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

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 23 94
Rank change year-on-year -21 +71 -7
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 23 53 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.71% 6.42% 1.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.91% 31.36% 8.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 40 7
10th Percentile £363 £194 £284
25th Percentile £406 £225 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £340 £420
Median % change year-on-year +36.03% -19.05% -6.67%
75th Percentile £562 £383 £479
90th Percentile £601 £575 £563
Scotland median daily rate £450 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -18.18% +22.22% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £26.10 £21.38
25th Percentile - £38.25 £21.57
Median hourly rate £24.66 £45.00 £36.84
Median % change year-on-year -45.20% +22.17% -24.44%
75th Percentile - £47.50 £57.75
90th Percentile - £52.00 £63.60
Scotland median hourly rate £24.33 £57.50 £36.84
% change year-on-year -57.69% +56.10% -26.33%

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 136 169 197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 21.94% 20.48% 16.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 105 121
10th Percentile £240 £158 £163
25th Percentile £400 £240 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.23%
75th Percentile £530 £565 £511
90th Percentile £588 £607 £600
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 £21.47
% change year-on-year -4.13% +6.91% -55.97%

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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 19 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 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) AWS
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) LAN
1 3 (13.04%) WAN
2 2 (8.70%) SDH
3 1 (4.35%) 4G
3 1 (4.35%) ADSL
3 1 (4.35%) DHCP
3 1 (4.35%) DNS
3 1 (4.35%) MPLS
3 1 (4.35%) PSTN
3 1 (4.35%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (4.35%) VPN
3 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) GIS
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 14 (60.87%) Public Sector
2 7 (30.43%) Electronics
3 6 (26.09%) Finance
3 6 (26.09%) Telecoms
4 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
5 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (13.04%) Manufacturing
6 3 (13.04%) Marketing
7 2 (8.70%) Aerospace
8 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (17.39%) Developer
1 4 (17.39%) Java Developer
1 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared Java Developer
2 3 (13.04%) RF Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) DevOps Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Configuration Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Field Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Firmware Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Network Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Network Field Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Product Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Product Owner
4 1 (4.35%) Project Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Security Advisor
4 1 (4.35%) Service Desk Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Solutions Consultant
4 1 (4.35%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (21.74%) REST
2 4 (17.39%) Node.js
2 4 (17.39%) React
2 4 (17.39%) Spring
2 4 (17.39%) Spring Boot
3 2 (8.70%) SOAP
4 1 (4.35%) EDI
4 1 (4.35%) Java RMI
4 1 (4.35%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Data Centre
1 3 (13.04%) Driving Licence
1 3 (13.04%) Fibre Optics
1 3 (13.04%) SCADA
2 2 (8.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.35%) Device Driver
3 1 (4.35%) FPGA
3 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.35%) Replication
3 1 (4.35%) Verilog
3 1 (4.35%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
2 1 (4.35%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Unix
2 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
2 1 (4.35%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Agile
1 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (17.39%) Continuous Delivery
2 4 (17.39%) Design Patterns
2 4 (17.39%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (17.39%) Project Management
2 4 (17.39%) TDD
3 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (13.04%) DevOps
3 3 (13.04%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (13.04%) Feasibility Study
3 3 (13.04%) Process Management
3 3 (13.04%) Programme Management
3 3 (13.04%) Prototyping
3 3 (13.04%) Schematic Capture
4 2 (8.70%) Auto-Scaling
4 2 (8.70%) Budgeting
4 2 (8.70%) Customer Experience
4 2 (8.70%) Customer Service
4 2 (8.70%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) Java
2 1 (4.35%) Perl
2 1 (4.35%) PL/SQL
2 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.35%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 19 (82.61%) SC Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (8.70%) A+ Certification
3 2 (8.70%) HNC
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.35%) BC Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) Degree
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.35%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (4.35%) Def Stans
2 1 (4.35%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) FortiGate
1 2 (8.70%) Terraform
2 1 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Cisco
1 4 (17.39%) SAP
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) Nokia
3 1 (4.35%) Fortinet
3 1 (4.35%) Intel
3 1 (4.35%) Microsemi
3 1 (4.35%) Xilinx