SC Cleared Contracts in Gloucestershire

Security Check (SC) Clearance
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire with a requirement for SC 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 2 8 3
Rank change year-on-year +6 -5 -1
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 72 72 164
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 26.28% 16.78% 34.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.00% 27.27% 48.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 39 134
10th Percentile £270 £279 £275
25th Percentile £425 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £581 £706 £650
90th Percentile £765 £713 £725
South West median daily rate £550 £538 £579
% change year-on-year +2.23% -7.08% +10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 16 9
10th Percentile - - £49.50
25th Percentile - £15.75 £52.50
Median hourly rate £68.00 £30.25 £68.00
Median % change year-on-year +124.79% -55.51% -
75th Percentile - £68.75 £83.31
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +6.87% +2.31%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 144 264 338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 52.55% 61.54% 71.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 144 242
10th Percentile £250 £425 £400
25th Percentile £450 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +6.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £661 £691 £675
90th Percentile £752 £759 £724
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £578
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +11.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 20 28
10th Percentile £53.87 £15.75 £49.25
25th Percentile £58.25 £15.86 £64.63
Median hourly rate £71.50 £24.25 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +194.85% -68.91% +41.82%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.75 £83.31
90th Percentile - £68.88 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £61.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.64% -6.15% +5.69%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Gloucestershire

SC Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Gloucestershire

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Gloucestershire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Gloucestershire

SC Cleared
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Gloucester +2 30 £500 - 24
Cheltenham +18 19 £548 +9.60% 21
Filton +7 8 £400 -39.05% 3
Tewkesbury +1 1 - - 1
SC Cleared
South West

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 11 (15.28%) SharePoint
2 7 (9.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (4.17%) Confluence
4 1 (1.39%) Appian
4 1 (1.39%) IIS
4 1 (1.39%) MS Project Server
4 1 (1.39%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (1.39%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (1.39%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 29 (40.28%) Azure
2 15 (20.83%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (15.28%) Entra ID
4 6 (8.33%) AWS
5 4 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (5.56%) SaaS
6 2 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.78%) GCP
6 2 (2.78%) GitHub
7 1 (1.39%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.39%) IaaS
7 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (23.61%) DNS
1 17 (23.61%) Firewall
2 12 (16.67%) Kerberos
3 6 (8.33%) VPN
4 5 (6.94%) LAN
4 5 (6.94%) WAN
5 3 (4.17%) BGP
5 3 (4.17%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (4.17%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (4.17%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (4.17%) Spanning Tree
6 2 (2.78%) DHCP
6 2 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (2.78%) SAN
6 2 (2.78%) VLAN
6 2 (2.78%) VoIP
6 2 (2.78%) WebEx
7 1 (1.39%) NAS
7 1 (1.39%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.78%) MongoDB
1 2 (2.78%) NoSQL
1 2 (2.78%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Database 10g
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Database 11g
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Database 12c
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle8/8i Database
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle9i Database
2 1 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.39%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.39%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (11.11%) JIRA
2 2 (2.78%) Git
3 1 (1.39%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.39%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (1.39%) Selenium
3 1 (1.39%) TestRail
General
1 21 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.28%) Public Sector
3 9 (12.50%) Aerospace
4 4 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.17%) Finance
6 2 (2.78%) Legal
7 1 (1.39%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 19 (26.39%) Architect
2 13 (18.06%) Solutions Architect
3 8 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 6 (8.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 5 (6.94%) Analyst
5 5 (6.94%) Cisco Engineer
6 4 (5.56%) Administrator
6 4 (5.56%) Senior
7 3 (4.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (4.17%) Desktop Engineer
7 3 (4.17%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 3 (4.17%) Lead
7 3 (4.17%) Network Engineer
7 3 (4.17%) Security Architect
8 2 (2.78%) 3rd Line Support
8 2 (2.78%) Desktop Support
8 2 (2.78%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 2 (2.78%) Developer
8 2 (2.78%) Security Analyst
8 2 (2.78%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (19.44%) .NET
2 2 (2.78%) Kafka
2 2 (2.78%) Node.js
2 2 (2.78%) React
2 2 (2.78%) RESTful
3 1 (1.39%) OpenCV
3 1 (1.39%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.39%) TensorFlow
3 1 (1.39%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (18.06%) PKI
2 12 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 12 (16.67%) Replication
3 6 (8.33%) Security Posture
4 4 (5.56%) iPad
4 4 (5.56%) iPhone
4 4 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (4.17%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.78%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.39%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.39%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (22.22%) Windows
2 5 (6.94%) Windows 10
2 5 (6.94%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.17%) Linux
4 2 (2.78%) Android
4 2 (2.78%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.39%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.39%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (16.67%) RBAC
3 9 (12.50%) Task Automation
4 8 (11.11%) Agile
4 8 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
5 7 (9.72%) CI/CD
5 7 (9.72%) DevOps
5 7 (9.72%) Vulnerability Management
6 6 (8.33%) Analytics
6 6 (8.33%) ITIL
6 6 (8.33%) Migration
7 5 (6.94%) Cloud Security
7 5 (6.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (6.94%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (6.94%) Decision-Making
7 5 (6.94%) DevSecOps
8 4 (5.56%) Antivirus Management
8 4 (5.56%) Containerisation
8 4 (5.56%) Customer Service
8 4 (5.56%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 15 (20.83%) PowerShell
2 6 (8.33%) Python
3 5 (6.94%) SQL
4 3 (4.17%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (2.78%) Go
5 2 (2.78%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.78%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.39%) Ada
6 1 (1.39%) C++
6 1 (1.39%) Java
6 1 (1.39%) VB
6 1 (1.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 72 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 18 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (4.17%) MCSE
4 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.78%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.78%) Degree
6 1 (1.39%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.39%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (1.39%) MCP
6 1 (1.39%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.56%) NCSC
1 4 (5.56%) PMO
2 3 (4.17%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.39%) NIST
3 1 (1.39%) QA
3 1 (1.39%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (27.78%) Active Directory
2 8 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (9.72%) Docker
4 5 (6.94%) Hyper-V
4 5 (6.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.78%) vSphere
6 1 (1.39%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.39%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (1.39%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (11.11%) Terraform
2 6 (8.33%) Kubernetes
3 3 (4.17%) McAfee ePO
3 3 (4.17%) SCCM
3 3 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.78%) Ansible
4 2 (2.78%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (2.78%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (1.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.39%) Data Guard
5 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (1.39%) NetApp OnCommand
5 1 (1.39%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (1.39%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (1.39%) QRadar
5 1 (1.39%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.39%) vMotion
5 1 (1.39%) WSUS
Vendors
1 28 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.50%) VMware
3 8 (11.11%) McAfee
4 6 (8.33%) Cisco
5 3 (4.17%) Oracle
5 3 (4.17%) Symantec
6 2 (2.78%) Citrix
6 2 (2.78%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.78%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.78%) Tenable
6 2 (2.78%) Veeam
7 1 (1.39%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.39%) Exabeam
7 1 (1.39%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.39%) SAP
7 1 (1.39%) Splunk