75 £47.94
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +11.61% +24.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £74.28 -
East of England median hourly rate £33.40 £21.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% +7.69% -49.19%

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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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 -5 87 £550 +37.50% 51
Hatfield +3 32 £275 -50.00% 4
Hemel Hempstead 0 26 £663 -5.36% 4
Watford - 1 - - 1
St Albans - 1 £513 -
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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 8 (5.00%) CMS
2 7 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.50%) Exchange Server 2000
3 4 (2.50%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (2.50%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (2.50%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (2.50%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (1.25%) IIS
4 2 (1.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.25%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.88%) AWS
2 1 (0.63%) Azure
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.00%) SMTP
2 5 (3.13%) DNS
3 4 (2.50%) Firewall
3 4 (2.50%) SSL
4 3 (1.88%) FTP
4 3 (1.88%) HTTP
4 3 (1.88%) LAN
5 2 (1.25%) Internet
5 2 (1.25%) Intranet
5 2 (1.25%) SAN
5 2 (1.25%) WAN
6 1 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.63%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.63%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.63%) Network Security
6 1 (0.63%) SNMP
6 1 (0.63%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.63%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.63%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.13%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (4.38%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (1.88%) CppUnit
2 3 (1.88%) PVCS
2 3 (1.88%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.25%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.63%) JIRA
4 1 (0.63%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 70 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 52 (32.50%) Aerospace
3 36 (22.50%) Electronics
4 33 (20.63%) Manufacturing
5 11 (6.88%) Public Sector
6 10 (6.25%) Finance
7 8 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (3.13%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.88%) Aviation
10 3 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.63%) Advertising
12 1 (0.63%) Automotive
12 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.63%) Law
12 1 (0.63%) Marketing
12 1 (0.63%) Military
12 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 32 (20.00%) Architect
2 31 (19.38%) Test Architect
3 26 (16.25%) Analyst
4 13 (8.13%) Support Analyst
4 13 (8.13%) Technical Analyst
4 13 (8.13%) Technical Support
4 13 (8.13%) Technical Support Analyst
5 12 (7.50%) Design Engineer
5 12 (7.50%) Senior
6 11 (6.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (6.88%) SOC Analyst
7 8 (5.00%) Software Engineer
8 7 (4.38%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
9 6 (3.75%) Configuration Manager
9 6 (3.75%) Lead
9 6 (3.75%) Messaging Engineer
9 6 (3.75%) Project Manager
9 6 (3.75%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (3.75%) Server Engineer
10 5 (3.13%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.50%) Web Services
2 3 (1.88%) LDAP
3 2 (1.25%) HTML
3 2 (1.25%) RESTful
4 1 (0.63%) Node.js
4 1 (0.63%) SGML
4 1 (0.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (19.38%) Analogue Electronics
2 8 (5.00%) Cyberattack
3 7 (4.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 6 (3.75%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (3.75%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (3.13%) PKI
6 3 (1.88%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.25%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.25%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.25%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.63%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.63%) CSOC
8 1 (0.63%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 38 (23.75%) Linux
2 25 (15.63%) Windows
3 7 (4.38%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (3.75%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (3.13%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.50%) Solaris
6 4 (2.50%) Windows 2000
6 4 (2.50%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (1.25%) Unix
8 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (26.25%) Project Management
2 36 (22.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 32 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 17 (10.63%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (8.75%) Agile
6 14 (8.75%) Customer Service
6 14 (8.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 12 (7.50%) Change Management
7 12 (7.50%) Migration
8 11 (6.88%) Incident Response
8 11 (6.88%) ITIL
8 11 (6.88%) Software Engineering
9 10 (6.25%) PRINCE2
9 10 (6.25%) Project Delivery
10 9 (5.63%) Roadmaps
10 9 (5.63%) Technology Roadmap
11 8 (5.00%) Customer Requirements
11 8 (5.00%) Service Management
12 7 (4.38%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.63%) C++
2 5 (3.13%) C
2 5 (3.13%) SQL
3 3 (1.88%) Ada
3 3 (1.88%) C#
4 2 (1.25%) Java
4 2 (1.25%) MATLAB
4 2 (1.25%) Python
5 1 (0.63%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 99 (61.88%) SC Cleared
2 48 (30.00%) DV Cleared
3 12 (7.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.50%) MCP
6 2 (1.25%) CCENT
6 2 (1.25%) CCNP
6 2 (1.25%) HNC
6 2 (1.25%) HND
7 1 (0.63%) CCSA
7 1 (0.63%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.88%) PMO
2 3 (1.88%) QA
2 3 (1.88%) SLA
3 2 (1.25%) Data Quality
System Software
1 21 (13.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 10 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.25%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (3.13%) MAILsweeper
2 3 (1.88%) SCOM
3 2 (1.25%) Ansible
3 2 (1.25%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.25%) Rancher
3 2 (1.25%) Red Hat Satellite
3 2 (1.25%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 1 (0.63%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.63%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 26 (16.25%) VMware
3 12 (7.50%) Darktrace
4 10 (6.25%) Red Hat
5 9 (5.63%) Cisco
5 9 (5.63%) FireEye
6 8 (5.00%) LogRhythm
6 8 (5.00%) Splunk
7 6 (3.75%) IronPort
8 5 (3.13%) Sophos
8 5 (3.13%) Trend Micro
9 4 (2.50%) NetApp
10 3 (1.88%) Dell
10 3 (1.88%) HP
10 3 (1.88%) IBM
10 3 (1.88%) Symantec
10 3 (1.88%) Twitter
10 3 (1.88%) Varonis
11 2 (1.25%) EMC
11 2 (1.25%) SAP