SC Cleared Contracts in Dorset

Security Check (SC) Clearance
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +9
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 22 34 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 24.72% 21.38% 28.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 73.33% 57.63% 69.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 16 27
10th Percentile £456 £481 £288
25th Percentile £471 £525 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -1.41%
75th Percentile £588 £630 £605
90th Percentile £688 £640 £612
South West median daily rate £550 £532 £588
% change year-on-year +3.48% -9.53% +11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 14
10th Percentile - £46.53 £51.37
25th Percentile - £47.83 £56.55
Median hourly rate - £56.91 £60.25
Median % change year-on-year - -5.54% -1.11%
75th Percentile - £57.37 £62.41
90th Percentile - £69.34 £63.23
South West median hourly rate £35.00 £70.00 £65.25
% change year-on-year -50.00% +7.28% +0.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 30 59 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 33.71% 37.11% 41.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 33 42
10th Percentile £456 £360 £295
25th Percentile £471 £525 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £620 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +12.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £581 £769 £612
90th Percentile £678 £825 £638
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £586
% change year-on-year - -6.10% +11.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 19 20
10th Percentile - - £51.13
25th Percentile £62.50 £13.69 £57.07
Median hourly rate £65.00 £47.83 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.90% -22.85% +6.99%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.33 £68.56
90th Percentile - £60.13 £72.98
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +3.17%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Dorset

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Dorset

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Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Dorset over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Dorset

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Dorset

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Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 18 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Blandford Forum +1 10 £550 +7.32%
Poole -2 3 £550 - 2
Dorchester - 3 £675 - 2
SC Cleared
South West

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 4 (18.18%) Confluence
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Amazon S3
1 2 (9.09%) AWS
1 2 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
1 2 (9.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Skype
2 1 (4.55%) Firewall
2 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (9.09%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (27.27%) Military
3 6 (27.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Developer
2 4 (18.18%) Senior
2 4 (18.18%) Senior Wintel Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Server Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Wintel Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Build Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Server Build Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Backend Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) IT Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Software Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Architect
5 1 (4.55%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Java Developer
5 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared Java Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) Flash
2 3 (13.64%) JavaFX
3 2 (9.09%) Node.js
4 1 (4.55%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Clustering
1 5 (22.73%) PKI
2 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.55%) CESG
2 1 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Windows
2 5 (22.73%) Windows 10
2 5 (22.73%) Windows Server
2 5 (22.73%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (4.55%) Linux
3 1 (4.55%) VMS
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Agile
2 8 (36.36%) Critical Thinking
2 8 (36.36%) NsoIT
2 8 (36.36%) Service Management
2 8 (36.36%) System Testing
3 6 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (22.73%) Server Building
5 4 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 4 (18.18%) High Availability
5 4 (18.18%) ITIL
5 4 (18.18%) Network Virtualisation
5 4 (18.18%) Power Management
5 4 (18.18%) Validation
5 4 (18.18%) Waterfall
6 3 (13.64%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (13.64%) Machine Learning
6 3 (13.64%) UML
7 2 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
7 2 (9.09%) Visualisation
7 2 (9.09%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) PowerShell
1 5 (22.73%) SQL
2 3 (13.64%) Java
2 3 (13.64%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) C++
3 1 (4.55%) Fortran
3 1 (4.55%) MATLAB
3 1 (4.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (36.36%) Degree
3 5 (22.73%) CCNA
3 5 (22.73%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (18.18%) DV Cleared
4 4 (18.18%) Master's Degree
4 4 (18.18%) MCSE
4 4 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (4.55%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) JSP 440
System Software
1 6 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (22.73%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
3 4 (18.18%) VMware NSX
4 2 (9.09%) Docker
5 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
5 1 (4.55%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) vCenter Server
1 4 (18.18%) WSUS
2 2 (9.09%) Ansible
2 2 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 2 (9.09%) Terraform
3 1 (4.55%) PowerCLI
3 1 (4.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) VMware
2 5 (22.73%) Cisco
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
3 4 (18.18%) Atlassian
4 1 (4.55%) Intel