Security Cleared Contracts in Essex

Security Clearance
East of England > Essex

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex with a requirement for Security 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 26 8 11
Rank change year-on-year -18 +3 +7
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 8 35 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 3.70% 13.83% 12.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.51% 45.45% 51.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 15 35
10th Percentile - £275 £450
25th Percentile - £469 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.82%
75th Percentile - £634 £628
90th Percentile - £651 £686
East of England median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 1
10th Percentile - £56.50 -
25th Percentile £54.75 £56.88 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £60.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +71.43% -30.99%
75th Percentile £76.25 £65.63 -
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -30.43% +15.00% +44.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Essex

Security 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 Essex with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 41 77 97
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 18.98% 30.43% 24.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 44 66
10th Percentile £104 £132 £411
25th Percentile £375 £329 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -3.47% +15.11%
75th Percentile £626 £575 £609
90th Percentile £675 £650 £675
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 4 6
10th Percentile £12.37 £56.63 £17.38
25th Percentile £35.65 £57.19 £22.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £63.75 £27.48
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +131.99% -11.35%
75th Percentile £74.13 £69.13 £33.99
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.81 £35.10
East of England median hourly rate £35.65 £21.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +69.76% +7.69% -26.42%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Essex

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Essex.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Essex

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Essex.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Essex

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Essex

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

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Essex

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Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Essex 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
Basildon +2 8 - - 2
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East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Software-Defined Radio
General
1 4 (50.00%) Electronics
2 3 (37.50%) Military
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Principal Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Developer
3 3 (37.50%) RF Engineer
3 3 (37.50%) UI Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) Principal Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Principal Software Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Principal Software Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) Software Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) UI Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) C# Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Firmware Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) FPGA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) FPGA
2 1 (12.50%) Verilog
2 1 (12.50%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Software Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Configuration Management
2 3 (37.50%) Data Management
2 3 (37.50%) PDM
2 3 (37.50%) Physics
3 2 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (25.00%) Storyboarding
4 1 (12.50%) Electronic Design Automation
4 1 (12.50%) FPGA Design
4 1 (12.50%) Signal Processing
4 1 (12.50%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) MATLAB
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) DO-254
1 1 (12.50%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Keysight
2 1 (12.50%) Actel
2 1 (12.50%) Lattice Semiconductor
2 1 (12.50%) Microsemi
2 1 (12.50%) Siemens
2 1 (12.50%) Xilinx