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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 1,551 1,657 1,144
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 48.74% 46.86% 31.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 86.94% 89.04% 77.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,024 1,242 797
10th Percentile £375 £400 £375
25th Percentile £475 £500 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £531
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.10% +6.10%
75th Percentile £666 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £733 £684
England median daily rate £550 £550 £548
% change year-on-year - +0.39% +9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 118 75
10th Percentile £43.75 £48.26 £41.79
25th Percentile £54.65 £57.25 £54.13
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - +30.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £78.00 £69.05
90th Percentile £85.00 £86.91 £75.00
England median hourly rate £56.89 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -5.19% +20.00% +17.65%

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 1,784 1,861 1,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 56.07% 52.63% 40.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,133 1,375 1,044
10th Percentile £353 £400 £323
25th Percentile £465 £478 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £524
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% +10.44% +10.37%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £729 £680
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 146 89
10th Percentile £22.31 £38.53 £39.64
25th Percentile £40.00 £57.25 £51.34
Median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +3.17% +40.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £78.00 £68.30
90th Percentile £80.00 £85.63 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.29
% change year-on-year -23.81% +33.62% +4.77%

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 10 May 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 10 May 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 10 May 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 0 693 £550 -5.01% 71
Bristol 0 405 £575 -4.17% 157
Gloucestershire 0 231 £600 +4.35% 114
Devon +1 95 £475 -20.83% 42
Dorset 0 43 £620 +12.73% 22
Somerset -1 37 £584 -12.81% 40
Cornwall -8 1 - - 2
Security Cleared
England

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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 89 (5.74%) Confluence
2 85 (5.48%) SharePoint
3 35 (2.26%) SharePoint Server
4 18 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.58%) Apache
6 3 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.13%) CMS
8 1 (0.064%) nginx
8 1 (0.064%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.064%) WebLogic
Applications
1 59 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.93%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
5 18 (1.16%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.064%) CATIA
8 1 (0.064%) Simulink
8 1 (0.064%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 22 (1.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 13 (0.84%) 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
Cloud Services
1 162 (10.44%) Azure
2 109 (7.03%) AWS
3 55 (3.55%) Power Platform
4 49 (3.16%) PaaS
5 43 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (2.77%) SaaS
6 34 (2.19%) Azure Stack
7 31 (2.00%) IaaS
8 30 (1.93%) Cloud Computing
9 23 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (1.10%) Power Automate
11 16 (1.03%) OpenShift
12 14 (0.90%) GitHub
13 13 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
13 13 (0.84%) GCP
14 10 (0.64%) PowerApps
14 10 (0.64%) Serverless
15 8 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
15 8 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 93 (6.00%) Firewall
2 66 (4.26%) WAN
3 60 (3.87%) Network Security
4 55 (3.55%) LAN
5 34 (2.19%) BGP
6 32 (2.06%) DNS
7 27 (1.74%) VoIP
8 21 (1.35%) PBX
9 20 (1.29%) VSAN
10 18 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (1.03%) DHCP
12 14 (0.90%) SAN
13 13 (0.84%) TCP/IP
14 12 (0.77%) 4G
15 11 (0.71%) Cisco ISE
16 10 (0.64%) Internet
16 10 (0.64%) SDH
17 9 (0.58%) HTTP
18 8 (0.52%) Wireless
19 7 (0.45%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (2.90%) SQL Server
2 33 (2.13%) Power BI
3 21 (1.35%) Relational Database
4 18 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 12 (0.77%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 12 (0.77%) Oracle Database
5 12 (0.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 12 (0.77%) Tableau
6 11 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (0.45%) Metadata
8 7 (0.45%) Metadata Repository
9 6 (0.39%) InfluxDB
10 5 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.32%) SQLite
11 4 (0.26%) Biml
11 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.26%) Triplestore
12 3 (0.19%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 138 (8.90%) JIRA
2 55 (3.55%) Jenkins
3 35 (2.26%) Rational DOORS
4 33 (2.13%) Bitbucket
5 24 (1.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 16 (1.03%) GitLab
7 14 (0.90%) Git
8 13 (0.84%) SonarQube
9 11 (0.71%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.45%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.39%) Selenium
12 5 (0.32%) Checkstyle
13 3 (0.19%) Burp Suite
14 2 (0.13%) GoogleTest
14 2 (0.13%) HP UFT
14 2 (0.13%) JUnit
14 2 (0.13%) LoadRunner
14 2 (0.13%) Snyk
15 1 (0.064%) ESLint
15 1 (0.064%) Vite
General
1 354 (22.82%) Social Skills
2 260 (16.76%) Public Sector
3 158 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
4 147 (9.48%) Telecoms
5 119 (7.67%) Finance
6 66 (4.26%) Manufacturing
7 63 (4.06%) Military
8 57 (3.68%) Aerospace
9 52 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
10 45 (2.90%) Electronics
11 41 (2.64%) Marketing
12 35 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (1.35%) Legal
14 17 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (0.84%) Police
16 8 (0.52%) Publishing
17 7 (0.45%) Digital Economy
18 6 (0.39%) Aviation
19 5 (0.32%) Aeronautics
19 5 (0.32%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 333 (21.47%) Architect
2 170 (10.96%) Analyst
3 159 (10.25%) Lead
4 99 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
5 87 (5.61%) Project Manager
6 78 (5.03%) Lead Architect
7 70 (4.51%) Network Architect
8 68 (4.38%) Developer
9 64 (4.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 62 (4.00%) Senior
11 55 (3.55%) SOC Analyst
12 51 (3.29%) Network Engineer
13 49 (3.16%) Administrator
14 47 (3.03%) DevOps Engineer
15 44 (2.84%) Software Engineer
16 42 (2.71%) Systems Administrator
16 42 (2.71%) Wintel Administrator
16 42 (2.71%) Wintel Systems Administrator
17 41 (2.64%) Service Analyst
17 41 (2.64%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (2.64%) .NET
2 30 (1.93%) .NET Core
3 24 (1.55%) XML
4 23 (1.48%) React
5 22 (1.42%) REST
6 20 (1.29%) Spring
7 12 (0.77%) AngularJS
7 12 (0.77%) CSS
8 10 (0.64%) Apache NiFi
9 9 (0.58%) .NET Framework
9 9 (0.58%) RESTful
10 7 (0.45%) HTML
10 7 (0.45%) YAML
11 6 (0.39%) ModSecurity
11 6 (0.39%) SPFx
12 5 (0.32%) Flash
12 5 (0.32%) Kafka
12 5 (0.32%) RabbitMQ
12 5 (0.32%) Spring Boot
12 5 (0.32%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 101 (6.51%) PKI
2 85 (5.48%) Data Centre
3 77 (4.96%) Management Information System
4 64 (4.13%) Private Cloud
5 63 (4.06%) Security Operations Centre
6 59 (3.80%) Cyber Threat
7 46 (2.97%) Cyber Defence
8 37 (2.39%) CSOC
9 35 (2.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 35 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
10 26 (1.68%) Onboarding
11 19 (1.23%) Product Ownership
12 16 (1.03%) CMDB
12 16 (1.03%) Public Cloud
13 15 (0.97%) Replication
14 14 (0.90%) Operational Technology
14 14 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
15 13 (0.84%) Security Posture
16 12 (0.77%) ARM Cortex
17 10 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 193 (12.44%) Windows
2 130 (8.38%) Linux
3 43 (2.77%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.16%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.77%) FreeRTOS
6 11 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.39%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.26%) Unix
10 3 (0.19%) CentOS
10 3 (0.19%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.13%) SUSE
11 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
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
1 256 (16.51%) Agile
2 210 (13.54%) Cybersecurity
3 190 (12.25%) ITIL
4 181 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
5 173 (11.15%) Project Management
6 142 (9.16%) SIEM
7 129 (8.32%) DevOps
8 125 (8.06%) Stakeholder Management
9 122 (7.87%) Service Management
10 111 (7.16%) Security Operations
11 102 (6.58%) Network Management
12 87 (5.61%) Continuous Improvement
12 87 (5.61%) Incident Response
13 83 (5.35%) Change Management
14 82 (5.29%) Threat Intelligence
15 78 (5.03%) Business Intelligence
15 78 (5.03%) CI/CD
15 78 (5.03%) Use Case
16 77 (4.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 77 (4.96%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 105 (6.77%) Python
2 79 (5.09%) PowerShell
3 62 (4.00%) SQL
4 60 (3.87%) Java
5 59 (3.80%) C
6 40 (2.58%) JavaScript
7 30 (1.93%) C#
8 21 (1.35%) Bash
9 15 (0.97%) C++
9 15 (0.97%) Go
10 12 (0.77%) Embedded C
10 12 (0.77%) T-SQL
11 9 (0.58%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.39%) Ada
13 5 (0.32%) Bicep
13 5 (0.32%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.32%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.26%) SPARQL
15 3 (0.19%) R
16 2 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 805 (51.90%) DV Cleared
2 783 (50.48%) SC Cleared
3 131 (8.45%) Degree
4 42 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 41 (2.64%) CISSP
6 31 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
6 31 (2.00%) CISM
7 30 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (1.81%) APMP
9 26 (1.68%) SANS
10 23 (1.48%) CCNA
10 23 (1.48%) CCNP
11 18 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
11 18 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 16 (1.03%) HND
13 14 (0.90%) MCSE
14 12 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
15 10 (0.64%) CEH
16 9 (0.58%) ISTQB
16 9 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (4.64%) NIST
2 64 (4.13%) PMO
3 47 (3.03%) QA
4 46 (2.97%) SLA
5 45 (2.90%) JSP 440
6 38 (2.45%) Government Security Classifications
6 38 (2.45%) NIST 800
7 36 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 34 (2.19%) NCSC
9 29 (1.87%) GDPR
10 11 (0.71%) Accessibility
10 11 (0.71%) HIPAA
10 11 (0.71%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.71%) RMADS
11 8 (0.52%) Def Stans
12 7 (0.45%) P3O
13 5 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.32%) Data Quality
14 4 (0.26%) COBIT
15 3 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 68 (4.38%) Active Directory
2 66 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (3.87%) Docker
4 43 (2.77%) VMware NSX
5 39 (2.51%) vSphere
6 35 (2.26%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.52%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.19%) Firmware
8 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.13%) KVM
10 1 (0.064%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.064%) NFS
10 1 (0.064%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 74 (4.77%) Ansible
2 60 (3.87%) Terraform
3 48 (3.09%) Kubernetes
4 33 (2.13%) vCenter Server
5 27 (1.74%) SCOM
6 25 (1.61%) PowerCLI
7 19 (1.23%) Grafana
7 19 (1.23%) Prometheus
8 17 (1.10%) OPNET
8 17 (1.10%) SCCM
9 9 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
10 7 (0.45%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.39%) Puppet
12 5 (0.32%) VxRail
13 4 (0.26%) Trend Micro Deep Security
13 4 (0.26%) vRealize
13 4 (0.26%) WSUS
14 3 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
15 2 (0.13%) Argo
Vendors
1 244 (15.73%) Microsoft
2 119 (7.67%) VMware
3 77 (4.96%) Atlassian
4 71 (4.58%) Cisco
5 64 (4.13%) SAP
6 59 (3.80%) Dell
7 33 (2.13%) IBM
8 30 (1.93%) Remedy
9 26 (1.68%) HP
10 25 (1.61%) Juniper
11 23 (1.48%) Oracle
12 20 (1.29%) Nokia
13 18 (1.16%) Google
14 17 (1.10%) Palo Alto
15 16 (1.03%) Sparx
16 13 (0.84%) Red Hat
17 12 (0.77%) Lauterbach
17 12 (0.77%) Micro Focus
18 11 (0.71%) Splunk
19 10 (0.64%) BT