SC Cleared Contracts in Edinburgh

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 96 99
Rank change year-on-year +70 +3 +5
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 53 10 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 6.42% 0.84% 1.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 30.11% 5.18% 10.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 4 17
10th Percentile £200 £272 £400
25th Percentile £206 £290 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £331 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.64% -26.39% +27.13%
75th Percentile - £427 £575
90th Percentile £575 £531 £584
Scotland median daily rate £480 £450 £470
% change year-on-year +6.67% -4.26% +4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile - £21.30 £46.38
25th Percentile - £21.36 £46.56
Median hourly rate £45.00 £21.47 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +109.64% -55.97% +178.57%
75th Percentile - £21.57 £51.56
90th Percentile - £21.63 £52.13
Scotland median hourly rate £45.00 £21.67 £46.32
% change year-on-year +107.66% -53.22% +193.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

SC Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 176 193 249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 21.31% 16.18% 13.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 119 149
10th Percentile £163 £162 £313
25th Percentile £240 £366 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £563 £505 £556
90th Percentile £600 £594 £620
Scotland median daily rate £475 £450 £454
% change year-on-year +5.56% -0.83% +6.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 3
10th Percentile £12.63 £21.30 £29.65
25th Percentile £15.56 £21.36 £35.88
Median hourly rate £17.25 £21.47 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.64% -54.81% +171.43%
75th Percentile £20.56 £21.57 £50.63
90th Percentile £45.00 £21.63 £51.75
Scotland median hourly rate £21.64 £18.88 £50.00
% change year-on-year +14.62% -62.24% +122.22%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 17 (32.08%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.89%) AWS
1 1 (1.89%) Azure
1 1 (1.89%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (30.19%) DHCP
1 16 (30.19%) DNS
1 16 (30.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.66%) Metadata
1 3 (5.66%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Oracle APEX
General
1 15 (28.30%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.21%) Public Sector
3 2 (3.77%) Aerospace
3 2 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.89%) Electronics
4 1 (1.89%) Finance
4 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.89%) Marketing
4 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (32.08%) Infrastructure Support
2 16 (30.19%) Support Engineer
3 12 (22.64%) Desktop Engineer
3 12 (22.64%) Desktop Support
4 11 (20.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (20.75%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 8 (15.09%) Linux Engineer
5 8 (15.09%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (15.09%) Linux Support
5 8 (15.09%) Linux Support Engineer
5 8 (15.09%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 6 (11.32%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 6 (11.32%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
6 6 (11.32%) Support Specialist
7 5 (9.43%) Network Engineer
7 5 (9.43%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Ada Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Developer
8 3 (5.66%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) Clustering
2 4 (7.55%) iPhone
2 4 (7.55%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 28 (52.83%) Windows
2 20 (37.74%) Windows 10
3 13 (24.53%) Windows 7
4 8 (15.09%) Linux
4 8 (15.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (15.09%) Windows Server
5 6 (11.32%) Solaris
6 1 (1.89%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (39.62%) Customer Service
2 18 (33.96%) ITIL
3 16 (30.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 14 (26.42%) Break/Fix
4 14 (26.42%) Service Delivery
5 8 (15.09%) Network Management
6 6 (11.32%) Compliance Management
6 6 (11.32%) High Availability
7 4 (7.55%) SQL Optimisation
8 3 (5.66%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (5.66%) Software Engineering
9 2 (3.77%) Computer Science
9 2 (3.77%) Decision-Making
9 2 (3.77%) Performance Tuning
9 2 (3.77%) Time Management
10 1 (1.89%) Data Protection
10 1 (1.89%) DevOps
10 1 (1.89%) Impact Assessments
10 1 (1.89%) RBAC
10 1 (1.89%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.55%) PL/SQL
1 4 (7.55%) SQL
2 3 (5.66%) Ada
Qualifications
1 53 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (24.53%) A+ Certification
3 6 (11.32%) RHCE
4 5 (9.43%) MCP
4 5 (9.43%) MCSE
4 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (7.55%) Degree
6 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.21%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (47.17%) Active Directory
2 6 (11.32%) KVM
Systems Management
1 24 (45.28%) SCCM
2 8 (15.09%) WSUS
3 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (49.06%) Microsoft
2 16 (30.19%) Cisco
3 8 (15.09%) Red Hat
4 6 (11.32%) Oracle
5 5 (9.43%) Citrix
6 4 (7.55%) HP
6 4 (7.55%) Samsung
7 1 (1.89%) Apple
7 1 (1.89%) SAP