SC Cleared Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Security Check (SC) 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 SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 208 168 175
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 9.17% 14.63% 9.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.99% 44.33% 30.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 63 52
10th Percentile £81 £153 £175
25th Percentile £378 £200 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £350 £339
Median % change year-on-year +36.07% +3.32% -32.25%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £492
90th Percentile £725 £575 £648
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 73 89
10th Percentile £17.87 £15.08 £21.37
25th Percentile £22.63 £18.87 £21.46
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £41.27
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +33.28% -28.23%
75th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.73 £87.55 £70.65
England median hourly rate £62.50 £25.15 £52.19
% change year-on-year +148.51% -51.81% -9.23%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

SC 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 578 379 567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 25.47% 33.01% 29.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 163 210
10th Percentile £168 £178 £219
25th Percentile £378 £247 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% - -
75th Percentile £650 £575 £575
90th Percentile £738 £603 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £537
% change year-on-year - -2.32% -2.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 107 210
10th Percentile £17.37 £15.48 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.94 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £55.00 £38.00 £42.75
Median % change year-on-year +44.74% -11.11% +103.57%
75th Percentile £73.46 £72.50 £64.25
90th Percentile £80.00 £84.70 £75.00
England median hourly rate £53.90 £28.18 £42.50
% change year-on-year +91.27% -33.69% -22.73%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in the East of England

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the East of England over the 6 months to 6 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in the East of England

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in the East of England over the 6 months to 6 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in the East of England

