SC Cleared Test Analyst Contract Job Trends

Security Check Clearance Test Analyst
UK

The median Security Check Clearance Test Analyst daily rate in the UK is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 591 509 580
Rank change year-on-year -82 +71 +167
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Test Analyst 5 16 24
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.052% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.056% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 16
10th Percentile £389 £315 -
25th Percentile - £325 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £295
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +44.07% -29.76%
75th Percentile £475 £475 £393
90th Percentile £543 £490 £440
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £350 £420
% change year-on-year +14.29% -16.67% -0.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £62.50

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 35,739 28,752 41,680
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.51% 92.94% 93.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,524 17,628 27,555
10th Percentile £300 £293 £275
25th Percentile £405 £408 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £476 £493
% change year-on-year -0.21% -3.45% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,144 847 2,284
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.92 £13.15
25th Percentile £18.55 £21.25 £16.63
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -5.71% -
75th Percentile £61.52 £62.50 £61.55
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £31.76 £36.00
% change year-on-year -11.84% -11.78% +11.63%

SC Cleared Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SC Cleared Test Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

SC Cleared Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Test Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Test Analyst job vacancies in the UK

SC Cleared Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared Test Analyst over the 6 months to 4 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared Test Analyst in the UK

SC Cleared Test Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Test Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SC Cleared Test Analyst job vacancies in the UK

SC Cleared Test Analyst
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 Test Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 4 February 2026. 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 -62 5 £400 +14.29% 1
England -87 4 £425 - 1
South West -17 2 £425 +30.77%
Work from Home -19 2 £425 -8.11%
South East - 2 £481 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £400 -

SC Cleared Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 February 2026, SC Cleared Test Analyst 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 Test Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
2 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (20.00%) Amazon S3
3 1 (20.00%) Apache Avro
3 1 (20.00%) API Testing
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) HP ALM
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification

SC Cleared Test Analyst 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (20.00%) Amazon S3
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Amazon QuickSight
1 1 (20.00%) Parquet
1 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Postman
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Apache Avro
1 1 (20.00%) JSON
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security
1 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) API Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) ETL
2 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 1 (20.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) HP
1 1 (20.00%) Remedy