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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 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 1,532 1,616 1,145
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 48.60% 46.56% 31.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 87.29% 88.79% 77.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,010 1,213 795
10th Percentile £375 £400 £375
25th Percentile £475 £500 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £531
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.10% +6.10%
75th Percentile £665 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £738 £685
England median daily rate £550 £550 £549
% change year-on-year - +0.14% +9.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 112 76
10th Percentile £43.75 £48.53 £47.11
25th Percentile £54.42 £57.25 £54.19
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - +30.00%
75th Percentile £75.00 £78.50 £68.49
90th Percentile £85.00 £87.42 £75.00
England median hourly rate £55.80 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -7.00% +20.00% +20.74%

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 1,820 1,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 55.68% 52.43% 40.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,114 1,344 1,044
10th Percentile £357 £400 £325
25th Percentile £465 £475 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £522
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% +10.87% +9.95%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £734 £680
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 140 91
10th Percentile £22.05 £39.35 £43.67
25th Percentile £40.00 £57.01 £52.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year - +3.17% +40.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £78.44 £68.30
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.29 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +29.63% +6.58%

Security Cleared
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 16 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 16 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 16 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 0 693 £550 -5.01% 82
Bristol 0 403 £575 -4.17% 162
Gloucestershire 0 228 £600 +4.35% 109
Devon +1 81 £470 -21.75% 55
Dorset 0 43 £620 +12.73% 26
Somerset -1 38 £580 -13.37% 41
Cornwall -8 1 - - 2
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 89 (5.81%) Confluence
2 84 (5.48%) SharePoint
3 35 (2.28%) SharePoint Server
4 18 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.65%) Apache
6 3 (0.20%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (0.13%) CMS
8 1 (0.065%) nginx
8 1 (0.065%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.065%) WebLogic
Applications
1 59 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (1.63%) Spreadsheet
5 18 (1.17%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.065%) CATIA
8 1 (0.065%) Simulink
8 1 (0.065%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 22 (1.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 13 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 10 (0.65%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.26%) Primavera
5 3 (0.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.065%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 163 (10.64%) Azure
2 111 (7.25%) AWS
3 55 (3.59%) Power Platform
4 51 (3.33%) PaaS
5 44 (2.87%) SaaS
6 43 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
7 34 (2.22%) Azure Stack
8 30 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
8 30 (1.96%) IaaS
9 22 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (1.24%) OpenShift
11 17 (1.11%) Power Automate
12 15 (0.98%) GitHub
13 13 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
13 13 (0.85%) GCP
14 10 (0.65%) PowerApps
15 9 (0.59%) Serverless
16 8 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
16 8 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
16 8 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 87 (5.68%) Firewall
2 64 (4.18%) WAN
3 55 (3.59%) LAN
4 54 (3.52%) Network Security
5 34 (2.22%) BGP
6 28 (1.83%) VoIP
7 26 (1.70%) DNS
8 22 (1.44%) PBX
9 21 (1.37%) VSAN
10 18 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (1.04%) DHCP
12 14 (0.91%) SAN
13 13 (0.85%) TCP/IP
14 12 (0.78%) 4G
15 11 (0.72%) Cisco ISE
16 10 (0.65%) HTTP
16 10 (0.65%) Internet
16 10 (0.65%) SDH
17 8 (0.52%) Wireless
18 7 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (2.94%) SQL Server
2 33 (2.15%) Power BI
3 21 (1.37%) Relational Database
4 18 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 12 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (0.78%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 12 (0.78%) Oracle Database
5 12 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 12 (0.78%) Tableau
6 10 (0.65%) 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
1 139 (9.07%) JIRA
2 58 (3.79%) Jenkins
3 35 (2.28%) Rational DOORS
4 33 (2.15%) Bitbucket
5 24 (1.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 17 (1.11%) GitLab
7 15 (0.98%) Git
8 13 (0.85%) SonarQube
9 11 (0.72%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.46%) 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 (0.065%) ERwin
15 1 (0.065%) Visual Studio
General
1 353 (23.04%) Social Skills
2 262 (17.10%) Public Sector
3 154 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (9.66%) Telecoms
5 118 (7.70%) Finance
6 66 (4.31%) Manufacturing
7 62 (4.05%) Military
8 57 (3.72%) Aerospace
9 53 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
10 44 (2.87%) Electronics
11 41 (2.68%) Marketing
12 33 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (1.31%) Legal
14 16 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (0.85%) 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
