Security Cleared Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Clearance
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 2 8
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 +9
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 736 667 463
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.96% 23.48% 13.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 69.57% 68.34% 45.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 470 367
10th Percentile £213 £322 £360
25th Percentile £425 £411 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.14% -4.67% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £625
90th Percentile £722 £680 £665
South East median daily rate £590 £525 £543
% change year-on-year +12.38% -3.23% +14.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 33 20
10th Percentile £38.45 £23.30 £16.75
25th Percentile £52.90 £48.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £64.68 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% +207.24% -
75th Percentile £76.12 £73.59 £49.81
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £69.00
South East median hourly rate £61.65 £62.55 £45.00
% change year-on-year -1.45% +39.00% +15.62%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,058 976 1,023
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 40.20% 34.35% 29.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 571 647 692
10th Percentile £213 £318 £272
25th Percentile £413 £408 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £623 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £680 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 45 28
10th Percentile £18.10 £18.90 £16.25
25th Percentile £41.75 £27.00 £18.32
Median hourly rate £58.30 £64.68 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +207.98% -0.24%
75th Percentile £71.07 £74.79 £49.81
90th Percentile £87.37 £80.25 £80.81
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £58.55 £43.95
% change year-on-year -2.04% +33.21% +9.19%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 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
Berkshire +2 581 £575 +0.88% 137
Buckinghamshire 0 147 £510 +10.64% 39
Oxfordshire -9 8 £650 +44.44% 25
Security Cleared
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 26 (3.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (0.95%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.54%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.14%) Confluence
4 1 (0.14%) JBoss
4 1 (0.14%) Moodle
4 1 (0.14%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 69 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.68%) Siemens NX
7 2 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.27%) CINEMA 4D
8 1 (0.14%) 3ds Max
8 1 (0.14%) Blender
Business Applications
1 28 (3.80%) Primavera
2 27 (3.67%) SAP QM
3 22 (2.99%) SAP EWM
4 9 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (1.09%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.41%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.14%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 104 (14.13%) Azure
2 49 (6.66%) AWS
3 33 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (2.45%) Entra ID
5 17 (2.31%) Azure Monitor
5 17 (2.31%) OpenShift
6 16 (2.17%) Azure Storage
7 14 (1.90%) OCI
8 10 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.54%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (0.54%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (0.54%) Serverless
10 2 (0.27%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.27%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.27%) GCP
10 2 (0.27%) PaaS
10 2 (0.27%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.27%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.27%) SaaS
11 1 (0.14%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 90 (12.23%) Firewall
2 59 (8.02%) DNS
3 53 (7.20%) LAN
4 51 (6.93%) DHCP
5 50 (6.79%) WAN
6 30 (4.08%) SAN
7 28 (3.80%) Intrusion Detection
8 24 (3.26%) TCP/IP
9 16 (2.17%) Network Security
10 12 (1.63%) Cisco ASA
10 12 (1.63%) Cisco ISE
10 12 (1.63%) VPN
11 10 (1.36%) SSL
12 9 (1.22%) BGP
12 9 (1.22%) MPLS
13 7 (0.95%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.82%) Remote Desktop
15 5 (0.68%) Internet
15 5 (0.68%) VSAN
16 4 (0.54%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (4.89%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (3.67%) Oracle Database
3 16 (2.17%) Oracle Database 11g
4 12 (1.63%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
6 8 (1.09%) SAP HANA
7 5 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.41%) MySQL
9 2 (0.27%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.14%) GIS
10 1 (0.14%) Power BI
10 1 (0.14%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 37 (5.03%) Jenkins
2 29 (3.94%) Selenium
3 25 (3.40%) Cucumber
4 24 (3.26%) REST Assured
4 24 (3.26%) SonarQube
5 16 (2.17%) GitLab
6 14 (1.90%) Git
6 14 (1.90%) JIRA
7 7 (0.95%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.54%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.54%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.41%) JMeter
9 3 (0.41%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.27%) JUnit
10 2 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.14%) Appium
11 1 (0.14%) MSTest
11 1 (0.14%) NUnit
11 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.14%) TestRail
General
1 177 (24.05%) Social Skills
2 143 (19.43%) Public Sector
3 58 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (2.72%) Law
6 19 (2.58%) Finance
7 14 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
8 13 (1.77%) Police
9 12 (1.63%) Aviation
9 12 (1.63%) Military
10 11 (1.49%) Telecoms
11 7 (0.95%) Manufacturing
12 6 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.54%) Electronics
13 4 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.41%) Marketing
15 2 (0.27%) Environmental Health
15 2 (0.27%) Legal
