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 12 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 2 13
Rank change year-on-year -5 +11 -11
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 69 58 56
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 17.88% 43.28% 14.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.47% 61.05% 45.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 3
10th Percentile £394 £436 £500
25th Percentile £444 £513 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £575 £700
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% -17.86% +75.00%
75th Percentile £506 £625 -
90th Percentile £538 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £492 £538 £355
% change year-on-year -8.47% +51.41% -19.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 43 21
10th Percentile £22.63 £41.25 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £55.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +32.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £81.01 £75.25
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £21.49 £65.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -67.19% +19.09% -12.00%

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 118 95 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 30.57% 70.90% 31.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 15 16
10th Percentile £369 £384 £290
25th Percentile £450 £475 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +27.06% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £619 £650
90th Percentile £688 £625 £675
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -8.65% +15.00% -8.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 66 53
10th Percentile £22.65 £41.25 £40.00
25th Percentile £44.58 £60.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £68.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +25.00% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.75 £81.91 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.50 £85.00 £85.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £22.68 £67.50 £58.75
% change year-on-year -66.40% +14.89% -6.00%

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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 12 April 2026.

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 12 April 2026.

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 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.45%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.45%) FrameMaker
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.45%) Simulink
2 1 (1.45%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.70%) Azure
2 5 (7.25%) AWS
3 3 (4.35%) SaaS
4 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.90%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (2.90%) Boomi
4 2 (2.90%) Cohesity
5 1 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.45%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.45%) GCP
5 1 (1.45%) IaaS
5 1 (1.45%) iPaaS
5 1 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.45%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.59%) DNS
2 6 (8.70%) SSL
3 5 (7.25%) Ethernet
3 5 (7.25%) FTP
3 5 (7.25%) HTTP
3 5 (7.25%) Network Security
3 5 (7.25%) SMTP
4 4 (5.80%) TCP/IP
5 3 (4.35%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.90%) Skype
7 1 (1.45%) Firewall
7 1 (1.45%) LAN
7 1 (1.45%) SAN
7 1 (1.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (11.59%) Git
2 7 (10.14%) GitLab
2 7 (10.14%) Jenkins
3 6 (8.70%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (7.25%) Eclipse
4 5 (7.25%) Visual Studio
5 3 (4.35%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 20 (28.99%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.94%) Documentation Skills
3 8 (11.59%) Aerospace
4 7 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.14%) Military
5 6 (8.70%) Law
6 5 (7.25%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.35%) Automotive
8 2 (2.90%) Electronics
8 2 (2.90%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 23 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 14 (20.29%) Embedded Engineer
3 13 (18.84%) Administrator
4 11 (15.94%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 9 (13.04%) Ada Engineer
6 8 (11.59%) Ada Software Engineer
7 7 (10.14%) Analyst
7 7 (10.14%) Linux Administrator
8 6 (8.70%) SAP Administrator
8 6 (8.70%) SAP Security Administrator
8 6 (8.70%) SAP Support
8 6 (8.70%) Security Administrator
9 5 (7.25%) C# Software Engineer
9 5 (7.25%) SOC Analyst
10 4 (5.80%) Configuration Manager
11 3 (4.35%) Data Centre Manager
11 3 (4.35%) Data Manager
11 3 (4.35%) Embedded C Engineer
11 3 (4.35%) Embedded C Software Engineer
11 3 (4.35%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (17.39%) LDAP
2 7 (10.14%) Middleware
3 4 (5.80%) Node.js
3 4 (5.80%) Web Services
4 2 (2.90%) REST
4 2 (2.90%) SOAP
5 1 (1.45%) SGML
5 1 (1.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.39%) Management Information System
2 10 (14.49%) Data Centre
3 5 (7.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (7.25%) CSOC
3 5 (7.25%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (7.25%) Cyberattack
3 5 (7.25%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (2.90%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.90%) Smartcard
4 2 (2.90%) YubiKey
5 1 (1.45%) Clustering
5 1 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.45%) FPGA
5 1 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) PKI
5 1 (1.45%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.45%) Robotics
5 1 (1.45%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 12 (17.39%) Linux
2 9 (13.04%) Windows
3 7 (10.14%) CentOS
3 7 (10.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (4.35%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.45%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (1.45%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (42.03%) Software Engineering
2 12 (17.39%) Information Management
3 10 (14.49%) Change Management
4 9 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (13.04%) Validation
5 8 (11.59%) Verification and Validation
6 7 (10.14%) CI/CD
6 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure Monitoring
7 6 (8.70%) Agile
7 6 (8.70%) AI
7 6 (8.70%) Analytics
7 6 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (8.70%) SAP Security
7 6 (8.70%) SDLC
8 5 (7.25%) Machine Learning
8 5 (7.25%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (7.25%) SIEM
8 5 (7.25%) TDD
8 5 (7.25%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 15 (21.74%) C++
2 13 (18.84%) C
3 12 (17.39%) Ada
4 8 (11.59%) MATLAB
4 8 (11.59%) PowerShell
5 7 (10.14%) C#
5 7 (10.14%) Shell Script
6 6 (8.70%) Python
7 5 (7.25%) JavaScript
8 3 (4.35%) Embedded C
9 2 (2.90%) SQL
10 1 (1.45%) Java
10 1 (1.45%) Perl
10 1 (1.45%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 69 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (13.04%) Degree
3 8 (11.59%) DV Cleared
4 4 (5.80%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (5.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.45%) HNC
6 1 (1.45%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.14%) SLA
2 3 (4.35%) Def Stans
2 3 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 12 (17.39%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.90%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.45%) Sendmail
4 1 (1.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (11.59%) Ansible
2 7 (10.14%) Check_MK
2 7 (10.14%) Podman
2 7 (10.14%) Red Hat Satellite
3 2 (2.90%) Nessus
3 2 (2.90%) SCCM
3 2 (2.90%) WSUS
4 1 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.45%) Terraform
4 1 (1.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 10 (14.49%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.04%) VMware
3 7 (10.14%) Red Hat
3 7 (10.14%) SAP
4 3 (4.35%) MuleSoft
5 2 (2.90%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.90%) Tenable
6 1 (1.45%) Informatica
6 1 (1.45%) Intel
6 1 (1.45%) Microsemi
6 1 (1.45%) NetApp
6 1 (1.45%) Pega
6 1 (1.45%) PTC
6 1 (1.45%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.45%) Xilinx