SC 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 SC Cleared within the East of England region over the 6 months to 6 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
Hertfordshire +2 102 £500 - 31
Bedfordshire +7 53 £147 -25.66% 8
Suffolk -5 18 £625 +177.78%
Cambridgeshire -6 18 £450 -10.00% 8
Essex -5 16 £450 +194.12% 4
Norfolk -21 1 £295 -45.12% 1
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.88%) NetWeaver
2 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.96%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.48%) Apache
4 1 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.48%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.88%) Simulink
4 3 (1.44%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.48%) CATIA
5 1 (0.48%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.48%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 11 (5.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (4.33%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.96%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.96%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.48%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 19 (9.13%) Azure
2 11 (5.29%) AWS
3 4 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (1.92%) Entra ID
3 4 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (1.92%) SaaS
4 3 (1.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 3 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (1.44%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (1.44%) IaaS
4 3 (1.44%) iPaaS
4 3 (1.44%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.96%) Boomi
5 2 (0.96%) Cohesity
5 2 (0.96%) GCP
5 2 (0.96%) Google Workspace
5 2 (0.96%) OneDrive
5 2 (0.96%) PaaS
6 1 (0.48%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (0.48%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.29%) Ethernet
2 9 (4.33%) DNS
2 9 (4.33%) Firewall
3 7 (3.37%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (2.88%) Structured Cabling
5 5 (2.40%) SAN
5 5 (2.40%) VLAN
6 4 (1.92%) Network Security
6 4 (1.92%) SNMP
6 4 (1.92%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.92%) VPN
7 3 (1.44%) LAN
7 3 (1.44%) VSAN
7 3 (1.44%) WAN
8 2 (0.96%) ADSL
8 2 (0.96%) DHCP
8 2 (0.96%) IPsec
8 2 (0.96%) iSCSI
8 2 (0.96%) Skype
8 2 (0.96%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.37%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.88%) MaxDB
2 6 (2.88%) SAP HANA
2 6 (2.88%) Sybase ASE
3 3 (1.44%) Power BI
4 1 (0.48%) Big Data
4 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.48%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.48%) Metadata
4 1 (0.48%) MySQL
4 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (6.73%) Git
2 11 (5.29%) JIRA
3 7 (3.37%) GitLab
3 7 (3.37%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.37%) Rational DOORS
3 7 (3.37%) Visual Studio
4 6 (2.88%) Rational Rhapsody
5 5 (2.40%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.48%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.48%) Hudson
6 1 (0.48%) JMeter
6 1 (0.48%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.48%) MSI
6 1 (0.48%) Selenium
6 1 (0.48%) Serenity BDD
6 1 (0.48%) VectorCAST
General
1 44 (21.15%) Social Skills
2 13 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
3 11 (5.29%) Aerospace
3 11 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (5.29%) Legal
4 7 (3.37%) Military
5 6 (2.88%) Finance
5 6 (2.88%) Law
6 5 (2.40%) Electronics
6 5 (2.40%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.44%) Automotive
7 3 (1.44%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.44%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.96%) Games
8 2 (0.96%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 42 (20.19%) Software Engineer
2 18 (8.65%) Analyst
2 18 (8.65%) Consultant
3 17 (8.17%) Administrator
3 17 (8.17%) Principal Engineer
4 14 (6.73%) Principal Software Engineer
5 13 (6.25%) Senior
6 12 (5.77%) SAP Support
7 9 (4.33%) Ada Engineer
7 9 (4.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (4.33%) Project Manager
7 9 (4.33%) Support Engineer
7 9 (4.33%) Systems Engineer
8 8 (3.85%) Ada Software Engineer
9 7 (3.37%) FPGA Engineer
10 6 (2.88%) Data Centre Manager
10 6 (2.88%) Data Manager
10 6 (2.88%) SAP Administrator
10 6 (2.88%) SAP Basis Support
10 6 (2.88%) SAP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.85%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (3.37%) React
3 6 (2.88%) .NET
3 6 (2.88%) LDAP
3 6 (2.88%) Middleware
3 6 (2.88%) SAP Basis
3 6 (2.88%) SAPUI5
4 5 (2.40%) Node.js
4 5 (2.40%) Web Services
5 4 (1.92%) eBPF
5 4 (1.92%) OpenTelemetry
5 4 (1.92%) REST
5 4 (1.92%) SOAP
6 2 (0.96%) WinForms
6 2 (0.96%) WPF
7 1 (0.48%) Kafka
7 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.48%) SGML
7 1 (0.48%) XML
7 1 (0.48%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.21%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.25%) Embedded Systems
3 12 (5.77%) FPGA
4 8 (3.85%) CMDB
5 7 (3.37%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.37%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.88%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (2.88%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.88%) PCIe
7 5 (2.40%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.40%) Verilog
8 4 (1.92%) Insider Threat
8 4 (1.92%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (1.92%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.92%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.44%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.44%) Replication
9 3 (1.44%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 30 (14.42%) Windows
2 25 (12.02%) Linux
3 10 (4.81%) CentOS
3 10 (4.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 10 (4.81%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.92%) Rocky
5 2 (0.96%) Unix
5 2 (0.96%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.48%) Android
6 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.48%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.48%) VxWorks
6 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 32 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (12.02%) Agile
4 22 (10.58%) Test Automation
5 21 (10.10%) ITSM
6 19 (9.13%) Change Management
7 17 (8.17%) Migration
8 16 (7.69%) CI/CD
9 15 (7.21%) SDLC
9 15 (7.21%) Software Testing
10 14 (6.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (6.73%) Validation
11 13 (6.25%) DevOps
11 13 (6.25%) ITIL
11 13 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (6.25%) Test Scripting
12 12 (5.77%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (5.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 11 (5.29%) Mentoring
13 11 (5.29%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.10%) C++
2 18 (8.65%) Python
3 14 (6.73%) C#
4 13 (6.25%) Ada
5 12 (5.77%) C
5 12 (5.77%) PowerShell
6 11 (5.29%) MATLAB
7 7 (3.37%) JavaScript
7 7 (3.37%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.88%) Bash
8 6 (2.88%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.40%) SystemVerilog
10 3 (1.44%) Embedded C
10 3 (1.44%) SQL
11 2 (0.96%) Tcl
12 1 (0.48%) Java
12 1 (0.48%) Korn
Qualifications
1 208 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 20 (9.62%) DV Cleared
3 13 (6.25%) Degree
4 6 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (2.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (2.40%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.92%) CTC Cleared
7 3 (1.44%) HNC
7 3 (1.44%) HND
7 3 (1.44%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (1.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.96%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.96%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.48%) City & Guilds
9 1 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.48%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.77%) SLA
2 7 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.88%) Def Stans
3 6 (2.88%) GDPR
4 3 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.44%) QA
5 2 (0.96%) DO-178B
5 2 (0.96%) DO-254
5 2 (0.96%) GRC
5 2 (0.96%) ISA99
5 2 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (0.96%) NCSC
5 2 (0.96%) NIST
6 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.48%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.48%) MISRA
6 1 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (7.21%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.37%) Firmware
4 6 (2.88%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.44%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.96%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.96%) vSphere
7 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (9.62%) Ansible
2 7 (3.37%) Terraform
2 7 (3.37%) vCenter Server
3 6 (2.88%) Check_MK
3 6 (2.88%) Grafana
3 6 (2.88%) Podman
3 6 (2.88%) Red Hat Satellite
4 4 (1.92%) NetBackup
4 4 (1.92%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.92%) VxRail
5 3 (1.44%) SCCM
5 3 (1.44%) vRealize
6 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.96%) Nessus
6 2 (0.96%) WSUS
7 1 (0.48%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.48%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.48%) ServiceCenter
7 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (14.42%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.06%) VMware
3 20 (9.62%) SAP
4 18 (8.65%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.81%) Remedy
6 8 (3.85%) Oracle
7 7 (3.37%) BMC
8 6 (2.88%) Altera
8 6 (2.88%) Dell
8 6 (2.88%) Dynatrace
8 6 (2.88%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.88%) Sybase
8 6 (2.88%) Xilinx
9 5 (2.40%) Cisco
9 5 (2.40%) Intel
9 5 (2.40%) Microsemi
9 5 (2.40%) NetApp
9 5 (2.40%) Veeam
10 4 (1.92%) Cribl.io
10 4 (1.92%) HP