Security Cleared Contracts in West Sussex

Security Clearance
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Sussex with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 17 5
Rank change year-on-year +10 -12 +14
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 21 22 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 14.38% 8.43% 17.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 48.84% 31.88% 69.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 18 31
10th Percentile £426 £387 £414
25th Percentile £461 £501 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £524 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.58% -8.96% +15.00%
75th Percentile £634 £588 £587
90th Percentile £738 - £656
South East median daily rate £550 £582 £549
% change year-on-year -5.50% +6.01% +1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £24.66 - -
South East median hourly rate £60.25 £61.65 £62.55
% change year-on-year -2.26% -1.45% +31.68%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Sussex

Security 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 43 69 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 29.45% 26.44% 24.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 46 45
10th Percentile £325 £353 £413
25th Percentile £368 £418 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £538 £584 £587
90th Percentile £738 £588 £595
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £15.97 - £14.17
25th Percentile £17.42 £20.75 £19.31
Median hourly rate £19.83 £21.50 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% -2.98% -62.28%
75th Percentile £22.25 £22.25 £23.29
90th Percentile £23.69 - £25.33
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
% change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in West Sussex

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in West Sussex.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in West Sussex

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Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in West Sussex

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in West Sussex.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in West Sussex

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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 Security Cleared within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 9 £537 +6.65% 4
Crawley +6 8 £725 +26.09% 29
Horsham -2 1 - - 5
East Grinstead - 1 - -
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South East

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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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (23.81%) NetWeaver
1 5 (23.81%) SAP EP
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (23.81%) SAP CRM
2 3 (14.29%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (9.52%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Big Data
2 2 (9.52%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (9.52%) Power BI
3 1 (4.76%) Data Mining
3 1 (4.76%) DataStage
3 1 (4.76%) Metadata
3 1 (4.76%) OLAP
3 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Banking
3 1 (4.76%) Finance
3 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Architect
2 5 (23.81%) SAP Architect
2 5 (23.81%) SAP Technical Architect
2 5 (23.81%) Technical Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (14.29%) Payroll Consultant
4 3 (14.29%) SAP Payroll Consultant
4 3 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Systems Test Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Test Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Software Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Coordinator
6 1 (4.76%) Data Centre Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Product Owner
6 1 (4.76%) Project Coordinator
6 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow Developer
6 1 (4.76%) VMware Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) SAP Fiori
1 5 (23.81%) SAP PI
1 5 (23.81%) SAPUI5
2 2 (9.52%) Qt
3 1 (4.76%) QML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (14.29%) IoT
2 3 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
3 2 (9.52%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.76%) Tandem
4 1 (4.76%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
2 3 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (4.76%) Android
3 1 (4.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Agile
1 6 (28.57%) ERP
1 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (23.81%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (23.81%) CRM
2 5 (23.81%) Strategic Thinking
2 5 (23.81%) Technical Architecture
2 5 (23.81%) Unit Testing
3 4 (19.05%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (14.29%) Component Testing
4 3 (14.29%) Containerisation
4 3 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (14.29%) Data-Driven Testing
4 3 (14.29%) Machine Learning
4 3 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 3 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 3 (14.29%) Test Management
4 3 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) ABAP
1 5 (23.81%) Java
2 2 (9.52%) C++
3 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (90.48%) SC Cleared
2 5 (23.81%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (4.76%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) SAP
2 5 (23.81%) Ariba
3 1 (4.76%) Apple
3 1 (4.76%) Cognos
3 1 (4.76%) Dell
3 1 (4.76%) HP
3 1 (4.76%) IBM
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.76%) Talend
3 1 (4.76%) VMware