SC Cleared Contracts in Hertfordshire

Security Check (SC) Clearance
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 6 2
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 +1
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 74 99 208
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 23.05% 11.87% 25.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 54.41% 33.79% 55.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 37 112
10th Percentile £340 £172 £260
25th Percentile £479 £200 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £345 £425
Median % change year-on-year +59.42% -18.82% -15.00%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £613
90th Percentile £625 £700 £650
East of England median daily rate £350 £365 £516
% change year-on-year -4.11% -29.30% +3.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 29 70
10th Percentile £39.16 £39.15 £49.00
25th Percentile £47.50 £40.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £64.00 £60.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -4.00% +10.62%
75th Percentile £74.06 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.35 £81.75 £74.50
East of England median hourly rate £62.00 £24.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +158.33% -58.26% +4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 136 293 372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 42.37% 35.13% 45.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 114 205
10th Percentile £401 £200 £273
25th Percentile £479 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -6.98% +19.44%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £700
90th Percentile £675 £721 £750
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 88 84
10th Percentile £39.30 £38.64 £49.00
25th Percentile £53.13 - £53.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £43.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.79% -31.20% +11.61%
75th Percentile £81.73 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £74.28
East of England median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +64.29% +66.67% +7.69%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage +12 56 £563 +28.57% 29
Hatfield 0 13 £500 +66.94% 12
Welwyn Garden City - 1 - - 2
Hitchin - 1 £575 -
SC Cleared
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.76%) WebSphere
2 3 (4.05%) CMS
2 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.05%) Skype for Business
3 2 (2.70%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (2.70%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.41%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (5.41%) Windchill
3 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.70%) Simulink
5 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (6.76%) Primavera
2 1 (1.35%) SAP PS
2 1 (1.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.16%) Entra ID
2 3 (4.05%) Cohesity
3 2 (2.70%) Azure
3 2 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.35%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (17.57%) SMTP
2 12 (16.22%) DNS
3 11 (14.86%) FTP
3 11 (14.86%) HTTP
3 11 (14.86%) SSL
4 10 (13.51%) Network Security
5 4 (5.41%) SAN
6 3 (4.05%) Ethernet
6 3 (4.05%) Skype
6 3 (4.05%) SpaceWire
6 3 (4.05%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.70%) IMAP
8 1 (1.35%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (1.35%) Firewall
8 1 (1.35%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (1.35%) VSAN
8 1 (1.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.76%) DB2
2 2 (2.70%) Data Mining
2 2 (2.70%) Metadata
3 1 (1.35%) Power BI
3 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.76%) Visual Studio
2 4 (5.41%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.35%) Git
3 1 (1.35%) GitLab
3 1 (1.35%) MagicDraw
3 1 (1.35%) MSI
3 1 (1.35%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.35%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (1.35%) Rational Statemate
General
1 42 (56.76%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.11%) Aerospace
4 5 (6.76%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (5.41%) Aviation
5 4 (5.41%) Law
5 4 (5.41%) Military
6 3 (4.05%) Electronics
6 3 (4.05%) Finance
6 3 (4.05%) Marketing
7 2 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.70%) Legal
7 2 (2.70%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.70%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.70%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.35%) Automotive
8 1 (1.35%) Avionics
8 1 (1.35%) Banking
8 1 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (24.32%) Analyst
2 14 (18.92%) Architect
2 14 (18.92%) SOC Analyst
3 11 (14.86%) Senior
4 7 (9.46%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (6.76%) Network Architect
5 5 (6.76%) Network Infrastructure Architect
5 5 (6.76%) Systems Architect
5 5 (6.76%) Systems Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Configuration Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Information Architect
6 4 (5.41%) Information Systems Architect
6 4 (5.41%) Infrastructure Architect
6 4 (5.41%) Senior Configuration Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Software Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) C# Software Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) Junior
7 3 (4.05%) Junior Analyst
8 2 (2.70%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.70%) Messaging Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.86%) LDAP
2 3 (4.05%) Node.js
2 3 (4.05%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.57%) Management Information System
2 11 (14.86%) Cyber Threat
2 11 (14.86%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (12.16%) Cyberattack
4 7 (9.46%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (6.76%) CSOC
6 3 (4.05%) Blackberry
6 3 (4.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (2.70%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.70%) Reference Data
7 2 (2.70%) YARA
8 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.35%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.35%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.35%) PKI
8 1 (1.35%) RSA SecurID
8 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (28.38%) Windows
2 13 (17.57%) Linux
3 3 (4.05%) Unix
3 3 (4.05%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.35%) Android
4 1 (1.35%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.35%) VxWorks
4 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (22.97%) Agile
3 14 (18.92%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (18.92%) Information Management
4 13 (17.57%) Project Management
5 11 (14.86%) Threat Detection
6 10 (13.51%) Customer Requirements
6 10 (13.51%) Security Operations
7 9 (12.16%) Incident Response
7 9 (12.16%) PRINCE2
8 8 (10.81%) Network Packet Capture
9 7 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (9.46%) Information Security
9 7 (9.46%) Mobile Device Management
9 7 (9.46%) SIEM
9 7 (9.46%) Technical Leadership
10 6 (8.11%) Requirements Gathering
10 6 (8.11%) Time Management
11 5 (6.76%) Change Control
11 5 (6.76%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.16%) PowerShell
2 8 (10.81%) SQL
3 5 (6.76%) C++
4 4 (5.41%) Bash
4 4 (5.41%) C#
4 4 (5.41%) Python
5 3 (4.05%) C
5 3 (4.05%) Java
5 3 (4.05%) JavaScript
5 3 (4.05%) Tcl
6 2 (2.70%) MATLAB
6 2 (2.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 74 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 16 (21.62%) DV Cleared
3 6 (8.11%) Degree
4 3 (4.05%) CISSP
5 2 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (2.70%) GCIA
6 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.35%) CISM
6 1 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.11%) QA
2 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.35%) GDPR
2 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.35%) NIST
2 1 (1.35%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (13.51%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.11%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.35%) Docker
4 1 (1.35%) Firmware
4 1 (1.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (9.46%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (4.05%) Ansible
3 2 (2.70%) WSUS
4 1 (1.35%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.35%) PTC Integrity
4 1 (1.35%) SCCM
4 1 (1.35%) SCOM
4 1 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (27.03%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.81%) Apple
3 7 (9.46%) Samsung
3 7 (9.46%) SOTI
4 6 (8.11%) VMware
5 4 (5.41%) NetApp
5 4 (5.41%) SAP
5 4 (5.41%) Splunk
5 4 (5.41%) Twitter
6 3 (4.05%) Darktrace
6 3 (4.05%) EMC
6 3 (4.05%) FireEye
6 3 (4.05%) LogRhythm
7 2 (2.70%) Computacenter
7 2 (2.70%) HP
7 2 (2.70%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.35%) Brocade
8 1 (1.35%) ICL
8 1 (1.35%) PTC
8 1 (1.35%) Symantec