SC Cleared Contracts in Edinburgh

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 93 101
Rank change year-on-year +74 +8 +7
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 68 10 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 7.71% 0.84% 1.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.17% 5.00% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 5 16
10th Percentile £138 £276 £400
25th Percentile £206 £300 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £363 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.21% -19.44% +27.13%
75th Percentile - £525 £561
90th Percentile £438 £570 £581
Scotland median daily rate £458 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.67% -5.26% +3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £21.18 £21.34 £46.38
25th Percentile £30.11 £21.47 £46.56
Median hourly rate £45.00 £21.67 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +107.66% -55.55% +178.57%
75th Percentile - £32.71 £51.56
90th Percentile - £39.33 £52.13
Scotland median hourly rate £45.00 £32.09 £48.75
% change year-on-year +40.25% -34.18% +247.47%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

SC 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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 188 200 243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 21.32% 16.86% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 122 144
10th Percentile £156 £171 £325
25th Percentile £238 £395 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £548 £523 £550
90th Percentile £596 £588 £600
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £464
% change year-on-year +2.78% -2.96% +9.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 3 4
10th Percentile £12.88 £21.34 £20.18
25th Percentile £15.48 £21.47 £23.60
Median hourly rate £17.25 £21.67 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.40% -41.03% +110.00%
75th Percentile £18.75 £32.71 £49.69
90th Percentile £45.00 £39.33 £51.38
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £21.47 £50.00
% change year-on-year -9.15% -57.07% +55.04%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 15 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Edinburgh

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 15 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 20 (29.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.47%) AWS
1 1 (1.47%) Azure
1 1 (1.47%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 19 (27.94%) DHCP
1 19 (27.94%) DNS
1 19 (27.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.41%) Metadata
1 3 (4.41%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Oracle APEX
General
1 15 (22.06%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.76%) Public Sector
3 2 (2.94%) Aerospace
3 2 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.94%) Electronics
3 2 (2.94%) Finance
3 2 (2.94%) Manufacturing
3 2 (2.94%) Marketing
3 2 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (33.82%) Infrastructure Support
2 21 (30.88%) Support Engineer
3 16 (23.53%) Desktop Support
4 15 (22.06%) Desktop Engineer
4 15 (22.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (20.59%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 11 (16.18%) Linux Engineer
6 11 (16.18%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (16.18%) Linux Support
6 11 (16.18%) Linux Support Engineer
6 11 (16.18%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
7 9 (13.24%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 9 (13.24%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
7 9 (13.24%) Support Specialist
8 6 (8.82%) Network Engineer
8 6 (8.82%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 5 (7.35%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 3 (4.41%) 3rd Line Support
10 3 (4.41%) Ada Software Engineer
10 3 (4.41%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.29%) iPhone
2 6 (8.82%) Clustering
2 6 (8.82%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 37 (54.41%) Windows
2 26 (38.24%) Windows 10
3 15 (22.06%) Windows 7
4 11 (16.18%) Linux
4 11 (16.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (13.24%) Windows Server
6 6 (8.82%) Solaris
7 1 (1.47%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (33.82%) Customer Service
1 23 (33.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (30.88%) ITIL
3 17 (25.00%) Break/Fix
3 17 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 9 (13.24%) Network Management
5 6 (8.82%) Compliance Management
5 6 (8.82%) High Availability
6 4 (5.88%) SQL Optimisation
7 3 (4.41%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (4.41%) Software Engineering
8 2 (2.94%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (2.94%) Computer Science
8 2 (2.94%) Decision-Making
8 2 (2.94%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (2.94%) Performance Tuning
8 2 (2.94%) Programme Management
8 2 (2.94%) Time Management
9 1 (1.47%) PLM
9 1 (1.47%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.88%) PL/SQL
1 4 (5.88%) SQL
2 3 (4.41%) Ada
Qualifications
1 68 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (22.06%) A+ Certification
3 6 (8.82%) MCP
3 6 (8.82%) MCSE
3 6 (8.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (8.82%) RHCE
4 4 (5.88%) Degree
5 2 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.29%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (42.65%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.82%) KVM
Systems Management
1 28 (41.18%) SCCM
2 9 (13.24%) WSUS
3 1 (1.47%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (44.12%) Microsoft
2 19 (27.94%) Cisco
3 11 (16.18%) Red Hat
4 9 (13.24%) HP
5 6 (8.82%) Samsung
6 5 (7.35%) Citrix
6 5 (7.35%) Oracle
7 2 (2.94%) SAP
8 1 (1.47%) Apple