Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Security Clearance
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +12
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 46 18 38
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 23.59% 18.00% 22.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 59.74% 66.67% 77.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 8 26
10th Percentile £393 £175 £400
25th Percentile £500 £214 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.51% +6.82% -15.38%
75th Percentile £660 £601 £680
90th Percentile £734 £621 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £570 £600
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile - - £45.63
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £72.50
75th Percentile £69.33 - £79.38
90th Percentile £95.83 - £80.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 £47.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -0.52% -20.42% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 77 27 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 39.49% 27.00% 28.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 14 37
10th Percentile £307 £175 £268
25th Percentile £456 £251 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £425 £517
Median % change year-on-year +25.88% -17.79% -6.00%
75th Percentile £597 £600 £675
90th Percentile £686 £636 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £551 £600
% change year-on-year +4.45% -8.25% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 6
10th Percentile - - £45.63
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate £12.21 - £72.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +192.93%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £79.38
90th Percentile £60.49 - £80.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £62.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -59.76% +8.98% -4.42%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Southampton

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Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Southampton over the 6 months to 28 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Southampton

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Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Southampton

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Southampton over the 6 months to 28 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Southampton

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.35%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.17%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.70%) Power Platform
1 4 (8.70%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (4.35%) AWS
2 2 (4.35%) Azure
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.17%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.17%) GCP
3 1 (2.17%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) BGP
1 2 (4.35%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (4.35%) Firewall
1 2 (4.35%) MPLS
1 2 (4.35%) Multicast
1 2 (4.35%) OSPF
1 2 (4.35%) Software-Defined Radio
1 2 (4.35%) TCP/IP
1 2 (4.35%) VLAN
1 2 (4.35%) VPN
1 2 (4.35%) Wireshark
2 1 (2.17%) HTTP
2 1 (2.17%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.70%) Power BI
2 2 (4.35%) Relational Database
2 2 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.17%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.17%) QGIS
3 1 (2.17%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Git
2 2 (4.35%) GitLab
3 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.17%) JUnit
3 1 (2.17%) NUnit
3 1 (2.17%) Selenium
General
1 13 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.35%) Aviation
4 2 (4.35%) Marketing
4 2 (4.35%) Police
4 2 (4.35%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.17%) Advertising
5 1 (2.17%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Finance
5 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.17%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (21.74%) Senior
2 9 (19.57%) Consultant
3 7 (15.22%) Safety Engineer
4 6 (13.04%) Software Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) Analyst
6 4 (8.70%) Lead
6 4 (8.70%) SAP Consultant
6 4 (8.70%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Senior Consultant
6 4 (8.70%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 3 (6.52%) Business Analyst
7 3 (6.52%) CyberArk Consultant
7 3 (6.52%) Senior Software Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Data Manager
8 2 (4.35%) Developer
8 2 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Product Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) Product Business Analyst
9 1 (2.17%) GUI Software Engineer
9 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) REST
2 2 (4.35%) AngularJS
2 2 (4.35%) React
2 2 (4.35%) Vue
2 2 (4.35%) WebSockets
3 1 (2.17%) .NET
3 1 (2.17%) Flask
3 1 (2.17%) JSON
3 1 (2.17%) Kafka
3 1 (2.17%) Keycloak
3 1 (2.17%) Protocol Buffers
3 1 (2.17%) pytest
3 1 (2.17%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) Replication
2 3 (6.52%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.17%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.17%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.17%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.17%) FPGA
3 1 (2.17%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.17%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.87%) Windows
2 4 (8.70%) Linux
3 2 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (4.35%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.17%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (2.17%) Ubuntu
4 1 (2.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (15.22%) Agile
1 7 (15.22%) Containerisation
1 7 (15.22%) Software Engineering
2 6 (13.04%) CI/CD
3 5 (10.87%) Decision-Making
3 5 (10.87%) ITIL
4 4 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (8.70%) DevOps
4 4 (8.70%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (6.52%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (6.52%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (6.52%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (6.52%) GAP Analysis
5 3 (6.52%) Roadmaps
5 3 (6.52%) Secure Coding
5 3 (6.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (6.52%) Technology Roadmap
5 3 (6.52%) Test Automation
5 3 (6.52%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) Python
2 4 (8.70%) Bash
2 4 (8.70%) C#
3 3 (6.52%) C++
3 3 (6.52%) PowerShell
4 2 (4.35%) C
4 2 (4.35%) Java
4 2 (4.35%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.17%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (91.30%) SC Cleared
2 5 (10.87%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (8.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (6.52%) Degree
4 3 (6.52%) ISTQB
5 2 (4.35%) BC Cleared
5 2 (4.35%) CCIE
5 2 (4.35%) CCNP
5 2 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (4.35%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.17%) ISEB
6 1 (2.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) Data Quality
1 2 (4.35%) NCSC
1 2 (4.35%) PMO
2 1 (2.17%) COBIT
2 1 (2.17%) GRC
2 1 (2.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (2.17%) JSP 440
2 1 (2.17%) QA
System Software
1 4 (8.70%) Docker
2 1 (2.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) Firmware
2 1 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (13.04%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.52%) Ansible
3 2 (4.35%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (4.35%) Iperf
3 2 (4.35%) Nmap
4 1 (2.17%) Argo
4 1 (2.17%) Grafana
4 1 (2.17%) Prometheus
4 1 (2.17%) Rancher
4 1 (2.17%) SCCM
4 1 (2.17%) SCOM
4 1 (2.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (8.70%) SAP
2 3 (6.52%) CyberArk
3 2 (4.35%) CheckPoint
3 2 (4.35%) Cisco
3 2 (4.35%) Fortinet
3 2 (4.35%) IFS
3 2 (4.35%) Palo Alto
3 2 (4.35%) SolarWinds
3 2 (4.35%) Tufin
4 1 (2.17%) EMC
4 1 (2.17%) Google
4 1 (2.17%) PTC
4 1 (2.17%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.17%) Splunk
4 1 (2.17%) VMware