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 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 13 3
Rank change year-on-year +10 -10 0
DemandTrendContract jobs citing SC Cleared 93 59 149
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 20.85% 8.81% 19.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.69% 24.69% 49.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 20 76
10th Percentile £292 £172 £266
25th Percentile £497 £206 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £339 £500
Median % change year-on-year +62.36% -32.25% -
75th Percentile £575 £526 £631
90th Percentile £700 £603 £634
East of England median daily rate £500 £325 £500
% change year-on-year +53.85% -35.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 30 43
10th Percentile £16.85 £33.90 £22.60
25th Percentile £31.64 £38.40 £49.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £67.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.20 £67.50 £73.75
East of England median hourly rate £41.50 £59.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year -30.25% +21.43% -2.00%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 167 239 301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 37.44% 35.67% 40.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 92 170
10th Percentile £350 £241 £275
25th Percentile £500 £342 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £675
90th Percentile £700 £600 £775
East of England median daily rate £530 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +6.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 82 59
10th Percentile £17.88 £35.00 £19.54
25th Percentile £25.32 - £49.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £43.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -28.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £85.00 £84.36
East of England median hourly rate £31.64 £43.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -26.42% +104.76% -

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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Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SC Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SC Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 24 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SC Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SC Cleared

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 24 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in Hertfordshire

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DemandTrendContract 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 24 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stevenage +10 61 £600 +76.47% 52
Hatfield +4 21 £528 +200.00% 11
Watford +8 5 £550 +3.68% 4
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 (5.38%) Apache
1 5 (5.38%) IIS
1 5 (5.38%) WebSphere
2 3 (3.23%) CMS
3 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.08%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (5.38%) FrameMaker
2 4 (4.30%) Simulink
3 3 (3.23%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.15%) Windchill
5 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (5.38%) Maximo
2 1 (1.08%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 8 (8.60%) Entra ID
2 5 (5.38%) npm
3 1 (1.08%) Azure
3 1 (1.08%) Cohesity
3 1 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.08%) OneDrive
3 1 (1.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.90%) DNS
2 11 (11.83%) FTP
2 11 (11.83%) HTTP
2 11 (11.83%) SMTP
2 11 (11.83%) SSL
3 10 (10.75%) Network Security
4 7 (7.53%) SpaceWire
5 3 (3.23%) BGP
5 3 (3.23%) Firewall
5 3 (3.23%) OSPF
5 3 (3.23%) RS-232
5 3 (3.23%) VLAN
5 3 (3.23%) VPN
6 1 (1.08%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.08%) SAN
6 1 (1.08%) Skype
6 1 (1.08%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.08%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.38%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (5.38%) DB2
3 1 (1.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (6.45%) GitLab
1 6 (6.45%) Visual Studio
2 5 (5.38%) Artifactory
2 5 (5.38%) JIRA
3 2 (2.15%) Rational Statemate
4 1 (1.08%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.08%) MSI
4 1 (1.08%) Rational DOORS
General
1 44 (47.31%) Social Skills
2 18 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (11.83%) Aerospace
4 8 (8.60%) Aviation
5 6 (6.45%) Publishing
6 4 (4.30%) Law
7 3 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.23%) Electronics
8 2 (2.15%) Legal
9 1 (1.08%) Automotive
9 1 (1.08%) Avionics
9 1 (1.08%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.08%) Marketing
9 1 (1.08%) Military
9 1 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (18.28%) Analyst
2 14 (15.05%) SOC Analyst
3 7 (7.53%) Consultant
3 7 (7.53%) Developer
3 7 (7.53%) Systems Engineer
4 6 (6.45%) Author
4 6 (6.45%) Senior
4 6 (6.45%) Technical Author
5 5 (5.38%) Maximo Consultant
5 5 (5.38%) ServiceNow Developer
5 5 (5.38%) Software Engineer
6 4 (4.30%) Design Engineer
6 4 (4.30%) Network Engineer
6 4 (4.30%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 3 (3.23%) Administrator
7 3 (3.23%) Digital Design Engineer
7 3 (3.23%) Electrical Engineer
7 3 (3.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 3 (3.23%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 3 (3.23%) Junior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.83%) LDAP
1 11 (11.83%) XML
2 6 (6.45%) Node.js
2 6 (6.45%) SGML
2 6 (6.45%) Web Services
3 5 (5.38%) .NET
3 5 (5.38%) .NET Framework
3 5 (5.38%) AngularJS
3 5 (5.38%) CSS
3 5 (5.38%) HTML
3 5 (5.38%) React
3 5 (5.38%) SOAP
3 5 (5.38%) Svelte
3 5 (5.38%) Vue
4 3 (3.23%) Flash
5 1 (1.08%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.98%) Security Operations Centre
2 11 (11.83%) Cyber Threat
2 11 (11.83%) Cyberattack
3 9 (9.68%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (8.60%) Algorithms
5 7 (7.53%) CSOC
5 7 (7.53%) Management Information System
6 5 (5.38%) Data Structures
6 5 (5.38%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (3.23%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (3.23%) CAN bus
7 3 (3.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (3.23%) FPGA
7 3 (3.23%) VHDL
8 2 (2.15%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.08%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.08%) PKI
9 1 (1.08%) RSA SecurID
9 1 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.08%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 26 (27.96%) Windows
2 16 (17.20%) Linux
3 7 (7.53%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.30%) Unix
5 1 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (19.35%) Agile
2 17 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (16.13%) Customer Requirements
3 15 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (15.05%) System Testing
5 12 (12.90%) Incident Response
5 12 (12.90%) Security Operations
6 11 (11.83%) CI/CD
6 11 (11.83%) Threat Detection
7 10 (10.75%) Artificial Intelligence
7 10 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (10.75%) Network Packet Capture
7 10 (10.75%) Requirements Gathering
7 10 (10.75%) SIEM
8 8 (8.60%) Analytics
8 8 (8.60%) DevOps
8 8 (8.60%) Information Security
8 8 (8.60%) ITSM
8 8 (8.60%) Service Management
8 8 (8.60%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (18.28%) Python
2 14 (15.05%) PowerShell
3 11 (11.83%) JavaScript
4 9 (9.68%) C++
5 8 (8.60%) C
6 7 (7.53%) C#
7 6 (6.45%) SQL
8 5 (5.38%) TypeScript
9 4 (4.30%) Bash
9 4 (4.30%) Java
9 4 (4.30%) MATLAB
9 4 (4.30%) Tcl
10 3 (3.23%) VBA
11 1 (1.08%) Ada
Qualifications
1 93 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (13.98%) DV Cleared
3 12 (12.90%) Degree
4 6 (6.45%) HNC
4 6 (6.45%) HND
5 4 (4.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (3.23%) CCNP
6 3 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (3.23%) DBS Check
7 2 (2.15%) CISSP
7 2 (2.15%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (2.15%) GCIA
7 2 (2.15%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.83%) QA
2 4 (4.30%) SLA
3 1 (1.08%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (5.38%) Docker
2 3 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.23%) Firmware
3 1 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (7.53%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (5.38%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.23%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.15%) Ansible
4 2 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.15%) WSUS
5 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.08%) PingFederate
5 1 (1.08%) SCCM
5 1 (1.08%) SCOM
Vendors
1 23 (24.73%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.60%) Twitter
3 7 (7.53%) Apple
3 7 (7.53%) Samsung
3 7 (7.53%) ServiceNow
3 7 (7.53%) SOTI
4 5 (5.38%) IBM
5 4 (4.30%) Splunk
6 3 (3.23%) Cisco
6 3 (3.23%) Computacenter
6 3 (3.23%) Darktrace
6 3 (3.23%) FireEye
6 3 (3.23%) Fortinet
6 3 (3.23%) LogRhythm
6 3 (3.23%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.23%) SAP
6 3 (3.23%) Sun
7 2 (2.15%) EMC
7 2 (2.15%) VMware
8 1 (1.08%) Symantec