SC Cleared Contracts in Birmingham

Security Check (SC) Clearance
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 4 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 21 41
Rank change year-on-year +12 +20 -3
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 77 66 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 10.41% 7.42% 4.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.78% 31.28% 23.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 39 39
10th Percentile £263 £418 £353
25th Percentile £288 £494 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £650 £450
Median % change year-on-year -42.31% +44.44% -10.00%
75th Percentile £475 £700 £550
90th Percentile £641 £743 £645
West Midlands median daily rate £506 £588 £505
% change year-on-year -13.91% +16.34% +12.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £13.75 £13.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% - -
75th Percentile £14.00 £17.34 -
90th Percentile - £19.65 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £14.00 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year -49.09% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 180 211 234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 24.32% 23.73% 17.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 96 162
10th Percentile £263 £243 £187
25th Percentile £325 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £519 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.07% +15.28% -
75th Percentile £550 £650 £563
90th Percentile £675 £700 £637
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £540 £475
% change year-on-year -7.41% +13.68% +7.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 18 3
10th Percentile £13.48 £11.70 -
25th Percentile £15.81 £12.70 -
Median hourly rate £25.33 £16.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.19% -16.25% +43.99%
75th Percentile £28.31 £20.00 £21.13
90th Percentile £48.00 £29.51 £21.80
West Midlands median hourly rate £28.50 £19.50 £17.25
% change year-on-year +46.15% +13.04% +7.81%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Birmingham over the 6 months to 4 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 4 (5.19%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.60%) CMS
3 2 (2.60%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) CA PPM
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (3.90%) Azure
3 1 (1.30%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.30%) Smartsheet
3 1 (1.30%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 25 (32.47%) MPLS
2 23 (29.87%) Firewall
3 20 (25.97%) IPsec
4 18 (23.38%) WAN
5 10 (12.99%) BGP
6 4 (5.19%) Ethernet
6 4 (5.19%) Internet
7 3 (3.90%) ADSL
7 3 (3.90%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (3.90%) PSTN
8 2 (2.60%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (2.60%) LAN
8 2 (2.60%) Network Security
8 2 (2.60%) SDH
9 1 (1.30%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (1.30%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (1.30%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (1.30%) HSRP
9 1 (1.30%) SD-WAN
9 1 (1.30%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (1.30%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (1.30%) PVCS
1 1 (1.30%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (1.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (12.99%) Legal
2 8 (10.39%) Public Sector
3 7 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 6 (7.79%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.90%) Finance
6 1 (1.30%) Aeronautics
6 1 (1.30%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.30%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.30%) Games
6 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 26 (33.77%) Analyst
2 24 (31.17%) SOC Analyst
3 21 (27.27%) Network Engineer
4 5 (6.49%) Architect
4 5 (6.49%) Lead
5 4 (5.19%) Security Analyst
6 3 (3.90%) Coordinator
6 3 (3.90%) Project Coordinator
6 3 (3.90%) Security Engineer
6 3 (3.90%) SharePoint Specialist
6 3 (3.90%) SharePoint Support
6 3 (3.90%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (3.90%) Support Specialist
6 3 (3.90%) WAN Engineer
7 2 (2.60%) Consultant
7 2 (2.60%) Developer
7 2 (2.60%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 2 (2.60%) Network Architect
8 1 (1.30%) Deployment Engineer
8 1 (1.30%) Lead Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.30%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.30%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.79%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (5.19%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (5.19%) Taxonomies
3 2 (2.60%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.60%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (1.30%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.30%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (15.58%) Linux
2 10 (12.99%) Mac OS X
3 5 (6.49%) Windows
4 1 (1.30%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.30%) Unix
4 1 (1.30%) VMS
4 1 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (20.78%) SIEM
2 13 (16.88%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (15.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (14.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 11 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 10 (12.99%) Computer Forensics
5 10 (12.99%) Incident Management
5 10 (12.99%) Malware Reverse Engineering
5 10 (12.99%) Purple Team
5 10 (12.99%) Reverse Engineering
5 10 (12.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (12.99%) Threat Analysis
5 10 (12.99%) Vulnerability Management
6 9 (11.69%) Security Operations
7 6 (7.79%) Threat Detection
8 5 (6.49%) Change Control
8 5 (6.49%) ITIL
9 4 (5.19%) Line Management
9 4 (5.19%) Migration
9 4 (5.19%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.30%) C
1 1 (1.30%) C++
1 1 (1.30%) COBOL
1 1 (1.30%) PL/SQL
1 1 (1.30%) ProC
Qualifications
1 77 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.79%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (6.49%) BC Cleared
3 5 (6.49%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (5.19%) CCNP
5 3 (3.90%) CCNA
6 2 (2.60%) CISSP
6 2 (2.60%) JNCIS
7 1 (1.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.30%) CASP
7 1 (1.30%) CCIE
7 1 (1.30%) CCSA
7 1 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.30%) CRISC
7 1 (1.30%) GCED
7 1 (1.30%) GIAC
7 1 (1.30%) GSEC
7 1 (1.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 10 (12.99%) GDPR
1 10 (12.99%) HIPAA
1 10 (12.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (12.99%) NIST
2 4 (5.19%) SLA
3 3 (3.90%) QA
4 1 (1.30%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (2.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (3.90%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (27.27%) Juniper
2 8 (10.39%) Cisco
3 7 (9.09%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.90%) BT
4 3 (3.90%) Openreach
5 2 (2.60%) F5
5 2 (2.60%) IBM
5 2 (2.60%) LogRhythm
5 2 (2.60%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.30%) AlgoSec
6 1 (1.30%) Apple
6 1 (1.30%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.30%) Citrix
6 1 (1.30%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.30%) ICL
6 1 (1.30%) Nokia
6 1 (1.30%) Oracle
6 1 (1.30%) Splunk
6 1 (1.30%) TippingPoint
6 1 (1.30%) Trend Micro