Security Cleared Contracts in the South West

Security Clearance
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 796 1,524 1,631
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 44.67% 46.29% 47.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 84.23% 86.69% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 1,015 1,164
10th Percentile £361 £400 £413
25th Percentile £470 £478 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £650 £661 £680
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 151 117
10th Percentile £18.51 £43.75 £50.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £55.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £27.40 £70.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.86% +3.70% +9.49%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £88.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.26% -4.17% +15.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 945 1,758 1,838
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 53.03% 53.40% 53.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 585 1,126 1,298
10th Percentile £214 £366 £400
25th Percentile £413 £467 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £579
Median % change year-on-year - -5.01% +10.29%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 198 144
10th Percentile £18.51 £25.00 £38.12
25th Percentile £19.41 £40.00 £55.00
Median hourly rate £31.13 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.12% - +6.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £80.00
90th Percentile £74.75 £78.60 £85.88
England median hourly rate £28.58 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -32.76% -22.73% +32.53%

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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 2 July 2025.

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 2 July 2025.

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 2 July 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
Wiltshire 0 313 £575 +4.55% 159
Bristol 0 210 £475 -14.61% 501
Gloucestershire 0 101 £614 +2.29% 474
Somerset +1 64 £650 +10.64% 149
Devon 0 61 £519 +9.21% 113
Dorset -1 30 £550 -9.84% 41
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 32 (4.02%) Confluence
2 17 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.51%) Apache
5 7 (0.88%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.38%) Camunda
6 3 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.25%) Alfresco
7 2 (0.25%) Documentum
7 2 (0.25%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.13%) CMS
8 1 (0.13%) IIS
8 1 (0.13%) MS Project Server
8 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 46 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.25%) Simulink
6 1 (0.13%) CATIA
6 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 14 (1.76%) Primavera
2 2 (0.25%) Maximo
2 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payroll
2 2 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.25%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.13%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 82 (10.30%) Azure
2 79 (9.92%) AWS
3 23 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (2.14%) OpenShift
5 16 (2.01%) SaaS
6 15 (1.88%) PaaS
7 14 (1.76%) Serverless
8 13 (1.63%) GitHub
9 11 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (1.13%) GCP
11 7 (0.88%) Amazon S3
11 7 (0.88%) OCI
12 6 (0.75%) Entra ID
12 6 (0.75%) IaaS
13 5 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (0.63%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (0.50%) Azure Pipelines
14 4 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
15 3 (0.38%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 59 (7.41%) Firewall
2 38 (4.77%) DNS
3 31 (3.89%) BGP
4 28 (3.52%) VPN
5 23 (2.89%) Network Security
6 19 (2.39%) VoIP
7 18 (2.26%) DHCP
8 17 (2.14%) WAN
9 16 (2.01%) Unified Communications
10 14 (1.76%) LAN
10 14 (1.76%) Skype
11 13 (1.63%) Cisco Nexus
12 12 (1.51%) MPLS
12 12 (1.51%) OSPF
12 12 (1.51%) PBX
13 10 (1.26%) TCP/IP
14 9 (1.13%) 5G
14 9 (1.13%) Cisco IOS
15 7 (0.88%) VSAN
15 7 (0.88%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.63%) MongoDB
2 9 (1.13%) Oracle Database
3 8 (1.01%) SQL Server
4 7 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.75%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.63%) Hadoop
6 5 (0.63%) MySQL
6 5 (0.63%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.50%) Big Data
7 4 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.38%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.25%) Flink
9 2 (0.25%) Redis
10 1 (0.13%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database 12c
10 1 (0.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 48 (6.03%) JIRA
2 29 (3.64%) Git
3 28 (3.52%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.14%) Bitbucket
5 14 (1.76%) GitLab
6 11 (1.38%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.50%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.38%) Selenium
9 2 (0.25%) JUnit
9 2 (0.25%) Rational Statemate
9 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.13%) Appium
10 1 (0.13%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.13%) Snyk
10 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.13%) TestRail
10 1 (0.13%) WiX
General
1 201 (25.25%) Social Skills
2 160 (20.10%) Public Sector
3 88 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (10.55%) Finance
5 49 (6.16%) Military
6 33 (4.15%) Telecoms
7 19 (2.39%) Manufacturing
8 17 (2.14%) Marketing
9 16 (2.01%) Electronics
10 14 (1.76%) Legal
11 13 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.01%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.01%) Billing
12 8 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.01%) Police
13 7 (0.88%) Fire and Rescue
13 7 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.50%) Aviation
14 4 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 94 (11.81%) Architect
2 59 (7.41%) Lead
3 41 (5.15%) Senior
