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 15 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 18 22
Rank change year-on-year +9 +4 +2
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 59 12 9
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 14.32% 6.59% 5.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 62.77% 31.58% 22.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 10 6
10th Percentile £402 £475 £355
25th Percentile £459 £513 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £531 £533
Median % change year-on-year -11.49% -0.28% +6.50%
75th Percentile £513 £537 £578
90th Percentile £616 £544 £619
South East median daily rate £559 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +8.55% -6.37% +5.77%

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 94 38 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 22.82% 20.88% 25.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 32 29
10th Percentile £322 £219 £319
25th Percentile £414 £286 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £488 £463
Median % change year-on-year -3.79% +5.41% -7.50%
75th Percentile £518 £530 £588
90th Percentile £620 £540 £634
South East median daily rate £550 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +6.80% -6.36% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £23.00 -
South East median hourly rate £61.16 £25.15 £57.70
% change year-on-year +143.18% -56.41% -3.84%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +5 44 £469 -11.59% 11
Crawley 0 6 £600 +66.67% 19
Horsham -18 2 £500 - 5
Gatwick - 2 £625 - 3
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 (10.17%) Confluence
1 6 (10.17%) NetWeaver
2 4 (6.78%) SAP EP
2 4 (6.78%) SAS
3 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.69%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 19 (32.20%) SAP PSCD
2 8 (13.56%) SAP BRIM
2 8 (13.56%) SAP Hybris
3 4 (6.78%) SAP CRM
4 3 (5.08%) SAP FI-CA
5 2 (3.39%) SAP ERP
5 2 (3.39%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (1.69%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 16 (27.12%) AWS
2 9 (15.25%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 4 (6.78%) Azure
3 4 (6.78%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (3.39%) Azure AKS
4 2 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.39%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.69%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.69%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.39%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.86%) Pentaho
2 3 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (5.08%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (3.39%) Redis
3 2 (3.39%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.69%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.69%) MySQL
4 1 (1.69%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 10 (16.95%) JIRA
2 9 (15.25%) GitLab
3 4 (6.78%) Artifactory
4 3 (5.08%) Jenkins
4 3 (5.08%) Zephyr
5 2 (3.39%) Git
6 1 (1.69%) Postman
6 1 (1.69%) Toad
General
1 26 (44.07%) Social Skills
2 15 (25.42%) Public Sector
3 11 (18.64%) Finance
4 9 (15.25%) Billing
4 9 (15.25%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.08%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (38.98%) Consultant
2 21 (35.59%) SAP Consultant
3 10 (16.95%) Data Engineer
3 10 (16.95%) Functional Consultant
3 10 (16.95%) SAP Functional Consultant
4 9 (15.25%) Architect
5 6 (10.17%) SAP Architect
5 6 (10.17%) SAP Technical Architect
5 6 (10.17%) Technical Architect
6 5 (8.47%) Lead
6 5 (8.47%) Management Consultant
7 4 (6.78%) SAP PI Consultant
7 4 (6.78%) Technical Leader
8 2 (3.39%) Change Consultant
8 2 (3.39%) Information Assurance Specialist
8 2 (3.39%) Information Specialist
8 2 (3.39%) QA Tester
8 2 (3.39%) SAP Security Consultant
8 2 (3.39%) SAS Developer
8 2 (3.39%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.56%) SAP PI
2 6 (10.17%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (10.17%) SAPUI5
3 4 (6.78%) JDBC
3 4 (6.78%) REST
3 4 (6.78%) SOAP
4 3 (5.08%) IDoc
5 2 (3.39%) .NET
5 2 (3.39%) .NET Core
5 2 (3.39%) .NET Framework
5 2 (3.39%) ASP.NET
5 2 (3.39%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (3.39%) CSS
5 2 (3.39%) Entity Framework
5 2 (3.39%) HTML
5 2 (3.39%) Next.js
5 2 (3.39%) React
6 1 (1.69%) Middleware
6 1 (1.69%) Web Services
6 1 (1.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.39%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.69%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (18.64%) Unix
2 1 (1.69%) Linux
2 1 (1.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.90%) Agile
2 15 (25.42%) Revenue Management
3 11 (18.64%) Data Modelling
4 10 (16.95%) CRM
4 10 (16.95%) Test Automation
5 9 (15.25%) Data Integration
6 8 (13.56%) Data Engineering
6 8 (13.56%) Data Pipeline
6 8 (13.56%) Workshop Facilitation
7 7 (11.86%) Project Delivery
8 6 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (8.47%) CI/CD
9 5 (8.47%) Enterprise Architecture
9 5 (8.47%) ERP
9 5 (8.47%) ETL
9 5 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (8.47%) Test Management
10 4 (6.78%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (6.78%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 20 (33.90%) SQL
2 11 (18.64%) Java
3 10 (16.95%) ABAP
4 6 (10.17%) PL/SQL
5 2 (3.39%) C#
5 2 (3.39%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.39%) Python
5 2 (3.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 59 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (28.81%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (8.47%) ISTQB
4 2 (3.39%) ISEB
4 2 (3.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.08%) QA
2 2 (3.39%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (3.39%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.39%) Docker
1 2 (3.39%) Firmware
Vendors
1 29 (49.15%) SAP
2 18 (30.51%) Oracle
3 13 (22.03%) Talend
4 6 (10.17%) Microsoft
5 5 (8.47%) webMethods
6 4 (6.78%) Denodo
7 3 (5.08%) Ariba
7 3 (5.08%) Informatica
8 2 (3.39%) Cisco
9 1 (1.69%) Pega
9 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow