Security Cleared Contracts in Surrey

Security Clearance
South East > Surrey

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 18 23
Rank change year-on-year +9 +5 -7
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 59 59 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 10.03% 8.49% 8.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.15% 31.89% 33.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 34 48
10th Percentile £475 £426 £461
25th Percentile £538 £536 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £594 £555
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +6.98% +16.84%
75th Percentile £688 £647 £638
90th Percentile £850 £718 £679
South East median daily rate £590 £525 £540
% change year-on-year +12.38% -2.78% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - £41.17
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.55 £43.64
Median % change year-on-year -20.06% +43.33% +175.16%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £46.11
90th Percentile £60.50 - -
South East median hourly rate £61.60 £63.00 £46.25
% change year-on-year -2.22% +36.22% +17.95%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Surrey

Security Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 178 185 223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 30.27% 26.62% 26.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 115 135
10th Percentile £350 £305 £250
25th Percentile £460 £500 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £580 £517
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +12.19% +8.84%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £633
90th Percentile £700 £838 £683
South East median daily rate £550 £523 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +4.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 23 12
10th Percentile - - £21.00
25th Percentile £11.71 £42.50 £36.13
Median hourly rate £17.80 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.44% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £21.75 £61.28 £47.50
90th Percentile £56.00 £63.51 £48.63
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £59.45 £44.50
% change year-on-year -3.54% +33.60% +9.88%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Surrey

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Surrey

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Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Surrey over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Surrey

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Surrey

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Surrey

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Surrey over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Surrey

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Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leatherhead 0 25 £625 +3.73% 5
Guildford +1 14 £788 +36.96% 10
Woking +11 3 £455 +12.35% 7
Camberley +10 1 £550 -26.67% 1
Weybridge -2 1 - -
Farnham - 1 £675 -
Security Cleared
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.78%) Azure
2 2 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (3.39%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.69%) AWS
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.69%) OpenShift
3 1 (1.69%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.78%) Wireless
2 2 (3.39%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (1.69%) Firewall
3 1 (1.69%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.69%) LAN
3 1 (1.69%) OpenLDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (11.86%) Jenkins
2 6 (10.17%) Git
2 6 (10.17%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.69%) GitLab
3 1 (1.69%) SonarQube
General
1 9 (15.25%) Electronics
2 8 (13.56%) Public Sector
3 2 (3.39%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.69%) Finance
4 1 (1.69%) Military
4 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (22.03%) DevSecOps Engineer
2 11 (18.64%) Developer
3 5 (8.47%) Architect
3 5 (8.47%) Designer
3 5 (8.47%) Lead
4 3 (5.08%) Lead Developer
5 2 (3.39%) .NET Developer
5 2 (3.39%) Active Directory Support
5 2 (3.39%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (3.39%) Electronics Technician
5 2 (3.39%) IT Engineer
5 2 (3.39%) Project Manager
5 2 (3.39%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 2 (3.39%) Senior
5 2 (3.39%) Test Technician
6 1 (1.69%) Active Directory Support Engineer
6 1 (1.69%) Deskside Engineer
6 1 (1.69%) Deskside Support Engineer
6 1 (1.69%) Integration Developer
6 1 (1.69%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.86%) .NET
2 6 (10.17%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.69%) ADO
3 1 (1.69%) Kafka
3 1 (1.69%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.47%) FPGA
2 3 (5.08%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (5.08%) PKI
3 2 (3.39%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.47%) Windows
2 4 (6.78%) Linux
3 2 (3.39%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (30.51%) Test Automation
2 17 (28.81%) Agile
3 15 (25.42%) DevSecOps
4 14 (23.73%) Containerisation
4 14 (23.73%) Infrastructure as Code
4 14 (23.73%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 7 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (10.17%) Deployment Automation
7 5 (8.47%) Software Engineering
8 4 (6.78%) DevOps
9 3 (5.08%) Cybersecurity
10 2 (3.39%) Acceptance Criteria
10 2 (3.39%) Collaborative Working
10 2 (3.39%) Data Integration
10 2 (3.39%) Process Improvement
10 2 (3.39%) Scrum
10 2 (3.39%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 2 (3.39%) Systems Engineering
10 2 (3.39%) TDD
10 2 (3.39%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.17%) C#
1 6 (10.17%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.39%) Python
2 2 (3.39%) VB
3 1 (1.69%) C
3 1 (1.69%) Java
3 1 (1.69%) SQL
3 1 (1.69%) VBScript
3 1 (1.69%) X++
Qualifications
1 46 (77.97%) SC Cleared
2 11 (18.64%) DV Cleared
3 4 (6.78%) Degree
4 2 (3.39%) HND
4 2 (3.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.69%) QA
1 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (5.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.69%) Docker
2 1 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (11.86%) Ansible
2 2 (3.39%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.69%) Argo
3 1 (1.69%) Grafana
3 1 (1.69%) Istio
3 1 (1.69%) Kibana
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.69%) MOM
3 1 (1.69%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (13.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.47%) Xilinx
3 4 (6.78%) Red Hat
4 3 (5.08%) Dell
5 2 (3.39%) VMware
6 1 (1.69%) AVEVA
6 1 (1.69%) Micro Focus
6 1 (1.69%) SAP
6 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow