SC Cleared Contracts in Derby

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Derby 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 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 3 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 0
DemandTrendContract jobs citing SC Cleared 28 30 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derby 35.90% 22.56% 24.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 66.67% 60.00% 76.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 17 13
10th Percentile £186 - £155
25th Percentile £200 £150 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £320 £508
Median % change year-on-year +44.53% -36.95% +12.78%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £638
90th Percentile £638 £588 £670
Derbyshire median daily rate £463 £320 £508
% change year-on-year +44.53% -36.95% +12.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 3
10th Percentile £24.88 - -
25th Percentile £25.04 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.09 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% +24.66% -63.65%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £18.86
90th Percentile - - £19.54
Derbyshire median hourly rate £25.15 £22.09 £17.72
% change year-on-year +13.85% +24.66% -63.65%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Derby

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 Derby.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 42 50 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 53.85% 37.59% 32.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 27 17
10th Percentile £171 £150 £164
25th Percentile £200 £310 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £672 £588 £610
90th Percentile £745 £604 £660
Derbyshire median daily rate £550 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 3
10th Percentile £24.25 - -
25th Percentile £25.04 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.09 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% +24.66% -9.89%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £18.86
90th Percentile - - £19.54
Derbyshire median hourly rate £25.15 £20.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +25.75% +12.87% -9.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Derby.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Derby

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Daily Rate Trend in Derby

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Derby

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Derby over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Derby

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Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

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

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

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby 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 1 (3.57%) Apache Spark
1 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) AWS
2 2 (7.14%) GCP
3 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (21.43%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.57%) Hadoop
2 1 (3.57%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Git
2 1 (3.57%) Chocolatey
2 1 (3.57%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (3.57%) SonarQube
General
1 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.57%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.57%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Architect
2 5 (17.86%) Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) VMware Architect
3 4 (14.29%) VMware Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Support Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Break Fix Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Data Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Desktop Support
5 2 (7.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Windows Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Windows Support Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Configuration Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) IT Support
6 1 (3.57%) IT Technician
6 1 (3.57%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) .NET
1 1 (3.57%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Data Centre
2 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.57%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.57%) FPGA
3 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.57%) Verilog
3 1 (3.57%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.86%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Linux
2 1 (3.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Break/Fix
2 6 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (10.71%) ITIL
3 3 (10.71%) Roadmaps
4 2 (7.14%) Agile
4 2 (7.14%) Analytics
4 2 (7.14%) CI/CD
4 2 (7.14%) Customer Service
4 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (7.14%) Data Engineering
4 2 (7.14%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (7.14%) ETL
4 2 (7.14%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (7.14%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (7.14%) Service Delivery
4 2 (7.14%) Time Management
5 1 (3.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.57%) Data Governance
5 1 (3.57%) DevOps
5 1 (3.57%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (7.14%) Java
2 2 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.14%) SQL
3 1 (3.57%) Bash
3 1 (3.57%) C#
3 1 (3.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 28 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.57%) A+ Certification
2 1 (3.57%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) Data Quality
1 2 (7.14%) QA
1 2 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (7.14%) Docker
3 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.57%) Firmware
3 1 (3.57%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.57%) Ansible
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.57%) Podman
2 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) VMware
2 3 (10.71%) IBM
3 2 (7.14%) Dell
3 2 (7.14%) HP
4 1 (3.57%) Cognos
4 1 (3.57%) CyberArk
4 1 (3.57%) Google
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.57%) Xilinx