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 15 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 +12 -13
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 65 63 51
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 18.41% 31.50% 12.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 60.19% 56.76% 26.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 8 9
10th Percentile £425 £347 £249
25th Percentile £450 £463 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £340
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +61.76% -27.66%
75th Percentile £575 £700 £438
90th Percentile £600 - £495
Hertfordshire median daily rate £500 £550 £340
% change year-on-year -9.09% +61.76% -32.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 44 35
10th Percentile £25.00 £35.33 £38.40
25th Percentile £50.00 £41.25 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.72% -0.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.25 £67.50
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +20.37% -1.82% -4.35%

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 108 111 193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 30.59% 55.50% 46.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 35 54
10th Percentile £388 £500 £336
25th Percentile £425 £525 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £600 £700 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £509 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.45% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 59 86
10th Percentile £22.68 £24.78 £38.40
25th Percentile £46.25 £41.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +16.28% -28.33%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £81.01 £85.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £62.50 £43.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year +45.35% - -26.81%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.54%) CMS
2 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.54%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.62%) Simulink
2 3 (4.62%) Windchill
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.77%) Azure
2 6 (9.23%) AWS
3 3 (4.62%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (4.62%) iPaaS
3 3 (4.62%) SaaS
4 2 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.08%) Boomi
4 2 (3.08%) Cohesity
5 1 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.54%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.54%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.54%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.54%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.54%) IaaS
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.54%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.54%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.54%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (13.85%) SAN
2 7 (10.77%) DNS
3 6 (9.23%) Firewall
4 5 (7.69%) VLAN
5 4 (6.15%) Ethernet
5 4 (6.15%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (6.15%) TCP/IP
5 4 (6.15%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (3.08%) LAN
6 2 (3.08%) Skype
6 2 (3.08%) WAN
7 1 (1.54%) H.323
7 1 (1.54%) MQTT
7 1 (1.54%) SSL
7 1 (1.54%) VoIP
7 1 (1.54%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.62%) Data Mining
1 3 (4.62%) Metadata
2 1 (1.54%) Power BI
2 1 (1.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (7.69%) Eclipse
1 5 (7.69%) Git
1 5 (7.69%) GitLab
1 5 (7.69%) Visual Studio
2 4 (6.15%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.08%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (1.54%) CppUnit
4 1 (1.54%) JIRA
4 1 (1.54%) PVCS
4 1 (1.54%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 18 (27.69%) Social Skills
2 12 (18.46%) Documentation Skills
3 9 (13.85%) Aerospace
4 7 (10.77%) Law
4 7 (10.77%) Military
5 5 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.62%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.08%) Automotive
8 2 (3.08%) Aviation
8 2 (3.08%) Legal
8 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.54%) Electronics
9 1 (1.54%) Finance
9 1 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (16.92%) Senior
2 7 (10.77%) Administrator
2 7 (10.77%) Project Manager
3 6 (9.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (7.69%) Backup Specialist
4 5 (7.69%) NetApp Specialist
4 5 (7.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 5 (7.69%) Senior Technical Specialist
4 5 (7.69%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
4 5 (7.69%) Software Engineer
4 5 (7.69%) Technical Specialist
5 4 (6.15%) C# Software Engineer
5 4 (6.15%) Data Centre Manager
5 4 (6.15%) Data Centre Project Manager
5 4 (6.15%) Data Engineer
5 4 (6.15%) Data Manager
5 4 (6.15%) Linux Administrator
5 4 (6.15%) NetApp Engineer
5 4 (6.15%) Storage Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) Automation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.23%) LDAP
2 5 (7.69%) REST
3 4 (6.15%) Middleware
3 4 (6.15%) Node.js
3 4 (6.15%) SOAP
3 4 (6.15%) Web Services
4 2 (3.08%) JSP
4 2 (3.08%) XML
5 1 (1.54%) JSON
5 1 (1.54%) PySpark
5 1 (1.54%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.85%) Replication
2 8 (12.31%) Data Centre
3 6 (9.23%) Management Information System
4 4 (6.15%) Low-Code
4 4 (6.15%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.62%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.62%) FPGA
5 3 (4.62%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (4.62%) PKI
5 3 (4.62%) Reference Data
5 3 (4.62%) Robotics
5 3 (4.62%) Verilog
5 3 (4.62%) VHDL
6 2 (3.08%) Smartcard
6 2 (3.08%) YubiKey
7 1 (1.54%) Clustering
7 1 (1.54%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 1 (1.54%) Mashup
7 1 (1.54%) RISC-V
Operating Systems
1 22 (33.85%) Linux
2 18 (27.69%) Windows
3 13 (20.00%) CentOS
3 13 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 13 (20.00%) Windows Server
4 9 (13.85%) Rocky
5 2 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.54%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (16.92%) Agile
2 11 (16.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 10 (15.38%) CI/CD
4 9 (13.85%) Change Management
4 9 (13.85%) Risk Management
4 9 (13.85%) Software Engineering
5 8 (12.31%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (9.23%) Computer Science
6 6 (9.23%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (9.23%) Unit Testing
6 6 (9.23%) Validation
6 6 (9.23%) Visualisation
7 5 (7.69%) Continuous Delivery
7 5 (7.69%) Continuous Integration
7 5 (7.69%) DevOps
7 5 (7.69%) Event-Driven
7 5 (7.69%) Project Management
7 5 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (7.69%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.92%) PowerShell
2 9 (13.85%) C++
3 6 (9.23%) C
3 6 (9.23%) C#
3 6 (9.23%) JavaScript
3 6 (9.23%) SQL
4 4 (6.15%) MATLAB
4 4 (6.15%) Shell Script
5 3 (4.62%) SystemVerilog
6 2 (3.08%) Ada
6 2 (3.08%) Java
6 2 (3.08%) Python
7 1 (1.54%) Bash
7 1 (1.54%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 65 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (16.92%) Degree
3 5 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (6.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 3 (4.62%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (6.15%) QA
1 4 (6.15%) SLA
2 3 (4.62%) Def Stans
2 3 (4.62%) GDPR
3 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.54%) DO-178B
3 1 (1.54%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.54%) MISRA
System Software
1 10 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.08%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.54%) Firmware
4 1 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (21.54%) Ansible
2 9 (13.85%) NetBackup
3 4 (6.15%) Check_MK
3 4 (6.15%) Podman
3 4 (6.15%) Red Hat Satellite
4 3 (4.62%) SCCM
5 2 (3.08%) Nessus
5 2 (3.08%) WSUS
6 1 (1.54%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (1.54%) Terraform
6 1 (1.54%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 10 (15.38%) Microsoft
1 10 (15.38%) NetApp
2 9 (13.85%) Veeam
3 7 (10.77%) VMware
4 5 (7.69%) SAP
5 4 (6.15%) Red Hat
6 3 (4.62%) Intel
6 3 (4.62%) Microsemi
6 3 (4.62%) MuleSoft
6 3 (4.62%) PTC
6 3 (4.62%) Xilinx
7 2 (3.08%) Tenable
8 1 (1.54%) Cisco
8 1 (1.54%) EMC
8 1 (1.54%) Google
8 1 (1.54%) IBM
8 1 (1.54%) Informatica
8 1 (1.54%) Kepware
8 1 (1.54%) Pega
8 1 (1.54%) ServiceNow