SC Cleared Contracts in the South East

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 4 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 +1
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 908 1,013 1,015
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 15.93% 17.69% 13.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.51% 48.68% 41.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 695 748
10th Percentile £388 £320 £360
25th Percentile £480 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 63 40
10th Percentile £18.00 £18.70 £21.30
25th Percentile £43.74 £51.88 £45.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.55 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% +1.50% +23.25%
75th Percentile £67.86 £70.00 £68.19
90th Percentile £85.98 £75.00 £83.78
England median hourly rate £52.50 £57.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +31.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

SC 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,557 2,081 2,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.85% 36.33% 31.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,475 1,323 1,579
10th Percentile £350 £300 £313
25th Percentile £450 £419 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £650 £617 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 129 98
10th Percentile £17.80 £19.30 £17.00
25th Percentile £30.00 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +33.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £70.39 £72.33 £61.69
90th Percentile £87.46 £75.93 £80.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -22.73% +32.53% +20.39%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 27 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 27 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 27 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
Hampshire -1 420 £550 +7.32% 63
Thames Valley +1 417 £585 +17.05% 79
Berkshire +7 313 £605 +11.52% 53
Buckinghamshire 0 98 £500 +1.01% 14
Surrey +11 45 £625 +4.17% 12
West Sussex -14 13 £575 +9.52% 1
Kent +10 9 £294 +65.63%
Oxfordshire +5 6 £475 +6.15% 12
Middlesex - 2 £180 -
Sussex -5 1 £550 -8.33%
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England

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 32 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.32%) Confluence
4 4 (0.44%) IIS
4 4 (0.44%) SAS
5 3 (0.33%) Apache
5 3 (0.33%) CICS
5 3 (0.33%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.11%) CMS
6 1 (0.11%) JBoss
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
6 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.77%) Simulink
5 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.11%) Doxygen
6 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.11%) Stata
Business Applications
1 27 (2.97%) SAP EWM
2 13 (1.43%) SAP QM
3 12 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.77%) Primavera
5 6 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.33%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.22%) SAP PLM
7 2 (0.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 146 (16.08%) Azure
2 71 (7.82%) AWS
3 40 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (3.41%) OpenShift
5 30 (3.30%) Entra ID
6 26 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
6 26 (2.86%) Azure Storage
7 22 (2.42%) OCI
8 11 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (1.21%) GitHub
9 8 (0.88%) IaaS
10 5 (0.55%) GCP
10 5 (0.55%) Power Platform
10 5 (0.55%) SaaS
11 4 (0.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (0.44%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (0.44%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (0.44%) Serverless
12 3 (0.33%) Amazon SQS
12 3 (0.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 85 (9.36%) Firewall
2 63 (6.94%) DNS
3 53 (5.84%) DHCP
4 44 (4.85%) SAN
5 38 (4.19%) SSL
6 27 (2.97%) WAN
7 19 (2.09%) Network Security
7 19 (2.09%) VPN
8 17 (1.87%) TCP/IP
9 15 (1.65%) Wireless
10 13 (1.43%) BGP
10 13 (1.43%) SD-WAN
11 11 (1.21%) LAN
11 11 (1.21%) MPLS
12 9 (0.99%) Cisco Firepower
13 8 (0.88%) Cisco ISE
13 8 (0.88%) NX-OS
14 7 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
14 7 (0.77%) VSAN
15 6 (0.66%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (5.29%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
2 18 (1.98%) Oracle Database
3 12 (1.32%) SQL Server
4 11 (1.21%) MySQL
5 10 (1.10%) Oracle Database 11g
5 10 (1.10%) SAP HANA
6 8 (0.88%) MongoDB
6 8 (0.88%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.66%) Metadata
8 4 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.44%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.44%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.44%) SAP Data Services
9 3 (0.33%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.33%) DB2
9 3 (0.33%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.33%) IDMS
10 2 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.22%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 46 (5.07%) Jenkins
2 44 (4.85%) Git
3 40 (4.41%) GitLab
4 26 (2.86%) JIRA
4 26 (2.86%) Selenium
4 26 (2.86%) SonarQube
5 25 (2.75%) Cucumber
6 24 (2.64%) REST Assured
7 15 (1.65%) Visual Studio
8 12 (1.32%) Rational DOORS
9 8 (0.88%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.77%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.66%) ClearCase
11 6 (0.66%) ClearQuest
12 4 (0.44%) LSMW
12 4 (0.44%) MSI
13 3 (0.33%) Eclipse
14 1 (0.11%) JUnit
14 1 (0.11%) NUnit
14 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
General
1 133 (14.65%) Social Skills
2 107 (11.78%) Public Sector
3 57 (6.28%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (4.63%) Aerospace
5 36 (3.96%) Military
6 28 (3.08%) Finance
7 24 (2.64%) Law
8 13 (1.43%) Electronics
8 13 (1.43%) Police
9 11 (1.21%) Telecoms
10 9 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (0.66%) Legal
12 5 (0.55%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.33%) Marketing
14 3 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.22%) Aviation
15 2 (0.22%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 112 (12.33%) Consultant
2 102 (11.23%) Architect
3 87 (9.58%) Developer
4 70 (7.71%) SAP Consultant
5 55 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 53 (5.84%) Senior
7 48 (5.29%) Analyst
8 47 (5.18%) Active Directory Support
9 39 (4.30%) Network Engineer
10 37 (4.07%) Support Specialist
11 30 (3.30%) Support Engineer
12 27 (2.97%) Network Architect
13 25 (2.75%) Active Directory Specialist
13 25 (2.75%) Azure Specialist
13 25 (2.75%) Software Engineer
14 24 (2.64%) Active Directory Engineer
14 24 (2.64%) DevOps Engineer
15 23 (2.53%) Azure Engineer
15 23 (2.53%) Project Manager
16 22 (2.42%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (3.85%) ARM Templates
2 33 (3.63%) REST
3 31 (3.41%) Web Services
4 25 (2.75%) Java EE
5 22 (2.42%) .NET
6 17 (1.87%) HTML
6 17 (1.87%) Kafka
7 14 (1.54%) ASP.NET
8 12 (1.32%) Flash
8 12 (1.32%) YAML
9 9 (0.99%) Node.js
10 8 (0.88%) BAPI
10 8 (0.88%) LDAP
11 7 (0.77%) CSS
11 7 (0.77%) RESTful
11 7 (0.77%) SAP Basis
11 7 (0.77%) SAP PI
12 6 (0.66%) Elastic Stack
13 5 (0.55%) Keycloak
13 5 (0.55%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 76 (8.37%) PKI
2 31 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (3.19%) Data Centre
4 26 (2.86%) Cloud Native
5 24 (2.64%) Management Information System
6 22 (2.42%) Linux Command Line
7 18 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (1.76%) Driving Licence
9 10 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.10%) Replication
10 9 (0.99%) Clustering
11 7 (0.77%) Mainframe
11 7 (0.77%) Onboarding
12 6 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.66%) FPGA
12 6 (0.66%) Operational Technology
12 6 (0.66%) PMI
12 6 (0.66%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.55%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 157 (17.29%) Linux
2 124 (13.66%) Windows
3 66 (7.27%) Windows Server
4 46 (5.07%) Windows Server 2019
5 40 (4.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 39 (4.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 26 (2.86%) Windows 10
8 22 (2.42%) Unix
9 19 (2.09%) Windows Server 2012
