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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 12
Rank change year-on-year +1 +9 -10
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 81 61 43
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 20.45% 28.24% 13.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.70% 55.96% 23.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 9 9
10th Percentile £433 £348 £249
25th Percentile £450 £500 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £565 £340
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +66.18% -28.42%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £438
90th Percentile - £710 £495
Hertfordshire median daily rate £500 £550 £338
% change year-on-year -9.09% +62.96% -32.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 40 26
10th Percentile £24.19 £21.13 £38.40
25th Percentile £55.63 £41.13 £40.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £49.50 £63.75
Median % change year-on-year +31.31% -22.35% +6.25%
75th Percentile £80.00 £67.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.37 £75.25 £66.25
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £42.50 £61.25
% change year-on-year +52.94% -30.61% +2.08%

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 138 109 182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 34.85% 50.46% 56.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 38 53
10th Percentile £347 £485 £335
25th Percentile £425 £525 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.91% - +18.28%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £600 £741 -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -10.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 53 73
10th Percentile £29.76 £21.43 £38.40
25th Percentile £60.00 £31.64 -
Median hourly rate £69.00 £43.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.47% - -31.20%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £74.75 £81.75
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £42.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +52.94% -1.16% -28.33%

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 September 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 September 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 4 (4.94%) IIS
2 3 (3.70%) Confluence
3 1 (1.23%) CMS
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.23%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 4 (4.94%) Windchill
2 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.70%) Simulink
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.64%) Azure
2 6 (7.41%) AWS
3 3 (3.70%) SaaS
4 2 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.47%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (2.47%) iPaaS
4 2 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.23%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.23%) Boomi
5 1 (1.23%) Cohesity
5 1 (1.23%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.23%) GitHub
5 1 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.23%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.23%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.23%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (13.58%) SAN
2 10 (12.35%) DNS
3 7 (8.64%) Firewall
3 7 (8.64%) VLAN
4 6 (7.41%) HTTP
5 3 (3.70%) Ethernet
5 3 (3.70%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.47%) FTP
6 2 (2.47%) Network Security
6 2 (2.47%) SMTP
6 2 (2.47%) SSL
6 2 (2.47%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.23%) H.323
7 1 (1.23%) LAN
7 1 (1.23%) MQTT
7 1 (1.23%) Skype
7 1 (1.23%) VoIP
7 1 (1.23%) VSAN
7 1 (1.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.70%) Data Mining
1 3 (3.70%) Metadata
2 1 (1.23%) Power BI
2 1 (1.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (12.35%) JIRA
2 7 (8.64%) Git
3 6 (7.41%) GitLab
4 5 (6.17%) Jenkins
5 3 (3.70%) Eclipse
5 3 (3.70%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.23%) Artifactory
6 1 (1.23%) CppUnit
6 1 (1.23%) eggPlant
6 1 (1.23%) PVCS
6 1 (1.23%) Rational DOORS
General
1 21 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 16 (19.75%) Aerospace
2 16 (19.75%) Documentation Skills
3 13 (16.05%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.64%) Finance
4 7 (8.64%) Manufacturing
5 6 (7.41%) Law
5 6 (7.41%) Military
6 4 (4.94%) Back Office
7 3 (3.70%) Aviation
7 3 (3.70%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.47%) Electronics
8 2 (2.47%) Legal
8 2 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.23%) Automotive
