CTC Cleared Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Counter-Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for CTC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 - 111
Rank change year-on-year - - +33
Contract jobs citing CTC Cleared 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.046% - 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% - 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £147 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £154 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.00%
75th Percentile £160 - £438
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £535 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +7.00% -2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £12.50
UK median hourly rate £16.35 £48.75 £12.50
% change year-on-year -66.46% +290.00% -72.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

CTC 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 474 402 472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 21.63% 24.00% 25.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 242 292
10th Percentile £305 £181 £178
25th Percentile £372 £313 £296
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year - +2.80% -5.86%
75th Percentile £559 £525 £575
90th Percentile £718 £588 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 45 32
10th Percentile £16.14 £16.84 £12.32
25th Percentile £40.11 £19.23 £14.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £20.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% +11.11% -66.10%
75th Percentile £60.91 £25.15 £40.94
90th Percentile £68.75 £26.87 -
UK median hourly rate £51.75 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +105.77% -41.51% -21.82%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

CTC Cleared job vacancy trend in Scotland

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Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CTC Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CTC Cleared

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Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CTC Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CTC Cleared

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CTC Cleared within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 August 2026. 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
Edinburgh - 1 £154 - 3
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UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) ICT Support
1 1 (100.00%) ICT Support Technician
1 1 (100.00%) ICT Technician
1 1 (100.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft