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 19 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +11
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 44 18 39
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 22.92% 17.82% 22.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 59.46% 66.67% 69.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 8 26
10th Percentile £253 £175 £400
25th Percentile £456 £214 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.94% +6.82% -16.67%
75th Percentile £660 £601 £680
90th Percentile £748 £621 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £570 £600
% change year-on-year +0.88% -5.00% +7.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile - - £42.75
25th Percentile £25.15 - £60.00
Median hourly rate £41.83 - £70.00
75th Percentile £73.56 - £77.50
90th Percentile £97.53 - £79.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £36.33 £60.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -39.96% +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 74 27 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 38.54% 26.73% 31.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 14 43
10th Percentile £286 £175 £284
25th Percentile £438 £251 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £569 £600 £632
90th Percentile £703 £636 £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 5
10th Percentile - - £42.75
25th Percentile £12.21 - £60.00
Median hourly rate £18.68 - £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +182.83%
75th Percentile £33.93 - £77.50
90th Percentile £76.23 - £79.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £23.58 £62.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -62.28% +8.98% -3.54%

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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 19 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 19 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 (4.55%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.55%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.27%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.27%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (2.27%) AWS
3 1 (2.27%) Azure
3 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.27%) GCP
3 1 (2.27%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.55%) BGP
1 2 (4.55%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (4.55%) Firewall
1 2 (4.55%) MPLS
1 2 (4.55%) Multicast
1 2 (4.55%) OSPF
1 2 (4.55%) Software-Defined Radio
1 2 (4.55%) TCP/IP
1 2 (4.55%) VLAN
1 2 (4.55%) VPN
1 2 (4.55%) Wireshark
2 1 (2.27%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.09%) Power BI
2 2 (4.55%) Relational Database
2 2 (4.55%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.27%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.27%) QGIS
3 1 (2.27%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Git
2 2 (4.55%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.55%) JIRA
3 1 (2.27%) GitLab
General
1 10 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.36%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.55%) Aerospace
4 2 (4.55%) Aviation
4 2 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (4.55%) Marketing
4 2 (4.55%) Police
4 2 (4.55%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.27%) Advertising
5 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Finance
5 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.27%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (15.91%) Safety Engineer
2 6 (13.64%) Senior
2 6 (13.64%) Software Engineer
3 5 (11.36%) Analyst
3 5 (11.36%) Consultant
4 3 (6.82%) Business Analyst
4 3 (6.82%) CyberArk Consultant
4 3 (6.82%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) Data Manager
5 2 (4.55%) Deployment Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) Embedded Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) Lead
5 2 (4.55%) Product Business Analyst
5 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) REST
2 2 (4.55%) AngularJS
2 2 (4.55%) React
2 2 (4.55%) Vue
2 2 (4.55%) WebSockets
3 1 (2.27%) JSON
3 1 (2.27%) Kafka
3 1 (2.27%) Keycloak
3 1 (2.27%) Protocol Buffers
3 1 (2.27%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.82%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.55%) CAN bus
3 2 (4.55%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.27%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.27%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.27%) FPGA
4 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.27%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.91%) Windows
2 4 (9.09%) Linux
3 2 (4.55%) Windows 10
3 2 (4.55%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.27%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (18.18%) Agile
2 7 (15.91%) Software Engineering
3 6 (13.64%) DevOps
4 5 (11.36%) Containerisation
4 5 (11.36%) Decision-Making
5 4 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (9.09%) CI/CD
5 4 (9.09%) Project Management
5 4 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (6.82%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (6.82%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (6.82%) Data Management
6 3 (6.82%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (6.82%) PRINCE2
6 3 (6.82%) Roadmaps
6 3 (6.82%) Technology Roadmap
6 3 (6.82%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (4.55%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (4.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) Python
2 5 (11.36%) C#
2 5 (11.36%) C++
3 4 (9.09%) Bash
4 3 (6.82%) PowerShell
5 2 (4.55%) C
5 2 (4.55%) Embedded C++
5 2 (4.55%) Java
5 2 (4.55%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.27%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (90.91%) SC Cleared
2 5 (11.36%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (6.82%) Degree
4 2 (4.55%) BC Cleared
4 2 (4.55%) CCIE
4 2 (4.55%) CCNP
4 2 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.55%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.55%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.27%) ISEB
5 1 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) Data Quality
1 2 (4.55%) NCSC
1 2 (4.55%) PMO
2 1 (2.27%) COBIT
2 1 (2.27%) GRC
2 1 (2.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (2.27%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.27%) JSP 440
2 1 (2.27%) QA
System Software
1 5 (11.36%) Docker
2 2 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.27%) Firmware
3 1 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (11.36%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.82%) Ansible
3 2 (4.55%) Cisco Prime
3 2 (4.55%) Iperf
3 2 (4.55%) Nmap
4 1 (2.27%) Argo
4 1 (2.27%) Grafana
4 1 (2.27%) Prometheus
4 1 (2.27%) Rancher
4 1 (2.27%) SCCM
4 1 (2.27%) SCOM
4 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (6.82%) CyberArk
2 2 (4.55%) CheckPoint
2 2 (4.55%) Cisco
2 2 (4.55%) Fortinet
2 2 (4.55%) IFS
2 2 (4.55%) Palo Alto
2 2 (4.55%) SolarWinds
2 2 (4.55%) Tufin
3 1 (2.27%) EMC
3 1 (2.27%) Google
3 1 (2.27%) PTC
3 1 (2.27%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.27%) Splunk
3 1 (2.27%) VMware