Security Cleared Contracts in the South West

Security Clearance
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 1,526 1,602 1,136
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 47.76% 46.88% 31.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 86.95% 89.15% 77.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,008 1,194 784
10th Percentile £400 £400 £375
25th Percentile £475 £500 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £538
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.63% +7.50%
75th Percentile £668 £678 £631
90th Percentile £725 £734 £688
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 109 81
10th Percentile £43.75 £49.00 £46.71
25th Percentile £53.97 £57.25 £54.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +2.36% +27.00%
75th Percentile £74.33 £78.00 £68.30
90th Percentile £80.00 £88.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £55.53 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -7.46% +20.00% +25.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

Security 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 1,755 1,797 1,468
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 54.93% 52.59% 40.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,120 1,320 1,028
10th Percentile £363 £400 £325
25th Percentile £465 £488 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% +10.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £729 £680
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 136 95
10th Percentile £21.53 £39.55 £42.86
25th Percentile £40.00 £56.25 £52.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £65.00 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +5.43% +37.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £78.00 £68.23
90th Percentile £80.00 £85.63 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -25.93% +30.58% +13.30%

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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 24 May 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 24 May 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 24 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 0 679 £550 -5.01% 98
Bristol 0 397 £575 -4.17% 156
Gloucestershire 0 237 £600 +4.35% 92
Devon +1 86 £474 -21.00% 53
Dorset 0 42 £620 +12.73% 26
Somerset -1 39 £580 -14.07% 45
Cornwall -9 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 84 (5.50%) Confluence
1 84 (5.50%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.03%) SharePoint Server
3 22 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.66%) Apache
5 3 (0.20%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.13%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.13%) CMS
7 1 (0.066%) nginx
7 1 (0.066%) WebLogic
Applications
1 57 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.97%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
5 18 (1.18%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.066%) CATIA
8 1 (0.066%) Simulink
8 1 (0.066%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 22 (1.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 12 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 10 (0.66%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.26%) Primavera
5 2 (0.13%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.066%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.066%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.066%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 168 (11.01%) Azure
2 117 (7.67%) AWS
3 60 (3.93%) Power Platform
4 51 (3.34%) PaaS
5 50 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
6 44 (2.88%) SaaS
7 30 (1.97%) Azure Stack
7 30 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
7 30 (1.97%) IaaS
8 23 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (1.38%) OpenShift
10 20 (1.31%) Power Automate
11 15 (0.98%) GitHub
12 14 (0.92%) PowerApps
13 13 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
13 13 (0.85%) GCP
14 11 (0.72%) Entra ID
14 11 (0.72%) OneDrive
15 9 (0.59%) Serverless
16 8 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 82 (5.37%) Firewall
2 61 (4.00%) WAN
3 55 (3.60%) LAN
4 52 (3.41%) Network Security
5 30 (1.97%) BGP
6 26 (1.70%) VoIP
7 23 (1.51%) DNS
8 22 (1.44%) PBX
8 22 (1.44%) VSAN
9 18 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (0.98%) DHCP
10 15 (0.98%) SAN
11 13 (0.85%) TCP/IP
12 12 (0.79%) 4G
13 11 (0.72%) Cisco ISE
14 10 (0.66%) HTTP
14 10 (0.66%) SDH
15 9 (0.59%) Internet
16 8 (0.52%) Wireless
17 7 (0.46%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (3.01%) SQL Server
2 36 (2.36%) Power BI
3 21 (1.38%) Relational Database
4 18 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 12 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 12 (0.79%) Oracle Database
5 12 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 12 (0.79%) Tableau
6 11 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (0.52%) Metadata
7 8 (0.52%) Metadata Repository
8 6 (0.39%) InfluxDB
9 5 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.33%) SQLite
9 5 (0.33%) Triplestore
10 4 (0.26%) Biml
10 4 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.20%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 134 (8.78%) JIRA
2 58 (3.80%) Jenkins
3 35 (2.29%) Rational DOORS
4 33 (2.16%) Bitbucket
5 24 (1.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 18 (1.18%) Git
7 17 (1.11%) GitLab
8 13 (0.85%) SonarQube
9 11 (0.72%) Artifactory
10 9 (0.59%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.39%) Selenium
12 5 (0.33%) Checkstyle
13 3 (0.20%) Burp Suite
14 2 (0.13%) GoogleTest
14 2 (0.13%) HP UFT
14 2 (0.13%) JUnit
14 2 (0.13%) LoadRunner
14 2 (0.13%) Snyk
15 1 (0.066%) ESLint
15 1 (0.066%) Vite
General
1 344 (22.54%) Social Skills
2 263 (17.23%) Public Sector
3 151 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
4 142 (9.31%) Telecoms
5 114 (7.47%) Finance
6 65 (4.26%) Manufacturing
7 58 (3.80%) Aerospace
8 54 (3.54%) Military
9 53 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (2.82%) Electronics
11 40 (2.62%) Marketing
12 30 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (1.18%) Legal
14 16 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (0.92%) Police
16 8 (0.52%) Publishing
17 7 (0.46%) Digital Economy
18 6 (0.39%) Aviation
19 5 (0.33%) Aeronautics
19 5 (0.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 337 (22.08%) Architect
2 165 (10.81%) Analyst
3 152 (9.96%) Lead
4 97 (6.36%) Solutions Architect
5 85 (5.57%) Project Manager
6 78 (5.11%) Lead Architect
7 69 (4.52%) Network Architect
8 66 (4.33%) Developer
9 62 (4.06%) Senior
10 59 (3.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 51 (3.34%) SOC Analyst
12 49 (3.21%) DevOps Engineer
12 49 (3.21%) Software Engineer
13 47 (3.08%) Administrator
14 45 (2.95%) Network Engineer
15 41 (2.69%) Service Analyst
16 40 (2.62%) Consultant
16 40 (2.62%) Systems Administrator
16 40 (2.62%) Wintel Administrator
16 40 (2.62%) Wintel Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.88%) .NET
2 32 (2.10%) .NET Core
3 24 (1.57%) REST
3 24 (1.57%) XML
4 22 (1.44%) React
5 21 (1.38%) Spring
6 14 (0.92%) CSS
7 11 (0.72%) AngularJS
7 11 (0.72%) Apache NiFi
8 10 (0.66%) YAML
9 9 (0.59%) .NET Framework
9 9 (0.59%) RESTful
10 8 (0.52%) HTML
10 8 (0.52%) Kafka
11 7 (0.46%) Spring Boot
12 6 (0.39%) Elastic Stack
13 5 (0.33%) Apache Jena
13 5 (0.33%) GraphQL
13 5 (0.33%) PostGIS
13 5 (0.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 95 (6.23%) PKI
2 85 (5.57%) Data Centre
3 72 (4.72%) Management Information System
4 60 (3.93%) Private Cloud
5 59 (3.87%) Cyber Threat
5 59 (3.87%) Security Operations Centre
6 47 (3.08%) Cyber Defence
7 37 (2.42%) CSOC
8 36 (2.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 35 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
10 28 (1.83%) Onboarding
11 19 (1.25%) Product Ownership
12 16 (1.05%) Public Cloud
13 15 (0.98%) CMDB
13 15 (0.98%) Operational Technology
13 15 (0.98%) Replication
13 15 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
14 13 (0.85%) Security Posture
15 12 (0.79%) ARM Cortex
16 10 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 199 (13.04%) Windows
2 145 (9.50%) Linux
3 44 (2.88%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.11%) Windows 10
5 16 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 12 (0.79%) FreeRTOS
7 10 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (0.33%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.26%) Unix
10 3 (0.20%) CentOS
10 3 (0.20%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.13%) SUSE
11 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.066%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.066%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.066%) Solaris
12 1 (0.066%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.066%) VMS
12 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (16.58%) Agile
2 196 (12.84%) Cybersecurity
3 175 (11.47%) Problem-Solving
4 171 (11.21%) ITIL
5 165 (10.81%) Project Management
6 139 (9.11%) DevOps
7 133 (8.72%) SIEM
8 124 (8.13%) Stakeholder Management
9 114 (7.47%) Service Management
10 102 (6.68%) Security Operations
11 96 (6.29%) Network Management
12 87 (5.70%) Incident Response
13 85 (5.57%) CI/CD
14 84 (5.50%) Continuous Improvement
15 81 (5.31%) Business Intelligence
15 81 (5.31%) Change Management
16 80 (5.24%) Threat Intelligence
16 80 (5.24%) Use Case
17 76 (4.98%) Project Delivery
17 76 (4.98%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 109 (7.14%) Python
2 87 (5.70%) PowerShell
3 65 (4.26%) Java
4 62 (4.06%) SQL
5 61 (4.00%) C
6 42 (2.75%) JavaScript
7 31 (2.03%) C#
8 24 (1.57%) Bash
9 17 (1.11%) C++
10 15 (0.98%) Go
11 12 (0.79%) Embedded C
11 12 (0.79%) T-SQL
12 9 (0.59%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.39%) Ada
14 5 (0.33%) Bicep
14 5 (0.33%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.33%) SPARQL
15 4 (0.26%) TypeScript
16 3 (0.20%) R
17 2 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 780 (51.11%) DV Cleared
2 776 (50.85%) SC Cleared
3 125 (8.19%) Degree
4 44 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 33 (2.16%) CISSP
6 28 (1.83%) APMP
7 26 (1.70%) SANS
8 25 (1.64%) CISM
9 24 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
11 19 (1.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 18 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
13 16 (1.05%) HND
14 13 (0.85%) CCNP
15 12 (0.79%) CCNA
15 12 (0.79%) MCSE
16 11 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
17 10 (0.66%) Azure Certification
17 10 (0.66%) CEH
17 10 (0.66%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (4.65%) NIST
2 62 (4.06%) PMO
3 46 (3.01%) SLA
4 43 (2.82%) QA
5 39 (2.56%) JSP 440
5 39 (2.56%) NIST 800
6 34 (2.23%) Government Security Classifications
6 34 (2.23%) NCSC
7 31 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 28 (1.83%) GDPR
9 11 (0.72%) HIPAA
9 11 (0.72%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.66%) Accessibility
10 10 (0.66%) RMADS
11 8 (0.52%) Def Stans
12 7 (0.46%) P3O
13 5 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.33%) Data Quality
14 4 (0.26%) COBIT
14 4 (0.26%) MISRA
System Software
1 75 (4.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 73 (4.78%) Active Directory
3 66 (4.33%) Docker
4 48 (3.15%) VMware NSX
5 46 (3.01%) vSphere
6 39 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.72%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.20%) Firmware
11 2 (0.13%) KVM
11 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.13%) VMFS
12 1 (0.066%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.066%) NFS
Systems Management
1 78 (5.11%) Ansible
2 64 (4.19%) Terraform
3 55 (3.60%) Kubernetes
4 33 (2.16%) vCenter Server
5 25 (1.64%) PowerCLI
6 23 (1.51%) SCOM
7 20 (1.31%) Grafana
7 20 (1.31%) Prometheus
8 17 (1.11%) SCCM
9 11 (0.72%) OPNET
10 10 (0.66%) Progress Chef
11 9 (0.59%) Docker Swarm
12 8 (0.52%) Puppet
13 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
13 5 (0.33%) VxRail
14 4 (0.26%) Argo
14 4 (0.26%) Trend Micro Deep Security
14 4 (0.26%) vRealize
15 3 (0.20%) Salt
15 3 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 237 (15.53%) Microsoft
2 131 (8.58%) VMware
3 72 (4.72%) Atlassian
4 62 (4.06%) SAP
5 61 (4.00%) Cisco
6 59 (3.87%) Dell
7 33 (2.16%) IBM
8 29 (1.90%) Remedy
9 26 (1.70%) Juniper
10 25 (1.64%) HP
11 22 (1.44%) Oracle
11 22 (1.44%) Red Hat
12 21 (1.38%) Nokia
13 19 (1.25%) Google
14 18 (1.18%) Palo Alto
15 15 (0.98%) Sparx
16 12 (0.79%) Lauterbach
16 12 (0.79%) Micro Focus
17 11 (0.72%) Splunk
18 10 (0.66%) Ribbon