Security Cleared Contracts in Oxfordshire

Security Clearance
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 19 10
Rank change year-on-year +6 -9 +10
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 11 8 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 10.19% 3.52% 11.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.38% 27.59% 53.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 9
10th Percentile £176 - £400
25th Percentile £249 - £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +44.44% -14.29%
75th Percentile £638 - £488
90th Percentile £708 - £500
South East median daily rate £550 £592 £525
% change year-on-year -7.06% +12.71% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £29.02 - £28.32
25th Percentile £31.90 £46.25 £31.69
Median hourly rate £37.03 £47.50 £38.58
Median % change year-on-year -22.04% +23.12% -18.78%
75th Percentile £41.83 £49.38 £44.69
90th Percentile £44.51 £49.75 £47.57
South East median hourly rate £60.25 £61.65 £62.55
% change year-on-year -2.26% -1.45% +39.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 32 29 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 29.63% 12.78% 21.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 12 27
10th Percentile £245 £161 £235
25th Percentile £425 £413 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £638 £542 £500
90th Percentile £700 £596 £600
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 5
10th Percentile £25.74 £16.25 £22.20
25th Percentile £26.62 £31.25 £22.50
Median hourly rate £37.03 £50.00 £28.16
Median % change year-on-year -25.94% +77.56% +34.10%
75th Percentile £46.30 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile - - £52.80
South East median hourly rate £57.13 £57.35 £58.55
% change year-on-year -0.39% -2.04% +33.21%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Oxfordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Oxfordshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Oxfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Oxfordshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

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

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Oxfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Oxford -1 2 £675 - 17
Carterton - 2 £177 - 6
Abingdon - 1 £475 -
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
2 1 (9.09%) GCP
2 1 (9.09%) Google Sheets
2 1 (9.09%) Google Workspace
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Aerospace
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Aviation
3 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Administrator
2 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Data Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Field Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Information Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Linux Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Project Planner
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Security Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Solaris Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Unix Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) AIX
1 1 (9.09%) CentOS
1 1 (9.09%) HPUX
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Solaris
1 1 (9.09%) Ubuntu
1 1 (9.09%) Unix
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
1 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
2 3 (27.27%) Security Architecture
3 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
3 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
3 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (18.18%) Data Management
3 2 (18.18%) DevSecOps
3 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) Threat Management
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (9.09%) Cost Management
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (9.09%) Work Breakdown Structure
4 1 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) SC Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (18.18%) GDPR
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (18.18%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) NCSC
2 1 (9.09%) PMO
2 1 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (9.09%) Ansible
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle ZFS
2 1 (9.09%) Progress Chef
2 1 (9.09%) Puppet
2 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Google
3 1 (9.09%) HP
3 1 (9.09%) Red Hat
3 1 (9.09%) Twitter