Security Cleared Contracts in the Midlands

Security Clearance
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 6 13
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 506 516 463
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 18.63% 15.37% 9.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.63% 54.84% 47.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 344 293
10th Percentile £298 £332 £269
25th Percentile £363 £455 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £543 £495
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +9.60% +22.22%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £545
90th Percentile £675 £700 £631
England median daily rate £550 £550 £548
% change year-on-year - +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 32 13
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.08 £13.73
25th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £17.72 £21.19 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.37% -11.72% +37.14%
75th Percentile £23.50 £59.38 £35.00
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £37.50
England median hourly rate £57.09 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -4.86% +20.00% +17.65%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 878 941 981
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.33% 28.02% 19.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 598 662
10th Percentile £230 £255 £201
25th Percentile £325 £400 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £605 £550
90th Percentile £681 £699 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 67 35
10th Percentile £13.20 £10.94 £11.95
25th Percentile £17.00 £13.51 £13.74
Median hourly rate £24.65 £19.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.74% -5.00% +20.19%
75th Percentile £42.50 £27.94 £24.63
90th Percentile £56.75 £65.00 £37.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +4.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
West Midlands +4 372 £485 -10.19% 117
East Midlands -1 133 £550 -6.38% 52
Security Cleared
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 15 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.58%) CMS
2 8 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.38%) CICS
3 7 (1.38%) SAS
4 3 (0.59%) Confluence
5 2 (0.40%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.20%) Apache
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.20%) Appian
Applications
1 11 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Revit
5 1 (0.20%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Primavera
2 1 (0.20%) CA PPM
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (5.53%) Azure
2 12 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (1.58%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (0.99%) AWS
5 5 (0.99%) Power Platform
6 4 (0.79%) OCI
7 3 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.59%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.59%) IaaS
8 1 (0.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.20%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (0.20%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.20%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.20%) PaaS
8 1 (0.20%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.20%) SaaS
8 1 (0.20%) Serverless
8 1 (0.20%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.20%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 88 (17.39%) WAN
2 81 (16.01%) MPLS
3 75 (14.82%) IPsec
4 66 (13.04%) BGP
5 50 (9.88%) VPN
6 46 (9.09%) Junos
7 39 (7.71%) Firewall
8 26 (5.14%) Network Security
9 19 (3.75%) LAN
10 18 (3.56%) SAN
11 17 (3.36%) Intrusion Detection
12 15 (2.96%) DNS
13 13 (2.57%) TCP/IP
14 9 (1.78%) SD-WAN
15 8 (1.58%) Cisco IOS
15 8 (1.58%) DHCP
15 8 (1.58%) Fibre Channel
16 7 (1.38%) Wireless
17 5 (0.99%) Internet
18 4 (0.79%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.16%) Amazon Redshift
1 16 (3.16%) MySQL
2 15 (2.96%) Big Data
3 10 (1.98%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.78%) DB2
4 9 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (1.38%) IDMS
6 4 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.79%) SAP BW
6 4 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.59%) Power BI
8 2 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.40%) Metadata
8 2 (0.40%) MS Access
8 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.20%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.20%) Pentaho
9 1 (0.20%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 42 (8.30%) PVCS
1 42 (8.30%) Visual Studio
2 23 (4.55%) Git
3 8 (1.58%) JMeter
4 6 (1.19%) JIRA
5 4 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.40%) GitLab
6 2 (0.40%) Selenium
6 2 (0.40%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.40%) TestRail
6 2 (0.40%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
General
1 100 (19.76%) Public Sector
2 64 (12.65%) Social Skills
3 38 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (5.93%) Finance
5 13 (2.57%) Legal
5 13 (2.57%) Telecoms
6 10 (1.98%) Aerospace
7 8 (1.58%) Electronics
7 8 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.19%) Manufacturing
9 4 (0.79%) Marketing
9 4 (0.79%) Police
10 3 (0.59%) Games
10 3 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.59%) Military
10 3 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.40%) Law
11 2 (0.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 70 (13.83%) Analyst
2 49 (9.68%) Programmer
3 46 (9.09%) C Programmer
4 45 (8.89%) Network Engineer
5 37 (7.31%) Architect
6 35 (6.92%) WAN Engineer
7 34 (6.72%) SOC Analyst
8 29 (5.73%) Network Support
9 25 (4.94%) Developer
10 24 (4.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 23 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support
11 23 (4.55%) Consultant
12 20 (3.95%) Support Engineer
13 19 (3.75%) Senior
14 15 (2.96%) Administrator
15 14 (2.77%) 2nd Line Support
15 14 (2.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 14 (2.77%) Network Architect
16 11 (2.17%) Lead
16 11 (2.17%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.96%) Apache NiFi
2 8 (1.58%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (0.59%) LDAP
3 3 (0.59%) SOAP
3 3 (0.59%) Web Services
3 3 (0.59%) XML
4 2 (0.40%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.40%) REST
5 1 (0.20%) .NET
5 1 (0.20%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.20%) Anaconda
5 1 (0.20%) CSS
5 1 (0.20%) Flask
5 1 (0.20%) HTML
5 1 (0.20%) JSON
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.20%) pytest
5 1 (0.20%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.20%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.20%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.68%) PKI
2 31 (6.13%) Cyber Defence
3 23 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 21 (4.15%) Security Operations Centre
5 19 (3.75%) Distributed Applications
6 15 (2.96%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (2.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 10 (1.98%) Mainframe
9 8 (1.58%) IBM Mainframe
9 8 (1.58%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.19%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.19%) HP Storage
10 6 (1.19%) Operational Technology
11 5 (0.99%) Cyberattack
11 5 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.99%) Digital Media
11 5 (0.99%) Security Posture
11 5 (0.99%) Taxonomies
12 4 (0.79%) Cloud Native
12 4 (0.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 93 (18.38%) Windows
2 72 (14.23%) Linux
3 22 (4.35%) Windows 7
4 19 (3.75%) Unix
5 17 (3.36%) Windows Vista
6 14 (2.77%) Apple iOS
7 13 (2.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (2.57%) Ubuntu
8 12 (2.37%) Android
8 12 (2.37%) Windows Server
9 10 (1.98%) Mac OS X
10 8 (1.58%) AIX
10 8 (1.58%) Solaris
11 7 (1.38%) zOS
12 5 (0.99%) Debian
13 3 (0.59%) VMS
14 2 (0.40%) Windows 10
14 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
15 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (15.42%) Cybersecurity
2 66 (13.04%) SIEM
3 44 (8.70%) Agile
4 41 (8.10%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (7.71%) Load Balancing
6 37 (7.31%) Security Operations
6 37 (7.31%) Software Engineering
7 35 (6.92%) Analytics
8 30 (5.93%) Information Security
9 29 (5.73%) Requirements Gathering
10 28 (5.53%) Incident Management
10 28 (5.53%) Stakeholder Management
11 24 (4.74%) Configuration Management
11 24 (4.74%) Scrum
12 22 (4.35%) Computer Science
12 22 (4.35%) Data Analytics
12 22 (4.35%) Network Design
13 21 (4.15%) Data Pipeline
13 21 (4.15%) ITIL
14 20 (3.95%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 50 (9.88%) C
2 43 (8.50%) PL/SQL
3 22 (4.35%) SQL
4 15 (2.96%) C++
5 14 (2.77%) Python
6 10 (1.98%) Java
7 9 (1.78%) COBOL
8 8 (1.58%) C#
8 8 (1.58%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.38%) CLIST
9 7 (1.38%) REXX
9 7 (1.38%) SELCOPY
10 5 (0.99%) Bash
10 5 (0.99%) R
11 4 (0.79%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.59%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.59%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 341 (67.39%) SC Cleared
2 89 (17.59%) DV Cleared
3 28 (5.53%) Degree
4 17 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
4 17 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.57%) CCNP
7 10 (1.98%) CCNA
7 10 (1.98%) CISSP
8 9 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.38%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (1.19%) BC Cleared
11 5 (0.99%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.99%) JNCIS
12 4 (0.79%) Chartered Engineer
13 3 (0.59%) GIAC
13 3 (0.59%) ISEB
14 2 (0.40%) GSEC
14 2 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.15%) NIST
2 14 (2.77%) Actionable Recommendations
2 14 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (2.77%) SLA
3 12 (2.37%) GDPR
3 12 (2.37%) QA
4 10 (1.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 10 (1.98%) HIPAA
5 7 (1.38%) NIST 800
6 5 (0.99%) ISO 9000
6 5 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 5 (0.99%) ISO17020
7 2 (0.40%) PMO
8 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.20%) GPG13
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.19%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.99%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.99%) iptables
4 5 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.40%) Docker
5 2 (0.40%) vSphere
5 2 (0.40%) XenApp
5 2 (0.40%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.20%) Firmware
6 1 (0.20%) KVM
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.20%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 16 (3.16%) Grafana
2 15 (2.96%) SCCM
3 9 (1.78%) Ansible
3 9 (1.78%) Kibana
4 8 (1.58%) EMC NetWorker
4 8 (1.58%) logstash
5 7 (1.38%) NetBackup
5 7 (1.38%) vCenter Server
6 6 (1.19%) HP Data Protector
6 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Clustering
7 4 (0.79%) VxRail
8 3 (0.59%) Terraform
9 2 (0.40%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.40%) SCOM
10 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 87 (17.19%) Juniper
2 59 (11.66%) Microsoft
3 37 (7.31%) Cisco
4 25 (4.94%) VMware
5 23 (4.55%) Red Hat
6 19 (3.75%) Denodo
6 19 (3.75%) Oracle
7 17 (3.36%) Talend
8 11 (2.17%) SAP
9 10 (1.98%) IBM
10 9 (1.78%) HP
10 9 (1.78%) LogRhythm
11 8 (1.58%) Brocade
11 8 (1.58%) EMC
12 7 (1.38%) SolarWinds
12 7 (1.38%) Splunk
12 7 (1.38%) Syncsort
13 6 (1.19%) F5
13 6 (1.19%) Symantec
14 5 (0.99%) Veeam