9 1 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (13.58%) Senior
2 9 (11.11%) Administrator
2 9 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (8.64%) IT Manager
4 6 (7.41%) Consultant
4 6 (7.41%) NetApp Engineer
4 6 (7.41%) Storage Engineer
5 5 (6.17%) Backup Specialist
5 5 (6.17%) NetApp Specialist
5 5 (6.17%) Project Manager
5 5 (6.17%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 5 (6.17%) Senior Technical Specialist
5 5 (6.17%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
5 5 (6.17%) Software Asset Manager
5 5 (6.17%) Software Manager
5 5 (6.17%) Technical Administrator
5 5 (6.17%) Technical Specialist
6 4 (4.94%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 4 (4.94%) Linux Administrator
6 4 (4.94%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (18.52%) LDAP
2 8 (9.88%) REST
3 6 (7.41%) JSON
4 4 (4.94%) Middleware
4 4 (4.94%) Regular Expression
4 4 (4.94%) SOAP
4 4 (4.94%) Web Services
4 4 (4.94%) XML
5 3 (3.70%) JSP
5 3 (3.70%) Node.js
6 1 (1.23%) OAuth
6 1 (1.23%) PySpark
6 1 (1.23%) SailPoint
6 1 (1.23%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.58%) Replication
2 10 (12.35%) Management Information System
3 9 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (8.64%) Data Centre
5 6 (7.41%) Onboarding
6 5 (6.17%) PKI
7 4 (4.94%) Low-Code
8 3 (3.70%) FPGA
8 3 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (3.70%) Reference Data
8 3 (3.70%) Robotics
8 3 (3.70%) Verilog
8 3 (3.70%) VHDL
9 2 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (2.47%) Cyberattack
9 2 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (2.47%) YARA
10 1 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (1.23%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 1 (1.23%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 25 (30.86%) Linux
2 23 (28.40%) Windows
3 16 (19.75%) Windows Server
4 15 (18.52%) CentOS
4 15 (18.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (13.58%) Rocky
6 4 (4.94%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (18.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (16.05%) Agile
3 13 (16.05%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (14.81%) AI
5 10 (12.35%) CI/CD
6 9 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 9 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (9.88%) Data Modelling
7 8 (9.88%) ERP
8 7 (8.64%) Risk Management
8 7 (8.64%) Scrum
9 6 (7.41%) Analytics
9 6 (7.41%) DevOps
9 6 (7.41%) Information Management
9 6 (7.41%) Information Security
9 6 (7.41%) Machine Learning
9 6 (7.41%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (7.41%) SIEM
9 6 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 7 (8.64%) Python
3 6 (7.41%) C++
3 6 (7.41%) SQL
4 5 (6.17%) C
4 5 (6.17%) Java
4 5 (6.17%) JavaScript
4 5 (6.17%) Shell Script
5 4 (4.94%) MATLAB
6 3 (3.70%) C#
6 3 (3.70%) SystemVerilog
7 1 (1.23%) Ada
7 1 (1.23%) Bash
7 1 (1.23%) BeanShell
7 1 (1.23%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 81 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (18.52%) Degree
3 8 (9.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (8.64%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.17%) QA
2 4 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.94%) SLA
3 3 (3.70%) GDPR
4 2 (2.47%) Def Stans
5 1 (1.23%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.23%) DO-178B
5 1 (1.23%) GRC
5 1 (1.23%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.23%) MISRA
System Software
1 15 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 9 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (6.17%) Hyper-V
3 5 (6.17%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (4.94%) NFS
5 2 (2.47%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.47%) vSphere
6 1 (1.23%) Docker
6 1 (1.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (18.52%) Ansible
2 11 (13.58%) NetBackup
3 4 (4.94%) Check_MK
3 4 (4.94%) Podman
3 4 (4.94%) Red Hat Satellite
4 2 (2.47%) SCCM
5 1 (1.23%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.23%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.23%) Nessus
5 1 (1.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (16.05%) NetApp
1 13 (16.05%) Veeam
2 12 (14.81%) VMware
3 11 (13.58%) Microsoft
4 7 (8.64%) SAP
5 5 (6.17%) Snow
6 4 (4.94%) PTC
6 4 (4.94%) Red Hat
7 3 (3.70%) IBM
7 3 (3.70%) Intel
7 3 (3.70%) Microsemi
7 3 (3.70%) ServiceNow
7 3 (3.70%) Xilinx
8 2 (2.47%) EMC
8 2 (2.47%) MuleSoft
8 2 (2.47%) Remedy
9 1 (1.23%) Adobe
9 1 (1.23%) Cisco
9 1 (1.23%) Oracle
9 1 (1.23%) Salesforce