Security Cleared Contracts 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 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 1 2 13
Rank change year-on-year +1 +11 +22
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 29 44 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 26.85% 26.04% 8.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 70.73% 84.62% 35.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 26 6
10th Percentile £175 £406 £313
25th Percentile £323 £481 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.77%
75th Percentile £603 £680 £718
90th Percentile £639 £713 £736
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 0
Median hourly rate - £77.50 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.90% +7.87%

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 41 52 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 37.96% 30.77% 24.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 34 21
10th Percentile £180 £300 £225
25th Percentile £308 £413 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +19.57%
75th Percentile £600 £675 -
90th Percentile £643 £713 £675
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 2
10th Percentile - - £36.75
25th Percentile - £65.00 £37.88
Median hourly rate - £77.50 £39.75
Median % change year-on-year - +94.97% -
75th Percentile - £80.00 £41.63
90th Percentile - - £42.75
Hampshire median hourly rate £62.50 £57.35 £61.59
% change year-on-year +8.98% -6.88% +26.78%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Southampton

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Southampton

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Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Southampton over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Southampton

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Southampton

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 7 (24.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (24.14%) Azure
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (20.69%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.45%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (3.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (34.48%) Firewall
2 8 (27.59%) Network Security
3 6 (20.69%) Internet
3 6 (20.69%) VPN
4 2 (6.90%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) Power BI
General
1 15 (51.72%) Public Sector
2 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Military
4 2 (6.90%) Law
5 1 (3.45%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Electronics
5 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) IT Manager
1 8 (27.59%) Senior
2 7 (24.14%) IT Services Manager
2 7 (24.14%) Service Manager
3 6 (20.69%) Senior IT Manager
3 6 (20.69%) Senior Manager
3 6 (20.69%) Senior Service Manager
4 5 (17.24%) Test Manager
5 4 (13.79%) Network Manager
6 3 (10.34%) Consultant
7 2 (6.90%) Analyst
7 2 (6.90%) Network Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Security Consultant
8 1 (3.45%) Administrator
8 1 (3.45%) Hardware Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) Network Security Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (3.45%) Software Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) Systems Administrator
8 1 (3.45%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Angular 2
1 1 (3.45%) AngularJS
1 1 (3.45%) CSS
1 1 (3.45%) EntireX
1 1 (3.45%) HTML
1 1 (3.45%) HTML5
1 1 (3.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (6.90%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.90%) Smartphone
3 1 (3.45%) FPGA
3 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Windows
1 2 (6.90%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (31.03%) Penetration Testing
3 8 (27.59%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (24.14%) Security Monitoring
5 6 (20.69%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (20.69%) Case Management
5 6 (20.69%) Contract Management
6 5 (17.24%) Analytics
6 5 (17.24%) Antivirus Management
6 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (13.79%) ITIL
7 4 (13.79%) Server Management
7 4 (13.79%) Storage Management
8 2 (6.90%) Asset Management
8 2 (6.90%) Performance Testing
8 2 (6.90%) Service Delivery
8 2 (6.90%) Service Management
8 2 (6.90%) Test Strategy
8 2 (6.90%) Validation
8 2 (6.90%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.45%) Python
1 1 (3.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (75.86%) SC Cleared
2 3 (10.34%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.45%) CISM
3 1 (3.45%) CISSP
3 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) SLA
2 1 (3.45%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) Cisco
2 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
2 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.45%) BT
3 1 (3.45%) Google
3 1 (3.45%) IBM
3 1 (3.45%) Mentor Graphics
3 1 (3.45%) Qualys
3 1 (3.45%) Software AG
3 1 (3.45%) Tenable
3 1 (3.45%) webMethods