SC Cleared Contracts in Warwickshire

Security Check (SC) Clearance
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warwickshire with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 38 34
Rank change year-on-year +34 -4 +15
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 53 7 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 17.15% 2.07% 3.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.99% 11.67% 11.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 5 9
10th Percentile £347 £435 £493
25th Percentile £471 £488 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £680
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -11.76% -
75th Percentile £551 £825 -
90th Percentile £678 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £450 £543
% change year-on-year +16.67% -17.05% +8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £23.05 -
25th Percentile £31.32 £24.63 -
Median hourly rate £36.65 £28.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.58% -56.82% -
75th Percentile £41.97 £33.63 -
90th Percentile - £35.95 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £27.58 £14.00 £37.85
% change year-on-year +96.98% -63.01% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Warwickshire

SC Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 93 60 105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 30.10% 17.75% 26.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 39 61
10th Percentile £373 £263 £325
25th Percentile £411 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £583 £722 £680
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £498 £450 £528
% change year-on-year +10.56% -14.69% +12.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 3
10th Percentile £19.10 £19.30 £24.80
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.24 £40.25
Median hourly rate £28.18 £35.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% -46.97% +249.30%
75th Percentile - £39.92 -
90th Percentile £36.46 £40.69 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £28.18 £28.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -1.12% +50.00% +1.33%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Warwickshire

SC Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Warwickshire

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

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

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Warwickshire

SC Cleared
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Warwickshire

SC Cleared
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Warwickshire 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
Warwick +21 41 £525 -12.50% 8
Rugby - 4 £575 -
SC Cleared
West Midlands

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 6 (11.32%) Entra ID
1 6 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (9.43%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (1.89%) Azure
3 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) LAN
1 2 (3.77%) WAN
2 1 (1.89%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (1.89%) Firewall
2 1 (1.89%) NetScaler
2 1 (1.89%) Network Security
2 1 (1.89%) SSL
2 1 (1.89%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (7.55%) JIRA
General
1 22 (41.51%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (24.53%) Architect
2 8 (15.09%) Analyst
3 7 (13.21%) Applications Architect
4 6 (11.32%) Administrator
5 4 (7.55%) CyberArk Engineer
5 4 (7.55%) OAT Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) Security Architect
6 3 (5.66%) Security Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Infrastructure Support
7 2 (3.77%) Linux Administrator
8 1 (1.89%) Applications Engineer
8 1 (1.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 1 (1.89%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 1 (1.89%) IT Engineer
8 1 (1.89%) IT Support
8 1 (1.89%) Operations Support Specialist
8 1 (1.89%) Senior Architect
8 1 (1.89%) Splunk Analyst
8 1 (1.89%) Wintel Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.43%) SailPoint
2 3 (5.66%) Apache Axis
3 1 (1.89%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.21%) CSOC
2 5 (9.43%) Blockchain
2 5 (9.43%) Data Centre
2 5 (9.43%) IoT
2 5 (9.43%) SCADA
3 4 (7.55%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.77%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.89%) CCTV
5 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (33.96%) Windows
2 12 (22.64%) Linux
3 7 (13.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (13.21%) VMS
4 6 (11.32%) Windows Server
5 5 (9.43%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (5.66%) Unix
7 2 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (16.98%) Privileged Access Management
2 9 (16.98%) SIEM
3 8 (15.09%) ITIL
3 8 (15.09%) ITSM
4 7 (13.21%) Event Correlation
4 7 (13.21%) Microservices
4 7 (13.21%) SOA
4 7 (13.21%) Technical Leadership
5 6 (11.32%) Agile
5 6 (11.32%) Cost Reduction
6 5 (9.43%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (9.43%) Machine Learning
6 5 (9.43%) Migration
6 5 (9.43%) Password Management
7 4 (7.55%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (7.55%) DevOps
7 4 (7.55%) Operational Acceptance Testing
7 4 (7.55%) Project Planning
7 4 (7.55%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.32%) PowerShell
1 6 (11.32%) Python
2 3 (5.66%) C#
2 3 (5.66%) Java
2 3 (5.66%) Ruby
2 3 (5.66%) Shell Script
2 3 (5.66%) SQL
3 2 (3.77%) Perl
Qualifications
1 53 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.43%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (7.55%) Degree
4 3 (5.66%) CISSP
4 3 (5.66%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.89%) CCNP
6 1 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.89%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.66%) QA
3 1 (1.89%) GRC
System Software
1 10 (18.87%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.89%) Firmware
3 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (5.66%) Ansible
1 3 (5.66%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (5.66%) Terraform
2 1 (1.89%) BMC PATROL
2 1 (1.89%) CSIRT
2 1 (1.89%) Grafana
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.89%) Nessus
2 1 (1.89%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.89%) yum
Vendors
1 12 (22.64%) ServiceNow
2 9 (16.98%) Cisco
2 9 (16.98%) Splunk
3 8 (15.09%) Fortinet
4 7 (13.21%) F5
4 7 (13.21%) Palo Alto
4 7 (13.21%) Red Hat
4 7 (13.21%) SolarWinds
5 6 (11.32%) VMware
6 5 (9.43%) SAP
7 4 (7.55%) Broadcom
7 4 (7.55%) CyberArk
8 3 (5.66%) Microsoft
9 2 (3.77%) Dell
10 1 (1.89%) BMC
10 1 (1.89%) CheckPoint
10 1 (1.89%) FireEye
10 1 (1.89%) HP
10 1 (1.89%) IBM
10 1 (1.89%) Tanium