SC Cleared Network Engineer Contracts

Security Check Clearance Network Engineer
UK

The median Security Check Clearance Network Engineer daily rate in the UK is £490, 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 451 511 636
Rank change year-on-year +60 +125 +154
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Network Engineer 69 71 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.16% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.18% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 53 50
10th Percentile £372 £303 £273
25th Percentile £404 £313 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £385
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +23.38% -14.44%
75th Percentile £625 £538 £488
90th Percentile £638 £598 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £370
% change year-on-year +1.32% +28.38% -14.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 7
10th Percentile - - £65.04
25th Percentile - £71.25 £66.25
Median hourly rate - £72.50 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year - +7.41% +42.41%
75th Percentile - £73.75 £76.90
90th Percentile - - £85.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £72.50 £63.23
% change year-on-year - +14.66% +33.40%

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer in the UK

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer in the UK

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared Network Engineer in the UK

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer in the UK

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 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
England +57 66 £490 +3.16% 3
UK excluding London +67 60 £481 +1.32% 3
North of England +41 37 £425 -5.56%
North West +39 37 £425 -5.56%
Work from Home +59 24 £473 +5.00%
South West +35 11 £473 -3.82% 1
South East +39 8 £600 +12.15% 2
London +31 3 - -
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 Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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 featuring SC Cleared Network Engineer in the job title.

1 69 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 69 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 51 (73.91%) Cisco
3 48 (69.57%) Firewall
4 33 (47.83%) Palo Alto
5 22 (31.88%) Cisco ASA
6 20 (28.99%) Cisco Firepower
7 19 (27.54%) Network Architecture
8 17 (24.64%) BGP
9 16 (23.19%) OSPF
9 16 (23.19%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (21.74%) VPN
10 15 (21.74%) Load Balancing
11 14 (20.29%) Network Management
11 14 (20.29%) WAN
11 14 (20.29%) IPsec
12 13 (18.84%) Wireless
12 13 (18.84%) Cisco Nexus
13 12 (17.39%) HSRP
13 12 (17.39%) Network Design
13 12 (17.39%) CCNP
13 12 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (17.39%) CheckPoint
13 12 (17.39%) EIGRP
13 12 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
14 11 (15.94%) Meraki
15 10 (14.49%) Data Centre
15 10 (14.49%) 802.1X
16 9 (13.04%) Cisco ISE
16 9 (13.04%) Cisco Wireless

SC Cleared Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.90%) AWS
1 2 (2.90%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 48 (69.57%) Firewall
2 22 (31.88%) Cisco ASA
3 20 (28.99%) Cisco Firepower
4 17 (24.64%) BGP
5 16 (23.19%) OSPF
5 16 (23.19%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (21.74%) VPN
7 14 (20.29%) IPsec
7 14 (20.29%) WAN
8 13 (18.84%) Cisco Nexus
8 13 (18.84%) Wireless
9 12 (17.39%) EIGRP
9 12 (17.39%) HSRP
10 9 (13.04%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (13.04%) Cisco Wireless
10 9 (13.04%) NetScaler
10 9 (13.04%) Network Security
11 4 (5.80%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (5.80%) LAN
11 4 (5.80%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (13.04%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.25%) Advertising
5 2 (2.90%) Military
6 1 (1.45%) Finance
6 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.45%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.49%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.49%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.35%) PKI
3 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.45%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.54%) Network Architecture
2 15 (21.74%) Load Balancing
3 14 (20.29%) Network Management
4 12 (17.39%) Network Design
4 12 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (13.04%) ITSM
6 8 (11.59%) Impact Assessments
6 8 (11.59%) Migration
7 5 (7.25%) Agile
7 5 (7.25%) Computer Science
7 5 (7.25%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (7.25%) Validation
8 4 (5.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (5.80%) Customer Requirements
8 4 (5.80%) ITIL
8 4 (5.80%) Preventative Maintenance
9 2 (2.90%) Creative Thinking
9 2 (2.90%) Network Monitoring
9 2 (2.90%) Service Management
10 1 (1.45%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.90%) Python
Qualifications
1 69 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 69 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (17.39%) CCNP
2 12 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (11.59%) CCNA
4 5 (7.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (7.25%) Degree
5 2 (2.90%) CCIE
5 2 (2.90%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.45%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.80%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.35%) Ansible
1 3 (4.35%) Terraform
2 1 (1.45%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.45%) Iperf
Vendors
1 51 (73.91%) Cisco
2 33 (47.83%) Palo Alto
3 12 (17.39%) CheckPoint
4 11 (15.94%) Meraki
5 7 (10.14%) Juniper
6 6 (8.70%) F5
7 5 (7.25%) SolarWinds
8 4 (5.80%) Microsoft
9 3 (4.35%) NetScout
10 2 (2.90%) Arista
10 2 (2.90%) Aruba
10 2 (2.90%) BMC
10 2 (2.90%) VMware
11 1 (1.45%) Blue Coat
11 1 (1.45%) Sophos