Security Cleared Contracts in Milton Keynes

Security Clearance
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 78 155 301
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 38.61% 34.99% 40.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 75.00% 89.08% 86.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 130 264
10th Percentile £284 £309 £230
25th Percentile £402 £415 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.43% +16.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £631 £539
90th Percentile £630 £780 £600
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £501 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -4.67% +16.67% -11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 1
10th Percentile £15.93 £17.40 -
25th Percentile £21.81 £18.00 £9.50
Median hourly rate £32.25 £19.00 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.74% +90.00% -52.38%
75th Percentile £43.31 £22.51 £10.50
90th Percentile £49.58 £22.54 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £32.25 £19.00 £10.00
% change year-on-year +69.74% +90.00% -52.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Milton Keynes

Security Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 104 174 349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 51.49% 39.28% 47.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 140 295
10th Percentile £260 £309 £230
25th Percentile £400 £415 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £524 £455
Median % change year-on-year -5.97% +15.11% -1.09%
75th Percentile £588 £610 £550
90th Percentile £630 £759 £615
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £496 £525 £453
% change year-on-year -5.48% +16.02% -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 1
10th Percentile £12.98 £15.85 -
25th Percentile £14.44 £15.93 £9.50
Median hourly rate £17.25 £18.00 £10.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +80.00% -56.00%
75th Percentile £28.81 £21.25 £10.50
90th Percentile £43.78 £22.52 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £10.00
% change year-on-year -5.00% +100.00% -56.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Milton Keynes

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Milton Keynes.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 2 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Milton Keynes

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Milton Keynes.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Milton Keynes

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 2 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Milton Keynes

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 2 (2.56%) Camunda
1 2 (2.56%) Confluence
1 2 (2.56%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.28%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (1.28%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 27 (34.62%) Azure
2 16 (20.51%) AWS
3 15 (19.23%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (14.10%) PaaS
4 11 (14.10%) SaaS
5 9 (11.54%) IaaS
6 4 (5.13%) GitHub
7 2 (2.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (2.56%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (2.56%) AWS Fargate
7 2 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (2.56%) GCP
7 2 (2.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.54%) VSAN
2 6 (7.69%) WAN
3 4 (5.13%) BGP
3 4 (5.13%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (5.13%) MPLS
3 4 (5.13%) NGFW
3 4 (5.13%) OSPF
3 4 (5.13%) SD-WAN
3 4 (5.13%) TCP/IP
3 4 (5.13%) VPN
4 3 (3.85%) DNS
4 3 (3.85%) VLAN
5 2 (2.56%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (2.56%) Firewall
5 2 (2.56%) LAN
5 2 (2.56%) TACACS
5 2 (2.56%) Unified Communications
5 2 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.28%) Network Security
6 1 (1.28%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (5.13%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.56%) Data Lake
3 2 (2.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.56%) MariaDB
3 2 (2.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.56%) JIRA
1 2 (2.56%) Terragrunt
General
1 22 (28.21%) Public Sector
2 14 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 12 (15.38%) Finance
5 3 (3.85%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 22 (28.21%) Senior
2 21 (26.92%) Architect
3 13 (16.67%) Analyst
3 13 (16.67%) Technical Architect
4 11 (14.10%) Senior Architect
5 10 (12.82%) Senior Technical Architect
6 9 (11.54%) Service Manager
7 6 (7.69%) Operations Analyst
7 6 (7.69%) Project Manager
8 5 (6.41%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
8 5 (6.41%) IT Manager
8 5 (6.41%) IT Services Manager
8 5 (6.41%) Principal Architect
8 5 (6.41%) SC Cleared Project Manager
8 5 (6.41%) Senior Manager
8 5 (6.41%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
9 4 (5.13%) Consultant
9 4 (5.13%) Senior Project Manager
10 3 (3.85%) Developer
10 3 (3.85%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.56%) .NET
1 2 (2.56%) AngularJS
1 2 (2.56%) Kafka
1 2 (2.56%) Keycloak
1 2 (2.56%) OpenJDK
1 2 (2.56%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.28%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.28%) CSS
2 1 (1.28%) HTML
2 1 (1.28%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.54%) Hybrid Cloud
1 9 (11.54%) Public Cloud
2 8 (10.26%) Data Centre
2 8 (10.26%) PKI
3 5 (6.41%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.56%) CSOC
5 2 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (2.56%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.28%) CESG
6 1 (1.28%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.28%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.28%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.13%) Windows
2 3 (3.85%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.56%) Linux
3 2 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (2.56%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (35.90%) ITIL
2 17 (21.79%) CI/CD
2 17 (21.79%) TOGAF
3 14 (17.95%) Infrastructure as Code
3 14 (17.95%) Microservices
4 13 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
4 13 (16.67%) DevSecOps
5 12 (15.38%) Agile
6 11 (14.10%) Containerisation
6 11 (14.10%) Continuous Delivery
6 11 (14.10%) Matrix Organization
6 11 (14.10%) Service Management
6 11 (14.10%) Zachman Framework
7 10 (12.82%) IT Strategy
7 10 (12.82%) Technology Strategy
7 10 (12.82%) Use Case
8 9 (11.54%) Service Delivery
9 8 (10.26%) ITSM
10 7 (8.97%) Requirements Management
10 7 (8.97%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.41%) SQL
2 4 (5.13%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.85%) Java
4 2 (2.56%) Bash
4 2 (2.56%) Python
5 1 (1.28%) COBOL
5 1 (1.28%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.28%) R
Qualifications
1 62 (79.49%) SC Cleared
2 25 (32.05%) DV Cleared
3 18 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (15.38%) MCSE
5 8 (10.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 7 (8.97%) Azure Certification
7 6 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (6.41%) ACCA
8 5 (6.41%) CCNP
8 5 (6.41%) CIMA
9 4 (5.13%) Degree
10 3 (3.85%) APMP
10 3 (3.85%) AWS Certification
10 3 (3.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (3.85%) CISSP
10 3 (3.85%) ISEB
10 3 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (2.56%) APMG
11 2 (2.56%) BC Cleared
11 2 (2.56%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (19.23%) NCSC
2 13 (16.67%) NIST
3 9 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (10.26%) SLA
5 4 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (2.56%) GDPR
6 2 (2.56%) HIPAA
6 2 (2.56%) ISO 9001
6 2 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (1.28%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.28%) QA
System Software
1 11 (14.10%) VMware Infrastructure
1 11 (14.10%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (10.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.13%) Terraform
3 1 (1.28%) SCOM
Vendors
1 23 (29.49%) Microsoft
2 18 (23.08%) VMware
3 13 (16.67%) Cisco
4 11 (14.10%) Palo Alto
5 8 (10.26%) Apple
5 8 (10.26%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.56%) Oracle
6 2 (2.56%) SAP
7 1 (1.28%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.28%) IBM
7 1 (1.28%) Snow