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 5 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 9 21
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 -12
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 40 18 18
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 14.29% 12.24% 7.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 43.01% 40.91% 26.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 11 15
10th Percentile £469 £456 £449
25th Percentile £483 £537 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £610 £532
Median % change year-on-year -3.69% +14.66% -9.06%
75th Percentile £622 £686 £588
90th Percentile £716 £738 -
South East median daily rate £518 £540 £560
% change year-on-year -4.17% -3.57% +6.67%
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 £48.11 £56.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -15.22% -5.42% -4.08%

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 93 44 68
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 33.21% 29.93% 26.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 30 45
10th Percentile £279 £348 £270
25th Percentile £360 £396 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £537 £575
90th Percentile £627 £738 £588
South East median daily rate £525 £544 £550
% change year-on-year -3.45% -1.14% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £15.97 -
25th Percentile - £17.42 £20.75
Median hourly rate £37.12 £19.83 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +87.19% -7.77% -2.98%
75th Percentile - £22.25 £43.63
90th Percentile - £23.69 £56.45
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.10% +9.24%

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

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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 5 April 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 5 April 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 -2 19 £503 -12.29% 2
Crawley 0 15 £600 -17.24% 6
Gatwick - 3 £725 - 1
Horsham - 2 £588 -
Burgess Hill - 1 £364 - 2
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 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (12.50%) NetWeaver
1 5 (12.50%) SAP EP
2 3 (7.50%) ArcGIS
2 3 (7.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (15.00%) SAP PSCD
2 5 (12.50%) SAP CRM
3 3 (7.50%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (7.50%) SAP BRIM
3 3 (7.50%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (2.50%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 11 (27.50%) Azure
2 6 (15.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (12.50%) AWS
3 5 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (12.50%) SuccessFactors
4 4 (10.00%) GCP
4 4 (10.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 4 (10.00%) Serverless
5 3 (7.50%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (7.50%) Azure Functions
5 3 (7.50%) Azure Key Vault
5 3 (7.50%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (7.50%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (7.50%) PaaS
6 1 (2.50%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (2.50%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.50%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.50%) GitHub
6 1 (2.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (2.50%) DNS
2 1 (2.50%) Firewall
2 1 (2.50%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.50%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (2.50%) Amazon QuickSight
2 1 (2.50%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (2.50%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 8 (20.00%) Git
2 3 (7.50%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.50%) Artifactory
3 1 (2.50%) GitLab
3 1 (2.50%) Gradle
3 1 (2.50%) JUnit
3 1 (2.50%) Maven
General
1 13 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 10 (25.00%) Finance
3 7 (17.50%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (15.00%) Public Sector
5 5 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (10.00%) Billing
6 4 (10.00%) Telecoms
7 3 (7.50%) Aviation
8 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (2.50%) Military
9 1 (2.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (20.00%) Consultant
1 8 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
2 7 (17.50%) Developer
3 5 (12.50%) Architect
3 5 (12.50%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 5 (12.50%) Information Specialist
3 5 (12.50%) SAP Architect
3 5 (12.50%) SAP Technical Architect
3 5 (12.50%) Technical Architect
4 4 (10.00%) Engagement Manager
4 4 (10.00%) Lead
4 4 (10.00%) Technical Leader
5 3 (7.50%) Full-Stack Developer
5 3 (7.50%) Management Consultant
5 3 (7.50%) SAP Engagement Manager
5 3 (7.50%) SAP Manager
5 3 (7.50%) Software Developer
6 2 (5.00%) Change Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Functional Consultant
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.00%) .NET
2 5 (12.50%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (12.50%) SAP PI
2 5 (12.50%) SAPUI5
3 3 (7.50%) Next.js
3 3 (7.50%) React
3 3 (7.50%) WinForms
4 2 (5.00%) FHIR
4 2 (5.00%) JSON
4 2 (5.00%) REST
4 2 (5.00%) SOAP
4 2 (5.00%) XML
5 1 (2.50%) Spring
5 1 (2.50%) Vert.x
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 4 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (5.00%) SCADA
3 2 (5.00%) Tandem
4 1 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (22.50%) Agile
2 9 (22.50%) CI/CD
2 9 (22.50%) DevOps
3 7 (17.50%) Change Management
3 7 (17.50%) Project Management
4 6 (15.00%) Collaborative Working
4 6 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (15.00%) Revenue Management
4 6 (15.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 5 (12.50%) CRM
5 5 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
5 5 (12.50%) Information Assurance
5 5 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 5 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
6 4 (10.00%) AI
6 4 (10.00%) Data Management
6 4 (10.00%) ERP
6 4 (10.00%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.00%) Java
2 5 (12.50%) ABAP
2 5 (12.50%) SQL
3 3 (7.50%) C
3 3 (7.50%) C#
3 3 (7.50%) C++
3 3 (7.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.50%) Bash
4 1 (2.50%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 40 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (5.00%) APMG
4 1 (2.50%) CCSK
4 1 (2.50%) CISM
4 1 (2.50%) CISSP
4 1 (2.50%) Degree
4 1 (2.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) QA
2 3 (7.50%) Accessibility
3 2 (5.00%) HL7
3 2 (5.00%) NCSC
4 1 (2.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (2.50%) NIST
4 1 (2.50%) NIST 800
4 1 (2.50%) RMADS
System Software
1 6 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.00%) Firmware
3 1 (2.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) Terraform
2 1 (2.50%) Ansible
2 1 (2.50%) Grafana
2 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.50%) Prometheus
2 1 (2.50%) Puppet
2 1 (2.50%) Salt
Vendors
1 17 (42.50%) SAP
2 11 (27.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (12.50%) Ariba
4 4 (10.00%) Cisco
4 4 (10.00%) ServiceNow
5 2 (5.00%) InterSystems
6 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.50%) Oracle
6 1 (2.50%) Splunk