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 10 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 2 12
Rank change year-on-year -5 +10 -10
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 63 54 64
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 15.75% 42.86% 13.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 53.39% 60.00% 32.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 8 6
10th Percentile £410 £347 £341
25th Percentile £450 £463 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £563 £438
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +28.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £503 £625 £638
90th Percentile £530 - £700
Hertfordshire median daily rate £490 £550 £345
% change year-on-year -10.95% +59.42% -18.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 36 26
10th Percentile £22.63 £40.63 £39.20
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.31 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £74.06 £66.88
90th Percentile £71.50 £81.35 £75.25
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £20.35 £63.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -67.70% +5.00% -4.00%

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 90 197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 29.50% 71.43% 41.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 20 38
10th Percentile £425 £440 £322
25th Percentile £438 £509 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% - +37.50%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £575
90th Percentile £678 £625 £650
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £550 £540
% change year-on-year - +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 55 83
10th Percentile £22.63 £40.50 £39.16
25th Percentile £44.58 £55.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +68.60% -31.20%
75th Percentile £68.75 £82.18 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £84.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £22.63 £70.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -67.67% +62.79% -31.20%

SC Cleared
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 10 May 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 10 May 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 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.59%) CMS
2 1 (1.59%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.59%) FrameMaker
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.59%) Simulink
2 1 (1.59%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.94%) Azure
2 4 (6.35%) AWS
2 4 (6.35%) SaaS
3 3 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (3.17%) Boomi
4 2 (3.17%) Cohesity
4 2 (3.17%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.59%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.59%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.59%) IaaS
5 1 (1.59%) iPaaS
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.70%) DNS
2 6 (9.52%) SSL
3 5 (7.94%) FTP
3 5 (7.94%) HTTP
3 5 (7.94%) Network Security
3 5 (7.94%) SMTP
3 5 (7.94%) Structured Cabling
3 5 (7.94%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (6.35%) Ethernet
4 4 (6.35%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.17%) LAN
5 2 (3.17%) Skype
5 2 (3.17%) WAN
6 1 (1.59%) Firewall
6 1 (1.59%) H.323
6 1 (1.59%) SAN
6 1 (1.59%) VoIP
6 1 (1.59%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (15.87%) Git
2 8 (12.70%) GitLab
2 8 (12.70%) Jenkins
3 5 (7.94%) Eclipse
3 5 (7.94%) Visual Studio
4 4 (6.35%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (4.76%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 20 (31.75%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.63%) Documentation Skills
3 8 (12.70%) Aerospace
4 6 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.94%) Military
5 5 (7.94%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.35%) Law
7 3 (4.76%) Automotive
8 2 (3.17%) Publishing
9 1 (1.59%) Electronics
9 1 (1.59%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (25.40%) Software Engineer
2 14 (22.22%) Administrator
3 9 (14.29%) Embedded Engineer
4 8 (12.70%) Linux Administrator
5 7 (11.11%) Analyst
6 6 (9.52%) Ada Engineer
6 6 (9.52%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 6 (9.52%) SAP Administrator
6 6 (9.52%) SAP Security Administrator
6 6 (9.52%) SAP Support
6 6 (9.52%) Security Administrator
7 5 (7.94%) Ada Software Engineer
7 5 (7.94%) C# Software Engineer
7 5 (7.94%) Data Centre Manager
7 5 (7.94%) Data Centre Project Manager
7 5 (7.94%) Data Manager
7 5 (7.94%) Project Manager
7 5 (7.94%) SOC Analyst
8 4 (6.35%) Configuration Manager
9 3 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (20.63%) LDAP
2 8 (12.70%) Middleware
3 4 (6.35%) Node.js
3 4 (6.35%) Web Services
4 3 (4.76%) REST
4 3 (4.76%) SOAP
5 1 (1.59%) SGML
5 1 (1.59%) XML
5 1 (1.59%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.63%) Data Centre
1 13 (20.63%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.94%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (7.94%) CSOC
2 5 (7.94%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (7.94%) Cyberattack
2 5 (7.94%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (4.76%) Low-Code
4 2 (3.17%) Smartcard
4 2 (3.17%) YubiKey
5 1 (1.59%) Clustering
5 1 (1.59%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.59%) FPGA
5 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.59%) PKI
5 1 (1.59%) Robotics
5 1 (1.59%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 13 (20.63%) Linux
2 9 (14.29%) Windows
3 8 (12.70%) CentOS
3 8 (12.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (4.76%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.59%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (34.92%) Software Engineering
2 13 (20.63%) Information Management
3 12 (19.05%) Change Management
4 11 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (12.70%) CI/CD
5 8 (12.70%) Infrastructure Monitoring
5 8 (12.70%) Validation
5 8 (12.70%) Verification and Validation
6 6 (9.52%) AI
6 6 (9.52%) Analytics
6 6 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (9.52%) Project Management
6 6 (9.52%) SAP Security
6 6 (9.52%) SDLC
7 5 (7.94%) Continuous Delivery
7 5 (7.94%) Continuous Integration
7 5 (7.94%) Line Management
7 5 (7.94%) SIEM
7 5 (7.94%) Unit Testing
7 5 (7.94%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.63%) C++
2 9 (14.29%) Ada
2 9 (14.29%) C
2 9 (14.29%) MATLAB
3 8 (12.70%) PowerShell
3 8 (12.70%) Shell Script
4 7 (11.11%) C#
4 7 (11.11%) Python
5 6 (9.52%) JavaScript
6 2 (3.17%) SQL
7 1 (1.59%) Embedded C
7 1 (1.59%) Java
7 1 (1.59%) Perl
7 1 (1.59%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 63 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (12.70%) DV Cleared
3 7 (11.11%) Degree
4 5 (7.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 4 (6.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.59%) HNC
7 1 (1.59%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.70%) SLA
2 3 (4.76%) Def Stans
2 3 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 13 (20.63%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.17%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.59%) Sendmail
4 1 (1.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (14.29%) Ansible
2 8 (12.70%) Check_MK
2 8 (12.70%) Podman
2 8 (12.70%) Red Hat Satellite
3 2 (3.17%) Nessus
3 2 (3.17%) SCCM
3 2 (3.17%) WSUS
4 1 (1.59%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.59%) Terraform
4 1 (1.59%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 11 (17.46%) VMware
2 10 (15.87%) Microsoft
3 8 (12.70%) Red Hat
3 8 (12.70%) SAP
4 4 (6.35%) MuleSoft
5 2 (3.17%) Pega
5 2 (3.17%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.17%) Tenable
6 1 (1.59%) Cisco
6 1 (1.59%) Informatica
6 1 (1.59%) Intel
6 1 (1.59%) Microsemi
6 1 (1.59%) NetApp
6 1 (1.59%) PTC
6 1 (1.59%) Xilinx