SC Cleared Contract Job Trends in Dumfries and Galloway

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Scotland > Dumfries and Galloway

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dumfries and Galloway with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - 4
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Dumfries and Galloway 10.00% - 25.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.00% - 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate £563 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £28.59 £60.00
% change year-on-year -12.03% -52.35% -4.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Dumfries and Galloway

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 Dumfries and Galloway.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dumfries and Galloway 20.00% 85.71% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £531 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £400 £413
Median % change year-on-year +34.38% -3.03% -
75th Percentile £544 - £434
90th Percentile - - £444
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £20.94 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year - -73.83% -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.09 £60.00
% change year-on-year -9.46% -63.18% +111.55%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Dumfries and Galloway

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Dumfries and Galloway

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in Dumfries and Galloway

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dumfries and Galloway citing SC Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dumfries and Galloway citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Contract Job Locations in Dumfries and Galloway

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Dumfries and Galloway region over the 6 months to 1 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Moffat - 1 - -
SC Cleared
Scotland

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dumfries and Galloway 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) AppDynamics
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco