SC Cleared Contracts in Gloucester

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucester with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 0
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 25 26 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucester 30.49% 35.62% 41.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 69.44% 63.41% 51.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 17 46
10th Percentile £230 £200 £263
25th Percentile £425 £425 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - -19.10%
75th Percentile £700 £706 £600
90th Percentile £900 - £681
Gloucestershire median daily rate £548 £500 £558
% change year-on-year +9.60% -10.31% +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £21.00 -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £47.70 £33.00 £71.66
% change year-on-year +44.55% -53.95% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Gloucester

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 Gloucester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 36 41 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester 43.90% 56.16% 79.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 29 78
10th Percentile £366 £290 £275
25th Percentile £444 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +11.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £700 £675 £600
90th Percentile £800 £706 £691
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -6.38% +6.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - £18.70 -
25th Percentile - £19.57 -
Median hourly rate - £21.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year - -73.08% -
75th Percentile - - £84.00
90th Percentile - - £87.60
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 Gloucester

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Gloucester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Gloucester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Gloucester over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Gloucester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Gloucester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester 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 7 (28.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (8.00%) Confluence
4 1 (4.00%) IIS
4 1 (4.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (68.00%) Azure
2 7 (28.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (24.00%) Entra ID
4 4 (16.00%) SaaS
5 3 (12.00%) AWS
5 3 (12.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (8.00%) GCP
7 1 (4.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (4.00%) GitHub
7 1 (4.00%) IaaS
7 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (4.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) VPN
2 2 (8.00%) DNS
2 2 (8.00%) Firewall
3 1 (4.00%) BGP
3 1 (4.00%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (4.00%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (4.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (4.00%) DHCP
3 1 (4.00%) LAN
3 1 (4.00%) Network Security
3 1 (4.00%) Spanning Tree
3 1 (4.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) JIRA
2 2 (8.00%) Git
General
1 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (20.00%) Architect
2 4 (16.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Security Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Administrator
4 2 (8.00%) Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Desktop Support
4 2 (8.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Developer
4 2 (8.00%) Full-Stack Developer
4 2 (8.00%) Security Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Senior
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Developer
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (4.00%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (4.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) Node.js
1 2 (8.00%) React
1 2 (8.00%) RESTful
2 1 (4.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) iPad
1 3 (12.00%) iPhone
1 3 (12.00%) Security Posture
1 3 (12.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.00%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (32.00%) Windows
2 4 (16.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (12.00%) Windows Server
4 2 (8.00%) Android
4 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (4.00%) Apple iOS
5 1 (4.00%) Linux
5 1 (4.00%) Mac OS
5 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (24.00%) Agile
2 6 (24.00%) CI/CD
3 5 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 5 (20.00%) ITIL
3 5 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (16.00%) Containerisation
4 4 (16.00%) DevOps
4 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (16.00%) Task Automation
5 3 (12.00%) Antivirus Management
5 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (12.00%) Customer Service
5 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (12.00%) Inventory Management
5 3 (12.00%) Migration
5 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (12.00%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (12.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (12.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.00%) Go
2 2 (8.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (8.00%) Python
2 2 (8.00%) SQL
2 2 (8.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (4.00%) VB
3 1 (4.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 25 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (36.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (4.00%) Degree
4 1 (4.00%) MCP
4 1 (4.00%) MCSA
4 1 (4.00%) MCSE
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) NCSC
2 3 (12.00%) PMO
3 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (44.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (24.00%) Docker
3 3 (12.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (4.00%) BitLocker
5 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
5 1 (4.00%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (28.00%) Terraform
2 5 (20.00%) Kubernetes
3 3 (12.00%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (8.00%) Ansible
4 2 (8.00%) SCCM
5 1 (4.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (4.00%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (4.00%) NetApp OnCommand
5 1 (4.00%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (4.00%) Podman
5 1 (4.00%) QRadar
5 1 (4.00%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (4.00%) vCenter Server
5 1 (4.00%) vMotion
5 1 (4.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.00%) McAfee
3 2 (8.00%) Palo Alto
3 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.00%) Symantec
3 2 (8.00%) VMware
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco
4 1 (4.00%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (4.00%) Exabeam
4 1 (4.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.00%) Splunk