SC Cleared Contract Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Security Check (SC) Clearance
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +9 -2 +15
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 19 6 13
As % of all contract jobs in Nottinghamshire 11.59% 3.55% 7.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.88% 16.22% 56.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 13
10th Percentile £405 - £445
25th Percentile £406 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.00%
75th Percentile £421 - £700
90th Percentile £422 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £433 £450 £550
% change year-on-year -3.89% -18.18% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 0 0
10th Percentile £16.77 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £17.87 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £20.79 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year -14.03% +36.46% +55.44%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 34 37 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 20.73% 21.89% 12.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 22
10th Percentile £153 £314 £290
25th Percentile £359 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £481 £625
Median % change year-on-year -10.13% -23.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £481 £506 £700
90th Percentile £613 £600 -
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £425 £510
% change year-on-year - -16.67% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 1 0
10th Percentile £15.89 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £17.87 £117.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -84.73% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £17.87 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.94 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year -9.28% +36.46% -8.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 6 November 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
Nottingham +8 19 £413 - 13
SC Cleared
East Midlands

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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:

General
1 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
1 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (78.95%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) 1st Line Support
3 3 (15.79%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) 1st Line Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Desktop Support
4 2 (10.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Floorwalker
4 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Support Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Windows Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Windows Support Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Service Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Service Desk Support
5 1 (5.26%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Server
2 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (89.47%) Coaching
2 15 (78.95%) Service Delivery
3 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
3 2 (10.53%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 19 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
1 2 (10.53%) Hyper-V
1 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Cisco
1 2 (10.53%) VMware
2 1 (5.26%) Computacenter