Security Cleared Contracts 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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 19 8
Rank change year-on-year +7 -11 +17
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 35 43 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 11.82% 8.02% 10.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 43.75% 27.39% 34.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 9 19
10th Percentile - £424 £286
25th Percentile £195 £694 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £700 £500
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +40.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £731 £588
90th Percentile £588 £745 £700
East of England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +8.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 33 31
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.99 - £19.06
Median hourly rate £15.14 £21.37 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -29.15% +7.87% -0.48%
75th Percentile £15.29 £21.46 £22.00
90th Percentile £15.78 - -
East of England median hourly rate £61.50 £41.27 £57.50
% change year-on-year +49.04% -28.23% +15.00%

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 80 157 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 27.03% 29.29% 30.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 37 45
10th Percentile £195 £300 £251
25th Percentile £199 £388 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £700 £563
90th Percentile £604 £800 £619
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 86 80
10th Percentile - £14.16 £13.29
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.48 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.87 £21.37 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.74% +37.87% -
75th Percentile £18.60 £21.46 £20.67
90th Percentile £31.00 £36.50 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £45.00 £41.27 £24.18
% change year-on-year +9.05% +70.69% +22.03%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Cambridgeshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Cambridgeshire.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Cambridgeshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Cambridgeshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Cambridgeshire.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Cambridgeshire

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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 24 June 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
Peterborough +5 18 £200 +11.11% 8
Cambridge +18 12 £550 -26.67% 23
Huntingdon -1 1 - - 5
Security Cleared
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Applications
1 18 (51.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (34.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (34.29%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (11.43%) GitHub
3 2 (5.71%) Azure
4 1 (2.86%) AWS
4 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.86%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 12 (34.29%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (14.29%) Firewall
3 3 (8.57%) Network Security
3 3 (8.57%) VSAN
4 2 (5.71%) DNS
5 1 (2.86%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (2.86%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.86%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.86%) Oracle Database
1 1 (2.86%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (17.14%) Hudson
2 1 (2.86%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.14%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (11.43%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.71%) Finance
5 2 (5.71%) General Ledger
5 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.86%) German Language
Job Titles
1 13 (37.14%) Analyst
1 13 (37.14%) Service Analyst
1 13 (37.14%) Service Desk Analyst
2 12 (34.29%) Technical Analyst
2 12 (34.29%) Technical Services Analyst
3 6 (17.14%) Consultant
3 6 (17.14%) IFS Consultant
3 6 (17.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Senior
4 3 (8.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) VMware Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Data Consultant
6 1 (2.86%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) HR Consultant
6 1 (2.86%) Lead
6 1 (2.86%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) Web Services
1 1 (2.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) CMDB
2 3 (8.57%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.86%) YubiKey
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (45.71%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (37.14%) Customer Service
3 12 (34.29%) Incident Management
3 12 (34.29%) ITIL
3 12 (34.29%) Mathematics
3 12 (34.29%) Service Delivery
4 8 (22.86%) ITSM
4 8 (22.86%) Service Management
5 7 (20.00%) Asset Management
5 7 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (20.00%) Inventory Management
6 6 (17.14%) Configuration Management
6 6 (17.14%) Data Entry
6 6 (17.14%) IT Asset Management
6 6 (17.14%) Time Management
7 5 (14.29%) Agile
7 5 (14.29%) Waterfall
7 5 (14.29%) Zero Trust
8 4 (11.43%) Project Delivery
8 4 (11.43%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.43%) PowerShell
1 4 (11.43%) Python
2 1 (2.86%) PL/SQL
2 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (85.71%) SC Cleared
2 12 (34.29%) A+ Certification
2 12 (34.29%) MCSA
2 12 (34.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 6 (17.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (17.14%) Degree
5 2 (5.71%) VCAP
5 2 (5.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (2.86%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.86%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (14.29%) VMware NSX
3 3 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (8.57%) vSphere
4 1 (2.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) Ansible
1 6 (17.14%) VxRail
2 5 (14.29%) Terraform
3 3 (8.57%) PowerCLI
3 3 (8.57%) vCenter Server
4 2 (5.71%) Avamar
4 2 (5.71%) Kubernetes
4 2 (5.71%) vRealize
5 1 (2.86%) Progress Chef
5 1 (2.86%) Puppet
Vendors
1 18 (51.43%) Microsoft
2 14 (40.00%) ServiceNow
3 12 (34.29%) Citrix
4 7 (20.00%) VMware
5 6 (17.14%) Dell
5 6 (17.14%) IFS
6 2 (5.71%) LogRhythm
6 2 (5.71%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.86%) Atlassian
7 1 (2.86%) Clearswift
7 1 (2.86%) Oracle
7 1 (2.86%) Sybase