Security Cleared Contracts in the South West

Security Clearance
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 1,562 1,702 1,191
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 49.32% 46.75% 31.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 87.02% 88.88% 77.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,039 1,270 826
10th Percentile £375 £400 £370
25th Percentile £475 £500 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +12.38% +5.38%
75th Percentile £671 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £725 £680
England median daily rate £550 £550 £543
% change year-on-year - +1.38% +8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 132 78
10th Percentile £40.75 £48.99 £38.75
25th Percentile £53.75 £57.25 £54.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.28% +0.38% +30.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £68.86
90th Percentile £85.00 £87.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £56.89 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -5.19% +20.00% +16.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

Security 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 the South West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,795 1,915 1,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 56.68% 52.60% 41.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,151 1,408 1,075
10th Percentile £353 £382 £321
25th Percentile £465 £475 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £577 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.72% +11.01% +9.47%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £618
90th Percentile £725 £725 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 162 94
10th Percentile £21.00 £39.55 £35.18
25th Percentile £40.00 £57.25 £51.27
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £61.58
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +5.56% +36.83%
75th Percentile £72.50 £79.94 £68.23
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.61 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the South West

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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 Security Cleared within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 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 0 695 £550 -5.01% 65
Bristol 0 401 £575 -4.17% 147
Gloucestershire 0 237 £600 +4.35% 106
Devon +1 99 £475 -20.83% 49
Dorset 0 48 £635 +16.78% 22
Somerset -1 35 £580 -10.77% 48
Cornwall -9 1 - -
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
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 91 (5.83%) SharePoint
2 88 (5.63%) Confluence
3 35 (2.24%) SharePoint Server
4 18 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.32%) Apache
6 3 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.13%) CMS
7 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.064%) nginx
8 1 (0.064%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.064%) WebLogic
Applications
1 54 (3.46%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
5 13 (0.83%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.064%) CATIA
8 1 (0.064%) Simulink
8 1 (0.064%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 20 (1.28%) Remedy ITSM
2 14 (0.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 10 (0.64%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.26%) Primavera
5 3 (0.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.13%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.064%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.064%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.064%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 166 (10.63%) Azure
2 105 (6.72%) AWS
3 55 (3.52%) Power Platform
4 49 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
5 47 (3.01%) PaaS
6 43 (2.75%) SaaS
7 34 (2.18%) Azure Stack
8 33 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
9 31 (1.98%) IaaS
10 24 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (1.28%) Power Automate
12 13 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (0.70%) GCP
13 11 (0.70%) OpenShift
14 10 (0.64%) PowerApps
15 9 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (0.58%) Serverless
16 8 (0.51%) Azure Storage
16 8 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
16 8 (0.51%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 102 (6.53%) Firewall
2 76 (4.87%) WAN
3 64 (4.10%) Network Security
4 60 (3.84%) LAN
5 38 (2.43%) BGP
6 32 (2.05%) DNS
7 27 (1.73%) VoIP
8 22 (1.41%) VSAN
9 21 (1.34%) PBX
10 19 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (1.09%) DHCP
12 14 (0.90%) SAN
13 13 (0.83%) Unified Communications
14 12 (0.77%) 4G
14 12 (0.77%) TCP/IP
15 11 (0.70%) Cisco ISE
15 11 (0.70%) SDH
16 10 (0.64%) Internet
17 8 (0.51%) VPN
17 8 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (2.88%) SQL Server
2 31 (1.98%) Power BI
3 21 (1.34%) Relational Database
4 18 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
6 12 (0.77%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 12 (0.77%) Oracle Database
6 12 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 12 (0.77%) Tableau
7 11 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.58%) SAP HANA
9 8 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.45%) Metadata
10 7 (0.45%) Metadata Repository
11 6 (0.38%) InfluxDB
12 5 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (0.32%) SQLite
13 4 (0.26%) Biml
13 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (0.19%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 131 (8.39%) JIRA
2 52 (3.33%) Jenkins
3 35 (2.24%) Rational DOORS
4 33 (2.11%) Bitbucket
5 24 (1.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 14 (0.90%) Git
7 13 (0.83%) GitLab
7 13 (0.83%) SonarQube
8 11 (0.70%) Artifactory
9 7 (0.45%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.38%) Selenium
11 5 (0.32%) Checkstyle
12 3 (0.19%) Burp Suite
13 2 (0.13%) GoogleTest
13 2 (0.13%) HP UFT
13 2 (0.13%) JUnit
13 2 (0.13%) LoadRunner
13 2 (0.13%) Snyk
14 1 (0.064%) ESLint
14 1 (0.064%) Vite
General
1 348 (22.28%) Social Skills
2 271 (17.35%) Public Sector
3 154 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (9.28%) Telecoms
5 120 (7.68%) Finance
6 70 (4.48%) Manufacturing
7 65 (4.16%) Military
8 55 (3.52%) Aerospace
9 49 (3.14%) Electronics
9 49 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
10 45 (2.88%) Marketing
11 36 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (1.34%) Legal
13 17 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (0.90%) Police
15 8 (0.51%) Publishing
16 7 (0.45%) Digital Economy
17 6 (0.38%) Aviation
17 6 (0.38%) Law
18 5 (0.32%) Aeronautics
Job Titles
1 335 (21.45%) Architect
2 177 (11.33%) Analyst
3 150 (9.60%) Lead
4 104 (6.66%) Solutions Architect
5 90 (5.76%) Project Manager
6 73 (4.67%) Lead Architect
7 72 (4.61%) Developer
8 70 (4.48%) Network Architect
9 67 (4.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 61 (3.91%) Senior
11 57 (3.65%) Network Engineer
12 55 (3.52%) SOC Analyst
13 51 (3.27%) Administrator
14 43 (2.75%) Software Engineer
15 41 (2.62%) Systems Administrator
15 41 (2.62%) Wintel Administrator
15 41 (2.62%) Wintel Systems Administrator
16 39 (2.50%) DevOps Engineer
16 39 (2.50%) Service Analyst
17 36 (2.30%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (2.69%) .NET
2 31 (1.98%) .NET Core
3 25 (1.60%) XML
4 24 (1.54%) React
5 18 (1.15%) REST
5 18 (1.15%) Spring
6 14 (0.90%) AngularJS
7 9 (0.58%) .NET Framework
7 9 (0.58%) CSS
7 9 (0.58%) RESTful
7 9 (0.58%) SPFx
8 8 (0.51%) YAML
9 7 (0.45%) Apache NiFi
10 6 (0.38%) Flash
10 6 (0.38%) JSON
11 5 (0.32%) ModSecurity
11 5 (0.32%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (0.32%) Spring Boot
11 5 (0.32%) Vue
12 4 (0.26%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 100 (6.40%) PKI
2 82 (5.25%) Data Centre
3 80 (5.12%) Management Information System
4 64 (4.10%) Security Operations Centre
5 63 (4.03%) Private Cloud
6 57 (3.65%) Cyber Threat
7 44 (2.82%) Cyber Defence
8 37 (2.37%) CSOC
9 33 (2.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 29 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
11 27 (1.73%) Onboarding
12 18 (1.15%) CMDB
13 17 (1.09%) Product Ownership
14 15 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (0.96%) Replication
15 14 (0.90%) Public Cloud
15 14 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
16 13 (0.83%) Operational Technology
16 13 (0.83%) Security Posture
17 12 (0.77%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 193 (12.36%) Windows
2 123 (7.87%) Linux
3 45 (2.88%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.02%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.77%) FreeRTOS
6 11 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (0.45%) Windows 7
8 6 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.26%) Unix
