SC Cleared Contracts in the South East

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > South East

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

6 months to
2 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 871 1,026 990
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 15.42% 18.10% 12.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.51% 49.30% 40.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 607 716 725
10th Percentile £400 £308 £360
25th Percentile £482 £414 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% -2.86% +6.33%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £638
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 66 33
10th Percentile £18.00 £19.00 £19.52
25th Percentile £28.45 £53.13 £45.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.55 £54.96
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% +13.82% +22.12%
75th Percentile £69.06 £73.10 £65.30
90th Percentile £84.45 £77.47 £79.75
England median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 £50.85
% change year-on-year -13.04% +13.08% +19.65%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,524 2,081 2,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.70% 36.71% 31.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,459 1,343 1,574
10th Percentile £350 £300 £307
25th Percentile £450 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £650 £619 £625
90th Percentile £731 £700 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 134 83
10th Percentile £17.80 £18.80 £17.30
25th Percentile £30.21 £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 £73.32 £57.21
90th Percentile £87.46 £76.62 £67.11
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +39.24% +8.22%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -1 436 £550 +7.32% 88
Thames Valley -1 362 £590 +18.00% 111
Berkshire 0 243 £605 +6.14% 72
Buckinghamshire 0 116 £511 +8.72% 24
Surrey +13 46 £625 +3.73% 28
West Sussex -22 13 £575 -0.86% 6
Kent +4 9 £294 -0.34% 6
Oxfordshire +3 3 £650 +45.25% 15
Middlesex - 2 £180 -
Sussex -4 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 36 (4.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (2.18%) Confluence
3 18 (2.07%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.57%) IIS
5 4 (0.46%) SAS
6 3 (0.34%) Apache
6 3 (0.34%) CICS
6 3 (0.34%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.11%) CMS
7 1 (0.11%) JBoss
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.03%) Simulink
5 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.11%) Stata
Business Applications
1 20 (2.30%) SAP EWM
2 13 (1.49%) SAP QM
3 7 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.80%) Primavera
3 7 (0.80%) SAP HR
4 5 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
7 1 (0.11%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 130 (14.93%) Azure
2 76 (8.73%) AWS
3 34 (3.90%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (2.99%) Entra ID
4 26 (2.99%) OpenShift
5 21 (2.41%) Azure Monitor
6 20 (2.30%) Azure Storage
7 16 (1.84%) OCI
8 13 (1.49%) GitHub
9 12 (1.38%) Power Platform
10 10 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (0.80%) IaaS
11 7 (0.80%) SuccessFactors
12 5 (0.57%) Boomi
12 5 (0.57%) GCP
13 4 (0.46%) Serverless
14 3 (0.34%) Amazon ECS
14 3 (0.34%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (0.34%) Amazon S3
14 3 (0.34%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 76 (8.73%) Firewall
2 64 (7.35%) DNS
3 54 (6.20%) DHCP
4 45 (5.17%) SAN
5 39 (4.48%) SSL
6 29 (3.33%) WAN
7 21 (2.41%) Network Security
8 19 (2.18%) TCP/IP
8 19 (2.18%) VPN
9 15 (1.72%) Wireless
10 14 (1.61%) BGP
11 12 (1.38%) MPLS
11 12 (1.38%) SD-WAN
12 11 (1.26%) LAN
13 10 (1.15%) Cisco Firepower
13 10 (1.15%) Cisco ISE
14 9 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
15 6 (0.69%) Internet
15 6 (0.69%) SNMP
15 6 (0.69%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.63%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (2.18%) Oracle Database
3 15 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
4 12 (1.38%) MySQL
4 12 (1.38%) Oracle Database 11g
4 12 (1.38%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.15%) MongoDB
6 9 (1.03%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.57%) RDBMS
7 5 (0.57%) SAP HANA
8 4 (0.46%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.46%) Metadata
9 3 (0.34%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.34%) DB2
9 3 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.34%) IDMS
10 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 2 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.23%) Lumira
10 2 (0.23%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 45 (5.17%) Jenkins
2 44 (5.05%) Git
3 38 (4.36%) GitLab
4 31 (3.56%) JIRA
5 26 (2.99%) Selenium
6 25 (2.87%) Cucumber
6 25 (2.87%) SonarQube
7 24 (2.76%) REST Assured
8 14 (1.61%) Visual Studio
9 9 (1.03%) Bitbucket
10 8 (0.92%) Rational DOORS
11 6 (0.69%) Artifactory
12 5 (0.57%) ClearCase
12 5 (0.57%) ClearQuest
12 5 (0.57%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.34%) GoogleTest
13 3 (0.34%) Robot Framework
14 1 (0.11%) Appium
14 1 (0.11%) MSTest
14 1 (0.11%) SpecFlow
General
1 131 (15.04%) Social Skills
2 96 (11.02%) Public Sector
3 60 (6.89%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (5.51%) Aerospace
5 37 (4.25%) Military
6 32 (3.67%) Finance
7 24 (2.76%) Law
8 13 (1.49%) Police
9 12 (1.38%) Electronics
9 12 (1.38%) Telecoms
10 7 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.23%) Advertising
14 1 (0.11%) Legal
14 1 (0.11%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.11%) Marketing
14 1 (0.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 113 (12.97%) Architect
2 92 (10.56%) Developer
3 78 (8.96%) Consultant
4 57 (6.54%) Senior
5 55 (6.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 45 (5.17%) Analyst
7 42 (4.82%) SAP Consultant
8 40 (4.59%) Network Engineer
9 39 (4.48%) Active Directory Support
10 38 (4.36%) Support Specialist
11 28 (3.21%) Network Architect
12 27 (3.10%) Active Directory Specialist
12 27 (3.10%) Azure Specialist
13 26 (2.99%) Software Engineer
14 25 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
15 24 (2.76%) Project Manager
16 23 (2.64%) DevOps Engineer
17 20 (2.30%) Support Engineer
18 19 (2.18%) Java Engineer
18 19 (2.18%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.79%) ARM Templates
1 33 (3.79%) REST
2 27 (3.10%) Web Services
3 25 (2.87%) Java EE
4 20 (2.30%) .NET
5 19 (2.18%) HTML
6 14 (1.61%) ASP.NET
6 14 (1.61%) Kafka
7 12 (1.38%) Flash
7 12 (1.38%) YAML
8 9 (1.03%) CSS
8 9 (1.03%) Node.js
9 8 (0.92%) LDAP
10 5 (0.57%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (0.57%) Keycloak
10 5 (0.57%) SAP Basis
11 4 (0.46%) React
12 3 (0.34%) OpenID
12 3 (0.34%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 80 (9.18%) PKI
2 28 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (2.87%) Data Centre
4 21 (2.41%) Linux Command Line
5 20 (2.30%) Management Information System
6 19 (2.18%) Cloud Native
7 16 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.38%) Driving Licence
9 11 (1.26%) Clustering
9 11 (1.26%) Replication
10 7 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (0.80%) FPGA
11 6 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (0.69%) Mainframe
11 6 (0.69%) Operational Technology
11 6 (0.69%) PMI
11 6 (0.69%) Public Cloud
12 5 (0.57%) SCADA
13 4 (0.46%) Cyber Threat
13 4 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 155 (17.80%) Linux
2 117 (13.43%) Windows
3 61 (7.00%) Windows Server
4 41 (4.71%) Windows Server 2019
5 36 (4.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 34 (3.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 22 (2.53%) Windows 10
7 22 (2.53%) Windows Server 2012
8 20 (2.30%) Unix
9 14 (1.61%) Ubuntu
9 14 (1.61%) Windows XP
10 13 (1.49%) AIX
11 10 (1.15%) Debian
12 8 (0.92%) VMS
12 8 (0.92%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.34%) zOS
14 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.11%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (17.11%) Agile
2 110 (12.63%) DevOps
3 105 (12.06%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (8.96%) Software Engineering
5 76 (8.73%) ITIL
6 71 (8.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 70 (8.04%) Infrastructure as Code
8 57 (6.54%) Performance Tuning
9 56 (6.43%) Containerisation
10 50 (5.74%) Project Management
10 50 (5.74%) Test Automation
11 44 (5.05%) Configuration Management
11 44 (5.05%) Technical Leadership
12 43 (4.94%) Scrum
13 39 (4.48%) Service Management
14 37 (4.25%) Migration
14 37 (4.25%) Threat Modelling
15 36 (4.13%) Decision-Making
15 36 (4.13%) Release Management
16 35 (4.02%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 90 (10.33%) PowerShell
2 55 (6.31%) Java
3 50 (5.74%) Python
4 43 (4.94%) C#
5 38 (4.36%) SQL
6 26 (2.99%) C++
7 23 (2.64%) Shell Script
8 21 (2.41%) VB
8 21 (2.41%) VBScript
9 20 (2.30%) Bicep
10 19 (2.18%) Bash
10 19 (2.18%) JavaScript
11 17 (1.95%) C
12 13 (1.49%) PHP
13 12 (1.38%) PL/SQL
14 9 (1.03%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.57%) Go
16 3 (0.34%) CLIST
16 3 (0.34%) COBOL
16 3 (0.34%) REXX
Qualifications
1 871 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 194 (22.27%) DV Cleared
3 95 (10.91%) Degree
4 30 (3.44%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (3.33%) CCNP
6 25 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
7 21 (2.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 20 (2.30%) CCNA
9 13 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 12 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (1.26%) MCSE
12 9 (1.03%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.92%) MCSA
14 7 (0.80%) JNCIS
15 5 (0.57%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.57%) PMP
16 4 (0.46%) CCSA
16 4 (0.46%) CISM
16 4 (0.46%) HND
16 4 (0.46%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (2.07%) SLA
2 10 (1.15%) NCSC
3 9 (1.03%) NIST
3 9 (1.03%) PMO
3 9 (1.03%) QA
4 6 (0.69%) GDPR
4 6 (0.69%) RMADS
5 4 (0.46%) Def Stans
6 3 (0.34%) ISO 9000
6 3 (0.34%) PMBOK
7 2 (0.23%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.23%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.11%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.11%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 124 (14.24%) Active Directory
2 62 (7.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (4.02%) Virtual Machines
4 26 (2.99%) vSphere
5 25 (2.87%) Hyper-V
6 23 (2.64%) Docker
7 21 (2.41%) VMware ESXi
8 20 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (1.72%) VMware NSX
10 8 (0.92%) Firmware
11 3 (0.34%) VMFS
12 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.11%) LXC
12 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.11%) vCloud
12 1 (0.11%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.11%) XenApp
12 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 82 (9.41%) Ansible
2 71 (8.15%) Kubernetes
3 48 (5.51%) Terraform
4 43 (4.94%) SCCM
5 40 (4.59%) WSUS
6 38 (4.36%) SCOM
7 25 (2.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 25 (2.87%) Microsoft Intune
8 19 (2.18%) vCenter Server
9 16 (1.84%) Grafana
9 16 (1.84%) Istio
10 14 (1.61%) EMC NetWorker
10 14 (1.61%) NetBackup
11 12 (1.38%) Argo
11 12 (1.38%) Docker Swarm
11 12 (1.38%) Kibana
11 12 (1.38%) Podman
11 12 (1.38%) Prometheus
12 11 (1.26%) Netcool
13 10 (1.15%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 140 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 118 (13.55%) VMware
3 69 (7.92%) Cisco
4 61 (7.00%) Red Hat
5 57 (6.54%) SAP
6 56 (6.43%) Oracle
7 51 (5.86%) Juniper
8 32 (3.67%) IBM
9 25 (2.87%) Palo Alto
10 23 (2.64%) Dell
11 20 (2.30%) HP
12 19 (2.18%) SolarWinds
12 19 (2.18%) Veeam
13 18 (2.07%) EMC
13 18 (2.07%) F5
14 15 (1.72%) Brocade
14 15 (1.72%) Symantec
15 14 (1.61%) 3PAR
15 14 (1.61%) Fortinet
15 14 (1.61%) ServiceNow