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 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 2 7 17
Rank change year-on-year +5 +10 -5
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 392 311 356
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.15% 13.83% 9.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 61.25% 52.18% 48.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 194 242
10th Percentile £309 £356 £354
25th Percentile £363 £481 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £553 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.79% +10.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £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 £56.69 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -5.51% +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 640 596 734
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.90% 26.50% 20.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 357 510
10th Percentile £296 £313 £268
25th Percentile £363 £413 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +13.68% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £630 £572
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 37 28 10
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.70 £11.18
25th Percentile £21.25 £13.31 £13.13
Median hourly rate £28.50 £19.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% +13.04% +7.81%
75th Percentile £43.75 £28.75 £20.38
90th Percentile £58.75 £60.05 £20.68
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +39.24% +8.22%

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

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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 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the West Midlands

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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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the West Midlands

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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 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
Birmingham +4 105 £400 -32.63% 61
Shropshire +2 85 £513 -5.09% 9
Solihull +5 57 £375 +7.14% 17
Warwickshire +19 52 £629 +9.38% 16
Herefordshire -1 37 £639 -1.63% 5
Worcestershire 0 22 £550 -8.33% 12
Staffordshire -4 12 £400 +10.03% 41
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 (2.30%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.04%) CMS
3 7 (1.79%) CICS
3 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.79%) SAS
4 5 (1.28%) IIS
5 4 (1.02%) Apache
6 2 (0.51%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) Revit
4 1 (0.26%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) CA PPM
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (0.26%) PeopleSoft HCM
1 1 (0.26%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 16 (4.08%) Azure
2 6 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (0.51%) Entra ID
4 2 (0.51%) IaaS
5 1 (0.26%) AWS
5 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.26%) OCI
5 1 (0.26%) PaaS
5 1 (0.26%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.26%) SaaS
5 1 (0.26%) Smartsheet
5 1 (0.26%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 83 (21.17%) WAN
2 81 (20.66%) MPLS
3 75 (19.13%) IPsec
4 66 (16.84%) BGP
5 48 (12.24%) Junos
6 45 (11.48%) VPN
7 31 (7.91%) Firewall
8 26 (6.63%) Network Security
9 20 (5.10%) Intrusion Detection
10 15 (3.83%) SD-WAN
11 13 (3.32%) LAN
12 12 (3.06%) DNS
13 8 (2.04%) TCP/IP
14 7 (1.79%) DHCP
14 7 (1.79%) NX-OS
15 6 (1.53%) Cisco IOS
16 5 (1.28%) Internet
16 5 (1.28%) Kerberos
17 4 (1.02%) Ethernet
17 4 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.34%) Big Data
2 16 (4.08%) MySQL
3 15 (3.83%) Amazon Redshift
4 9 (2.30%) DB2
5 8 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.79%) IDMS
7 6 (1.53%) SQL Server
8 4 (1.02%) SAP BW
8 4 (1.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.26%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.26%) Metadata
10 1 (0.26%) Metadata Repository
10 1 (0.26%) MS Access
10 1 (0.26%) Pentaho
10 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 42 (10.71%) PVCS
1 42 (10.71%) Visual Studio
2 32 (8.16%) Git
3 4 (1.02%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.51%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.51%) GitLab
5 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
General
1 70 (17.86%) Public Sector
2 33 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (6.63%) Social Skills
4 17 (4.34%) Finance
5 14 (3.57%) Legal
6 8 (2.04%) Telecoms
7 3 (0.77%) Games
7 3 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (0.77%) Military
7 3 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.51%) Publishing
9 1 (0.26%) Aeronautics
9 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.26%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.26%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.26%) Police
Job Titles
1 51 (13.01%) Analyst
2 49 (12.50%) Programmer
3 46 (11.73%) C Programmer
4 38 (9.69%) Architect
5 35 (8.93%) SOC Analyst
6 34 (8.67%) Network Engineer
6 34 (8.67%) WAN Engineer
7 29 (7.40%) Network Support
8 24 (6.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 24 (6.12%) 3rd Line Support
9 18 (4.59%) Network Architect
10 15 (3.83%) Consultant
11 13 (3.32%) 2nd Line Support
11 13 (3.32%) Support Engineer
12 12 (3.06%) Developer
12 12 (3.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (3.06%) Lead
13 11 (2.81%) DevOps Engineer
13 11 (2.81%) Senior
14 9 (2.30%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.85%) Apache NiFi
2 10 (2.55%) YAML
3 8 (2.04%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (1.28%) LDAP
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.51%) Regular Expression
5 2 (0.51%) REST
6 1 (0.26%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.26%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 54 (13.78%) PKI
2 33 (8.42%) Cyber Defence
3 21 (5.36%) Distributed Applications
3 21 (5.36%) Management Information System
4 19 (4.85%) Security Operations Centre
5 11 (2.81%) Cloud Native
5 11 (2.81%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.55%) Mainframe
7 9 (2.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 8 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (2.04%) IBM Mainframe
9 7 (1.79%) SCADA
10 6 (1.53%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (1.28%) Cyberattack
11 5 (1.28%) Replication
11 5 (1.28%) Taxonomies
12 4 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.02%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.77%) Digital Media
13 3 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 67 (17.09%) Linux
2 66 (16.84%) Windows
3 23 (5.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 22 (5.61%) Unix
5 16 (4.08%) Apple iOS
6 15 (3.83%) Android
7 11 (2.81%) Mac OS X
8 7 (1.79%) Windows Server
8 7 (1.79%) zOS
9 6 (1.53%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.51%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (16.84%) Cybersecurity
2 65 (16.58%) SIEM
3 41 (10.46%) Load Balancing
4 38 (9.69%) Security Operations
5 34 (8.67%) Analytics
6 31 (7.91%) Agile
7 29 (7.40%) Software Engineering
8 28 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
9 27 (6.89%) Configuration Management
9 27 (6.89%) Stakeholder Management
10 26 (6.63%) Incident Management
11 24 (6.12%) Data Pipeline
11 24 (6.12%) Information Security
11 24 (6.12%) Infrastructure as Code
11 24 (6.12%) Validation
12 22 (5.61%) Network Design
12 22 (5.61%) Problem-Solving
13 20 (5.10%) Data Analytics
13 20 (5.10%) Data Management
13 20 (5.10%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 50 (12.76%) C
2 43 (10.97%) PL/SQL
3 17 (4.34%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.32%) C++
5 11 (2.81%) SQL
6 9 (2.30%) COBOL
7 7 (1.79%) C#
7 7 (1.79%) CLIST
7 7 (1.79%) Java
7 7 (1.79%) REXX
7 7 (1.79%) SELCOPY
8 4 (1.02%) R
9 2 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.51%) Python
10 1 (0.26%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.26%) ProC
10 1 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 256 (65.31%) SC Cleared
2 67 (17.09%) DV Cleared
3 19 (4.85%) Degree
4 15 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.32%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.55%) CCNP
8 9 (2.30%) CCNA
9 6 (1.53%) BC Cleared
9 6 (1.53%) CISSP
10 5 (1.28%) JNCIS
10 5 (1.28%) OSCP
11 4 (1.02%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.51%) CASP
13 2 (0.51%) CEH
13 2 (0.51%) GIAC
13 2 (0.51%) GSEC
13 2 (0.51%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.36%) NIST
2 17 (4.34%) Actionable Recommendations
3 11 (2.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 11 (2.81%) GDPR
3 11 (2.81%) HIPAA
3 11 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.81%) QA
4 8 (2.04%) SLA
5 5 (1.28%) ISO 9000
5 5 (1.28%) NIST 800
6 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 3 (0.77%) ISO17020
7 2 (0.51%) PMO
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.26%) GPG13
System Software
1 32 (8.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (4.08%) Active Directory
3 14 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (3.57%) VMware NSX
4 9 (2.30%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (2.30%) vSphere
5 5 (1.28%) iptables
6 4 (1.02%) VMFS
7 1 (0.26%) Docker
7 1 (0.26%) Firmware
7 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (3.83%) Grafana
2 14 (3.57%) Ansible
2 14 (3.57%) Terraform
3 12 (3.06%) SCCM
4 11 (2.81%) Progress Chef
5 10 (2.55%) Puppet
5 10 (2.55%) Salt
6 8 (2.04%) Kibana
6 8 (2.04%) logstash
7 7 (1.79%) CSIRT
7 7 (1.79%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Clustering
8 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.77%) Kubernetes
9 3 (0.77%) VxRail
Vendors
1 81 (20.66%) Juniper
2 39 (9.95%) VMware
3 36 (9.18%) Microsoft
4 34 (8.67%) Red Hat
5 31 (7.91%) Cisco
6 18 (4.59%) Denodo
7 16 (4.08%) Talend
8 10 (2.55%) IBM
9 9 (2.30%) Oracle
10 8 (2.04%) CA
10 8 (2.04%) LogRhythm
10 8 (2.04%) SaltStack
11 7 (1.79%) Syncsort
12 5 (1.28%) Darktrace
12 5 (1.28%) FireEye
12 5 (1.28%) SAP
12 5 (1.28%) Splunk
12 5 (1.28%) Veeam
13 3 (0.77%) BT
13 3 (0.77%) Fujitsu