SC Cleared Technical Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Security Check Clearance Technical Consultant
UK > England

The median Security Check Clearance Technical Consultant daily rate in England is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 532 503 561
Rank change year-on-year -29 +58 +176
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Technical Consultant 11 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.035% 0.010% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.011% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 2
10th Percentile £600 - -
25th Percentile £638 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £820 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.68% +56.19% -25.00%
75th Percentile £713 - £538
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £675 £820 £513
% change year-on-year -17.68% +60.00% +3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £56.40
UK median hourly rate - - £78.17
% change year-on-year - - +18.44%

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 28,580 26,974 34,934
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 92.91% 93.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,273 16,797 23,997
10th Percentile £290 £300 £288
25th Percentile £406 £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 1,755 871 1,356
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.63 £15.33
25th Percentile £18.20 £21.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.30 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.03% -24.44% +50.00%

SC Cleared Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

SC Cleared Technical Consultant job vacancy trend in England

SC Cleared Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Technical Consultant job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Technical Consultant job vacancies in England

SC Cleared Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared Technical Consultant in England over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared Technical Consultant in England

SC Cleared Technical Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Technical Consultant job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Technical Consultant job vacancies in England

SC Cleared Technical Consultant
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 Technical Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
London - 5 £675 - 1
South West - 5 £675 - 2
East of England - 1 £600 -
SC Cleared Technical Consultant
UK

SC Cleared Technical Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, SC Cleared Technical Consultant 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 Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) DV Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (27.27%) AI
4 3 (27.27%) Machine Learning
4 3 (27.27%) MLOps
4 3 (27.27%) NIST
4 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
4 3 (27.27%) Validation
5 2 (18.18%) ITSM
5 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow
5 2 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (9.09%) Agile
6 1 (9.09%) AWS
6 1 (9.09%) Azure
6 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
6 1 (9.09%) CAD
6 1 (9.09%) Case Management
6 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (9.09%) CSS
6 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
6 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
6 1 (9.09%) DevSecOps
6 1 (9.09%) GCP
6 1 (9.09%) HTML
6 1 (9.09%) IT Strategy

SC Cleared Technical Consultant 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) GCP
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Law
2 1 (9.09%) Military
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) CSS
1 1 (9.09%) HTML
1 1 (9.09%) REST
1 1 (9.09%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Client/Server
1 1 (9.09%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (27.27%) AI
3 3 (27.27%) Machine Learning
3 3 (27.27%) MLOps
3 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
3 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
3 3 (27.27%) Validation
4 2 (18.18%) ITSM
4 2 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
5 1 (9.09%) Case Management
5 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
5 1 (9.09%) DevSecOps
5 1 (9.09%) IT Strategy
5 1 (9.09%) Key Management
5 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (9.09%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) ServiceNow