SC Cleared Contracts in Edinburgh

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 29 95
Rank change year-on-year -21 +66 +3
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 19 46 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.04% 5.58% 0.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.97% 27.22% 6.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 36 4
10th Percentile £363 £169 £272
25th Percentile £406 £206 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £315 £331
Median % change year-on-year +34.81% -4.83% -26.39%
75th Percentile £538 £340 £427
90th Percentile £576 £575 £531
Scotland median daily rate £431 £500 £455
% change year-on-year -13.75% +9.89% -2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - £21.38
25th Percentile - - £21.57
Median hourly rate - £45.00 £36.84
Median % change year-on-year - +22.17% -24.44%
75th Percentile - - £57.75
90th Percentile - - £63.60
Scotland median hourly rate £18.51 £45.00 £52.00
% change year-on-year -58.87% -13.46% +15.20%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 136 169 199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 21.76% 20.48% 16.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 105 122
10th Percentile £240 £158 £163
25th Percentile £400 £240 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.23%
75th Percentile £530 £565 £508
90th Percentile £588 £607 £599
Scotland median daily rate £450 £480 £450
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 16 4
10th Percentile - £12.63 £21.38
25th Percentile £21.00 £15.56 £21.57
Median hourly rate £23.00 £17.25 £36.84
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -53.17% -22.45%
75th Percentile £28.38 £20.56 £57.75
90th Percentile £50.64 £45.00 £63.60
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £22.95 £21.26
% change year-on-year -4.13% +7.94% -56.39%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) LAN
1 3 (15.79%) WAN
2 2 (10.53%) SDH
3 1 (5.26%) 4G
3 1 (5.26%) ADSL
3 1 (5.26%) DHCP
3 1 (5.26%) DNS
3 1 (5.26%) MPLS
3 1 (5.26%) PSTN
3 1 (5.26%) VPN
3 1 (5.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) GIS
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 10 (52.63%) Public Sector
2 7 (36.84%) Electronics
3 6 (31.58%) Telecoms
4 5 (26.32%) Finance
5 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
5 3 (15.79%) Marketing
5 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
6 2 (10.53%) Aerospace
7 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Developer
1 4 (21.05%) Java Developer
1 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared Java Developer
2 3 (15.79%) RF Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) DevOps Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Configuration Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Field Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Field Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Firmware Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Network Field Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Product Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Product Owner
4 1 (5.26%) Project Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) Node.js
1 4 (21.05%) React
1 4 (21.05%) REST
1 4 (21.05%) Spring
1 4 (21.05%) Spring Boot
2 1 (5.26%) Java RMI
2 1 (5.26%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Data Centre
1 3 (15.79%) Driving Licence
1 3 (15.79%) Fibre Optics
1 3 (15.79%) SCADA
2 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.26%) FPGA
3 1 (5.26%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.26%) Replication
3 1 (5.26%) Verilog
3 1 (5.26%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
2 1 (5.26%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
2 1 (5.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Agile
2 4 (21.05%) Continuous Delivery
2 4 (21.05%) Design Patterns
2 4 (21.05%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (21.05%) TDD
3 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (15.79%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (15.79%) Feasibility Study
3 3 (15.79%) Process Management
3 3 (15.79%) Programme Management
3 3 (15.79%) Project Management
3 3 (15.79%) Prototyping
3 3 (15.79%) Schematic Capture
4 2 (10.53%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (10.53%) Auto-Scaling
4 2 (10.53%) DevOps
4 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) Java
2 1 (5.26%) Perl
2 1 (5.26%) PL/SQL
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (10.53%) HNC
4 1 (5.26%) A+ Certification
4 1 (5.26%) BC Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) Degree
4 1 (5.26%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Def Stans
1 1 (5.26%) QA
1 1 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) FortiGate
1 2 (10.53%) Terraform
2 1 (5.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Cisco
1 4 (21.05%) SAP
2 3 (15.79%) Nokia
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.26%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.26%) Intel
4 1 (5.26%) Microsemi
4 1 (5.26%) Xilinx