Security Cleared Contracts in Gloucestershire

Security Clearance
South West > Gloucestershire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 237 315 240
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 56.29% 65.90% 44.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 90.80% 91.84% 83.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 231 187
10th Percentile £425 £400 £388
25th Percentile £513 £475 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +6.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £706 £675 £625
90th Percentile £763 £725 £709
South West median daily rate £550 £590 £525
% change year-on-year -6.78% +12.38% +5.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 23 1
10th Percentile - £53.50 -
25th Percentile £15.75 £67.25 -
Median hourly rate £33.00 £78.00 £117.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.69% -33.33% +103.48%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.66 -
90th Percentile £69.25 £83.31 -
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £65.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +7.28% +0.38% +30.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 261 343 289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 62.00% 71.76% 53.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 245 229
10th Percentile £425 £400 £313
25th Percentile £513 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% +4.76% +5.11%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £625
90th Percentile £758 £720 £680
South West median daily rate £550 £577 £520
% change year-on-year -4.72% +11.01% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 30 4
10th Percentile £15.75 £49.75 £47.30
25th Percentile £15.86 £59.88 £52.25
Median hourly rate £24.25 £78.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -68.91% +35.65% +27.78%
75th Percentile £68.75 £83.31 £74.25
90th Percentile £68.88 £83.40 £99.90
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £61.58
% change year-on-year -7.69% +5.56% +36.83%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Gloucestershire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Gloucestershire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Gloucestershire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Gloucestershire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Gloucestershire

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Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Cheltenham 0 126 £563 -13.46% 42
Gloucester 0 45 £600 +17.07% 12
Filton +2 12 £640 +39.13%
Tewkesbury 0 7 £750 +59.57% 16
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South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 24 (10.13%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.95%) Confluence
3 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.84%) CMS
5 1 (0.42%) Apache
5 1 (0.42%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.42%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (8.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 20 (8.44%) Microsoft Office
1 20 (8.44%) Microsoft Project
1 20 (8.44%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 48 (20.25%) AWS
2 45 (18.99%) Azure
3 29 (12.24%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (5.06%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (3.80%) Serverless
6 8 (3.38%) Amazon EC2
6 8 (3.38%) Amazon S3
6 8 (3.38%) AWS Lambda
6 8 (3.38%) OpenShift
7 6 (2.53%) OneDrive
7 6 (2.53%) Power Automate
7 6 (2.53%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.11%) GitHub
8 5 (2.11%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.69%) PaaS
10 3 (1.27%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.27%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.84%) Amazon EKS
11 2 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.17%) Network Security
2 14 (5.91%) Firewall
3 13 (5.49%) LAN
4 7 (2.95%) Cisco ISE
4 7 (2.95%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (2.11%) AMQP
5 5 (2.11%) WAN
6 4 (1.69%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (1.69%) MPLS
6 4 (1.69%) OSPF
6 4 (1.69%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.69%) VPN
7 3 (1.27%) BGP
7 3 (1.27%) PBX
7 3 (1.27%) VoIP
8 2 (0.84%) DMZ
8 2 (0.84%) Internet
8 2 (0.84%) IPv4
8 2 (0.84%) RIP
8 2 (0.84%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.38%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (2.53%) InfluxDB
2 6 (2.53%) Relational Database
2 6 (2.53%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.42%) Essbase
4 1 (0.42%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 33 (13.92%) JIRA
2 24 (10.13%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.53%) GitLab
4 5 (2.11%) Bitbucket
4 5 (2.11%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.69%) Git
6 3 (1.27%) Selenium
7 2 (0.84%) GoogleTest
7 2 (0.84%) HP UFT
7 2 (0.84%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.84%) Snyk
7 2 (0.84%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.42%) Babel
8 1 (0.42%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.42%) ESLint
8 1 (0.42%) JMeter
8 1 (0.42%) MSI
8 1 (0.42%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.42%) Vite
8 1 (0.42%) webpack
General
1 48 (20.25%) Social Skills
2 30 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (10.97%) Presentation Skills
4 21 (8.86%) Finance
5 15 (6.33%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.22%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.69%) Electronics