10 3 (0.19%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.13%) SUSE
11 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.064%) CentOS
12 1 (0.064%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.064%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.064%) Solaris
12 1 (0.064%) VMS
12 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (16.45%) Agile
2 205 (13.12%) Cybersecurity
3 193 (12.36%) ITIL
4 181 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
5 175 (11.20%) Project Management
6 148 (9.48%) SIEM
7 126 (8.07%) Stakeholder Management
8 120 (7.68%) DevOps
8 120 (7.68%) Service Management
9 112 (7.17%) Security Operations
10 97 (6.21%) Network Management
11 88 (5.63%) Incident Response
12 84 (5.38%) Continuous Improvement
13 82 (5.25%) Business Intelligence
13 82 (5.25%) Change Management
14 81 (5.19%) Threat Intelligence
15 80 (5.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 78 (4.99%) Programme Management
16 78 (4.99%) Use Case
17 76 (4.87%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 102 (6.53%) Python
2 80 (5.12%) PowerShell
3 63 (4.03%) SQL
4 59 (3.78%) C
5 55 (3.52%) Java
6 40 (2.56%) JavaScript
7 34 (2.18%) C#
8 22 (1.41%) Bash
9 15 (0.96%) C++
10 14 (0.90%) Go
11 12 (0.77%) Embedded C
11 12 (0.77%) T-SQL
12 9 (0.58%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.38%) Ada
14 5 (0.32%) Bicep
14 5 (0.32%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.32%) TypeScript
15 4 (0.26%) MATLAB
16 3 (0.19%) R
17 2 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 805 (51.54%) DV Cleared
2 796 (50.96%) SC Cleared
3 128 (8.19%) Degree
4 43 (2.75%) CISSP
5 42 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 36 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
7 33 (2.11%) CISM
8 29 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 27 (1.73%) CCNA
10 26 (1.66%) SANS
11 24 (1.54%) APMP
12 23 (1.47%) CCNP
13 18 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
13 18 (1.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 16 (1.02%) HND
15 15 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
16 12 (0.77%) MCSE
17 11 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
18 10 (0.64%) CEH
19 9 (0.58%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (4.67%) NIST
2 63 (4.03%) PMO
3 50 (3.20%) QA
4 46 (2.94%) SLA
5 44 (2.82%) JSP 440
6 38 (2.43%) Government Security Classifications
6 38 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 38 (2.43%) NIST 800
7 34 (2.18%) NCSC
8 31 (1.98%) GDPR
9 11 (0.70%) Accessibility
9 11 (0.70%) HIPAA
9 11 (0.70%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.70%) RMADS
10 9 (0.58%) Def Stans
11 7 (0.45%) P3O
12 5 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.32%) Data Quality
13 4 (0.26%) COBIT
14 3 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 71 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 70 (4.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (3.33%) Docker
4 45 (2.88%) VMware NSX
5 41 (2.62%) vSphere
6 37 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (0.58%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.19%) Firmware
11 1 (0.064%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.064%) NFS
11 1 (0.064%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.064%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 73 (4.67%) Ansible
2 59 (3.78%) Terraform
3 41 (2.62%) Kubernetes
4 35 (2.24%) vCenter Server
5 28 (1.79%) SCOM
6 24 (1.54%) PowerCLI
7 19 (1.22%) SCCM
8 18 (1.15%) Grafana
8 18 (1.15%) Prometheus
9 16 (1.02%) OPNET
10 9 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
11 8 (0.51%) Progress Chef
12 7 (0.45%) Puppet
13 5 (0.32%) VxRail
14 4 (0.26%) Trend Micro Deep Security
14 4 (0.26%) vRealize
15 3 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
15 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Clustering
15 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
15 3 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 241 (15.43%) Microsoft
2 120 (7.68%) VMware
3 81 (5.19%) Cisco
4 78 (4.99%) Atlassian
5 74 (4.74%) SAP
6 59 (3.78%) Dell
7 33 (2.11%) IBM
8 29 (1.86%) Remedy
9 26 (1.66%) HP
9 26 (1.66%) Juniper
10 23 (1.47%) Oracle
11 21 (1.34%) Nokia
12 20 (1.28%) Palo Alto
13 19 (1.22%) Sparx
14 17 (1.09%) Google
15 13 (0.83%) Splunk
16 12 (0.77%) Lauterbach
16 12 (0.77%) Micro Focus
17 11 (0.70%) BT
17 11 (0.70%) Fortinet