SC Cleared Contracts in the South East

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 4 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 +1
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 886 1,011 997
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 15.40% 17.85% 13.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.49% 49.20% 41.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 617 701 732
10th Percentile £398 £320 £363
25th Percentile £473 £414 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 65 36
10th Percentile £18.00 £22.08 £22.26
25th Percentile £43.74 £55.94 £45.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £64.68 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.23% +7.79% +29.73%
75th Percentile £67.01 £73.71 £66.38
90th Percentile £84.44 £77.81 £82.50
England median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 £51.43
% change year-on-year -13.04% +11.81% +21.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

SC Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,569 2,055 2,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.65% 36.29% 31.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,493 1,316 1,570
10th Percentile £350 £300 £312
25th Percentile £450 £418 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £650 £619 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 130 92
10th Percentile £17.80 £21.99 £17.00
25th Percentile £38.54 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £62.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +37.78% +8.43%
75th Percentile £70.39 £73.59 £60.56
90th Percentile £87.46 £77.21 £69.88
England median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in the South East

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in the South East

SC Cleared
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 SC Cleared within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 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 -1 431 £550 +10.00% 89
Thames Valley -1 382 £560 +12.00% 106
Berkshire +2 264 £605 +6.14% 74
Buckinghamshire 0 114 £500 +6.38% 19
Surrey +11 47 £625 +5.93% 20
West Sussex -18 12 £575 +4.55% 5
Kent +9 9 £294 +1.38% 2
Oxfordshire +1 4 £563 +25.70% 13
Middlesex - 2 £180 -
Sussex -3 1 £550 -8.33%
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
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 37 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.69%) Confluence
4 5 (0.56%) IIS
5 4 (0.45%) SAS
6 3 (0.34%) Apache
6 3 (0.34%) CICS
6 3 (0.34%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.11%) CMS
7 1 (0.11%) JBoss
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
7 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 19 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.90%) Simulink
5 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.11%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.11%) Stata
Business Applications
1 20 (2.26%) SAP EWM
2 13 (1.47%) SAP QM
3 7 (0.79%) Primavera
4 6 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 5 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.34%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.23%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.11%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 134 (15.12%) Azure
2 73 (8.24%) AWS
3 39 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (3.27%) OpenShift
5 28 (3.16%) Entra ID
6 24 (2.71%) Azure Monitor
6 24 (2.71%) Azure Storage
7 16 (1.81%) OCI
8 12 (1.35%) GitHub
9 11 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (1.13%) Power Platform
11 6 (0.68%) IaaS
12 5 (0.56%) GCP
13 4 (0.45%) SaaS
13 4 (0.45%) Serverless
14 3 (0.34%) Amazon ECS
14 3 (0.34%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (0.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 3 (0.34%) Azure Key Vault
14 3 (0.34%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 79 (8.92%) Firewall
2 67 (7.56%) DNS
3 57 (6.43%) DHCP
4 45 (5.08%) SAN
5 38 (4.29%) SSL
6 28 (3.16%) WAN
7 21 (2.37%) Network Security
8 19 (2.14%) TCP/IP
8 19 (2.14%) VPN
9 15 (1.69%) Wireless
10 13 (1.47%) BGP
10 13 (1.47%) SD-WAN
11 11 (1.24%) LAN
11 11 (1.24%) MPLS
12 10 (1.13%) Cisco ISE
13 9 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
13 9 (1.02%) Cisco Firepower
14 8 (0.90%) NX-OS
15 7 (0.79%) VSAN
16 6 (0.68%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (5.30%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (2.03%) Oracle Database
3 16 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
4 11 (1.24%) MySQL
4 11 (1.24%) Oracle Database 11g
4 11 (1.24%) SQL Server
5 8 (0.90%) MongoDB
5 8 (0.90%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.68%) Metadata
7 5 (0.56%) SAP HANA
8 4 (0.45%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.45%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.34%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.34%) DB2
9 3 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.34%) IDMS
10 2 (0.23%) Adabas
10 2 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.11%) Lumira
Development Applications
1 45 (5.08%) Jenkins
2 42 (4.74%) Git
3 38 (4.29%) GitLab
4 27 (3.05%) JIRA
5 26 (2.93%) Selenium
6 25 (2.82%) Cucumber
6 25 (2.82%) SonarQube
7 24 (2.71%) REST Assured
8 14 (1.58%) Visual Studio
9 12 (1.35%) Rational DOORS
10 7 (0.79%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.68%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.68%) ClearCase
11 6 (0.68%) ClearQuest
12 3 (0.34%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.34%) MSI
13 1 (0.11%) MSTest
13 1 (0.11%) NUnit
13 1 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
13 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
General
1 134 (15.12%) Social Skills
2 104 (11.74%) Public Sector
3 57 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (5.30%) Aerospace
5 35 (3.95%) Military
6 26 (2.93%) Finance
7 24 (2.71%) Law
8 13 (1.47%) Police
9 12 (1.35%) Electronics
10 10 (1.13%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.23%) Advertising
15 2 (0.23%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.23%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.23%) Marketing
16 1 (0.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 109 (12.30%) Architect
2 91 (10.27%) Developer
3 80 (9.03%) Consultant
4 58 (6.55%) Senior
5 56 (6.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 49 (5.53%) Analyst
7 41 (4.63%) SAP Consultant
8 40 (4.51%) Active Directory Support
9 39 (4.40%) Network Engineer
9 39 (4.40%) Support Specialist
10 27 (3.05%) Active Directory Specialist
10 27 (3.05%) Azure Specialist
10 27 (3.05%) Network Architect
11 26 (2.93%) Software Engineer
12 24 (2.71%) Project Manager
13 23 (2.60%) DevOps Engineer
14 22 (2.48%) Support Engineer
15 20 (2.26%) Junior
15 20 (2.26%) Site Engineer
15 20 (2.26%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (3.84%) ARM Templates
2 33 (3.72%) REST
3 27 (3.05%) Web Services
4 25 (2.82%) Java EE
5 23 (2.60%) .NET
6 17 (1.92%) HTML
7 15 (1.69%) Kafka
8 14 (1.58%) ASP.NET
9 12 (1.35%) Flash
9 12 (1.35%) YAML
10 9 (1.02%) Node.js
11 8 (0.90%) LDAP
12 7 (0.79%) CSS
13 5 (0.56%) AngularJS
13 5 (0.56%) Elastic Stack
13 5 (0.56%) Keycloak
13 5 (0.56%) SAP Basis
14 4 (0.45%) Entity Framework
14 4 (0.45%) React
15 3 (0.34%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 81 (9.14%) PKI
2 31 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
3 26 (2.93%) Data Centre
4 23 (2.60%) Cloud Native
5 21 (2.37%) Linux Command Line
5 21 (2.37%) Management Information System
6 17 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
7 13 (1.47%) Driving Licence
8 10 (1.13%) Replication
9 9 (1.02%) Clustering
10 7 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (0.79%) FPGA
10 7 (0.79%) Product Ownership
11 6 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (0.68%) Mainframe
11 6 (0.68%) Operational Technology
11 6 (0.68%) PMI
12 5 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.56%) SCADA
13 4 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 158 (17.83%) Linux
2 122 (13.77%) Windows
3 63 (7.11%) Windows Server
4 42 (4.74%) Windows Server 2019
5 39 (4.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 36 (4.06%) Windows Server 2016
