SC Cleared Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Security Check Clearance Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Security Check Clearance Network Engineer daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 439 491
Rank change year-on-year -42 +52 +196
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Network Engineer 63 72 74
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.20% 0.25% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.27% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 54 48
10th Percentile £409 £250 £375
25th Percentile £455 £400 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -2.01% +2.05%
75th Percentile £582 £528 £600
90th Percentile £700 £626 £674
UK median daily rate £550 £475 £482
% change year-on-year +15.79% -1.45% +4.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £66.80 - -
25th Percentile £68.38 - -
Median hourly rate £77.00 - £50.00
75th Percentile £86.32 - -
90th Percentile £88.30 - -
UK median hourly rate £77.00 - £50.00
% change year-on-year - - -20.95%

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 28,372 27,015 35,117
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 92.91% 93.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,130 16,817 24,123
10th Percentile £290 £300 £290
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,748 878 1,358
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.70 £15.30
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.25 £19.99
Median hourly rate £26.40 £36.08 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.83% -19.82% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.06 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £34.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -25.74% -24.02% +46.72%

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SC Cleared Network Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

SC Cleared Network Engineer job vacancy trend in England

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer job vacancies 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 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared Network Engineer in England

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer job vacancies in England

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared Network Engineer in England over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 15 December 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
South East +10 22 £550 - 2
North of England -46 16 £519 +11.03% 4
North West -31 12 £520 +11.35% 4
West Midlands -30 8 £380 -24.00%
Midlands -43 8 £380 -24.00%
South West -14 5 £500 +5.26% 1
East of England -16 5 £700 +33.33%
Yorkshire - 4 £450 -
London -37 3 £496 +24.06% 3
SC Cleared Network Engineer
UK

SC Cleared Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, SC Cleared Network Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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 63 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 63 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 50 (79.37%) Cisco
3 39 (61.90%) Firewall
4 26 (41.27%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (36.51%) CCNP
5 23 (36.51%) Juniper
6 22 (34.92%) Palo Alto
7 20 (31.75%) BGP
7 20 (31.75%) WAN
8 15 (23.81%) OSPF
8 15 (23.81%) VPN
9 11 (17.46%) Collaborative Working
10 10 (15.87%) CheckPoint
10 10 (15.87%) F5
10 10 (15.87%) LAN
10 10 (15.87%) VLAN
11 9 (14.29%) DNS
11 9 (14.29%) Wireless
12 8 (12.70%) 802.1X
12 8 (12.70%) Cisco ISE
12 8 (12.70%) Load Balancing
12 8 (12.70%) Network Security
12 8 (12.70%) TCP/IP
12 8 (12.70%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (11.11%) Fortinet
13 7 (11.11%) Meraki
13 7 (11.11%) Microsoft
13 7 (11.11%) Network Design
13 7 (11.11%) Problem-Solving

SC Cleared Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.35%) Azure
2 3 (4.76%) AWS
3 1 (1.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (1.59%) Amazon ELB
3 1 (1.59%) Amazon S3
3 1 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 39 (61.90%) Firewall
2 20 (31.75%) BGP
2 20 (31.75%) WAN
3 15 (23.81%) OSPF
3 15 (23.81%) VPN
4 10 (15.87%) LAN
4 10 (15.87%) VLAN
5 9 (14.29%) DNS
5 9 (14.29%) Wireless
6 8 (12.70%) Cisco ISE
6 8 (12.70%) Network Security
6 8 (12.70%) TCP/IP
6 8 (12.70%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (9.52%) IPsec
8 5 (7.94%) Cisco IOS
8 5 (7.94%) DHCP
8 5 (7.94%) NetScaler
8 5 (7.94%) SSL
9 4 (6.35%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (6.35%) DMVPN
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) JIRA
2 1 (1.59%) Git
2 1 (1.59%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (26.98%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.70%) Public Sector
3 7 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.35%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (6.35%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.59%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.70%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 19 (30.16%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.94%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.59%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.11%) Windows
2 3 (4.76%) Linux
3 2 (3.17%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (17.46%) Collaborative Working
2 8 (12.70%) Load Balancing
3 7 (11.11%) Network Design
3 7 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (9.52%) Network Architecture
4 6 (9.52%) Network Management
4 6 (9.52%) Project Delivery
5 5 (7.94%) Impact Assessments
5 5 (7.94%) Network Monitoring
6 4 (6.35%) High Availability
6 4 (6.35%) Task Automation
7 3 (4.76%) Change Management
7 3 (4.76%) Computer Science
7 3 (4.76%) Data Protection
7 3 (4.76%) Inventory Management
7 3 (4.76%) Network Segmentation
7 3 (4.76%) Performance Monitoring
8 2 (3.17%) Dashboard Development
8 2 (3.17%) Patch Management
8 2 (3.17%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.52%) Python
2 4 (6.35%) Bash
2 4 (6.35%) Perl
3 3 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 63 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 63 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 26 (41.27%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (36.51%) CCNP
4 6 (9.52%) CCNA
4 6 (9.52%) Degree
5 5 (7.94%) CCDP
6 3 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (4.76%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.17%) A+ Certification
7 2 (3.17%) CCDA
7 2 (3.17%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (3.17%) JNCIA
7 2 (3.17%) JNCIP
7 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (3.17%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.17%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (4.76%) Docker
1 3 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.17%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.59%) Firmware
3 1 (1.59%) ProxySG
3 1 (1.59%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (9.52%) FortiGate
2 2 (3.17%) Nagios
2 2 (3.17%) vCenter Server
2 2 (3.17%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (1.59%) Ansible
3 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 50 (79.37%) Cisco
2 23 (36.51%) Juniper
3 22 (34.92%) Palo Alto
4 10 (15.87%) CheckPoint
4 10 (15.87%) F5
5 7 (11.11%) Fortinet
5 7 (11.11%) Meraki
5 7 (11.11%) Microsoft
5 7 (11.11%) SolarWinds
6 4 (6.35%) Aruba
6 4 (6.35%) VMware
7 3 (4.76%) Blue Coat
7 3 (4.76%) LogicMonitor
8 2 (3.17%) Broadcom
8 2 (3.17%) Netskope
8 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow
8 2 (3.17%) Symantec
9 1 (1.59%) Citrix
9 1 (1.59%) Infoblox