SC Cleared Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Security Check (SC) Clearance
South East > Buckinghamshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +16
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 116 277 246
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 23.82% 31.84% 26.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 62.70% 75.89% 67.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 233 229
10th Percentile £370 £320 £360
25th Percentile £415 £400 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £470 £480
Median % change year-on-year +8.72% -2.08% -12.73%
75th Percentile £560 £550 £600
90th Percentile £645 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £575 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +12.75% -2.86% +6.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile - - £14.30
25th Percentile £18.00 - £18.31
Median hourly rate £20.25 £13.57 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.23% -45.72% -36.71%
75th Percentile £22.52 - £40.00
90th Percentile £22.55 - £49.00
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £62.55 £54.96
% change year-on-year -4.08% +13.82% +22.12%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 185 365 365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 37.99% 41.95% 39.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 301 315
10th Percentile £359 £320 £266
25th Percentile £415 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.94%
75th Percentile £590 £556 £585
90th Percentile £746 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 7
10th Percentile £15.85 £10.31 £13.35
25th Percentile £18.00 £11.54 £16.64
Median hourly rate £22.50 £13.57 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.81% -35.38% -46.84%
75th Percentile £27.50 £16.16 £40.00
90th Percentile - £17.71 £65.70
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +33.33% +5.88%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Buckinghamshire

SC Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Buckinghamshire

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Buckinghamshire

SC Cleared
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Buckinghamshire

SC Cleared
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire 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
Milton Keynes 0 104 £511 +8.72% 16
Buckingham - 1 £418 -
SC Cleared
South East

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (7.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.03%) Azure
2 6 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (4.31%) AWS
4 2 (1.72%) IaaS
4 2 (1.72%) PaaS
4 2 (1.72%) SaaS
5 1 (0.86%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.86%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.79%) TCP/IP
2 10 (8.62%) SAN
3 7 (6.03%) DHCP
3 7 (6.03%) DNS
3 7 (6.03%) VPN
4 4 (3.45%) Firewall
4 4 (3.45%) Network Security
4 4 (3.45%) VSAN
5 2 (1.72%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (1.72%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (1.72%) Wireless
6 1 (0.86%) WAN
General
1 16 (13.79%) Social Skills
2 11 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.90%) Finance
4 7 (6.03%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.17%) Military
6 3 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.86%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (21.55%) Analyst
2 18 (15.52%) Developer
2 18 (15.52%) Senior
3 17 (14.66%) Python Developer
4 12 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (9.48%) Architect
6 8 (6.90%) Security Analyst
7 7 (6.03%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
7 7 (6.03%) Operations Engineer
8 6 (5.17%) Business Analyst
8 6 (5.17%) Senior Architect
8 6 (5.17%) Senior Solutions Architect
8 6 (5.17%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (5.17%) VMware Engineer
9 5 (4.31%) Active Directory Engineer
9 5 (4.31%) Change Analyst
9 5 (4.31%) Lead
9 5 (4.31%) PMO Lead
9 5 (4.31%) VMware Architect
10 4 (3.45%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.86%) .NET
1 1 (0.86%) .NET Core
1 1 (0.86%) AngularJS
1 1 (0.86%) ASP.NET
1 1 (0.86%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (0.86%) CSS
1 1 (0.86%) CSS3
1 1 (0.86%) HTML
1 1 (0.86%) HTML5
1 1 (0.86%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.03%) PKI
2 4 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (3.45%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.72%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.72%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.86%) Clustering
4 1 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.86%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.86%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.86%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.86%) Smartphone
4 1 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (12.07%) Linux
2 12 (10.34%) Windows
3 10 (8.62%) Debian
3 10 (8.62%) Ubuntu
4 7 (6.03%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.72%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.86%) CentOS
6 1 (0.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (31.90%) Agile
2 30 (25.86%) ITIL
3 19 (16.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 12 (10.34%) Configuration Management
4 12 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (10.34%) Project Management
5 11 (9.48%) Customer Service
5 11 (9.48%) Release Management
6 10 (8.62%) Data Modelling
6 10 (8.62%) Prototyping
7 9 (7.76%) Data Engineering
7 9 (7.76%) Service Management
7 9 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (7.76%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 8 (6.90%) Business Case
8 8 (6.90%) Matrix Organization
8 8 (6.90%) PRINCE2
9 7 (6.03%) Incident Management
9 7 (6.03%) Problem Management
10 6 (5.17%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.52%) Python
2 10 (8.62%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.86%) C#
3 1 (0.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 116 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 46 (39.66%) DV Cleared
3 11 (9.48%) Degree
4 5 (4.31%) CCNP
4 5 (4.31%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (3.45%) VCAP
5 4 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.59%) ISEB
6 3 (2.59%) MCSE
6 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.59%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.59%) PMP
7 2 (1.72%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.72%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (0.86%) CISM
8 1 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.17%) NCSC
1 6 (5.17%) NIST
2 5 (4.31%) PMO
3 4 (3.45%) SLA
4 1 (0.86%) QA
System Software
1 15 (12.93%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.45%) VMware NSX
2 4 (3.45%) vSphere
3 2 (1.72%) Firmware
4 1 (0.86%) Docker
4 1 (0.86%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 3 (2.59%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.72%) Nessus
2 2 (1.72%) SELinux
2 2 (1.72%) yum
3 1 (0.86%) Ansible
3 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 37 (31.90%) Microsoft
2 36 (31.03%) VMware
3 10 (8.62%) Red Hat
4 3 (2.59%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.72%) Cisco
5 2 (1.72%) Juniper
5 2 (1.72%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.72%) ScienceLogic
5 2 (1.72%) Veeam
6 1 (0.86%) Apple
6 1 (0.86%) Citrix
6 1 (0.86%) Computacenter
6 1 (0.86%) Dell
6 1 (0.86%) HP
6 1 (0.86%) NEC
6 1 (0.86%) Oracle
6 1 (0.86%) Remedy
6 1 (0.86%) Snow
6 1 (0.86%) TippingPoint
6 1 (0.86%) Trend Micro