8 3 (1.27%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.84%) Military
9 2 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Law
10 1 (0.42%) Legal
10 1 (0.42%) Police
Job Titles
1 27 (11.39%) Lead
2 24 (10.13%) Architect
2 24 (10.13%) DevOps Engineer
3 20 (8.44%) Project Leader
4 19 (8.02%) Developer
5 15 (6.33%) Software Engineer
6 14 (5.91%) Analyst
7 13 (5.49%) Network Engineer
7 13 (5.49%) SharePoint Architect
8 11 (4.64%) Full Stack Developer
9 10 (4.22%) Project Manager
9 10 (4.22%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 9 (3.80%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (3.80%) Business Analyst
11 8 (3.38%) Consultant
11 8 (3.38%) Desktop Engineer
11 8 (3.38%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
11 8 (3.38%) Senior
12 7 (2.95%) Information Manager
12 7 (2.95%) Information Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.59%) React
2 13 (5.49%) Spring
3 9 (3.80%) AngularJS
4 7 (2.95%) .NET
4 7 (2.95%) CSS
5 6 (2.53%) REST
6 5 (2.11%) RabbitMQ
6 5 (2.11%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.69%) Node.js
7 4 (1.69%) RESTful
7 4 (1.69%) Vue
8 3 (1.27%) Apache NiFi
9 2 (0.84%) ADO
9 2 (0.84%) ARM Templates
9 2 (0.84%) AWS CDK
9 2 (0.84%) HTML
9 2 (0.84%) Qt
10 1 (0.42%) ASP.NET
10 1 (0.42%) SOAP
10 1 (0.42%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.38%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.95%) CMDB
2 7 (2.95%) Operational Technology
3 6 (2.53%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (1.69%) PKI
5 3 (1.27%) Security Posture
6 2 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.42%) Clustering
7 1 (0.42%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.42%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.42%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.42%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 36 (15.19%) Linux
2 22 (9.28%) Windows
3 6 (2.53%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.69%) Windows 7
5 3 (1.27%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.84%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.84%) Unix
7 1 (0.42%) CentOS
7 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.42%) Solaris
7 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (28.69%) Agile
2 53 (22.36%) DevOps
3 45 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (18.99%) Project Management
4 29 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 28 (11.81%) CI/CD
6 27 (11.39%) PRINCE2
7 24 (10.13%) Project Delivery
7 24 (10.13%) Workshop Facilitation
8 22 (9.28%) Project Planning
9 21 (8.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 20 (8.44%) Commercial Awareness
10 20 (8.44%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 20 (8.44%) Data Management
11 18 (7.59%) Software Engineering
12 15 (6.33%) Infrastructure as Code
13 14 (5.91%) Scrum
14 13 (5.49%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 12 (5.06%) SDLC
15 12 (5.06%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (18.99%) Python
2 36 (15.19%) Java
3 33 (13.92%) C
4 29 (12.24%) PowerShell
5 25 (10.55%) JavaScript
6 14 (5.91%) Go
7 12 (5.06%) Bash
7 12 (5.06%) SQL
8 10 (4.22%) C#
9 5 (2.11%) Bicep
9 5 (2.11%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.11%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.27%) C++
Qualifications
1 161 (67.93%) DV Cleared
2 72 (30.38%) SC Cleared
3 22 (9.28%) APMP
4 10 (4.22%) Degree
5 8 (3.38%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.27%) CISM
6 3 (1.27%) CISSP
6 3 (1.27%) HNC
6 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.84%) CCNA
7 2 (0.84%) CCNP
7 2 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.84%) JNCIP
8 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.42%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (0.42%) GIAC
8 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.42%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.44%) PMO
2 14 (5.91%) QA
3 4 (1.69%) Def Stans
3 4 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.27%) NIST
5 2 (0.84%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.84%) COBIT
5 2 (0.84%) GDPR
5 2 (0.84%) MISRA
5 2 (0.84%) WCAG
6 1 (0.42%) RMADS
System Software
1 33 (13.92%) Docker
2 9 (3.80%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.38%) vSphere
4 5 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.69%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.27%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 39 (16.46%) Terraform
2 31 (13.08%) Ansible
3 29 (12.24%) Kubernetes
4 17 (7.17%) Grafana
4 17 (7.17%) Prometheus
5 8 (3.38%) Docker Swarm
6 7 (2.95%) Progress Chef
7 6 (2.53%) SCCM
8 3 (1.27%) Puppet
9 2 (0.84%) Argo
9 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.42%) Kibana
10 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.42%) Packer
10 1 (0.42%) SELinux
Vendors
1 36 (15.19%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.75%) Cisco
3 10 (4.22%) VMware
4 6 (2.53%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.69%) EMC
6 3 (1.27%) Juniper
6 3 (1.27%) Oracle
6 3 (1.27%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.84%) F5
7 2 (0.84%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.84%) Google
7 2 (0.84%) OpenText
7 2 (0.84%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.84%) Siemens
8 1 (0.42%) CA
8 1 (0.42%) Citrix
8 1 (0.42%) Dell
8 1 (0.42%) Informatica
8 1 (0.42%) Splunk