SC Cleared Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Security Check (SC) Clearance
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Sussex with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 15 22
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 +1
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 54 17 5
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 12.44% 8.50% 3.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.92% 34.00% 17.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 14 3
10th Percentile £401 £494 £522
25th Percentile £459 £502 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £522 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% -5.14% +10.00%
75th Percentile £487 £540 £600
90th Percentile £551 £564 £630
South East median daily rate £563 £500 £535
% change year-on-year +12.50% -6.54% -1.83%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Sussex

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 Sussex.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 104 50 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 23.96% 25.00% 21.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 42 19
10th Percentile £299 £186 £400
25th Percentile £400 £282 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £496 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.46% +10.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £495 £535 £533
90th Percentile £594 £549 £626
South East median daily rate £550 £500 £529
% change year-on-year +10.00% -5.48% -1.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £23.00 -
South East median hourly rate £62.50 £25.15 £60.83
% change year-on-year +148.51% -58.66% +1.38%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SC Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in West Sussex

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Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing SC Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in West Sussex over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in West Sussex

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Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing SC Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Worthing +4 43 £465 -10.32% 5
Crawley -9 2 - - 14
Horsham -22 2 £500 -12.28% 8
Gatwick - 2 £625 -
SC Cleared
South East

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 6 (11.11%) Confluence
2 4 (7.41%) NetWeaver
2 4 (7.41%) SAS
3 2 (3.70%) SAP EP
3 2 (3.70%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 19 (35.19%) SAP PSCD
2 12 (22.22%) SAP BRIM
3 9 (16.67%) SAP Hybris
4 7 (12.96%) SAP FI-CA
5 5 (9.26%) SAP FI
6 2 (3.70%) SAP CRM
6 2 (3.70%) SAP ERP
6 2 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (29.63%) AWS
2 13 (24.07%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 2 (3.70%) Azure
3 2 (3.70%) Azure AKS
3 2 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.70%) Tricentis Tosca
4 1 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.85%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.96%) Pentaho
2 3 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (5.56%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (3.70%) Redis
3 2 (3.70%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.85%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.85%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.85%) MySQL
4 1 (1.85%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (20.37%) JIRA
2 9 (16.67%) GitLab
3 4 (7.41%) Artifactory
4 3 (5.56%) Jenkins
4 3 (5.56%) Zephyr
5 2 (3.70%) Git
5 2 (3.70%) Toad
6 1 (1.85%) Postman
General
1 24 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 19 (35.19%) Public Sector
3 16 (29.63%) Finance
4 13 (24.07%) Billing
4 13 (24.07%) Telecoms
5 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (42.59%) Consultant
2 21 (38.89%) SAP Consultant
3 14 (25.93%) Functional Consultant
3 14 (25.93%) SAP Functional Consultant
4 10 (18.52%) Data Engineer
5 7 (12.96%) Architect
6 4 (7.41%) SAP Architect
6 4 (7.41%) SAP PI Consultant
6 4 (7.41%) SAP Technical Architect
6 4 (7.41%) Technical Architect
7 3 (5.56%) Analyst
7 3 (5.56%) Lead
7 3 (5.56%) Test Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) Change Consultant
8 2 (3.70%) Developer
8 2 (3.70%) SAP Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) SAP Test Analyst
8 2 (3.70%) SAS Developer
8 2 (3.70%) Technical Leader
8 2 (3.70%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.11%) SAP PI
2 4 (7.41%) JDBC
2 4 (7.41%) REST
2 4 (7.41%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (7.41%) SAPUI5
2 4 (7.41%) SOAP
3 3 (5.56%) IDoc
4 2 (3.70%) .NET
4 2 (3.70%) .NET Core
4 2 (3.70%) .NET Framework
4 2 (3.70%) ASP.NET
4 2 (3.70%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (3.70%) CSS
4 2 (3.70%) Entity Framework
4 2 (3.70%) HTML
4 2 (3.70%) Next.js
4 2 (3.70%) React
4 2 (3.70%) XML
5 1 (1.85%) Middleware
5 1 (1.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.70%) Product Ownership
1 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (20.37%) Unix
2 2 (3.70%) Windows
3 1 (1.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (37.04%) Agile
2 15 (27.78%) Revenue Management
3 12 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
4 11 (20.37%) Data Modelling
4 11 (20.37%) Test Automation
5 9 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (16.67%) Data Integration
5 9 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (14.81%) CRM
6 8 (14.81%) Data Engineering
6 8 (14.81%) Data Pipeline
7 5 (9.26%) CI/CD
7 5 (9.26%) Customer Requirements
7 5 (9.26%) ETL
7 5 (9.26%) Test Management
7 5 (9.26%) Test Scripting
7 5 (9.26%) Validation
8 4 (7.41%) Process Improvement
8 4 (7.41%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 21 (38.89%) SQL
2 10 (18.52%) Java
3 8 (14.81%) ABAP
4 6 (11.11%) PL/SQL
5 2 (3.70%) C#
5 2 (3.70%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.70%) Python
5 2 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 18 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (11.11%) ISTQB
4 3 (5.56%) ISEB
4 3 (5.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) QA
2 2 (3.70%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Docker
Vendors
1 28 (51.85%) SAP
2 19 (35.19%) Oracle
3 13 (24.07%) Talend
4 6 (11.11%) webMethods
5 4 (7.41%) Denodo
5 4 (7.41%) Microsoft
6 3 (5.56%) Informatica
7 1 (1.85%) Pega
7 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow