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 1 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 18 17
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 +13
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 23 7 21
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 9.06% 5.19% 8.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.94% 23.33% 44.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 5 13
10th Percentile £470 £529 £427
25th Percentile £500 £550 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £725 £507
Median % change year-on-year -28.48% +43.00% +2.42%
75th Percentile £550 £738 £532
90th Percentile £600 - £650
South East median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.05 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.67% -3.26% -

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 72 30 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 28.35% 22.22% 19.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 20 32
10th Percentile £178 £423 £366
25th Percentile £300 £444 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.63%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £563
90th Percentile £586 £738 £702
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £51.40
25th Percentile £21.50 - £56.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £15.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.33% -76.92% -
75th Percentile £24.50 - £67.54
90th Percentile - - £69.06
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +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

SC Cleared
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

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Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

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

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 1 December 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
Worthing +8 19 £515 - 2
Crawley -11 2 £360 -50.34% 2
Gatwick - 1 £725 -
Horsham - 1 £570 -
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 1 (4.35%) ArcGIS
1 1 (4.35%) NetWeaver
1 1 (4.35%) SAP EP
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (34.78%) SAP HR
1 8 (34.78%) SAP Payroll
2 2 (8.70%) SAP ERP
2 2 (8.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (4.35%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (4.35%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (4.35%) SAP CRM
3 1 (4.35%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (4.35%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) AWS
2 4 (17.39%) GCP
3 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Functions
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.35%) PaaS
3 1 (4.35%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Serverless
3 1 (4.35%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) SAP BW
2 1 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Git
General
1 8 (34.78%) Finance
2 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
4 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
5 2 (8.70%) General Ledger
5 2 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
6 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Aviation
6 1 (4.35%) Billing
6 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Consultant
1 13 (56.52%) SAP Consultant
2 8 (34.78%) HR Consultant
2 8 (34.78%) Payroll Consultant
2 8 (34.78%) SAP HR Consultant
2 8 (34.78%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
2 8 (34.78%) SAP Payroll Consultant
3 4 (17.39%) Engagement Manager
3 4 (17.39%) SAP Engagement Manager
3 4 (17.39%) SAP Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Senior
3 4 (17.39%) Senior Engagement Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Senior Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Architect
4 2 (8.70%) SAP BW Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) SAP Financial Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Operational Change Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Operational Security Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) .NET
1 1 (4.35%) Next.js
1 1 (4.35%) React
1 1 (4.35%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (4.35%) SAP PI
1 1 (4.35%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.70%) Tandem
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.35%) SCADA
3 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (21.74%) Change Management
2 5 (21.74%) CI/CD
2 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (21.74%) DevOps
2 5 (21.74%) Project Management
3 4 (17.39%) Agile
3 4 (17.39%) AI
3 4 (17.39%) Budget Management
3 4 (17.39%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 4 (17.39%) Data Management
3 4 (17.39%) Machine Learning
3 4 (17.39%) Migration
3 4 (17.39%) Performance Management
3 4 (17.39%) Project Planning
3 4 (17.39%) Regulatory Compliance
3 4 (17.39%) Resource Allocation
3 4 (17.39%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (17.39%) Waterfall
4 3 (13.04%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) ABAP
2 1 (4.35%) C#
2 1 (4.35%) Java
2 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) CCA
3 1 (4.35%) APMG
3 1 (4.35%) Degree
3 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) QA
2 2 (8.70%) NCSC
3 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.35%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (78.26%) SAP
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.35%) Ariba