Security Check (SC) Clearance
South East > Home Counties
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Home Counties 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 1 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +24 |
| Contract jobs citing SC Cleared | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Home Counties | - | - | 36.00% |
| As % of the Qualifications category | - | - | 100.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £402 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £433 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -17.62% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £590 |
| South East median daily rate | £540 | £563 | £521 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +7.97% | -0.76% |
All Academic and Professional Certifications
Home Counties
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 Home Counties.
| Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties | - | 25.00% | 36.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £402 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £463 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £475 | £433 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +9.83% | -16.63% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £488 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £590 |
| South East median daily rate | £537 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.36% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties
Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties.
SC Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Home Counties
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the Home Counties.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Home Counties
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the Home Counties.