Security Cleared Contracts in Scotland

Security Clearance
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 26 38
Rank change year-on-year +18 +12 -21
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 275 216 204
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 12.74% 7.81% 5.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 46.93% 37.44% 34.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 145 112
10th Percentile £225 £285 £201
25th Percentile £370 £400 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £605 £540 £588
90th Percentile £720 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 16
10th Percentile £12.50 £17.86 £21.00
25th Percentile £45.00 £21.47 £24.58
Median hourly rate £60.00 £52.00 £46.32
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +12.26% +150.38%
75th Percentile - £56.77 £54.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £62.42 £56.67
UK median hourly rate £57.29 £60.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.53% +14.29% +28.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 586 577 586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 27.15% 20.87% 16.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 395 360
10th Percentile £188 £161 £200
25th Percentile £325 £377 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £553
90th Percentile £653 £614 £638
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 13 17
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.35 £21.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.99 £25.28
Median hourly rate £33.47 £21.26 £45.14
Median % change year-on-year +57.43% -52.90% +144.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £54.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £64.00 £63.81 £56.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +12.00%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Scotland over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Scotland

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Scotland over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Glasgow +9 101 £575 +27.78% 34
South Lanarkshire 0 88 £600 +33.33%
Edinburgh +60 42 £340 -19.05% 44
Renfrewshire 0 31 £475 -9.52% 3
Dundee +11 5 - - 1
Highlands - 3 - -
Lanarkshire +1 1 £400 - 9
West Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Security Cleared
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 67 (24.36%) Confluence
2 19 (6.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.36%) GeoServer
3 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (6.55%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.45%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.36%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.36%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 13 (4.73%) Azure
2 11 (4.00%) AWS
3 10 (3.64%) Entra ID
3 10 (3.64%) Power Platform
4 9 (3.27%) Power Automate
4 9 (3.27%) PowerApps
5 5 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.36%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.36%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (0.36%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.36%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.36%) IaaS
7 1 (0.36%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.36%) PaaS
7 1 (0.36%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.27%) DNS
2 18 (6.55%) DHCP
3 14 (5.09%) VPN
4 11 (4.00%) VoIP
5 8 (2.91%) Firewall
6 5 (1.82%) SMTP
6 5 (1.82%) VSAN
7 2 (0.73%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.73%) VLAN
8 1 (0.36%) Internet
8 1 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.18%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.64%) Power BI
3 8 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.82%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.45%) Metadata
5 4 (1.45%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.73%) Big Data
6 2 (0.73%) GIS
6 2 (0.73%) MySQL
7 1 (0.36%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.36%) DTS
7 1 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.36%) Impala
7 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.36%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.36%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.36%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 82 (29.82%) JIRA
2 5 (1.82%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (1.09%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.73%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.36%) Gatling
5 1 (0.36%) Git
5 1 (0.36%) JMeter
5 1 (0.36%) Selenium
5 1 (0.36%) WebDriver
General
1 106 (38.55%) Public Sector
2 52 (18.91%) Social Skills
3 18 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (5.09%) Finance
5 6 (2.18%) Aerospace
6 5 (1.82%) Electronics
7 4 (1.45%) Law
7 4 (1.45%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.45%) Marketing
7 4 (1.45%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.09%) Banking
8 3 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.09%) Police
8 3 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.73%) Legal
9 2 (0.73%) Military
10 1 (0.36%) Avionics
10 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 36 (13.09%) Senior
2 20 (7.27%) Analyst
2 20 (7.27%) Support Engineer
3 18 (6.55%) Product Manager
4 13 (4.73%) Consultant
4 13 (4.73%) Exchange Engineer
5 12 (4.36%) DBA
5 12 (4.36%) Delivery Manager
5 12 (4.36%) SQL DBA
6 11 (4.00%) Architect
6 11 (4.00%) Risk Officer
6 11 (4.00%) Senior Delivery Manager
6 11 (4.00%) Senior Manager
7 10 (3.64%) Applications Engineer
7 10 (3.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (3.64%) VoIP Engineer
8 9 (3.27%) Data Analyst
8 9 (3.27%) Desktop Engineer
8 9 (3.27%) Senior DBA
8 9 (3.27%) Senior SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.55%) REST
1 7 (2.55%) WebRTC
2 5 (1.82%) LDAP
2 5 (1.82%) Web Services
3 2 (0.73%) PostGIS
3 2 (0.73%) React
3 2 (0.73%) RESTful
4 1 (0.36%) AWS CDK
4 1 (0.36%) CSS
4 1 (0.36%) Gherkin
4 1 (0.36%) HTML
4 1 (0.36%) OAuth
4 1 (0.36%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.36%) Spring
4 1 (0.36%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.36%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.82%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.73%) Data Centre
3 11 (4.00%) Clustering
4 7 (2.55%) PKI
5 6 (2.18%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.45%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.45%) Smartphone
8 3 (1.09%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.09%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.73%) iPhone
9 2 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.73%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.73%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.36%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.36%) Verilog
10 1 (0.36%) VHDL
10 1 (0.36%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 40 (14.55%) Windows
2 30 (10.91%) Linux
3 15 (5.45%) Windows 10
3 15 (5.45%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (2.91%) Windows 7
6 7 (2.55%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.82%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (1.09%) Kali Linux
8 3 (1.09%) Solaris
8 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.73%) Android
9 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.36%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (22.18%) Agile
2 30 (10.91%) Project Management
3 24 (8.73%) Risk Management
4 21 (7.64%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (7.27%) Break/Fix
5 20 (7.27%) High Availability
5 20 (7.27%) Roadmaps
6 18 (6.55%) Analytics
6 18 (6.55%) Epics
6 18 (6.55%) Problem Management
6 18 (6.55%) User Research
7 17 (6.18%) Customer Service
7 17 (6.18%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (6.18%) User Stories
8 16 (5.82%) Service Management
9 14 (5.09%) Business Intelligence
9 14 (5.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 14 (5.09%) Service Delivery
10 13 (4.73%) ITIL
10 13 (4.73%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 36 (13.09%) PowerShell
2 16 (5.82%) SQL
3 11 (4.00%) T-SQL
4 10 (3.64%) Python
5 5 (1.82%) Bash
5 5 (1.82%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.45%) Java
7 3 (1.09%) Ada
7 3 (1.09%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 223 (81.09%) SC Cleared
2 46 (16.73%) DV Cleared
3 20 (7.27%) Degree
4 8 (2.91%) A+ Certification
5 5 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.45%) CISA
6 4 (1.45%) CISM
6 4 (1.45%) CISSP
6 4 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.09%) CGEIT
7 3 (1.09%) CRISC
7 3 (1.09%) CTC Cleared
7 3 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (1.09%) OSCP
7 3 (1.09%) RHCE
8 2 (0.73%) MCP
8 2 (0.73%) MCSE
8 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (4.00%) NIST
1 11 (4.00%) PMO
2 10 (3.64%) SLA
3 8 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.45%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.09%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.73%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.73%) GDPR
6 2 (0.73%) NCSC
7 1 (0.36%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.36%) QA
System Software
1 48 (17.45%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.73%) VMware ESXi
3 12 (4.36%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.82%) BitLocker
4 5 (1.82%) Microsoft App-V
4 5 (1.82%) Terminal Services
4 5 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.82%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.45%) KVM
6 2 (0.73%) vSphere
7 1 (0.36%) Docker
7 1 (0.36%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (5.09%) SCCM
2 13 (4.73%) vCenter Server
3 11 (4.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 10 (3.64%) vMotion
5 6 (2.18%) vRealize
6 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.82%) Terraform
6 5 (1.82%) WSUS
7 4 (1.45%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.45%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (1.09%) Grafana
9 2 (0.73%) McAfee ePO
9 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.36%) Ansible
10 1 (0.36%) Nagios
10 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 64 (23.27%) Microsoft
2 42 (15.27%) Atlassian
3 22 (8.00%) VMware
4 10 (3.64%) Red Hat
5 9 (3.27%) Cisco
5 9 (3.27%) Citrix
5 9 (3.27%) McAfee
6 8 (2.91%) Oracle
7 6 (2.18%) Apple
8 5 (1.82%) Infoblox
8 5 (1.82%) SAP
9 3 (1.09%) HP
10 2 (0.73%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.73%) Symantec
10 2 (0.73%) Veritas
11 1 (0.36%) Google
11 1 (0.36%) Mentor Graphics
11 1 (0.36%) Samsung
11 1 (0.36%) Splunk
11 1 (0.36%) Xilinx