SC Cleared Contracts in the West Midlands

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 14 21
Rank change year-on-year +9 +7 +2
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 242 233 248
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.66% 10.10% 7.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.16% 37.16% 35.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 170 172
10th Percentile £298 £375 £376
25th Percentile £354 £495 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £508
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +8.37% +19.41%
75th Percentile £538 £675 £575
90th Percentile £638 £700 £653
England median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 0
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 -
25th Percentile £13.44 £16.36 -
Median hourly rate £14.00 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -49.09% - -
75th Percentile £20.00 £61.75 -
90th Percentile £29.75 £66.00 -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 £50.85
% change year-on-year -13.04% +13.08% +13.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 618 627 702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.32% 27.19% 19.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 389 381 490
10th Percentile £275 £300 £284
25th Percentile £359 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.81% +10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £560
90th Percentile £682 £700 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 28 11
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.70 £11.25
25th Percentile £22.08 £13.31 £13.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £19.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +9.95% +5.88%
75th Percentile £43.44 £27.54 £20.26
90th Percentile £58.75 £60.05 £20.51
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +3.95%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the West Midlands

SC Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in the West Midlands

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in the West Midlands

SC Cleared
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in the West Midlands

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in the West Midlands

SC Cleared
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
Birmingham +18 83 £375 -40.00% 29
Shropshire +4 83 £513 -5.05% 5
Staffordshire +3 21 £375 +2.24% 15
Solihull -6 11 £325 -20.25% 4
Warwickshire +2 9 £600 -11.76% 8
Worcestershire -9 5 £590 -5.60%
Herefordshire -16 4 £538 -17.31% 3
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 9 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.89%) CICS
3 7 (2.89%) SAS
4 2 (0.83%) CMS
4 2 (0.83%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.41%) Revit
4 1 (0.41%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Primavera
2 1 (0.41%) CA PPM
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 14 (5.79%) Azure
2 8 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (2.07%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (0.83%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.41%) IaaS
5 1 (0.41%) PaaS
5 1 (0.41%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.41%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.41%) SaaS
5 1 (0.41%) Smartsheet
5 1 (0.41%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 35 (14.46%) MPLS
2 32 (13.22%) WAN
3 29 (11.98%) IPsec
4 27 (11.16%) Firewall
5 20 (8.26%) BGP
6 8 (3.31%) LAN
6 8 (3.31%) Network Security
7 5 (2.07%) Internet
8 4 (1.65%) ADSL
8 4 (1.65%) Ethernet
8 4 (1.65%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (1.24%) Junos
9 3 (1.24%) PSTN
9 3 (1.24%) SAN
9 3 (1.24%) Wireless
10 2 (0.83%) CATAPAN
10 2 (0.83%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (0.83%) OSPF
10 2 (0.83%) SDH
10 2 (0.83%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.20%) Amazon Redshift
1 15 (6.20%) MySQL
2 9 (3.72%) DB2
3 7 (2.89%) IDMS
4 6 (2.48%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.65%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.83%) MS Access
6 2 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.41%) Big Data
7 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.41%) Metadata
7 1 (0.41%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.41%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.41%) Power BI
7 1 (0.41%) Power Query
7 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (17.36%) PVCS
1 42 (17.36%) Visual Studio
2 22 (9.09%) Git
3 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
General
1 47 (19.42%) Public Sector
2 22 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 11 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (4.55%) Legal
4 9 (3.72%) Finance
5 6 (2.48%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (0.83%) Police
8 1 (0.41%) Aeronautics
8 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.41%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.41%) Games
8 1 (0.41%) Law
8 1 (0.41%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 49 (20.25%) Programmer
2 46 (19.01%) C Programmer
