Government Security Classifications (GSC)
England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Government Security Classifications skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Government Security Classifications over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 158 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Government Security Classifications | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East | 0.033% | - | - |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.20% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £475 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £575 | £495 | £569 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.16% | -12.97% | -21.55% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East
Government Security Classifications falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the South East.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 512 | 830 | 886 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 17.01% | 14.93% | 15.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 305 | 435 | 563 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £232 | £200 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £361 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £575 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £638 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.38% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 32 | 65 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.32 | £10.82 | £18.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £24.66 | £15.38 | £19.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £46.30 | £27.50 | £31.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +68.36% | -11.29% | +47.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.24 | £48.75 | £51.94 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.27 | £65.00 | £67.50 |
| England median hourly rate | £34.75 | £22.34 | £41.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +55.55% | -46.17% | +50.91% |
Government Security Classifications
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing Government Security Classifications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
Government Security Classifications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Government Security Classifications in the South East.
Government Security Classifications
Contract Job Locations in the South East
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Government Security Classifications within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampshire | - | 1 | £450 | - | |
| Government Security Classifications England |
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Government Security Classifications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:
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