SC Cleared Contracts in the South West

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +1
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 784 1,125 894
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 24.63% 31.88% 24.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 43.92% 60.88% 60.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 867 599
10th Percentile £300 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.10% +10.48% +10.53%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £625
90th Percentile £713 £729 £675
England median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 73 64
10th Percentile £40.00 £37.50 £48.10
25th Percentile £57.34 £55.00 £55.59
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - +36.84%
75th Percentile £75.00 £83.31 £69.05
90th Percentile £81.02 £89.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 £50.85
% change year-on-year -13.04% +13.08% +13.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

SC 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 1,785 1,848 1,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 56.08% 52.37% 40.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,134 1,365 1,045
10th Percentile £353 £400 £324
25th Percentile £465 £475 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £524
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% +10.60% +10.21%
75th Percentile £655 £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 196 143 89
10th Percentile £22.31 £37.91 £42.15
25th Percentile £40.00 £56.77 £52.00
Median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +2.36% +41.11%
75th Percentile £72.50 £78.88 £69.05
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.00 £75.20
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +3.95%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the South West

SC Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the South West.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in the South West

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the South West over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC 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 SC Cleared in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in the South West

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in the South West over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in the South West

SC Cleared
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 SC Cleared within the South West region over the 6 months to 11 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 -1 292 £525 -8.70% 50
Bristol 0 254 £575 -4.17% 104
Devon +7 85 £475 -20.83% 25
Gloucestershire -6 68 £500 -9.09% 32
Dorset 0 33 £600 +11.63% 20
Somerset -6 23 £580 -13.56% 25
Cornwall - 1 - -
SC Cleared
England

SC 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 49 (6.25%) Confluence
2 31 (3.95%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.64%) Apache
5 3 (0.38%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.13%) nginx
6 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.13%) CATIA
6 1 (0.13%) Simulink
6 1 (0.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 22 (2.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 12 (1.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 10 (1.28%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.26%) CA PPM
4 2 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.13%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 79 (10.08%) Azure
2 51 (6.51%) Power Platform
3 48 (6.12%) AWS
4 29 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (2.17%) Power Automate
6 13 (1.66%) GitHub
7 12 (1.53%) GCP
7 12 (1.53%) PaaS
8 10 (1.28%) PowerApps
9 8 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (1.02%) OpenShift
9 8 (1.02%) SaaS
10 6 (0.77%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (0.77%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (0.77%) Azure Storage
10 6 (0.77%) OneDrive
11 5 (0.64%) OCI
12 4 (0.51%) Amazon Cognito
Communications & Networking
1 34 (4.34%) Firewall
2 28 (3.57%) WAN
3 24 (3.06%) DNS
4 14 (1.79%) LAN
4 14 (1.79%) Network Security
5 12 (1.53%) 4G
6 11 (1.40%) DHCP
6 11 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (1.28%) Internet
7 10 (1.28%) SDH
7 10 (1.28%) VoIP
7 10 (1.28%) VSAN
8 7 (0.89%) 3G
8 7 (0.89%) Skype
8 7 (0.89%) Structured Cabling
9 6 (0.77%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.64%) 5G
10 5 (0.64%) HTTP
10 5 (0.64%) Intranet
10 5 (0.64%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.21%) SQL Server
2 29 (3.70%) Power BI
3 13 (1.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 12 (1.53%) Oracle Database
5 10 (1.28%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.02%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 8 (1.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 8 (1.02%) Tableau
7 4 (0.51%) Biml
7 4 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (0.51%) Triplestore
8 3 (0.38%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.26%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.26%) MySQL
10 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.13%) Metadata
10 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.13%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 69 (8.80%) JIRA
2 33 (4.21%) Jenkins
3 28 (3.57%) Bitbucket
3 28 (3.57%) Rational DOORS
4 24 (3.06%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (1.15%) GitLab
6 4 (0.51%) Git
7 3 (0.38%) Selenium
7 3 (0.38%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.26%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.26%) JUnit
8 2 (0.26%) Snyk
9 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Checkstyle
9 1 (0.13%) ERwin
9 1 (0.13%) GoogleTest
9 1 (0.13%) MSI
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 183 (23.34%) Social Skills
2 140 (17.86%) Public Sector
3 105 (13.39%) Telecoms
4 88 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (7.78%) Finance
6 50 (6.38%) Aerospace
7 45 (5.74%) Manufacturing
8 40 (5.10%) Military
9 35 (4.46%) Electronics
10 31 (3.95%) Marketing
11 12 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (1.40%) Police
13 8 (1.02%) Legal
13 8 (1.02%) Publishing
14 5 (0.64%) Aeronautics
14 5 (0.64%) Aviation
14 5 (0.64%) Law
15 4 (0.51%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 187 (23.85%) Architect
2 100 (12.76%) Lead
3 68 (8.67%) Lead Architect
4 58 (7.40%) Solutions Architect
5 52 (6.63%) Developer
6 50 (6.38%) Project Manager
7 45 (5.74%) Senior
8 42 (5.36%) Analyst
9 38 (4.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 38 (4.85%) Network Architect
9 38 (4.85%) Systems Architect
10 29 (3.70%) Network Engineer
11 27 (3.44%) Support Engineer
12 26 (3.32%) Software Engineer
13 24 (3.06%) Data Engineer
13 24 (3.06%) SC Cleared Project Manager
13 24 (3.06%) Service Manager
14 23 (2.93%) Service Analyst
14 23 (2.93%) Service Desk Analyst
15 22 (2.81%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (3.70%) .NET
2 25 (3.19%) .NET Core
3 12 (1.53%) REST
4 10 (1.28%) CSS
5 7 (0.89%) React
5 7 (0.89%) XML
6 6 (0.77%) ModSecurity
6 6 (0.77%) SPFx
7 5 (0.64%) AngularJS
7 5 (0.64%) Apache NiFi
7 5 (0.64%) Flash
7 5 (0.64%) HTML
7 5 (0.64%) Spring
8 4 (0.51%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.51%) Apache Jena
8 4 (0.51%) GraphQL
8 4 (0.51%) Kafka
8 4 (0.51%) PostGIS
9 3 (0.38%) RESTful
9 3 (0.38%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 35 (4.46%) Data Centre
2 31 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (2.93%) PKI
4 22 (2.81%) Management Information System
5 20 (2.55%) Private Cloud
6 17 (2.17%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.04%) CMDB
7 16 (2.04%) Public Cloud
8 13 (1.66%) Product Ownership
9 12 (1.53%) ARM Cortex
10 11 (1.40%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.15%) Blog
11 9 (1.15%) Driving Licence
11 9 (1.15%) Replication
12 8 (1.02%) CESG
13 7 (0.89%) Operational Technology
13 7 (0.89%) Security Operations Centre
14 6 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
15 5 (0.64%) Clustering
15 5 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 78 (9.95%) Linux
2 73 (9.31%) Windows
3 23 (2.93%) Windows Server
4 18 (2.30%) Windows 10
5 12 (1.53%) FreeRTOS
6 10 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (0.77%) Windows 7
8 5 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.26%) CentOS
9 2 (0.26%) SUSE
10 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.13%) Unix
10 1 (0.13%) VMS
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (18.37%) Agile
2 120 (15.31%) Problem-Solving
3 117 (14.92%) ITIL
4 98 (12.50%) Project Management
5 79 (10.08%) Cybersecurity
6 77 (9.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 65 (8.29%) Service Management
8 58 (7.40%) DevOps
9 56 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
10 51 (6.51%) Configuration Management
11 50 (6.38%) ArchiMate
12 49 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 47 (5.99%) Strategic Thinking
14 46 (5.87%) Change Management
15 43 (5.48%) Migration
15 43 (5.48%) Systems Engineering
16 41 (5.23%) CI/CD
17 40 (5.10%) ITSM
17 40 (5.10%) Programme Management
18 39 (4.97%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (6.89%) PowerShell
2 49 (6.25%) Python
3 43 (5.48%) SQL
4 26 (3.32%) JavaScript
5 23 (2.93%) C
6 17 (2.17%) Java
7 13 (1.66%) C#
8 12 (1.53%) Embedded C
9 10 (1.28%) C++
10 8 (1.02%) PL/SQL
10 8 (1.02%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.77%) Ada
12 5 (0.64%) Bash
13 4 (0.51%) Bicep
13 4 (0.51%) SPARQL
14 3 (0.38%) R
15 2 (0.26%) MATLAB
15 2 (0.26%) Scala
16 1 (0.13%) Fortran
16 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 784 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 115 (14.67%) DV Cleared
3 86 (10.97%) Degree
4 37 (4.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 30 (3.83%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (3.57%) CISSP
7 23 (2.93%) CISM
8 22 (2.81%) CCNA
8 22 (2.81%) CCNP
9 17 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (2.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 14 (1.79%) TOGAF Certification
12 11 (1.40%) MCSE
13 10 (1.28%) CEH
13 10 (1.28%) HND
14 9 (1.15%) CISA
14 9 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
14 9 (1.15%) ISTQB
14 9 (1.15%) Master's Degree
15 8 (1.02%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.08%) SLA
2 29 (3.70%) JSP 440
2 29 (3.70%) QA
3 27 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (3.06%) NIST
5 22 (2.81%) PMO
6 17 (2.17%) NCSC
7 12 (1.53%) GDPR
8 11 (1.40%) HIPAA
9 9 (1.15%) PCI DSS
10 8 (1.02%) Accessibility
10 8 (1.02%) Def Stans
11 5 (0.64%) Government Security Classifications
11 5 (0.64%) RMADS
12 4 (0.51%) Data Quality
13 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.26%) COBIT
14 2 (0.26%) GRC
14 2 (0.26%) MISRA
15 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 51 (6.51%) Active Directory
2 50 (6.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (2.55%) vSphere
4 18 (2.30%) VMware NSX
5 16 (2.04%) Docker
6 10 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.77%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.38%) Firmware
8 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.26%) KVM
9 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.13%) NFS
Systems Management
1 35 (4.46%) Ansible
2 25 (3.19%) PowerCLI
3 22 (2.81%) vCenter Server
4 15 (1.91%) Kubernetes
5 14 (1.79%) SCCM
6 13 (1.66%) Terraform
7 6 (0.77%) OPNET
8 5 (0.64%) SCOM
9 4 (0.51%) Puppet
9 4 (0.51%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 4 (0.51%) VxRail
10 3 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.38%) WSUS
11 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.26%) Argo
12 1 (0.13%) Check_MK
12 1 (0.13%) Dell DRAC
12 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.13%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.13%) Packer
Vendors
1 82 (10.46%) Microsoft
2 70 (8.93%) VMware
3 50 (6.38%) SAP
4 43 (5.48%) Cisco
5 37 (4.72%) Atlassian
6 28 (3.57%) IBM
7 24 (3.06%) Dell
8 23 (2.93%) Remedy
9 22 (2.81%) HP
10 19 (2.42%) Juniper
10 19 (2.42%) Oracle
11 15 (1.91%) Nokia
11 15 (1.91%) Sparx
12 12 (1.53%) Google
12 12 (1.53%) Lauterbach
12 12 (1.53%) Micro Focus
13 10 (1.28%) BT
13 10 (1.28%) Splunk
14 9 (1.15%) Fortinet
15 6 (0.77%) Red Hat