SC Cleared Contract Job Trends in the Highlands

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 18 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - 3
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 7 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Highlands 12.07% - 17.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 87.50% - 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 - -
75th Percentile £449 - -
90th Percentile £450 - -
Scotland median daily rate £525 £431 £458
% change year-on-year +21.74% -5.74% +0.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £12.50
Scotland median hourly rate £60.91 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +142.19% -44.11% +5.88%

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 8 0 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands 13.79% - 52.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £437 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £442 - £200
75th Percentile £448 - -
90th Percentile £450 - -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £464
% change year-on-year +5.88% -8.36% +1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate - - £19.50
75th Percentile - - £19.75
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £53.75 £22.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +144.32% +12.82% -10.01%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SC Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands.

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in the Highlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the Highlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend in the Highlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
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 18 June 2026. 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 - 7 £437 - 3
SC Cleared
Scotland

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Support Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IAM Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Onboarding
1 3 (42.86%) PKI
2 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) RBAC
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) BeyondTrust
1 4 (57.14%) Okta
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) CrowdStrike