SC Cleared Contracts in Kent

Security Check (SC) Clearance
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 10 20 26
Rank change year-on-year +10 +6 +6
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 11 9 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 10.48% 4.46% 3.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 47.83% 26.47% 26.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 3
10th Percentile £180 - £292
25th Percentile £186 - £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £294 £300
Median % change year-on-year -30.27% -2.00% -30.64%
75th Percentile £363 - -
90th Percentile £543 - -
South East median daily rate £540 £563 £525
% change year-on-year -4.00% +7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - £47.26
25th Percentile £76.70 - £51.20
Median hourly rate £78.40 £66.74 £57.76
Median % change year-on-year +17.47% +15.55% +29.14%
75th Percentile £80.10 - £62.25
90th Percentile - - £64.94
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £60.00 £62.55
% change year-on-year -4.17% -4.08% +13.73%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 23 34 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 21.90% 16.83% 11.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 22 17
10th Percentile £186 £297 £245
25th Percentile £200 £329 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £363 £413
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% -12.12% -2.94%
75th Percentile £469 £536 £538
90th Percentile £688 £675 £630
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £23.22 £41.39
25th Percentile £76.70 £39.54 £43.48
Median hourly rate £78.40 £66.74 £52.92
Median % change year-on-year +17.47% +26.11% +11.15%
75th Percentile £80.10 - £60.01
90th Percentile - - £64.05
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
% change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Kent

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Kent

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Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

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

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Kent

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Kent

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Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent 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
Maidstone - 5 £203 - 10
Sittingbourne - 2 £180 -
Stansted 0 1 - -
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (18.18%) Firewall
3 1 (9.09%) BGP
3 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (9.09%) IPsec
3 1 (9.09%) LAN
3 1 (9.09%) OSPF
3 1 (9.09%) WAN
General
1 5 (45.45%) Public Sector
2 4 (36.36%) Manufacturing
3 3 (27.27%) Retail
4 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
5 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Avionics
5 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Electronics
5 1 (9.09%) Finance
5 1 (9.09%) Local Government
5 1 (9.09%) Marketing
5 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Cabling Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Data Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Information Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Security Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
2 2 (18.18%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (9.09%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (9.09%) FPGA
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 1 (9.09%) NHS
3 1 (9.09%) Verilog
3 1 (9.09%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
1 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (9.09%) Data Management
2 1 (9.09%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (9.09%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (9.09%) Information Security
2 1 (9.09%) Programme Management
2 1 (9.09%) Project Management
2 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) C
1 1 (9.09%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) CCNP
3 1 (9.09%) CEH
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (9.09%) CISSP
3 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
3 1 (9.09%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
1 1 (9.09%) HIPAA
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.09%) MIL-STD-1553
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Aruba
1 1 (9.09%) CheckPoint
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco
1 1 (9.09%) NEC
1 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
1 1 (9.09%) SAP