SC Cleared Contract Job Trends in Bracknell

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Berkshire > Bracknell

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bracknell with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 6 21
Rank change year-on-year -3 +15 -18
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 18 14 8
As % of all contract jobs in Bracknell 14.52% 15.38% 4.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.29% 31.82% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 14 5
10th Percentile - £236 -
25th Percentile £513 £363 £46
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £494 £275
Median % change year-on-year +11.39% +79.55% -51.11%
75th Percentile - £569 £450
90th Percentile £579 £625 £563
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £585 £600
% change year-on-year -18.80% -2.50% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bracknell

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 Bracknell.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 51 44 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bracknell 41.13% 48.35% 30.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 25 17
10th Percentile £500 £237 £90
25th Percentile £513 £363 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +31.25% -27.27%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £638
90th Percentile £650 £633 £850
Berkshire median daily rate £480 £578 £500
% change year-on-year -16.88% +15.50% -8.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £41.00 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year +5.70% -2.39% +168.09%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Bracknell

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Bracknell

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Daily Rate Trend in Bracknell

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bracknell

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bracknell 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Internet
2 1 (5.56%) Firewall
2 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 11 (61.11%) Cisco Engineer
2 11 (61.11%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 11 (61.11%) Juniper Engineer
2 11 (61.11%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Lead
4 1 (5.56%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Network Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.56%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (22.22%) JNCIA
3 3 (16.67%) CCDA
3 3 (16.67%) CCDP
3 3 (16.67%) CCNA
3 3 (16.67%) CCNP
3 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) Juniper
2 13 (72.22%) Cisco
3 1 (5.56%) WatchGuard