Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Security Clearance
Essex > Basildon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Basildon with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 4 2
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 +8
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 1 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 5.88% 11.11% 30.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.67% 100.00% 77.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £435
25th Percentile - £513 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £53 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -89.90% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile - £538 £550
90th Percentile - - £565
Essex median daily rate £53 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -89.90% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £44.83
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate - - £55.50
75th Percentile - - £55.56
90th Percentile - - £58.22
Essex median hourly rate £18.87 - £52.75

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Basildon

Security 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 Basildon.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6 1 9
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon 35.29% 11.11% 39.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £123 - £265
25th Percentile £228 £513 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -22.38% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £525
90th Percentile £642 - £555
Essex median daily rate £475 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -9.52% +7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £39.76
25th Percentile - - £44.47
Median hourly rate - - £51.63
75th Percentile - - £55.55
90th Percentile - - £57.78
Essex median hourly rate £18.87 - £47.50
% change year-on-year - - +146.37%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon.

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Basildon

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Daily Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Security Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Security Cleared

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Hourly Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Security Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing Security Cleared

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) PTC Creo
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Mechanical Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Mechanical Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Finite Element Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Product Requirements
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ANSYS
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) PTC
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens