Security Cleared Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Clearance
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +6
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 321 727 654
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.41% 27.93% 23.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 59.44% 69.37% 68.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 440 458
10th Percentile £325 £213 £321
25th Percentile £450 £429 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £563 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% -3.85%
75th Percentile £661 £638 £600
90th Percentile £700 £717 £675
South East median daily rate £550 £590 £525
% change year-on-year -6.78% +12.38% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 76 32
10th Percentile £26.13 £36.21 £23.15
25th Percentile £51.25 £52.55 £48.48
Median hourly rate £63.75 £61.60 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% -4.75% +207.24%
75th Percentile £80.00 £75.68 £73.89
90th Percentile £90.32 £87.46 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £60.25 £61.60 £63.00
% change year-on-year -2.19% -2.22% +32.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 540 1,048 953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.02% 40.26% 33.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 562 631
10th Percentile £303 £232 £316
25th Percentile £425 £416 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.43% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £638 £624 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 100 44
10th Percentile £18.50 £18.00 £18.80
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £26.77
Median hourly rate £61.50 £58.30 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -9.86% +207.98%
75th Percentile £72.75 £70.73 £74.84
90th Percentile £87.50 £87.05 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £57.13 £57.35 £59.45
% change year-on-year -0.39% -3.54% +32.85%

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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 19 May 2025.

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 19 May 2025.

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 19 May 2025. 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 -1 255 £583 -1.06% 181
Buckinghamshire -1 56 £544 +6.62% 57
Oxfordshire +1 10 £400 -38.50% 66
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 6 (1.87%) Apache
1 6 (1.87%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.93%) IIS
3 2 (0.62%) Camunda
3 2 (0.62%) Confluence
4 1 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.31%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.31%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (3.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.25%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.93%) SAP EWM
3 3 (0.93%) SAP GRC
3 3 (0.93%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.31%) Infor CloudSuite
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.31%) Primavera
4 1 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 58 (18.07%) Azure
2 40 (12.46%) AWS
3 14 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.43%) SaaS
5 7 (2.18%) Entra ID
6 6 (1.87%) PaaS
6 6 (1.87%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.87%) Tricentis Tosca
7 5 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.56%) GCP
8 4 (1.25%) Azure Stack
8 4 (1.25%) GitHub
8 4 (1.25%) IaaS
9 3 (0.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.62%) AWS Fargate
10 2 (0.62%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.62%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.48%) DNS
2 22 (6.85%) Firewall
3 15 (4.67%) DHCP
4 12 (3.74%) TCP/IP
5 11 (3.43%) SMTP
6 9 (2.80%) FTP
6 9 (2.80%) Telnet
6 9 (2.80%) WAN
7 8 (2.49%) MPLS
8 7 (2.18%) BGP
8 7 (2.18%) Cisco Nexus
8 7 (2.18%) Network Security
8 7 (2.18%) OSPF
8 7 (2.18%) VPN
8 7 (2.18%) VSAN
9 6 (1.87%) SD-WAN
10 5 (1.56%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (1.56%) NGFW
11 4 (1.25%) VLAN
11 4 (1.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
1 9 (2.80%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.18%) Oracle Database
3 6 (1.87%) GIS
4 4 (1.25%) Oracle Database 11g
4 4 (1.25%) Power BI
5 3 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (0.93%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.93%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.93%) SAP BW
5 3 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.62%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.62%) MS Access
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle Database 12c
6 2 (0.62%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.31%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (5.92%) JIRA
2 17 (5.30%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.36%) Selenium
4 13 (4.05%) Cucumber
4 13 (4.05%) GitLab
4 13 (4.05%) REST Assured
5 10 (3.12%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.25%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.93%) Git
7 3 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.62%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.31%) DbUnit
9 1 (0.31%) jMock
9 1 (0.31%) JUnit
9 1 (0.31%) Maven
9 1 (0.31%) Mockito
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 80 (24.92%) Public Sector
2 74 (23.05%) Social Skills
3 49 (15.26%) Finance
4 44 (13.71%) Telecoms
5 33 (10.28%) Manufacturing
6 32 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
7 30 (9.35%) Marketing
8 29 (9.03%) Electronics
9 9 (2.80%) Law
10 7 (2.18%) Military
11 4 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.25%) Police
12 3 (0.93%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.62%) Legal
14 1 (0.31%) Automotive
14 1 (0.31%) Aviation
14 1 (0.31%) Banking
Job Titles
1 70 (21.81%) Architect
2 51 (15.89%) Senior
3 25 (7.79%) Analyst
4 24 (7.48%) Consultant
5 21 (6.54%) Active Directory Architect
6 16 (4.98%) Developer
6 16 (4.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (4.67%) Information Security Specialist
7 15 (4.67%) Information Specialist
7 15 (4.67%) Security Specialist
8 13 (4.05%) Administrator
8 13 (4.05%) Lead
9 12 (3.74%) Security Architect
9 12 (3.74%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 12 (3.74%) Senior Information Security Specialist
9 12 (3.74%) Senior Security Specialist
9 12 (3.74%) Software Engineer
9 12 (3.74%) Support Engineer
10 11 (3.43%) Solutions Consultant
11 9 (2.80%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.67%) REST
2 13 (4.05%) Java EE
3 10 (3.12%) ARM Templates
4 6 (1.87%) SOAP
5 5 (1.56%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (1.56%) JBoss Seam
5 5 (1.56%) RFC 2544
6 4 (1.25%) .NET
6 4 (1.25%) PySpark
6 4 (1.25%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (0.93%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.93%) Apache Axis
7 3 (0.93%) Gherkin
7 3 (0.93%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.62%) Kafka
8 2 (0.62%) Keycloak
8 2 (0.62%) OpenJDK
8 2 (0.62%) RESTful
8 2 (0.62%) Web Services
8 2 (0.62%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.48%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.61%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.98%) Onboarding
4 9 (2.80%) CMDB
5 8 (2.49%) Operational Technology
5 8 (2.49%) SCADA
6 7 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.18%) PKI
6 7 (2.18%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.87%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (1.56%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.25%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.25%) Replication
10 3 (0.93%) CSOC
10 3 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.93%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.93%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.62%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 59 (18.38%) Windows
2 24 (7.48%) Windows Server
3 23 (7.17%) Linux
4 13 (4.05%) Windows 10
5 12 (3.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.62%) VMS
8 2 (0.62%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.31%) Android
9 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (16.20%) Agile
2 48 (14.95%) Test Automation
3 39 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (11.21%) DevOps
5 35 (10.90%) Business Intelligence
6 31 (9.66%) Risk Management
7 30 (9.35%) Programme Management
8 29 (9.03%) Digital Marketing
8 29 (9.03%) ITIL
9 28 (8.72%) Stakeholder Management
10 25 (7.79%) Identity Access Management
11 24 (7.48%) Cybersecurity
11 24 (7.48%) Decision-Making
12 23 (7.17%) Migration
13 22 (6.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 22 (6.85%) Security Architecture
14 21 (6.54%) Performance Tuning
14 21 (6.54%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 20 (6.23%) Continuous Integration
15 20 (6.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 41 (12.77%) PowerShell
2 32 (9.97%) SQL
3 21 (6.54%) Java
4 12 (3.74%) PL/SQL
5 11 (3.43%) Python
6 6 (1.87%) ABAP
6 6 (1.87%) Perl
7 4 (1.25%) C#
8 3 (0.93%) Bicep
8 3 (0.93%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.93%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.62%) Bash
9 2 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.62%) Ruby
9 2 (0.62%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.62%) VB
10 1 (0.31%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.31%) COBOL
10 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 206 (64.17%) SC Cleared
2 122 (38.01%) DV Cleared
3 14 (4.36%) CISM
3 14 (4.36%) Degree
4 12 (3.74%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (3.43%) CCNP
6 10 (3.12%) CISSP
7 7 (2.18%) CCNA
7 7 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.56%) ACCA
8 5 (1.56%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.56%) CIMA
8 5 (1.56%) MCSE
8 5 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.25%) ISEB
10 3 (0.93%) APMP
10 3 (0.93%) BC Cleared
10 3 (0.93%) CCDP
10 3 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.48%) NCSC
2 20 (6.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.43%) NIST
3 11 (3.43%) QA
4 10 (3.12%) SLA
5 9 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.56%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.25%) GDPR
8 3 (0.93%) GRC
9 2 (0.62%) COBIT
9 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.62%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.62%) PMO
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.31%) JSP 440
System Software
1 45 (14.02%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.98%) VMware ESXi
3 11 (3.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (3.12%) Docker
4 10 (3.12%) NFS
4 10 (3.12%) VMware NSX
5 6 (1.87%) Samba
5 6 (1.87%) vSphere
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.62%) XenApp
6 2 (0.62%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.31%) Postfix
7 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (4.98%) Ansible
2 14 (4.36%) Terraform
3 13 (4.05%) Kubernetes
4 9 (2.80%) Docker Swarm
4 9 (2.80%) Podman
5 8 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (2.49%) yum
6 4 (1.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.25%) NetBackup
6 4 (1.25%) SCCM
7 3 (0.93%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.93%) WSUS
8 2 (0.62%) BMC PATROL
8 2 (0.62%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.62%) HP ALM
8 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.62%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.62%) SCOM
8 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.62%) vRealize
Vendors
1 48 (14.95%) SAP
2 34 (10.59%) VMware
3 28 (8.72%) Microsoft
4 22 (6.85%) Cisco
5 19 (5.92%) Dell
6 16 (4.98%) Oracle
7 14 (4.36%) HP
8 10 (3.12%) Red Hat
8 10 (3.12%) Wyse
9 9 (2.80%) Juniper
9 9 (2.80%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.18%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.87%) BMC
12 5 (1.56%) Darktrace
13 4 (1.25%) 3PAR
13 4 (1.25%) Databricks
13 4 (1.25%) Veritas
14 3 (0.93%) Citrix
15 2 (0.62%) IBM
15 2 (0.62%) Remedy