Security Cleared Contracts in Somerset

Security Clearance
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 51 69 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 25.76% 34.16% 31.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 70.83% 82.14% 77.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 42 53
10th Percentile £499 £539 £307
25th Percentile £563 £586 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £675 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +17.49% +19.69%
75th Percentile £654 £724 £688
90th Percentile £835 £752 £855
South West median daily rate £575 £575 £573
% change year-on-year - +0.44% +14.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 19 5
10th Percentile £44.75 £47.40 -
25th Percentile £48.13 £48.32 £50.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £59.68 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% +10.52% +3.02%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £66.25 £74.94 £64.40
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +34.72%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Somerset

Security 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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 72 84 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 36.36% 41.58% 41.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 54 72
10th Percentile £375 £258 £263
25th Percentile £525 £541 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £631 £560
Median % change year-on-year -8.91% +12.77% +20.38%
75th Percentile £649 £712 £620
90th Percentile £700 £750 £730
South West median daily rate £563 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 20 5
10th Percentile £44.75 £45.15 -
25th Percentile £48.13 £48.32 £50.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £57.97 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +7.34% +3.02%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £66.25 £73.05 £64.40
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +12.00% +4.17% +24.35%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Somerset

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Somerset

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Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Somerset over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Somerset

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Somerset

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Somerset

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Somerset over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Somerset

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Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Bath 0 12 £566 -0.66% 8
Taunton -6 6 £600 -12.73% 1
Yeovil 0 4 - - 4
Bridgwater 0 2 - - 6
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South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 (17.65%) Confluence
2 2 (3.92%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.92%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (9.80%) AWS
2 5 (9.80%) Azure
3 2 (3.92%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (21.57%) VPN
2 9 (17.65%) BGP
2 9 (17.65%) DNS
2 9 (17.65%) IPsec
2 9 (17.65%) MPLS
2 9 (17.65%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.96%) DHCP
3 1 (1.96%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.96%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (17.65%) JIRA
2 1 (1.96%) MSI
2 1 (1.96%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.96%) Selenium
General
1 27 (52.94%) Public Sector
2 17 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 12 (23.53%) Finance
4 11 (21.57%) Marketing
4 11 (21.57%) Telecoms
5 10 (19.61%) Electronics
5 10 (19.61%) Manufacturing
6 9 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Legal
8 1 (1.96%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (23.53%) Senior
2 11 (21.57%) Administrator
2 11 (21.57%) Systems Administrator
3 9 (17.65%) Network Engineer
4 8 (15.69%) Project Manager
5 7 (13.73%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 5 (9.80%) Switch Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Support Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Telephony Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Desktop Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Desktop Support
8 3 (5.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 2 (3.92%) Analyst
9 2 (3.92%) Architect
9 2 (3.92%) DV Cleared Project Manager
9 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared Project Manager
9 2 (3.92%) Security Analyst
9 2 (3.92%) Senior Manager
9 2 (3.92%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (17.65%) NETCONF
1 9 (17.65%) RESTCONF
2 1 (1.96%) .NET
2 1 (1.96%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.96%) REST
2 1 (1.96%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.65%) PKI
2 6 (11.76%) Enterprise Storage
3 3 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.92%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.96%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.96%) Replication
5 1 (1.96%) SCADA
5 1 (1.96%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (25.49%) Windows
2 7 (13.73%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.92%) Linux
4 1 (1.96%) CentOS
4 1 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (23.53%) Service Management
2 11 (21.57%) Programme Management
3 10 (19.61%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (19.61%) Digital Marketing
3 10 (19.61%) System Testing
3 10 (19.61%) Validation
4 9 (17.65%) Critical Thinking
4 9 (17.65%) Network Virtualisation
4 9 (17.65%) NsoIT
5 8 (15.69%) Agile
5 8 (15.69%) Configuration Management
6 6 (11.76%) Change Management
7 5 (9.80%) ITIL
7 5 (9.80%) Knowledge Transfer
7 5 (9.80%) PRINCE2
7 5 (9.80%) Scrum
8 4 (7.84%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (7.84%) Incident Management
8 4 (7.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (7.84%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.65%) Python
2 3 (5.88%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.96%) C#
Qualifications
1 40 (78.43%) SC Cleared
2 10 (19.61%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (17.65%) CCNP
3 9 (17.65%) Degree
4 8 (15.69%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.92%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.96%) CCNA
6 1 (1.96%) CISSP
6 1 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.96%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.73%) SLA
2 1 (1.96%) JSP 440
System Software
1 13 (25.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (17.65%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (7.84%) Active Directory
4 3 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (3.92%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.96%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (19.61%) Ansible
2 4 (7.84%) SCCM
3 1 (1.96%) Autotask
3 1 (1.96%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.96%) Puppet
3 1 (1.96%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 13 (25.49%) VMware
2 12 (23.53%) SAP
3 9 (17.65%) Atlassian
3 9 (17.65%) Cisco
4 8 (15.69%) Microsoft
5 2 (3.92%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.96%) Citrix
6 1 (1.96%) McAfee
6 1 (1.96%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.96%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.96%) Veeam
6 1 (1.96%) Veritas