Security Cleared Contracts in the South East

Security Clearance
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 1,915 1,424 1,394
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 33.63% 25.18% 18.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 75.28% 69.53% 57.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,161 915 923
10th Percentile £400 £338 £365
25th Percentile £480 £425 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £596 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year +13.52% -3.23% +14.02%
75th Percentile £675 £619 £650
90th Percentile £738 £700 £699
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 87 49
10th Percentile £22.50 £23.90 £17.00
25th Percentile £52.90 £54.78 £21.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £64.68 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% +36.16% +19.50%
75th Percentile £84.45 £74.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £91.80 £77.87 £71.50
England median hourly rate £56.89 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -5.19% +20.00% +26.58%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,544 2,048 2,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.67% 36.22% 31.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,465 1,312 1,575
10th Percentile £350 £300 £309
25th Percentile £450 £415 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £650 £619 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
England median daily rate £536 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 131 91
10th Percentile £17.80 £20.47 £17.00
25th Percentile £28.75 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +33.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £70.39 £73.59 £60.00
90th Percentile £87.46 £76.99 £68.75
England median hourly rate £40.13 £55.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -27.05% +35.80% +15.71%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Hampshire 0 1,089 £600 +13.21% 165
Thames Valley +1 738 £550 +7.84% 216
Berkshire +3 585 £594 +3.26% 162
Buckinghamshire 0 144 £511 +8.62% 37
Surrey +9 57 £625 +4.17% 32
West Sussex -19 14 £575 +2.22% 13
Kent +5 9 £294 -0.34% 7
Oxfordshire -11 9 £563 +25.00% 17
M4 Corridor - 3 £540 -
Middlesex - 2 £180 -
Sussex -4 1 £550 -8.33%
Security Cleared
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 38 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (0.99%) Confluence
2 19 (0.99%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.26%) IIS
4 4 (0.21%) Apache
4 4 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.21%) SAS
5 3 (0.16%) CICS
5 3 (0.16%) CMS
5 3 (0.16%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.052%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.052%) JBoss
6 1 (0.052%) Moodle
6 1 (0.052%) nginx
6 1 (0.052%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.052%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.052%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.052%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 68 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.52%) Simulink
4 10 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.21%) Siemens NX
7 3 (0.16%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.10%) CINEMA 4D
9 1 (0.052%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.052%) Blender
9 1 (0.052%) Stata
Business Applications
1 27 (1.41%) SAP QM
2 23 (1.20%) Primavera
3 22 (1.15%) SAP EWM
4 11 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.42%) Teamcenter
6 7 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.31%) SAP HR
8 5 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 2 (0.10%) Infor M3
9 2 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.052%) CA PPM
10 1 (0.052%) Dynamics CRM
10 1 (0.052%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 182 (9.50%) Azure
2 96 (5.01%) AWS
3 54 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (1.46%) OpenShift
5 27 (1.41%) Entra ID
6 25 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
7 20 (1.04%) Azure Storage
8 16 (0.84%) GitHub
8 16 (0.84%) OCI
9 14 (0.73%) Power Platform
10 12 (0.63%) IaaS
11 8 (0.42%) GCP
12 6 (0.31%) SuccessFactors
13 5 (0.26%) PaaS
14 4 (0.21%) Boomi
14 4 (0.21%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (0.21%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (0.21%) SaaS
14 4 (0.21%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 171 (8.93%) Firewall