1 332 (21.67%) Architect
2 169 (11.03%) Analyst
3 156 (10.18%) Lead
4 98 (6.40%) Solutions Architect
5 85 (5.55%) Project Manager
6 78 (5.09%) Lead Architect
7 70 (4.57%) Network Architect
8 67 (4.37%) Developer
9 62 (4.05%) Senior
10 59 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 55 (3.59%) SOC Analyst
12 50 (3.26%) DevOps Engineer
13 48 (3.13%) Administrator
14 47 (3.07%) Network Engineer
15 45 (2.94%) Software Engineer
16 41 (2.68%) Service Analyst
16 41 (2.68%) Systems Administrator
16 41 (2.68%) Systems Architect
16 41 (2.68%) Wintel Administrator
16 41 (2.68%) Wintel Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (2.68%) .NET
2 30 (1.96%) .NET Core
3 24 (1.57%) XML
4 23 (1.50%) REST
5 22 (1.44%) React
6 19 (1.24%) Spring
7 13 (0.85%) CSS
8 11 (0.72%) AngularJS
8 11 (0.72%) Apache NiFi
9 9 (0.59%) .NET Framework
9 9 (0.59%) RESTful
10 8 (0.52%) HTML
11 7 (0.46%) YAML
12 6 (0.39%) Kafka
12 6 (0.39%) ModSecurity
12 6 (0.39%) SPFx
13 5 (0.33%) Apache Jena
13 5 (0.33%) GraphQL
13 5 (0.33%) PostGIS
13 5 (0.33%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 101 (6.59%) PKI
2 83 (5.42%) Data Centre
3 77 (5.03%) Management Information System
4 64 (4.18%) Private Cloud
5 63 (4.11%) Security Operations Centre
6 59 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
7 46 (3.00%) Cyber Defence
8 37 (2.42%) CSOC
9 35 (2.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 35 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
10 27 (1.76%) Onboarding
11 19 (1.24%) Product Ownership
12 16 (1.04%) 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 12 (0.78%) ARM Cortex
14 12 (0.78%) Security Posture
15 10 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 193 (12.60%) Windows
2 134 (8.75%) Linux
3 44 (2.87%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.17%) Windows 10
5 12 (0.78%) FreeRTOS
6 11 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.39%) 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
12 1 (0.065%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.065%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.065%) Solaris
12 1 (0.065%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.065%) VMS
12 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (16.51%) Agile
2 206 (13.45%) Cybersecurity
3 184 (12.01%) ITIL
4 177 (11.55%) Problem-Solving
5 168 (10.97%) Project Management
6 141 (9.20%) SIEM
7 131 (8.55%) DevOps
8 124 (8.09%) Stakeholder Management
9 122 (7.96%) Service Management
10 111 (7.25%) Security Operations
11 102 (6.66%) Network Management
12 87 (5.68%) Continuous Improvement
12 87 (5.68%) Incident Response
13 82 (5.35%) Change Management
13 82 (5.35%) Threat Intelligence
14 81 (5.29%) CI/CD
15 79 (5.16%) Business Intelligence
15 79 (5.16%) Use Case
16 76 (4.96%) Project Delivery
17 75 (4.90%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 106 (6.92%) Python
2 81 (5.29%) PowerShell
3 62 (4.05%) SQL
4 61 (3.98%) Java
5 59 (3.85%) C
6 40 (2.61%) JavaScript
7 29 (1.89%) C#
8 22 (1.44%) Bash
9 17 (1.11%) C++
10 15 (0.98%) Go
11 12 (0.78%) Embedded C
11 12 (0.78%) 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
1 802 (52.35%) DV Cleared
2 770 (50.26%) SC Cleared
3 130 (8.49%) Degree
4 42 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 39 (2.55%) CISSP
6 30 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 29 (1.89%) CISM
8 28 (1.83%) APMP
9 26 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
9 26 (1.70%) SANS
10 19 (1.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 18 (1.17%) CCNP
11 18 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
12 17 (1.11%) CCNA
13 16 (1.04%) HND
14 14 (0.91%) MCSE
15 12 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
16 10 (0.65%) CEH
17 9 (0.59%) CISA
17 9 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (4.70%) NIST
2 62 (4.05%) PMO
3 46 (3.00%) SLA
4 45 (2.94%) JSP 440
5 44 (2.87%) QA
6 38 (2.48%) Government Security Classifications
6 38 (2.48%) NIST 800
7 36 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 34 (2.22%) NCSC
9 28 (1.83%) GDPR
10 11 (0.72%) HIPAA
10 11 (0.72%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.72%) RMADS
11 10 (0.65%) Accessibility
12 8 (0.52%) Def Stans
13 7 (0.46%) P3O
14 5 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.33%) Data Quality
15 4 (0.26%) COBIT
15 4 (0.26%) MISRA
System Software
1 67 (4.37%) Active Directory
1 67 (4.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 62 (4.05%) Docker
3 44 (2.87%) VMware NSX
4 40 (2.61%) vSphere
5 36 (2.35%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (0.52%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.20%) Firmware
7 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.13%) KVM
9 1 (0.065%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.065%) NFS
9 1 (0.065%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 75 (4.90%) Ansible
2 61 (3.98%) Terraform
3 51 (3.33%) Kubernetes
4 33 (2.15%) vCenter Server
5 27 (1.76%) SCOM
6 25 (1.63%) PowerCLI
7 21 (1.37%) Grafana
7 21 (1.37%) Prometheus
8 17 (1.11%) OPNET
8 17 (1.11%) SCCM
9 9 (0.59%) Docker Swarm
10 7 (0.46%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.33%) Puppet
11 5 (0.33%) VxRail
12 4 (0.26%) Argo
12 4 (0.26%) Trend Micro Deep Security
12 4 (0.26%) vRealize
12 4 (0.26%) WSUS
13 3 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 2 (0.13%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 243 (15.86%) Microsoft
2 121 (7.90%) VMware
3 77 (5.03%) Atlassian
4 64 (4.18%) Cisco
4 64 (4.18%) SAP
5 59 (3.85%) Dell
6 33 (2.15%) IBM
7 31 (2.02%) Remedy
8 26 (1.70%) Juniper
9 25 (1.63%) HP
10 22 (1.44%) Oracle
11 21 (1.37%) Nokia
12 19 (1.24%) Google
13 18 (1.17%) Palo Alto
14 16 (1.04%) Sparx
15 13 (0.85%) Red Hat
16 12 (0.78%) Lauterbach
16 12 (0.78%) Micro Focus
17 11 (0.72%) Splunk
18 10 (0.65%) Ribbon