SC Cleared Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 4 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 64 51 77
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 25.30% 29.48% 31.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 62.75% 49.51% 58.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 31
10th Percentile £400 £249 -
25th Percentile £500 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +50.67% -21.05% +3.83%
75th Percentile £700 £488 £550
90th Percentile - £535 £650
Hertfordshire median daily rate £541 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +8.10% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 32 33
10th Percentile £22.31 £35.34 -
25th Percentile £41.25 £40.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £54.75 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.77% +32.65% -24.62%
75th Percentile £67.00 £67.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.38 £74.63 £73.50
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £42.50 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -34.62% +32.65% -23.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 102 103 132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 40.32% 59.54% 53.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 32 35
10th Percentile £397 £292 -
25th Percentile £463 £368 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -9.44%
75th Percentile £700 £575 £550
90th Percentile £803 - £645
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £550 £613
% change year-on-year - -10.20% +10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 44 59
10th Percentile £21.88 £35.00 £29.25
25th Percentile £41.13 £43.75 £42.25
Median hourly rate £46.53 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.22 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.13 £95.00 £84.36
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £42.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -34.62% +18.18% -8.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SC Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Stevenage

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Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing SC Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing SC Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Stevenage over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Stevenage

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Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing SC Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing SC Cleared

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in Stevenage over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in Stevenage

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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 (1.56%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (7.81%) FrameMaker
2 2 (3.13%) Simulink
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.81%) npm
2 3 (4.69%) AWS
2 3 (4.69%) Azure
3 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.56%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (1.56%) GCP
3 1 (1.56%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.94%) DNS
2 6 (9.38%) FTP
2 6 (9.38%) HTTP
2 6 (9.38%) Network Security
2 6 (9.38%) SMTP
2 6 (9.38%) SSL
3 4 (6.25%) Ethernet
3 4 (6.25%) SpaceWire
4 3 (4.69%) BGP
4 3 (4.69%) Firewall
4 3 (4.69%) OSPF
4 3 (4.69%) RS-232
4 3 (4.69%) TCP/IP
4 3 (4.69%) VLAN
4 3 (4.69%) VPN
Development Applications
1 8 (12.50%) Visual Studio
2 6 (9.38%) JIRA
3 5 (7.81%) Artifactory
3 5 (7.81%) GitLab
4 3 (4.69%) Eclipse
4 3 (4.69%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (1.56%) Git
General
1 20 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 8 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (9.38%) Law
3 6 (9.38%) Publishing
4 5 (7.81%) Aviation
4 5 (7.81%) Military
5 4 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (6.25%) Electronics
6 3 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.13%) Legal
7 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 6 (9.38%) Analyst
2 6 (9.38%) Author
2 6 (9.38%) Embedded Engineer
2 6 (9.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 6 (9.38%) SOC Analyst
2 6 (9.38%) Technical Author
3 4 (6.25%) Ada Engineer
3 4 (6.25%) Ada Software Engineer
3 4 (6.25%) Design Engineer
3 4 (6.25%) IAM Project Manager
3 4 (6.25%) Project Manager
4 3 (4.69%) C# Software Engineer
4 3 (4.69%) Consultant
4 3 (4.69%) Digital Design Engineer
4 3 (4.69%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 3 (4.69%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 3 (4.69%) Identity Management Manager
4 3 (4.69%) Network Engineer
4 3 (4.69%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.50%) Node.js
2 6 (9.38%) LDAP
2 6 (9.38%) SGML
2 6 (9.38%) XML
3 5 (7.81%) .NET
3 5 (7.81%) .NET Framework
3 5 (7.81%) AngularJS
3 5 (7.81%) CSS
3 5 (7.81%) HTML
3 5 (7.81%) React
3 5 (7.81%) Svelte
3 5 (7.81%) Vue
4 3 (4.69%) Flash
4 3 (4.69%) Web Services
5 1 (1.56%) Qt
5 1 (1.56%) REST
5 1 (1.56%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.38%) Algorithms
1 6 (9.38%) Analytical Mindset
1 6 (9.38%) CSOC
1 6 (9.38%) Cyber Threat
1 6 (9.38%) Cyberattack
1 6 (9.38%) Management Information System
1 6 (9.38%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (7.81%) Data Structures
2 5 (7.81%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (4.69%) Analogue Electronics
3 3 (4.69%) CAN bus
3 3 (4.69%) FPGA
3 3 (4.69%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.69%) VHDL
4 1 (1.56%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.56%) PCIe
4 1 (1.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 11 (17.19%) Linux
2 7 (10.94%) Windows
3 1 (1.56%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (1.56%) Unix
3 1 (1.56%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.69%) Software Engineering
2 15 (23.44%) Agile
3 9 (14.06%) AI
3 9 (14.06%) CI/CD
3 9 (14.06%) Validation
4 8 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (12.50%) TDD
5 7 (10.94%) Computer Science
5 7 (10.94%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (9.38%) Analytics
6 6 (9.38%) Desktop Publishing
6 6 (9.38%) Incident Response
6 6 (9.38%) Information Management
6 6 (9.38%) Information Security
6 6 (9.38%) Machine Learning
6 6 (9.38%) Network Packet Capture
6 6 (9.38%) Security Operations
6 6 (9.38%) SIEM
6 6 (9.38%) Software Testing
6 6 (9.38%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 14 (21.88%) C++
2 10 (15.63%) C
2 10 (15.63%) Python
3 9 (14.06%) C#
3 9 (14.06%) JavaScript
4 6 (9.38%) PowerShell
5 5 (7.81%) Ada
5 5 (7.81%) TypeScript
6 2 (3.13%) Embedded C
6 2 (3.13%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.56%) Bash
7 1 (1.56%) Java
7 1 (1.56%) Tcl
7 1 (1.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 64 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (18.75%) Degree
3 8 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 6 (9.38%) HNC
4 6 (9.38%) HND
5 4 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (4.69%) CCNP
6 3 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (4.69%) DBS Check
7 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.13%) QA
2 1 (1.56%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (7.81%) Docker
2 4 (6.25%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.69%) Firmware
4 1 (1.56%) Sendmail
4 1 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (7.81%) Kubernetes
1 5 (7.81%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (4.69%) FortiGate
2 3 (4.69%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 7 (10.94%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.69%) Cisco
2 3 (4.69%) Fortinet
2 3 (4.69%) Palo Alto
2 3 (4.69%) SAP
3 2 (3.13%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.56%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.56%) Pega
4 1 (1.56%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.56%) VMware