SC Cleared Contracts in West London

Security Check (SC) Clearance
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West London 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 23 24 52
Rank change year-on-year +1 +28 +8
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 8 19 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 3.81% 5.35% 1.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.11% 22.89% 7.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 5
10th Percentile £112 £335 £334
25th Percentile £199 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £328 £500 £405
Median % change year-on-year -34.50% +23.46% +46.07%
75th Percentile £469 £525 £450
90th Percentile £593 £615 £462
London median daily rate £525 £525 £575
% change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £13.85 -
London median hourly rate £30.83 £22.00 £52.00
% change year-on-year +40.14% -57.69% +16.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West London

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 West London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 61 83 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 29.05% 23.38% 20.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 57 83
10th Percentile £267 £270 £303
25th Percentile £339 £405 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £625
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -24.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £475 £538 £700
90th Percentile £533 £675 £838
London median daily rate £525 £540 £575
% change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 9
10th Percentile - £18.25 £31.25
25th Percentile £20.24 £24.85 £40.00
Median hourly rate £22.27 £43.37 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.65% -16.61% +149.25%
75th Percentile £23.01 £54.69 £63.75
90th Percentile £35.86 £56.38 £66.00
London median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
% change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in West London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in West London

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Daily Rate Histogram in West London

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

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in West London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in West London

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Contract Job Locations in West London

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 West London 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
Hillingdon 0 4 £400 +14.29% 2
Hounslow +11 2 £55 -86.59%
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London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) iSCSI
2 1 (12.50%) SAN
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Administrator
1 3 (37.50%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Field Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Operations Manager
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Support
2 1 (12.50%) Transformation Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) VMWare Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) JSON
1 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL
1 4 (50.00%) ITSM
1 4 (50.00%) Service Management
2 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) API Development
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Coaching
4 1 (12.50%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Kanban
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) User Stories
4 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (37.50%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Dell
2 1 (12.50%) Fujitsu
2 1 (12.50%) HP
2 1 (12.50%) Juniper
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow