Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Luton

Security Clearance
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Luton with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 15 20
Rank change year-on-year +12 +5 -15
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 31 8 16
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 21.09% 9.09% 8.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.36% 27.59% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 2 6
10th Percentile £72 £376 £416
25th Percentile £224 £397 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £433 £541
Median % change year-on-year +13.99% -20.09% -7.87%
75th Percentile £529 £467 £647
90th Percentile £595 £487 £680
Bedfordshire median daily rate £413 £365 £625
% change year-on-year +13.01% -41.60% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 3
10th Percentile £65.60 £45.03 £26.50
25th Percentile £82.44 £51.44 £36.25
Median hourly rate £90.50 £56.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.89% +2.27% -24.14%
75th Percentile £91.50 £61.06 £56.25
90th Percentile - £65.23 £57.00
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £88.75 £61.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +44.90% +11.36% -21.43%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 55 29 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 37.41% 32.95% 31.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 13 32
10th Percentile £86 - £364
25th Percentile £363 £121 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 - £576
90th Percentile £645 £568 £600
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 3
10th Percentile £67.20 £44.45 £26.50
25th Percentile £83.25 £50.00 £36.25
Median hourly rate £91.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.45% - -24.14%
75th Percentile £91.50 £58.75 £56.25
90th Percentile - £64.30 £57.00
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £90.00 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +63.64% - -12.70%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton.

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Luton

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Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Luton over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Luton

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Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

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

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Luton

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Luton over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Luton

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:

Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) AWS
2 1 (3.23%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.23%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.13%) Ethernet
2 2 (6.45%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Metadata
General
1 14 (45.16%) Military
2 12 (38.71%) Social Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Electronics
3 5 (16.13%) Games
3 5 (16.13%) Public Sector
4 3 (9.68%) Aerospace
4 3 (9.68%) Aviation
5 2 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Finance
6 1 (3.23%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (45.16%) Security Engineer
2 12 (38.71%) Lead
3 5 (16.13%) Firmware Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Network Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Architect
7 1 (3.23%) Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Commercial Contracts Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Commercial Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) Data Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) IT Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.23%) Technical Architect
7 1 (3.23%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) OpenID
1 1 (3.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Algorithms
1 5 (16.13%) FPGA
1 5 (16.13%) Management Information System
1 5 (16.13%) PCIe
1 5 (16.13%) Verilog
2 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.23%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Patch Management
2 11 (35.48%) GAP Analysis
2 11 (35.48%) Incident Management
2 11 (35.48%) Information Assurance
2 11 (35.48%) Key Management
2 11 (35.48%) MODAF
2 11 (35.48%) SABSA
2 11 (35.48%) Security Management
3 6 (19.35%) AI
3 6 (19.35%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 5 (16.13%) Computer Science
4 5 (16.13%) Cryptography
4 5 (16.13%) Machine Learning
4 5 (16.13%) Migration
4 5 (16.13%) Physics
4 5 (16.13%) UVM
5 3 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (9.68%) Incident Response
5 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (6.45%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.13%) MATLAB
1 5 (16.13%) SystemVerilog
1 5 (16.13%) Tcl
2 1 (3.23%) Java
2 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.23%) PHP
2 1 (3.23%) Python
2 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (83.87%) SC Cleared
2 13 (41.94%) Degree
3 5 (16.13%) CISSP
3 5 (16.13%) HNC
3 5 (16.13%) HND
4 2 (6.45%) CISM
5 1 (3.23%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (45.16%) JSP 440
1 14 (45.16%) NCSC
1 14 (45.16%) NIST
2 13 (41.94%) NIST 800
3 5 (16.13%) DO-254
4 1 (3.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (3.23%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 18 (58.06%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Actel
1 5 (16.13%) Altera
1 5 (16.13%) Intel
1 5 (16.13%) Microsemi
1 5 (16.13%) Xilinx
2 3 (9.68%) Aruba
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.23%) mParticle
3 1 (3.23%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.23%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.23%) Workday