SC Cleared Contract Job Trends in Kidlington

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Oxfordshire > Kidlington

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kidlington 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 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 -
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Kidlington 45.45% 14.29% 6.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.56% 100.00% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £700
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -28.57% -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £179 £500 £650
% change year-on-year -64.20% -23.08% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £19.26 - -
25th Percentile £19.85 - -
Median hourly rate £22.27 - -
75th Percentile £26.23 - -
90th Percentile £27.74 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £25.15 £25.50 £32.32
% change year-on-year -1.35% -21.12% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Kidlington

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 Kidlington.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kidlington 81.82% 14.29% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £264 - £470
25th Percentile £359 - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -23.08%
75th Percentile £475 - £600
90th Percentile - - £660
Oxfordshire median daily rate £238 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -50.00% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £16.31 - -
25th Percentile £17.96 - -
Median hourly rate £20.57 - -
75th Percentile £24.97 - -
90th Percentile £27.24 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £25.15 £25.50 £45.66
% change year-on-year -1.35% -44.16% +315.09%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Kidlington

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Kidlington

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in Kidlington

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

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

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kidlington 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Business Case
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds