SC Cleared Technical Consultant Contract Job Trends

Security Check Clearance Technical Consultant
UK

The median Security Check Clearance Technical Consultant daily rate in the UK is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 576 547 600
Rank change year-on-year -29 +53 +200
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Technical Consultant 10 6 11
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.027% 0.018% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.019% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 4
10th Percentile £586 - £480
25th Percentile £638 - £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £820 £513
Median % change year-on-year -17.68% +60.00% +3.54%
75th Percentile £713 - £538
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £820 £525
% change year-on-year -17.68% +56.19% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £62.93
25th Percentile - - £72.73
Median hourly rate - - £78.17
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £56.40

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 33,152 31,803 41,481
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 92.76% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,996 19,553 27,898
10th Percentile £290 £300 £290
25th Percentile £404 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £724 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,961 1,029 1,466
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.49 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.98 £21.05 £19.14
Median hourly rate £25.25 £34.00 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.74% -24.02% +46.72%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £72.90 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%

SC Cleared Technical Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SC Cleared Technical Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

SC Cleared Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Technical Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Technical Consultant job vacancies in the UK

SC Cleared Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared Technical Consultant over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared Technical Consultant in the UK

SC Cleared Technical Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Technical Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Technical Consultant job vacancies in the UK

SC Cleared Technical Consultant
Top 6 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 Technical Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 15 December 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 -26 10 £675 -17.68% 3
UK excluding London -41 6 £675 -17.68% 3
South West - 5 £675 - 2
Work from Home - 5 £675 - 2
London - 4 £675 - 1
East of England - 1 £600 -

SC Cleared Technical Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, SC Cleared Technical Consultant 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 Technical Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (30.00%) AI
3 3 (30.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (30.00%) MLOps
3 3 (30.00%) NIST
3 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (30.00%) Validation
4 2 (20.00%) ITSM
4 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) AWS
5 1 (10.00%) Azure
5 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) CAD
5 1 (10.00%) Case Management
5 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (10.00%) CSS
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
5 1 (10.00%) DevSecOps
5 1 (10.00%) GCP
5 1 (10.00%) HTML
5 1 (10.00%) IT Strategy

SC Cleared Technical Consultant 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) GCP
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Law
2 1 (10.00%) Military
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) CSS
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
1 1 (10.00%) REST
1 1 (10.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (10.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (30.00%) AI
2 3 (30.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (30.00%) MLOps
2 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (30.00%) Validation
3 2 (20.00%) ITSM
3 2 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Case Management
4 1 (10.00%) DevSecOps
4 1 (10.00%) IT Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow