SC Cleared Contracts in Wiltshire

Security Check (SC) Clearance
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 3 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 0
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 222 292 494
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 49.44% 30.93% 44.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 66.87% 40.33% 64.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 206 416
10th Percentile £238 £353 £400
25th Percentile £463 £450 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £675
90th Percentile £688 £775 £721
South West median daily rate £550 £538 £579
% change year-on-year +2.23% -7.08% +10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 9
10th Percentile £18.58 - £54.45
25th Percentile £18.69 £68.00 £62.75
Median hourly rate £18.87 £71.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -73.42% +8.40% +3.15%
75th Percentile £39.44 £74.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £51.77 - £92.50
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +6.87% +2.31%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wiltshire

SC 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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 332 724 770
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 73.94% 76.69% 69.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 560 647
10th Percentile £313 £400 £400
25th Percentile £494 £475 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £579
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.01% +10.29%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £688 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £578
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +11.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 16
10th Percentile £18.58 - £40.63
25th Percentile £18.69 £14.25 £61.13
Median hourly rate £18.87 £42.75 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.86% -34.73% -0.46%
75th Percentile £39.44 £74.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £51.77 - £83.75
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £61.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.64% -6.15% +5.69%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Wiltshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Wiltshire.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Wiltshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Wiltshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Wiltshire.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Wiltshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in Wiltshire

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Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Corsham +1 136 £575 +6.88% 27
Salisbury -1 44 £525 - 5
Chippenham +3 6 £567 +21.88% 4
Warminster - 1 - -
Melksham - 1 - -
SC Cleared
South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 25 (11.26%) Confluence
2 10 (4.50%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.70%) Skype for Business
5 3 (1.35%) Apache
6 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.45%) IIS
6 1 (0.45%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 30 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.25%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 13 (5.86%) AWS
2 12 (5.41%) Azure
3 4 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (1.80%) PaaS
3 4 (1.80%) SaaS
4 3 (1.35%) Entra ID
5 2 (0.90%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.45%) Amazon Cognito
6 1 (0.45%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.45%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.45%) IaaS
6 1 (0.45%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.76%) DNS
2 12 (5.41%) Firewall
2 12 (5.41%) VPN
3 9 (4.05%) Skype
4 8 (3.60%) Cisco Nexus
4 8 (3.60%) DHCP
5 7 (3.15%) BGP
5 7 (3.15%) OSPF
6 6 (2.70%) Cisco IOS
6 6 (2.70%) DMVPN
6 6 (2.70%) VXLAN
7 5 (2.25%) VoIP
8 4 (1.80%) PBX
8 4 (1.80%) Unified Communications
8 4 (1.80%) VSAN
9 3 (1.35%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.90%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (0.90%) Cisco Wireless
10 2 (0.90%) SAN
10 2 (0.90%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.25%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.90%) MySQL
4 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.45%) Power BI
4 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (11.26%) JIRA
2 19 (8.56%) Git
3 17 (7.66%) Bitbucket
4 11 (4.95%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.90%) GitLab
6 1 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.45%) MSI
General
1 84 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 51 (22.97%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (20.27%) Public Sector
4 15 (6.76%) Finance
5 14 (6.31%) Military
6 12 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (3.60%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.80%) Fire and Rescue
8 4 (1.80%) Legal
8 4 (1.80%) Police
8 4 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.35%) Advertising
9 3 (1.35%) Electronics
9 3 (1.35%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.35%) Marketing
10 1 (0.45%) Billing
Job Titles
1 29 (13.06%) Architect
2 20 (9.01%) Service Manager
3 19 (8.56%) Network Engineer
4 13 (5.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (4.95%) Analyst
6 10 (4.50%) Virtualisation Engineer
7 9 (4.05%) Coordinator
7 9 (4.05%) IT Support
7 9 (4.05%) Platform Engineer
7 9 (4.05%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 8 (3.60%) Capacity Manager
8 8 (3.60%) IT Engineer
8 8 (3.60%) Project Manager
8 8 (3.60%) Senior
9 7 (3.15%) Administrator
9 7 (3.15%) Cisco Engineer
9 7 (3.15%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 7 (3.15%) Security Architect
9 7 (3.15%) Service Analyst
9 7 (3.15%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.41%) REST
1 12 (5.41%) SOAP
2 10 (4.50%) Flash
3 4 (1.80%) Spine.js
4 3 (1.35%) LDAP
5 2 (0.90%) .NET
5 2 (0.90%) Ajax
5 2 (0.90%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.90%) CSS
5 2 (0.90%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.90%) HTML
5 2 (0.90%) Web Services
6 1 (0.45%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.45%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.45%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.45%) LAMP
6 1 (0.45%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.45%) React
6 1 (0.45%) Vue
6 1 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.66%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.86%) Data Centre
3 12 (5.41%) PKI
4 10 (4.50%) Clustering
5 6 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (1.80%) Blackberry
7 3 (1.35%) LIMS
7 3 (1.35%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.90%) CMDB
8 2 (0.90%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.45%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.45%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.45%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 62 (27.93%) Windows
2 31 (13.96%) Linux
3 25 (11.26%) Windows Server
4 23 (10.36%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (2.25%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (1.35%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.90%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.90%) VMS
9 1 (0.45%) Android
9 1 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.45%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (37.84%) Service Management
2 61 (27.48%) ITIL
3 48 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (19.37%) Agile
5 39 (17.57%) NsoIT
6 29 (13.06%) Configuration Management
6 29 (13.06%) System Testing
6 29 (13.06%) Validation
7 23 (10.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 21 (9.46%) Critical Thinking
8 21 (9.46%) Project Management
9 18 (8.11%) Waterfall
10 17 (7.66%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (7.66%) ITSM
11 16 (7.21%) Collaborative Working
11 16 (7.21%) Problem Management
12 15 (6.76%) Data Analysis
12 15 (6.76%) Quality Management
12 15 (6.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (6.76%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 27 (12.16%) PowerShell
2 25 (11.26%) Python
3 16 (7.21%) Bash
4 8 (3.60%) SQL
5 5 (2.25%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.35%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.45%) Java
7 1 (0.45%) PHP
Qualifications
1 222 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 56 (25.23%) DV Cleared
3 38 (17.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 29 (13.06%) Cisco Certification
5 24 (10.81%) ITIL Certification
6 23 (10.36%) CCNP
7 20 (9.01%) Degree
8 11 (4.95%) OCA
8 11 (4.95%) Oracle Certification
9 10 (4.50%) RHCA
9 10 (4.50%) RHCE
10 9 (4.05%) Master's Degree
11 8 (3.60%) CCNA
12 7 (3.15%) MCSA
12 7 (3.15%) MCSE
12 7 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (2.25%) AWS Certification
13 5 (2.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (1.35%) CESG Certified Professional
14 3 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.50%) SLA
2 7 (3.15%) JSP 440
2 7 (3.15%) RMADS
3 5 (2.25%) PMO
4 4 (1.80%) QA
5 3 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.90%) NIST
6 2 (0.90%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.45%) GDPR
7 1 (0.45%) GRC
7 1 (0.45%) NCSC
7 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 42 (18.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (9.91%) Active Directory
3 16 (7.21%) VMware NSX
4 14 (6.31%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (3.15%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (1.80%) vCloud
6 4 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.90%) Docker
7 2 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.90%) vSphere
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (12.16%) Ansible
2 26 (11.71%) vCenter Server
3 13 (5.86%) Puppet
4 12 (5.41%) Terraform
5 11 (4.95%) Progress Chef
6 10 (4.50%) Kubernetes
7 7 (3.15%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (3.15%) SCCM
8 6 (2.70%) OPNET
9 4 (1.80%) WSUS
10 3 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (1.35%) SCOM
11 2 (0.90%) Nessus
11 2 (0.90%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.45%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.45%) vRealize
12 1 (0.45%) VxRail
Vendors
1 59 (26.58%) VMware
2 48 (21.62%) Cisco
3 42 (18.92%) Microsoft
4 23 (10.36%) Atlassian
5 12 (5.41%) Oracle
6 10 (4.50%) Remedy
6 10 (4.50%) ServiceNow
7 7 (3.15%) F5
8 6 (2.70%) Juniper
8 6 (2.70%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.25%) Foundry
9 5 (2.25%) HP
9 5 (2.25%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.80%) Avaya
10 4 (1.80%) Ericsson
10 4 (1.80%) Nokia
10 4 (1.80%) Ribbon
10 4 (1.80%) Veeam
11 3 (1.35%) Apple
11 3 (1.35%) Dell