SC Cleared Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 11 5
Rank change year-on-year +6 -6 +6
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 147 160 332
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 15.67% 8.38% 16.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.94% 26.89% 43.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 51 170
10th Percentile £195 £172 £272
25th Percentile £200 £210 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £365 £516
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% -29.30% +3.25%
75th Percentile £560 £506 £631
90th Percentile £623 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 71 111
10th Percentile £14.99 £21.37 £19.06
25th Percentile £24.66 £21.46 £20.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £24.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +158.33% -58.26% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73.75 £64.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.10 £75.25 £73.75
England median hourly rate £52.50 £50.00 £57.63
% change year-on-year +5.00% -13.24% +10.83%

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 320 595 767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 34.12% 31.17% 37.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 224 380
10th Percentile £189 £206 £222
25th Percentile £231 £349 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £645
90th Percentile £675 £721 £735
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 220 195
10th Percentile £15.23 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.30 £15.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% +66.67% +7.69%
75th Percentile £75.94 £43.19 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.50 £70.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the East of England

SC Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in the East of England

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 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in the East of England

SC Cleared
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in the East of England

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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 +3 74 £550 +59.42% 44
Cambridgeshire +5 32 £488 -2.50% 23
Suffolk +6 19 £225 +2.27% 10
Bedfordshire +10 16 £310 -34.34% 45
Essex +10 5 £638 +19.16% 19
Norfolk - 1 - - 5
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 14 (9.52%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.12%) Confluence
3 5 (3.40%) WebSphere
4 3 (2.04%) CMS
4 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.04%) Skype for Business
5 2 (1.36%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (1.36%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 28 (19.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (10.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (6.80%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (3.40%) Simulink
5 4 (2.72%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (2.72%) Windchill
6 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (6.12%) Teamcenter
2 5 (3.40%) Primavera
3 1 (0.68%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 23 (15.65%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (6.12%) Entra ID
3 8 (5.44%) Azure
4 3 (2.04%) Cohesity
4 3 (2.04%) GitHub
5 2 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.68%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.68%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (12.93%) DNS
2 17 (11.56%) Wi-Fi
3 13 (8.84%) Network Security
3 13 (8.84%) SMTP
4 11 (7.48%) FTP
4 11 (7.48%) HTTP
4 11 (7.48%) SSL
4 11 (7.48%) VPN
5 9 (6.12%) TCP/IP
6 6 (4.08%) Ethernet
6 6 (4.08%) Firewall
7 4 (2.72%) SAN
8 3 (2.04%) Skype
8 3 (2.04%) SpaceWire
8 3 (2.04%) VSAN
9 2 (1.36%) IMAP
10 1 (0.68%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.68%) SNA
10 1 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.40%) DB2
2 2 (1.36%) Data Mining
2 2 (1.36%) Metadata
2 2 (1.36%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.68%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.68%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.68%) Power BI
3 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.40%) Git
1 5 (3.40%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.72%) Eclipse
2 4 (2.72%) Hudson
3 1 (0.68%) GitLab
3 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.68%) JIRA
3 1 (0.68%) MagicDraw
3 1 (0.68%) MSI
3 1 (0.68%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.68%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.68%) Rational Statemate
General
1 76 (51.70%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (12.24%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (5.44%) Aerospace
5 7 (4.76%) Electronics
5 7 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.08%) Legal
6 6 (4.08%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.40%) Finance
7 5 (3.40%) Military
8 4 (2.72%) Aviation
8 4 (2.72%) Law
9 3 (2.04%) Games
9 3 (2.04%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.04%) Marketing
10 2 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.36%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.68%) Automotive
11 1 (0.68%) Banking
11 1 (0.68%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 39 (26.53%) Analyst
2 21 (14.29%) Service Analyst
2 21 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
3 16 (10.88%) Senior
3 16 (10.88%) Systems Engineer
4 15 (10.20%) Architect
5 14 (9.52%) SOC Analyst
6 12 (8.16%) Technical Analyst
6 12 (8.16%) Technical Services Analyst
7 8 (5.44%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (5.44%) Support Engineer
8 7 (4.76%) Desktop Engineer
8 7 (4.76%) Principal Engineer
9 6 (4.08%) Desktop Support
9 6 (4.08%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 6 (4.08%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 5 (3.40%) Consultant
10 5 (3.40%) Firmware Engineer
10 5 (3.40%) Network Architect
10 5 (3.40%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.48%) LDAP
2 4 (2.72%) Web Services
3 3 (2.04%) Node.js
4 1 (0.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.93%) Management Information System
2 15 (10.20%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (8.16%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (8.16%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (7.48%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (6.12%) Cyberattack
6 7 (4.76%) Driving Licence
6 7 (4.76%) FPGA
7 6 (4.08%) CMDB
8 5 (3.40%) Algorithms
8 5 (3.40%) CSOC
9 4 (2.72%) iPad
9 4 (2.72%) iPhone
9 4 (2.72%) Onboarding
9 4 (2.72%) VHDL
10 3 (2.04%) Blackberry
10 3 (2.04%) Data Centre
10 3 (2.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (2.04%) PCIe
10 3 (2.04%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 36 (24.49%) Windows
2 13 (8.84%) Linux
3 4 (2.72%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.04%) Unix
4 3 (2.04%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.68%) Android
5 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.68%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (39.46%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (18.37%) ITIL
3 20 (13.61%) Agile
3 20 (13.61%) Customer Service
4 17 (11.56%) Incident Management
5 16 (10.88%) Mathematics
5 16 (10.88%) Service Delivery
5 16 (10.88%) Time Management
6 14 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (9.52%) Information Management
6 14 (9.52%) ITSM
7 13 (8.84%) Customer Requirements
7 13 (8.84%) Project Management
8 11 (7.48%) Inventory Management
8 11 (7.48%) Systems Engineering
8 11 (7.48%) Threat Detection
9 10 (6.80%) Configuration Management
9 10 (6.80%) Security Operations
9 10 (6.80%) Validation
9 10 (6.80%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.20%) PowerShell
2 9 (6.12%) SQL
3 7 (4.76%) MATLAB
4 6 (4.08%) Python
4 6 (4.08%) Tcl
5 5 (3.40%) C++
6 4 (2.72%) Bash
6 4 (2.72%) C#
7 3 (2.04%) C
7 3 (2.04%) Java
7 3 (2.04%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.04%) SystemVerilog
8 2 (1.36%) VBA
9 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 147 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 16 (10.88%) A+ Certification
3 16 (10.88%) MCSA
3 16 (10.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (10.20%) Degree
5 9 (6.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.72%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (2.04%) CISSP
7 3 (2.04%) HNC
7 3 (2.04%) HND
8 2 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.36%) GCIA
8 2 (1.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.68%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.68%) CISM
9 1 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.68%) VCAP
9 1 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.44%) SLA
2 6 (4.08%) QA
3 3 (2.04%) DO-254
4 2 (1.36%) NIST
5 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.68%) GDPR
5 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.68%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.68%) NCSC
5 1 (0.68%) NIST 800
System Software
1 33 (22.45%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.12%) Firmware
3 7 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (2.72%) VMware NSX
6 3 (2.04%) vSphere
7 1 (0.68%) Docker
7 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (4.08%) Ansible
3 5 (3.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.72%) VxRail
5 3 (2.04%) Terraform
6 2 (1.36%) PowerCLI
6 2 (1.36%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.36%) vRealize
6 2 (1.36%) WSUS
7 1 (0.68%) Avamar
7 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.68%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.68%) PTC Integrity
7 1 (0.68%) Puppet
7 1 (0.68%) SCCM
7 1 (0.68%) SCOM
7 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (34.01%) Microsoft
2 26 (17.69%) ServiceNow
3 16 (10.88%) Citrix
4 11 (7.48%) VMware
5 8 (5.44%) Apple
6 7 (4.76%) Samsung
6 7 (4.76%) SOTI
6 7 (4.76%) Xilinx
7 5 (3.40%) Dell
7 5 (3.40%) LogRhythm
8 4 (2.72%) IFS
8 4 (2.72%) McAfee
8 4 (2.72%) NetApp
8 4 (2.72%) SAP
8 4 (2.72%) Splunk
8 4 (2.72%) Twitter
9 3 (2.04%) Darktrace
9 3 (2.04%) EMC
9 3 (2.04%) FireEye
9 3 (2.04%) Microsemi