Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Security Clearance
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 7 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 +8
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 143 85 128
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 16.10% 12.14% 16.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 59.58% 51.20% 57.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 38 89
10th Percentile £154 £201 £245
25th Percentile £348 £310 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -11.36% +14.58%
75th Percentile £575 £627 £650
90th Percentile £725 £715 £700
England median daily rate £526 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.45% - -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 15 9
10th Percentile £17.50 - £17.72
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £22.27 £21.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +21.84% +50.17%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £20.00
90th Percentile - - £20.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -58.08% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 240 166 223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 27.03% 23.71% 28.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 80 147
10th Percentile £161 £261 £217
25th Percentile £307 £335 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £423 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% -15.50% +4.17%
75th Percentile £517 £600 £594
90th Percentile £638 £715 £700
England median daily rate £525 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -0.47% -4.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 17 13
10th Percentile £17.76 - £17.71
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.27 £24.18 £17.95
Median % change year-on-year -7.92% +34.75% +6.63%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £20.51
90th Percentile - £37.15 £23.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% -6.54% +18.89%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Security Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the East Midlands

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Security Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 November 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
Derbyshire 0 60 £500 +29.87% 12
Lincolnshire +7 34 £158 -55.00% 2
Nottinghamshire +12 23 £415 - 10
Northamptonshire -5 15 £394 +11.70%
Leicestershire -13 11 £500 -25.93% 3
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 3 (2.10%) Apache
2 2 (1.40%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.40%) Confluence
2 2 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.70%) IIS
3 1 (0.70%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.10%) Siemens NX
3 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.40%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.70%) Fusion 360
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.50%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (2.10%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.70%) PRMS
3 1 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 21 (14.69%) Azure
2 11 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (4.90%) AWS
3 7 (4.90%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.50%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (2.80%) Azure Functions
6 4 (2.80%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (2.80%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (2.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (2.80%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.80%) PowerApps
6 4 (2.80%) Serverless
7 3 (2.10%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.40%) GCP
8 2 (1.40%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.40%) ShareGate
9 1 (0.70%) Amazon Neptune
9 1 (0.70%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.20%) Remote Desktop
1 6 (4.20%) Wireless
2 2 (1.40%) ATM
2 2 (1.40%) Firewall
2 2 (1.40%) NetScaler
2 2 (1.40%) WAN
3 1 (0.70%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.70%) DHCP
3 1 (0.70%) DNS
3 1 (0.70%) LAN
3 1 (0.70%) Network Security
3 1 (0.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.10%) Power BI
2 1 (0.70%) Aerospike
2 1 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.70%) Apache Hive
2 1 (0.70%) Big Data
2 1 (0.70%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.70%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.70%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.70%) Metadata
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (3.50%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.80%) JIRA
2 4 (2.80%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (1.40%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.40%) Git
4 1 (0.70%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.70%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.70%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.70%) GitLab
4 1 (0.70%) Postman
4 1 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.70%) Selenium
4 1 (0.70%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 37 (25.87%) Public Sector
2 27 (18.88%) Social Skills
3 19 (13.29%) Finance
4 13 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 12 (8.39%) Marketing
6 11 (7.69%) Electronics
6 11 (7.69%) Telecoms
7 9 (6.29%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (4.90%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (4.20%) Banking
10 3 (2.10%) Legal
10 3 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.40%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.70%) Aviation
12 1 (0.70%) Military
12 1 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (14.69%) Analyst
2 16 (11.19%) Architect
3 10 (6.99%) Developer
4 9 (6.29%) Desktop Support
5 8 (5.59%) Consultant
5 8 (5.59%) Support Engineer
6 7 (4.90%) IT Support
6 7 (4.90%) Senior
7 6 (4.20%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 6 (4.20%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (4.20%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (4.20%) DevOps Engineer
7 6 (4.20%) IT Engineer
7 6 (4.20%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
8 5 (3.50%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 5 (3.50%) Build Engineer
8 5 (3.50%) Deployment Engineer
8 5 (3.50%) Desktop Engineer
8 5 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (3.50%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.69%) ADO
2 2 (1.40%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (1.40%) Keycloak
2 2 (1.40%) REST
2 2 (1.40%) SailPoint
2 2 (1.40%) X-Windows
3 1 (0.70%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.70%) CrewAI
3 1 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.70%) FHIR
3 1 (0.70%) Kafka
3 1 (0.70%) LangGraph
3 1 (0.70%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.70%) Node.js
3 1 (0.70%) OAuth
3 1 (0.70%) Playwright
3 1 (0.70%) PySpark
3 1 (0.70%) pytest
3 1 (0.70%) Semantic Kernel
3 1 (0.70%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.99%) Data Centre
2 8 (5.59%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.50%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.80%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.10%) Data Fabric
6 2 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.70%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.70%) AS400
7 1 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.70%) FPGA
7 1 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.70%) Life Science
7 1 (0.70%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.70%) Smart City
7 1 (0.70%) Verilog
7 1 (0.70%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 23 (16.08%) Windows
2 7 (4.90%) Windows Server
3 6 (4.20%) Android
3 6 (4.20%) Mac OS
4 3 (2.10%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (2.10%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (2.10%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.40%) Linux
5 2 (1.40%) Unix
5 2 (1.40%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.70%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (17.48%) Migration
2 18 (12.59%) DevOps
2 18 (12.59%) Service Delivery
3 16 (11.19%) Workflow
4 15 (10.49%) Coaching
5 14 (9.79%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (9.79%) Workflow Management
6 13 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (8.39%) Programme Management
8 11 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
9 10 (6.99%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (6.29%) Agile
10 9 (6.29%) Analytics
10 9 (6.29%) Break/Fix
10 9 (6.29%) CI/CD
11 7 (4.90%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (4.20%) Change Management
12 6 (4.20%) ITIL
12 6 (4.20%) Logistics
12 6 (4.20%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.29%) SQL
2 5 (3.50%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.50%) Python
3 4 (2.80%) Java
3 4 (2.80%) T-SQL
3 4 (2.80%) X++
4 2 (1.40%) Bash
5 1 (0.70%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.70%) C#
5 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.70%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.70%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.70%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 107 (74.83%) SC Cleared
2 8 (5.59%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (3.50%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.10%) BC Cleared
5 2 (1.40%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.40%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.70%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.70%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.70%) CISA
6 1 (0.70%) CISSP
6 1 (0.70%) GIAC
6 1 (0.70%) MCP
6 1 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.80%) PMO
2 3 (2.10%) QA
2 3 (2.10%) SLA
3 2 (1.40%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.40%) GDPR
4 1 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.70%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (8.39%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.80%) BitLocker
3 4 (2.80%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.40%) Terminal Services
4 2 (1.40%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.70%) Docker
5 1 (0.70%) Firmware
5 1 (0.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (2.80%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.10%) Ansible
2 3 (2.10%) Istio
2 3 (2.10%) SCCM
3 2 (1.40%) Argo
3 2 (1.40%) Terraform
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.70%) Puppet
4 1 (0.70%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (9.79%) SAP
2 11 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 10 (6.99%) Cisco
4 9 (6.29%) Dell
4 9 (6.29%) HP
4 9 (6.29%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.20%) Apple
5 6 (4.20%) Oracle
5 6 (4.20%) VMware
6 5 (3.50%) Citrix
7 4 (2.80%) Siemens
8 3 (2.10%) Computacenter
8 3 (2.10%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.40%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.40%) IBM
9 2 (1.40%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.70%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.70%) Genesys
10 1 (0.70%) NetApp
10 1 (0.70%) Palo Alto