SC Cleared Contracts in Bedfordshire

Security Check (SC) Clearance
East of England > Bedfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 14 28
Rank change year-on-year -4 +14 -15
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 11 17 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 4.70% 9.77% 4.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.50% 33.33% 22.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 2
10th Percentile £394 £456 £410
25th Percentile £425 £466 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +33.33% -13.68%
75th Percentile £506 £644 £475
90th Percentile £509 - £490
East of England median daily rate £345 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -31.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 8
10th Percentile £50.75 £74.00 £50.13
25th Percentile - £80.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £90.00 £58.25
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +54.51% -
75th Percentile £80.00 - £68.75
90th Percentile £80.75 - £69.13
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £50.85
% change year-on-year -30.43% +13.08% +47.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 40 51 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 17.09% 29.31% 19.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 35 28
10th Percentile £295 £208 £252
25th Percentile £300 £428 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £388
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +29.03% -17.99%
75th Percentile £511 £616 £438
90th Percentile £573 £648 £498
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 11
10th Percentile £27.64 £74.00 £12.75
25th Percentile £30.70 £80.00 £49.38
Median hourly rate £53.75 £90.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.28% +56.52% -
75th Percentile £68.75 - £68.75
90th Percentile £80.38 - -
East of England median hourly rate £35.65 £21.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +69.76% +7.69% -26.42%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Bedfordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Bedfordshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Bedfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Bedfordshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in Bedfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Luton -10 9 £469 -21.05% 11
SC Cleared
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Teamcenter
2 1 (9.09%) Primavera
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) LabVIEW
General
1 6 (54.55%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Aerospace
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Military
4 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Contracts Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Principal Engineer
1 2 (18.18%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 2 (18.18%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Configuration Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Embedded Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Embedded Software Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Lead
2 1 (9.09%) Project Planner
2 1 (9.09%) Requirements Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Software Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 1 (9.09%) Verilog
1 1 (9.09%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (9.09%) Agile
1 1 (9.09%) Change Control
1 1 (9.09%) Change Management
1 1 (9.09%) Configuration Management
1 1 (9.09%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (9.09%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (9.09%) Cryptography
1 1 (9.09%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (9.09%) Incident Management
1 1 (9.09%) Information Assurance
1 1 (9.09%) MODAF
1 1 (9.09%) OO
1 1 (9.09%) Product Management
1 1 (9.09%) Requirements Engineering
1 1 (9.09%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
1 1 (9.09%) SABSA
1 1 (9.09%) Security Management
1 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
1 1 (9.09%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Def Stans
1 1 (9.09%) JSP 440
1 1 (9.09%) NCSC
1 1 (9.09%) NIST
1 1 (9.09%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Xilinx