Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Security Clearance
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Nottinghamshire with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 15 11
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 +11
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 19 9 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 11.31% 5.84% 10.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 70.37% 22.50% 71.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 22
10th Percentile - - £439
25th Percentile £146 - £617
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £163 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +55.56%
75th Percentile £298 - -
90th Percentile £368 - £739
East Midlands median daily rate £463 £520 £575
% change year-on-year -11.06% -9.57% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 0
10th Percentile £15.67 - -
25th Percentile - £12.75 -
Median hourly rate £17.87 £13.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.37% - -
75th Percentile - £14.25 -
90th Percentile - £14.40 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £20.80 £17.72
% change year-on-year -9.26% +17.35% -49.37%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27 40 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 16.07% 25.97% 14.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 30
10th Percentile £146 £314 £363
25th Percentile £340 £363 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £488 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.97% -25.00% +18.18%
75th Percentile £481 £506 £700
90th Percentile £538 £600 £744
East Midlands median daily rate £437 £450 £510
% change year-on-year -3.00% -11.76% +7.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 0
10th Percentile £15.67 - -
25th Percentile - £12.75 -
Median hourly rate £17.87 £13.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.37% - -
75th Percentile - £14.44 -
90th Percentile - £65.75 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.25 £21.59 £17.95
% change year-on-year -1.57% +20.31% -8.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Nottinghamshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Nottinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Nottinghamshire over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Nottinghamshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Nottingham +8 19 £163 - 27
Security Cleared
East Midlands

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) ATM
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (5.26%) DHCP
2 1 (5.26%) DNS
General
1 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
1 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Analyst
2 4 (21.05%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (10.53%) 1st Line Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) ATM Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Desktop Support
3 2 (10.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Floorwalker
3 2 (10.53%) Senior
3 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Windows Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Windows Support Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) QA Tester
4 1 (5.26%) Salesforce Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Salesforce Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Service Desk Support
4 1 (5.26%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
1 1 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Server
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) Coaching
2 11 (57.89%) Service Delivery
3 2 (10.53%) Customer Service
3 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (10.53%) Time Management
4 1 (5.26%) Agile
4 1 (5.26%) API Integration
4 1 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (5.26%) Manual Testing
4 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
4 1 (5.26%) Project Delivery
4 1 (5.26%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (5.26%) Test Automation
4 1 (5.26%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 15 (78.95%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) DBS Check
3 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
1 2 (10.53%) Hyper-V
1 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Cisco
1 2 (10.53%) VMware
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) Salesforce