SC Cleared Contract Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Lanarkshire with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 3 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 0
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 7 9 101
As % of all contract jobs in South Lanarkshire 58.33% 50.00% 63.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 87.50% 75.00% 83.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 65
10th Percentile £535 £390 £250
25th Percentile - £431 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -25.00% +50.00%
75th Percentile £610 £585 £688
90th Percentile £636 £670 £700
Scotland median daily rate £563 £500 £578
% change year-on-year +12.50% -13.53% +28.49%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Lanarkshire

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 South Lanarkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8 12 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 66.67% 66.67% 75.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 75
10th Percentile £535 £395 £250
25th Percentile - £427 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -25.00% +50.00%
75th Percentile £610 £543 £700
90th Percentile £636 £670 -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in South Lanarkshire

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Contract Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

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 South Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
East Kilbride +1 7 £550 +22.22% 1
SC Cleared
Scotland

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Lanarkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Confluence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Coherence
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Lead
1 2 (28.57%) OAT Tester
1 2 (28.57%) SOC Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Security Advisor
2 1 (14.29%) SIEM Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cyberattack
1 2 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
2 2 (28.57%) SIEM
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Bash
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) CompTIA CySA+
2 2 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Splunk
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle