SC Cleared Contracts in the Midlands

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 13 21
Rank change year-on-year +9 +8 +3
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 359 309 403
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.86% 9.51% 8.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.11% 34.99% 39.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 204 265
10th Percentile £270 £361 £341
25th Percentile £358 £500 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £563 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +12.50% +21.58%
75th Percentile £586 £675 £551
90th Percentile £660 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 17 9
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.80 £13.73
25th Percentile £14.14 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £20.00 £21.67 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.71% +8.35% +5.26%
75th Percentile £31.25 £40.25 £24.00
90th Percentile £51.91 £60.90 £37.50
England median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 £52.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% +10.58% +22.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 895 883 1,028
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.07% 27.18% 20.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 568 565 699
10th Percentile £254 £313 £204
25th Percentile £325 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £550
90th Percentile £688 £700 £640
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 51 35
10th Percentile £13.25 £10.50 £11.95
25th Percentile £17.00 £12.50 £13.74
Median hourly rate £24.65 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.25% - +23.08%
75th Percentile £42.50 £37.66 £24.63
90th Percentile £57.75 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.75
% change year-on-year -27.27% +38.36% +8.90%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SC 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 SC Cleared in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC 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 SC Cleared in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC 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 SC Cleared within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands +15 255 £500 -14.89% 107
East Midlands +2 103 £525 -8.70% 29
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
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 (4.18%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.95%) CICS
2 7 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.95%) SAS
3 5 (1.39%) IIS
4 3 (0.84%) Confluence
5 2 (0.56%) CMS
5 2 (0.56%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.28%) Appian
Applications
1 10 (2.79%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.28%) Revit
4 1 (0.28%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) CA PPM
1 1 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (0.28%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (0.28%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (0.28%) Primavera
1 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 21 (5.85%) Azure
2 8 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (1.95%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.11%) AWS
5 4 (1.11%) OCI
6 3 (0.84%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.56%) IaaS
7 2 (0.56%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.28%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.28%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.28%) PaaS
8 1 (0.28%) SaaS
8 1 (0.28%) Serverless
8 1 (0.28%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.28%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 34 (9.47%) Firewall
1 34 (9.47%) MPLS
2 32 (8.91%) WAN
3 28 (7.80%) IPsec
4 19 (5.29%) BGP
5 11 (3.06%) SAN
6 9 (2.51%) LAN
7 8 (2.23%) SD-WAN
8 7 (1.95%) Network Security
8 7 (1.95%) NX-OS
9 6 (1.67%) VPN
10 5 (1.39%) Fibre Channel
10 5 (1.39%) Internet
10 5 (1.39%) Kerberos
10 5 (1.39%) TCP/IP
11 4 (1.11%) Ethernet
11 4 (1.11%) PSTN
11 4 (1.11%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (0.84%) ADSL
12 3 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.74%) MySQL
2 16 (4.46%) Amazon Redshift
3 9 (2.51%) DB2
4 7 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (1.95%) IDMS
5 6 (1.67%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.11%) SAP BW
7 3 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.56%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.28%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.28%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.28%) Metadata
9 1 (0.28%) Metadata Repository
9 1 (0.28%) MS Access
9 1 (0.28%) Pentaho
9 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 42 (11.70%) PVCS
1 42 (11.70%) Visual Studio
2 31 (8.64%) Git
3 5 (1.39%) JIRA
3 5 (1.39%) JMeter
4 3 (0.84%) GitLab
5 2 (0.56%) Selenium
5 2 (0.56%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.56%) TestRail
5 2 (0.56%) Zephyr
6 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
General
1 61 (16.99%) Public Sector
2 38 (10.58%) Social Skills
3 21 (5.85%) Finance
4 16 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.62%) Legal
6 11 (3.06%) Telecoms
7 6 (1.67%) Aerospace
7 6 (1.67%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.11%) Electronics
8 4 (1.11%) Marketing
8 4 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.28%) Aeronautics
11 1 (0.28%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.28%) Games
11 1 (0.28%) Law
11 1 (0.28%) Military
11 1 (0.28%) Police
Job Titles
1 51 (14.21%) Analyst
2 49 (13.65%) Programmer
3 46 (12.81%) C Programmer
4 42 (11.70%) Architect
5 32 (8.91%) Network Engineer
6 27 (7.52%) SOC Analyst
7 22 (6.13%) Consultant
8 18 (5.01%) Network Architect
9 17 (4.74%) Developer
9 17 (4.74%) Senior
10 11 (3.06%) Test Analyst
11 10 (2.79%) Administrator
11 10 (2.79%) IT Engineer
11 10 (2.79%) Lead
11 10 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (2.23%) IBM Mainframe Developer
12 8 (2.23%) Mainframe Developer
13 7 (1.95%) 2nd Line Support
13 7 (1.95%) IT Technician
14 6 (1.67%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.23%) LDAP
1 8 (2.23%) YAML
2 6 (1.67%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (1.11%) Web Services
4 3 (0.84%) SOAP
4 3 (0.84%) XML
5 2 (0.56%) Regular Expression
6 1 (0.28%) .NET
6 1 (0.28%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.28%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.28%) CSS
6 1 (0.28%) Flask
6 1 (0.28%) HTML
6 1 (0.28%) JSON
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.28%) pytest
6 1 (0.28%) React
6 1 (0.28%) REST
6 1 (0.28%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (0.28%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.34%) Data Centre
2 11 (3.06%) Cloud Native
2 11 (3.06%) PKI
3 10 (2.79%) Mainframe
4 8 (2.23%) IBM Mainframe
4 8 (2.23%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (2.23%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (1.95%) SCADA
6 6 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.39%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.39%) Replication
7 5 (1.39%) Taxonomies
8 4 (1.11%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.11%) HP Storage
9 3 (0.84%) Digital Media
9 3 (0.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 70 (19.50%) Windows
2 54 (15.04%) Linux
3 24 (6.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (5.85%) Windows 7
5 16 (4.46%) Windows Vista
6 11 (3.06%) Mac OS X
7 8 (2.23%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.95%) zOS
9 6 (1.67%) Windows Server
10 5 (1.39%) AIX
10 5 (1.39%) Solaris
10 5 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (1.11%) Debian
12 3 (0.84%) Windows 10
13 2 (0.56%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.56%) Unix
13 2 (0.56%) VMS
14 1 (0.28%) SUSE
14 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.28%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (10.31%) Agile
2 31 (8.64%) Configuration Management
3 29 (8.08%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (7.52%) SIEM
4 27 (7.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (7.24%) Cybersecurity
6 25 (6.96%) Software Engineering
7 24 (6.69%) Requirements Gathering
8 22 (6.13%) Validation
9 21 (5.85%) Scrum
10 20 (5.57%) Analytics
10 20 (5.57%) Incident Management
11 19 (5.29%) Customer Service
11 19 (5.29%) Data Analytics
12 18 (5.01%) Continuous Integration
12 18 (5.01%) Dashboard Development
12 18 (5.01%) ETL
13 17 (4.74%) Data Extraction
13 17 (4.74%) ITIL
14 16 (4.46%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 50 (13.93%) C
2 43 (11.98%) PL/SQL
3 17 (4.74%) PowerShell
4 14 (3.90%) SQL
5 13 (3.62%) C++
6 9 (2.51%) COBOL
7 8 (2.23%) Python
8 7 (1.95%) CLIST
8 7 (1.95%) REXX
8 7 (1.95%) SELCOPY
9 4 (1.11%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.84%) Bash
10 3 (0.84%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.84%) R
11 2 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.28%) C#
12 1 (0.28%) ProC
12 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.28%) VB
12 1 (0.28%) X++
Qualifications
1 359 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 25 (6.96%) DV Cleared
3 12 (3.34%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (2.79%) Degree
5 9 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (1.95%) CISSP
7 6 (1.67%) BC Cleared
8 5 (1.39%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.39%) OSCP
9 4 (1.11%) CCNA
9 4 (1.11%) CCNP
9 4 (1.11%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.56%) CCIE
10 2 (0.56%) CEH
10 2 (0.56%) Citrix Certification
10 2 (0.56%) GIAC
10 2 (0.56%) PMP
10 2 (0.56%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (3.06%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 11 (3.06%) GDPR
2 11 (3.06%) HIPAA
2 11 (3.06%) NIST
2 11 (3.06%) SLA
3 6 (1.67%) QA
4 3 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 3 (0.84%) ISO17020
5 2 (0.56%) PMO
6 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.28%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.28%) GPG13
6 1 (0.28%) IFRS
System Software
1 27 (7.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (6.41%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.06%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (2.51%) VMware NSX
4 9 (2.51%) vSphere
5 6 (1.67%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.11%) Docker
6 4 (1.11%) VMFS
6 4 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.84%) iptables
8 2 (0.56%) Firmware
8 2 (0.56%) XenApp
8 2 (0.56%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.28%) KVM
9 1 (0.28%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 18 (5.01%) Ansible
2 16 (4.46%) Grafana
3 11 (3.06%) Terraform
4 9 (2.51%) Progress Chef
5 8 (2.23%) Puppet
5 8 (2.23%) Salt
6 7 (1.95%) CSIRT
6 7 (1.95%) Kibana
7 6 (1.67%) logstash
8 5 (1.39%) EMC NetWorker
9 4 (1.11%) HP Data Protector
9 4 (1.11%) NetBackup
9 4 (1.11%) Red Hat Satellite
9 4 (1.11%) SCCM
10 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.84%) VxRail
11 2 (0.56%) SCOM
11 2 (0.56%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 48 (13.37%) Microsoft
2 39 (10.86%) VMware
3 33 (9.19%) Juniper
4 27 (7.52%) Cisco
4 27 (7.52%) Red Hat
5 19 (5.29%) Denodo
6 18 (5.01%) Oracle
7 17 (4.74%) Talend
8 10 (2.79%) IBM
8 10 (2.79%) SAP
9 7 (1.95%) CA
9 7 (1.95%) F5
9 7 (1.95%) SolarWinds
9 7 (1.95%) Syncsort
10 6 (1.67%) SaltStack
11 5 (1.39%) Brocade
11 5 (1.39%) EMC
11 5 (1.39%) HP
12 4 (1.11%) Citrix
12 4 (1.11%) Symantec