Security Cleared Contracts in the West Midlands

Security Clearance
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 7 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 +9 -2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 371 312 355
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 19.44% 14.05% 9.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 60.13% 52.97% 48.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 200 243
10th Percentile £300 £356 £354
25th Percentile £363 £475 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 1
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 -
25th Percentile £13.81 £15.50 -
Median hourly rate £14.00 £20.71 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.38% +59.27% -13.33%
75th Percentile £25.88 £43.13 -
90th Percentile £48.75 £66.00 -
England median hourly rate £55.53 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -7.46% +20.00% +25.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

Security 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 617 589 728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.34% 26.53% 20.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 353 511
10th Percentile £275 £313 £275
25th Percentile £363 £413 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £540 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.19% +13.68% +11.76%
75th Percentile £582 £625 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 28 11
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.70 £11.25
25th Percentile £21.63 £13.31 £13.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £19.50 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% +12.85% +11.48%
75th Percentile £50.00 £28.75 £20.26
90th Percentile £58.75 £60.05 £20.51
England median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -25.93% +30.58% +13.30%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the West Midlands

Security Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the West Midlands

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the West Midlands

Security Cleared
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the West Midlands

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the West Midlands

Security 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 Security Cleared within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 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
Birmingham +4 104 £400 -33.33% 58
Shropshire +4 85 £513 -5.09% 4
Solihull +4 59 £375 +7.14% 4
Herefordshire -1 32 £645 -0.77% 6
Warwickshire +8 31 £626 +8.87% 19
Worcestershire -1 20 £550 -8.33% 8
Staffordshire +1 16 £400 +10.03% 36
Security Cleared
England

Security 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 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.16%) CMS
3 7 (1.89%) CICS
3 7 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.89%) SAS
4 2 (0.54%) Apache
4 2 (0.54%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.27%) Revit
4 1 (0.27%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) CA PPM
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (0.27%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 16 (4.31%) Azure
2 6 (1.62%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (0.54%) Entra ID
4 2 (0.54%) IaaS
4 2 (0.54%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.27%) PaaS
5 1 (0.27%) SaaS
5 1 (0.27%) Smartsheet
5 1 (0.27%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 85 (22.91%) WAN
2 81 (21.83%) MPLS
3 75 (20.22%) IPsec
4 65 (17.52%) BGP
5 48 (12.94%) Junos
6 46 (12.40%) VPN
7 31 (8.36%) Firewall
8 20 (5.39%) Network Security
9 16 (4.31%) Intrusion Detection
10 15 (4.04%) LAN
11 13 (3.50%) SD-WAN
12 12 (3.23%) DNS
13 7 (1.89%) Cisco IOS
13 7 (1.89%) DHCP
13 7 (1.89%) TCP/IP
14 5 (1.35%) Internet
14 5 (1.35%) NX-OS
15 4 (1.08%) ADSL
15 4 (1.08%) Ethernet
16 3 (0.81%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.31%) MySQL
2 15 (4.04%) Amazon Redshift
3 13 (3.50%) Big Data
4 9 (2.43%) DB2
5 8 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.89%) IDMS
7 6 (1.62%) SQL Server
8 4 (1.08%) SAP BW
8 4 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.54%) Power BI
10 1 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.27%) DataStage
10 1 (0.27%) MS Access
10 1 (0.27%) Pentaho
10 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (11.32%) PVCS
1 42 (11.32%) Visual Studio
2 26 (7.01%) Git
3 4 (1.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.54%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.54%) GitLab
5 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
General
1 74 (19.95%) Public Sector
2 29 (7.82%) Social Skills
3 28 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (4.31%) Finance
5 13 (3.50%) Legal
6 8 (2.16%) Telecoms
7 3 (0.81%) Games
7 3 (0.81%) Military
7 3 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.54%) Publishing
9 1 (0.27%) Aeronautics
9 1 (0.27%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.27%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.27%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.27%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.27%) Police
Job Titles
1 51 (13.75%) Analyst
2 49 (13.21%) Programmer
3 46 (12.40%) C Programmer
4 36 (9.70%) Architect
5 35 (9.43%) SOC Analyst
6 34 (9.16%) WAN Engineer
7 33 (8.89%) Network Engineer
8 29 (7.82%) Network Support
9 24 (6.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 24 (6.47%) 3rd Line Support
10 17 (4.58%) Network Architect
11 13 (3.50%) 2nd Line Support
11 13 (3.50%) Developer
11 13 (3.50%) Support Engineer
12 12 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (2.96%) Senior
14 10 (2.70%) Lead
15 9 (2.43%) Consultant
16 8 (2.16%) Security Analyst
16 8 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.04%) Apache NiFi
2 8 (2.16%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (1.08%) YAML
4 2 (0.54%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.54%) REST
5 1 (0.27%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.27%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 49 (13.21%) PKI
2 28 (7.55%) Cyber Defence
3 19 (5.12%) Security Operations Centre
4 17 (4.58%) Distributed Applications
4 17 (4.58%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.70%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.70%) Mainframe
6 9 (2.43%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 8 (2.16%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (2.16%) IBM Mainframe
8 7 (1.89%) SCADA
9 6 (1.62%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.35%) Cyberattack
10 5 (1.35%) Digital Media
10 5 (1.35%) Taxonomies
11 4 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.08%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.81%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 56 (15.09%) Linux
2 50 (13.48%) Windows
3 18 (4.85%) Unix
4 16 (4.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (3.23%) Apple iOS
6 11 (2.96%) Android
6 11 (2.96%) Mac OS X
7 7 (1.89%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.89%) zOS
8 6 (1.62%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.54%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (16.71%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (16.17%) SIEM
3 41 (11.05%) Load Balancing
4 34 (9.16%) Security Operations
5 31 (8.36%) Agile
6 29 (7.82%) Analytics
7 28 (7.55%) Requirements Gathering
7 28 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
8 27 (7.28%) Software Engineering
9 26 (7.01%) Incident Management
10 22 (5.93%) Network Design
10 22 (5.93%) Problem-Solving
11 21 (5.66%) Configuration Management
11 21 (5.66%) Information Security
12 20 (5.39%) Data Analytics
12 20 (5.39%) Data Pipeline
12 20 (5.39%) Scrum
13 18 (4.85%) Incident Response
13 18 (4.85%) Infrastructure as Code
13 18 (4.85%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 50 (13.48%) C
2 43 (11.59%) PL/SQL
3 15 (4.04%) C++
4 11 (2.96%) SQL
5 10 (2.70%) PowerShell
6 9 (2.43%) COBOL
7 8 (2.16%) Java
8 7 (1.89%) C#
8 7 (1.89%) CLIST
8 7 (1.89%) REXX
8 7 (1.89%) SELCOPY
9 5 (1.35%) Python
10 4 (1.08%) R
11 3 (0.81%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.27%) ProC
13 1 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 244 (65.77%) SC Cleared
2 55 (14.82%) DV Cleared
3 19 (5.12%) Degree
4 14 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.96%) CCNP
7 9 (2.43%) CCNA
8 6 (1.62%) BC Cleared
9 5 (1.35%) CISSP
9 5 (1.35%) JNCIS
10 4 (1.08%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.08%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.81%) GIAC
11 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.54%) CASP
12 2 (0.54%) CEH
12 2 (0.54%) GSEC
12 2 (0.54%) PhD
12 2 (0.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.66%) NIST
2 13 (3.50%) Actionable Recommendations
3 11 (2.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 11 (2.96%) GDPR
3 11 (2.96%) HIPAA
3 11 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.96%) QA
4 9 (2.43%) SLA
5 5 (1.35%) ISO 9000
5 5 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 5 (1.35%) ISO17020
5 5 (1.35%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.54%) PMO
7 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.27%) GPG13
System Software
1 22 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (3.23%) VMware NSX
3 11 (2.96%) Active Directory
4 8 (2.16%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.89%) vSphere
6 5 (1.35%) iptables
7 3 (0.81%) VMFS
8 1 (0.27%) Docker
8 1 (0.27%) Firmware
8 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (4.04%) Grafana
2 12 (3.23%) SCCM
3 8 (2.16%) Ansible
3 8 (2.16%) Kibana
3 8 (2.16%) logstash
3 8 (2.16%) Terraform
4 7 (1.89%) vCenter Server
5 5 (1.35%) CSIRT
5 5 (1.35%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Clustering
6 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.08%) Puppet
6 4 (1.08%) Salt
7 3 (0.81%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.54%) VxRail
Vendors
1 83 (22.37%) Juniper
2 30 (8.09%) Microsoft
3 29 (7.82%) Cisco
4 27 (7.28%) VMware
5 23 (6.20%) Red Hat
6 18 (4.85%) Denodo
7 16 (4.31%) Talend
8 10 (2.70%) IBM
9 9 (2.43%) LogRhythm
10 8 (2.16%) Oracle
11 7 (1.89%) Syncsort
12 5 (1.35%) Darktrace
12 5 (1.35%) FireEye
12 5 (1.35%) SAP
12 5 (1.35%) Splunk
12 5 (1.35%) Veeam
13 3 (0.81%) BT
13 3 (0.81%) Fujitsu
13 3 (0.81%) Openreach
13 3 (0.81%) TippingPoint