2 107 (5.59%) WAN
3 91 (4.75%) LAN
4 89 (4.65%) DNS
5 74 (3.86%) SSL
6 66 (3.45%) DHCP
7 56 (2.92%) BGP
8 53 (2.77%) SAN
9 44 (2.30%) VPN
10 39 (2.04%) Network Security
11 38 (1.98%) Cisco Firepower
12 32 (1.67%) MPLS
13 29 (1.51%) Intrusion Detection
14 25 (1.31%) OSPF
14 25 (1.31%) SD-WAN
15 24 (1.25%) Cisco ASA
16 23 (1.20%) EIGRP
17 22 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
18 21 (1.10%) TCP/IP
19 19 (0.99%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (1.51%) SQL Server
3 24 (1.25%) Oracle Database
4 15 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (0.68%) MySQL
6 11 (0.57%) MongoDB
6 11 (0.57%) Oracle Database 11g
7 10 (0.52%) SAP HANA
8 9 (0.47%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.37%) MariaDB
9 7 (0.37%) Metadata
10 6 (0.31%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.26%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.16%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.16%) DB2
12 3 (0.16%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (0.16%) IDMS
12 3 (0.16%) Power BI
13 2 (0.10%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 48 (2.51%) Jenkins
2 46 (2.40%) Git
3 44 (2.30%) GitLab
4 33 (1.72%) JIRA
5 32 (1.67%) Selenium
6 25 (1.31%) Cucumber
6 25 (1.31%) SonarQube
7 24 (1.25%) REST Assured
8 23 (1.20%) Robot Framework
9 21 (1.10%) MSI
10 18 (0.94%) TestRail
11 16 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
12 14 (0.73%) Visual Studio
13 11 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
14 8 (0.42%) Bitbucket
15 6 (0.31%) Artifactory
15 6 (0.31%) ClearCase
15 6 (0.31%) ClearQuest
16 4 (0.21%) InstallShield
17 3 (0.16%) JMeter
General
1 287 (14.99%) Public Sector
2 281 (14.67%) Social Skills
3 124 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (3.92%) Finance
5 53 (2.77%) Aerospace
6 51 (2.66%) Military
7 39 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (1.83%) Telecoms
9 25 (1.31%) Electronics
10 24 (1.25%) Law
11 17 (0.89%) Manufacturing
11 17 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (0.68%) Marketing
12 13 (0.68%) Police
13 7 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (0.31%) Aviation
15 4 (0.21%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.21%) Legal
15 4 (0.21%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.16%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 492 (25.69%) Architect
2 165 (8.62%) Senior
3 143 (7.47%) Network Architect
4 124 (6.48%) Consultant
5 106 (5.54%) Network Engineer
6 102 (5.33%) Analyst
7 96 (5.01%) Developer
8 91 (4.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 86 (4.49%) Security Architect
10 74 (3.86%) Infrastructure Architect
11 63 (3.29%) SAP Consultant
12 60 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
13 57 (2.98%) Project Manager
14 53 (2.77%) Administrator
15 49 (2.56%) Lead
16 44 (2.30%) Systems Administrator
17 43 (2.25%) Security Engineer
18 42 (2.19%) Support Specialist
19 40 (2.09%) Support Engineer
20 39 (2.04%) Active Directory Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.35%) Web Services
2 33 (1.72%) ARM Templates
2 33 (1.72%) REST
3 25 (1.31%) Java EE
4 22 (1.15%) .NET
5 18 (0.94%) HTML
6 14 (0.73%) ASP.NET
6 14 (0.73%) Kafka
6 14 (0.73%) YAML
7 13 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
7 13 (0.68%) Flash
7 13 (0.68%) Itk
8 10 (0.52%) Node.js
8 10 (0.52%) SAP Basis
9 8 (0.42%) CSS
9 8 (0.42%) LDAP
10 7 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
11 6 (0.31%) AngularJS
12 5 (0.26%) Keycloak
12 5 (0.26%) React
Miscellaneous
1 161 (8.41%) PKI
2 47 (2.45%) Data Centre
3 41 (2.14%) Management Information System
4 40 (2.09%) Driving Licence
5 37 (1.93%) Product Ownership
6 35 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
7 34 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
8 29 (1.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 27 (1.41%) Cyber Defence
10 24 (1.25%) Linux Command Line
11 22 (1.15%) Client/Server
12 20 (1.04%) Cloud Native
13 19 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
14 11 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (0.57%) Replication
15 10 (0.52%) Clustering
15 10 (0.52%) FPGA
16 7 (0.37%) Distributed Systems
16 7 (0.37%) Onboarding
16 7 (0.37%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 322 (16.81%) Windows
2 234 (12.22%) Linux
3 164 (8.56%) Windows Server
4 90 (4.70%) Windows Server 2019
5 79 (4.13%) Windows 10
6 74 (3.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 63 (3.29%) Windows Server 2016
8 58 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
9 33 (1.72%) Windows 7
10 28 (1.46%) Unix
11 16 (0.84%) Windows NT
12 14 (0.73%) AIX
12 14 (0.73%) Ubuntu
12 14 (0.73%) Windows XP
13 11 (0.57%) Debian
14 9 (0.47%) VMS
15 5 (0.26%) zOS
16 3 (0.16%) Solaris
17 1 (0.052%) CentOS
17 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (16.40%) Agile
2 216 (11.28%) Problem-Solving
3 186 (9.71%) DevOps
4 157 (8.20%) ITIL
5 124 (6.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 112 (5.85%) Cybersecurity
6 112 (5.85%) Project Management
7 102 (5.33%) Service Management
8 100 (5.22%) Customer Requirements
9 92 (4.80%) Test Automation
10 91 (4.75%) Software Engineering
11 85 (4.44%) Stakeholder Management
12 82 (4.28%) SIEM
13 80 (4.18%) Infrastructure as Code
14 79 (4.13%) Network Design
15 75 (3.92%) Performance Tuning
16 70 (3.66%) Prototyping
17 68 (3.55%) Project Delivery
18 67 (3.50%) Configuration Management
18 67 (3.50%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 206 (10.76%) PowerShell
2 131 (6.84%) Python
3 78 (4.07%) Java
4 57 (2.98%) SQL
5 49 (2.56%) C#
6 41 (2.14%) VBScript
7 39 (2.04%) C++
8 32 (1.67%) C
9 26 (1.36%) Shell Script
10 23 (1.20%) Bash
11 22 (1.15%) VB
12 20 (1.04%) Bicep
13 18 (0.94%) JavaScript
14 14 (0.73%) PHP
15 11 (0.57%) PL/SQL
16 10 (0.52%) MATLAB
17 8 (0.42%) Go
18 5 (0.26%) Embedded C
18 5 (0.26%) Embedded C++
19 3 (0.16%) REXX
Qualifications
1 905 (47.26%) DV Cleared
2 875 (45.69%) SC Cleared
3 139 (7.26%) Degree
4 50 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
5 41 (2.14%) CCNP
6 31 (1.62%) CCNA
7 25 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 19 (0.99%) ISTQB
10 18 (0.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 18 (0.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (0.57%) CISM
13 10 (0.52%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.47%) JNCIA
14 9 (0.47%) VCAP
15 8 (0.42%) APMP
15 8 (0.42%) ISEB
15 8 (0.42%) JNCIS
15 8 (0.42%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (2.51%) SLA
2 34 (1.78%) NIST
3 30 (1.57%) QA
4 26 (1.36%) NIST 800
5 17 (0.89%) PMO
6 15 (0.78%) RMADS
7 9 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 9 (0.47%) NCSC
8 7 (0.37%) GDPR
8 7 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.26%) ISO 9000
10 3 (0.16%) PMBOK
11 2 (0.10%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.10%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.10%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.10%) JSP 440
11 2 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.052%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.052%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 226 (11.80%) Active Directory
2 173 (9.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (2.77%) Hyper-V
4 49 (2.56%) VMware NSX
5 41 (2.14%) vSphere
6 39 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
7 34 (1.78%) Firmware
8 28 (1.46%) Docker
9 26 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
10 20 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.16%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 3 (0.16%) VMFS
12 3 (0.16%) XenApp
12 3 (0.16%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.10%) VirtualBox
14 1 (0.052%) LXC
14 1 (0.052%) UAG
14 1 (0.052%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 139 (7.26%) Ansible
2 101 (5.27%) Terraform
3 95 (4.96%) SCCM
4 83 (4.33%) Kubernetes
5 81 (4.23%) WSUS
6 45 (2.35%) SCOM
7 29 (1.51%) Endace
8 27 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
9 26 (1.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 25 (1.31%) FortiGate
11 20 (1.04%) vCenter Server
12 18 (0.94%) Grafana
12 18 (0.94%) vRealize
13 17 (0.89%) Kibana
14 16 (0.84%) Istio
14 16 (0.84%) Sysprep
14 16 (0.84%) WMI
15 15 (0.78%) Nessus
16 14 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
16 14 (0.73%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 351 (18.33%) Microsoft
2 256 (13.37%) VMware
3 189 (9.87%) Cisco
4 163 (8.51%) Juniper
5 91 (4.75%) SAP
6 69 (3.60%) Red Hat
7 63 (3.29%) Oracle
8 57 (2.98%) F5
9 52 (2.72%) Fortinet
10 49 (2.56%) HP
11 41 (2.14%) Palo Alto
12 38 (1.98%) Dell
13 37 (1.93%) IBM
14 22 (1.15%) ServiceNow
15 19 (0.99%) EMC
15 19 (0.99%) SolarWinds
16 18 (0.94%) Veeam
17 16 (0.84%) ArcSight
17 16 (0.84%) Brocade
17 16 (0.84%) NetIQ