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 14 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 6 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 228 136 215
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 15.12% 10.52% 11.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 48.41% 37.67% 32.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 45 86
10th Percentile £150 £220 £400
25th Percentile £220 £306 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £518
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -13.04% -0.24%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £638
90th Percentile £625 £645 £705
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 57 71
10th Percentile £18.66 £21.46 -
25th Percentile £18.87 £40.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +46.07% -11.00%
75th Percentile £65.38 £67.50 £58.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £72.05 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.77 £56.49
% change year-on-year -56.47% +2.27% -5.85%

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 471 361 664
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 31.23% 27.92% 35.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 147 339
10th Percentile £198 £200 £273
25th Percentile £391 £309 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £584 £575 £675
90th Percentile £688 £623 £744
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 81 150
10th Percentile £15.50 £21.46 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £35.00 £14.52
Median hourly rate £23.75 £65.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.46% +132.14% +33.33%
75th Percentile £56.00 £67.50 £58.75
90th Percentile £81.50 £75.25 £72.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% -4.76% +16.67%

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 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 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 14 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 +3 111 £541 +8.10% 53
Bedfordshire -1 41 £375 -21.05% 23
Cambridgeshire +11 25 £513 +28.13% 19
Essex +8 19 £153 -76.46% 3
Norfolk -3 18 £538 +19.44% 2
Suffolk 0 14 £220 -3.30% 3
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 11 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.19%) Apache
2 5 (2.19%) IIS
2 5 (2.19%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.88%) Confluence
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 12 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
2 10 (4.39%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (3.95%) Simulink
4 7 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (2.19%) FrameMaker
6 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.44%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.44%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.44%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (2.19%) Maximo
2 3 (1.32%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.44%) assyst
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.44%) Primavera
3 1 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (5.26%) Azure
2 5 (2.19%) npm
3 4 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (1.32%) AWS
4 3 (1.32%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.88%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.44%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.44%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.44%) GCP
6 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.44%) OCI
6 1 (0.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.39%) Ethernet
2 7 (3.07%) Network Security
2 7 (3.07%) VPN
3 6 (2.63%) DNS
3 6 (2.63%) FTP
3 6 (2.63%) HTTP
3 6 (2.63%) SMTP
3 6 (2.63%) SSL
4 4 (1.75%) Firewall
4 4 (1.75%) SpaceWire
5 3 (1.32%) BGP
5 3 (1.32%) OSPF
5 3 (1.32%) RS-232
5 3 (1.32%) VLAN
6 2 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.88%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.44%) DWDM
7 1 (0.44%) LAN
7 1 (0.44%) SDH
7 1 (0.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.07%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (2.19%) DB2
3 3 (1.32%) Power BI
4 2 (0.88%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (0.88%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.44%) Big Data
5 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.44%) Pentaho
5 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.51%) JIRA
2 7 (3.07%) Hudson
2 7 (3.07%) Visual Studio
3 5 (2.19%) Artifactory
3 5 (2.19%) GitLab
4 4 (1.75%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.88%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.44%) AdminStudio
General
1 91 (39.91%) Social Skills
2 23 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (9.65%) Electronics
4 20 (8.77%) Manufacturing
4 20 (8.77%) Military
5 17 (7.46%) Finance
5 17 (7.46%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.58%) Aerospace
7 12 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.95%) Telecoms
9 8 (3.51%) Marketing
10 7 (3.07%) Games
10 7 (3.07%) Legal
