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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 19 21
Rank change year-on-year +16 +2 0
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 272 201 280
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.61% 9.11% 7.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.66% 34.24% 38.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 134 198
10th Percentile £300 £375 £374
25th Percentile £358 £526 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £588 £503
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +16.92% +11.67%
75th Percentile £573 £679 £580
90th Percentile £672 £700 £651
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 0
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 -
25th Percentile £13.44 £18.29 -
Median hourly rate £14.00 £27.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -49.09% - -
75th Percentile £20.00 £59.63 -
90th Percentile £29.75 £66.00 -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 £50.81
% change year-on-year -13.04% +13.17% +19.55%

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 669 587 736
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.47% 26.60% 20.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 352 510
10th Percentile £298 £313 £274
25th Percentile £363 £413 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +13.68% +10.85%
75th Percentile £596 £626 £567
90th Percentile £688 £700 £650
England median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.36% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 27 10
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.60 £11.18
25th Percentile £21.25 £13.31 £13.13
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +15.94% +7.81%
75th Percentile £43.75 £28.75 £20.38
90th Percentile £58.75 £60.90 £20.68
England median hourly rate £40.25 £55.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -26.82% +37.50% +10.79%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 7 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
Shropshire +3 91 £505 -6.48% 9
Birmingham +11 77 £375 -41.18% 38
Warwickshire +26 52 £630 +7.23% 9
Solihull +4 20 £390 +11.43% 8
Staffordshire -6 8 £369 +1.45% 24
Herefordshire -19 5 £544 -16.35% 1
Worcestershire -15 3 £600 -4.00% 7
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 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.57%) CICS
2 7 (2.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.57%) SAS
3 5 (1.84%) IIS
4 2 (0.74%) CMS
4 2 (0.74%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 12 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.37%) Revit
3 1 (0.37%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) CA PPM
1 1 (0.37%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (0.37%) SAP HR
1 1 (0.37%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 12 (4.41%) Azure
2 5 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
4 2 (0.74%) AWS
4 2 (0.74%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.37%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (0.37%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.37%) IaaS
5 1 (0.37%) PaaS
5 1 (0.37%) SaaS
5 1 (0.37%) Smartsheet
5 1 (0.37%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 34 (12.50%) MPLS
2 30 (11.03%) WAN
3 28 (10.29%) IPsec
4 26 (9.56%) Firewall
5 19 (6.99%) BGP
6 10 (3.68%) SD-WAN
7 9 (3.31%) NX-OS
8 7 (2.57%) LAN
9 5 (1.84%) Internet
9 5 (1.84%) Kerberos
9 5 (1.84%) Network Security
10 4 (1.47%) Ethernet
10 4 (1.47%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (1.10%) ADSL
11 3 (1.10%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (1.10%) Junos
11 3 (1.10%) PSTN
12 2 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.74%) SDH
12 2 (0.74%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.72%) MySQL
2 20 (7.35%) Amazon Redshift
3 9 (3.31%) DB2
4 7 (2.57%) IDMS
5 6 (2.21%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.47%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.37%) Metadata
8 1 (0.37%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.37%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 42 (15.44%) PVCS
1 42 (15.44%) Visual Studio
2 35 (12.87%) Git
3 3 (1.10%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.74%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
General
1 45 (16.54%) Public Sector
2 16 (5.88%) Social Skills
3 11 (4.04%) Finance
3 11 (4.04%) Legal
4 8 (2.94%) Telecoms
5 7 (2.57%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (1.10%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (0.74%) Electronics
7 2 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (0.74%) Marketing
7 2 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.37%) Aeronautics
8 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.37%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.37%) Games
8 1 (0.37%) Military
8 1 (0.37%) Police
Job Titles
1 49 (18.01%) Programmer
2 46 (16.91%) C Programmer
3 42 (15.44%) Architect
4 35 (12.87%) Analyst
5 26 (9.56%) SOC Analyst
6 23 (8.46%) Network Engineer
7 16 (5.88%) Consultant
7 16 (5.88%) Network Architect
8 14 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (4.78%) Developer
10 11 (4.04%) Lead
11 9 (3.31%) Senior
12 8 (2.94%) IBM Mainframe Developer
12 8 (2.94%) Mainframe Developer
13 7 (2.57%) IAM Consultant
14 6 (2.21%) 2nd Line Support
14 6 (2.21%) Data Analyst
14 6 (2.21%) Network Support
14 6 (2.21%) Test Analyst
15 5 (1.84%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.94%) YAML
2 6 (2.21%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (1.84%) LDAP
4 2 (0.74%) Django
4 2 (0.74%) FastAPI
4 2 (0.74%) Flask
5 1 (0.37%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.37%) Next.js
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.37%) React
5 1 (0.37%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.37%) SAPUI5
5 1 (0.37%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.04%) Cloud Native
1 11 (4.04%) Data Centre
1 11 (4.04%) PKI
2 10 (3.68%) Mainframe
3 8 (2.94%) IBM Mainframe
3 8 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (2.57%) SCADA
5 5 (1.84%) Replication
6 4 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.47%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.47%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.47%) Taxonomies
7 3 (1.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.74%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.74%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.37%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.37%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.37%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 35 (12.87%) Linux
2 31 (11.40%) Windows
3 16 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (3.68%) Mac OS X
5 9 (3.31%) Android
6 8 (2.94%) Apple iOS
7 7 (2.57%) zOS
8 4 (1.47%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.74%) Unix
9 2 (0.74%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (12.87%) Agile
2 30 (11.03%) Configuration Management
3 28 (10.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 26 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 25 (9.19%) Scrum
5 25 (9.19%) SIEM
5 25 (9.19%) Software Engineering
6 24 (8.82%) Analytics
7 23 (8.46%) Data Analytics
8 22 (8.09%) Continuous Integration
8 22 (8.09%) Dashboard Development
8 22 (8.09%) ETL
9 21 (7.72%) Cybersecurity
9 21 (7.72%) Data Extraction
10 20 (7.35%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (7.35%) Validation
11 18 (6.62%) Incident Management
11 18 (6.62%) Test Strategy
12 16 (5.88%) Infrastructure as Code
13 15 (5.51%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 50 (18.38%) C
2 43 (15.81%) PL/SQL
3 13 (4.78%) C++
3 13 (4.78%) PowerShell
4 9 (3.31%) COBOL
5 7 (2.57%) CLIST
5 7 (2.57%) REXX
5 7 (2.57%) SELCOPY
6 4 (1.47%) SQL
7 3 (1.10%) R
8 2 (0.74%) Groovy
8 2 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.74%) Python
9 1 (0.37%) ABAP
9 1 (0.37%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.37%) ProC
9 1 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 272 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 18 (6.62%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (4.41%) DV Cleared
4 10 (3.68%) Degree
5 6 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.21%) CISSP
6 5 (1.84%) BC Cleared
6 5 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.84%) OSCP
7 4 (1.47%) CCNA
7 4 (1.47%) CCNP
8 3 (1.10%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.10%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.74%) CEH
9 2 (0.74%) JNCIS
9 2 (0.74%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.74%) PMP
9 2 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.37%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 10 (3.68%) GDPR
1 10 (3.68%) HIPAA
1 10 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (3.68%) NIST
2 4 (1.47%) SLA
3 3 (1.10%) QA
4 2 (0.74%) PMO
5 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.37%) GPG13
System Software
1 26 (9.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (5.15%) Active Directory
3 11 (4.04%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (4.04%) VMware NSX
3 11 (4.04%) vSphere
4 4 (1.47%) VMFS
4 4 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.10%) Docker
5 3 (1.10%) iptables
6 1 (0.37%) Firmware
6 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (7.35%) Grafana
2 13 (4.78%) SCCM
3 12 (4.41%) Ansible
3 12 (4.41%) Terraform
4 9 (3.31%) CSIRT
4 9 (3.31%) Progress Chef
5 8 (2.94%) AirWatch
5 8 (2.94%) Puppet
5 8 (2.94%) Salt
6 6 (2.21%) Kibana
6 6 (2.21%) logstash
7 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.10%) VxRail
8 2 (0.74%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.74%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 35 (12.87%) VMware
2 31 (11.40%) Juniper
2 31 (11.40%) Microsoft
3 23 (8.46%) Denodo
4 21 (7.72%) Talend
5 20 (7.35%) Cisco
6 16 (5.88%) Red Hat
7 10 (3.68%) Apple
7 10 (3.68%) CA
7 10 (3.68%) IBM
8 8 (2.94%) SAP
9 7 (2.57%) Oracle
9 7 (2.57%) Syncsort
10 6 (2.21%) SaltStack
10 6 (2.21%) Samsung
11 3 (1.10%) BT
11 3 (1.10%) LogRhythm
11 3 (1.10%) Openreach
12 2 (0.74%) F5
12 2 (0.74%) Palo Alto