Security Cleared Contracts in Hertfordshire

Security Clearance
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 2 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 179 271 163
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 21.46% 35.80% 21.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 59.27% 80.42% 61.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 152 63
10th Percentile £200 £273 £330
25th Percentile £315 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +25.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £588
90th Percentile £713 £700 £675
East of England median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 62 46
10th Percentile £36.01 £49.00 £31.25
25th Percentile £40.00 £53.75 £51.89
Median hourly rate £58.75 £60.00 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +7.14% +12.00%
75th Percentile £68.13 £69.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.53 £70.00 -
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
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 302 337 263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 36.21% 44.52% 33.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 181 120
10th Percentile £232 £273 £199
25th Percentile £330 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £483
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +3.63% +13.53%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £715 £669
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 74 63
10th Percentile £39.36 £49.30 £35.00
25th Percentile - £53.75 £47.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £61.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.80% +11.36% +22.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £35.65 £21.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +69.76% +7.69% -26.42%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage -2 114 £550 +37.50% 49
Hatfield +3 31 £275 -50.00% 1
Hemel Hempstead 0 24 £650 -7.14% 10
St Albans - 1 £513 -
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East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 15 (8.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.03%) CMS
3 4 (2.23%) Exchange Server 2000
3 4 (2.23%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (2.23%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (2.23%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (2.23%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (2.23%) IIS
3 4 (2.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.12%) Simulink
3 1 (0.56%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.56%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Lorenzo
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.56%) AWS
1 1 (0.56%) Azure
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.50%) SMTP
2 5 (2.79%) DNS
2 5 (2.79%) SSL
3 4 (2.23%) Firewall
3 4 (2.23%) FTP
3 4 (2.23%) HTTP
4 2 (1.12%) SAN
4 2 (1.12%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.12%) WAN
5 1 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.56%) DHCP
5 1 (0.56%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.56%) Network Security
5 1 (0.56%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.56%) VLAN
5 1 (0.56%) VPN
5 1 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.35%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (2.79%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.68%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.12%) CppUnit
4 2 (1.12%) PVCS
5 1 (0.56%) JIRA
5 1 (0.56%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 65 (36.31%) Social Skills
2 51 (28.49%) Aerospace
3 35 (19.55%) Electronics
4 32 (17.88%) Manufacturing
5 13 (7.26%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.47%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.91%) Finance
8 4 (2.23%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.68%) Aviation
9 3 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Advertising
11 1 (0.56%) Automotive
11 1 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.56%) Law
11 1 (0.56%) Military
11 1 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 33 (18.44%) Architect
2 31 (17.32%) Test Architect
3 27 (15.08%) Analyst
4 14 (7.82%) Messaging Engineer
5 13 (7.26%) Senior
5 13 (7.26%) Support Analyst
5 13 (7.26%) Technical Analyst
5 13 (7.26%) Technical Support
5 13 (7.26%) Technical Support Analyst
6 12 (6.70%) SOC Analyst
6 12 (6.70%) Storage Engineer
7 11 (6.15%) Design Engineer
7 11 (6.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (5.03%) Software Engineer
9 8 (4.47%) Linux Engineer
10 7 (3.91%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
10 7 (3.91%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (3.35%) Configuration Manager
11 6 (3.35%) Project Manager
11 6 (3.35%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.91%) Web Services
2 4 (2.23%) LDAP
3 2 (1.12%) HTML
4 1 (0.56%) .NET
4 1 (0.56%) Node.js
4 1 (0.56%) SGML
4 1 (0.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (17.32%) Analogue Electronics
2 9 (5.03%) Cyberattack
3 8 (4.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 7 (3.91%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (2.79%) PKI
6 4 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.12%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.12%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.56%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.56%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 48 (26.82%) Windows
2 46 (25.70%) Linux
3 17 (9.50%) Windows Server
4 8 (4.47%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (3.91%) Solaris
6 6 (3.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (2.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (2.23%) Windows 2000
8 4 (2.23%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (1.68%) Unix
10 1 (0.56%) VMS
10 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (22.35%) Project Management
2 34 (18.99%) Stakeholder Management
3 32 (17.88%) Test Strategy
4 18 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (9.50%) Change Management
6 14 (7.82%) Agile
6 14 (7.82%) Customer Service
6 14 (7.82%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (7.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 13 (7.26%) ITIL
8 12 (6.70%) Incident Response
8 12 (6.70%) Migration
8 12 (6.70%) Software Engineering
9 10 (5.59%) PRINCE2
9 10 (5.59%) Project Delivery
10 9 (5.03%) Service Management
11 8 (4.47%) Roadmaps
11 8 (4.47%) Security Operations
11 8 (4.47%) Technology Roadmap
11 8 (4.47%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.59%) C++
2 9 (5.03%) SQL
3 5 (2.79%) C#
4 4 (2.23%) C
5 3 (1.68%) Ada
6 2 (1.12%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.56%) Java
7 1 (0.56%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 102 (56.98%) SC Cleared
2 64 (35.75%) DV Cleared
3 11 (6.15%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (3.91%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.23%) MCP
6 2 (1.12%) CCENT
6 2 (1.12%) CCNP
6 2 (1.12%) HNC
6 2 (1.12%) HND
7 1 (0.56%) CCSA
7 1 (0.56%) Degree
7 1 (0.56%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.35%) SLA
3 3 (1.68%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.68%) PMO
4 1 (0.56%) QA
System Software
1 17 (9.50%) Active Directory
2 16 (8.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (6.15%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.23%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (7.26%) MAILsweeper
2 4 (2.23%) SCOM
3 3 (1.68%) Ansible
3 3 (1.68%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.68%) Rancher
3 3 (1.68%) Red Hat Satellite
3 3 (1.68%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 1 (0.56%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (16.20%) VMware
2 26 (14.53%) Microsoft
3 13 (7.26%) Darktrace
3 13 (7.26%) Sophos
3 13 (7.26%) Trend Micro
4 12 (6.70%) NetApp
4 12 (6.70%) Red Hat
5 10 (5.59%) Cisco
5 10 (5.59%) FireEye
6 9 (5.03%) LogRhythm
6 9 (5.03%) Splunk
7 7 (3.91%) IronPort
8 4 (2.23%) Dell
8 4 (2.23%) HP
8 4 (2.23%) IBM
8 4 (2.23%) Symantec
9 3 (1.68%) Twitter
9 3 (1.68%) Varonis
10 2 (1.12%) EMC
10 2 (1.12%) Micro Focus