Security Cleared Contracts in the West Midlands

Security Clearance
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Security 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 2 6 16
Rank change year-on-year +4 +10 -3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 372 343 330
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 19.46% 14.87% 9.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 60.19% 54.70% 47.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 230 221
10th Percentile £303 £353 £356
25th Percentile £363 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.19% +8.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £568 £650 £550
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
England median daily rate £550 £550 £547
% change year-on-year - +0.61% +9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 1
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 -
25th Percentile £13.63 £15.50 -
Median hourly rate £14.00 £19.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +46.15% -13.33%
75th Percentile £18.00 £43.13 -
90th Percentile £28.20 £66.00 -
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
West 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 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%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the West Midlands

Security Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the West Midlands

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the West Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the West Midlands

Security 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 Security 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 +6 111 £400 -31.91% 45
Shropshire +2 84 £513 -5.05% 6
Solihull +2 59 £375 -7.98% 9
Herefordshire -1 32 £645 -0.77% 8
Staffordshire +2 22 £375 +3.15% 25
Worcestershire -1 19 £550 -8.33% 2
Warwickshire -3 11 £563 -4.26% 12
Security Cleared
England

Security 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 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.15%) CMS
2 8 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.88%) CICS
3 7 (1.88%) SAS
4 2 (0.54%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.27%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.27%) Revit
4 1 (0.27%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Primavera
2 1 (0.27%) CA PPM
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 18 (4.84%) Azure
2 9 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (0.81%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.54%) Entra ID
5 2 (0.54%) IaaS
6 1 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.27%) PaaS
6 1 (0.27%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.27%) SaaS
6 1 (0.27%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.27%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 86 (23.12%) WAN
2 81 (21.77%) MPLS
3 75 (20.16%) IPsec
4 66 (17.74%) BGP
5 46 (12.37%) Junos
6 45 (12.10%) VPN
7 32 (8.60%) Firewall
8 25 (6.72%) Network Security
9 17 (4.57%) Intrusion Detection
10 16 (4.30%) LAN
11 13 (3.49%) DNS
12 9 (2.42%) SD-WAN
13 8 (2.15%) Cisco IOS
13 8 (2.15%) TCP/IP
14 7 (1.88%) DHCP
15 5 (1.34%) Internet
15 5 (1.34%) Wireless
16 4 (1.08%) ADSL
16 4 (1.08%) Ethernet
17 3 (0.81%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.03%) Amazon Redshift
1 15 (4.03%) MySQL
2 14 (3.76%) Big Data
3 9 (2.42%) DB2
4 8 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (1.88%) IDMS
6 5 (1.34%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.08%) SAP BW
7 4 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.81%) Power BI
9 2 (0.54%) MS Access
10 1 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.27%) DataStage
10 1 (0.27%) GIS
10 1 (0.27%) Metadata
10 1 (0.27%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 42 (11.29%) PVCS
1 42 (11.29%) Visual Studio
2 22 (5.91%) Git
3 4 (1.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.27%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.27%) GitLab
4 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
General
1 74 (19.89%) Public Sector
2 32 (8.60%) Social Skills
3 30 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (4.30%) Finance
5 12 (3.23%) Legal
6 8 (2.15%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.08%) Police
8 3 (0.81%) Games
8 3 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (0.81%) Military
8 3 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.54%) Publishing
10 1 (0.27%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.27%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.27%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.27%) Law
10 1 (0.27%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 54 (14.52%) Analyst
2 49 (13.17%) Programmer
3 46 (12.37%) C Programmer
4 36 (9.68%) Network Engineer
5 35 (9.41%) WAN Engineer
6 34 (9.14%) SOC Analyst
7 29 (7.80%) Network Support
8 24 (6.45%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 23 (6.18%) 3rd Line Support
9 23 (6.18%) Architect
10 15 (4.03%) Developer
