CTC Cleared Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Counter-Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for CTC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 - 109
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CTC Cleared 5 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.33% - 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.05% - 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £550
England median daily rate £573 £606 £525
% change year-on-year -5.53% +15.43% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £17.04 - -
25th Percentile £17.33 - -
Median hourly rate £18.38 - £67.56
75th Percentile £18.82 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.82 £26.34 £21.25
% change year-on-year -28.54% +23.93% -67.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

CTC 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 of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 478 369 644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 31.10% 28.72% 35.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 137 323
10th Percentile £189 £194 £265
25th Percentile £363 £306 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £485 £535
Median % change year-on-year +4.12% -9.35% +7.00%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £675
90th Percentile £690 £650 £743
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 91 147
10th Percentile £15.50 £21.46 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £32.89 £15.33
Median hourly rate £23.43 £62.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.52% +108.33% +42.86%
75th Percentile £55.25 £67.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £73.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £53.67
% change year-on-year -49.70% -6.83% +19.26%

CTC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

CTC Cleared job vacancy trend in the East of England

CTC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CTC Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CTC Cleared

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CTC Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CTC Cleared

CTC Cleared
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CTC Cleared within the East of England region over the 6 months to 26 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
Hertfordshire - 5 £600 - 3
CTC Cleared
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (20.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) OCI
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Legal
2 4 (80.00%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Local Government
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Security Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) PMO Lead
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Insider Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (80.00%) Data Protection
1 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Budget Control
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Critical Path Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle