Security Cleared Contracts 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 +11
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 69 135 189
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 13.02% 17.46% 18.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 48.25% 52.73% 58.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 78 132
10th Percentile - £150 £313
25th Percentile £200 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -3.08% +35.93%
75th Percentile £553 £625 £679
90th Percentile £651 £679 £726
England median daily rate £537 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.36% - +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 29 22
10th Percentile £18.51 £12.75 £11.08
25th Percentile £19.58 £14.72 £11.80
Median hourly rate £24.50 £20.00 £21.84
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% -8.40% -0.75%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.00 £62.50
90th Percentile - £51.91 £65.00
England median hourly rate £55.52 £57.33 £60.00
% change year-on-year -3.15% -4.46% +20.00%

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 143 256 322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 26.98% 33.12% 30.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 149 224
10th Percentile £200 £167 £227
25th Percentile £225 £250 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £363 £500
Median % change year-on-year +23.31% -27.50% +19.05%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £625
90th Percentile £640 £662 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 36 49
10th Percentile £18.42 £12.75 £10.90
25th Percentile £19.23 £14.72 £16.25
Median hourly rate £24.34 £20.00 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +21.70% +18.84% -21.72%
75th Percentile £25.15 £35.56 £26.48
90th Percentile £31.17 £51.91 £65.00
England median hourly rate £46.30 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +15.75% -23.66% +39.73%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the East Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the East Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the East Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the East Midlands

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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 30 April 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 +2 32 £200 -55.56% 18
Leicestershire -1 16 £618 +17.62% 19
Lincolnshire 0 11 £513 -21.15% 5
Nottinghamshire +1 6 £425 -26.09% 12
Northamptonshire -7 1 £550 +34.80% 7
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.35%) AWS
1 3 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.45%) GCP
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.94%) Remote Desktop
2 10 (14.49%) Firewall
3 6 (8.70%) DNS
4 5 (7.25%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 5 (7.25%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 5 (7.25%) IPsec
5 4 (5.80%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (5.80%) HSRP
5 4 (5.80%) OSPF
5 4 (5.80%) VLAN
6 2 (2.90%) LAN
6 2 (2.90%) SAN
6 2 (2.90%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.90%) WAN
7 1 (1.45%) 3G
7 1 (1.45%) 3GPP
7 1 (1.45%) 4G
7 1 (1.45%) DHCP
7 1 (1.45%) LTE
7 1 (1.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) MariaDB
1 1 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.45%) Chocolatey
1 1 (1.45%) Git
1 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.45%) Maven
1 1 (1.45%) SonarQube
General
1 8 (11.59%) Public Sector
2 7 (10.14%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.25%) Finance
3 5 (7.25%) Law
4 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.45%) Electronics
6 1 (1.45%) Marketing
6 1 (1.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 18 (26.09%) Architect
2 10 (14.49%) Network Architect
3 8 (11.59%) Consultant
4 6 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (8.70%) IT Engineer
5 4 (5.80%) Developer
5 4 (5.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (5.80%) VMware Architect
5 4 (5.80%) VMware Consultant
6 3 (4.35%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (4.35%) Python Developer
6 3 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 2 (2.90%) Analyst
7 2 (2.90%) Break Fix Engineer
7 2 (2.90%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 2 (2.90%) Hardware Engineer
7 2 (2.90%) Lead
7 2 (2.90%) Support Engineer
7 2 (2.90%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.90%) REST
2 1 (1.45%) .NET
2 1 (1.45%) CSS
2 1 (1.45%) HTML
2 1 (1.45%) JWT
2 1 (1.45%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (1.45%) OAuth
2 1 (1.45%) SAML
2 1 (1.45%) SOAP
2 1 (1.45%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.80%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.90%) Driving Licence
2 2 (2.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.45%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.45%) FPGA
3 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.45%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 17 (24.64%) Windows
2 8 (11.59%) Windows 10
3 5 (7.25%) Windows Server
3 5 (7.25%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (5.80%) Linux
4 4 (5.80%) Windows 7
4 4 (5.80%) Windows Vista
5 2 (2.90%) Debian
5 2 (2.90%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.74%) Break/Fix
2 9 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (11.59%) Configuration Management
4 6 (8.70%) Agile
4 6 (8.70%) Migration
5 5 (7.25%) Biometrics
5 5 (7.25%) ITIL
6 4 (5.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (5.80%) Project Management
6 4 (5.80%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (5.80%) Use Case
7 3 (4.35%) Project Delivery
7 3 (4.35%) Roadmaps
7 3 (4.35%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (2.90%) Asset Management
8 2 (2.90%) Data Migration
8 2 (2.90%) Programme Management
8 2 (2.90%) System Testing
8 2 (2.90%) Time Management
8 2 (2.90%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.80%) Python
2 2 (2.90%) Apex Code
2 2 (2.90%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.45%) Bash
3 1 (1.45%) C#
3 1 (1.45%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (91.30%) SC Cleared
2 4 (5.80%) CCNP
2 4 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (4.35%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.90%) Degree
5 1 (1.45%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.45%) AWS Certified Developer
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.45%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.90%) QA
2 1 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (10.14%) Active Directory
3 6 (8.70%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.90%) Docker
5 1 (1.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (7.25%) SCCM
2 2 (2.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.90%) SCOM
3 1 (1.45%) Ansible
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.45%) Podman
3 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (20.29%) VMware
2 10 (14.49%) Cisco
2 10 (14.49%) F5
2 10 (14.49%) SolarWinds
3 7 (10.14%) Microsoft
4 5 (7.25%) Juniper
5 3 (4.35%) Dell
5 3 (4.35%) HP
6 2 (2.90%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.90%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.90%) SAP
7 1 (1.45%) Google
7 1 (1.45%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.45%) Oracle
7 1 (1.45%) ServiceNow