10 15 (1.65%) AIX
11 13 (1.43%) Ubuntu
12 12 (1.32%) Windows XP
13 9 (0.99%) VMS
14 8 (0.88%) Debian
14 8 (0.88%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.55%) zOS
16 3 (0.33%) CentOS
17 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
17 1 (0.11%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (14.54%) Agile
2 113 (12.44%) DevOps
3 107 (11.78%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (8.59%) Software Engineering
5 72 (7.93%) Infrastructure as Code
6 71 (7.82%) ITIL
7 68 (7.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 67 (7.38%) Performance Tuning
9 59 (6.50%) Containerisation
10 53 (5.84%) Project Management
11 49 (5.40%) Test Automation
12 45 (4.96%) Configuration Management
12 45 (4.96%) Service Management
13 42 (4.63%) Scrum
13 42 (4.63%) Technical Leadership
14 41 (4.52%) Stakeholder Management
15 40 (4.41%) ITSM
16 39 (4.30%) Disaster Recovery
16 39 (4.30%) Migration
17 37 (4.07%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 92 (10.13%) PowerShell
2 54 (5.95%) Java
3 47 (5.18%) C#
4 45 (4.96%) Python
5 39 (4.30%) SQL
6 28 (3.08%) Shell Script
7 24 (2.64%) C++
8 23 (2.53%) VB
8 23 (2.53%) VBScript
9 22 (2.42%) Bicep
10 18 (1.98%) Bash
11 17 (1.87%) C
11 17 (1.87%) JavaScript
12 13 (1.43%) PHP
13 12 (1.32%) ABAP
14 10 (1.10%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.77%) MATLAB
16 6 (0.66%) Go
16 6 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
17 4 (0.44%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 908 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 226 (24.89%) DV Cleared
3 91 (10.02%) Degree
4 29 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (2.75%) CCNP
6 24 (2.64%) CCNA
7 23 (2.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 18 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (0.99%) PMI Certification
11 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.77%) JNCIS
12 7 (0.77%) MCSA
12 7 (0.77%) MCSE
12 7 (0.77%) SAP Certification
13 5 (0.55%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.55%) PMP
14 4 (0.44%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.44%) CCSA
14 4 (0.44%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.31%) SLA
2 9 (0.99%) PMO
3 8 (0.88%) GDPR
3 8 (0.88%) QA
4 7 (0.77%) RMADS
5 5 (0.55%) NCSC
6 4 (0.44%) NIST
7 3 (0.33%) ISO 9000
7 3 (0.33%) PMBOK
8 2 (0.22%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.22%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.11%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.11%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 129 (14.21%) Active Directory
2 66 (7.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (4.41%) Virtual Machines
4 29 (3.19%) Hyper-V
4 29 (3.19%) vSphere
5 26 (2.86%) Docker
6 25 (2.75%) VMware ESXi
7 23 (2.53%) Virtual Desktop
8 18 (1.98%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.55%) Firmware
10 4 (0.44%) XenApp
10 4 (0.44%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.33%) VMFS
12 2 (0.22%) KVM
12 2 (0.22%) LXC
13 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.11%) vCloud
13 1 (0.11%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 85 (9.36%) Ansible
2 83 (9.14%) Kubernetes
3 50 (5.51%) SCCM
3 50 (5.51%) Terraform
4 45 (4.96%) WSUS
5 42 (4.63%) SCOM
6 28 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
7 27 (2.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 21 (2.31%) vCenter Server
9 20 (2.20%) Grafana
10 19 (2.09%) Istio
11 16 (1.76%) Prometheus
12 15 (1.65%) Argo
12 15 (1.65%) EMC NetWorker
12 15 (1.65%) Kibana
12 15 (1.65%) NetBackup
13 13 (1.43%) Red Hat Satellite
14 12 (1.32%) Docker Swarm
14 12 (1.32%) Netcool
14 12 (1.32%) Podman
Vendors
1 135 (14.87%) Microsoft
2 113 (12.44%) VMware
3 85 (9.36%) SAP
4 73 (8.04%) Cisco
5 61 (6.72%) Red Hat
6 56 (6.17%) Oracle
7 49 (5.40%) Juniper
8 37 (4.07%) IBM
9 24 (2.64%) Palo Alto
10 22 (2.42%) SolarWinds
11 21 (2.31%) Dell
11 21 (2.31%) HP
12 20 (2.20%) F5
13 19 (2.09%) EMC
14 17 (1.87%) ServiceNow
15 16 (1.76%) Fortinet
15 16 (1.76%) Symantec
15 16 (1.76%) Veeam
16 15 (1.65%) 3PAR
16 15 (1.65%) Brocade