11 6 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (2.63%) Law
11 6 (2.63%) Publishing
12 5 (2.19%) Aviation
13 3 (1.32%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.44%) Billing
Job Titles
1 20 (8.77%) Consultant
2 17 (7.46%) Developer
3 16 (7.02%) Security Engineer
4 15 (6.58%) Analyst
4 15 (6.58%) Lead
4 15 (6.58%) Software Engineer
5 12 (5.26%) Desktop Engineer
5 12 (5.26%) Support Engineer
6 11 (4.82%) IT Engineer
7 10 (4.39%) Desktop Support
8 9 (3.95%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 9 (3.95%) Network Engineer
9 8 (3.51%) SOC Analyst
10 7 (3.07%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 7 (3.07%) ServiceNow Developer
11 6 (2.63%) Embedded Engineer
11 6 (2.63%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 6 (2.63%) Firmware Engineer
11 6 (2.63%) IFS Consultant
11 6 (2.63%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.26%) XML
2 8 (3.51%) Web Services
3 7 (3.07%) .NET
3 7 (3.07%) Node.js
4 6 (2.63%) AngularJS
4 6 (2.63%) LDAP
4 6 (2.63%) SGML
5 5 (2.19%) .NET Framework
5 5 (2.19%) CSS
5 5 (2.19%) HTML
5 5 (2.19%) React
5 5 (2.19%) SOAP
5 5 (2.19%) Svelte
5 5 (2.19%) Vue
6 3 (1.32%) Flash
7 1 (0.44%) Blazor
7 1 (0.44%) PySpark
7 1 (0.44%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.58%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.70%) Algorithms
3 11 (4.82%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (4.82%) FPGA
4 8 (3.51%) PCIe
4 8 (3.51%) Verilog
5 6 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (2.63%) CSOC
5 6 (2.63%) Cyberattack
5 6 (2.63%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.63%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (2.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 5 (2.19%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.75%) Analogue Electronics
7 4 (1.75%) Insider Threat
7 4 (1.75%) iPad
7 4 (1.75%) iPhone
7 4 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.75%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 30 (13.16%) Windows
2 13 (5.70%) Windows 10
3 10 (4.39%) Linux
4 8 (3.51%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.75%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.44%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (12.72%) Asset Management
2 29 (12.72%) Migration
3 28 (12.28%) Workflow
4 27 (11.84%) Ticket Management
5 25 (10.96%) Time Management
6 23 (10.09%) Agile
7 20 (8.77%) Workflow Management
8 19 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (7.46%) Software Engineering
10 16 (7.02%) AI
10 16 (7.02%) Information Assurance
11 15 (6.58%) Customer Service
11 15 (6.58%) Incident Management
11 15 (6.58%) ITIL
11 15 (6.58%) Logistics
12 14 (6.14%) Incident Response
12 14 (6.14%) Information Security
12 14 (6.14%) Machine Learning
12 14 (6.14%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.02%) Python
2 13 (5.70%) C++
3 12 (5.26%) JavaScript
4 10 (4.39%) C
4 10 (4.39%) C#
5 9 (3.95%) MATLAB
5 9 (3.95%) SQL
6 8 (3.51%) SystemVerilog
6 8 (3.51%) Tcl
7 6 (2.63%) PowerShell
8 5 (2.19%) Ada
8 5 (2.19%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.75%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.88%) Embedded C
10 2 (0.88%) Java
11 1 (0.44%) Bash
11 1 (0.44%) Scala
11 1 (0.44%) VBA
Qualifications
1 228 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 33 (14.47%) Degree
3 14 (6.14%) HNC
3 14 (6.14%) HND
4 13 (5.70%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.07%) CISSP
6 6 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.19%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (1.32%) CCNP
8 3 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.32%) CISM
8 3 (1.32%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.88%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.44%) CEH
10 1 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.44%) MOS
10 1 (0.44%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.09%) NIST
2 16 (7.02%) JSP 440
3 15 (6.58%) NCSC
3 15 (6.58%) QA
4 14 (6.14%) NIST 800
5 10 (4.39%) SLA
6 8 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (3.07%) DO-254
7 7 (3.07%) GDPR
8 5 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.88%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.44%) PMO
System Software
1 25 (10.96%) Firmware
2 16 (7.02%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.19%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.19%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.32%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.32%) PingFederate
5 2 (0.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (20.61%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.70%) SAP
2 13 (5.70%) ServiceNow
3 11 (4.82%) IFS
4 7 (3.07%) Actel
4 7 (3.07%) Altera
4 7 (3.07%) Intel
4 7 (3.07%) Microsemi
4 7 (3.07%) Xilinx
5 6 (2.63%) IBM
6 4 (1.75%) Cisco
6 4 (1.75%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.75%) Starlink
7 3 (1.32%) Aruba
7 3 (1.32%) Computacenter
7 3 (1.32%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.32%) McAfee
8 2 (0.88%) Oracle
9 1 (0.44%) HP
9 1 (0.44%) Sybase