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 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 29 25 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucester 46.03% 40.32% 76.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 82.86% 64.10% 92.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 20 75
10th Percentile £225 £397 £425
25th Percentile £433 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £601 £470 £550
Median % change year-on-year +27.77% -14.55% -10.20%
75th Percentile £781 £541 £676
90th Percentile £900 £625 £725
Gloucestershire median daily rate £600 £563 £596
% change year-on-year +6.67% -5.66% +8.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
75th Percentile - - £87.00
90th Percentile - - £90.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £65.00 £30.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year +116.65% -61.54% -

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 35 39 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester 55.56% 62.90% 83.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 29 82
10th Percentile £227 £263 £414
25th Percentile £439 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +32.60% -9.09% -3.08%
75th Percentile £728 £588 £675
90th Percentile £900 £628 £725
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 £569 £575
% change year-on-year -3.30% -1.09% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £54.20
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
75th Percentile - - £84.00
90th Percentile - - £90.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £54.99 £30.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year +83.30% -61.54% +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 2 August 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 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (6.90%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (3.45%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 15 (51.72%) Azure
2 8 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (24.14%) Entra ID
4 3 (10.34%) AWS
4 3 (10.34%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (10.34%) IaaS
4 3 (10.34%) PaaS
5 2 (6.90%) Azure Stack
5 2 (6.90%) GCP
5 2 (6.90%) OCI
5 2 (6.90%) SaaS
6 1 (3.45%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.45%) GitHub
6 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) VoIP
2 2 (6.90%) Firewall
3 1 (3.45%) BGP
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (3.45%) LAN
3 1 (3.45%) Network Security
3 1 (3.45%) Spanning Tree
3 1 (3.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) NoSQL
2 1 (3.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) JIRA
2 2 (6.90%) Git
3 1 (3.45%) MSI
General
1 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.90%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (13.79%) Analyst
1 4 (13.79%) Architect
1 4 (13.79%) Support Engineer
2 3 (10.34%) DevSecOps Engineer
2 3 (10.34%) Security Analyst
2 3 (10.34%) Security Architect
2 3 (10.34%) Technical Engineer
2 3 (10.34%) Technical Support
2 3 (10.34%) Technical Support Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Chief Technology Officer
3 2 (6.90%) Developer
3 2 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (6.90%) Senior
3 2 (6.90%) Senior Developer
3 2 (6.90%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) Node.js
1 2 (6.90%) React
1 2 (6.90%) RESTful
2 1 (3.45%) ARM Templates
2 1 (3.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (10.34%) Onboarding
1 3 (10.34%) Product Ownership
1 3 (10.34%) Security Posture
2 2 (6.90%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (6.90%) Private Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Windows
2 4 (13.79%) Android
2 4 (13.79%) Windows 10
3 3 (10.34%) Apple iOS
3 3 (10.34%) Mac OS
4 2 (6.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.69%) Infrastructure as Code
1 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (17.24%) Agile
2 5 (17.24%) CI/CD
2 5 (17.24%) DevSecOps
2 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (13.79%) Containerisation
3 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (13.79%) DevOps
3 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (10.34%) ITIL
4 3 (10.34%) ITSM
4 3 (10.34%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (10.34%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (10.34%) Zero Trust
5 2 (6.90%) API Design
5 2 (6.90%) API Development
5 2 (6.90%) Code Quality
5 2 (6.90%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) JavaScript
1 3 (10.34%) PowerShell
1 3 (10.34%) SQL
2 2 (6.90%) Go
2 2 (6.90%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (6.90%) Python
2 2 (6.90%) TypeScript
3 1 (3.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 28 (96.55%) SC Cleared
2 12 (41.38%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.45%) MCITP
4 1 (3.45%) MCP
4 1 (3.45%) MCSA
4 1 (3.45%) MCSE
4 1 (3.45%) MCTS
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) NCSC
1 3 (10.34%) PMO
1 3 (10.34%) SLA
2 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (3.45%) GDPR
2 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (37.93%) Active Directory
2 6 (20.69%) Docker
3 2 (6.90%) Hyper-V
3 2 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) Terraform
2 5 (17.24%) Kubernetes
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (6.90%) Ansible
4 2 (6.90%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (3.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (3.45%) Podman
5 1 (3.45%) QRadar
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) ServiceNow
3 3 (10.34%) Remedy
4 2 (6.90%) Oracle
4 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
4 2 (6.90%) VMware
5 1 (3.45%) Cisco
5 1 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (3.45%) Exabeam
5 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.45%) IFS
5 1 (3.45%) NetApp
5 1 (3.45%) Splunk