Security Cleared Contract Job Trends 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 23 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 19 17
Rank change year-on-year +11 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 33 7 21
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 13.04% 5.19% 9.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 44.00% 24.14% 48.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 5 14
10th Percentile £284 £476 £405
25th Percentile £492 £515 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £725 £508
Median % change year-on-year -28.97% +42.72% -5.05%
75th Percentile £540 £738 £528
90th Percentile £590 - £655
South East median daily rate £523 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £59.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -57.37% -1.67% +9.09%

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 75 29 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 29.64% 21.48% 19.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 20 30
10th Percentile £164 £423 £355
25th Percentile £300 £444 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.01%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £538
90th Percentile £586 £738 £706
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £65.51
25th Percentile £21.50 - £66.27
Median hourly rate £23.00 £15.00 £67.54
Median % change year-on-year +53.33% -77.79% +204.76%
75th Percentile £24.50 - £68.80
90th Percentile - - £69.56
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +33.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Security 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 Security Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Security Cleared

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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 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security 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 Security Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Security 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 Security Cleared within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 23 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 +10 22 £515 -
Crawley -6 9 £165 -77.24% 23
Gatwick - 1 £725 - 1
Horsham - 1 £570 -
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South East

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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 (3.03%) ArcGIS
1 1 (3.03%) NetWeaver
1 1 (3.03%) SAP EP
1 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (27.27%) SAP HR
1 9 (27.27%) SAP Payroll
2 3 (9.09%) SAP PSCD
3 2 (6.06%) SAP BRIM
3 2 (6.06%) SAP ERP
3 2 (6.06%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (6.06%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (3.03%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (3.03%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Azure
2 4 (12.12%) AWS
2 4 (12.12%) GCP
3 2 (6.06%) Azure Key Vault
3 2 (6.06%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Cognitive Services
4 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Functions
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.03%) PaaS
4 1 (3.03%) Serverless
4 1 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) SAP BW
2 1 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (3.03%) Delta Lake
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Git
1 1 (3.03%) MLflow
General
1 14 (42.42%) Public Sector
2 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 10 (30.30%) Finance
4 4 (12.12%) Telecoms
5 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.09%) General Ledger
6 2 (6.06%) Billing
6 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Aerospace
7 1 (3.03%) Aviation
7 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (51.52%) Consultant
2 16 (48.48%) SAP Consultant
3 9 (27.27%) HR Consultant
3 9 (27.27%) Payroll Consultant
3 9 (27.27%) SAP HR Consultant
3 9 (27.27%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
3 9 (27.27%) SAP Payroll Consultant
4 5 (15.15%) Senior
5 4 (12.12%) Engagement Manager
5 4 (12.12%) SAP Engagement Manager
5 4 (12.12%) SAP Manager
5 4 (12.12%) Senior Engagement Manager
5 4 (12.12%) Senior Manager
6 3 (9.09%) Architect
6 3 (9.09%) Functional Consultant
7 2 (6.06%) SAP BW Consultant
7 2 (6.06%) SAP Financial Consultant
7 2 (6.06%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 2 (6.06%) Technical Architect
8 1 (3.03%) Operational Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.12%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.03%) .NET
2 1 (3.03%) Middleware
2 1 (3.03%) Next.js
2 1 (3.03%) PySpark
2 1 (3.03%) PyTorch
2 1 (3.03%) React
2 1 (3.03%) REST
2 1 (3.03%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (3.03%) SAP PI
2 1 (3.03%) SAPUI5
2 1 (3.03%) scikit-learn
2 1 (3.03%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.06%) Tandem
3 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.03%) SCADA
3 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (18.18%) CI/CD
3 5 (15.15%) AI
3 5 (15.15%) Change Management
3 5 (15.15%) CRM
3 5 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (15.15%) DevOps
3 5 (15.15%) Machine Learning
3 5 (15.15%) Project Management
3 5 (15.15%) Revenue Management
4 4 (12.12%) Agile
4 4 (12.12%) Budget Management
4 4 (12.12%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 4 (12.12%) Data Management
4 4 (12.12%) Migration
4 4 (12.12%) Performance Management
4 4 (12.12%) Project Planning
4 4 (12.12%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (12.12%) Waterfall
4 4 (12.12%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) ABAP
2 1 (3.03%) C#
2 1 (3.03%) Java
2 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.03%) Python
2 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (69.70%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.06%) CCA
3 1 (3.03%) APMG
3 1 (3.03%) Degree
3 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (3.03%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) QA
2 2 (6.06%) NCSC
3 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.03%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (66.67%) SAP
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) Oracle
2 4 (12.12%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.03%) Ariba
3 1 (3.03%) Databricks
3 1 (3.03%) OpenAI