BC Cleared Contracts

Basic Check (BC) Clearance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for BC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 561 657 835
Rank change year-on-year +96 +178 -192
Contract jobs citing BC Cleared 18 43 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.072% 0.028%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.26% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 26 14
10th Percentile - £238 £413
25th Percentile £456 £378 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +4.65% +2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £590 £653
90th Percentile £640 £656 £673
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £373 £575
% change year-on-year +61.07% -35.22% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 10
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 £21.00
25th Percentile £13.81 £18.75 £25.69
Median hourly rate £16.50 £29.25 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.59% -26.88% +73.91%
75th Percentile £24.00 £66.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £24.75 £70.38 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.00 £19.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -28.21% -31.58% +34.12%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

BC 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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,357 16,381 19,057
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.67% 27.32% 21.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,219 10,918 12,540
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,073 866 779
10th Percentile £13.87 £15.25 £13.48
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.00 £19.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +7.21%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.56 £56.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.88 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.63 £49.94 £32.43
% change year-on-year -18.65% +53.97% -7.34%

BC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing BC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for BC Cleared in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for BC Cleared in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BC Cleared over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BC Cleared in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for BC Cleared in the UK

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Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BC Cleared within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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
England +96 14 £600 +1.69% 27
UK excluding London +61 12 £600 +61.07% 24
Work from Home +107 11 £575 -2.54% 12
West Midlands +34 6 £600 -
Midlands +31 6 £600 -
London +105 3 £575 -2.54% 2
North of England +29 3 £700 - 11
North West +22 3 £700 - 11
South East +18 2 - - 3
Scotland +30 1 - -

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) Azure
3 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) Ethernet
1 8 (44.44%) Internet
1 8 (44.44%) MPLS
1 8 (44.44%) WAN
2 5 (27.78%) Firewall
3 4 (22.22%) ADSL
3 4 (22.22%) BGP
3 4 (22.22%) EIGRP
3 4 (22.22%) OSPF
3 4 (22.22%) PPP
3 4 (22.22%) VPN
4 3 (16.67%) DNS
4 3 (16.67%) IPsec
4 3 (16.67%) Network Security
4 3 (16.67%) PSTN
4 3 (16.67%) SDH
4 3 (16.67%) SNMP
4 3 (16.67%) TACACS
4 3 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 3 (16.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) RDBMS
1 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
General
1 8 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Network Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Agile Delivery Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Coordinator
2 3 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Project Coordinator
3 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Developer
3 2 (11.11%) JavaScript Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Python Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Security Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) SOC Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Software Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Deployment Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Mobile Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
1 2 (11.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (11.11%) Taxonomies
2 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.56%) IoT
2 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Agile
2 7 (38.89%) Service Delivery
3 6 (33.33%) Order Management
4 5 (27.78%) Change Control
4 5 (27.78%) ITIL
5 4 (22.22%) Change Management
5 4 (22.22%) CRM
5 4 (22.22%) Migration
5 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (22.22%) Process Management
6 3 (16.67%) Agile Project Management
6 3 (16.67%) Customer Service
6 3 (16.67%) Data Entry
6 3 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (16.67%) Network Architecture
6 3 (16.67%) Service Delivery Management
6 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (16.67%) Supplier Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
1 2 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (61.11%) SC Cleared
3 9 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (16.67%) CCDP
4 3 (16.67%) CCIP
4 3 (16.67%) CCNA
4 3 (16.67%) CCNP
4 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (11.11%) CASP
5 2 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (11.11%) GCED
5 2 (11.11%) GIAC
5 2 (11.11%) GSEC
6 1 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) QA
2 4 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Cisco
2 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
3 4 (22.22%) Juniper
4 3 (16.67%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 3 (16.67%) BT
4 3 (16.67%) Nokia
4 3 (16.67%) Openreach
5 2 (11.11%) ADVA
5 2 (11.11%) Citrix
5 2 (11.11%) LogRhythm
5 2 (11.11%) Palo Alto
5 2 (11.11%) TippingPoint
5 2 (11.11%) Trend Micro
6 1 (5.56%) Nokia Networks
6 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
6 1 (5.56%) Tellabs