Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Warwick

Security Clearance
Warwickshire > Warwick

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warwick with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 9 13
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 +11
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 63 25 14
As % of all contract jobs in Warwick 21.65% 15.06% 10.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.88% 35.71% 37.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 18 14
10th Percentile £350 £505 -
25th Percentile £365 £551 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £582 £450
Median % change year-on-year -22.71% +29.39% -33.82%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £594
90th Percentile £584 £683 £684
Warwickshire median daily rate £450 £583 £450
% change year-on-year -22.81% +29.56% -33.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Warwick

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 Warwick.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 107 70 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwick 36.77% 42.17% 28.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 42 32
10th Percentile £350 £430 £220
25th Percentile £380 £500 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £612 £638
90th Percentile £645 £671 £750
Warwickshire median daily rate £485 £569 £550
% change year-on-year -14.69% +3.36% +16.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £27.50 - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile £47.50 - -
Warwickshire median hourly rate £37.73 £35.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year +7.80% +1.45% +35.29%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Warwick

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwick.

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Warwick

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Daily Rate Trend in Warwick

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwick citing Security Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwick citing Security Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in Warwick

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Warwick over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Warwick

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Hourly Rate Trend in Warwick

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwick citing Security Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwick citing Security Cleared

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwick by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (11.11%) Confluence
2 4 (6.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.29%) SaaS
2 6 (9.52%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.76%) Azure
4 2 (3.17%) AWS
4 2 (3.17%) GCP
4 2 (3.17%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.59%) GitHub
5 1 (1.59%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.59%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (23.81%) DNS
2 14 (22.22%) Firewall
3 8 (12.70%) Network Security
4 7 (11.11%) VPN
4 7 (11.11%) WAN
5 6 (9.52%) Cisco IPT
5 6 (9.52%) DHCP
5 6 (9.52%) DMVPN
5 6 (9.52%) IPsec
5 6 (9.52%) SSL
5 6 (9.52%) Wireless
6 4 (6.35%) Internet
7 3 (4.76%) DKIM
7 3 (4.76%) DMARC
7 3 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (4.76%) SMTP
8 2 (3.17%) Ethernet
8 2 (3.17%) MPLS
8 2 (3.17%) SDH
8 2 (3.17%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.52%) Power BI
2 1 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 14 (22.22%) JIRA
2 3 (4.76%) NeoLoad
3 1 (1.59%) Selenium
3 1 (1.59%) SoapUI
3 1 (1.59%) TestPartner
General
1 14 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 10 (15.87%) Public Sector
3 7 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.94%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (4.76%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.59%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (12.70%) Network Engineer
2 7 (11.11%) Architect
3 6 (9.52%) Administrator
3 6 (9.52%) Security Engineer
3 6 (9.52%) Senior
4 5 (7.94%) Developer
4 5 (7.94%) Senior Developer
4 5 (7.94%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
4 5 (7.94%) ServiceNow Developer
4 5 (7.94%) Support Engineer
4 5 (7.94%) Tester
5 4 (6.35%) Network Security Engineer
5 4 (6.35%) Penetration Tester
6 3 (4.76%) Analyst
6 3 (4.76%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (4.76%) Infrastructure Test Manager
6 3 (4.76%) Lead
6 3 (4.76%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 3 (4.76%) Test Leader
6 3 (4.76%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.52%) 802.1X
2 3 (4.76%) REST
2 3 (4.76%) RFC 2544
3 2 (3.17%) LDAP
3 2 (3.17%) Middleware
4 1 (1.59%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (1.59%) OAuth
4 1 (1.59%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (1.59%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.46%) Data Centre
2 8 (12.70%) Onboarding
3 7 (11.11%) SCADA
4 2 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.59%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.59%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 13 (20.63%) Windows
2 10 (15.87%) Linux
3 6 (9.52%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (4.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (12.70%) Change Management
2 7 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
3 6 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (9.52%) Incident Response
3 6 (9.52%) Inventory Management
3 6 (9.52%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (7.94%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (7.94%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (7.94%) Regulatory Compliance
4 5 (7.94%) Service Management
4 5 (7.94%) Test Management
4 5 (7.94%) Test Scripting
4 5 (7.94%) Validation
5 4 (6.35%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (6.35%) Defect Management
5 4 (6.35%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (6.35%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (6.35%) SIEM
5 4 (6.35%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.35%) PowerShell
1 4 (6.35%) Python
2 1 (1.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (92.06%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.76%) Degree
3 2 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.17%) CCNA
3 2 (3.17%) CCNP
3 2 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.59%) CEH
4 1 (1.59%) CISM
4 1 (1.59%) CISSP
4 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.59%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.94%) NIST
2 3 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.17%) NCSC
3 2 (3.17%) QA
4 1 (1.59%) GDPR
4 1 (1.59%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.52%) Terminal Services
3 5 (7.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.76%) Dovecot
4 3 (4.76%) Postfix
5 1 (1.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.76%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.59%) Ansible
2 1 (1.59%) Kibana
2 1 (1.59%) logstash
2 1 (1.59%) QRadar
2 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (15.87%) Cisco
2 7 (11.11%) Juniper
3 6 (9.52%) Blue Coat
3 6 (9.52%) CheckPoint
3 6 (9.52%) F5
4 5 (7.94%) Broadcom
4 5 (7.94%) CyberArk
4 5 (7.94%) ServiceNow
4 5 (7.94%) VMware
5 3 (4.76%) Atlassian
5 3 (4.76%) BeyondTrust
5 3 (4.76%) Red Hat
6 2 (3.17%) BMC
7 1 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.59%) FireEye
7 1 (1.59%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.59%) IBM
7 1 (1.59%) Microsoft
7 1 (1.59%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.59%) Oracle