Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Security Clearance
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 40 7
Rank change year-on-year +26 -33 +6
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 32 5 59
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 8.77% 1.24% 11.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.56% 7.14% 36.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 1 19
10th Percentile £456 - £453
25th Percentile £475 - £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £247 £550
Median % change year-on-year +122.67% -55.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £625 - £650
90th Percentile £875 - £680
East of England median daily rate £550 £550 £613
% change year-on-year - -10.20% +11.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 28
10th Percentile £14.99 - -
25th Percentile £16.93 - £19.06
Median hourly rate £20.00 £21.37 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -6.41% +7.87% -
75th Percentile £25.15 £21.42 £20.56
90th Percentile - £21.44 £21.46
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -61.31% +46.07% -11.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 90 70 160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 24.66% 17.33% 30.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 18 46
10th Percentile £379 £256 £275
25th Percentile £443 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £468 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% -6.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £609 £597 £575
90th Percentile £625 £624 £650
East of England median daily rate £528 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.60% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 15 74
10th Percentile £15.40 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.30 £13.41
Median hourly rate £20.00 £21.46 £17.73
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +21.04% +14.39%
75th Percentile £28.08 £27.21 £20.56
90th Percentile £34.53 £49.82 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% +86.96% +9.52%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Cambridgeshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 19 October 2025. 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
Cambridge +9 17 £525 +112.55% 11
Huntingdon - 5 - - 1
Peterborough +1 3 - - 3
Security Cleared
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 1 (3.13%) Apache Spark
1 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.13%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.38%) Azure
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (3.13%) Amazon S3
3 1 (3.13%) AWS
3 1 (3.13%) Azure AKS
3 1 (3.13%) GitHub
3 1 (3.13%) GitHub Copilot
3 1 (3.13%) PaaS
3 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) Firewall
2 2 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.13%) DHCP
3 1 (3.13%) DNS
3 1 (3.13%) LAN
3 1 (3.13%) Network Security
3 1 (3.13%) SAN
3 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) Crystal Reports
1 3 (9.38%) Data Lake
1 3 (9.38%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.25%) MongoDB
2 2 (6.25%) Oracle Database
2 2 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.13%) Big Data
3 1 (3.13%) Pentaho
3 1 (3.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (25.00%) Hudson
2 1 (3.13%) SonarQube
General
1 7 (21.88%) Manufacturing
2 6 (18.75%) Finance
2 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.63%) Aerospace
4 3 (9.38%) General Ledger
4 3 (9.38%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Billing
5 1 (3.13%) Environmental Health
5 1 (3.13%) Military
5 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Consultant
2 7 (21.88%) IFS Consultant
3 6 (18.75%) Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Developer
4 4 (12.50%) IFS Developer
5 2 (6.25%) FPGA Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) IT Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Security Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Security Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Service Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Services Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Data Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Data Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Deployment Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Supply Chain Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) Web Services
1 2 (6.25%) XML
2 1 (3.13%) .NET
2 1 (3.13%) JWT
2 1 (3.13%) PySpark
2 1 (3.13%) PyTorch
2 1 (3.13%) RESTful
2 1 (3.13%) Semantic Kernel
2 1 (3.13%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Cloud Native
1 2 (6.25%) FPGA
1 2 (6.25%) Verilog
1 2 (6.25%) VHDL
2 1 (3.13%) Algorithms
2 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.13%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
2 1 (3.13%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Linux
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
1 2 (6.25%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.13%) CentOS
2 1 (3.13%) Ubuntu
2 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (28.13%) Migration
2 6 (18.75%) ERP
3 5 (15.63%) Workshop Facilitation
4 4 (12.50%) Agile
4 4 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (12.50%) Workflow
4 4 (12.50%) Workflow Management
5 3 (9.38%) Accounts Payable
5 3 (9.38%) Accounts Receivable
5 3 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (9.38%) Data Migration
5 3 (9.38%) DevOps
5 3 (9.38%) ITIL
5 3 (9.38%) Logistics
5 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (9.38%) Roadmaps
5 3 (9.38%) SIEM
5 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (6.25%) CI/CD
6 2 (6.25%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.75%) SQL
2 5 (15.63%) PL/SQL
3 3 (9.38%) Python
4 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
5 1 (3.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 23 (71.88%) SC Cleared
2 8 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.25%) A+ Certification
3 2 (6.25%) Azure Certification
3 2 (6.25%) MCSA
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (6.25%) SANS
4 1 (3.13%) CEH
4 1 (3.13%) CISSP
4 1 (3.13%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.13%) Degree
4 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.13%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) NIST
2 1 (3.13%) Def Stans
2 1 (3.13%) EU AI Act
2 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 4 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.13%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Ansible
1 2 (6.25%) Kubernetes
1 2 (6.25%) Terraform
2 1 (3.13%) Istio
Vendors
1 12 (37.50%) IFS
2 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.38%) Citrix
4 2 (6.25%) Clearswift
4 2 (6.25%) Intel
4 2 (6.25%) Oracle
4 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 2 (6.25%) Sybase
4 2 (6.25%) VMware
4 2 (6.25%) Xilinx
5 1 (3.13%) Cloudera
5 1 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (3.13%) Databricks
5 1 (3.13%) Foundry
5 1 (3.13%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.13%) Tenable
5 1 (3.13%) Vertica