SC Cleared Network Engineer Contracts in England

Security Check Clearance Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Security Check Clearance Network Engineer daily rate in England is £490, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 419 476 595
Rank change year-on-year +57 +119 +140
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Network Engineer 66 66 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.18% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.19% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 49 41
10th Percentile £386 £310 £273
25th Percentile £408 £413 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £625 £540 £538
90th Percentile £638 £600 £600
UK median daily rate £490 £475 £385
% change year-on-year +3.16% +23.38% -14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Median hourly rate - £72.50 £63.23
Median % change year-on-year - +14.66% -
UK median hourly rate - £72.50 £67.50
% change year-on-year - +7.41% +42.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured SC Cleared Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer in England

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared Network Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer in England

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared Network Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared Network Engineer in England

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared Network Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer in England

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared Network Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England +41 37 £425 -5.56%
North West +39 37 £425 -5.56%
South West +35 11 £473 -3.82% 1
South East +39 8 £600 +12.15% 2
London +31 3 - -
Midlands +22 3 £425 -5.56%
West Midlands +14 2 £388 +29.17%
East Midlands +10 1 £651 +8.42%
SC Cleared Network Engineer
UK

SC Cleared Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, SC Cleared Network Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring SC Cleared Network Engineer in the job title.

1 66 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 66 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 50 (75.76%) Cisco
3 46 (69.70%) Firewall
4 33 (50.00%) Palo Alto
5 22 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
6 20 (30.30%) Cisco Firepower
7 18 (27.27%) Network Architecture
8 17 (25.76%) BGP
9 16 (24.24%) OSPF
9 16 (24.24%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (22.73%) Load Balancing
11 14 (21.21%) Network Management
11 14 (21.21%) IPsec
11 14 (21.21%) WAN
12 13 (19.70%) VPN
12 13 (19.70%) Wireless
12 13 (19.70%) Cisco Nexus
13 12 (18.18%) HSRP
13 12 (18.18%) Network Design
13 12 (18.18%) CheckPoint
13 12 (18.18%) EIGRP
14 11 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (16.67%) CCNP
14 11 (16.67%) Meraki
14 11 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
15 10 (15.15%) Data Centre
15 10 (15.15%) 802.1X
16 9 (13.64%) Cisco Wireless
16 9 (13.64%) NetScaler

SC Cleared Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (1.52%) AWS
1 1 (1.52%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 46 (69.70%) Firewall
2 22 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
3 20 (30.30%) Cisco Firepower
4 17 (25.76%) BGP
5 16 (24.24%) OSPF
5 16 (24.24%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (21.21%) IPsec
6 14 (21.21%) WAN
7 13 (19.70%) Cisco Nexus
7 13 (19.70%) VPN
7 13 (19.70%) Wireless
8 12 (18.18%) EIGRP
8 12 (18.18%) HSRP
9 9 (13.64%) Cisco ISE
9 9 (13.64%) Cisco Wireless
9 9 (13.64%) NetScaler
10 7 (10.61%) Network Security
11 4 (6.06%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (6.06%) LAN
11 4 (6.06%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 8 (12.12%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.58%) Advertising
5 2 (3.03%) Military
6 1 (1.52%) Finance
6 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.52%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (15.15%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.15%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.55%) PKI
3 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.52%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (27.27%) Network Architecture
2 15 (22.73%) Load Balancing
3 14 (21.21%) Network Management
4 12 (18.18%) Network Design
5 11 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (13.64%) ITSM
7 8 (12.12%) Impact Assessments
8 7 (10.61%) Migration
9 5 (7.58%) Agile
10 4 (6.06%) Computer Science
10 4 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (6.06%) Customer Requirements
10 4 (6.06%) Infrastructure as Code
10 4 (6.06%) ITIL
10 4 (6.06%) Preventative Maintenance
10 4 (6.06%) Validation
11 2 (3.03%) Creative Thinking
11 2 (3.03%) Network Monitoring
11 2 (3.03%) Service Management
12 1 (1.52%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 66 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 66 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (16.67%) CCNP
2 11 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (10.61%) CCNA
4 4 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (6.06%) Degree
5 2 (3.03%) CCIE
5 2 (3.03%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.52%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.55%) Ansible
2 2 (3.03%) Terraform
3 1 (1.52%) Iperf
Vendors
1 50 (75.76%) Cisco
2 33 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 12 (18.18%) CheckPoint
4 11 (16.67%) Meraki
5 7 (10.61%) Juniper
6 6 (9.09%) F5
7 5 (7.58%) SolarWinds
8 3 (4.55%) Microsoft
8 3 (4.55%) NetScout
9 2 (3.03%) Arista
9 2 (3.03%) Aruba
9 2 (3.03%) BMC
9 2 (3.03%) VMware
10 1 (1.52%) Blue Coat