SC Cleared Contract Job Trends in Colchester

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Essex > Colchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Colchester with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 16 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Colchester 55.17% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 80.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £153 - -
Essex median daily rate £153 £650 £450
% change year-on-year -76.46% +44.44% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
Essex median hourly rate £18.87 £70.50 £55.50
% change year-on-year -73.23% +27.03% +38.75%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Colchester

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 Colchester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Colchester 68.97% 6.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £153 - -
75th Percentile £164 - -
90th Percentile £171 - -
Essex median daily rate £225 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -50.00% - -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
Essex median hourly rate £18.87 £56.00 £52.75
% change year-on-year -66.30% +6.16% +31.88%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Colchester

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Colchester

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Daily Rate Trend in Colchester

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Colchester

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Colchester 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:

General
1 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Migration Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Desktop Migration Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Asset Management
1 13 (81.25%) Ticket Management
2 3 (18.75%) Migration
3 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (12.50%) Time Management
3 2 (12.50%) Workflow
3 2 (12.50%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA