Security Cleared Contracts in the South West

Security Clearance
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 1,146 1,574 1,352
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 43.52% 48.28% 35.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 85.91% 88.68% 82.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 710 1,005 1,012
10th Percentile £412 £413 £408
25th Percentile £488 £500 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £573
Median % change year-on-year - +0.44% +14.50%
75th Percentile £657 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £726 £718
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 145 89
10th Percentile £53.00 £47.98 £44.88
25th Percentile £62.50 £56.29 £54.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - +34.72%
75th Percentile £74.44 £78.36 £74.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £83.40 £80.25
England median hourly rate £61.60 £60.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +2.67% +4.35% +44.75%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,334 1,775 1,630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 50.66% 54.45% 43.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 808 1,133 1,199
10th Percentile £375 £400 £381
25th Percentile £463 £475 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% +12.82%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £734 £725 £702
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 168 119
10th Percentile £39.63 £33.00 £34.50
25th Percentile £60.75 £50.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +4.17% +24.35%
75th Percentile £74.33 £78.00 £68.73
90th Percentile £80.50 £83.40 £79.23
England median hourly rate £54.00 £54.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +20.00% +32.33%

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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 20 September 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 20 September 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 20 September 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 0 403 £550 - 50
Bristol 0 331 £540 -10.00% 88
Gloucestershire 0 220 £600 +0.63% 91
Devon 0 88 £600 - 17
Somerset 0 51 £600 -11.11% 34
Dorset -1 18 £620 +14.02% 20
Cornwall - 1 - -
Security Cleared
England

Security 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 57 (4.97%) SharePoint
2 53 (4.62%) Confluence
3 21 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.96%) Apache
5 8 (0.70%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (0.44%) CMS
6 5 (0.44%) IIS
7 4 (0.35%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.17%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.17%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.087%) Appian
9 1 (0.087%) JBoss
9 1 (0.087%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.087%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.087%) WebSphere
Applications
1 68 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (2.53%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (2.18%) Spreadsheet
5 18 (1.57%) AutoCAD
6 11 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 7 (0.61%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.44%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 10 (0.87%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
3 7 (0.61%) Teamcenter
4 6 (0.52%) Primavera
5 5 (0.44%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.44%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.17%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.17%) SAP PS
8 1 (0.087%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 127 (11.08%) AWS
2 120 (10.47%) Azure
3 59 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (4.10%) OpenShift
5 44 (3.84%) Power Platform
6 33 (2.88%) GitHub
7 23 (2.01%) PaaS
8 22 (1.92%) Serverless
9 19 (1.66%) Amazon EC2
9 19 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (1.40%) Entra ID
11 16 (1.40%) SaaS
12 15 (1.31%) OneDrive
12 15 (1.31%) PowerApps
13 14 (1.22%) Power Automate
13 14 (1.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 13 (1.13%) AWS CodePipeline
15 12 (1.05%) Apigee
15 12 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 47 (4.10%) Firewall
2 28 (2.44%) DNS
3 22 (1.92%) BGP
3 22 (1.92%) VSAN
4 21 (1.83%) VPN
5 19 (1.66%) VoIP
6 16 (1.40%) PBX
6 16 (1.40%) SAN
6 16 (1.40%) Skype
6 16 (1.40%) Unified Communications
7 13 (1.13%) NAS
7 13 (1.13%) WAN
8 12 (1.05%) DHCP
8 12 (1.05%) MPLS
8 12 (1.05%) Remote Desktop
8 12 (1.05%) SD-WAN
9 11 (0.96%) IPsec
9 11 (0.96%) Network Security
10 10 (0.87%) HTTP
11 9 (0.79%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (3.58%) SQL Server
2 27 (2.36%) Big Data
3 26 (2.27%) Power BI
4 22 (1.92%) Relational Database
5 16 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
6 12 (1.05%) Oracle Database
7 11 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (0.96%) Tableau
8 10 (0.87%) Hadoop
8 10 (0.87%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 10 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 10 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.70%) RDBMS
10 7 (0.61%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.52%) SQLite
12 5 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.44%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.44%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 107 (9.34%) JIRA
2 64 (5.58%) Git
3 28 (2.44%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.83%) Bitbucket
5 20 (1.75%) GitLab
6 16 (1.40%) Visual Studio Code
7 13 (1.13%) Maven
8 11 (0.96%) JUnit
9 10 (0.87%) JMeter
10 9 (0.79%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.70%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.61%) Selenium
13 6 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
13 6 (0.52%) SonarQube
14 5 (0.44%) Checkstyle
14 5 (0.44%) Rational Rhapsody
15 4 (0.35%) MSI
15 4 (0.35%) Robot Framework
16 3 (0.26%) HP UFT
16 3 (0.26%) LoadRunner
General
1 234 (20.42%) Social Skills
2 213 (18.59%) Public Sector
3 120 (10.47%) Finance
4 116 (10.12%) Telecoms
5 100 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
6 61 (5.32%) Manufacturing
7 53 (4.62%) Electronics
8 52 (4.54%) Marketing
9 47 (4.10%) Military
10 34 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (2.27%) Aerospace
12 18 (1.57%) Police
13 14 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (0.87%) Local Government
15 9 (0.79%) Fire and Rescue
16 8 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (0.61%) Legal
18 4 (0.35%) Billing
18 4 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
19 2 (0.17%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 211 (18.41%) Architect
2 84 (7.33%) Lead
3 79 (6.89%) Senior
4 74 (6.46%) Developer
5 72 (6.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 57 (4.97%) Analyst
6 57 (4.97%) Consultant
6 57 (4.97%) Software Engineer
7 55 (4.80%) DevOps Engineer
8 50 (4.36%) Administrator
9 45 (3.93%) Project Manager
10 43 (3.75%) Systems Administrator
11 41 (3.58%) Network Engineer
12 38 (3.32%) Network Architect
13 37 (3.23%) Lead Architect
13 37 (3.23%) Service Manager
14 35 (3.05%) Systems Architect
15 33 (2.88%) Delivery Manager
16 31 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
17 24 (2.09%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.32%) REST
2 36 (3.14%) Elastic Stack
3 35 (3.05%) React
4 23 (2.01%) Node.js
5 22 (1.92%) .NET
6 16 (1.40%) Spring
7 14 (1.22%) XML
8 11 (0.96%) Apache NiFi
8 11 (0.96%) Spring Boot
8 11 (0.96%) YAML
9 10 (0.87%) .NET Framework
9 10 (0.87%) NETCONF
9 10 (0.87%) RESTCONF
10 9 (0.79%) CSS
10 9 (0.79%) OpenAPI
10 9 (0.79%) Swagger
11 8 (0.70%) .NET Core
11 8 (0.70%) JSON
11 8 (0.70%) RESTful
12 7 (0.61%) EJB
Miscellaneous
1 102 (8.90%) PKI
2 55 (4.80%) Data Centre
3 33 (2.88%) Management Information System
3 33 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (2.44%) Onboarding
5 27 (2.36%) Cyber Threat
6 26 (2.27%) Private Cloud
7 21 (1.83%) Cyber Defence
7 21 (1.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 21 (1.83%) Video Conferencing
8 17 (1.48%) Algorithms
9 15 (1.31%) ARM Cortex
10 14 (1.22%) Replication
11 13 (1.13%) Cloud Native
11 13 (1.13%) Clustering
11 13 (1.13%) Enterprise Storage
12 12 (1.05%) Product Ownership
12 12 (1.05%) Security Posture
13 11 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 183 (15.97%) Windows
2 179 (15.62%) Linux
3 62 (5.41%) Windows Server
4 35 (3.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 21 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
6 19 (1.66%) Windows 10
