SC Cleared Contracts in Bristol

Security Check (SC) Clearance
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 143 257 298
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 26.63% 24.31% 23.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.08% 52.45% 62.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 118 196
10th Percentile £375 £289 £347
25th Percentile £447 £483 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% +16.50%
75th Percentile £565 £650 £675
90th Percentile £669 £688 £756
South West median daily rate £550 £538 £579
% change year-on-year +2.23% -7.08% +10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 84 38
10th Percentile £25.36 £54.75 £29.55
25th Percentile £47.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £68.00 £77.50 £86.66
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £96.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +6.87% +2.31%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 255 490 476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 47.49% 46.36% 37.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 240 306
10th Percentile £240 £311 £303
25th Percentile £366 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £566 £576
Median % change year-on-year -19.47% -1.74% +10.82%
75th Percentile £587 £650 £675
90th Percentile £679 £725 £739
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £578
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +11.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 118 75
10th Percentile £18.51 £43.75 £30.21
25th Percentile £31.56 £54.74 £57.25
Median hourly rate £64.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.86% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £76.88 £85.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £89.10
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £61.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.64% -6.15% +5.69%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Bristol

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Bristol

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (0.70%) Apache
1 1 (0.70%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.70%) CATIA
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.70%) Simulink
3 1 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.70%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (3.50%) Primavera
2 2 (1.40%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.70%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.70%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 10 (6.99%) Azure
2 9 (6.29%) AWS
3 8 (5.59%) SaaS
4 7 (4.90%) PaaS
5 5 (3.50%) OpenShift
6 3 (2.10%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.40%) Amazon ELB
7 2 (1.40%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (1.40%) Azure App Service
7 2 (1.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.40%) Azure Storage
7 2 (1.40%) GCP
7 2 (1.40%) IaaS
7 2 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.40%) OCI
8 1 (0.70%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.70%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.70%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.29%) PBX
1 9 (6.29%) VoIP
2 6 (4.20%) Firewall
3 4 (2.80%) 5G
3 4 (2.80%) LTE
3 4 (2.80%) Unified Communications
4 3 (2.10%) ISDN
4 3 (2.10%) SD-WAN
4 3 (2.10%) WAN
5 2 (1.40%) BGP
5 2 (1.40%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (1.40%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (1.40%) MPLS
5 2 (1.40%) OSPF
5 2 (1.40%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.40%) Wireless
6 1 (0.70%) 4G
6 1 (0.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (2.10%) MongoDB
1 3 (2.10%) Power BI
2 2 (1.40%) Redis
2 2 (1.40%) Tableau
3 1 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.70%) CockroachDB
3 1 (0.70%) DB2
3 1 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.70%) MySQL
3 1 (0.70%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (4.20%) Git
2 3 (2.10%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.10%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.70%) Axure RP
3 1 (0.70%) Flyway
3 1 (0.70%) GitLab
3 1 (0.70%) JIRA
3 1 (0.70%) MLflow
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.70%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 22 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 18 (12.59%) Public Sector
3 12 (8.39%) Finance
4 11 (7.69%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.90%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.20%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.50%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.50%) Legal
7 5 (3.50%) Military
8 3 (2.10%) Billing
8 3 (2.10%) Marketing
9 2 (1.40%) Aviation
9 2 (1.40%) Electronics
9 2 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.40%) Law
9 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 24 (16.78%) Architect
2 17 (11.89%) Software Engineer
3 9 (6.29%) Ada Engineer
3 9 (6.29%) Ada Software Engineer
3 9 (6.29%) Analyst
3 9 (6.29%) Developer
4 8 (5.59%) Embedded Engineer
4 8 (5.59%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 6 (4.20%) Lead
5 6 (4.20%) Project Manager
5 6 (4.20%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (3.50%) Consultant
6 5 (3.50%) Linux Engineer
7 4 (2.80%) Data Architect
7 4 (2.80%) Data Engineer
7 4 (2.80%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (2.80%) Desktop Support
7 4 (2.80%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
7 4 (2.80%) Support Engineer
8 3 (2.10%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.39%) Middleware
2 5 (3.50%) FastAPI
2 5 (3.50%) OpenID
2 5 (3.50%) Qt
3 3 (2.10%) Kafka
3 3 (2.10%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.40%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.40%) CSS
4 2 (1.40%) HTML
4 2 (1.40%) Hugging Face
5 1 (0.70%) Angular 2
5 1 (0.70%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.70%) EntireX
5 1 (0.70%) HTML5
5 1 (0.70%) LAMP
5 1 (0.70%) Node.js
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.70%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.59%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.20%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.20%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (3.50%) Blackberry
3 5 (3.50%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.80%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.10%) IVR
6 2 (1.40%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.40%) Replication
7 1 (0.70%) CESG
7 1 (0.70%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.70%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (16.08%) Linux
2 5 (3.50%) Windows
3 3 (2.10%) Ubuntu
4 2 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (16.78%) Software Engineering
2 17 (11.89%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (11.19%) Project Management
4 15 (10.49%) Migration
5 14 (9.79%) Roadmaps
6 12 (8.39%) Collaborative Working
6 12 (8.39%) DevOps
6 12 (8.39%) Validation
7 11 (7.69%) Agile
7 11 (7.69%) Project Delivery
8 10 (6.99%) SysML
8 10 (6.99%) Systems Engineering
9 9 (6.29%) Commercial Awareness
9 9 (6.29%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (6.29%) UML
10 8 (5.59%) Product Roadmap
11 7 (4.90%) Analytics
11 7 (4.90%) CI/CD
11 7 (4.90%) Containerisation
11 7 (4.90%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 21 (14.69%) Ada
2 16 (11.19%) Python
3 12 (8.39%) SQL
4 9 (6.29%) C++
5 7 (4.90%) Bash
6 6 (4.20%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.50%) C#
7 5 (3.50%) Java
8 4 (2.80%) C
8 4 (2.80%) PL/SQL
8 4 (2.80%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.40%) Bicep
9 2 (1.40%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.70%) Fortran
10 1 (0.70%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.70%) Perl
10 1 (0.70%) R
10 1 (0.70%) Ruby
10 1 (0.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 143 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.39%) DV Cleared
3 10 (6.99%) CCNP
3 10 (6.99%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (3.50%) CCNA
4 5 (3.50%) Degree
4 5 (3.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.40%) CCIE
6 2 (1.40%) CISA
6 2 (1.40%) CISM
6 2 (1.40%) CISSP
7 1 (0.70%) CEH
7 1 (0.70%) CISMP
7 1 (0.70%) Dell Certification
7 1 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.70%) MCITP
7 1 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.70%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.59%) Def Stans
2 9 (6.29%) IEC 61508
3 6 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.50%) Government Security Classifications
4 5 (3.50%) MISRA
4 5 (3.50%) MISRA C
5 3 (2.10%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (2.10%) NIST
5 3 (2.10%) PMO
6 1 (0.70%) GDPR
6 1 (0.70%) GRC
6 1 (0.70%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.70%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.70%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.70%) QA
6 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (7.69%) Docker
1 11 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 10 (6.99%) Ansible
3 7 (4.90%) Terraform
4 5 (3.50%) Grafana
4 5 (3.50%) MIIS
5 4 (2.80%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.70%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.70%) Puppet
Vendors
1 13 (9.09%) VMware
2 11 (7.69%) Cisco
2 11 (7.69%) Red Hat
3 6 (4.20%) Ericsson
3 6 (4.20%) F5
3 6 (4.20%) Juniper
3 6 (4.20%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.20%) Nokia
3 6 (4.20%) Oracle
3 6 (4.20%) Palo Alto
4 5 (3.50%) Avaya
4 5 (3.50%) Dell
4 5 (3.50%) HP
4 5 (3.50%) Ribbon
4 5 (3.50%) SAP
5 4 (2.80%) NetApp
6 3 (2.10%) Informatica
7 2 (1.40%) IBM
7 2 (1.40%) Palantir
7 2 (1.40%) ServiceNow