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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 20 24
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 +5
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 15 9 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 8.02% 6.00% 7.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.59% 23.68% 41.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 17
10th Percentile £494 £355 £356
25th Percentile £500 £397 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £533 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +6.50% +1.01%
75th Percentile £537 £578 £600
90th Percentile £540 £619 £706
South East median daily rate £514 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.46% +4.76% -

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 41 38 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 21.93% 25.33% 17.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 27 43
10th Percentile £232 £288 £356
25th Percentile £288 £403 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £521 £569 £544
90th Percentile £539 £627 £706
South East median daily rate £514 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £50.21
25th Percentile £21.50 - £53.52
Median hourly rate £23.00 - £59.04
Median % change year-on-year - - +175.99%
75th Percentile £24.50 - £64.55
90th Percentile - - £67.86
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.17 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.77% -3.05% +33.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared 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 18 September 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

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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 18 September 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 +2 11 £519 +44.83% 6
Crawley -10 2 £360 -38.72% 11
Horsham +3 1 - -
SC Cleared
South East

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (40.00%) SAP Payroll
2 5 (33.33%) SAP HR
3 2 (13.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) AWS
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
1 3 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SAP BW
General
1 5 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) General Ledger
3 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Consultant
1 8 (53.33%) SAP Consultant
2 6 (40.00%) Payroll Consultant
2 6 (40.00%) SAP Payroll Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) Engagement Manager
3 3 (20.00%) HR Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) SAP Engagement Manager
3 3 (20.00%) SAP HR Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) SAP Manager
3 3 (20.00%) Senior
3 3 (20.00%) Senior Engagement Manager
3 3 (20.00%) Senior Manager
4 2 (13.33%) SAP BW Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Cabling Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Coordinator
5 1 (6.67%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (6.67%) VMware Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Migration
2 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (20.00%) Agile
3 3 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 3 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 3 (20.00%) Change Management
3 3 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (20.00%) Data Management
3 3 (20.00%) DevOps
3 3 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (20.00%) Performance Management
3 3 (20.00%) Project Management
3 3 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 3 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
3 3 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (20.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (13.33%) Cost Centre Accounting
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) CCA
3 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (6.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) SAP
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.67%) VMware