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 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 2 7 18
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 -4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 366 328 339
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 19.37% 14.49% 9.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 59.90% 54.13% 47.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 216 231
10th Percentile £300 £351 £356
25th Percentile £363 £445 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% +10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £563 £667 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
England median daily rate £550 £550 £549
% change year-on-year - +0.14% +9.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 12 1
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.50 -
25th Percentile £13.63 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £14.00 £19.85 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.48% +52.71% -13.33%
75th Percentile £18.00 £35.94 -
90th Percentile £28.20 £65.15 -
England median hourly rate £55.80 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -7.00% +20.00% +20.74%

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 611 606 708
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.33% 26.78% 19.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 366 495
10th Percentile £275 £300 £279
25th Percentile £360 £413 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £536 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% +12.74% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £574
90th Percentile £692 £700 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 29 11
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.80 £11.25
25th Percentile £21.44 £13.31 £13.25
Median hourly rate £27.25 £19.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year +43.42% +9.95% +8.00%
75th Percentile £43.44 £28.75 £20.26
90th Percentile £58.75 £59.20 £20.51
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +29.63% +6.58%

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

Security Cleared
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 16 May 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 16 May 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 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
Birmingham +5 109 £400 -32.63% 55
Shropshire +3 85 £513 -5.09% 3
Solihull +3 58 £375 +7.14% 9
Herefordshire -1 32 £645 -0.77% 8
Staffordshire +2 22 £375 +3.45% 35
Worcestershire -1 19 £550 -8.33% 6
Warwickshire -3 10 £600 - 9
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 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.19%) CMS
2 8 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.91%) CICS
3 7 (1.91%) SAS
4 2 (0.55%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.27%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.27%) Revit
4 1 (0.27%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.55%) Primavera
2 1 (0.27%) CA PPM
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.27%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 17 (4.64%) Azure
2 9 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (0.55%) Entra ID
4 2 (0.55%) IaaS
4 2 (0.55%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.27%) PaaS
5 1 (0.27%) SaaS
5 1 (0.27%) Smartsheet
5 1 (0.27%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 83 (22.68%) WAN
2 79 (21.58%) MPLS
3 73 (19.95%) IPsec
4 64 (17.49%) BGP
5 46 (12.57%) Junos
6 44 (12.02%) VPN
7 30 (8.20%) Firewall
8 24 (6.56%) Network Security
9 17 (4.64%) Intrusion Detection
10 15 (4.10%) LAN
11 13 (3.55%) DNS
12 8 (2.19%) SD-WAN
12 8 (2.19%) TCP/IP
13 7 (1.91%) Cisco IOS
13 7 (1.91%) DHCP
14 5 (1.37%) Internet
14 5 (1.37%) Wireless
15 4 (1.09%) ADSL
15 4 (1.09%) Ethernet
16 3 (0.82%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.37%) MySQL
2 15 (4.10%) Amazon Redshift
3 14 (3.83%) Big Data
4 9 (2.46%) DB2
5 8 (2.19%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (1.91%) IDMS
7 6 (1.64%) SQL Server
8 4 (1.09%) SAP BW
8 4 (1.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.55%) MS Access
10 2 (0.55%) Power BI
11 1 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.27%) Metadata
11 1 (0.27%) Metadata Repository
11 1 (0.27%) Pentaho
11 1 (0.27%) QGIS
11 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (11.48%) PVCS
1 42 (11.48%) Visual Studio
2 22 (6.01%) Git
3 4 (1.09%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.27%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.27%) GitLab
4 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
General
1 73 (19.95%) Public Sector
2 31 (8.47%) Social Skills
3 29 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (4.37%) Finance
5 12 (3.28%) Legal
6 8 (2.19%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.09%) Police
8 3 (0.82%) Games
8 3 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (0.82%) Military
8 3 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.55%) Publishing
10 1 (0.27%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.27%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.27%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.27%) Law
