SC Cleared Network Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Check Clearance Network Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Check Clearance Network Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £481, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 343 394
Rank change year-on-year +67 +51 +79
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Network Engineer 60 56 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.47% 0.27% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.29% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 40 44
10th Percentile £369 £298 -
25th Percentile £402 £388 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £370
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% +28.38% -14.45%
75th Percentile £625 £538 £441
90th Percentile £638 £600 £588
UK median daily rate £490 £475 £385
% change year-on-year +3.16% +23.38% -14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Median hourly rate - £72.50 £63.23
Median % change year-on-year - +14.66% +33.40%
UK median hourly rate - £72.50 £67.50
% change year-on-year - +7.41% +42.41%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared Network Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared Network Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared Network Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer in the UK excluding London

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
North of England +41 37 £425 -5.56%
North West +39 37 £425 -5.56%
South West +35 11 £473 -3.82% 1
South East +39 8 £600 +12.15% 2
Midlands +22 3 £425 -5.56%
West Midlands +14 2 £388 +29.17%
East Midlands +10 1 £651 +8.42%
Wales - 1 £350 -
SC Cleared Network Engineer
UK

SC Cleared Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring SC Cleared Network Engineer in the job title.

1 60 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 60 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 47 (78.33%) Cisco
3 40 (66.67%) Firewall
4 30 (50.00%) Palo Alto
5 21 (35.00%) Cisco ASA
6 19 (31.67%) Cisco Firepower
7 17 (28.33%) BGP
8 16 (26.67%) OSPF
8 16 (26.67%) Network Architecture
9 14 (23.33%) Network Management
9 14 (23.33%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (23.33%) IPsec
10 13 (21.67%) WAN
11 12 (20.00%) VPN
11 12 (20.00%) Wireless
11 12 (20.00%) EIGRP
11 12 (20.00%) HSRP
12 11 (18.33%) Cisco Nexus
12 11 (18.33%) Meraki
12 11 (18.33%) CheckPoint
12 11 (18.33%) Load Balancing
12 11 (18.33%) Network Design
13 10 (16.67%) 802.1X
14 9 (15.00%) Cisco ISE
14 9 (15.00%) Cisco Wireless
14 9 (15.00%) NetScaler
15 8 (13.33%) Data Centre
15 8 (13.33%) Impact Assessments
16 7 (11.67%) ITSM

SC Cleared Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (3.33%) Azure
2 1 (1.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (66.67%) Firewall
2 21 (35.00%) Cisco ASA
3 19 (31.67%) Cisco Firepower
4 17 (28.33%) BGP
5 16 (26.67%) OSPF
6 14 (23.33%) IPsec
6 14 (23.33%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (21.67%) WAN
8 12 (20.00%) EIGRP
8 12 (20.00%) HSRP
8 12 (20.00%) VPN
8 12 (20.00%) Wireless
9 11 (18.33%) Cisco Nexus
10 9 (15.00%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (15.00%) Cisco Wireless
10 9 (15.00%) NetScaler
11 6 (10.00%) Network Security
12 4 (6.67%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (6.67%) LAN
13 3 (5.00%) DMVPN
General
1 4 (6.67%) Advertising
1 4 (6.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (3.33%) Military
2 2 (3.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.67%) Finance
3 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (1.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (16.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.67%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (26.67%) Network Architecture
2 14 (23.33%) Network Management
3 11 (18.33%) Load Balancing
3 11 (18.33%) Network Design
4 8 (13.33%) Impact Assessments
5 7 (11.67%) ITSM
6 6 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (8.33%) Agile
7 5 (8.33%) Migration
8 4 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (6.67%) Customer Requirements
8 4 (6.67%) Preventative Maintenance
9 3 (5.00%) ITIL
10 2 (3.33%) Computer Science
10 2 (3.33%) Infrastructure as Code
10 2 (3.33%) Validation
11 1 (1.67%) Cloud Security
11 1 (1.67%) Inventory Management
11 1 (1.67%) Platform Engineering
11 1 (1.67%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 60 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 60 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (10.00%) CCNP
2 6 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (6.67%) CCNA
4 2 (3.33%) CCIE
4 2 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.33%) Degree
4 2 (3.33%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) Iperf
Vendors
1 47 (78.33%) Cisco
2 30 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 11 (18.33%) CheckPoint
3 11 (18.33%) Meraki
4 6 (10.00%) Juniper
5 5 (8.33%) SolarWinds
6 4 (6.67%) Microsoft
7 2 (3.33%) F5
7 2 (3.33%) VMware
8 1 (1.67%) Blue Coat
8 1 (1.67%) Sophos