Security Cleared Contracts in Gloucester

Security Clearance
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucester with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 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 40 45 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucester 43.96% 53.57% 78.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 90.91% 88.24% 97.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 29 93
10th Percentile £363 £290 £275
25th Percentile £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £700 £706 £600
90th Percentile £800 - £675
Gloucestershire median daily rate £575 £600 £558
% change year-on-year -4.17% +7.62% +4.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Median hourly rate - £21.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year - -73.08% -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £71.50 £33.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year +116.67% -57.69% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Gloucester

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 Gloucester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 44 51 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester 48.35% 60.71% 80.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 34 96
10th Percentile £363 £346 £275
25th Percentile £425 £456 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +17.50% -
75th Percentile £700 £688 £600
90th Percentile £800 £706 £675
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -6.38% +6.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
Median hourly rate - £21.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year - -73.08% -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £71.50 £24.25 £78.00
% change year-on-year +194.85% -68.91% +41.82%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Gloucester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Gloucester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Gloucester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Gloucester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucester

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

Hourly rate trend for Security 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 (17.50%) SharePoint
2 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (7.50%) Apache
4 2 (5.00%) Confluence
5 1 (2.50%) IIS
5 1 (2.50%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (52.50%) Azure
2 10 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (20.00%) AWS
4 7 (17.50%) Entra ID
5 4 (10.00%) GitHub
5 4 (10.00%) SaaS
6 3 (7.50%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (5.00%) GCP
7 2 (5.00%) OpenShift
8 1 (2.50%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (2.50%) Azure Stack
8 1 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.50%) IaaS
8 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.50%) VPN
2 4 (10.00%) DNS
2 4 (10.00%) Firewall
3 3 (7.50%) DHCP
4 2 (5.00%) HTTP
4 2 (5.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.50%) BGP
5 1 (2.50%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (2.50%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (2.50%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (2.50%) LAN
5 1 (2.50%) Network Security
5 1 (2.50%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (2.50%) Spanning Tree
5 1 (2.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (7.50%) NoSQL
3 2 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (15.00%) JIRA
2 5 (12.50%) Git
General
1 11 (27.50%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (15.00%) Support Engineer
2 5 (12.50%) Architect
3 4 (10.00%) Administrator
3 4 (10.00%) Analyst
4 3 (7.50%) Data Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) DevSecOps Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Security Architect
5 2 (5.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Security Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Senior
5 2 (5.00%) Senior Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Technical Support Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (5.00%) Node.js
2 2 (5.00%) React
2 2 (5.00%) RESTful
3 1 (2.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Security Posture
2 4 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (7.50%) iPad
3 3 (7.50%) iPhone
3 3 (7.50%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.50%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 17 (42.50%) Windows
2 11 (27.50%) Windows Server
3 7 (17.50%) Linux
4 4 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (10.00%) Windows 10
5 3 (7.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (5.00%) Android
6 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (2.50%) Apple iOS
7 1 (2.50%) Mac OS
7 1 (2.50%) Rocky
7 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (20.00%) Task Automation
2 8 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 7 (17.50%) Containerisation
4 6 (15.00%) Agile
4 6 (15.00%) CI/CD
4 6 (15.00%) Migration
5 5 (12.50%) Cloud Security
5 5 (12.50%) DevSecOps
5 5 (12.50%) ITIL
5 5 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (10.00%) Application Security
6 4 (10.00%) DevOps
6 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (10.00%) Project Management
6 4 (10.00%) Service Management
6 4 (10.00%) Threat Analysis
6 4 (10.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 3 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (7.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (32.50%) PowerShell
2 8 (20.00%) Python
3 5 (12.50%) SQL
4 3 (7.50%) Java
4 3 (7.50%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.00%) Bash
5 2 (5.00%) Go
5 2 (5.00%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (5.00%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.50%) VB
6 1 (2.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 17 (42.50%) DV Cleared
3 3 (7.50%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.50%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.50%) Degree
4 1 (2.50%) MCP
4 1 (2.50%) MCSA
4 1 (2.50%) MCSE
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) NCSC
2 3 (7.50%) PMO
3 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (32.50%) Active Directory
2 8 (20.00%) Docker
3 5 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 5 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.50%) BitLocker
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (22.50%) Terraform
2 8 (20.00%) Kubernetes
3 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (10.00%) Ansible
4 4 (10.00%) McAfee ePO
4 4 (10.00%) SCCM
5 3 (7.50%) Norton AntiVirus
5 3 (7.50%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (7.50%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 2 (5.00%) Puppet
7 1 (2.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (2.50%) NetApp OnCommand
7 1 (2.50%) Podman
7 1 (2.50%) QRadar
7 1 (2.50%) vCenter Server
7 1 (2.50%) vMotion
7 1 (2.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (47.50%) Microsoft
2 8 (20.00%) McAfee
3 5 (12.50%) VMware
4 4 (10.00%) Symantec
5 2 (5.00%) Oracle
5 2 (5.00%) Palo Alto
5 2 (5.00%) Red Hat
5 2 (5.00%) ServiceNow
5 2 (5.00%) Tenable
6 1 (2.50%) Cisco
6 1 (2.50%) Citrix
6 1 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.50%) Dell
6 1 (2.50%) Exabeam
6 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.50%) Splunk