3 39 (16.12%) Analyst
4 26 (10.74%) SOC Analyst
5 24 (9.92%) Network Engineer
6 18 (7.44%) Architect
7 12 (4.96%) Consultant
7 12 (4.96%) Developer
8 10 (4.13%) Senior
9 8 (3.31%) IBM Mainframe Developer
9 8 (3.31%) Mainframe Developer
10 7 (2.89%) Lead
10 7 (2.89%) Network Architect
10 7 (2.89%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.48%) 2nd Line Support
11 6 (2.48%) Data Analyst
11 6 (2.48%) Network Support
11 6 (2.48%) Security Consultant
11 6 (2.48%) Test Analyst
12 5 (2.07%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.48%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.83%) Regular Expression
3 1 (0.41%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.41%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.13%) Mainframe
1 10 (4.13%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (3.31%) IBM Mainframe
2 8 (3.31%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.89%) Cyber Defence
3 7 (2.89%) PKI
4 6 (2.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 5 (2.07%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.07%) Digital Media
5 5 (2.07%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.07%) Taxonomies
6 4 (1.65%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.65%) CMDB
6 4 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.65%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.24%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.24%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.83%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.83%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.85%) Linux
2 16 (6.61%) Windows
3 10 (4.13%) Mac OS X
4 7 (2.89%) zOS
5 4 (1.65%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.24%) Unix
6 3 (1.24%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.41%) Android
8 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.41%) VMS
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
1 33 (13.64%) SIEM
2 30 (12.40%) Agile
3 26 (10.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 23 (9.50%) Analytics
4 23 (9.50%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (9.50%) Requirements Gathering
5 20 (8.26%) Incident Management
5 20 (8.26%) Scrum
5 20 (8.26%) Software Engineering
6 19 (7.85%) Data Analytics
7 17 (7.02%) Configuration Management
7 17 (7.02%) Continuous Integration
7 17 (7.02%) Dashboard Development
7 17 (7.02%) ETL
8 16 (6.61%) Data Extraction
8 16 (6.61%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 16 (6.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 15 (6.20%) Security Operations
10 14 (5.79%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 50 (20.66%) C
2 43 (17.77%) PL/SQL
3 15 (6.20%) C++
4 9 (3.72%) COBOL
5 7 (2.89%) CLIST
5 7 (2.89%) REXX
5 7 (2.89%) SELCOPY
6 5 (2.07%) SQL
7 3 (1.24%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.24%) MATLAB
7 3 (1.24%) Python
7 3 (1.24%) R
8 1 (0.41%) Java
8 1 (0.41%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.41%) ProC
8 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 242 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (5.37%) BPSS Clearance
2 13 (5.37%) Degree
3 9 (3.72%) CISSP
3 9 (3.72%) DV Cleared
4 8 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (2.89%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (2.48%) BC Cleared
7 5 (2.07%) CCNA
7 5 (2.07%) CCNP
8 4 (1.65%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.24%) GIAC
9 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.83%) CEH
10 2 (0.83%) GCED
10 2 (0.83%) GSEC
10 2 (0.83%) JNCIS
10 2 (0.83%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.83%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (4.55%) NIST
2 10 (4.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 10 (4.13%) GDPR
2 10 (4.13%) HIPAA
3 6 (2.48%) QA
4 5 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 5 (2.07%) ISO17020
4 5 (2.07%) SLA
5 2 (0.83%) NIST 800
5 2 (0.83%) PMO
6 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.41%) GPG13
6 1 (0.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 11 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.24%) iptables
4 2 (0.83%) vSphere
5 1 (0.41%) Docker
5 1 (0.41%) Firmware
5 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (6.20%) Grafana
2 6 (2.48%) Kibana
2 6 (2.48%) logstash
2 6 (2.48%) SCCM
3 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.83%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.83%) VxRail
5 1 (0.41%) Ansible
5 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.41%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (13.64%) Juniper
2 22 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 18 (7.44%) Denodo
4 16 (6.61%) Talend
5 11 (4.55%) Cisco
6 10 (4.13%) IBM
6 10 (4.13%) VMware
7 7 (2.89%) Syncsort
8 6 (2.48%) Oracle
9 5 (2.07%) LogRhythm
9 5 (2.07%) SAP
10 3 (1.24%) BT
10 3 (1.24%) Openreach
10 3 (1.24%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.24%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.24%) Splunk
10 3 (1.24%) TippingPoint
11 2 (0.83%) Citrix
11 2 (0.83%) NEC
11 2 (0.83%) Trend Micro