SC Cleared Contracts in Somerset

Security Check (SC) Clearance
South West > Somerset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 23 50 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 11.39% 24.51% 24.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.49% 58.82% 64.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 42 34
10th Percentile £251 £513 £411
25th Percentile £563 £587 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £650 £522
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +24.64% +9.50%
75th Percentile £606 £734 £613
90th Percentile £625 £814 £694
South West median daily rate £550 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Median hourly rate - £67.34 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year - +35.36% +4.87%
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +6.87% +0.77% +33.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Somerset

SC Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 78 85 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 38.61% 41.67% 37.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 59 53
10th Percentile £185 £360 £272
25th Percentile £285 £469 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £625 £467
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +33.83% -1.16%
75th Percentile £613 £689 £575
90th Percentile £625 £800 £638
South West median daily rate £550 £575 £520
% change year-on-year -4.35% +10.58% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 4
10th Percentile - £18.50 £43.92
25th Percentile - £34.38 £47.67
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £52.38
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% -4.53% +16.39%
75th Percentile £40.00 £65.65 £58.13
90th Percentile - £82.50 £61.50
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £65.50 £61.58
% change year-on-year -8.40% +6.37% +36.83%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Somerset

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Somerset

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Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Somerset over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Somerset

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Somerset

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Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Taunton 0 10 £588 -12.25%
Bath +4 5 - - 6
Bridgwater - 3 - - 4
Yeovil -7 2 £260 -59.22% 5
SC Cleared
South West

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 3 (13.04%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (4.35%) NServiceBus
2 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Azure
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Internet
2 1 (4.35%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) NUnit
1 1 (4.35%) SpecFlow
General
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Public Sector
3 4 (17.39%) Law
4 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Electronics
5 1 (4.35%) Finance
5 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.35%) Marketing
5 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Service Manager
1 6 (26.09%) Service Transition Manager
1 6 (26.09%) Transition Manager
2 5 (21.74%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Support Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Desktop Support
3 4 (17.39%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Security Specialist
4 3 (13.04%) Support Specialist
5 2 (8.70%) IT Manager
5 2 (8.70%) IT Services Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Lead
6 1 (4.35%) Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Digital Project Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Junior
6 1 (4.35%) Network Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Network Support Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Technical Leader
6 1 (4.35%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) .NET
1 1 (4.35%) .NET Core
1 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET
1 1 (4.35%) Razor View Engine
1 1 (4.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Data Centre
1 3 (13.04%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (26.09%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Acceptance Criteria
1 6 (26.09%) Service Management
2 5 (21.74%) Change Management
2 5 (21.74%) Conflict Resolution
2 5 (21.74%) Critical Path Analysis
2 5 (21.74%) ITIL
2 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (21.74%) Work Breakdown Structure
3 4 (17.39%) Decision-Making
3 4 (17.39%) Project Delivery
3 4 (17.39%) Security Operations
3 4 (17.39%) SFIA
4 3 (13.04%) Application Packaging
4 3 (13.04%) Break/Fix
4 3 (13.04%) Creative Thinking
4 3 (13.04%) Customer Experience
4 3 (13.04%) Network Management
4 3 (13.04%) Server Management
4 3 (13.04%) SIEM
4 3 (13.04%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) C#
1 1 (4.35%) Java
1 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) ISEB
3 1 (4.35%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.35%) MCDST
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.35%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) COBIT
1 2 (8.70%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (30.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) SCCM
1 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) McAfee
2 1 (4.35%) SAP