SC Cleared Contract Job Trends in New Malden

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Merton > New Malden

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in New Malden with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 14 4 12
As % of all contract jobs in New Malden 70.00% 80.00% 63.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 100.00% 80.00% 80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £430 - -
25th Percentile £475 £675 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £750 £450
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +66.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £525 £825 £475
90th Percentile - - -
Merton median daily rate £500 £750 £450
% change year-on-year -33.33% +66.67% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 9
10th Percentile £54.37 - £34.00
25th Percentile £65.50 - £49.88
Median hourly rate £71.27 - £55.00
75th Percentile £76.58 - -
90th Percentile - - £70.65
Merton median hourly rate £71.27 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - +13.31%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
New Malden

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 New Malden.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14 5 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in New Malden 70.00% 100.00% 78.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £430 - -
25th Percentile £475 £675 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £750 £450
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +66.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £525 £825 £475
90th Percentile - - -
Merton median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +16.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 12
10th Percentile £54.37 - £35.58
25th Percentile £65.50 £68.80 £47.62
Median hourly rate £71.27 £73.60 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.17% +33.82% +13.31%
75th Percentile £76.58 £78.40 £65.70
90th Percentile - - £72.00
Merton median hourly rate £71.27 £73.60 £55.00
% change year-on-year -3.17% +33.82% +13.31%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in New Malden

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in New Malden

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Daily Rate Trend in New Malden

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in New Malden citing SC Cleared

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Hourly Rate Trend in New Malden

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in New Malden citing SC Cleared

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Hourly Rate Histogram in New Malden

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in New Malden over the 6 months to 2 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in New Malden

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in New Malden 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:

Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Engineering Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Rust Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Rust Software Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Project Management
1 4 (28.57%) Software Engineering
1 4 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
2 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
2 3 (21.43%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (21.43%) Test Management
2 3 (21.43%) Validation
2 3 (21.43%) Verification and Validation
2 3 (21.43%) Workload Management
3 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (7.14%) Change Management
4 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.14%) Ergonomics
4 1 (7.14%) Human Factors
4 1 (7.14%) Performance Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Scrum
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Rust
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) Degree
3 3 (21.43%) EMC Certification
3 3 (21.43%) HNC
3 3 (21.43%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) Def Stans
1 3 (21.43%) IEC 61508
1 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) EMC
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft