Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Corsham

Security Clearance
Wiltshire > Corsham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Corsham with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 254 211 296
As % of all contract jobs in Corsham 95.85% 87.92% 89.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 98.45% 99.06% 98.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 163 212
10th Percentile £456 £460 £413
25th Percentile £519 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.52% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £725 £638 £651
90th Percentile £738 £725 £725
Wiltshire median daily rate £622 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +13.09% - -2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 10
10th Percentile £19.20 - £38.77
25th Percentile £19.69 - £43.14
Median hourly rate £22.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.33% +20.00% -23.66%
75th Percentile £24.33 - -
90th Percentile £24.82 - £60.42
Wiltshire median hourly rate £24.00 £60.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -60.00% +23.08% -25.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Corsham

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 Corsham.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 258 213 300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Corsham 97.36% 88.75% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 165 215
10th Percentile £456 £460 £413
25th Percentile £520 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.52% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £725 £638 £653
90th Percentile £738 £725 £725
Wiltshire median daily rate £613 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +11.36% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 10
10th Percentile £19.20 - £38.77
25th Percentile £19.69 - £43.14
Median hourly rate £22.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.33% +20.00% -23.66%
75th Percentile £24.33 - -
90th Percentile £24.82 - £60.42
Wiltshire median hourly rate £22.27 £60.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -62.89% +23.08% -25.57%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Corsham

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Corsham

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Daily Rate Trend in Corsham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Corsham citing Security Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Corsham citing Security Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in Corsham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Corsham over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Corsham

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Hourly Rate Trend in Corsham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Corsham citing Security Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Corsham citing Security Cleared

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Corsham 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 49 (19.29%) Confluence
2 25 (9.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (7.09%) SharePoint
4 17 (6.69%) Skype for Business
5 3 (1.18%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.79%) Documentum
7 1 (0.39%) CMS
Applications
1 53 (20.87%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (15.35%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (1.97%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (3.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.18%) Primavera
3 2 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 20 (7.87%) Azure
2 18 (7.09%) AWS
3 14 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (3.94%) GCP
5 7 (2.76%) IaaS
6 6 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.18%) GitHub
7 3 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.79%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.79%) OpenShift
8 2 (0.79%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.39%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.39%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.39%) Lucidchart
9 1 (0.39%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 28 (11.02%) Skype
2 27 (10.63%) DNS
3 15 (5.91%) DHCP
3 15 (5.91%) TCP/IP
4 7 (2.76%) Firewall
5 5 (1.97%) BGP
6 4 (1.57%) Unified Communications
7 3 (1.18%) Network Security
7 3 (1.18%) OSPF
7 3 (1.18%) VoIP
7 3 (1.18%) VSAN
8 2 (0.79%) SNMP
9 1 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.39%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.39%) EIGRP
9 1 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.39%) LAN
9 1 (0.39%) VLAN
9 1 (0.39%) VPN
9 1 (0.39%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.57%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.18%) Metadata
3 2 (0.79%) Looker
3 2 (0.79%) Power BI
3 2 (0.79%) Tableau
4 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 53 (20.87%) JIRA
2 14 (5.51%) Jenkins
3 9 (3.54%) Git
3 9 (3.54%) GitLab
4 8 (3.15%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.18%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.79%) MSI
6 2 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.39%) Maven
7 1 (0.39%) Mocha
General
1 109 (42.91%) Social Skills
2 65 (25.59%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (22.83%) Public Sector
4 43 (16.93%) Military
5 21 (8.27%) Finance
6 20 (7.87%) Telecoms
7 18 (7.09%) Electronics
7 18 (7.09%) Manufacturing
7 18 (7.09%) Marketing
8 3 (1.18%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.39%) Advertising
10 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.39%) Law
10 1 (0.39%) Legal
Job Titles
1 59 (23.23%) Architect
2 31 (12.20%) Service Architect
3 19 (7.48%) Lead
4 16 (6.30%) Analyst
5 15 (5.91%) Support Engineer
6 14 (5.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (5.12%) Microsoft Engineer
8 12 (4.72%) Automation Engineer
8 12 (4.72%) Consultant
8 12 (4.72%) Security Consultant
8 12 (4.72%) Service Manager
9 11 (4.33%) Business Analyst
9 11 (4.33%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (3.54%) Collaboration Engineer
10 9 (3.54%) DevOps Engineer
11 8 (3.15%) Developer
11 8 (3.15%) ITIL Manager
11 8 (3.15%) Security Architect
12 7 (2.76%) ITIL Service Manager
13 6 (2.36%) Incident Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.94%) REST
2 6 (2.36%) Node.js
3 5 (1.97%) SOAP
3 5 (1.97%) Web Services
4 4 (1.57%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (1.57%) OAuth
4 4 (1.57%) OAuth2
5 3 (1.18%) Express.js
5 3 (1.18%) ModSecurity
5 3 (1.18%) OpenID
5 3 (1.18%) RESTful
5 3 (1.18%) SailPoint
5 3 (1.18%) SAML
6 2 (0.79%) Kafka
7 1 (0.39%) Jest
7 1 (0.39%) JWT
7 1 (0.39%) NestJS
7 1 (0.39%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.39%) XML
7 1 (0.39%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.60%) Product Ownership
2 15 (5.91%) Onboarding
3 14 (5.51%) PKI
4 8 (3.15%) Cyber Defence
4 8 (3.15%) Private Cloud
5 7 (2.76%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.57%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.79%) CMDB
7 2 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.79%) Replication
7 2 (0.79%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.39%) Data Fabric
8 1 (0.39%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.39%) STB
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.39%) Windows
2 26 (10.24%) Linux
3 15 (5.91%) Windows 10
4 14 (5.51%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.57%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.18%) CentOS
6 3 (1.18%) VMS
6 3 (1.18%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.39%) Android
8 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (30.71%) Service Management
2 76 (29.92%) Agile
3 72 (28.35%) ITIL
4 48 (18.90%) Critical Thinking
5 46 (18.11%) Knowledge Transfer
6 38 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (14.96%) Service Design
7 37 (14.57%) Analytical Thinking
8 33 (12.99%) TOGAF
9 32 (12.60%) Acceptance Criteria
10 30 (11.81%) Business Continuity
10 30 (11.81%) DevOps
10 30 (11.81%) Security Patching
11 23 (9.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 21 (8.27%) ITSM
13 20 (7.87%) Business Intelligence
13 20 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (7.09%) CI/CD
14 18 (7.09%) Digital Marketing
14 18 (7.09%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (14.96%) PowerShell
2 21 (8.27%) Python
3 10 (3.94%) SQL
4 9 (3.54%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.76%) Bash
6 5 (1.97%) PHP
7 3 (1.18%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.39%) C
8 1 (0.39%) C#
8 1 (0.39%) Go
8 1 (0.39%) Java
Qualifications
1 211 (83.07%) SC Cleared
2 82 (32.28%) DV Cleared
3 58 (22.83%) Degree
4 31 (12.20%) TOGAF Certification
5 13 (5.12%) CISSP
6 10 (3.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (3.54%) APMP
8 8 (3.15%) CESG Certified Professional
9 7 (2.76%) MCSE
10 6 (2.36%) CISM
11 5 (1.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 5 (1.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.57%) MCSA
13 3 (1.18%) CLAS
13 3 (1.18%) Master's Degree
13 3 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.18%) OCA
13 3 (1.18%) Oracle Certification
13 3 (1.18%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.69%) NCSC
2 12 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.15%) NIST
3 8 (3.15%) RMADS
4 7 (2.76%) JSP 440
5 5 (1.97%) QA
6 4 (1.57%) PMO
7 2 (0.79%) P3O
8 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.39%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (8.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (7.09%) Active Directory
3 10 (3.94%) Docker
4 9 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.97%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.39%) Firmware
7 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (12.99%) OPNET
2 20 (7.87%) Ansible
3 19 (7.48%) Terraform
4 16 (6.30%) Kubernetes
5 12 (4.72%) vCenter Server
6 10 (3.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (2.36%) Grafana
7 6 (2.36%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.36%) WSUS
8 5 (1.97%) Packer
9 4 (1.57%) Nessus
9 4 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.18%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.79%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.79%) Puppet
12 1 (0.39%) Argo
12 1 (0.39%) Dell DRAC
12 1 (0.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 51 (20.08%) Atlassian
2 42 (16.54%) Microsoft
3 39 (15.35%) Remedy
4 32 (12.60%) ServiceNow
5 30 (11.81%) VMware
6 18 (7.09%) SAP
7 13 (5.12%) Cisco
8 8 (3.15%) SolarWinds
8 8 (3.15%) Veeam
9 4 (1.57%) Google
10 3 (1.18%) Oracle
10 3 (1.18%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.18%) Splunk
11 2 (0.79%) Dell
11 2 (0.79%) ForgeRock
11 2 (0.79%) HP
11 2 (0.79%) McAfee
11 2 (0.79%) NetIQ
11 2 (0.79%) Okta
11 2 (0.79%) Sparx