Government Security Classifications Contracts in the South West

Government Security Classifications (GSC)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Government Security Classifications skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Government Security Classifications over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 - 168
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Government Security Classifications 39 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.22% - 0.081%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.93% - 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 0 3
10th Percentile £462 - £483
25th Percentile £463 - £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 - £525
75th Percentile £525 - £538
90th Percentile £575 - -
England median daily rate £495 £569 £725
% change year-on-year -12.97% -21.55% +58.99%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

Government Security Classifications is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 563 420 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 17.66% 11.46% 11.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 305 299
10th Percentile £263 £200 £207
25th Percentile £411 £381 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +7.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £586
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £523
% change year-on-year - +0.38% +10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 43 21
10th Percentile £12.40 £17.60 £47.41
25th Percentile £14.00 £49.50 £56.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £64.15 £69.05
Median % change year-on-year -29.85% -7.10% +38.10%
75th Percentile £68.75 £79.88 £71.08
90th Percentile £74.44 £83.40 £81.23
England median hourly rate £21.00 £42.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -50.59% +54.55% +31.26%

Government Security Classifications
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Government Security Classifications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Government Security Classifications in the South West

Government Security Classifications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Government Security Classifications in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Government Security Classifications in the South West

Government Security Classifications
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 Government Security Classifications within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Wiltshire - 35 £495 - 1
Bristol - 4 £575 -
Government Security Classifications
England

Government Security Classifications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 39 (100.00%) Confluence
2 35 (89.74%) SharePoint
2 35 (89.74%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 39 (100.00%) Azure
2 34 (87.18%) Azure Stack
3 4 (10.26%) AWS
3 4 (10.26%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 35 (89.74%) BGP
1 35 (89.74%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 39 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 35 (89.74%) Social Skills
2 18 (46.15%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (43.59%) Microsoft Engineer
2 10 (25.64%) Analyst
3 5 (12.82%) Service Analyst
3 5 (12.82%) Service Management Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Architect
5 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) IT Architect
6 2 (5.13%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 35 (89.74%) Private Cloud
2 4 (10.26%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (89.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (92.31%) Service Management
2 35 (89.74%) ITIL
3 34 (87.18%) Capacity Management
3 34 (87.18%) Network Management
3 34 (87.18%) Security Monitoring
4 28 (71.79%) ITSM
5 18 (46.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (28.21%) Backlog Management
6 11 (28.21%) Knowledge Transfer
7 4 (10.26%) ArchiMate
7 4 (10.26%) Technical Architecture
8 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 1 (2.56%) Agile
9 1 (2.56%) Business Case
9 1 (2.56%) DevOps
9 1 (2.56%) Product Management
9 1 (2.56%) Programme Management
9 1 (2.56%) Requirements Gathering
9 1 (2.56%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (2.56%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 38 (97.44%) Security Cleared
2 34 (87.18%) DV Cleared
3 5 (12.82%) Degree
3 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) NCSC
2 1 (2.56%) QA
Systems Management
1 24 (61.54%) SCOM
Vendors
1 35 (89.74%) Atlassian
1 35 (89.74%) Microsoft