SC Cleared Contract Job Trends in Chippenham

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Wiltshire > Chippenham

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 3 1
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 6 13 8
As % of all contract jobs in Chippenham 42.86% 72.22% 61.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 60.00% 81.25% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £561 £494 -
25th Percentile £564 £514 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.43% +15.00% +31.15%
75th Percentile £589 £650 -
90th Percentile £592 - £575
Wiltshire median daily rate £575 £570 £550
% change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.82 - -
Median hourly rate £22.27 - -
75th Percentile £23.71 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £24.00 £60.00 £48.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +23.71% -10.19%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Chippenham

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 Chippenham.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 10 16 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chippenham 71.43% 88.89% 61.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 6
10th Percentile £522 - -
25th Percentile £536 £481 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% +10.00% +60.00%
75th Percentile £585 £650 -
90th Percentile £590 - £575
Wiltshire median daily rate £581 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.82 - -
Median hourly rate £22.27 - -
75th Percentile £23.71 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £24.00 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -60.00% +20.00% -9.09%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Chippenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SC Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chippenham.

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Chippenham

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in Chippenham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chippenham citing SC Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chippenham citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend in Chippenham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chippenham citing SC Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chippenham citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chippenham 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DWDM
1 1 (16.67%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Designer
1 2 (33.33%) Technical Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) BPMN
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) ITSM
2 1 (16.67%) Kanban
2 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Server Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco
1 3 (50.00%) Juniper
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (16.67%) Atlassian
2 1 (16.67%) F5
2 1 (16.67%) IBM
2 1 (16.67%) Nokia