SC Cleared Contract Job Trends in Crewe

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Cheshire > Crewe

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Crewe with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - 12
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Crewe 13.64% - 3.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.33% - 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £490 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £750
Median % change year-on-year - - +38.89%
75th Percentile £510 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £563 £325 £448
% change year-on-year +73.08% -27.37% -10.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Crewe

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 Crewe.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9 9 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Crewe 40.91% 28.13% 21.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 6
10th Percentile £313 £382 £531
25th Percentile £394 £405 £554
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £410 £608
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -32.51% +10.45%
75th Percentile £518 £495 £675
90th Percentile £535 £600 £719
Cheshire median daily rate £500 £450 £518
% change year-on-year +11.11% -13.04% -0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £35.18 -
25th Percentile £34.49 £42.94 -
Median hourly rate £35.82 £57.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.97% - -
75th Percentile £37.16 £72.44 -
90th Percentile - £80.13 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £36.70 £32.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year +12.92% +132.14% -73.46%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Crewe

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Crewe

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Daily Rate Trend in Crewe

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Crewe

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Crewe 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 2 (66.67%) BGP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (66.67%) EIGRP
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) HSRP
1 2 (66.67%) IPsec
1 2 (66.67%) OSPF
1 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto