SC Cleared Deployment Engineer Contract Job Trends

Security Check Clearance Deployment Engineer
UK

The median Security Check Clearance Deployment Engineer daily rate in the UK is £228, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 543 630
Rank change year-on-year +5 +87 +166
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Deployment Engineer 27 10 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.078% 0.028% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.030% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 8 1
10th Percentile - £149 -
25th Percentile £190 £187 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £228 £200 £110
Median % change year-on-year +13.75% +81.82% -31.25%
75th Percentile £283 £288 £115
90th Percentile £336 £389 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £228 £200 £110
% change year-on-year +13.75% +81.82% -31.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £22.58 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 31,404 33,725 43,853
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.88% 93.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,903 20,327 29,840
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,775 1,275 1,525
10th Percentile £14.02 £15.08 £14.79
25th Percentile £17.60 £20.19 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.28 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.54% -17.16% +57.89%
75th Percentile £51.14 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.30% -18.92% +89.36%

SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SC Cleared Deployment Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SC Cleared Deployment Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Deployment Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Deployment Engineer job vacancies in the UK

SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared Deployment Engineer over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared Deployment Engineer in the UK

SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Deployment Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Deployment Engineer job vacancies in the UK

SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared Deployment Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 November 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
UK excluding London -3 23 £228 +13.75% 1
England -18 21 £223 +11.25% 1
South East +11 8 £190 -5.00% 1
South West - 6 £335 -
London -3 2 - -
North of England -41 2 £205 +37.58%
Scotland - 2 £230 -
East of England - 2 - -
East Midlands -13 1 £225 -18.18%
North West -23 1 £220 +47.65%
Midlands -25 1 £225 -18.18%
North East - 1 £190 -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Wales - 1 £230 -

SC Cleared Deployment Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, SC Cleared Deployment Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SC Cleared Deployment Engineer in the job title.

1 27 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 27 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 20 (74.07%) Windows
3 17 (62.96%) Windows 10
4 14 (51.85%) Active Directory
5 12 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (33.33%) Migration
6 9 (33.33%) SCCM
7 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
8 5 (18.52%) AdminStudio
8 5 (18.52%) Application Packaging
8 5 (18.52%) InstallShield
8 5 (18.52%) Microsoft App-V
8 5 (18.52%) MSI
8 5 (18.52%) PowerShell
8 5 (18.52%) Software Delivery
8 5 (18.52%) VBScript
9 3 (11.11%) ITSM
9 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (11.11%) Remedy
9 3 (11.11%) Remedy ITSM
9 3 (11.11%) Service Management
9 3 (11.11%) ServiceNow
9 3 (11.11%) VPN
10 2 (7.41%) Agile
10 2 (7.41%) Asset Management
10 2 (7.41%) Batch Scripting
10 2 (7.41%) Change Management
10 2 (7.41%) Customer Service
10 2 (7.41%) DevOps

SC Cleared Deployment Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) VPN
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) AdminStudio
1 5 (18.52%) InstallShield
1 5 (18.52%) MSI
General
1 15 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Legal
4 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Legacy Applications
2 3 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 20 (74.07%) Windows
2 17 (62.96%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Migration
2 5 (18.52%) Application Packaging
2 5 (18.52%) Software Delivery
3 3 (11.11%) ITSM
3 3 (11.11%) Service Management
4 2 (7.41%) Agile
4 2 (7.41%) Asset Management
4 2 (7.41%) Batch Scripting
4 2 (7.41%) Change Management
4 2 (7.41%) Customer Service
4 2 (7.41%) DevOps
4 2 (7.41%) ITIL
5 1 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.70%) Incident Management
5 1 (3.70%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (3.70%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (3.70%) Server Management
5 1 (3.70%) Work Breakdown Structure
5 1 (3.70%) Workflow
5 1 (3.70%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) PowerShell
1 5 (18.52%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 27 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 27 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.41%) MCSA
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (51.85%) Active Directory
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 9 (33.33%) SCCM
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (7.41%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Remedy
2 3 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.70%) Snow