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 3 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 15 21
Rank change year-on-year +4 +6 -6
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 29 10 12
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 11.46% 8.55% 5.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.80% 38.46% 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 6 8
10th Percentile £462 £563 £411
25th Percentile £494 £616 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £678 £508
Median % change year-on-year -20.52% +33.37% -13.16%
75th Percentile £597 £738 £515
90th Percentile £731 - £520
South East median daily rate £500 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% +1.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £24.66 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -62.06% -
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £61.79 £60.00
% change year-on-year -59.30% +2.98% -

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 81 26 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 32.02% 22.22% 19.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 16 31
10th Percentile £185 £425 £355
25th Percentile £300 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% -8.93%
75th Percentile £543 £631 £538
90th Percentile £621 £738 £605
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.01% -0.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £15.97 -
25th Percentile £21.50 £17.42 £20.75
Median hourly rate £23.00 £19.83 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.99% -7.77% -2.98%
75th Percentile £24.50 £22.25 £43.63
90th Percentile - £23.69 £56.45
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.88% -5.00% +33.33%

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 3 February 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 3 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
Worthing +3 18 £515 -17.35% 5
Crawley -7 4 £550 -24.14% 1
Gatwick - 3 £725 -
Horsham - 3 £575 - 1
Burgess Hill - 1 £364 - 1
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 3 (10.34%) ArcGIS
1 3 (10.34%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.45%) NetWeaver
2 1 (3.45%) SAP EP
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (17.24%) SAP HR
1 5 (17.24%) SAP Payroll
2 3 (10.34%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (6.90%) SAP BRIM
3 2 (6.90%) SAP ERP
3 2 (6.90%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (6.90%) SAP PSCD
3 2 (6.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (3.45%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (24.14%) Azure
2 5 (17.24%) AWS
3 4 (13.79%) GCP
3 4 (13.79%) Serverless
4 3 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (10.34%) Azure Functions
4 3 (10.34%) Azure Key Vault
4 3 (10.34%) Azure Service Bus
4 3 (10.34%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (10.34%) PaaS
5 2 (6.90%) Entra ID
5 2 (6.90%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (3.45%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (3.45%) GitHub
6 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.45%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (3.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) DNS
1 1 (3.45%) Firewall
1 1 (3.45%) Reverse Proxy
1 1 (3.45%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (6.90%) SAP BW
3 1 (3.45%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (3.45%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (3.45%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (3.45%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Git
2 1 (3.45%) Artifactory
2 1 (3.45%) GitLab
2 1 (3.45%) Gradle
2 1 (3.45%) JUnit
2 1 (3.45%) Maven
General
1 10 (34.48%) Finance
1 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Public Sector
3 4 (13.79%) Telecoms
4 3 (10.34%) Aviation
5 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Billing
5 2 (6.90%) General Ledger
5 2 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.45%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Consultant
1 11 (37.93%) SAP Consultant
2 5 (17.24%) HR Consultant
2 5 (17.24%) Payroll Consultant
2 5 (17.24%) SAP HR Consultant
2 5 (17.24%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
2 5 (17.24%) SAP Payroll Consultant
3 4 (13.79%) Developer
3 4 (13.79%) Engagement Manager
3 4 (13.79%) SAP Engagement Manager
3 4 (13.79%) SAP Manager
3 4 (13.79%) Senior
3 4 (13.79%) Senior Engagement Manager
3 4 (13.79%) Senior Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Change Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Integration Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) SAP BW Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) SAP Financial Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) .NET
1 3 (10.34%) Next.js
1 3 (10.34%) React
2 2 (6.90%) FHIR
2 2 (6.90%) JSON
2 2 (6.90%) REST
2 2 (6.90%) SOAP
2 2 (6.90%) XML
3 1 (3.45%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (3.45%) SAP PI
3 1 (3.45%) SAPUI5
3 1 (3.45%) Spring
3 1 (3.45%) Vert.x
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.90%) Operational Technology
2 2 (6.90%) SCADA
2 2 (6.90%) Tandem
3 1 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) CI/CD
1 9 (31.03%) DevOps
1 9 (31.03%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (20.69%) Change Management
2 6 (20.69%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (20.69%) Project Management
3 5 (17.24%) Agile
4 4 (13.79%) AI
4 4 (13.79%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 4 (13.79%) Data Management
4 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Management
4 4 (13.79%) Machine Learning
4 4 (13.79%) Migration
4 4 (13.79%) Performance Management
4 4 (13.79%) Project Planning
4 4 (13.79%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (13.79%) Resource Allocation
4 4 (13.79%) Revenue Management
4 4 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (13.79%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) SQL
2 4 (13.79%) ABAP
3 3 (10.34%) C#
3 3 (10.34%) JavaScript
4 2 (6.90%) Java
5 1 (3.45%) Bash
5 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
5 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) APMG
2 2 (6.90%) CCA
3 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.45%) Degree
3 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) QA
2 3 (10.34%) Accessibility
2 3 (10.34%) NCSC
3 2 (6.90%) HL7
4 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.45%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Terraform
2 1 (3.45%) Ansible
2 1 (3.45%) Grafana
2 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.45%) Prometheus
2 1 (3.45%) Puppet
2 1 (3.45%) Salt
Vendors
1 16 (55.17%) SAP
2 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
3 4 (13.79%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.90%) InterSystems
5 1 (3.45%) Ariba
5 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.45%) Splunk