SC Cleared Contract Job Trends 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 14 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 263 229 331
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 52.08% 39.15% 41.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 62.47% 55.58% 61.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 168 228
10th Percentile £450 £420 £413
25th Percentile £525 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £561 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.82% +1.91% -
75th Percentile £681 £638 £650
90th Percentile £775 £693 £725
South West median daily rate £550 £551 £575
% change year-on-year -0.18% -4.17% +0.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 1 17
10th Percentile £18.87 - £40.85
25th Percentile £20.82 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £60.00 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +23.71% -19.50%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £50.00
90th Percentile - - £65.30
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +3.85% -

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 421 412 538
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 83.37% 70.43% 67.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 292 377
10th Percentile £443 £387 £413
25th Percentile £519 £500 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.48% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £688 £663 £650
90th Percentile £775 £737 £725
South West median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 1 18
10th Percentile £12.50 - £40.85
25th Percentile £17.25 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £60.00 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +21.83% -24.81%
75th Percentile £25.13 - £52.06
90th Percentile £25.15 - £65.10
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.50 £62.28
% change year-on-year -61.60% +5.18% -4.19%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SC Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing SC Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Wiltshire

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing SC Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
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 14 November 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 0 141 £600 +2.13% 25
Salisbury 0 30 £670 +67.50% 6
Swindon +13 14 £588 +17.50% 3
Pewsey - 12 £160 -
Tidworth - 8 £153 -
Chippenham -1 6 £578 +0.43% 3
Marlborough - 1 - -
Warminster - 1 £725 -
SC Cleared
South West

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 32 (12.17%) Confluence
2 20 (7.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (5.32%) SharePoint
4 10 (3.80%) Skype for Business
5 4 (1.52%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (1.14%) Documentum
7 2 (0.76%) Alfresco
7 2 (0.76%) Camunda
Applications
1 19 (7.22%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.18%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (2.28%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.66%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.90%) Maximo
3 4 (1.52%) Primavera
4 2 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 17 (6.46%) Azure
2 16 (6.08%) AWS
3 11 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.28%) GCP
5 5 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.52%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.14%) Azure AKS
7 3 (1.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (1.14%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (1.14%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.14%) IaaS
7 3 (1.14%) OpenShift
8 2 (0.76%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (0.76%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.38%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.38%) GitHub
9 1 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.38%) Lucidchart
9 1 (0.38%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.38%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.60%) Skype
2 16 (6.08%) DNS
3 10 (3.80%) TCP/IP
3 10 (3.80%) Unified Communications
4 9 (3.42%) DHCP
5 7 (2.66%) BGP
5 7 (2.66%) VPN
6 4 (1.52%) Firewall
6 4 (1.52%) MPLS
6 4 (1.52%) VoIP
7 3 (1.14%) IPsec
7 3 (1.14%) LAN
7 3 (1.14%) OSPF
8 2 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.76%) Network Security
8 2 (0.76%) VSAN
8 2 (0.76%) WAN
9 1 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.38%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.38%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.66%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.52%) Metadata
3 2 (0.76%) Looker
3 2 (0.76%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.76%) MySQL
3 2 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.76%) Power BI
3 2 (0.76%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (13.69%) JIRA
2 10 (3.80%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.04%) Bitbucket
4 7 (2.66%) Git
5 5 (1.90%) GitLab
6 3 (1.14%) MSI
7 2 (0.76%) JUnit
7 2 (0.76%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.76%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.38%) AdminStudio
8 1 (0.38%) Appium
8 1 (0.38%) Bazaar
8 1 (0.38%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.38%) InstallShield
8 1 (0.38%) Maven
8 1 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.38%) Selenium
8 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 90 (34.22%) Public Sector
2 82 (31.18%) Social Skills
3 41 (15.59%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (12.55%) Finance
5 32 (12.17%) Telecoms
6 29 (11.03%) Electronics
6 29 (11.03%) Manufacturing
6 29 (11.03%) Marketing
7 25 (9.51%) Military
8 9 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (3.42%) Legal
9 7 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.76%) Law
13 1 (0.38%) Advertising
13 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 45 (17.11%) Architect
2 31 (11.79%) Lead
3 20 (7.60%) Consultant
3 20 (7.60%) Support Engineer
4 16 (6.08%) IT Engineer
5 14 (5.32%) Analyst
5 14 (5.32%) IT Support
6 11 (4.18%) Incident Manager
6 11 (4.18%) IT Support Engineer
7 10 (3.80%) Migration Engineer
7 10 (3.80%) Service Manager
8 8 (3.04%) Business Analyst
9 7 (2.66%) Microsoft Engineer
9 7 (2.66%) Network Engineer
9 7 (2.66%) Security Consultant
9 7 (2.66%) Service Management Specialist
10 6 (2.28%) ITIL Manager
10 6 (2.28%) Project Planner
10 6 (2.28%) Senior
11 5 (1.90%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.22%) REST
2 3 (1.14%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.14%) NETCONF
2 3 (1.14%) RESTCONF
2 3 (1.14%) SailPoint
2 3 (1.14%) XML
3 2 (0.76%) .NET
3 2 (0.76%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.76%) Hibernate
3 2 (0.76%) HTML
3 2 (0.76%) JPA
3 2 (0.76%) Kafka
3 2 (0.76%) Keycloak
3 2 (0.76%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.76%) Spring
3 2 (0.76%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.38%) JFC
4 1 (0.38%) SOAP
4 1 (0.38%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.84%) CMDB
2 16 (6.08%) PKI
3 10 (3.80%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.80%) Onboarding
4 9 (3.42%) Private Cloud
5 7 (2.66%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (1.90%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.52%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.14%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.76%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.38%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.38%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.38%) Device Driver
10 1 (0.38%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.38%) Freedom of Information
10 1 (0.38%) Replication
10 1 (0.38%) STB
Operating Systems
1 34 (12.93%) Windows
2 16 (6.08%) Linux
3 13 (4.94%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.80%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.14%) CentOS
6 3 (1.14%) VMS
7 2 (0.76%) Android
7 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (25.86%) Service Management
2 65 (24.71%) ITIL
3 53 (20.15%) Agile
4 38 (14.45%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (13.69%) ITSM
6 35 (13.31%) Migration
7 32 (12.17%) Business Intelligence
8 30 (11.41%) Programme Management
9 29 (11.03%) Digital Marketing
9 29 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
10 27 (10.27%) Service Delivery
11 25 (9.51%) Change Management
11 25 (9.51%) Workflow
12 24 (9.13%) DevOps
12 24 (9.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 19 (7.22%) Critical Thinking
14 18 (6.84%) Configuration Management
15 17 (6.46%) Workflow Management
16 16 (6.08%) Problem Management
16 16 (6.08%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 40 (15.21%) PowerShell
2 30 (11.41%) Python
3 10 (3.80%) SQL
4 3 (1.14%) Bash
4 3 (1.14%) Bicep
4 3 (1.14%) Java
4 3 (1.14%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.38%) C
5 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 263 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 54 (20.53%) DV Cleared
3 34 (12.93%) Degree
4 13 (4.94%) CISSP
5 11 (4.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.66%) APMP
6 7 (2.66%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (2.66%) MCSE
7 6 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.90%) CCNP
9 4 (1.52%) CESG Certified Professional
9 4 (1.52%) CISM
9 4 (1.52%) CLAS
9 4 (1.52%) CompTIA CySA+
9 4 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.52%) ISEB
9 4 (1.52%) MCSA
9 4 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (1.52%) SANS
9 4 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (3.80%) NIST
2 8 (3.04%) NCSC
2 8 (3.04%) QA
3 7 (2.66%) JSP 440
3 7 (2.66%) PMO
4 5 (1.90%) SLA
5 4 (1.52%) COBIT
5 4 (1.52%) P3O
5 4 (1.52%) RMADS
6 3 (1.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 3 (1.14%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.38%) GDPR
System Software
1 18 (6.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (6.08%) Active Directory
3 9 (3.42%) VMware NSX
4 6 (2.28%) Docker
5 5 (1.90%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.38%) Firmware
7 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.38%) UAG
7 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (6.08%) Ansible
2 15 (5.70%) Terraform
3 14 (5.32%) Kubernetes
4 7 (2.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (2.28%) vCenter Server
5 6 (2.28%) WSUS
6 5 (1.90%) OPNET
7 3 (1.14%) PowerCLI
8 2 (0.76%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.76%) Grafana
8 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.76%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.76%) Packer
8 2 (0.76%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.76%) Puppet
8 2 (0.76%) SCCM
9 1 (0.38%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.38%) Nessus
Vendors
1 42 (15.97%) Microsoft
2 35 (13.31%) Atlassian
3 29 (11.03%) SAP
4 22 (8.37%) VMware
5 18 (6.84%) ServiceNow
6 17 (6.46%) Cisco
7 16 (6.08%) Remedy
8 8 (3.04%) SolarWinds
8 8 (3.04%) Veeam
9 6 (2.28%) IBM
9 6 (2.28%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.90%) Oracle
11 4 (1.52%) Juniper
12 3 (1.14%) McAfee
12 3 (1.14%) Palo Alto
13 2 (0.76%) F5
13 2 (0.76%) ForgeRock
13 2 (0.76%) MobileIron
13 2 (0.76%) Sophos
13 2 (0.76%) Splunk