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 8 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 7 3
Rank change year-on-year -1 -4 +1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 129 96 137
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 11.28% 13.37% 15.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 54.20% 52.75% 56.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 54 76
10th Percentile £179 - £238
25th Percentile £263 £200 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £475 £545
Median % change year-on-year -12.11% -12.84% -9.17%
75th Percentile £539 £576 £628
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 28 29
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.31 £18.13 £14.72
Median hourly rate £22.80 £24.58 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.24% +22.90% -8.40%
75th Percentile £25.75 £25.15 £42.25
90th Percentile £74.00 - £51.91
England median hourly rate £63.14 £25.15 £57.50
% change year-on-year +151.03% -56.26% -4.17%

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 238 182 242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 20.80% 25.35% 28.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 99 143
10th Percentile £185 £200 £181
25th Percentile £357 £260 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £447 £400
Median % change year-on-year +6.26% +11.75% -21.18%
75th Percentile £575 £544 £588
90th Percentile £638 £725 £659
England median daily rate £525 £525 £537
% change year-on-year - -2.23% -2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 32 35
10th Percentile £16.72 £17.87 £12.75
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.13 £14.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.15 £21.73
Median % change year-on-year +1.58% +1.93% -0.48%
75th Percentile £25.75 £25.15 £42.38
90th Percentile £59.60 - £51.91
England median hourly rate £53.95 £28.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +92.68% -34.12% -22.73%

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 8 July 2026.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 8 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the East Midlands