11 14 (3.76%) 2nd Line Support
11 14 (3.76%) Consultant
12 13 (3.49%) Support Engineer
13 12 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (2.96%) Network Architect
14 11 (2.96%) Senior
15 10 (2.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 10 (2.69%) Lead
16 8 (2.15%) Cyber Defence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.03%) Apache NiFi
2 8 (2.15%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.54%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.27%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.27%) REST
4 1 (0.27%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 49 (13.17%) PKI
2 31 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
3 21 (5.65%) Management Information System
3 21 (5.65%) Security Operations Centre
4 19 (5.11%) Distributed Applications
5 11 (2.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 11 (2.96%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (2.69%) Mainframe
7 8 (2.15%) IBM Mainframe
8 6 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (1.61%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.34%) Cyberattack
9 5 (1.34%) Digital Media
9 5 (1.34%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.34%) Taxonomies
10 4 (1.08%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.08%) CMDB
11 3 (0.81%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.81%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 46 (12.37%) Linux
1 46 (12.37%) Windows
2 19 (5.11%) Unix
3 13 (3.49%) Apple iOS
4 12 (3.23%) Android
5 10 (2.69%) Mac OS X
6 8 (2.15%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.88%) zOS
8 6 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.61%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.54%) VMS
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (19.62%) Cybersecurity
2 66 (17.74%) SIEM
3 39 (10.48%) Load Balancing
4 36 (9.68%) Security Operations
5 33 (8.87%) Analytics
6 31 (8.33%) Agile
7 28 (7.53%) Incident Management
7 28 (7.53%) Requirements Gathering
8 27 (7.26%) Stakeholder Management
9 26 (6.99%) Information Security
9 26 (6.99%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (6.99%) Software Engineering
10 22 (5.91%) Network Design
11 21 (5.65%) Data Analytics
11 21 (5.65%) Data Pipeline
12 20 (5.38%) Actionable Insight
12 20 (5.38%) Scrum
13 19 (5.11%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 18 (4.84%) ETL
14 18 (4.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 50 (13.44%) C
2 43 (11.56%) PL/SQL
3 15 (4.03%) C++
4 11 (2.96%) SQL
5 9 (2.42%) COBOL
6 8 (2.15%) Java
7 7 (1.88%) C#
7 7 (1.88%) CLIST
7 7 (1.88%) REXX
7 7 (1.88%) SELCOPY
8 4 (1.08%) Python
8 4 (1.08%) R
9 3 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.81%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.54%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.27%) ProC
11 1 (0.27%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 242 (65.05%) SC Cleared
2 54 (14.52%) DV Cleared
3 21 (5.65%) Degree
4 16 (4.30%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (3.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (3.49%) CCNP
7 10 (2.69%) CCNA
8 9 (2.42%) CISSP
9 7 (1.88%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (1.61%) BC Cleared
11 5 (1.34%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.34%) JNCIS
12 3 (0.81%) GIAC
12 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.54%) CASP
13 2 (0.54%) CEH
13 2 (0.54%) GSEC
13 2 (0.54%) PhD
13 2 (0.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.65%) NIST
2 14 (3.76%) Actionable Recommendations
3 12 (3.23%) GDPR
4 11 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 10 (2.69%) HIPAA
5 10 (2.69%) QA
6 8 (2.15%) SLA
7 7 (1.88%) NIST 800
8 5 (1.34%) ISO 9000
8 5 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 5 (1.34%) ISO17020
9 2 (0.54%) PMO
10 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.27%) GPG13
10 1 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (3.49%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.61%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.34%) iptables
4 5 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.54%) vSphere
6 1 (0.27%) Docker
6 1 (0.27%) Firmware
6 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (4.03%) Grafana
2 14 (3.76%) SCCM
3 8 (2.15%) Kibana
3 8 (2.15%) logstash
4 7 (1.88%) vCenter Server
5 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.54%) Ansible
7 2 (0.54%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.54%) Terraform
7 2 (0.54%) VxRail
8 1 (0.27%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 84 (22.58%) Juniper
2 33 (8.87%) Microsoft
3 25 (6.72%) Cisco
4 18 (4.84%) Denodo
5 16 (4.30%) Talend
6 15 (4.03%) VMware
7 13 (3.49%) Red Hat
8 10 (2.69%) IBM
9 9 (2.42%) LogRhythm
10 7 (1.88%) Oracle
10 7 (1.88%) Splunk
10 7 (1.88%) Syncsort
11 5 (1.34%) Darktrace
11 5 (1.34%) FireEye
11 5 (1.34%) SAP
11 5 (1.34%) Veeam
12 3 (0.81%) Fujitsu
12 3 (0.81%) Openreach
12 3 (0.81%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.81%) ServiceNow