SC Cleared Contract Job Trends 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 30 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 17
Rank change year-on-year 0 +15 +15
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 39 44 14
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 28.47% 28.21% 7.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 54.93% 73.33% 24.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 32 10
10th Percentile £71 £200 £165
25th Percentile £412 £310 £242
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £491
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.31% -24.42%
75th Percentile £541 £600 £523
90th Percentile £693 £636 £538
Hampshire median daily rate £514 £538 £513
% change year-on-year -4.37% +4.88% -10.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - £25.50
25th Percentile £56.75 - £31.88
Median hourly rate £58.50 £65.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +44.44% -
75th Percentile £60.25 - £59.38
90th Percentile - - £66.50
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £57.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.07% -4.58% -7.69%

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 71 60 58
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 51.82% 38.46% 30.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 40 38
10th Percentile £191 £200 £205
25th Percentile £367 £211 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £423 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.34% -15.50% -13.04%
75th Percentile £569 £591 £538
90th Percentile £650 £638 £575
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £570 £530
% change year-on-year -5.70% +7.55% -7.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 6
10th Percentile - - £18.75
25th Percentile £56.75 £65.00 £24.31
Median hourly rate £58.50 £80.00 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.88% +123.78% +58.89%
75th Percentile £60.25 - £39.69
90th Percentile - - £55.63
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% -4.42% -4.25%

SC Cleared
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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Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing SC Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Southampton over the 6 months to 30 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Southampton

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Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing SC Cleared

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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:

Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) AWS
2 2 (5.13%) Amazon ECS
2 2 (5.13%) Amazon EKS
2 2 (5.13%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.51%) Network Security
2 2 (5.13%) Firewall
2 2 (5.13%) HTTPS
2 2 (5.13%) Wireless
3 1 (2.56%) HTTP
3 1 (2.56%) NX-OS
3 1 (2.56%) SSL
3 1 (2.56%) VoIP
3 1 (2.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) JIRA
1 3 (7.69%) MSI
2 1 (2.56%) Git
2 1 (2.56%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (30.77%) Public Sector
2 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Electronics
5 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (15.38%) Security Specialist
2 4 (10.26%) Consultant
2 4 (10.26%) Senior
2 4 (10.26%) Test Manager
3 3 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) CAD Designer
4 2 (5.13%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 2 (5.13%) Designer
4 2 (5.13%) Developer
4 2 (5.13%) Network Manager
4 2 (5.13%) PCB Designer
4 2 (5.13%) Project Manager
4 2 (5.13%) SCCM Engineer
5 1 (2.56%) AWS DevOps
5 1 (2.56%) AWS DevOps Engineer
5 1 (2.56%) CloudOps Engineer
5 1 (2.56%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 1 (2.56%) Vulnerability Management Manager
5 1 (2.56%) Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) EntireX
1 1 (2.56%) React
1 1 (2.56%) SOAP
1 1 (2.56%) Spring
1 1 (2.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.13%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.56%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.56%) CAN bus
2 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.56%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.56%) FPGA
2 1 (2.56%) PMI
2 1 (2.56%) SCADA
2 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
2 1 (2.56%) State Machine
2 1 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.82%) Windows
2 4 (10.26%) Windows 10
3 3 (7.69%) Linux
4 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.56%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.51%) Agile
2 6 (15.38%) Customer Engagement
2 6 (15.38%) Information Assurance
2 6 (15.38%) ISMS
3 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (12.82%) Risk Management
3 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (10.26%) CI/CD
4 4 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (10.26%) DevOps
4 4 (10.26%) Project Management
4 4 (10.26%) Security Architecture
5 3 (7.69%) Configuration Management
5 3 (7.69%) Schematic Capture
5 3 (7.69%) Security Patching
5 3 (7.69%) Software Engineering
5 3 (7.69%) Validation
5 3 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (5.13%) Incident Management
6 2 (5.13%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.38%) C#
2 3 (7.69%) C++
2 3 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.13%) C
3 2 (5.13%) Python
3 2 (5.13%) SQL
3 2 (5.13%) VB
4 1 (2.56%) Bash
4 1 (2.56%) Embedded C++
4 1 (2.56%) Java
4 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 39 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (20.51%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (17.95%) CISM
4 5 (12.82%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.13%) Degree
6 1 (2.56%) CCIE
6 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.56%) CISSP
6 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.13%) QA
3 1 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.56%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (10.26%) Docker
2 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) Ansible
2 3 (7.69%) SCCM
2 3 (7.69%) Terraform
3 2 (5.13%) Puppet
3 2 (5.13%) Rsyslog
3 2 (5.13%) SCOM
4 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.56%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.13%) Cisco
2 2 (5.13%) IBM
3 1 (2.56%) BT
3 1 (2.56%) Intel
3 1 (2.56%) Mentor Graphics
3 1 (2.56%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.56%) Software AG
3 1 (2.56%) webMethods