BC Cleared Contract Job Trends in the South West

Basic Check (BC) Clearance
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for BC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BC Cleared 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.031% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.066% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £613 £450 £600
% change year-on-year +36.11% -25.00% +1.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

BC 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 the South West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,515 952 1,832
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 47.45% 55.35% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 952 617 1,209
10th Percentile £350 £250 £352
25th Percentile £450 £450 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.01%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £670
90th Percentile £718 £714 £726
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 84 182
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.51 £21.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £29.82 £37.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £62.75 £57.31
Median % change year-on-year -8.37% +9.50% -11.83%
75th Percentile £67.84 £68.00 £70.66
90th Percentile £80.60 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £47.25 £50.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -5.50% +25.00% -20.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BC Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

BC Cleared job vacancy trend in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing BC Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing BC Cleared

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing BC Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing BC Cleared

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BC Cleared within the South West region over the 6 months to 19 April 2026. 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
Gloucestershire - 1 £550 - 1
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Discovery
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 22301
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft