SC Cleared Contracts in Suffolk

Security Check (SC) Clearance
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Suffolk with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 7 8
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +5
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 22 4 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Suffolk 29.73% 7.41% 11.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 52.38% 20.00% 53.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 4 16
10th Percentile £197 £189 -
25th Percentile £200 £209 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £220 £700
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -68.57% +48.62%
75th Percentile £245 £223 £743
90th Percentile £350 £227 -
East of England median daily rate £350 £348 £500
% change year-on-year +0.72% -30.50% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 42 20 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 56.76% 37.04% 21.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 14 23
10th Percentile £174 £210 £314
25th Percentile £193 £223 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £223 £475 £700
Median % change year-on-year -53.16% -32.14% +33.33%
75th Percentile £245 £631 £722
90th Percentile £350 £720 £743
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £29.25 -
East of England median hourly rate £60.75 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +73.57% +66.67% +7.69%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Suffolk

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Suffolk

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Daily Rate Histogram in Suffolk

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Suffolk over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Suffolk

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Suffolk

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Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Leiston -1 12 £225 +2.27%
Ipswich - 4 £195 - 7
SC Cleared
East of England

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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 4 (18.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Azure
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 11 (50.00%) VPN
2 6 (27.27%) DNS
2 6 (27.27%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.55%) Firewall
3 1 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (4.55%) Network Security
3 1 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
General
1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Legal
4 3 (13.64%) Billing
5 2 (9.09%) Finance
5 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Support Engineer
2 7 (31.82%) Desktop Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Desktop Support
3 6 (27.27%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Project Manager
4 4 (18.18%) Service Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Cabling Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Data Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Deployment Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 1 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Technical Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Windows Deployment Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Driving Licence
2 5 (22.73%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (22.73%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (18.18%) iPad
3 4 (18.18%) iPhone
4 2 (9.09%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
5 1 (4.55%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (68.18%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) ITIL
2 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (27.27%) ITSM
4 4 (18.18%) Antivirus Management
4 4 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 4 (18.18%) Inventory Management
4 4 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 4 (18.18%) Project Governance
4 4 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (18.18%) Time Management
5 3 (13.64%) Agile
5 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
6 2 (9.09%) Migration
6 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (4.55%) Asset Management
7 1 (4.55%) Change Control
7 1 (4.55%) High Availability
7 1 (4.55%) Line Management
7 1 (4.55%) Project Management
7 1 (4.55%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (22.73%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 7 (31.82%) ServiceNow
3 4 (18.18%) McAfee
4 1 (4.55%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.55%) Okta
4 1 (4.55%) VMware
4 1 (4.55%) Zscaler