7 15 (1.31%) FreeRTOS
8 11 (0.96%) Solaris
9 10 (0.87%) CentOS
10 9 (0.79%) Unix
11 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.26%) Android
13 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.17%) zOS
14 1 (0.087%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.087%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.087%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (17.71%) Agile
2 157 (13.70%) DevOps
3 104 (9.08%) Problem-Solving
4 99 (8.64%) Project Management
5 94 (8.20%) Validation
6 93 (8.12%) Cybersecurity
7 90 (7.85%) ITIL
8 86 (7.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 85 (7.42%) Service Management
10 77 (6.72%) Business Intelligence
11 73 (6.37%) Software Engineering
11 73 (6.37%) Stakeholder Management
12 63 (5.50%) CI/CD
13 62 (5.41%) Project Delivery
14 56 (4.89%) Configuration Management
14 56 (4.89%) Incident Response
15 55 (4.80%) Roadmaps
16 54 (4.71%) Continuous Improvement
17 53 (4.62%) Programme Management
18 50 (4.36%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 131 (11.43%) Python
2 83 (7.24%) SQL
3 77 (6.72%) Java
4 69 (6.02%) PowerShell
5 55 (4.80%) JavaScript
6 53 (4.62%) C
7 33 (2.88%) Bash
8 27 (2.36%) C#
9 24 (2.09%) TypeScript
10 21 (1.83%) C++
11 20 (1.75%) Ruby
12 16 (1.40%) Embedded C
13 10 (0.87%) T-SQL
14 9 (0.79%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.61%) Fortran
15 7 (0.61%) Go
15 7 (0.61%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.44%) MATLAB
16 5 (0.44%) SPARQL
17 4 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 665 (58.03%) SC Cleared
2 508 (44.33%) DV Cleared
3 94 (8.20%) Degree
4 41 (3.58%) Cisco Certification
5 31 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 31 (2.71%) CCNP
6 29 (2.53%) APMP
7 25 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (1.75%) Master's Degree
8 20 (1.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 18 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (1.48%) CCNA
11 12 (1.05%) CISSP
12 11 (0.96%) PMI Certification
12 11 (0.96%) PMP
13 10 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (0.87%) MCSE
14 9 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (0.70%) Azure Certification
16 7 (0.61%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (3.32%) QA
2 37 (3.23%) PMO
3 33 (2.88%) NIST
4 20 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (1.57%) SLA
6 16 (1.40%) JSP 440
7 15 (1.31%) NIST 800
8 8 (0.70%) GDPR
8 8 (0.70%) Government Security Classifications
9 6 (0.52%) RMADS
10 5 (0.44%) Accessibility
10 5 (0.44%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.44%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.35%) Def Stans
11 4 (0.35%) MISRA
11 4 (0.35%) NCSC
12 3 (0.26%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.26%) P3O
13 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 115 (10.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 94 (8.20%) Active Directory
3 88 (7.68%) Docker
4 61 (5.32%) vSphere
5 46 (4.01%) VMware NSX
6 41 (3.58%) VMware ESXi
7 24 (2.09%) Hyper-V
8 19 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
9 18 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.44%) VMFS
11 3 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.17%) KVM
13 1 (0.087%) RACF
Systems Management
1 82 (7.16%) Kubernetes
2 80 (6.98%) Ansible
3 68 (5.93%) Terraform
4 26 (2.27%) Kibana
5 25 (2.18%) vCenter Server
6 22 (1.92%) logstash
7 18 (1.57%) SCCM
8 16 (1.40%) Rancher
9 14 (1.22%) Progress Chef
9 14 (1.22%) Puppet
10 10 (0.87%) Grafana
10 10 (0.87%) OPNET
10 10 (0.87%) Prometheus
10 10 (0.87%) Salt
11 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Clustering
12 8 (0.70%) CSIRT
12 8 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
12 8 (0.70%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 7 (0.61%) WhatsUp Gold
14 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 200 (17.45%) Microsoft
2 160 (13.96%) VMware
3 72 (6.28%) SAP
4 62 (5.41%) Atlassian
5 60 (5.24%) Cisco
6 50 (4.36%) Red Hat
7 33 (2.88%) Oracle
8 21 (1.83%) IBM
9 17 (1.48%) Tanium
10 16 (1.40%) Palo Alto
11 15 (1.31%) Juniper
11 15 (1.31%) Lauterbach
12 13 (1.13%) BMC
12 13 (1.13%) Dell
12 13 (1.13%) Google
13 12 (1.05%) ServiceNow
13 12 (1.05%) WSO2
14 11 (0.96%) Citrix
14 11 (0.96%) F5
14 11 (0.96%) Remedy