16 1 (0.14%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 125 (16.98%) Architect
2 109 (14.81%) Senior
3 72 (9.78%) Consultant
4 62 (8.42%) SAP Consultant
5 59 (8.02%) Developer
6 54 (7.34%) Security Architect
7 52 (7.07%) Analyst
8 40 (5.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 33 (4.48%) Support Specialist
10 28 (3.80%) Active Directory Support
10 28 (3.80%) Support Engineer
11 26 (3.53%) Active Directory Specialist
11 26 (3.53%) Administrator
11 26 (3.53%) Azure Specialist
11 26 (3.53%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 26 (3.53%) SAP QM Consultant
11 26 (3.53%) Systems Administrator
12 25 (3.40%) Network Engineer
12 25 (3.40%) Solutions Architect
13 23 (3.13%) Build Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (3.94%) ARM Templates
1 29 (3.94%) REST
2 25 (3.40%) Java EE
3 13 (1.77%) Itk
3 13 (1.77%) Web Services
4 10 (1.36%) .NET
4 10 (1.36%) Kafka
5 8 (1.09%) ASP.NET
5 8 (1.09%) SAP Basis
6 5 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
6 5 (0.68%) SAP Fiori
6 5 (0.68%) YAML
7 4 (0.54%) Node.js
7 4 (0.54%) Spring
7 4 (0.54%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.41%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.41%) React
9 2 (0.27%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.27%) Mustache
9 2 (0.27%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.16%) PKI
2 32 (4.35%) Driving Licence
3 27 (3.67%) Data Centre
4 22 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (1.63%) Cloud Native
6 10 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (1.36%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.09%) Private Cloud
8 7 (0.95%) Client/Server
9 6 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (0.82%) Security Posture
10 5 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.54%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.54%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (0.54%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (0.54%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.41%) Fat Client
12 3 (0.41%) PMI
12 3 (0.41%) Robotics
12 3 (0.41%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 142 (19.29%) Windows
2 85 (11.55%) Linux
3 78 (10.60%) Windows 10
4 76 (10.33%) Windows Server
5 65 (8.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 62 (8.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 41 (5.57%) Windows 7
8 37 (5.03%) Windows Server 2012
9 20 (2.72%) Windows NT
10 16 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 14 (1.90%) Windows XP
12 13 (1.77%) Ubuntu
13 11 (1.49%) Debian
14 5 (0.68%) Unix
15 2 (0.27%) VMS
16 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (17.80%) ITIL
2 130 (17.66%) Problem-Solving
3 128 (17.39%) DevOps
4 94 (12.77%) Agile
5 74 (10.05%) Customer Service
6 57 (7.74%) Project Management
7 56 (7.61%) Release Management
8 55 (7.47%) Stakeholder Management
9 54 (7.34%) Software Engineering
10 49 (6.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 49 (6.66%) Performance Tuning
10 49 (6.66%) Service Management
11 48 (6.52%) Decision-Making
12 47 (6.39%) Cybersecurity
13 43 (5.84%) User Acceptance Testing
14 41 (5.57%) Security Architecture
15 40 (5.43%) Configuration Management
16 37 (5.03%) Service Delivery
17 35 (4.76%) Test Automation
18 34 (4.62%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (8.42%) PowerShell
2 34 (4.62%) Python
3 32 (4.35%) Java
4 31 (4.21%) C#
5 29 (3.94%) SQL
6 23 (3.13%) VBScript
7 17 (2.31%) PL/SQL
8 16 (2.17%) Bicep
8 16 (2.17%) VB
9 10 (1.36%) C
10 6 (0.82%) Bash
10 6 (0.82%) C++
10 6 (0.82%) JavaScript
11 5 (0.68%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.14%) Go
12 1 (0.14%) Perl
12 1 (0.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 392 (53.26%) DV Cleared
2 360 (48.91%) SC Cleared
3 86 (11.68%) Degree
4 34 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
5 31 (4.21%) CCNP
6 18 (2.45%) CCNA
7 17 (2.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 10 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.36%) ISEB
9 8 (1.09%) APMP
10 7 (0.95%) CISM
11 6 (0.82%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.54%) VCAP
13 4 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.41%) MCSE
14 3 (0.41%) PMP
14 3 (0.41%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.40%) QA
2 24 (3.26%) SLA
3 7 (0.95%) NCSC
3 7 (0.95%) PMO
4 6 (0.82%) NIST
5 5 (0.68%) ISO 9000
6 2 (0.27%) Data Quality
System Software
1 103 (13.99%) Active Directory
2 38 (5.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (5.03%) Firmware
4 21 (2.85%) Docker
4 21 (2.85%) Hyper-V
5 18 (2.45%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (2.45%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.82%) vSphere
8 5 (0.68%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.54%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.27%) XenApp
10 2 (0.27%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.14%) NFS
11 1 (0.14%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 98 (13.32%) SCCM
2 54 (7.34%) WSUS
3 50 (6.79%) Kubernetes
4 46 (6.25%) Ansible
5 38 (5.16%) SCOM
6 20 (2.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 20 (2.72%) Sysprep
6 20 (2.72%) Terraform
7 19 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
8 18 (2.45%) vCenter Server
9 16 (2.17%) EMC NetWorker
9 16 (2.17%) NetBackup
10 14 (1.90%) Nessus
11 12 (1.63%) Docker Swarm
11 12 (1.63%) Grafana
11 12 (1.63%) Istio
11 12 (1.63%) Podman
12 8 (1.09%) Argo
12 8 (1.09%) Kibana
12 8 (1.09%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 199 (27.04%) Microsoft
2 78 (10.60%) VMware
3 72 (9.78%) SAP
4 59 (8.02%) Cisco
5 58 (7.88%) HP
6 53 (7.20%) Oracle
7 51 (6.93%) Juniper
8 27 (3.67%) Red Hat
9 26 (3.53%) Palo Alto
10 23 (3.13%) ServiceNow
11 19 (2.58%) Veeam
12 18 (2.45%) 3PAR
12 18 (2.45%) Dell
13 16 (2.17%) EMC
14 14 (1.90%) Extreme Networks
14 14 (1.90%) Symantec
15 12 (1.63%) ScienceLogic
16 6 (0.82%) Citrix
17 5 (0.68%) NEC
17 5 (0.68%) Siemens