SC Cleared Contracts in Scotland

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 28 63
Rank change year-on-year +14 +35 -37
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 232 196 140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 10.38% 6.85% 3.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.42% 33.05% 23.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 134 101
10th Percentile £237 £260 £180
25th Percentile £425 £400 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £650 £568 £581
90th Percentile £700 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 14
10th Percentile £12.50 £21.51 £20.30
25th Percentile £45.00 £35.59 £21.38
Median hourly rate £60.00 £52.50 £33.42
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +57.09% -44.30%
75th Percentile £71.88 £63.27 £50.27
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £53.75
UK median hourly rate £49.50 £60.35 £54.00
% change year-on-year -17.98% +11.76% +20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

SC Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 620 593 607
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 27.73% 20.72% 17.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 415 370
10th Percentile £188 £163 £176
25th Percentile £363 £366 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £550
90th Percentile £656 £625 £625
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.84% +4.76% +8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 15 20
10th Percentile £12.95 £13.95 £19.75
25th Percentile £16.50 £16.00 £22.13
Median hourly rate £40.94 £21.67 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.92% -38.08% -4.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.02 £53.75
90th Percentile £64.70 £66.50 £56.01
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.28 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.31% +31.25% +7.42%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Scotland

SC Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Scotland over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Scotland

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in Scotland over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in Scotland

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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 SC Cleared within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Glasgow +12 95 £575 +21.69% 17
South Lanarkshire 0 84 £575 +27.78% 3
Edinburgh +48 25 £370 +2.07% 32
Renfrewshire 0 22 £225 -56.73% 2
Highlands - 3 - - 1
Fife 0 1 - - 3
SC Cleared
UK

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 73 (31.47%) Confluence
2 16 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.16%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.29%) IIS
4 3 (1.29%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (4.74%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.86%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.43%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) SAP MM
1 1 (0.43%) SAP PM
1 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 12 (5.17%) Azure
2 10 (4.31%) Entra ID
3 9 (3.88%) Power Automate
3 9 (3.88%) Power Platform
3 9 (3.88%) PowerApps
4 5 (2.16%) AWS
5 4 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.43%) IaaS
6 1 (0.43%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.43%) PaaS
6 1 (0.43%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.47%) DNS
2 10 (4.31%) DHCP
3 9 (3.88%) VoIP
3 9 (3.88%) VPN
4 7 (3.02%) Firewall
5 5 (2.16%) SMTP
6 2 (0.86%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.86%) VLAN
7 1 (0.43%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.47%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.88%) Power BI
3 7 (3.02%) MongoDB
3 7 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.29%) Metadata
5 3 (1.29%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.43%) Big Data
6 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.43%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.43%) MySQL
6 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.43%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 87 (37.50%) JIRA
2 4 (1.72%) Git
2 4 (1.72%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (1.29%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.43%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.43%) Gatling
4 1 (0.43%) JMeter
4 1 (0.43%) Selenium
4 1 (0.43%) WebDriver
General
1 97 (41.81%) Public Sector
2 30 (12.93%) Social Skills
3 14 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (4.31%) Finance
5 7 (3.02%) Aerospace
6 6 (2.59%) Electronics
7 5 (2.16%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.72%) Marketing
8 4 (1.72%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.29%) Law
9 3 (1.29%) Police
10 2 (0.86%) Legal
10 2 (0.86%) Military
10 2 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.43%) Banking
11 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 32 (13.79%) Senior
2 22 (9.48%) Analyst
3 18 (7.76%) Product Manager
4 16 (6.90%) Consultant
5 14 (6.03%) Delivery Manager
6 13 (5.60%) DBA
6 13 (5.60%) Senior Delivery Manager
6 13 (5.60%) Senior Manager
6 13 (5.60%) SQL DBA
7 12 (5.17%) Support Engineer
8 11 (4.74%) Exchange Engineer
9 10 (4.31%) Administrator
9 10 (4.31%) Architect
9 10 (4.31%) Risk Officer
9 10 (4.31%) Senior DBA
9 10 (4.31%) Senior SQL DBA
10 9 (3.88%) Data Analyst
11 8 (3.45%) Applications Engineer
11 8 (3.45%) Developer
11 8 (3.45%) SQL Server DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.59%) REST
2 5 (2.16%) LDAP
2 5 (2.16%) WebRTC
3 3 (1.29%) .NET
3 3 (1.29%) .NET Remoting
3 3 (1.29%) JSON
3 3 (1.29%) Web Services
3 3 (1.29%) XML
4 2 (0.86%) RESTful
5 1 (0.43%) CSS
5 1 (0.43%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.43%) HTML
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.43%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.17%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.45%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.02%) Clustering
4 5 (2.16%) PKI
5 4 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.72%) Smartphone
6 3 (1.29%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.29%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.86%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.43%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.43%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.43%) iPad
8 1 (0.43%) iPhone
8 1 (0.43%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.43%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.43%) Verilog
8 1 (0.43%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 27 (11.64%) Windows
2 24 (10.34%) Linux
3 13 (5.60%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.88%) Windows 10
5 8 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.59%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.29%) Windows 7
8 3 (1.29%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.43%) Android
9 1 (0.43%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.43%) Solaris
9 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (25.43%) Agile
2 28 (12.07%) Project Management
3 22 (9.48%) Roadmaps
4 20 (8.62%) Risk Management
5 18 (7.76%) Epics
5 18 (7.76%) High Availability
5 18 (7.76%) User Research
6 17 (7.33%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (7.33%) Problem Management
6 17 (7.33%) User Stories
7 15 (6.47%) Break/Fix
8 14 (6.03%) Analytics
8 14 (6.03%) Business Intelligence
8 14 (6.03%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (5.60%) PRINCE2
9 13 (5.60%) Scrum
9 13 (5.60%) Software Delivery
10 12 (5.17%) DevOps
11 11 (4.74%) Visualisation
12 10 (4.31%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (15.95%) PowerShell
2 10 (4.31%) Python
2 10 (4.31%) SQL
2 10 (4.31%) T-SQL
3 9 (3.88%) Bash
4 4 (1.72%) Ada
4 4 (1.72%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.86%) Java
5 2 (0.86%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.43%) C
6 1 (0.43%) C++
Qualifications
1 232 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 31 (13.36%) DV Cleared
3 15 (6.47%) Degree
4 4 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.29%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.29%) CGEIT
5 3 (1.29%) CISA
5 3 (1.29%) CISM
5 3 (1.29%) CISSP
5 3 (1.29%) CRISC
5 3 (1.29%) CTC Cleared
5 3 (1.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.43%) MCP
7 1 (0.43%) MCSE
7 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.43%) OSCP
7 1 (0.43%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.74%) PMO
2 9 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (3.88%) NIST
3 6 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (2.59%) SLA
4 2 (0.86%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.86%) NCSC
5 1 (0.43%) ISO 31000
5 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 39 (16.81%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (2.16%) BitLocker
3 5 (2.16%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.16%) Microsoft App-V
3 5 (2.16%) Terminal Services
4 3 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.86%) KVM
6 1 (0.43%) Docker
6 1 (0.43%) Firmware
6 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (4.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 6 (2.59%) Red Hat Satellite
2 6 (2.59%) SCCM
2 6 (2.59%) vCenter Server
3 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.16%) vMotion
4 3 (1.29%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.29%) Terraform
4 3 (1.29%) WSUS
5 1 (0.43%) Ansible
5 1 (0.43%) Nagios
5 1 (0.43%) Puppet
5 1 (0.43%) vRealize
Vendors
1 44 (18.97%) Atlassian
1 44 (18.97%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.33%) VMware
3 11 (4.74%) Red Hat
4 7 (3.02%) McAfee
5 6 (2.59%) Citrix
5 6 (2.59%) Oracle
6 5 (2.16%) Apple
6 5 (2.16%) Infoblox
6 5 (2.16%) SAP
7 4 (1.72%) Cisco
8 1 (0.43%) HP
8 1 (0.43%) Mentor Graphics
8 1 (0.43%) PTC
8 1 (0.43%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.43%) Xilinx