SC Cleared Network Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Security Check Clearance Network Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Security Check Clearance Network Engineer daily rate in Hampshire is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 80 73
Rank change year-on-year -3 -7 +33
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Network Engineer 5 6 21
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.40% 0.59% 1.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.63% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 18
10th Percentile £520 £381 £385
25th Percentile £625 £431 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year +21.69% +27.83% -8.86%
75th Percentile - £628 £543
90th Percentile - £641 £570
South East median daily rate £550 £550 £450
% change year-on-year - +22.22% -8.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,118 951 1,206
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.09% 94.07% 91.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 731 638 671
10th Percentile £300 £338 £283
25th Percentile £438 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +1.90%
75th Percentile £616 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £513
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.49% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 66 81
10th Percentile £16.17 £22.07 £16.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.62 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £64.18 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.04% +30.97% +8.89%
75th Percentile £40.00 £73.13 £63.75
90th Percentile £60.25 £75.00 £70.00
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £56.75 £51.42
% change year-on-year -55.94% +10.36% +37.12%

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

SC Cleared Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Hampshire

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared Network Engineer in Hampshire over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared Network Engineer in Hampshire

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 28 November 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
Portsmouth - 4 £700 - 1
SC Cleared Network Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 28 November 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 Hampshire region featuring SC Cleared Network Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) BGP
2 4 (80.00%) CCNP
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Fortinet
2 4 (80.00%) OSPF
2 4 (80.00%) Palo Alto
2 4 (80.00%) VLAN
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco
4 2 (40.00%) FortiGate
4 2 (40.00%) High Availability
4 2 (40.00%) Juniper
4 2 (40.00%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Technical Debt
4 2 (40.00%) VPN
5 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (20.00%) Firmware
5 1 (20.00%) LAN
5 1 (20.00%) Linux
5 1 (20.00%) Network Design
5 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
5 1 (20.00%) VMware
5 1 (20.00%) VMware NSX
5 1 (20.00%) WAN

SC Cleared Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) BGP
2 4 (80.00%) OSPF
2 4 (80.00%) VLAN
3 2 (40.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (20.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) High Availability
1 2 (40.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) CCNP
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware
1 1 (20.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Fortinet
1 4 (80.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) Juniper
4 1 (20.00%) VMware