10 1 (0.27%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 54 (14.75%) Analyst
2 49 (13.39%) Programmer
3 46 (12.57%) C Programmer
4 34 (9.29%) SOC Analyst
5 33 (9.02%) Network Engineer
6 32 (8.74%) WAN Engineer
7 28 (7.65%) Network Support
8 24 (6.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 23 (6.28%) 3rd Line Support
9 23 (6.28%) Architect
10 14 (3.83%) Consultant
10 14 (3.83%) Developer
11 13 (3.55%) 2nd Line Support
12 12 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (3.28%) Support Engineer
13 11 (3.01%) Network Architect
13 11 (3.01%) Senior
14 10 (2.73%) Lead
15 8 (2.19%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 8 (2.19%) Cyber Defence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.10%) Apache NiFi
2 8 (2.19%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.55%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.27%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.27%) REST
4 1 (0.27%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 47 (12.84%) PKI
2 31 (8.47%) Cyber Defence
3 20 (5.46%) Management Information System
4 19 (5.19%) Distributed Applications
5 18 (4.92%) Security Operations Centre
6 11 (3.01%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 11 (3.01%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (2.73%) Mainframe
8 8 (2.19%) IBM Mainframe
9 6 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.64%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.37%) Cyberattack
10 5 (1.37%) Digital Media
10 5 (1.37%) Taxonomies
11 4 (1.09%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.09%) CMDB
12 3 (0.82%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.82%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 45 (12.30%) Linux
1 45 (12.30%) Windows
2 19 (5.19%) Unix
3 13 (3.55%) Apple iOS
4 12 (3.28%) Android
5 10 (2.73%) Mac OS X
6 8 (2.19%) Windows Server
7 7 (1.91%) zOS
8 6 (1.64%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.55%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (19.13%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (17.21%) SIEM
3 39 (10.66%) Load Balancing
4 33 (9.02%) Security Operations
5 31 (8.47%) Agile
6 29 (7.92%) Analytics
7 28 (7.65%) Requirements Gathering
8 27 (7.38%) Incident Management
8 27 (7.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 26 (7.10%) Information Security
9 26 (7.10%) Software Engineering
10 23 (6.28%) Problem-Solving
11 22 (6.01%) Network Design
12 21 (5.74%) Data Pipeline
13 20 (5.46%) Data Analytics
13 20 (5.46%) Scrum
14 19 (5.19%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 18 (4.92%) Actionable Insight
15 18 (4.92%) ETL
15 18 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 50 (13.66%) C
2 43 (11.75%) PL/SQL
3 15 (4.10%) C++
4 11 (3.01%) SQL
5 9 (2.46%) COBOL
6 8 (2.19%) Java
7 7 (1.91%) C#
7 7 (1.91%) CLIST
7 7 (1.91%) REXX
7 7 (1.91%) SELCOPY
8 4 (1.09%) Python
8 4 (1.09%) R
9 3 (0.82%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.55%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.27%) ProC
11 1 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 238 (65.03%) SC Cleared
2 54 (14.75%) DV Cleared
3 18 (4.92%) Degree
4 15 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (3.28%) CCNP
5 12 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.73%) CCNA
7 6 (1.64%) BC Cleared
7 6 (1.64%) CISSP
8 5 (1.37%) JNCIS
9 4 (1.09%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.09%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (0.82%) GIAC
10 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.55%) CEH
11 2 (0.55%) GSEC
11 2 (0.55%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.55%) PhD
11 2 (0.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.74%) NIST
2 14 (3.83%) Actionable Recommendations
3 12 (3.28%) GDPR
4 11 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 10 (2.73%) HIPAA
5 10 (2.73%) QA
6 8 (2.19%) SLA
7 7 (1.91%) NIST 800
8 5 (1.37%) ISO 9000
8 5 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 5 (1.37%) ISO17020
9 2 (0.55%) PMO
10 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.27%) GPG13
10 1 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 13 (3.55%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.64%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.37%) iptables
4 5 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.55%) vSphere
6 1 (0.27%) Docker
6 1 (0.27%) Firmware
6 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (4.10%) Grafana
2 14 (3.83%) SCCM
3 8 (2.19%) Kibana
3 8 (2.19%) logstash
4 7 (1.91%) vCenter Server
5 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.55%) Ansible
7 2 (0.55%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.55%) Terraform
7 2 (0.55%) VxRail
8 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 81 (22.13%) Juniper
2 33 (9.02%) Microsoft
3 24 (6.56%) Cisco
4 18 (4.92%) Denodo
5 16 (4.37%) Talend
6 15 (4.10%) VMware
7 12 (3.28%) Red Hat
8 10 (2.73%) IBM
9 9 (2.46%) LogRhythm
10 8 (2.19%) Oracle
11 7 (1.91%) Syncsort
12 5 (1.37%) Darktrace
12 5 (1.37%) FireEye
12 5 (1.37%) SAP
12 5 (1.37%) Splunk
12 5 (1.37%) Veeam
13 3 (0.82%) BT
13 3 (0.82%) Openreach
13 3 (0.82%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.82%) ServiceNow