Security Cleared Contracts in Stevenage

Security Clearance
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 3 1
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 80 119 145
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 59.70% 24.29% 51.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 84.21% 55.87% 84.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 46 53
10th Percentile £450 £332 £273
25th Percentile £525 £518 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +29.41% -22.73%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £550
90th Percentile £605 £650 £623
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 27 56
10th Percentile £31.64 £38.40 £49.00
25th Percentile £49.69 £40.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £65.75 £55.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.55% -8.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £75.31 £66.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.35 £75.25 £70.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 95 213 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 70.90% 43.47% 60.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 52 55
10th Percentile £450 £331 £273
25th Percentile £525 £409 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +37.50% -27.27%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £550
90th Percentile £620 £645 £620
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 81 68
10th Percentile £34.06 £40.00 £49.70
25th Percentile £52.19 - £53.75
Median hourly rate £71.25 £43.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.70% -28.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £81.27 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £70.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £66.00 £43.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +53.49% -28.33% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Stevenage

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Stevenage

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Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Stevenage over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Stevenage

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Stevenage

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Stevenage over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Stevenage

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.75%) CMS
3 2 (2.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (2.50%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (2.50%) Skype for Business
3 2 (2.50%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.25%) Simulink
3 4 (5.00%) Windchill
4 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Primavera
2 1 (1.25%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 25 (31.25%) Cohesity
2 2 (2.50%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.25%) Azure
3 1 (1.25%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 35 (43.75%) DNS
2 23 (28.75%) SAN
3 14 (17.50%) SMTP
4 12 (15.00%) FTP
4 12 (15.00%) HTTP
4 12 (15.00%) SSL
5 11 (13.75%) Network Security
6 5 (6.25%) Skype
7 3 (3.75%) Ethernet
7 3 (3.75%) SpaceWire
7 3 (3.75%) TCP/IP
8 2 (2.50%) IMAP
9 1 (1.25%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (1.25%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.50%) Data Mining
1 2 (2.50%) DB2
1 2 (2.50%) Metadata
1 2 (2.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Eclipse
1 4 (5.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.50%) Rational Statemate
3 1 (1.25%) MSI
General
1 32 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.50%) Aerospace
4 5 (6.25%) Law
4 5 (6.25%) Military
5 4 (5.00%) Aviation
5 4 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.50%) Finance
6 2 (2.50%) Legal
6 2 (2.50%) Marketing
6 2 (2.50%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.25%) Automotive
7 1 (1.25%) Avionics
7 1 (1.25%) Electronics
7 1 (1.25%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (22.50%) Analyst
2 15 (18.75%) SOC Analyst
3 9 (11.25%) Architect
4 7 (8.75%) Senior
5 5 (6.25%) Network Architect
5 5 (6.25%) Network Infrastructure Architect
5 5 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) Configuration Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) Infrastructure Architect
6 4 (5.00%) Senior Configuration Engineer
6 4 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.75%) C# Software Engineer
7 3 (3.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (3.75%) Junior
7 3 (3.75%) Junior Analyst
7 3 (3.75%) Software Engineer
8 2 (2.50%) Electrical Engineer
8 2 (2.50%) FPGA Engineer
8 2 (2.50%) Project Controller
8 2 (2.50%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.00%) LDAP
2 3 (3.75%) Node.js
2 3 (3.75%) Web Services
3 1 (1.25%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.00%) Cyber Threat
1 12 (15.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 10 (12.50%) Cyberattack
3 9 (11.25%) Management Information System
4 8 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (7.50%) CSOC
6 3 (3.75%) Algorithms
6 3 (3.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (3.75%) Smartcard
6 3 (3.75%) YubiKey
7 2 (2.50%) Blackberry
7 2 (2.50%) FPGA
7 2 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.50%) Reference Data
7 2 (2.50%) Verilog
7 2 (2.50%) VHDL
7 2 (2.50%) YARA
8 1 (1.25%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (42.50%) Windows
2 24 (30.00%) Windows Server
3 20 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 20 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 11 (13.75%) Linux
5 3 (3.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (33.75%) SIEM
2 20 (25.00%) Build Automation
2 20 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
2 20 (25.00%) Operations Management
3 15 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (15.00%) Threat Detection
5 11 (13.75%) Security Operations
6 10 (12.50%) Information Management
7 9 (11.25%) Incident Response
7 9 (11.25%) Network Packet Capture
8 8 (10.00%) Information Security
8 8 (10.00%) Project Management
9 7 (8.75%) Agile
9 7 (8.75%) Analytics
9 7 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (7.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (7.50%) Visualisation
11 5 (6.25%) PLM
11 5 (6.25%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 20 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (7.50%) SQL
3 5 (6.25%) C
4 4 (5.00%) Bash
4 4 (5.00%) C#
4 4 (5.00%) C++
4 4 (5.00%) Python
5 3 (3.75%) Java
5 3 (3.75%) JavaScript
5 3 (3.75%) MATLAB
5 3 (3.75%) Tcl
6 2 (2.50%) SystemVerilog
6 2 (2.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 49 (61.25%) SC Cleared
2 37 (46.25%) DV Cleared
3 10 (12.50%) Degree
4 5 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.50%) CISSP
5 2 (2.50%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (2.50%) GCIA
6 1 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.00%) QA
2 2 (2.50%) Data Quality
System Software
1 27 (33.75%) Active Directory
2 21 (26.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (25.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 20 (25.00%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (3.75%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.75%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 23 (28.75%) SCCM
1 23 (28.75%) WSUS
2 21 (26.25%) Ansible
3 3 (3.75%) Nessus
4 1 (1.25%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 24 (30.00%) VMware
3 23 (28.75%) NetApp
3 23 (28.75%) Splunk
4 4 (5.00%) Twitter
5 3 (3.75%) Darktrace
5 3 (3.75%) FireEye
5 3 (3.75%) LogRhythm
5 3 (3.75%) SAP
5 3 (3.75%) Tenable
6 2 (2.50%) EMC
6 2 (2.50%) Intel
6 2 (2.50%) Microsemi
6 2 (2.50%) Xilinx
7 1 (1.25%) Brocade
7 1 (1.25%) Cisco
7 1 (1.25%) ICL
7 1 (1.25%) IronPort
7 1 (1.25%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.25%) Symantec