Security Cleared Contracts in Scotland

Security Clearance
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 23 35
Rank change year-on-year +15 +12 -17
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 271 224 209
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 12.60% 8.29% 6.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 47.05% 38.89% 36.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 147 117
10th Percentile £215 £300 £193
25th Percentile £340 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £460
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -2.17% +2.22%
75th Percentile £600 £555 £581
90th Percentile £725 £650 £643
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 17
10th Percentile £12.50 £17.01 £21.00
25th Percentile £24.75 £21.36 £25.28
Median hourly rate £57.50 £36.84 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.10% -26.33% -18.70%
75th Percentile £71.25 £57.90 £56.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.27 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £55.80 £60.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -7.00% +13.21% +27.98%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 576 576 575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 26.78% 21.31% 16.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 385 354
10th Percentile £179 £163 £200
25th Percentile £313 £380 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £613 £634
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 11 18
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.75 £21.00
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.87 £25.28
Median hourly rate £22.95 £21.26 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +7.94% -56.39% +32.65%
75th Percentile £41.96 £56.77 £55.96
90th Percentile £65.60 £65.00 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.56 £43.95
% change year-on-year -26.69% +24.14% +16.73%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Scotland

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Glasgow +4 99 £575 +27.78% 36
South Lanarkshire 0 82 £575 +27.78%
Edinburgh +68 53 £340 -19.05% 50
Renfrewshire 0 25 £350 -33.33% 2
Dundee +7 5 - - 1
Highlands - 3 - -
West Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Security Cleared
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 67 (24.72%) Confluence
2 18 (6.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.37%) GeoServer
3 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (8.86%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.85%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (4.43%) Azure
2 10 (3.69%) Power Platform
3 9 (3.32%) AWS
3 9 (3.32%) Entra ID
3 9 (3.32%) Power Automate
3 9 (3.32%) PowerApps
4 5 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.37%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.37%) Amazon SQS
5 1 (0.37%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.37%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.37%) IaaS
5 1 (0.37%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.37%) PaaS
5 1 (0.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.38%) DNS
2 19 (7.01%) DHCP
3 18 (6.64%) VPN
4 11 (4.06%) VoIP
5 6 (2.21%) Firewall
6 5 (1.85%) VSAN
7 4 (1.48%) SMTP
8 1 (0.37%) Internet
8 1 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.37%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.80%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.69%) Power BI
3 8 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.85%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.48%) Metadata
5 4 (1.48%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.74%) Big Data
6 2 (0.74%) GIS
6 2 (0.74%) MySQL
7 1 (0.37%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.37%) DTS
7 1 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.37%) Impala
7 1 (0.37%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.37%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 83 (30.63%) JIRA
2 5 (1.85%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (1.11%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.74%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.37%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.37%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.37%) Gatling
5 1 (0.37%) Git
5 1 (0.37%) JMeter
5 1 (0.37%) Selenium
5 1 (0.37%) WebDriver
General
1 107 (39.48%) Public Sector
2 47 (17.34%) Social Skills
3 18 (6.64%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.80%) Finance
5 6 (2.21%) Aerospace
6 5 (1.85%) Electronics
6 5 (1.85%) Manufacturing
6 5 (1.85%) Marketing
6 5 (1.85%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.11%) Banking
7 3 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.11%) Police
7 3 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.74%) Law
8 2 (0.74%) Legal
8 2 (0.74%) Military
9 1 (0.37%) Avionics
9 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.37%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (11.81%) Senior
2 27 (9.96%) Support Engineer
3 21 (7.75%) Analyst
4 18 (6.64%) Product Manager
5 14 (5.17%) Desktop Engineer
5 14 (5.17%) Infrastructure Support
6 13 (4.80%) Exchange Engineer
7 12 (4.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (4.06%) Applications Engineer
8 11 (4.06%) Architect
8 11 (4.06%) Consultant
8 11 (4.06%) Delivery Manager
8 11 (4.06%) Desktop Support
8 11 (4.06%) Risk Officer
9 10 (3.69%) JIRA Engineer
9 10 (3.69%) Senior Delivery Manager
9 10 (3.69%) Senior Manager
9 10 (3.69%) VoIP Engineer
10 9 (3.32%) Applications Support Engineer
10 9 (3.32%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.95%) REST
2 7 (2.58%) WebRTC
3 6 (2.21%) Web Services
4 4 (1.48%) LDAP
5 2 (0.74%) PostGIS
5 2 (0.74%) React
5 2 (0.74%) RESTful
6 1 (0.37%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.37%) CSS
6 1 (0.37%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.37%) HTML
6 1 (0.37%) OAuth
6 1 (0.37%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.37%) Spring
6 1 (0.37%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.37%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.80%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.43%) Data Centre
3 10 (3.69%) Clustering
4 6 (2.21%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (1.85%) iPhone
5 5 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.48%) PKI
6 4 (1.48%) Smartphone
6 4 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.11%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.11%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.74%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.74%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.37%) iPad
9 1 (0.37%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 46 (16.97%) Windows
2 30 (11.07%) Linux
3 23 (8.49%) Windows 10
4 13 (4.80%) Windows Server
5 11 (4.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (4.06%) Windows 7
6 7 (2.58%) Apple iOS
7 5 (1.85%) Solaris
8 3 (1.11%) Android
8 3 (1.11%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.74%) Unix
9 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (20.66%) Agile
2 25 (9.23%) Project Management
3 24 (8.86%) Break/Fix
3 24 (8.86%) Risk Management
4 22 (8.12%) Customer Service
5 21 (7.75%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (7.75%) High Availability
6 20 (7.38%) Roadmaps
7 19 (7.01%) Analytics
8 18 (6.64%) Epics
8 18 (6.64%) ITIL
8 18 (6.64%) Problem Management
8 18 (6.64%) Service Delivery
8 18 (6.64%) User Research
9 17 (6.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 17 (6.27%) Service Management
9 17 (6.27%) User Stories
10 15 (5.54%) Business Intelligence
10 15 (5.54%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (4.43%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 31 (11.44%) PowerShell
2 15 (5.54%) SQL
3 11 (4.06%) T-SQL
4 10 (3.69%) Python
5 6 (2.21%) PL/SQL
6 5 (1.85%) Bash
7 4 (1.48%) Java
8 3 (1.11%) Ada
8 3 (1.11%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.74%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 222 (81.92%) SC Cleared
2 40 (14.76%) DV Cleared
3 20 (7.38%) Degree
4 11 (4.06%) A+ Certification
5 5 (1.85%) RHCE
6 4 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.48%) CISA
6 4 (1.48%) CISM
6 4 (1.48%) CISSP
6 4 (1.48%) MCP
6 4 (1.48%) MCSE
6 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.11%) CGEIT
7 3 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.11%) CRISC
7 3 (1.11%) CTC Cleared
7 3 (1.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (1.11%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.43%) SLA
2 10 (3.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (3.69%) NIST
3 9 (3.32%) PMO
4 7 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.11%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.74%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.74%) GDPR
7 1 (0.37%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.37%) NCSC
System Software
1 49 (18.08%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.32%) Hyper-V
2 9 (3.32%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (2.21%) KVM
4 5 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.85%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.48%) BitLocker
5 4 (1.48%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (1.48%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (7.75%) SCCM
2 10 (3.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 10 (3.69%) vCenter Server
3 9 (3.32%) vMotion
4 7 (2.58%) WSUS
5 6 (2.21%) vRealize
6 5 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.85%) Terraform
7 4 (1.48%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.48%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (1.11%) Grafana
9 1 (0.37%) Ansible
9 1 (0.37%) Nagios
9 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.37%) Puppet
Vendors
1 63 (23.25%) Microsoft
2 44 (16.24%) Atlassian
3 18 (6.64%) VMware
4 14 (5.17%) Cisco
5 12 (4.43%) Red Hat
6 9 (3.32%) Oracle
7 8 (2.95%) Citrix
8 7 (2.58%) Apple
9 5 (1.85%) McAfee
9 5 (1.85%) SAP
10 4 (1.48%) HP
10 4 (1.48%) Infoblox
10 4 (1.48%) Samsung
11 2 (0.74%) ServiceNow
12 1 (0.37%) CA Agile Central
12 1 (0.37%) Google
12 1 (0.37%) Splunk