Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Watford

Security Clearance
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Watford with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 14 20
Rank change year-on-year +6 +6 +4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 9.62% 1.20% 1.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.71% 14.29% 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 £530 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £531 £775
Median % change year-on-year +3.68% -31.55% +82.35%
75th Percentile £575 £531 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £550 £613
% change year-on-year - -10.20% +11.36%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Watford

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 Watford.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14 7 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 26.92% 8.43% 18.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 17
10th Percentile £306 £312 £356
25th Percentile £419 £320 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £625
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -40.00% +104.08%
75th Percentile £575 £433 £775
90th Percentile - £492 £900
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £550 £613
% change year-on-year - -10.20% +16.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £27.93 - -
25th Percentile £28.52 - -
Median hourly rate £31.49 - -
75th Percentile £34.16 - -
90th Percentile £34.58 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £42.50 £43.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -1.16% -28.33% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Watford

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Daily Rate Trend in Watford

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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 5 (100.00%) Apache
1 5 (100.00%) IIS
1 5 (100.00%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (100.00%) DB2
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Consultant
1 5 (100.00%) Maximo Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) IT Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Maximo Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) SOAP
1 5 (100.00%) Web Services
1 5 (100.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) CAFM
1 5 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
1 5 (100.00%) Facilities Management
1 5 (100.00%) ITSM
1 5 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 5 (100.00%) Service Design
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
1 5 (100.00%) System Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) Python
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) IBM
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft