SC Cleared Test Analyst Contracts in London

Security Check Clearance Test Analyst
England > London

The median Security Check Clearance Test Analyst daily rate in London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 380 490
Rank change year-on-year +37 +110 +94
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Test Analyst 10 11 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.080% 0.062% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.066% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile - - £387
25th Percentile - £285 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £375 £420
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -10.71% -1.18%
75th Percentile £484 £475 £528
90th Percentile £535 - £586
England median daily rate £400 £398 £420
% change year-on-year +0.63% -5.36% -1.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

SC Cleared Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured SC Cleared Test Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared Test Analyst in London

SC Cleared Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared Test Analyst in London.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared Test Analyst in London

SC Cleared Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, SC Cleared Test Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring SC Cleared Test Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 5 (50.00%) Selenium
3 5 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 5 (50.00%) Java
3 5 (50.00%) Integration Testing
3 5 (50.00%) Test Scripting
4 4 (40.00%) System Testing
4 4 (40.00%) TestComplete
4 4 (40.00%) Cypress.io
4 4 (40.00%) Open Source
4 4 (40.00%) Playwright
4 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (40.00%) .NET
4 4 (40.00%) Windows
4 4 (40.00%) OOP
4 4 (40.00%) OO
4 4 (40.00%) Python
4 4 (40.00%) HP UFT
4 4 (40.00%) Reuters
4 4 (40.00%) Bloomberg
4 4 (40.00%) Agile
4 4 (40.00%) C#
5 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (30.00%) Waterfall
6 2 (20.00%) Azure Stack
6 2 (20.00%) CI/CD

SC Cleared Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Azure Stack
1 2 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) SSH
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Selenium
2 4 (40.00%) Cypress.io
2 4 (40.00%) HP UFT
2 4 (40.00%) TestComplete
3 1 (10.00%) Gradle
3 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (10.00%) JIRA
3 1 (10.00%) JMeter
General
1 4 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) .NET
1 4 (40.00%) Playwright
2 1 (10.00%) Kafka
2 1 (10.00%) WireMock
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) OO
3 4 (40.00%) OOP
3 4 (40.00%) Open Source
3 4 (40.00%) System Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (30.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 2 (20.00%) Service Management
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (20.00%) Use Case
6 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
6 1 (10.00%) SDLC
6 1 (10.00%) System Integration Testing
6 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Java
2 4 (40.00%) C#
2 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) ISEB
2 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (10.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Bloomberg
1 4 (40.00%) Reuters
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft