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 15 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +5
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 107 232 389
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 34.74% 40.49% 38.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 72.30% 89.92% 81.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 200 380
10th Percentile £298 £280 £324
25th Percentile £400 £400 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £545 £460
Median % change year-on-year -14.68% +18.48% -8.00%
75th Percentile £538 £626 £575
90th Percentile £626 £680 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £465 £545 £460
% change year-on-year -14.68% +18.48% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £12.67 £13.33 -
25th Percentile £13.68 - -
Median hourly rate £15.35 £13.57 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.12% - -
75th Percentile £17.03 £16.00 -
90th Percentile £18.03 £18.40 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.35 £13.57 -
% change year-on-year +13.12% - -

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 148 258 478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 48.05% 45.03% 47.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 217 426
10th Percentile £278 £280 £325
25th Percentile £380 £400 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £540 £470
Median % change year-on-year -14.35% +14.89% -
75th Percentile £538 £623 £589
90th Percentile £625 £680 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £463 £545 £475
% change year-on-year -15.14% +14.74% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile £14.01 £13.33 £16.03
25th Percentile £17.03 - £16.44
Median hourly rate £24.35 £13.57 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year +79.44% -23.55% -27.42%
75th Percentile £32.00 £16.00 £18.94
90th Percentile £35.60 £18.40 £19.28
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £24.35 £14.79 £17.75
% change year-on-year +64.69% -16.70% -31.01%

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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 15 November 2024.

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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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 21 (19.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (5.61%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.67%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (4.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.93%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 54 (50.47%) Azure
2 42 (39.25%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (21.50%) AWS
4 10 (9.35%) PaaS
5 9 (8.41%) Entra ID
6 8 (7.48%) IaaS
6 8 (7.48%) SaaS
7 4 (3.74%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.87%) GitHub
8 2 (1.87%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.87%) Slack
9 1 (0.93%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.93%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.28%) VSAN
2 6 (5.61%) Firewall
3 5 (4.67%) DHCP
3 5 (4.67%) DNS
4 2 (1.87%) LAN
4 2 (1.87%) TACACS
4 2 (1.87%) Unified Communications
4 2 (1.87%) WAN
4 2 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.93%) Network Security
5 1 (0.93%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.61%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.87%) MariaDB
2 2 (1.87%) Metadata
2 2 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (4.67%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 2 (1.87%) Git
2 2 (1.87%) GitLab
3 1 (0.93%) CircleCI
General
1 28 (26.17%) Public Sector
2 15 (14.02%) Social Skills
3 6 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.80%) Finance
5 2 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (27.10%) Senior
2 27 (25.23%) Architect
3 21 (19.63%) Technical Architect
4 19 (17.76%) Analyst
5 13 (12.15%) Senior Architect
6 12 (11.21%) Senior Technical Architect
7 9 (8.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (8.41%) Operations Analyst
8 8 (7.48%) Hardware Engineer
9 7 (6.54%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
9 7 (6.54%) Lead
9 7 (6.54%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (6.54%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
10 6 (5.61%) Service Analyst
10 6 (5.61%) Service Desk Analyst
11 5 (4.67%) 2nd Line Support
11 5 (4.67%) IT Manager
11 5 (4.67%) IT Services Manager
11 5 (4.67%) Service Manager
11 5 (4.67%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.87%) .NET
1 2 (1.87%) Fluent Bit
1 2 (1.87%) Loki
2 1 (0.93%) CSS
2 1 (0.93%) HTML
2 1 (0.93%) React
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.82%) Public Cloud
2 17 (15.89%) PKI
3 11 (10.28%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (6.54%) Onboarding
4 7 (6.54%) Smartphone
5 5 (4.67%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (4.67%) YubiKey
6 3 (2.80%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.87%) Freedom of Information
7 2 (1.87%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.87%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.93%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.93%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 28 (26.17%) Windows
2 21 (19.63%) Windows 10
3 12 (11.21%) Windows Server
4 8 (7.48%) Linux
5 7 (6.54%) Apple iOS
6 6 (5.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (4.67%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.87%) CentOS
9 1 (0.93%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (27.10%) ITIL
2 25 (23.36%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (18.69%) Containerisation
4 19 (17.76%) CI/CD
5 17 (15.89%) Infrastructure as Code
6 16 (14.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 15 (14.02%) Agile
7 15 (14.02%) TOGAF
8 14 (13.08%) DevSecOps
8 14 (13.08%) Matrix Organization
8 14 (13.08%) Microservices
9 13 (12.15%) Continuous Delivery
9 13 (12.15%) Continuous Integration
9 13 (12.15%) Incident Management
9 13 (12.15%) Zachman Framework
10 12 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (11.21%) IT Strategy
10 12 (11.21%) Technology Strategy
11 11 (10.28%) Virtual Environments
12 10 (9.35%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.02%) PowerShell
2 14 (13.08%) SQL
3 4 (3.74%) Python
4 3 (2.80%) Java
4 3 (2.80%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.87%) Bash
6 1 (0.93%) R
Qualifications
1 81 (75.70%) SC Cleared
2 47 (43.93%) DV Cleared
3 19 (17.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 13 (12.15%) MCSE
5 10 (9.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 8 (7.48%) Azure Certification
6 8 (7.48%) Degree
7 4 (3.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.80%) CCNP
8 3 (2.80%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.87%) APMP
9 2 (1.87%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.87%) ISEB
9 2 (1.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.93%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (13.08%) NIST
2 13 (12.15%) NCSC
3 10 (9.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (5.61%) SLA
5 3 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.87%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (1.87%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 14 (13.08%) Active Directory
1 14 (13.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (10.28%) VMware NSX
3 4 (3.74%) Docker
4 1 (0.93%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (14.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (9.35%) Ansible
3 9 (8.41%) Kubernetes
4 5 (4.67%) Terraform
5 4 (3.74%) SELinux
5 4 (3.74%) yum
6 2 (1.87%) Argo
6 2 (1.87%) Grafana
6 2 (1.87%) Kustomize
6 2 (1.87%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.87%) Puppet
7 1 (0.93%) Rancher
Vendors
1 48 (44.86%) Microsoft
2 24 (22.43%) VMware
3 16 (14.95%) Apple
4 15 (14.02%) Cisco
5 12 (11.21%) Palo Alto
6 6 (5.61%) ServiceNow
7 4 (3.74%) Remedy
8 2 (1.87%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.93%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.93%) NEC
9 1 (0.93%) Oracle
9 1 (0.93%) Snow