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 8 July 2026. 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 48 £413 -10.70% 13
Lincolnshire 0 40 £400 -21.95% 15
Leicestershire +3 17 £418 -22.04% 7
Nottinghamshire -16 16 £408 -0.61% 13
Northamptonshire +5 6 £444 +15.26% 2
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 10 (7.75%) Jupyter
2 5 (3.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.78%) Confluence
3 1 (0.78%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.78%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.78%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 25 (19.38%) Azure
2 9 (6.98%) AWS
2 9 (6.98%) Power Platform
3 8 (6.20%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (4.65%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (3.88%) IaaS
5 5 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.88%) PaaS
6 4 (3.10%) Azure AKS
6 4 (3.10%) SaaS
7 3 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (2.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (2.33%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.55%) Azure Batch
9 1 (0.78%) GCP
9 1 (0.78%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.78%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.78%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.98%) DNS
2 8 (6.20%) DHCP
3 7 (5.43%) Network Security
3 7 (5.43%) VLAN
4 6 (4.65%) TCP/IP
5 5 (3.88%) IPv4
5 5 (3.88%) IPv6
5 5 (3.88%) WAN
6 4 (3.10%) Firewall
6 4 (3.10%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (2.33%) LAN
8 2 (1.55%) BGP
8 2 (1.55%) OSPF
8 2 (1.55%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.55%) VPN
8 2 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.78%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.78%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.78%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.53%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.98%) Power BI
3 5 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.10%) Data Lake
4 4 (3.10%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.55%) Big Data
6 2 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.55%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.78%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.78%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.78%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.78%) MySQL
7 1 (0.78%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.78%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.78%) VLDB
Development Applications
1 2 (1.55%) JIRA
1 2 (1.55%) Oracle APEX
1 2 (1.55%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.78%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.78%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.78%) Git
2 1 (0.78%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.78%) JMeter
2 1 (0.78%) SoapUI
2 1 (0.78%) SonarQube
2 1 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.78%) Zephyr
General
1 30 (23.26%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.05%) Public Sector
3 12 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (7.75%) Military
5 7 (5.43%) Aerospace
6 5 (3.88%) Police
7 4 (3.10%) Finance
8 3 (2.33%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.55%) Automotive
9 2 (1.55%) Banking
9 2 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Aviation
10 1 (0.78%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.78%) Law
10 1 (0.78%) Marketing
10 1 (0.78%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (11.63%) IT Engineer
2 13 (10.08%) Analyst
3 12 (9.30%) Architect
4 10 (7.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (6.98%) Systems Engineer
6 8 (6.20%) Cloud Engineer
7 7 (5.43%) Support Engineer
8 6 (4.65%) Developer
8 6 (4.65%) IT Support
8 6 (4.65%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (4.65%) Performance Tester
8 6 (4.65%) Tester
9 5 (3.88%) Data Architect
9 5 (3.88%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.88%) Server Engineer
9 5 (3.88%) Windows Engineer
10 4 (3.10%) Azure Engineer
10 4 (3.10%) Consultant
10 4 (3.10%) Deployment Engineer
10 4 (3.10%) Windows Deployment Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.33%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.55%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.78%) ADO
3 1 (0.78%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.78%) J2EE
3 1 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.78%) Middleware
3 1 (0.78%) OSGi
3 1 (0.78%) RESTful
3 1 (0.78%) SOAP
3 1 (0.78%) Visualforce
3 1 (0.78%) Web Services
3 1 (0.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.85%) Onboarding
2 10 (7.75%) Beowulf
3 6 (4.65%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.88%) Virtual Team
5 4 (3.10%) Driving Licence
6 3 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.33%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.55%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.78%) CMDB
8 1 (0.78%) Contract for Difference
8 1 (0.78%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.78%) Device Driver
8 1 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.78%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.78%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.78%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 27 (20.93%) Windows
2 11 (8.53%) Windows Server
3 6 (4.65%) Linux
3 6 (4.65%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (2.33%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.78%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.78%) Unix
6 1 (0.78%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (16.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (14.73%) Migration
2 19 (14.73%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (13.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 15 (11.63%) DevOps
6 14 (10.85%) Customer Service
7 13 (10.08%) Containerisation
8 12 (9.30%) Data Modelling
9 11 (8.53%) AI
9 11 (8.53%) Use Case
9 11 (8.53%) Workflow
10 10 (7.75%) Data Science
10 10 (7.75%) Decision-Making
10 10 (7.75%) SDLC
11 9 (6.98%) Agile
11 9 (6.98%) Analytics
11 9 (6.98%) Coaching
11 9 (6.98%) Machine Learning
11 9 (6.98%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.30%) SQL
2 9 (6.98%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.10%) Java
4 3 (2.33%) Python
5 2 (1.55%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.55%) PL/SQL
5 2 (1.55%) R
6 1 (0.78%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.78%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 100 (77.52%) SC Cleared
2 12 (9.30%) DV Cleared
3 8 (6.20%) Degree
4 4 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.55%) CCNA
5 2 (1.55%) CCNP
5 2 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.55%) MCSA
5 2 (1.55%) MCSE
5 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.78%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.78%) CIPD
6 1 (0.78%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.78%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.78%) PMP
6 1 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.65%) GDPR
2 4 (3.10%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.33%) QA
4 2 (1.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.55%) SLA
5 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.78%) PSD2
System Software
1 14 (10.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (7.75%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 8 (6.20%) Active Directory
3 8 (6.20%) Docker
4 5 (3.88%) vSphere
5 4 (3.10%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.55%) Firmware
6 2 (1.55%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.78%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.78%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.78%) NFS
Systems Management
1 15 (11.63%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.75%) Podman
3 6 (4.65%) SCCM
4 5 (3.88%) WSUS
5 3 (2.33%) VxRail
6 2 (1.55%) Ansible
6 2 (1.55%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.55%) SCOM
6 2 (1.55%) Terraform
7 1 (0.78%) Istio
7 1 (0.78%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (14.73%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.40%) VMware
3 11 (8.53%) Fortinet
4 10 (7.75%) NetApp
5 9 (6.98%) ServiceNow
6 6 (4.65%) Oracle
7 5 (3.88%) Citrix
8 3 (2.33%) Cisco
8 3 (2.33%) Databricks
8 3 (2.33%) SAP
9 2 (1.55%) Google
9 2 (1.55%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.78%) Adobe
10 1 (0.78%) BT
10 1 (0.78%) Dell
10 1 (0.78%) HP
10 1 (0.78%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.78%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.78%) Splunk