SC Cleared Contracts in Fife

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Scotland > Fife

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Fife with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 6 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Fife 54.55% - 15.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 75.00% - 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £70 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +266.67%
75th Percentile - - £560
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £431 £500 £455
% change year-on-year -13.75% +9.89% -2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Median hourly rate £18.51 - £59.03
Scotland median hourly rate £18.51 £45.00 £52.00
% change year-on-year -58.87% -13.46% +15.20%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Fife

SC 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 Fife.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8 4 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Fife 72.73% 33.33% 53.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £70 £310 £185
Median % change year-on-year -77.42% +67.57% -40.80%
75th Percentile - - £425
90th Percentile - - £506
Scotland median daily rate £450 £480 £450
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Median hourly rate £18.51 £21.64 £59.03
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -63.34% +7.00%
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £22.95 £21.26
% change year-on-year -4.13% +7.94% -56.39%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Fife

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Fife.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Fife

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Fife

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Fife.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Fife

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Fife

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Fife.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Fife

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Contract Job Locations in Fife

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Fife region over the 6 months to 18 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
Glenrothes - 4 £70 -
St Andrews - 2 - -
SC Cleared
Scotland

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Fife 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
3 3 (50.00%) Electronics
4 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Development Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Test Development Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Break Fix Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Engineering Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Analogue Electronics
2 2 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 3 (50.00%) Schematic Capture
2 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Ticket Management
4 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 1 (16.67%) Break/Fix
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Critical Success Factor
4 1 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
3 1 (16.67%) CCA
3 1 (16.67%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Mentor Graphics
2 2 (33.33%) Dell
2 2 (33.33%) HP
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Computacenter