SC Cleared Contracts in Bedfordshire

Security Check (SC) Clearance
East of England > Bedfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for SC 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 17 15 26
Rank change year-on-year -2 +11 -13
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 16 15 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 6.75% 8.77% 5.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.36% 30.61% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 3
10th Percentile £400 £443 -
25th Percentile £425 £462 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £600 £400
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +50.00% -23.27%
75th Percentile £509 £644 £450
90th Percentile £518 £644 £480
East of England median daily rate £345 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -31.00% -1.96% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 9
10th Percentile £57.25 £72.00 £50.50
25th Percentile £62.50 £75.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £82.50 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.21% +39.83% -
75th Percentile £67.50 £87.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £80.25 £89.00 £69.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -30.43% +15.00% +48.06%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 44 49 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 18.57% 28.65% 20.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 35 31
10th Percentile £295 £208 £185
25th Percentile £300 £428 £349
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +33.33% -21.05%
75th Percentile £519 £628 £434
90th Percentile £570 £648 £488
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 12
10th Percentile £30.70 £72.00 £16.23
25th Percentile £38.61 £75.00 £50.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £82.50 £58.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.21% +41.63% -
75th Percentile £65.63 £87.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £89.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £36.27 £21.00 £19.81
% change year-on-year +72.73% +6.01% -14.65%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Bedfordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Bedfordshire.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Bedfordshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Bedfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Bedfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Bedfordshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in Bedfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire 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
Luton -5 12 £488 -18.75% 15
SC Cleared
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Teamcenter
2 1 (6.25%) Primavera
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) LabVIEW
1 1 (6.25%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (43.75%) Public Sector
2 3 (18.75%) Aerospace
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Advertising
4 1 (6.25%) Military
4 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Contracts Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Embedded Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Embedded Software Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Software Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Configuration Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Firmware Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Lead
4 1 (6.25%) Principal Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Project Planner
4 1 (6.25%) Requirements Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Security Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
1 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (6.25%) Verilog
1 1 (6.25%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) CI/CD
1 3 (18.75%) Continuous Delivery
1 3 (18.75%) Continuous Integration
1 3 (18.75%) Design Patterns
1 3 (18.75%) OO
1 3 (18.75%) Software Engineering
1 3 (18.75%) SOLID
2 2 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (6.25%) Change Management
3 1 (6.25%) Configuration Management
3 1 (6.25%) Contract Management
3 1 (6.25%) Cryptography
3 1 (6.25%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (6.25%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (6.25%) Patch Management
3 1 (6.25%) Pricing Strategy
3 1 (6.25%) Risk Management
3 1 (6.25%) Security Management
3 1 (6.25%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (6.25%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Def Stans
1 1 (6.25%) JSP 440
1 1 (6.25%) NCSC
1 1 (6.25%) NIST
1 1 (6.25%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 2 (12.50%) SAP
2 1 (6.25%) IBM
2 1 (6.25%) Xilinx