SC Cleared Desktop Support Contracts

Security Check Clearance Desktop Support
UK

The median Security Check Clearance Desktop Support daily rate in the UK is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 568 660 823
Rank change year-on-year +92 +163 -130
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Desktop Support 17 33 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% 0.057% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.060% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 27 13
10th Percentile £116 £184 £180
25th Percentile £140 £200 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £203 £200
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% +1.34% -
75th Percentile £219 £250 -
90th Percentile £220 £260 £248
UK excluding London median daily rate £213 £203 £200
% change year-on-year +4.85% +1.34% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.22 - £24.00
Median hourly rate £20.82 - £24.50
75th Percentile £21.41 - £25.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £24.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,719 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,839 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,655 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

SC Cleared Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SC Cleared Desktop Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared Desktop Support in the UK

SC Cleared Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared Desktop Support in the UK

SC Cleared Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared Desktop Support in the UK

SC Cleared Desktop Support
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared Desktop Support within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England +83 12 £144 -28.48%
UK excluding London +49 10 £213 +4.85% 2
London +94 7 £136 -45.60%
Scotland - 5 £200 - 2
East of England +7 4 £220 -
Work from Home +118 2 £103 -49.47%
South West +1 1 - -

SC Cleared Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, SC Cleared Desktop Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SC Cleared Desktop Support in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 17 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (88.24%) Windows
3 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
4 10 (58.82%) VPN
4 10 (58.82%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (58.82%) Customer Service
5 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
6 8 (47.06%) Time Management
6 8 (47.06%) Windows 7
6 8 (47.06%) Windows 10
7 7 (41.18%) Decision-Making
8 6 (35.29%) iPad
8 6 (35.29%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (35.29%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (35.29%) ITIL
9 5 (29.41%) Break/Fix
10 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
10 4 (23.53%) SharePoint
10 4 (23.53%) DHCP
10 4 (23.53%) A+ Certification
10 4 (23.53%) DNS
10 4 (23.53%) Service Delivery
10 4 (23.53%) Azure
10 4 (23.53%) iPhone
10 4 (23.53%) Degree
10 4 (23.53%) Cisco
10 4 (23.53%) SCCM
11 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving

SC Cleared Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (23.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (58.82%) VPN
2 4 (23.53%) DHCP
2 4 (23.53%) DNS
3 2 (11.76%) Wireless
4 1 (5.88%) Internet
General
1 6 (35.29%) Organisational Skills
1 6 (35.29%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) iPad
2 4 (23.53%) iPhone
3 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (88.24%) Windows
2 8 (47.06%) Windows 10
2 8 (47.06%) Windows 7
3 2 (11.76%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Customer Service
2 8 (47.06%) Time Management
3 7 (41.18%) Decision-Making
4 6 (35.29%) ITIL
5 5 (29.41%) Break/Fix
6 4 (23.53%) Service Delivery
7 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (11.76%) Antivirus Management
8 2 (11.76%) Customer Experience
8 2 (11.76%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (11.76%) Information Security
8 2 (11.76%) Inventory Management
8 2 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
9 1 (5.88%) Application Packaging
9 1 (5.88%) Creative Thinking
9 1 (5.88%) Network Management
9 1 (5.88%) Server Management
9 1 (5.88%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 17 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) A+ Certification
2 4 (23.53%) Degree
3 3 (17.65%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (11.76%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) SCCM
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) Cisco
3 2 (11.76%) McAfee