7 23 (2.60%) Windows 10
8 22 (2.48%) Windows Server 2012
9 20 (2.26%) Unix
10 15 (1.69%) Ubuntu
11 14 (1.58%) Windows XP
12 13 (1.47%) AIX
13 10 (1.13%) Debian
14 8 (0.90%) VMS
14 8 (0.90%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.56%) zOS
16 3 (0.34%) CentOS
17 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (15.91%) Agile
2 111 (12.53%) DevOps
3 106 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (8.80%) ITIL
4 78 (8.80%) Software Engineering
5 70 (7.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 69 (7.79%) Infrastructure as Code
7 59 (6.66%) Containerisation
8 58 (6.55%) Performance Tuning
9 53 (5.98%) Project Management
10 49 (5.53%) Test Automation
11 44 (4.97%) Configuration Management
12 42 (4.74%) Scrum
12 42 (4.74%) Technical Leadership
13 41 (4.63%) Service Management
14 38 (4.29%) ITSM
14 38 (4.29%) Release Management
14 38 (4.29%) Stakeholder Management
15 37 (4.18%) Migration
15 37 (4.18%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 92 (10.38%) PowerShell
2 55 (6.21%) Java
3 48 (5.42%) Python
4 46 (5.19%) C#
5 38 (4.29%) SQL
6 26 (2.93%) Shell Script
7 25 (2.82%) C++
8 22 (2.48%) VB
8 22 (2.48%) VBScript
9 21 (2.37%) Bicep
10 18 (2.03%) C
11 17 (1.92%) Bash
11 17 (1.92%) JavaScript
12 13 (1.47%) PHP
13 11 (1.24%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.90%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.56%) Go
15 5 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.34%) CLIST
16 3 (0.34%) REXX
Qualifications
1 886 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 196 (22.12%) DV Cleared
3 95 (10.72%) Degree
4 27 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
5 26 (2.93%) CCNP
6 22 (2.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 20 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 20 (2.26%) CCNA
8 13 (1.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.02%) PMI Certification
10 8 (0.90%) MCSA
10 8 (0.90%) MCSE
11 7 (0.79%) JNCIS
12 5 (0.56%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.56%) PMP
13 4 (0.45%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.45%) CISM
13 4 (0.45%) JNCIA
13 4 (0.45%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (2.26%) SLA
2 9 (1.02%) PMO
2 9 (1.02%) QA
3 7 (0.79%) GDPR
3 7 (0.79%) NCSC
3 7 (0.79%) RMADS
4 6 (0.68%) NIST
5 3 (0.34%) ISO 9000
5 3 (0.34%) PMBOK
6 2 (0.23%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.23%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.23%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.11%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.11%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 128 (14.45%) Active Directory
2 65 (7.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (4.29%) Virtual Machines
4 29 (3.27%) vSphere
5 27 (3.05%) Hyper-V
6 25 (2.82%) Docker
7 23 (2.60%) VMware ESXi
8 22 (2.48%) Virtual Desktop
9 18 (2.03%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.68%) Firmware
11 3 (0.34%) VMFS
11 3 (0.34%) XenApp
11 3 (0.34%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.11%) LXC
12 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.11%) vCloud
12 1 (0.11%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 82 (9.26%) Ansible
2 80 (9.03%) Kubernetes
3 47 (5.30%) Terraform
4 46 (5.19%) SCCM
5 41 (4.63%) WSUS
6 39 (4.40%) SCOM
7 27 (3.05%) Microsoft Intune
8 26 (2.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 20 (2.26%) vCenter Server
10 17 (1.92%) Grafana
10 17 (1.92%) Istio
11 14 (1.58%) EMC NetWorker
11 14 (1.58%) NetBackup
12 13 (1.47%) Argo
12 13 (1.47%) Kibana
12 13 (1.47%) Prometheus
13 12 (1.35%) Docker Swarm
13 12 (1.35%) Netcool
13 12 (1.35%) Podman
13 12 (1.35%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 143 (16.14%) Microsoft
2 116 (13.09%) VMware
3 68 (7.67%) Cisco
4 63 (7.11%) Red Hat
5 53 (5.98%) Oracle
6 51 (5.76%) SAP
7 50 (5.64%) Juniper
8 35 (3.95%) IBM
9 25 (2.82%) Palo Alto
10 20 (2.26%) HP
11 19 (2.14%) Dell
12 18 (2.03%) EMC
12 18 (2.03%) SolarWinds
12 18 (2.03%) Veeam
13 17 (1.92%) F5
14 15 (1.69%) Brocade
14 15 (1.69%) ServiceNow
14 15 (1.69%) Symantec
15 14 (1.58%) 3PAR
15 14 (1.58%) Extreme Networks