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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 799 1,577 1,694
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 47.45% 49.31% 46.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 86.66% 87.03% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 1,042 1,267
10th Percentile £385 £375 £400
25th Percentile £470 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year +0.18% -6.78% +12.38%
75th Percentile £638 £670 £675
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
England median daily rate £537 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.36% - +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 148 126
10th Percentile £18.51 £42.63 £48.73
25th Percentile £20.48 £53.75 £57.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £65.25
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.28% +1.10%
75th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £87.50
England median hourly rate £55.52 £57.33 £60.00
% change year-on-year -3.15% -4.46% +20.00%

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 922 1,812 1,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 54.75% 56.66% 52.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 586 1,155 1,404
10th Percentile £250 £351 £388
25th Percentile £450 £465 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £578
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +11.06%
75th Percentile £631 £655 £675
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 195 156
10th Percentile £18.51 £22.05 £38.53
25th Percentile £25.15 £40.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +5.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £80.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £86.45
England median hourly rate £46.30 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +15.75% -23.66% +39.73%

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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 30 April 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 30 April 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 30 April 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 0 304 £575 +4.55% 93
Bristol 0 207 £515 -10.43% 181
Gloucestershire 0 132 £556 -7.29% 227
Somerset +1 54 £650 +12.07% 24
Devon 0 52 £538 +13.16% 23
Dorset -3 24 £550 -13.39% 7
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 30 (3.75%) Confluence
2 27 (3.38%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.88%) Apache
5 8 (1.00%) Skype for Business
6 4 (0.50%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.38%) IIS
7 3 (0.38%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.13%) Appian
8 1 (0.13%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.13%) CMS
8 1 (0.13%) MS Project Server
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 43 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.50%) Simulink
5 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.13%) CATIA
6 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.00%) Primavera
2 5 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.25%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.13%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.13%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 87 (10.89%) Azure
2 74 (9.26%) AWS
3 29 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (2.75%) OpenShift
5 19 (2.38%) SaaS
6 15 (1.88%) Entra ID
7 14 (1.75%) PaaS
8 12 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (0.88%) GCP
9 7 (0.88%) GitHub
9 7 (0.88%) Power Platform
10 6 (0.75%) Amazon S3
11 5 (0.63%) Serverless
12 4 (0.50%) Azure Pipelines
12 4 (0.50%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (0.50%) IaaS
13 3 (0.38%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (0.38%) Azure Machine Learning
13 3 (0.38%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 65 (8.14%) Firewall
2 50 (6.26%) DNS
3 25 (3.13%) DHCP
4 23 (2.88%) VPN
5 21 (2.63%) Network Security
5 21 (2.63%) WAN
6 18 (2.25%) VoIP
7 16 (2.00%) LAN
7 16 (2.00%) TCP/IP
8 15 (1.88%) BGP
8 15 (1.88%) PBX
9 14 (1.75%) Skype
10 13 (1.63%) Kerberos
11 12 (1.50%) Cisco Nexus
11 12 (1.50%) Unified Communications
12 11 (1.38%) Cisco IOS
12 11 (1.38%) HTTP
12 11 (1.38%) OSPF
13 8 (1.00%) 5G
14 7 (0.88%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (1.75%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.38%) MongoDB
4 9 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (0.88%) Hadoop
5 7 (0.88%) Power BI
6 6 (0.75%) Big Data
6 6 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.75%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.63%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.63%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.38%) MySQL
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.25%) Flink
9 2 (0.25%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.25%) Redis
9 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 41 (5.13%) JIRA
2 36 (4.51%) Git
3 28 (3.50%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.13%) Bitbucket
5 7 (0.88%) GitLab
6 5 (0.63%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.63%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.50%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (0.50%) Selenium
8 2 (0.25%) NUnit
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.25%) Postman
8 2 (0.25%) Rational Statemate
9 1 (0.13%) Flyway
9 1 (0.13%) MLflow
9 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.13%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.13%) TestRail
General
1 206 (25.78%) Social Skills
2 148 (18.52%) Public Sector
3 90 (11.26%) Finance
4 89 (11.14%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (4.88%) Military
6 36 (4.51%) Telecoms
7 21 (2.63%) Manufacturing
8 19 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (2.13%) Aerospace
9 17 (2.13%) Marketing
10 16 (2.00%) Electronics
10 16 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (2.00%) Legal
11 12 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.25%) Billing
13 8 (1.00%) Police
14 7 (0.88%) Fire and Rescue
15 6 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.50%) Aviation
17 3 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 108 (13.52%) Architect
2 46 (5.76%) Analyst
3 44 (5.51%) Support Engineer
4 43 (5.38%) Lead
5 40 (5.01%) Senior
6 36 (4.51%) Software Engineer
7 29 (3.63%) Administrator
8 28 (3.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 26 (3.25%) Consultant
9 26 (3.25%) Desktop Support
9 26 (3.25%) Developer
9 26 (3.25%) Network Engineer
9 26 (3.25%) Service Manager
10 25 (3.13%) Desktop Engineer
11 24 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
12 23 (2.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 22 (2.75%) DevOps Engineer
14 21 (2.63%) Technical Architect
15 19 (2.38%) Business Analyst
16 18 (2.25%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.50%) .NET
2 15 (1.88%) Middleware
2 15 (1.88%) REST
3 14 (1.75%) Flash
4 12 (1.50%) SOAP
5 11 (1.38%) Elastic Stack
6 9 (1.13%) AngularJS
7 8 (1.00%) Apache NiFi
8 7 (0.88%) Kafka
8 7 (0.88%) OpenID
8 7 (0.88%) Qt
9 6 (0.75%) FastAPI
9 6 (0.75%) Node.js
10 5 (0.63%) CSS
10 5 (0.63%) HTML
10 5 (0.63%) Spring
10 5 (0.63%) Spring Boot
11 4 (0.50%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.50%) LDAP
11 4 (0.50%) React
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.38%) PKI
2 41 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 35 (4.38%) Data Centre
4 26 (3.25%) Driving Licence
5 19 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.00%) Clustering
6 16 (2.00%) Replication
7 15 (1.88%) Product Ownership
8 13 (1.63%) Video Conferencing
9 11 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.25%) Blackberry
10 10 (1.25%) CMDB
11 9 (1.13%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.13%) Security Posture
12 4 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.50%) iPad
12 4 (0.50%) iPhone
13 3 (0.38%) Cyber Defence
13 3 (0.38%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 140 (17.52%) Windows
2 106 (13.27%) Linux
3 61 (7.63%) Windows Server
4 35 (4.38%) Windows 10
5 18 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.75%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.63%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.50%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.38%) Android
12 3 (0.38%) VMS
12 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.13%) Rocky
14 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (15.89%) Service Management
2 107 (13.39%) Agile
2 107 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (13.27%) ITIL
4 61 (7.63%) Project Management
4 61 (7.63%) Software Engineering
5 60 (7.51%) DevOps
6 57 (7.13%) Validation
7 48 (6.01%) Collaborative Working
8 46 (5.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 46 (5.76%) NsoIT
9 44 (5.51%) CI/CD
10 43 (5.38%) Roadmaps
11 40 (5.01%) Containerisation
12 38 (4.76%) Migration
13 36 (4.51%) Continuous Improvement
13 36 (4.51%) System Testing
14 35 (4.38%) Project Delivery
15 34 (4.26%) Configuration Management
16 32 (4.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 91 (11.39%) Python
2 64 (8.01%) PowerShell
3 47 (5.88%) SQL
4 46 (5.76%) Java
5 42 (5.26%) Bash
6 29 (3.63%) JavaScript
7 24 (3.00%) Ada
8 15 (1.88%) C++
9 11 (1.38%) C#
10 9 (1.13%) TypeScript
11 8 (1.00%) C
12 7 (0.88%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.63%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.50%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.50%) Perl
15 3 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.38%) R
16 2 (0.25%) Bicep
16 2 (0.25%) Go
16 2 (0.25%) PHP
Qualifications
1 573 (71.71%) SC Cleared
2 257 (32.17%) DV Cleared
3 53 (6.63%) Degree
4 48 (6.01%) Cisco Certification
5 47 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 38 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
7 37 (4.63%) CCNP
8 20 (2.50%) Dell Certification
8 20 (2.50%) Master's Degree
9 19 (2.38%) CCNA
9 19 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (1.75%) CISSP
12 13 (1.63%) MCSE
13 11 (1.38%) OCA
13 11 (1.38%) Oracle Certification
13 11 (1.38%) RHCE
14 10 (1.25%) RHCA
15 9 (1.13%) AWS Certification
16 7 (0.88%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.26%) SLA
2 23 (2.88%) Def Stans
3 16 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (2.00%) QA
4 15 (1.88%) PMO
5 14 (1.75%) JSP 440
6 11 (1.38%) IEC 61508
6 11 (1.38%) NIST
7 8 (1.00%) RMADS
8 7 (0.88%) MISRA
8 7 (0.88%) MISRA C
9 6 (0.75%) Data Quality
9 6 (0.75%) NCSC
10 5 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.63%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.38%) GRC
11 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.38%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 86 (10.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 67 (8.39%) Active Directory
3 58 (7.26%) Docker
4 33 (4.13%) Hyper-V
5 26 (3.25%) VMware NSX
6 24 (3.00%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (1.25%) vSphere
8 7 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (0.63%) vCloud
10 5 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.13%) NFS
12 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.13%) RACF
12 1 (0.13%) Samba
Systems Management
1 73 (9.14%) Kubernetes
2 70 (8.76%) Ansible
3 61 (7.63%) Terraform
4 36 (4.51%) vCenter Server
5 29 (3.63%) Puppet
6 16 (2.00%) Grafana
7 15 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (1.88%) Prometheus
8 14 (1.75%) SCCM
9 12 (1.50%) Progress Chef
9 12 (1.50%) WSUS
10 9 (1.13%) OPNET
11 7 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.88%) vRealize
12 6 (0.75%) MIIS
13 5 (0.63%) Kibana
13 5 (0.63%) logstash
14 4 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
14 4 (0.50%) McAfee ePO
14 4 (0.50%) Nessus
Vendors
1 129 (16.15%) Microsoft
2 124 (15.52%) VMware
3 80 (10.01%) Cisco
4 33 (4.13%) HP
4 33 (4.13%) Oracle
5 32 (4.01%) Dell
6 27 (3.38%) Atlassian
7 25 (3.13%) Red Hat
8 24 (3.00%) Juniper
9 20 (2.50%) SAP
10 19 (2.38%) Palo Alto
11 18 (2.25%) ServiceNow
12 16 (2.00%) F5
13 14 (1.75%) Ericsson
13 14 (1.75%) Nokia
14 10 (1.25%) Avaya
14 10 (1.25%) Remedy
14 10 (1.25%) Ribbon
15 9 (1.13%) McAfee
16 8 (1.00%) Veeam