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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 7 15
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 -3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 419 305 357
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.90% 13.79% 9.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 62.26% 52.05% 48.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 190 243
10th Percentile £313 £356 £358
25th Percentile £363 £475 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £553 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.06% +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 10 1
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.30 -
25th Percentile £13.81 £14.00 -
Median hourly rate £14.00 £24.10 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.91% +85.40% -13.33%
75th Percentile £25.88 £50.31 -
90th Percentile £48.75 £66.00 -
England median hourly rate £56.89 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -5.19% +20.00% +26.58%

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 673 586 737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.57% 26.50% 20.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 353 512
10th Percentile £298 £313 £269
25th Percentile £363 £420 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +13.68% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £628 £569
90th Percentile £688 £700 £650
England median daily rate £536 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 27 9
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.60 £11.10
25th Percentile £21.25 £13.31 £13.00
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +37.93% -10.08%
75th Percentile £43.75 £28.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £58.75 £60.90 £20.86
England median hourly rate £40.13 £55.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -27.05% +35.80% +15.71%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -27.27% 64
Shropshire +3 92 £505 -6.48% 6
Solihull +6 67 £375 +7.14% 12
Warwickshire +18 58 £629 +9.38% 16
Herefordshire -1 42 £645 -0.77% 6
Worcestershire 0 24 £550 -8.33% 9
Staffordshire -7 8 £369 +1.45% 37
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 (2.15%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.91%) CMS
3 7 (1.67%) CICS
3 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.67%) SAS
4 5 (1.19%) IIS
5 4 (0.95%) Apache
6 2 (0.48%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 13 (3.10%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.24%) Revit
3 1 (0.24%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (0.48%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 1 (0.24%) CA PPM
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle HRMS
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.24%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.24%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.24%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 19 (4.53%) Azure
2 6 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (0.95%) AWS
3 4 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (0.48%) Amazon EKS
4 2 (0.48%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (0.48%) Entra ID
4 2 (0.48%) IaaS
4 2 (0.48%) OCI
5 1 (0.24%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (0.24%) PaaS
5 1 (0.24%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.24%) SaaS
5 1 (0.24%) Smartsheet
5 1 (0.24%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 80 (19.09%) WAN
2 78 (18.62%) MPLS
3 72 (17.18%) IPsec
4 63 (15.04%) BGP
5 47 (11.22%) Junos
6 44 (10.50%) VPN
7 29 (6.92%) Firewall
8 25 (5.97%) Network Security
9 20 (4.77%) Intrusion Detection
10 17 (4.06%) SD-WAN
11 13 (3.10%) LAN
12 11 (2.63%) DNS
13 9 (2.15%) NX-OS
14 8 (1.91%) TCP/IP
15 7 (1.67%) DHCP
16 6 (1.43%) Cisco IOS
17 5 (1.19%) Internet
17 5 (1.19%) Kerberos
18 4 (0.95%) Ethernet
18 4 (0.95%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.01%) MySQL
2 20 (4.77%) Amazon Redshift
3 17 (4.06%) Big Data
4 9 (2.15%) DB2
5 8 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.67%) IDMS
7 6 (1.43%) SQL Server
8 4 (0.95%) SAP BW
8 4 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.48%) Adabas
9 2 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.24%) Metadata
10 1 (0.24%) Metadata Repository
10 1 (0.24%) Pentaho
10 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.24%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 42 (10.02%) PVCS
1 42 (10.02%) Visual Studio
2 37 (8.83%) Git
3 4 (0.95%) Artifactory
3 4 (0.95%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.72%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.48%) GitLab
6 1 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
General
1 69 (16.47%) Public Sector
2 34 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (6.68%) Social Skills
4 19 (4.53%) Finance
5 14 (3.34%) Legal
6 10 (2.39%) Telecoms
7 4 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (0.72%) Games
8 3 (0.72%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.72%) Military
8 3 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.48%) Electronics
9 2 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.48%) Marketing
9 2 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.48%) Publishing
10 1 (0.24%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.24%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.24%) Police
Job Titles
1 51 (12.17%) Analyst
1 51 (12.17%) Architect
2 49 (11.69%) Programmer
3 46 (10.98%) C Programmer
4 34 (8.11%) SOC Analyst
5 33 (7.88%) Network Engineer
6 31 (7.40%) WAN Engineer
7 28 (6.68%) Network Support
8 24 (5.73%) 3rd Line Support
9 22 (5.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 20 (4.77%) Consultant
10 20 (4.77%) Network Architect
11 16 (3.82%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (3.58%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (3.34%) Developer
13 14 (3.34%) Lead
13 14 (3.34%) Senior
14 12 (2.86%) 2nd Line Support
14 12 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (2.86%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.53%) Apache NiFi
2 10 (2.39%) YAML
3 8 (1.91%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (1.19%) LDAP
5 3 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.48%) Django
6 2 (0.48%) FastAPI
6 2 (0.48%) Flask
6 2 (0.48%) REST
7 1 (0.24%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.24%) Next.js
7 1 (0.24%) React
7 1 (0.24%) Regular Expression
7 1 (0.24%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.24%) SAPUI5
7 1 (0.24%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 51 (12.17%) PKI
2 33 (7.88%) Cyber Defence
3 21 (5.01%) Distributed Applications
3 21 (5.01%) Management Information System
4 19 (4.53%) Security Operations Centre
5 11 (2.63%) Cloud Native
5 11 (2.63%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.39%) Mainframe
7 8 (1.91%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 8 (1.91%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (1.91%) IBM Mainframe
8 7 (1.67%) SCADA
9 6 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.19%) Cyberattack
10 5 (1.19%) Replication
11 4 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.95%) Taxonomies
12 3 (0.72%) Operational Technology
13 2 (0.48%) Security Posture
13 2 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 68 (16.23%) Linux
1 68 (16.23%) Windows
2 24 (5.73%) Android
3 23 (5.49%) Apple iOS
3 23 (5.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 22 (5.25%) Unix
5 10 (2.39%) Mac OS X
6 9 (2.15%) zOS
7 7 (1.67%) Windows Server
8 6 (1.43%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (15.27%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (15.04%) SIEM
3 40 (9.55%) Analytics
3 40 (9.55%) Load Balancing
4 38 (9.07%) Security Operations
5 35 (8.35%) Agile
5 35 (8.35%) Software Engineering
6 33 (7.88%) Requirements Gathering
7 32 (7.64%) Configuration Management
8 28 (6.68%) Stakeholder Management
9 27 (6.44%) DevOps
10 25 (5.97%) Data Analytics
10 25 (5.97%) Problem-Solving
10 25 (5.97%) Scrum
11 24 (5.73%) Data Pipeline
11 24 (5.73%) Incident Management
11 24 (5.73%) Information Security
11 24 (5.73%) Infrastructure as Code
12 23 (5.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 23 (5.49%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 50 (11.93%) C
2 43 (10.26%) PL/SQL
3 17 (4.06%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.10%) C++
5 12 (2.86%) SQL
6 9 (2.15%) COBOL
7 7 (1.67%) C#
7 7 (1.67%) CLIST
7 7 (1.67%) Java
7 7 (1.67%) REXX
7 7 (1.67%) SELCOPY
8 4 (0.95%) Python
8 4 (0.95%) R
9 2 (0.48%) Groovy
9 2 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.48%) Natural
10 1 (0.24%) ABAP
10 1 (0.24%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.24%) ProC
10 1 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 276 (65.87%) SC Cleared
2 75 (17.90%) DV Cleared
3 24 (5.73%) Degree
4 19 (4.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (3.10%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (2.39%) CCNP
8 9 (2.15%) CCNA
9 6 (1.43%) CISSP
10 5 (1.19%) BC Cleared
10 5 (1.19%) JNCIS
10 5 (1.19%) OSCP
11 4 (0.95%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.48%) CEH
13 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.48%) PMP
13 2 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.24%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.77%) NIST
2 17 (4.06%) Actionable Recommendations
3 11 (2.63%) QA
4 10 (2.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 10 (2.39%) GDPR
4 10 (2.39%) HIPAA
4 10 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.91%) SLA
6 5 (1.19%) ISO 9000
6 5 (1.19%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.48%) PMO
8 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.24%) GPG13
System Software
1 33 (7.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (3.82%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.82%) VMware NSX
3 14 (3.34%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (2.63%) vSphere
5 9 (2.15%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.19%) iptables
7 4 (0.95%) VMFS
8 3 (0.72%) Docker
9 1 (0.24%) Firmware
9 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (5.01%) SCCM
2 20 (4.77%) Grafana
3 16 (3.82%) Ansible
3 16 (3.82%) Terraform
4 11 (2.63%) Progress Chef
5 10 (2.39%) Puppet
5 10 (2.39%) Salt
6 9 (2.15%) CSIRT
7 8 (1.91%) AirWatch
7 8 (1.91%) Kibana
7 8 (1.91%) logstash
8 7 (1.67%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Clustering
9 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.72%) Kubernetes
10 3 (0.72%) VxRail
11 2 (0.48%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 78 (18.62%) Juniper
2 44 (10.50%) Microsoft
3 42 (10.02%) VMware
4 34 (8.11%) Red Hat
5 32 (7.64%) Cisco
6 23 (5.49%) Denodo
7 21 (5.01%) Talend
8 10 (2.39%) Apple
8 10 (2.39%) CA
8 10 (2.39%) IBM
8 10 (2.39%) Oracle
9 8 (1.91%) SaltStack
9 8 (1.91%) SAP
10 7 (1.67%) LogRhythm
10 7 (1.67%) Syncsort
11 6 (1.43%) Samsung
12 5 (1.19%) Darktrace
12 5 (1.19%) FireEye
12 5 (1.19%) Splunk
12 5 (1.19%) Veeam