SC Cleared Contract Job Trends in Maidstone

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Kent > Maidstone

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Maidstone with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Maidstone 3.57% - 6.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.00% - 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 - £53
Median % change year-on-year - - -88.95%
75th Percentile - - £54
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median daily rate £443 - £53
% change year-on-year - - -88.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
Kent median hourly rate £22.17 £72.71 £55.00
% change year-on-year -69.51% +32.20% +7.37%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Maidstone

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 Maidstone.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5 7 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Maidstone 17.86% 25.93% 25.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £189 £51
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £146 £193 £53
Median % change year-on-year -24.16% +266.67% -72.73%
75th Percentile £455 £196 £54
90th Percentile £528 - -
Kent median daily rate £346 £385 £525
% change year-on-year -10.13% -26.67% +69.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
Kent median hourly rate £37.00 £38.85 £55.00
% change year-on-year -4.76% -29.36% +29.98%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Maidstone

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Maidstone

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Daily Rate Trend in Maidstone

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Maidstone

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Maidstone citing SC Cleared

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Maidstone 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 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto