Security Cleared Contracts in the South East

Security Clearance
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 1,904 1,442 1,387
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 33.74% 25.56% 18.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 75.50% 69.66% 57.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 937 917
10th Percentile £400 £329 £363
25th Percentile £481 £429 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -2.33% +13.16%
75th Percentile £675 £619 £650
90th Percentile £738 £700 £700
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 88 45
10th Percentile £22.53 £20.18 £17.00
25th Percentile £54.48 £54.05 £21.00
Median hourly rate £61.70 £63.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.84% +33.68% +18.75%
75th Percentile £84.45 £73.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £91.80 £77.65 £68.45
England median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -5.83% +20.00% +25.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,522 2,070 2,429
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.69% 36.70% 31.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,458 1,336 1,578
10th Percentile £350 £300 £306
25th Percentile £450 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £650 £620 £625
90th Percentile £732 £700 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 133 82
10th Percentile £17.80 £18.70 £18.53
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 £73.59 £57.79
90th Percentile £87.46 £76.74 £67.30
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.75
% change year-on-year -27.27% +38.36% +8.90%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security 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 Security Cleared in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security 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 Security Cleared in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security 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 Security Cleared within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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 0 1,074 £600 +9.09% 162
Thames Valley +1 741 £563 +10.29% 201
Berkshire +2 585 £600 +4.35% 141
Buckinghamshire 0 148 £511 +8.72% 38
Surrey +7 57 £625 +4.17% 43
West Sussex -21 15 £575 - 12
Kent +3 9 £294 -2.00% 11
Oxfordshire -11 8 £650 +44.44% 23
M4 Corridor - 3 £540 -
Middlesex - 2 £180 -
Sussex -4 1 £550 -8.33% 1
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England

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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 38 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (1.21%) Confluence
3 20 (1.05%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.26%) IIS
5 4 (0.21%) Apache
5 4 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.21%) SAS
6 3 (0.16%) CICS
6 3 (0.16%) CMS
6 3 (0.16%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.053%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.053%) JBoss
7 1 (0.053%) Moodle
7 1 (0.053%) nginx
7 1 (0.053%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.053%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.053%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.053%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 71 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.58%) Simulink
4 9 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.26%) Siemens NX
7 4 (0.21%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
9 1 (0.053%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.053%) Blender
9 1 (0.053%) Stata
Business Applications
1 27 (1.42%) SAP QM
2 26 (1.37%) Primavera
3 22 (1.16%) SAP EWM
4 11 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.42%) Teamcenter
6 7 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.37%) SAP HR
7 4 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.11%) Infor M3
8 2 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.053%) CA PPM
9 1 (0.053%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (0.053%) SAP BRIM
9 1 (0.053%) SAP Hybris
9 1 (0.053%) SAP PLM
9 1 (0.053%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 185 (9.72%) Azure
2 99 (5.20%) AWS
3 52 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (1.47%) OpenShift
5 27 (1.42%) Entra ID
6 26 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
8 20 (1.05%) Azure Storage
9 16 (0.84%) GitHub
9 16 (0.84%) OCI
10 14 (0.74%) Power Platform
11 12 (0.63%) IaaS
12 8 (0.42%) GCP
13 7 (0.37%) SuccessFactors
14 6 (0.32%) PaaS
15 5 (0.26%) Boomi
16 4 (0.21%) Dynamics 365
16 4 (0.21%) GitHub Actions
16 4 (0.21%) SaaS
16 4 (0.21%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 171 (8.98%) Firewall
2 108 (5.67%) WAN
3 93 (4.88%) LAN
4 88 (4.62%) DNS
5 74 (3.89%) SSL
6 66 (3.47%) DHCP
7 56 (2.94%) BGP
8 53 (2.78%) SAN
9 44 (2.31%) VPN
10 39 (2.05%) Network Security
11 38 (2.00%) Cisco Firepower
12 32 (1.68%) MPLS
13 29 (1.52%) Intrusion Detection
14 25 (1.31%) OSPF
15 24 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
16 23 (1.21%) EIGRP
16 23 (1.21%) SD-WAN
17 22 (1.16%) TCP/IP
17 22 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
18 19 (1.00%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (1.42%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.31%) Oracle Database
4 15 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (0.68%) MySQL
6 12 (0.63%) Oracle Database 11g
7 11 (0.58%) MongoDB
8 10 (0.53%) SAP HANA
9 9 (0.47%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.37%) MariaDB
10 7 (0.37%) Metadata
11 6 (0.32%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.26%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.16%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.16%) DB2
13 3 (0.16%) Geospatial Data
13 3 (0.16%) IDMS
14 2 (0.11%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
14 2 (0.11%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 49 (2.57%) Git
2 48 (2.52%) Jenkins
3 43 (2.26%) GitLab
4 37 (1.94%) JIRA
5 32 (1.68%) Selenium
6 25 (1.31%) Cucumber
6 25 (1.31%) SonarQube
7 24 (1.26%) REST Assured
7 24 (1.26%) Robot Framework
8 19 (1.00%) MSI
9 18 (0.95%) TestRail
10 15 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
11 14 (0.74%) Visual Studio
12 10 (0.53%) Bitbucket
13 9 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
14 6 (0.32%) Artifactory
15 5 (0.26%) ClearCase
15 5 (0.26%) ClearQuest
15 5 (0.26%) Eclipse
16 4 (0.21%) InstallShield
General
1 289 (15.18%) Social Skills
2 280 (14.71%) Public Sector
3 125 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (3.89%) Finance
5 55 (2.89%) Aerospace
6 51 (2.68%) Military
7 40 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
8 34 (1.79%) Telecoms
9 24 (1.26%) Law
10 23 (1.21%) Electronics
11 17 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (0.84%) Manufacturing
13 13 (0.68%) Police
14 11 (0.58%) Marketing
15 9 (0.47%) Aviation
16 7 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 4 (0.21%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.21%) Pharmaceutical
18 3 (0.16%) Advertising
18 3 (0.16%) Legal
Job Titles
1 497 (26.10%) Architect
2 166 (8.72%) Senior
3 140 (7.35%) Network Architect
4 123 (6.46%) Consultant
5 105 (5.51%) Network Engineer
6 101 (5.30%) Developer
7 99 (5.20%) Analyst
8 91 (4.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 86 (4.52%) Security Architect
10 77 (4.04%) Infrastructure Architect
11 66 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
12 64 (3.36%) SAP Consultant
13 57 (2.99%) Project Manager
14 50 (2.63%) Administrator
15 48 (2.52%) Lead
16 43 (2.26%) Systems Administrator
17 42 (2.21%) Security Engineer
17 42 (2.21%) Support Specialist
18 41 (2.15%) Support Engineer
19 39 (2.05%) Active Directory Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.36%) Web Services
2 33 (1.73%) ARM Templates
2 33 (1.73%) REST
3 25 (1.31%) Java EE
4 22 (1.16%) .NET
5 21 (1.10%) HTML
6 14 (0.74%) ASP.NET
6 14 (0.74%) Kafka
6 14 (0.74%) YAML
7 13 (0.68%) Flash
7 13 (0.68%) Itk
8 12 (0.63%) Elastic Stack
9 11 (0.58%) CSS
10 10 (0.53%) Node.js
10 10 (0.53%) SAP Basis
11 8 (0.42%) LDAP
12 7 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
13 6 (0.32%) AngularJS
13 6 (0.32%) React
14 5 (0.26%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 159 (8.35%) PKI
2 47 (2.47%) Data Centre
3 41 (2.15%) Driving Licence
4 39 (2.05%) Management Information System
5 34 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
5 34 (1.79%) Product Ownership
6 33 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (1.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 26 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
9 23 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
10 22 (1.16%) Client/Server
11 19 (1.00%) Cloud Native
12 18 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (0.58%) Clustering
13 11 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (0.58%) Replication
14 10 (0.53%) FPGA
15 8 (0.42%) Private Cloud
16 7 (0.37%) Distributed Systems
17 6 (0.32%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 321 (16.86%) Windows
2 236 (12.39%) Linux
3 161 (8.46%) Windows Server
4 90 (4.73%) Windows Server 2019
5 83 (4.36%) Windows 10
6 74 (3.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 64 (3.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 58 (3.05%) Windows Server 2012
9 35 (1.84%) Windows 7
10 27 (1.42%) Unix
11 17 (0.89%) Windows NT
12 14 (0.74%) AIX
12 14 (0.74%) Ubuntu
12 14 (0.74%) Windows XP
13 11 (0.58%) Debian
14 8 (0.42%) VMS
15 3 (0.16%) Solaris
15 3 (0.16%) zOS
16 1 (0.053%) CentOS
16 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (16.81%) Agile
2 215 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
3 192 (10.08%) DevOps
4 160 (8.40%) ITIL
5 125 (6.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 113 (5.93%) Project Management
7 111 (5.83%) Cybersecurity
8 103 (5.41%) Service Management
9 100 (5.25%) Customer Requirements
10 93 (4.88%) Software Engineering
10 93 (4.88%) Test Automation
11 81 (4.25%) Infrastructure as Code
11 81 (4.25%) SIEM
11 81 (4.25%) Stakeholder Management
12 79 (4.15%) Network Design
13 73 (3.83%) Performance Tuning
13 73 (3.83%) Prototyping
14 69 (3.62%) Technical Leadership
15 68 (3.57%) Project Delivery
16 67 (3.52%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 203 (10.66%) PowerShell
2 129 (6.78%) Python
3 79 (4.15%) Java
4 57 (2.99%) SQL
5 50 (2.63%) C#
6 41 (2.15%) VBScript
7 40 (2.10%) C++
8 31 (1.63%) C
9 24 (1.26%) Shell Script
10 23 (1.21%) Bash
11 22 (1.16%) VB
12 21 (1.10%) JavaScript
13 20 (1.05%) Bicep
14 14 (0.74%) PHP
15 12 (0.63%) PL/SQL
16 11 (0.58%) MATLAB
17 8 (0.42%) Go
18 5 (0.26%) Embedded C
18 5 (0.26%) Embedded C++
19 3 (0.16%) REXX
Qualifications
1 904 (47.48%) DV Cleared
2 870 (45.69%) SC Cleared
3 143 (7.51%) Degree
4 53 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
5 44 (2.31%) CCNP
6 31 (1.63%) CCNA
7 27 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 22 (1.16%) ISTQB
9 21 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 18 (0.95%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 17 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 16 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (0.58%) CISM
13 11 (0.58%) MCSE
14 10 (0.53%) PMI Certification
15 9 (0.47%) JNCIA
16 8 (0.42%) APMP
16 8 (0.42%) ISEB
16 8 (0.42%) JNCIS
16 8 (0.42%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (2.52%) SLA
2 36 (1.89%) NIST
3 32 (1.68%) QA
4 25 (1.31%) NIST 800
5 17 (0.89%) PMO
6 14 (0.74%) RMADS
7 12 (0.63%) NCSC
8 9 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 7 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.32%) GDPR
11 5 (0.26%) ISO 9000
12 4 (0.21%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.16%) PMBOK
14 2 (0.11%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.11%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.11%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.053%) DO-178B
15 1 (0.053%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 223 (11.71%) Active Directory
2 165 (8.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (2.63%) Hyper-V
4 44 (2.31%) VMware NSX
5 38 (2.00%) Firmware
6 37 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
7 36 (1.89%) vSphere
8 27 (1.42%) Docker
9 24 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
10 20 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.16%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 3 (0.16%) VMFS
13 2 (0.11%) VirtualBox
14 1 (0.053%) LXC
14 1 (0.053%) UAG
14 1 (0.053%) vCloud
14 1 (0.053%) XenApp
14 1 (0.053%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 136 (7.14%) Ansible
2 99 (5.20%) Terraform
3 97 (5.09%) SCCM
4 83 (4.36%) Kubernetes
5 79 (4.15%) WSUS
6 45 (2.36%) SCOM
7 29 (1.52%) Endace
8 27 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
9 26 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 25 (1.31%) FortiGate
11 20 (1.05%) vCenter Server
12 18 (0.95%) Grafana
13 17 (0.89%) Sysprep
13 17 (0.89%) vRealize
14 16 (0.84%) Istio
14 16 (0.84%) Kibana
14 16 (0.84%) WMI
15 15 (0.79%) Nessus
16 14 (0.74%) EMC NetWorker
16 14 (0.74%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 349 (18.33%) Microsoft
2 249 (13.08%) VMware
3 188 (9.87%) Cisco
4 163 (8.56%) Juniper
5 91 (4.78%) SAP
6 68 (3.57%) Red Hat
7 64 (3.36%) Oracle
8 55 (2.89%) F5
9 52 (2.73%) Fortinet
9 52 (2.73%) HP
10 41 (2.15%) Palo Alto
11 39 (2.05%) Dell
12 35 (1.84%) IBM
13 24 (1.26%) ServiceNow
14 19 (1.00%) EMC
14 19 (1.00%) SolarWinds
14 19 (1.00%) Veeam
15 17 (0.89%) ArcSight
16 16 (0.84%) Brocade
17 15 (0.79%) Symantec