Security Cleared Contracts in Cheltenham

Security Clearance
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 47 134 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 81.03% 68.37% 71.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 95.92% 97.10% 99.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 62 74
10th Percentile £545 £513 £507
25th Percentile £575 £525 £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £575 £613
Median % change year-on-year +6.96% -6.12% +11.36%
75th Percentile £681 £675 £709
90th Percentile £750 £738 £759
Gloucestershire median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £55.25
25th Percentile - - £63.13
Median hourly rate - - £85.50
75th Percentile - - £91.13
90th Percentile - - £93.15
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £68.00 £33.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year +106.06% -57.69% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 49 138 108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham 84.48% 70.41% 72.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 63 74
10th Percentile £542 £513 £507
25th Percentile £555 £525 £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £575 £613
Median % change year-on-year +6.96% -6.12% +16.67%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £709
90th Percentile £750 £738 £759
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £55.25
25th Percentile £55.00 - £63.13
Median hourly rate £60.00 £18.19 £85.50
Median % change year-on-year +229.85% -78.73% -
75th Percentile £65.00 - £91.13
90th Percentile - - £93.15
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £68.00 £21.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year +223.81% -73.08% +41.82%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Cheltenham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Cheltenham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cheltenham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Cheltenham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Cheltenham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 2 (4.26%) Apache
2 1 (2.13%) Confluence
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.13%) nginx
2 1 (2.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (2.13%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 13 (27.66%) AWS
2 8 (17.02%) Azure
2 8 (17.02%) OpenShift
3 2 (4.26%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.13%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.13%) AWS Fargate
4 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.13%) GCP
4 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 14 (29.79%) DNS
2 8 (17.02%) DHCP
3 7 (14.89%) HTTP
3 7 (14.89%) TCP/IP
4 6 (12.77%) Firewall
4 6 (12.77%) Kerberos
5 1 (2.13%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (8.51%) MongoDB
2 4 (8.51%) Oracle Database
3 3 (6.38%) SQL Server
4 2 (4.26%) Big Data
4 2 (4.26%) Flink
4 2 (4.26%) Hadoop
4 2 (4.26%) RDBMS
4 2 (4.26%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (2.13%) NoSQL
5 1 (2.13%) Oracle Database 10g
5 1 (2.13%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (2.13%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (2.13%) Oracle8/8i Database
5 1 (2.13%) Oracle9i Database
5 1 (2.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (12.77%) Jenkins
2 4 (8.51%) Cucumber
2 4 (8.51%) Cypress.io
3 2 (4.26%) GitLab
4 1 (2.13%) Bitbucket
4 1 (2.13%) Git
4 1 (2.13%) JIRA
4 1 (2.13%) Oracle APEX
General
1 5 (10.64%) Aerospace
2 3 (6.38%) Finance
3 2 (4.26%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.13%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (14.89%) Architect
2 6 (12.77%) Lead
3 5 (10.64%) Software Engineer
3 5 (10.64%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (8.51%) Test Leader
4 4 (8.51%) Tester
5 3 (6.38%) DevOps Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Senior
5 3 (6.38%) Support Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) Automation Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Data Scientist
6 2 (4.26%) Information Assurance Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Information Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Information Security Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.26%) Security Assurance Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Security Manager
6 2 (4.26%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.77%) .NET
2 3 (6.38%) Spring
2 3 (6.38%) Spring Boot
3 2 (4.26%) AngularJS
3 2 (4.26%) Apache NiFi
3 2 (4.26%) ModSecurity
3 2 (4.26%) React
3 2 (4.26%) REST
3 2 (4.26%) Vue
4 1 (2.13%) JPA
4 1 (2.13%) Node.js
4 1 (2.13%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) PKI
2 6 (12.77%) Data Centre
2 6 (12.77%) Replication
3 2 (4.26%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.13%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (42.55%) Linux
2 8 (17.02%) Windows
3 7 (14.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (14.89%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (19.15%) Containerisation
2 8 (17.02%) Agile
2 8 (17.02%) DevOps
3 7 (14.89%) CI/CD
3 7 (14.89%) Continuous Integration
3 7 (14.89%) Software Engineering
3 7 (14.89%) Test Automation
4 6 (12.77%) RBAC
4 6 (12.77%) Service Management
5 5 (10.64%) Software Testing
6 4 (8.51%) Validation
7 3 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (6.38%) Incident Management
7 3 (6.38%) Information Assurance
7 3 (6.38%) Risk Management
7 3 (6.38%) Technical Leadership
8 2 (4.26%) Data Science
8 2 (4.26%) Decision-Making
8 2 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (4.26%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 20 (42.55%) Java
2 13 (27.66%) Python
3 9 (19.15%) Bash
4 8 (17.02%) PowerShell
4 8 (17.02%) SQL
5 6 (12.77%) JavaScript
6 2 (4.26%) C
6 2 (4.26%) C#
7 1 (2.13%) C++
7 1 (2.13%) Go
7 1 (2.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (65.96%) DV Cleared
2 13 (27.66%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.51%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.13%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 15 (31.91%) Docker
2 7 (14.89%) Hyper-V
2 7 (14.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.26%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.13%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 15 (31.91%) Kubernetes
2 12 (25.53%) Ansible
3 11 (23.40%) Terraform
4 7 (14.89%) Puppet
5 1 (2.13%) Data Guard
5 1 (2.13%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 1 (2.13%) Grafana
5 1 (2.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (2.13%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (2.13%) Podman
5 1 (2.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) VMware
2 7 (14.89%) Red Hat
3 5 (10.64%) Oracle
4 4 (8.51%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.13%) Cisco