Security Check (SC) Clearance
Scotland > Highlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Highlands with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 2 | 2 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing SC Cleared | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Highlands | 18.18% | 30.00% | - |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 66.67% | 50.00% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Scotland median daily rate | £438 | £425 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.94% | -5.56% | -5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £12.50 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +101.20% | - | - |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £25.15 | £45.00 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -44.11% | +5.88% | -15.00% |
All Academic and Professional Certifications
Highlands
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 the Highlands.
| Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands | 27.27% | 60.00% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £175 | - | - |
| Scotland median daily rate | £425 | £450 | £457 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.56% | -1.53% | -1.72% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £16.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +57.19% | - | - |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £20.00 | £19.50 | £21.67 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.56% | -10.01% | -56.99% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands
Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Highlands.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Highlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the Highlands.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Highlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the Highlands.
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Contract Job Locations in the Highlands
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 Highlands region over the 6 months to 4 July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness | -1 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Highlands 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:
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