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 21 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +10
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 42 25 37
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 24.14% 21.93% 21.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 70.00% 73.53% 71.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 16 25
10th Percentile £303 £220 £388
25th Percentile £475 £310 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £556 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.82% +1.14% -15.38%
75th Percentile £667 £591 £680
90th Percentile £752 £602 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 6
10th Percentile - - £32.38
25th Percentile £25.15 - £35.13
Median hourly rate £41.83 - £50.00
75th Percentile £73.56 - £71.25
90th Percentile £97.53 - £76.25
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £60.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -58.43% +0.83% -

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 60 34 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 34.48% 29.82% 30.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 22 40
10th Percentile £309 £214 £242
25th Percentile £444 £326 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £481 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.65% -3.75% -9.09%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £629
90th Percentile £726 £604 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £551 £600
% change year-on-year -0.18% -8.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 6
10th Percentile - - £32.38
25th Percentile £12.21 - £35.13
Median hourly rate £18.68 - £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +122.22%
75th Percentile £33.93 - £71.25
90th Percentile £76.23 - £76.25
Hampshire median hourly rate £22.50 £47.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -52.88% -20.42% +11.11%

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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 21 February 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 21 February 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 (4.76%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.76%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.38%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.14%) AWS
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (7.14%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.76%) Amazon ECS
2 2 (4.76%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (2.38%) GCP
3 1 (2.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.52%) BGP
1 4 (9.52%) Cisco ASA
1 4 (9.52%) Firewall
1 4 (9.52%) MPLS
1 4 (9.52%) Multicast
1 4 (9.52%) OSPF
1 4 (9.52%) TCP/IP
1 4 (9.52%) VLAN
1 4 (9.52%) VPN
1 4 (9.52%) Wireshark
2 2 (4.76%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (2.38%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) Power BI
2 2 (4.76%) Relational Database
2 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Git
2 3 (7.14%) JIRA
3 2 (4.76%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.52%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.76%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.76%) Aviation
5 2 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Marketing
6 1 (2.38%) Advertising
6 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.38%) Police
Job Titles
1 8 (19.05%) Senior
2 6 (14.29%) Consultant
2 6 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Analyst
3 4 (9.52%) Safety Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Business Analyst
4 3 (7.14%) CyberArk Consultant
4 3 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Senior Tester
4 3 (7.14%) Tester
4 3 (7.14%) Validation Tester
5 2 (4.76%) C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Deployment Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Developer
5 2 (4.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Product Analyst
5 2 (4.76%) Security Consultant
5 2 (4.76%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) REST
2 2 (4.76%) AngularJS
2 2 (4.76%) React
2 2 (4.76%) Vue
2 2 (4.76%) WebSockets
3 1 (2.38%) JSON
3 1 (2.38%) Protocol Buffers
3 1 (2.38%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.76%) CAN bus
3 2 (4.76%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.38%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.38%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.38%) FPGA
4 1 (2.38%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.29%) Windows
2 4 (9.52%) Linux
3 2 (4.76%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.38%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.38%) Ubuntu
4 1 (2.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (16.67%) DevOps
1 7 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 6 (14.29%) CI/CD
2 6 (14.29%) Containerisation
3 5 (11.90%) Agile
3 5 (11.90%) Decision-Making
4 4 (9.52%) Configuration Management
4 4 (9.52%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (9.52%) Test Automation
4 4 (9.52%) Validation
5 3 (7.14%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (7.14%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (7.14%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (7.14%) GAP Analysis
5 3 (7.14%) ITIL
5 3 (7.14%) Roadmaps
5 3 (7.14%) Technology Roadmap
5 3 (7.14%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.05%) Python
2 7 (16.67%) Bash
3 6 (14.29%) C++
4 5 (11.90%) C#
5 3 (7.14%) C
6 2 (4.76%) Embedded C++
6 2 (4.76%) Java
6 2 (4.76%) JavaScript
6 2 (4.76%) PowerShell
7 1 (2.38%) MATLAB
7 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (88.10%) SC Cleared
2 5 (11.90%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (9.52%) CCIE
3 4 (9.52%) CCNP
3 4 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (7.14%) Degree
5 2 (4.76%) BC Cleared
5 2 (4.76%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.76%) ISTQB
6 1 (2.38%) ISEB
6 1 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) NCSC
2 1 (2.38%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.38%) COBIT
2 1 (2.38%) GRC
2 1 (2.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (2.38%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.38%) JSP 440
2 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 6 (14.29%) Docker
2 2 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.38%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (14.29%) Ansible
2 4 (9.52%) Iperf
2 4 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 4 (9.52%) Nmap
3 2 (4.76%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (4.76%) Puppet
3 2 (4.76%) Terraform
4 1 (2.38%) Progress Chef
4 1 (2.38%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (9.52%) CheckPoint
1 4 (9.52%) Cisco
1 4 (9.52%) Fortinet
1 4 (9.52%) Palo Alto
1 4 (9.52%) SolarWinds
2 3 (7.14%) CyberArk
3 2 (4.76%) Tufin
4 1 (2.38%) EMC
4 1 (2.38%) Google
4 1 (2.38%) Intel
4 1 (2.38%) PTC
4 1 (2.38%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow