SC Cleared Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Basingstoke with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 12 14
Rank change year-on-year -16 +2 -6
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 14 38 31
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 4.95% 17.67% 12.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.67% 22.09% 15.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 35 8
10th Percentile £190 £406 £486
25th Percentile £500 £469 £584
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £678 £688
90th Percentile £668 £706 £703
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £525 £563
% change year-on-year - -6.67% -1.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £22.92 £35.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -34.51% -41.67% -0.97%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Basingstoke

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 Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 247 172 197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 87.28% 80.00% 80.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 143 42
10th Percentile £475 £409 £397
25th Percentile £500 £481 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £588 £614
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% -4.24% +4.43%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £649
90th Percentile £725 £725 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £563
% change year-on-year - -2.22% -1.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - £24.18
25th Percentile - £34.00 £26.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +12.00% -
75th Percentile - £36.00 £40.00
90th Percentile - - £51.25
Hampshire median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -35.71% -41.67% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SC Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing SC Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in Basingstoke

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Basingstoke over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Basingstoke

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing SC Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) MSI
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 3 (21.43%) Finance
4 2 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Architect
2 2 (14.29%) Build Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Programme Director
2 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Windows Build Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Commercial Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Head of Strategy
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Lead
3 1 (7.14%) Lead Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Lead Enterprise Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Network Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Network Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior
3 1 (7.14%) Service Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.14%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (21.43%) Agile
2 3 (21.43%) ITIL
2 3 (21.43%) Project Management
3 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 2 (14.29%) Digital Strategy
3 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 2 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (7.14%) Business Strategy
4 1 (7.14%) Cost Management
4 1 (7.14%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (7.14%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (7.14%) Data Science
4 1 (7.14%) IT4IT
4 1 (7.14%) Order Management
4 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.14%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (7.14%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) ISEB
4 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
4 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) COBIT
1 1 (7.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (7.14%) JSP 440
1 1 (7.14%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) WMI
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft