Security Cleared Contracts in Somerset

Security Clearance
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 2 1
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 66 40 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 39.52% 18.02% 32.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 81.48% 46.51% 78.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 21 44
10th Percentile £394 £450 £513
25th Percentile £616 £500 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £580 £673
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% -13.82% +34.60%
75th Percentile £710 £625 £728
90th Percentile £852 £625 £784
South West median daily rate £563 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 6
10th Percentile - £44.75 £37.50
25th Percentile - £48.13 £40.06
Median hourly rate £18.51 £57.50 £53.88
Median % change year-on-year -67.81% +6.73% -1.15%
75th Percentile - £64.38 £68.41
90th Percentile - £66.25 £80.59
South West median hourly rate £26.84 £70.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year -61.66% +3.70% +8.74%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 81 86 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 48.50% 38.74% 40.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 38 56
10th Percentile £225 £196 £363
25th Percentile £466 £401 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £641 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year +11.52% -11.54% +38.00%
75th Percentile £675 £613 £715
90th Percentile £794 £661 £750
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% +11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 8
10th Percentile - - £35.63
25th Percentile - £25.00 £37.50
Median hourly rate £18.51 £40.00 £50.75
Median % change year-on-year -53.73% -21.18% -6.88%
75th Percentile - - £62.89
90th Percentile £20.01 £48.88 £76.82
South West median hourly rate £31.13 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -52.12% - +6.18%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Somerset

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Somerset

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Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Somerset over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Somerset

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Security 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 Security Cleared within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Bath +1 28 £650 +30.00% 6
Yeovil +5 15 - - 2
Taunton -2 5 £715 +22.48% 2
Bridgwater +4 1 - - 4
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South West

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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 4 (6.06%) Confluence
2 1 (1.52%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.52%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.61%) Azure
2 5 (7.58%) AWS
2 5 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.03%) GCP
4 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.52%) Azure Event Grid
4 1 (1.52%) Azure Functions
4 1 (1.52%) SaaS
4 1 (1.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.09%) BGP
1 6 (9.09%) MPLS
1 6 (9.09%) VPN
2 4 (6.06%) DNS
2 4 (6.06%) IPsec
2 4 (6.06%) Unified Communications
3 3 (4.55%) VoIP
4 2 (3.03%) Firewall
4 2 (3.03%) OSPF
4 2 (3.03%) SD-WAN
4 2 (3.03%) VLAN
4 2 (3.03%) WAN
5 1 (1.52%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.55%) Oracle Database
2 2 (3.03%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.52%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) JIRA
2 1 (1.52%) AdminStudio
2 1 (1.52%) InstallShield
2 1 (1.52%) WiX
General
1 22 (33.33%) Finance
2 19 (28.79%) Social Skills
3 9 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (4.55%) Legal
6 1 (1.52%) Military
6 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 17 (25.76%) Lead
2 13 (19.70%) Support Engineer
3 10 (15.15%) Desktop Engineer
3 10 (15.15%) Desktop Support
3 10 (15.15%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 10 (15.15%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 4 (6.06%) Head of AI
4 4 (6.06%) Head of Data Science
4 4 (6.06%) Network Engineer
5 3 (4.55%) DBA
5 3 (4.55%) Field Service Technician
5 3 (4.55%) Oracle DBA
5 3 (4.55%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (4.55%) Technical Support
5 3 (4.55%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (3.03%) Network Architect
6 2 (3.03%) SC Cleared DBA
6 2 (3.03%) Switch Engineer
6 2 (3.03%) Telephony Engineer
6 2 (3.03%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) NETCONF
1 4 (6.06%) RESTCONF
2 1 (1.52%) .NET
2 1 (1.52%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.52%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.52%) OpenAPI
2 1 (1.52%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.52%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 10 (15.15%) Driving Licence
3 5 (7.58%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (6.06%) PKI
5 2 (3.03%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.03%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.52%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.12%) Windows
2 3 (4.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (25.76%) Asset Management
2 16 (24.24%) Ticket Management
3 13 (19.70%) Business Strategy
3 13 (19.70%) Contract Negotiation
4 12 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
4 12 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
4 12 (18.18%) Systems Engineering
4 12 (18.18%) Target Operating Model
5 11 (16.67%) Mathematics
6 10 (15.15%) Customer Experience
7 6 (9.09%) Service Management
7 6 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (7.58%) Artificial Intelligence
8 5 (7.58%) Data Science
8 5 (7.58%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (6.06%) Critical Thinking
9 4 (6.06%) Network Virtualisation
9 4 (6.06%) NsoIT
9 4 (6.06%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.61%) Python
2 3 (4.55%) R
3 2 (3.03%) C++
4 1 (1.52%) C#
4 1 (1.52%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (96.97%) SC Cleared
2 9 (13.64%) Dell Certification
3 6 (9.09%) CCNP
3 6 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (9.09%) Degree
3 6 (9.09%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.03%) AWS Certification
4 2 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (3.03%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.03%) CCIE
4 2 (3.03%) JNCIE
4 2 (3.03%) JNCIP
5 1 (1.52%) IIBA
5 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.52%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (18.18%) SLA
2 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 5 (7.58%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.06%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (6.06%) Ansible
2 3 (4.55%) Data Guard
2 3 (4.55%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (1.52%) SCCM
3 1 (1.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (19.70%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.15%) Dell
2 10 (15.15%) HP
3 6 (9.09%) Cisco
4 5 (7.58%) Oracle
5 4 (6.06%) Atlassian
5 4 (6.06%) VMware
6 3 (4.55%) Remedy
6 3 (4.55%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.03%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.03%) Google
7 2 (3.03%) Juniper
7 2 (3.03%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.52%) Salesforce