Security Cleared Contracts in the East of England

Security Clearance
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 2 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 -4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 252 446 310
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 13.18% 22.06% 12.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.50% 60.03% 41.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 236 153
10th Percentile £200 £281 £309
25th Percentile £315 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £588
90th Percentile £725 £738 £675
England median daily rate £550 £550 £547
% change year-on-year - +0.55% +9.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 120 83
10th Percentile £21.37 £15.50 £18.75
25th Percentile £21.44 £20.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.25 £57.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.39% +9.52% +31.25%
75th Percentile £64.44 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.63 £73.75 £61.00
England median hourly rate £57.30 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -4.50% +20.00% +17.65%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

Security Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 593 743 748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 31.01% 36.75% 28.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 368 363
10th Percentile £208 £224 £213
25th Percentile £350 £360 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.04%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £569
90th Percentile £724 £736 £651
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 191 205
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £35.00 £21.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% +7.69% -44.29%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.75 £49.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year -23.81% +38.16% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the East of England

Security Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the East of England

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the East of England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in the East of England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the East of England

Security Cleared
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the East of England region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -1 167 £550 - 81
Cambridgeshire -6 51 £700 +36.59% 29
Suffolk +2 15 £353 -49.64% 8
Bedfordshire -16 10 £458 -23.75% 14
Essex -16 9 £535 -2.73% 5
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (3.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.17%) CMS
3 5 (1.98%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.59%) Exchange Server 2000
4 4 (1.59%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (1.59%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (1.59%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (1.59%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.79%) IIS
5 2 (0.79%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.79%) Simulink
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.19%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.40%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 17 (6.75%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (2.78%) Azure
3 1 (0.40%) AWS
3 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (0.40%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.35%) Firewall
1 16 (6.35%) VPN
1 16 (6.35%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (4.37%) Network Security
2 11 (4.37%) SMTP
3 10 (3.97%) 4G
3 10 (3.97%) 5G
4 4 (1.59%) SSL
5 3 (1.19%) DNS
5 3 (1.19%) FTP
5 3 (1.19%) HTTP
5 3 (1.19%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.79%) SAN
6 2 (0.79%) WAN
7 1 (0.40%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.40%) LAN
7 1 (0.40%) SNMP
7 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.40%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.40%) Metadata
2 1 (0.40%) Power BI
2 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.17%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (2.38%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.19%) CppUnit
3 3 (1.19%) Eclipse
3 3 (1.19%) PVCS
4 1 (0.40%) JIRA
4 1 (0.40%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.40%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 84 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 54 (21.43%) Aerospace
3 40 (15.87%) Electronics
4 33 (13.10%) Manufacturing
5 21 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 21 (8.33%) Retail
6 10 (3.97%) Finance
7 9 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.98%) Military
9 5 (1.98%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.19%) Aviation
10 3 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Advertising
11 1 (0.40%) Automotive
11 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.40%) Law
11 1 (0.40%) Marketing
11 1 (0.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 68 (26.98%) Analyst
2 40 (15.87%) Architect
3 38 (15.08%) Service Analyst
3 38 (15.08%) Service Desk Analyst
4 31 (12.30%) Test Architect
5 18 (7.14%) Design Engineer
6 14 (5.56%) Senior
7 13 (5.16%) Support Analyst
7 13 (5.16%) Technical Analyst
7 13 (5.16%) Technical Support
7 13 (5.16%) Technical Support Analyst
8 12 (4.76%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
8 12 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (4.37%) SOC Analyst
9 11 (4.37%) Software Engineer
10 9 (3.57%) Lead
10 9 (3.57%) Messaging Engineer
11 8 (3.17%) Developer
11 8 (3.17%) Linux Engineer
11 8 (3.17%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.98%) Web Services
2 3 (1.19%) LDAP
3 2 (0.79%) HTML
4 1 (0.40%) .NET
4 1 (0.40%) Node.js
4 1 (0.40%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.40%) SGML
4 1 (0.40%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (13.49%) Analogue Electronics
2 8 (3.17%) Cyberattack
2 8 (3.17%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (2.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 6 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (1.98%) iPad
5 5 (1.98%) iPhone
5 5 (1.98%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.98%) PKI
6 4 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.79%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.79%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.79%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.40%) CMDB
8 1 (0.40%) CSOC
8 1 (0.40%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 47 (18.65%) Linux
2 42 (16.67%) Windows
3 8 (3.17%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.38%) Solaris
5 6 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.98%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.59%) Windows 2000
7 4 (1.59%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.79%) Unix
9 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (16.27%) Project Management
2 38 (15.08%) Customer Service
3 36 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 32 (12.70%) Test Strategy
5 31 (12.30%) ITIL
6 22 (8.73%) Incident Management
7 21 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (6.75%) Agile
8 17 (6.75%) Cybersecurity
8 17 (6.75%) Service Management
8 17 (6.75%) Software Engineering
9 15 (5.95%) Change Management
9 15 (5.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 15 (5.95%) Migration
10 13 (5.16%) Incident Response
11 12 (4.76%) Configuration Management
12 10 (3.97%) Load Balancing
12 10 (3.97%) Network Design
12 10 (3.97%) PRINCE2
12 10 (3.97%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.76%) C++
2 8 (3.17%) SQL
3 6 (2.38%) C
3 6 (2.38%) C#
4 5 (1.98%) MATLAB
5 3 (1.19%) Ada
6 2 (0.79%) Python
7 1 (0.40%) Java
7 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 160 (63.49%) SC Cleared
2 67 (26.59%) DV Cleared
3 16 (6.35%) A+ Certification
3 16 (6.35%) MCSA
3 16 (6.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (5.95%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (4.37%) MCP
6 7 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.38%) Degree
8 3 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.79%) CCENT
9 2 (0.79%) CCNP
9 2 (0.79%) HNC
9 2 (0.79%) HND
10 1 (0.40%) CCSA
10 1 (0.40%) CISSP
10 1 (0.40%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (1.98%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.19%) PMO
3 3 (1.19%) QA
3 3 (1.19%) SLA
4 1 (0.40%) Def Stans
4 1 (0.40%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.40%) NCSC
4 1 (0.40%) NIST
4 1 (0.40%) NIST 800
System Software
1 21 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 21 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (3.97%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.79%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (3.17%) MAILsweeper
2 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.19%) SCOM
3 2 (0.79%) Ansible
3 2 (0.79%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.79%) Rancher
3 2 (0.79%) Red Hat Satellite
3 2 (0.79%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 1 (0.40%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.40%) SCCM
Vendors
1 40 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 29 (11.51%) VMware
3 22 (8.73%) Cisco
4 18 (7.14%) Citrix
5 17 (6.75%) ServiceNow
6 13 (5.16%) Red Hat
7 12 (4.76%) Darktrace
8 11 (4.37%) Juniper
8 11 (4.37%) Sun
9 9 (3.57%) FireEye
9 9 (3.57%) Splunk
10 8 (3.17%) LogRhythm
10 8 (3.17%) NetApp
10 8 (3.17%) Sophos
10 8 (3.17%) Trend Micro
11 6 (2.38%) IronPort
12 3 (1.19%) HP
12 3 (1.19%) IBM
12 3 (1.19%) McAfee
12 3 (1.19%) Symantec