Security Cleared Contracts in Wiltshire

Security Clearance
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire with a requirement for Security 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 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 307 693 730
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 68.37% 73.41% 66.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 92.47% 95.72% 94.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 537 615
10th Percentile £354 £400 £407
25th Percentile £495 £475 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £579
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.01% +9.25%
75th Percentile £629 £675 £675
90th Percentile £688 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £563 £550 £590
% change year-on-year +2.27% -6.78% +12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 15
10th Percentile £18.58 - £60.00
25th Percentile £18.69 £68.00 £62.13
Median hourly rate £18.87 £71.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -73.42% +8.40% -2.86%
75th Percentile £39.44 £74.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £51.77 - £84.50
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £70.00 £65.25
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.28% +1.10%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wiltshire

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 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%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Wiltshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Wiltshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Wiltshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Wiltshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate histogram for Security 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 Security 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 0 196 £575 +4.55% 42
Salisbury 0 48 £525 - 7
Chippenham +2 6 £567 +21.88% 24
Swindon -5 3 £550 -35.29% 14
Melksham - 2 £550 - 2
Warminster - 1 - - 1
Security 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 (8.14%) Confluence
2 14 (4.56%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (2.93%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.98%) Apache
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.33%) IIS
6 1 (0.33%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 32 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.63%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.65%) Primavera
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (6.19%) AWS
2 15 (4.89%) Azure
3 5 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (1.30%) PaaS
4 4 (1.30%) SaaS
5 3 (0.98%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.65%) Akamai
6 2 (0.65%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.33%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (0.33%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.33%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.33%) IaaS
7 1 (0.33%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.17%) Firewall
2 17 (5.54%) DNS
3 13 (4.23%) VPN
4 12 (3.91%) Skype
5 10 (3.26%) DHCP
6 8 (2.61%) Cisco Nexus
7 7 (2.28%) BGP
7 7 (2.28%) OSPF
7 7 (2.28%) Unified Communications
7 7 (2.28%) VSAN
8 6 (1.95%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (1.95%) DMVPN
8 6 (1.95%) SSL
8 6 (1.95%) VXLAN
9 5 (1.63%) Network Security
9 5 (1.63%) VoIP
10 4 (1.30%) PBX
11 3 (0.98%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (0.65%) Cisco Wireless
12 2 (0.65%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.63%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.65%) MySQL
5 1 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.33%) Power BI
5 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (8.47%) JIRA
2 19 (6.19%) Git
3 17 (5.54%) Bitbucket
4 11 (3.58%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.65%) GitLab
6 1 (0.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.33%) MSI
General
1 101 (32.90%) Social Skills
2 66 (21.50%) Public Sector
3 60 (19.54%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (7.49%) Finance
5 19 (6.19%) Military
6 17 (5.54%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (3.91%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.28%) Billing
9 7 (2.28%) Electronics
9 7 (2.28%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.28%) Marketing
9 7 (2.28%) Police
10 6 (1.95%) Fire and Rescue
11 4 (1.30%) Legal
12 3 (0.98%) Advertising
13 1 (0.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 35 (11.40%) Architect
2 23 (7.49%) Service Manager
3 20 (6.51%) Administrator
3 20 (6.51%) Network Engineer
4 18 (5.86%) Analyst
4 18 (5.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (4.56%) Consultant
5 14 (4.56%) Lead
6 12 (3.91%) Security Architect
7 11 (3.58%) Coordinator
8 10 (3.26%) Virtualisation Engineer
9 9 (2.93%) Business Analyst
9 9 (2.93%) IT Support
9 9 (2.93%) Platform Engineer
9 9 (2.93%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 9 (2.93%) Security Assurance Coordinator
10 8 (2.61%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (2.61%) IT Engineer
10 8 (2.61%) Project Manager
10 8 (2.61%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.91%) REST
1 12 (3.91%) SOAP
2 10 (3.26%) Flash
3 5 (1.63%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (1.30%) 802.1X
4 4 (1.30%) LDAP
4 4 (1.30%) Spine.js
5 3 (0.98%) Ajax
5 3 (0.98%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.98%) CSS
5 3 (0.98%) HTML
5 3 (0.98%) Web Services
6 2 (0.65%) .NET
6 2 (0.65%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.33%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.33%) LAMP
7 1 (0.33%) OAuth
7 1 (0.33%) OpenID
7 1 (0.33%) SAML
7 1 (0.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.17%) Management Information System
1 22 (7.17%) PKI
2 13 (4.23%) Data Centre
3 10 (3.26%) Clustering
3 10 (3.26%) CMDB
4 6 (1.95%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (1.63%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.30%) Blackberry
7 3 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (0.98%) LIMS
7 3 (0.98%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.65%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.33%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.33%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.33%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.33%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.33%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.33%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 74 (24.10%) Windows
2 33 (10.75%) Windows Server
3 32 (10.42%) Linux
4 23 (7.49%) Windows 10
5 9 (2.93%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (2.28%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.98%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.65%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.65%) VMS
10 1 (0.33%) Android
10 1 (0.33%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.33%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (31.92%) Service Management
2 82 (26.71%) ITIL
3 55 (17.92%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (16.94%) Agile
5 40 (13.03%) NsoIT
6 32 (10.42%) Configuration Management
7 31 (10.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 30 (9.77%) System Testing
8 30 (9.77%) Validation
9 28 (9.12%) Project Management
10 23 (7.49%) Change Management
11 21 (6.84%) Critical Thinking
11 21 (6.84%) Roadmaps
12 20 (6.51%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (6.51%) ITSM
12 20 (6.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 19 (6.19%) Service Delivery
14 18 (5.86%) Collaborative Working
14 18 (5.86%) Waterfall
15 17 (5.54%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 28 (9.12%) PowerShell
2 25 (8.14%) Python
3 16 (5.21%) Bash
4 12 (3.91%) SQL
5 7 (2.28%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.98%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.33%) Java
7 1 (0.33%) PHP
7 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 222 (72.31%) SC Cleared
2 130 (42.35%) DV Cleared
3 38 (12.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 33 (10.75%) ITIL Certification
5 29 (9.45%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (7.82%) Degree
7 23 (7.49%) CCNP
8 11 (3.58%) OCA
8 11 (3.58%) Oracle Certification
9 10 (3.26%) RHCA
9 10 (3.26%) RHCE
10 9 (2.93%) Master's Degree
11 8 (2.61%) CCNA
11 8 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (2.28%) AWS Certification
12 7 (2.28%) CISSP
12 7 (2.28%) MCSA
12 7 (2.28%) MCSE
13 5 (1.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (1.63%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.91%) JSP 440
1 12 (3.91%) SLA
2 9 (2.93%) RMADS
3 6 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.63%) NIST
4 5 (1.63%) PMO
4 5 (1.63%) QA
5 3 (0.98%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.33%) GDPR
6 1 (0.33%) GRC
6 1 (0.33%) NCSC
6 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 47 (15.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (10.42%) Active Directory
3 20 (6.51%) VMware NSX
4 15 (4.89%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (4.23%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (1.95%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (1.95%) vSphere
7 4 (1.30%) Docker
7 4 (1.30%) vCloud
8 2 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.33%) RACF
9 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (9.12%) vCenter Server
2 27 (8.79%) Ansible
3 17 (5.54%) Kubernetes
4 16 (5.21%) Terraform
5 13 (4.23%) Puppet
6 11 (3.58%) OPNET
6 11 (3.58%) Progress Chef
7 8 (2.61%) SCCM
8 7 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (2.28%) vRealize
9 6 (1.95%) WSUS
10 4 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.30%) VxRail
11 3 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.98%) Kibana
11 3 (0.98%) logstash
11 3 (0.98%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.98%) SCOM
12 2 (0.65%) Grafana
12 2 (0.65%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 69 (22.48%) VMware
2 54 (17.59%) Microsoft
3 53 (17.26%) Cisco
4 23 (7.49%) Atlassian
5 16 (5.21%) Oracle
6 14 (4.56%) Juniper
7 12 (3.91%) ServiceNow
8 11 (3.58%) Remedy
9 7 (2.28%) F5
9 7 (2.28%) SAP
10 6 (1.95%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.95%) Veeam
11 5 (1.63%) Foundry
11 5 (1.63%) HP
11 5 (1.63%) SolarWinds
12 4 (1.30%) Avaya
12 4 (1.30%) Ericsson
12 4 (1.30%) Nokia
12 4 (1.30%) Ribbon
13 3 (0.98%) Broadcom