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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 16 85
Rank change year-on-year -17 +69 +12
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 33 73 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 5.05% 8.55% 1.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.63% 39.89% 8.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 51 8
10th Percentile £313 £138 £288
25th Percentile £406 £206 £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £340 £420
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% -19.05% -12.73%
75th Percentile £576 - £528
90th Percentile £625 £423 £556
Scotland median daily rate £438 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -2.78% - -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 4
10th Percentile £28.69 £16.33 £21.38
25th Percentile £34.75 - £21.57
Median hourly rate £44.83 £18.00 £32.09
Median % change year-on-year +149.06% -43.90% -34.18%
75th Percentile £54.92 £45.00 £48.44
90th Percentile £60.97 £51.00 £56.88
Scotland median hourly rate £24.91 £31.50 £32.09
% change year-on-year -20.94% -1.82% -40.58%

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 160 183 191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 24.50% 21.43% 16.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 114 114
10th Percentile £186 £156 £177
25th Percentile £384 £224 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £340 £450
Median % change year-on-year +31.62% -24.44% -4.26%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £517
90th Percentile £588 £595 £588
Scotland median daily rate £425 £450 £455
% change year-on-year -5.56% -1.10% -2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 17 4
10th Percentile - £12.73 £21.38
25th Percentile £21.00 £13.50 £21.57
Median hourly rate £24.66 £17.00 £32.09
Median % change year-on-year +45.06% -47.02% -12.69%
75th Percentile £37.09 £18.75 £48.44
90th Percentile £53.48 £33.60 £56.88
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £21.67
% change year-on-year +2.56% -10.01% -56.99%

Security Cleared
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 July 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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Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.06%) AWS
1 2 (6.06%) Azure
2 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.03%) iPaaS
2 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) LAN
1 3 (9.09%) WAN
2 2 (6.06%) SDH
3 1 (3.03%) 4G
3 1 (3.03%) ADSL
3 1 (3.03%) DHCP
3 1 (3.03%) DNS
3 1 (3.03%) MPLS
3 1 (3.03%) PSTN
3 1 (3.03%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (3.03%) VPN
3 1 (3.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) GIS
1 1 (3.03%) Power BI
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 22 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 13 (39.39%) Finance
3 10 (30.30%) Electronics
3 10 (30.30%) Telecoms
4 7 (21.21%) Manufacturing
4 7 (21.21%) Marketing
5 5 (15.15%) Social Skills
6 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (21.21%) RF Engineer
2 4 (12.12%) Developer
2 4 (12.12%) Java Developer
2 4 (12.12%) SC Cleared Java Developer
3 3 (9.09%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) IT Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Programme Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Telecoms Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Consultant
5 1 (3.03%) Field Telecoms Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Network Field Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Product Owner
5 1 (3.03%) Scrum Master
5 1 (3.03%) Security Advisor
5 1 (3.03%) Service Desk Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Site Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.15%) REST
2 4 (12.12%) Node.js
2 4 (12.12%) React
2 4 (12.12%) Spring
2 4 (12.12%) Spring Boot
3 2 (6.06%) SOAP
4 1 (3.03%) ADO
4 1 (3.03%) EDI
4 1 (3.03%) Java RMI
4 1 (3.03%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 3 (9.09%) Driving Licence
1 3 (9.09%) Fibre Optics
1 3 (9.09%) Renewable Energy
1 3 (9.09%) SCADA
2 2 (6.06%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.03%) Device Driver
3 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.03%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Linux
2 1 (3.03%) Unix
2 1 (3.03%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.03%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.21%) Agile
1 7 (21.21%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) Digital Marketing
1 7 (21.21%) Feasibility Study
1 7 (21.21%) Programme Management
1 7 (21.21%) Prototyping
1 7 (21.21%) Schematic Capture
2 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (15.15%) Project Management
4 4 (12.12%) Continuous Delivery
4 4 (12.12%) Design Patterns
4 4 (12.12%) DevOps
4 4 (12.12%) Full-Stack Development
4 4 (12.12%) TDD
5 3 (9.09%) Process Management
5 3 (9.09%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (6.06%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (6.06%) Auto-Scaling
6 2 (6.06%) ITIL
6 2 (6.06%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) Java
2 1 (3.03%) MATLAB
2 1 (3.03%) Perl
2 1 (3.03%) PL/SQL
2 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 5 (15.15%) HNC
3 3 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (9.09%) HND
4 2 (6.06%) A+ Certification
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.03%) BC Cleared
5 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.03%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (3.03%) QA
2 1 (3.03%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) FortiGate
1 2 (6.06%) Terraform
2 1 (3.03%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) SAP
2 4 (12.12%) Cisco
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.09%) Nokia
4 1 (3.03%) Fortinet