SC Cleared Contracts in the West Midlands

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 14 24
Rank change year-on-year +10 +10 -2
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 247 244 241
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.83% 10.25% 6.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.21% 38.18% 33.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 183 166
10th Percentile £291 £371 £378
25th Percentile £328 £483 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +8.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £538 £661 £559
90th Percentile £635 £700 £650
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 0
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 -
25th Percentile £13.44 £14.43 -
Median hourly rate £14.00 £37.85 -
Median % change year-on-year -63.01% - -
75th Percentile £20.00 £63.88 -
90th Percentile £29.75 £66.00 -
England median hourly rate £49.00 £59.80 £52.00
% change year-on-year -18.06% +15.00% +15.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

SC 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 West Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 630 639 709
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.73% 26.85% 19.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 395 493
10th Percentile £263 £308 £297
25th Percentile £358 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £463
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +13.51% +14.20%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £563
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 26 16
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.25 £11.00
25th Percentile £22.16 £13.41 £13.38
Median hourly rate £28.50 £19.00 £18.02
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +5.47% +12.59%
75th Percentile £49.38 £25.64 £20.13
90th Percentile £58.75 £61.75 £21.38
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the West Midlands

SC Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in the West Midlands

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in the West Midlands

SC Cleared
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in the West Midlands

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in the West Midlands

SC Cleared
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 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
Birmingham +16 88 £375 -40.00% 29
Shropshire +5 76 £514 -4.81% 8
Staffordshire +4 21 £375 +3.15% 16
Solihull -4 13 £325 -20.25% 5
Warwickshire 0 7 £600 -11.76% 3
Worcestershire -9 6 £595 -8.46%
Herefordshire -15 4 £538 -17.31% 3
Coventry +3 2 £500 -28.57%
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 9 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.83%) CICS
3 7 (2.83%) SAS
4 2 (0.81%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.40%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.40%) Revit
3 1 (0.40%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Primavera
2 1 (0.40%) CA PPM
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 19 (7.69%) Azure
2 8 (3.24%) Azure Sentinel
2 8 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (1.21%) AWS
4 2 (0.81%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.40%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.40%) IaaS
5 1 (0.40%) PaaS
5 1 (0.40%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.40%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.40%) SaaS
5 1 (0.40%) Smartsheet
5 1 (0.40%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 39 (15.79%) MPLS
2 36 (14.57%) WAN
3 34 (13.77%) IPsec
4 31 (12.55%) Firewall
5 25 (10.12%) BGP
6 12 (4.86%) Network Security
7 7 (2.83%) LAN
8 5 (2.02%) VPN
9 4 (1.62%) ADSL
9 4 (1.62%) Ethernet
9 4 (1.62%) Internet
9 4 (1.62%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (1.62%) Junos
10 3 (1.21%) PSTN
10 3 (1.21%) SAN
10 3 (1.21%) Wireless
11 2 (0.81%) Cisco Firepower
11 2 (0.81%) DMZ
11 2 (0.81%) OSPF
11 2 (0.81%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.64%) Amazon Redshift
1 9 (3.64%) DB2
1 9 (3.64%) MySQL
2 7 (2.83%) IDMS
3 6 (2.43%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (1.62%) SAP BW
5 2 (0.81%) MS Access
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.81%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.40%) Big Data
6 1 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.40%) Metadata
6 1 (0.40%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.40%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.40%) Power BI
6 1 (0.40%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 42 (17.00%) PVCS
1 42 (17.00%) Visual Studio
2 16 (6.48%) Git
3 1 (0.40%) GitLab
3 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
General
1 46 (18.62%) Public Sector
2 24 (9.72%) Social Skills
3 14 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (4.86%) Legal
5 9 (3.64%) Finance
6 6 (2.43%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.81%) Police
10 1 (0.40%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.40%) Law
10 1 (0.40%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 49 (19.84%) Programmer
2 46 (18.62%) C Programmer
3 37 (14.98%) Analyst
4 28 (11.34%) Network Engineer
5 25 (10.12%) SOC Analyst
6 16 (6.48%) Architect
7 14 (5.67%) Consultant
8 12 (4.86%) Developer
9 11 (4.45%) Senior
10 9 (3.64%) WAN Engineer
11 8 (3.24%) IBM Mainframe Developer
11 8 (3.24%) Mainframe Developer
11 8 (3.24%) SOC Engineer
12 7 (2.83%) 2nd Line Support
12 7 (2.83%) Network Architect
12 7 (2.83%) Network Support
12 7 (2.83%) Security Consultant
13 6 (2.43%) Solutions Architect
13 6 (2.43%) Test Analyst
14 5 (2.02%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.43%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.81%) Regular Expression
3 1 (0.40%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.40%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.67%) PKI
1 14 (5.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 10 (4.05%) Mainframe
2 10 (4.05%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.64%) Security Posture
4 8 (3.24%) IBM Mainframe
5 7 (2.83%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (2.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 5 (2.02%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.02%) Digital Media
7 5 (2.02%) Taxonomies
8 4 (1.62%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.62%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.21%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.21%) CMDB
9 3 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.21%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.21%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.21%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.81%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.29%) Linux
2 17 (6.88%) Windows
3 10 (4.05%) Mac OS X
4 7 (2.83%) zOS
5 4 (1.62%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.21%) Unix
6 3 (1.21%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.81%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.40%) Android
8 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.40%) VMS
8 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
1 38 (15.38%) SIEM
2 28 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (10.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (9.72%) Agile
5 21 (8.50%) Analytics
5 21 (8.50%) Incident Management
6 19 (7.69%) Security Operations
7 17 (6.88%) Requirements Gathering
7 17 (6.88%) Scrum
8 16 (6.48%) Computer Science
8 16 (6.48%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 16 (6.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 15 (6.07%) Data Analytics
10 14 (5.67%) Cloud Security
10 14 (5.67%) Software Engineering
11 13 (5.26%) Threat Detection
12 12 (4.86%) Incident Response
12 12 (4.86%) Risk Management
13 11 (4.45%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (20.24%) C
2 42 (17.00%) PL/SQL
3 15 (6.07%) C++
4 9 (3.64%) COBOL
5 7 (2.83%) CLIST
5 7 (2.83%) REXX
5 7 (2.83%) SELCOPY
6 6 (2.43%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (1.62%) SQL
8 3 (1.21%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.21%) Python
8 3 (1.21%) R
9 1 (0.40%) Java
9 1 (0.40%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.40%) ProC
9 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 247 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 18 (7.29%) Degree
3 15 (6.07%) CISSP
4 14 (5.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (4.86%) CompTIA Security+
7 9 (3.64%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.83%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.43%) BC Cleared
9 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (2.02%) CCNA
10 5 (2.02%) CCNP
11 3 (1.21%) GIAC
12 2 (0.81%) CEH
12 2 (0.81%) CISM
12 2 (0.81%) GSEC
12 2 (0.81%) JNCIS
12 2 (0.81%) PhD
12 2 (0.81%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (4.45%) NIST
3 10 (4.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 10 (4.05%) GDPR
3 10 (4.05%) HIPAA
4 6 (2.43%) QA
5 5 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 5 (2.02%) ISO17020
5 5 (2.02%) SLA
6 2 (0.81%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.81%) NCSC
6 2 (0.81%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.81%) PMO
7 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.40%) GPG13
System Software
1 12 (4.86%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.21%) iptables
4 2 (0.81%) Docker
4 2 (0.81%) vSphere
5 1 (0.40%) Firmware
5 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (3.64%) Grafana
2 8 (3.24%) SCCM
3 6 (2.43%) Kibana
3 6 (2.43%) logstash
4 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.62%) Terraform
5 3 (1.21%) Ansible
6 2 (0.81%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.81%) VxRail
7 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.40%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.40%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 38 (15.38%) Juniper
2 24 (9.72%) Microsoft
3 12 (4.86%) Denodo
4 11 (4.45%) Cisco
5 10 (4.05%) IBM
5 10 (4.05%) VMware
6 9 (3.64%) Talend
7 7 (2.83%) Syncsort
8 5 (2.02%) Oracle
8 5 (2.02%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.02%) SAP
9 4 (1.62%) LogRhythm
9 4 (1.62%) Splunk
10 3 (1.21%) BT
10 3 (1.21%) F5
10 3 (1.21%) Openreach
10 3 (1.21%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.21%) TippingPoint
11 2 (0.81%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.81%) Trend Micro