4 39 (4.90%) Developer
5 38 (4.77%) Analyst
5 38 (4.77%) Support Engineer
6 36 (4.52%) Network Engineer
7 35 (4.40%) Consultant
7 35 (4.40%) Desktop Support
8 34 (4.27%) Administrator
9 25 (3.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 24 (3.02%) Desktop Engineer
11 21 (2.64%) IT Engineer
11 21 (2.64%) Project Manager
12 20 (2.51%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 20 (2.51%) Security Architect
12 20 (2.51%) Solutions Architect
13 18 (2.26%) Delivery Manager
13 18 (2.26%) DevOps Engineer
13 18 (2.26%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.14%) REST
2 14 (1.76%) AngularJS
3 12 (1.51%) SOAP
4 11 (1.38%) Flash
4 11 (1.38%) Node.js
5 10 (1.26%) Kafka
6 9 (1.13%) HTML
6 9 (1.13%) Middleware
6 9 (1.13%) React
7 8 (1.01%) Apache NiFi
7 8 (1.01%) Elastic Stack
7 8 (1.01%) OpenID
8 7 (0.88%) .NET
8 7 (0.88%) AWS CDK
8 7 (0.88%) CSS
8 7 (0.88%) NETCONF
8 7 (0.88%) Qt
8 7 (0.88%) RESTCONF
9 6 (0.75%) FastAPI
9 6 (0.75%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.40%) PKI
2 34 (4.27%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.14%) Data Centre
4 24 (3.02%) Driving Licence
5 20 (2.51%) Onboarding
6 13 (1.63%) Clustering
7 12 (1.51%) CMDB
7 12 (1.51%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.38%) Video Conferencing
9 10 (1.26%) Blackberry
9 10 (1.26%) Replication
10 8 (1.01%) Private Cloud
10 8 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (0.88%) Algorithms
11 7 (0.88%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.63%) Cloud Native
12 5 (0.63%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.50%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 125 (15.70%) Windows
2 73 (9.17%) Linux
3 47 (5.90%) Windows Server
4 32 (4.02%) Windows 10
5 14 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.88%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.63%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.25%) Android
11 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.13%) CentOS
12 1 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.13%) Solaris
12 1 (0.13%) Unix
12 1 (0.13%) VMS
12 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (14.32%) Service Management
2 100 (12.56%) Agile
3 91 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
4 86 (10.80%) ITIL
5 60 (7.54%) Migration
6 59 (7.41%) Validation
7 57 (7.16%) Project Management
8 51 (6.41%) DevOps
9 50 (6.28%) NsoIT
10 45 (5.65%) Cybersecurity
10 45 (5.65%) Stakeholder Management
11 43 (5.40%) Project Delivery
11 43 (5.40%) System Testing
12 40 (5.03%) Software Engineering
13 39 (4.90%) Change Management
13 39 (4.90%) Customer Service
13 39 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 38 (4.77%) CI/CD
14 38 (4.77%) Roadmaps
15 37 (4.65%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 90 (11.31%) Python
2 47 (5.90%) PowerShell
3 39 (4.90%) Bash
4 37 (4.65%) SQL
5 32 (4.02%) JavaScript
6 30 (3.77%) Java
7 16 (2.01%) C++
8 14 (1.76%) TypeScript
9 12 (1.51%) Ada
10 10 (1.26%) C#
11 6 (0.75%) C
11 6 (0.75%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.75%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.63%) Go
12 5 (0.63%) Perl
12 5 (0.63%) R
13 3 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.25%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.25%) PHP
15 1 (0.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 584 (73.37%) SC Cleared
2 262 (32.91%) DV Cleared
3 52 (6.53%) Degree
4 50 (6.28%) Cisco Certification
5 45 (5.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 40 (5.03%) CCNP
7 19 (2.39%) CISSP
8 18 (2.26%) ITIL Certification
9 17 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (2.01%) Dell Certification
11 15 (1.88%) Master's Degree
12 12 (1.51%) CCNA
13 11 (1.38%) CESG Certified Professional
13 11 (1.38%) OCA
13 11 (1.38%) Oracle Certification
13 11 (1.38%) RHCE
14 10 (1.26%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.26%) RHCA
15 9 (1.13%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.64%) SLA
2 22 (2.76%) QA
3 19 (2.39%) JSP 440
3 19 (2.39%) NCSC
4 18 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (2.14%) PMO
6 16 (2.01%) NIST
7 15 (1.88%) Def Stans
7 15 (1.88%) RMADS
8 8 (1.01%) IEC 61508
9 7 (0.88%) MISRA
9 7 (0.88%) MISRA C
10 6 (0.75%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.38%) GRC
11 3 (0.38%) P3O
12 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.25%) GDPR
12 2 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.25%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 83 (10.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 51 (6.41%) Docker
3 48 (6.03%) Active Directory
4 25 (3.14%) Hyper-V
4 25 (3.14%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (2.26%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.75%) vSphere
8 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.13%) Firmware
9 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.13%) NFS
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.13%) RACF
9 1 (0.13%) Samba
9 1 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 72 (9.05%) Ansible
2 60 (7.54%) Terraform
3 56 (7.04%) Kubernetes
4 28 (3.52%) vCenter Server
5 23 (2.89%) Puppet
6 16 (2.01%) Grafana
7 13 (1.63%) Prometheus
8 12 (1.51%) Progress Chef
9 10 (1.26%) WSUS
10 8 (1.01%) OPNET
11 7 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (0.88%) SCCM
11 7 (0.88%) vRealize
12 6 (0.75%) MIIS
13 5 (0.63%) Data Guard
13 5 (0.63%) Oracle RMAN
13 5 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (0.63%) VxRail
14 4 (0.50%) Kibana
14 4 (0.50%) logstash
Vendors
1 118 (14.82%) VMware
2 113 (14.20%) Microsoft
3 87 (10.93%) Cisco
4 42 (5.28%) Oracle
5 33 (4.15%) Juniper
6 31 (3.89%) Atlassian
7 29 (3.64%) Dell
8 28 (3.52%) HP
9 24 (3.02%) SAP
9 24 (3.02%) ServiceNow
10 19 (2.39%) Palo Alto
10 19 (2.39%) Red Hat
11 18 (2.26%) F5
12 12 (1.51%) Ericsson
12 12 (1.51%) Nokia
13 10 (1.26%) Avaya
13 10 (1.26%) Ribbon
13 10 (1.26%) SolarWinds
14 9 (1.13%) Remedy
15 8 (1.01%) Veeam