Security Cleared Contracts in Edinburgh

Security Clearance
Scotland > Edinburgh

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 38 96
Rank change year-on-year -8 +58 -8
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 21 35 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.36% 4.29% 1.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.54% 22.01% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 19 6
10th Percentile £363 £205 £308
25th Percentile £406 £258 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £370 £420
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% -11.90% -16.00%
75th Percentile £567 £575 £508
90th Percentile £606 - £569
Scotland median daily rate £475 £575 £450
% change year-on-year -17.39% +27.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 5
10th Percentile - £34.20 £21.42
25th Percentile - £45.00 £21.67
Median hourly rate £24.66 £55.00 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.16% +5.77% -0.95%
75th Percentile - £60.00 £54.50
90th Percentile - £61.00 £62.30
Scotland median hourly rate £21.42 £60.00 £52.00
% change year-on-year -64.30% +15.38% +12.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

Security 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 127 159 200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 20.32% 19.51% 15.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 89 126
10th Percentile £237 £179 £166
25th Percentile £400 £370 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £513
90th Percentile £600 £646 £606
Scotland median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 5
10th Percentile £21.00 £15.43 £21.42
25th Percentile £21.61 £16.31 £21.67
Median hourly rate £23.00 £17.75 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.58% -65.87% +9.47%
75th Percentile £28.38 £45.00 £54.50
90th Percentile £45.80 £60.00 £62.30
Scotland median hourly rate £22.88 £40.94 £21.47
% change year-on-year -44.13% +90.73% -49.57%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Security 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 (4.76%) Confluence
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) LAN
1 3 (14.29%) WAN
2 2 (9.52%) DHCP
2 2 (9.52%) DNS
2 2 (9.52%) SDH
3 1 (4.76%) 4G
3 1 (4.76%) ADSL
3 1 (4.76%) Firewall
3 1 (4.76%) MPLS
3 1 (4.76%) Network Security
3 1 (4.76%) PSTN
3 1 (4.76%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (4.76%) VPN
3 1 (4.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.76%) GIS
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 11 (52.38%) Public Sector
2 5 (23.81%) Electronics
2 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Finance
3 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
4 2 (9.52%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.76%) Marketing
5 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Developer
1 4 (19.05%) Java Developer
1 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared Java Developer
2 2 (9.52%) DevOps Engineer
2 2 (9.52%) Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Configuration Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Consultant
3 1 (4.76%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Firmware Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Network Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Product Manager
3 1 (4.76%) Product Owner
3 1 (4.76%) Project Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) RF Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Security Advisor
3 1 (4.76%) Service Desk Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (4.76%) Solutions Consultant
3 1 (4.76%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) REST
2 4 (19.05%) Node.js
2 4 (19.05%) React
2 4 (19.05%) Spring
2 4 (19.05%) Spring Boot
3 2 (9.52%) SOAP
4 1 (4.76%) EDI
4 1 (4.76%) Java RMI
4 1 (4.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 3 (14.29%) Driving Licence
1 3 (14.29%) Fibre Optics
1 3 (14.29%) SCADA
2 2 (9.52%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.76%) Device Driver
3 1 (4.76%) FPGA
3 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.76%) PKI
3 1 (4.76%) Replication
3 1 (4.76%) Verilog
3 1 (4.76%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
2 2 (9.52%) Linux
2 2 (9.52%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (4.76%) Unix
3 1 (4.76%) Windows 7
3 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Agile
1 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (19.05%) Continuous Delivery
2 4 (19.05%) Design Patterns
2 4 (19.05%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (19.05%) TDD
3 3 (14.29%) DevOps
3 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (14.29%) Process Management
3 3 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (9.52%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (9.52%) Auto-Scaling
4 2 (9.52%) Budgeting
4 2 (9.52%) Customer Experience
4 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
4 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (9.52%) ITIL
4 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
5 1 (4.76%) Cartography
5 1 (4.76%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) Java
2 2 (9.52%) SQL
3 1 (4.76%) Perl
3 1 (4.76%) PL/SQL
3 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.76%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 16 (76.19%) SC Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (9.52%) A+ Certification
3 2 (9.52%) Degree
3 2 (9.52%) HNC
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.76%) BC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.76%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (4.76%) Def Stans
2 1 (4.76%) QA
2 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) Firmware
2 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.76%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) FortiGate
1 2 (9.52%) Terraform
2 1 (4.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) Cisco
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Nokia
3 2 (9.52%) SAP
4 1 (4.76%) Aruba
4 1 (4.76%) Citrix
4 1 (4.76%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.76%) HP
4 1 (4.76%) Intel
4 1 (4.76%) Microsemi
4 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.76%) VMware
4 1 (4.76%) Xilinx