SC Cleared Contracts in Southampton

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 5 17
Rank change year-on-year +1 +12 +21
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 22 29 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 20.37% 17.16% 5.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 53.66% 55.77% 24.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 5
10th Percentile £163 £435 £328
25th Percentile £259 £481 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £650
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% +25.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £733
90th Percentile £610 £677 £736
Hampshire median daily rate £545 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -0.91% +4.27% +0.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £58.75 £65.00 £62.25
% change year-on-year -9.62% +4.42% +8.30%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 41 52 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 37.96% 30.77% 24.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 34 21
10th Percentile £180 £300 £225
25th Percentile £308 £413 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +19.57%
75th Percentile £600 £675 -
90th Percentile £643 £713 £675
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 2
10th Percentile - - £36.75
25th Percentile - £65.00 £37.88
Median hourly rate - £77.50 £39.75
Median % change year-on-year - +94.97% -
75th Percentile - £80.00 £41.63
90th Percentile - - £42.75
Hampshire median hourly rate £62.50 £57.35 £61.59
% change year-on-year +8.98% -6.88% +26.78%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Southampton

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Southampton

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Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Southampton over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Southampton

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Southampton

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 6 (27.27%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) Azure
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (22.73%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.55%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (4.55%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (40.91%) Firewall
2 6 (27.27%) Network Security
3 5 (22.73%) Internet
3 5 (22.73%) VPN
4 2 (9.09%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) Power BI
General
1 10 (45.45%) Public Sector
2 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Military
4 2 (9.09%) Law
5 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) IT Manager
1 7 (31.82%) Senior
2 6 (27.27%) IT Services Manager
2 6 (27.27%) Service Manager
3 5 (22.73%) Senior IT Manager
3 5 (22.73%) Senior Manager
3 5 (22.73%) Senior Service Manager
4 4 (18.18%) Test Manager
5 3 (13.64%) Consultant
5 3 (13.64%) Network Manager
6 2 (9.09%) Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) Security Consultant
7 1 (4.55%) Administrator
7 1 (4.55%) Hardware Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) Network Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (4.55%) Software Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) Systems Administrator
7 1 (4.55%) Technical Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) Angular 2
1 1 (4.55%) AngularJS
1 1 (4.55%) CSS
1 1 (4.55%) EntireX
1 1 (4.55%) HTML
1 1 (4.55%) HTML5
1 1 (4.55%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 2 (9.09%) Smartphone
3 1 (4.55%) FPGA
3 1 (4.55%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
1 2 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (36.36%) Penetration Testing
3 7 (31.82%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (27.27%) Security Monitoring
5 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (22.73%) Case Management
5 5 (22.73%) Contract Management
6 4 (18.18%) Analytics
6 4 (18.18%) Antivirus Management
6 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (13.64%) ITIL
7 3 (13.64%) Server Management
7 3 (13.64%) Storage Management
8 2 (9.09%) Asset Management
8 2 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
8 2 (9.09%) Performance Testing
8 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (9.09%) Runbook
8 2 (9.09%) Security Testing
8 2 (9.09%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.55%) Python
1 1 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.55%) CISM
3 1 (4.55%) CISSP
3 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Palo Alto
2 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.55%) BT
3 1 (4.55%) Google
3 1 (4.55%) IBM
3 1 (4.55%) Mentor Graphics
3 1 (4.55%) Software AG
3 1 (4.55%) webMethods