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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 12 23
Rank change year-on-year +6 +11 -1
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 334 325 386
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.43% 9.86% 7.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.16% 35.79% 37.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 222 255
10th Percentile £263 £363 £335
25th Percentile £350 £475 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% +10.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £550 £650 £551
90th Percentile £649 £700 £635
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 18 9
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.80 £13.73
25th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £20.00 £21.84 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.40% +9.18% +5.26%
75th Percentile £31.25 £40.25 £24.00
90th Percentile £51.91 £60.05 £37.50
England median hourly rate £48.56 £57.50 £52.00
% change year-on-year -15.55% +10.58% +21.38%

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 853 908 1,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 31.75% 27.55% 20.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 584 694
10th Percentile £238 £273 £208
25th Percentile £325 £402 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £550
90th Percentile £685 £700 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 56 37
10th Percentile £13.20 £10.68 £12.30
25th Percentile £17.00 £13.11 £13.75
Median hourly rate £24.65 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.25% - +25.00%
75th Percentile £42.50 £36.37 £25.25
90th Percentile £56.75 £65.00 £37.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £53.35 £40.93
% change year-on-year -25.02% +30.35% +9.14%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 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
West Midlands +10 236 £450 -21.23% 100
East Midlands +4 97 £545 +0.12% 41
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 (4.49%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.10%) CICS
3 7 (2.10%) SAS
4 3 (0.90%) Confluence
5 2 (0.60%) CMS
5 2 (0.60%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.30%) Appian
Applications
1 10 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) Revit
4 1 (0.30%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Primavera
2 1 (0.30%) CA PPM
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (6.59%) Azure
2 11 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (2.10%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (1.50%) AWS
6 4 (1.20%) OCI
7 3 (0.90%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.60%) IaaS
8 2 (0.60%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.30%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (0.30%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.30%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.30%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.30%) PaaS
9 1 (0.30%) SaaS
9 1 (0.30%) Serverless
9 1 (0.30%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.30%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 34 (10.18%) MPLS
2 33 (9.88%) WAN
3 32 (9.58%) Firewall
4 28 (8.38%) IPsec
5 19 (5.69%) BGP
6 12 (3.59%) SAN
7 10 (2.99%) LAN
8 8 (2.40%) Network Security
9 6 (1.80%) TCP/IP
9 6 (1.80%) VPN
10 5 (1.50%) Fibre Channel
10 5 (1.50%) Internet
11 4 (1.20%) ADSL
11 4 (1.20%) Ethernet
11 4 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (1.20%) PSTN
12 3 (0.90%) Cisco Firepower
12 3 (0.90%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.90%) Junos
12 3 (0.90%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.09%) MySQL
2 16 (4.79%) Amazon Redshift
3 9 (2.69%) DB2
4 7 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (2.10%) IDMS
5 6 (1.80%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.20%) SAP BW
7 3 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.60%) MS Access
8 2 (0.60%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.30%) Big Data
9 1 (0.30%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.30%) Metadata
9 1 (0.30%) Metadata Repository
9 1 (0.30%) Pentaho
9 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (12.57%) PVCS
1 42 (12.57%) Visual Studio
2 23 (6.89%) Git
3 5 (1.50%) JIRA
3 5 (1.50%) JMeter
4 2 (0.60%) Selenium
4 2 (0.60%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.60%) TestRail
4 2 (0.60%) Zephyr
5 1 (0.30%) GitLab
5 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.30%) Rational DOORS
General
1 62 (18.56%) Public Sector
2 42 (12.57%) Social Skills
3 21 (6.29%) Finance
4 16 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.89%) Legal
6 11 (3.29%) Telecoms
7 6 (1.80%) Aerospace
7 6 (1.80%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.20%) Electronics
8 4 (1.20%) Marketing
8 4 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.60%) Police
11 1 (0.30%) Aeronautics
11 1 (0.30%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.30%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.30%) Law
11 1 (0.30%) Military
Job Titles
1 53 (15.87%) Analyst
2 49 (14.67%) Programmer
3 46 (13.77%) C Programmer
4 30 (8.98%) Network Engineer
5 27 (8.08%) Architect
5 27 (8.08%) SOC Analyst
6 21 (6.29%) Consultant
7 18 (5.39%) Developer
7 18 (5.39%) Senior
8 11 (3.29%) Test Analyst
9 10 (2.99%) Administrator
9 10 (2.99%) Network Architect
10 8 (2.40%) IBM Mainframe Developer
10 8 (2.40%) IT Engineer
10 8 (2.40%) Lead
10 8 (2.40%) Mainframe Developer
10 8 (2.40%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (2.10%) IT Technician
12 6 (1.80%) Network Support
12 6 (1.80%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.80%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (0.90%) LDAP
2 3 (0.90%) SOAP
2 3 (0.90%) Web Services
2 3 (0.90%) XML
3 2 (0.60%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.30%) .NET
4 1 (0.30%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.30%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.30%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.30%) CSS
4 1 (0.30%) Flask
4 1 (0.30%) HTML
4 1 (0.30%) JSON
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.30%) pytest
4 1 (0.30%) React
4 1 (0.30%) REST
4 1 (0.30%) SQLAlchemy
4 1 (0.30%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (2.99%) Mainframe
2 8 (2.40%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (2.40%) IBM Mainframe
2 8 (2.40%) Management Information System
2 8 (2.40%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (1.80%) Cyber Defence
3 6 (1.80%) Linux Command Line
3 6 (1.80%) PKI
4 5 (1.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 5 (1.50%) Data Centre
4 5 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (1.50%) Digital Media
4 5 (1.50%) Taxonomies
5 4 (1.20%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.20%) CMDB
5 4 (1.20%) HP Storage
5 4 (1.20%) Operational Technology
6 3 (0.90%) Algorithms
6 3 (0.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 56 (16.77%) Windows
2 40 (11.98%) Linux
3 18 (5.39%) Windows 7
4 13 (3.89%) Windows Vista
5 11 (3.29%) Mac OS X
6 9 (2.69%) Ubuntu
7 7 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (2.10%) Windows Server
7 7 (2.10%) zOS
8 5 (1.50%) AIX
8 5 (1.50%) Debian
8 5 (1.50%) Solaris
9 3 (0.90%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.90%) Unix
10 2 (0.60%) VMS
10 2 (0.60%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.30%) SUSE
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.30%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (11.38%) Agile
2 33 (9.88%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (8.68%) SIEM
3 29 (8.68%) Stakeholder Management
4 28 (8.38%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (7.49%) Software Engineering
6 24 (7.19%) Requirements Gathering
7 23 (6.89%) Configuration Management
8 21 (6.29%) Scrum
9 20 (5.99%) Analytics
9 20 (5.99%) Incident Management
10 19 (5.69%) Customer Service
10 19 (5.69%) Data Analytics
11 18 (5.39%) Continuous Integration
11 18 (5.39%) Dashboard Development
11 18 (5.39%) ETL
11 18 (5.39%) ITIL
12 17 (5.09%) Data Extraction
13 16 (4.79%) Process Improvement
13 16 (4.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 50 (14.97%) C
2 43 (12.87%) PL/SQL
3 15 (4.49%) C++
3 15 (4.49%) SQL
4 12 (3.59%) Python
5 9 (2.69%) COBOL
6 7 (2.10%) CLIST
6 7 (2.10%) REXX
6 7 (2.10%) SELCOPY
7 5 (1.50%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.90%) Bash
8 3 (0.90%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.90%) MATLAB
8 3 (0.90%) R
9 2 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.60%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.30%) C#
10 1 (0.30%) Java
10 1 (0.30%) ProC
10 1 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 334 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (6.29%) DV Cleared
3 13 (3.89%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (3.59%) Degree
5 9 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.10%) CISSP
8 6 (1.80%) BC Cleared
9 5 (1.50%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.50%) CCNA
9 5 (1.50%) CCNP
9 5 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.20%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.90%) GIAC
12 2 (0.60%) CEH
12 2 (0.60%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (0.60%) GSEC
12 2 (0.60%) JNCIS
12 2 (0.60%) PhD
12 2 (0.60%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (3.59%) NIST
3 11 (3.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 11 (3.29%) GDPR
3 11 (3.29%) HIPAA
3 11 (3.29%) SLA
4 8 (2.40%) QA
5 5 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 5 (1.50%) ISO17020
6 2 (0.60%) PMO
7 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.30%) GPG13
7 1 (0.30%) IFRS
7 1 (0.30%) NCSC
7 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
System Software
1 20 (5.99%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.50%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.90%) iptables
5 2 (0.60%) Docker
5 2 (0.60%) vSphere
5 2 (0.60%) XenApp
5 2 (0.60%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.30%) Firmware
6 1 (0.30%) KVM
6 1 (0.30%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.30%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 16 (4.79%) Grafana
2 8 (2.40%) Ansible
3 7 (2.10%) Kibana
4 6 (1.80%) logstash
4 6 (1.80%) SCCM
5 5 (1.50%) EMC NetWorker
6 4 (1.20%) HP Data Protector
6 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.20%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.60%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.60%) SCOM
7 2 (0.60%) Terraform
7 2 (0.60%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.60%) VxRail
8 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.30%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 46 (13.77%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.18%) Juniper
3 19 (5.69%) Cisco
3 19 (5.69%) Denodo
4 18 (5.39%) Oracle
4 18 (5.39%) VMware
5 17 (5.09%) Talend
6 10 (2.99%) IBM
6 10 (2.99%) Red Hat
6 10 (2.99%) SAP
7 7 (2.10%) Syncsort
8 6 (1.80%) SolarWinds
9 5 (1.50%) Brocade
9 5 (1.50%) EMC
9 5 (1.50%) F5
9 5 (1.50%) HP
9 5 (1.50%) LogRhythm
10 4 (1.20%) Citrix
10 4 (1.20%) Computacenter
10 4 (1.20%) Symantec