SC Cleared Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Security Check Clearance Software Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Security Check Clearance Software Engineer daily rate in Bristol is £505, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 50 -
Rank change year-on-year -26 - -
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Software Engineer 3 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.25% 0.75% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.79% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £441 - -
25th Percentile £461 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% - -
75th Percentile £551 £588 -
90th Percentile £573 - -
South West median daily rate £594 £575 -
% change year-on-year +3.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 £68.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £68.00 -
% change year-on-year -4.41% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bristol with a recognized job title 1,119 509 988
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 94.96% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 311 568
10th Percentile £325 £213 £247
25th Percentile £412 £355 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £652 £675 £688
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 309 78 184
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.51 £36.25
25th Percentile £53.53 £51.19 £44.94
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year - +1.96% -2.67%
75th Percentile £67.25 £68.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £84.52
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £63.50 £47.83
% change year-on-year -9.45% +32.76% -26.42%

SC Cleared Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SC Cleared Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

SC Cleared Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Bristol

SC Cleared Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Software Engineer job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Software Engineer job vacancies in Bristol

SC Cleared Software Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared Software Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared Software Engineer in Bristol

SC Cleared Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Software Engineer job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Software Engineer job vacancies in Bristol

SC Cleared Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 17 April 2026, SC Cleared Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring SC Cleared Software Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Ada
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 1 (33.33%) Docker
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Flask
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (33.33%) Git
3 1 (33.33%) GitLab
3 1 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (33.33%) JUnit
3 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning

SC Cleared Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
1 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (33.33%) JUnit
1 1 (33.33%) NUnit
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) Flask
1 1 (33.33%) OLE
1 1 (33.33%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) People Management
3 1 (33.33%) Secure Coding
3 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) SysML
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Ada
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) IBM
1 1 (33.33%) MathWorks