SC Cleared Network Engineer Contracts in the South West

Security Check Clearance Network Engineer
England > South West

The median Security Check Clearance Network Engineer daily rate in the South West is £440, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 128 151
Rank change year-on-year +20 +23 +15
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Network Engineer 6 17 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.32% 0.61% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.66% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 3
10th Percentile £428 £365 -
25th Percentile £433 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% +11.76% +3.03%
75th Percentile £526 £511 £438
90th Percentile £578 £537 -
England median daily rate £500 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% -5.97%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 1,684 2,578 3,164
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.91% 92.20% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 981 1,656 2,216
10th Percentile £225 £249 £300
25th Percentile £363 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +2.44%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £719
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.48% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 336 259
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.95 £17.50
25th Percentile £18.13 £40.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +3.17% +26.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £75.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £76.25 £83.47
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% +8.43% +61.60%

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured SC Cleared Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer in the South West

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared Network Engineer in the South West.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer in the South West

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared Network Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 11 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared Network Engineer in the South West

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared Network Engineer in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer in the South West

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared Network Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 11 August 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
Wiltshire +16 4 £440 -13.30%
Somerset -3 2 - - 2
SC Cleared Network Engineer
England

SC Cleared Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 11 August 2025, SC Cleared Network Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring SC Cleared Network Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) CCNP
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) Windows
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (33.33%) Advertising
3 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) JNCIP
3 2 (33.33%) WhatsUp Gold
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (33.33%) Patch Management
3 2 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (33.33%) iSCSI
4 1 (16.67%) VXLAN
4 1 (16.67%) VMware NSX
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (16.67%) NGFW
4 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (16.67%) IaaS
4 1 (16.67%) FortiGate

SC Cleared Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) iSCSI
1 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (16.67%) BGP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (16.67%) DMVPN
2 1 (16.67%) Internet
2 1 (16.67%) NGFW
2 1 (16.67%) OSPF
2 1 (16.67%) VXLAN
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 2 (33.33%) Advertising
2 1 (16.67%) Military
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
1 2 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (33.33%) Patch Management
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) CCNP
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (33.33%) JNCIP
4 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (16.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) WhatsUp Gold
2 1 (16.67%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto