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 29 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 6 10
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -3
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 211 161 185
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 9.43% 14.98% 9.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.32% 44.48% 31.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 61 52
10th Percentile £84 £153 £175
25th Percentile £391 £200 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £350 £345
Median % change year-on-year +38.57% +1.45% -31.00%
75th Percentile £624 £550 £506
90th Percentile £725 £575 £695
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 69 91
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.99 £21.37
25th Percentile £22.63 £18.87 £21.46
Median hourly rate £65.00 £59.00 £41.27
Median % change year-on-year +10.17% +42.98% -28.23%
75th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.73 £88.00 £73.25
England median hourly rate £62.50 £25.15 £52.35
% change year-on-year +148.51% -51.95% -8.97%

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 581 362 585
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 25.97% 33.67% 30.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 156 216
10th Percentile £168 £178 £220
25th Percentile £379 £225 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -
75th Percentile £650 £575 £575
90th Percentile £738 £600 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 101 216
10th Percentile £17.24 £15.44 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £48.84 £39.32 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.21% -6.38% +68.00%
75th Percentile £73.46 £73.75 £64.44
90th Percentile £79.00 £85.75 £74.13
England median hourly rate £53.00 £29.27 £42.50
% change year-on-year +81.07% -31.13% -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 29 June 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 29 June 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 29 June 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 99 £500 - 33
Bedfordshire +6 55 £323 +268.57% 7
Suffolk -2 21 £650 +188.89%
Cambridgeshire -4 18 £450 -10.00% 8
Essex -6 17 £450 +194.12% 3
Norfolk -26 1 £295 -45.12% 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 6 (2.84%) NetWeaver
2 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.95%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.47%) Apache
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.47%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (2.84%) Simulink
4 3 (1.42%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.47%) CATIA
5 1 (0.47%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.47%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 11 (5.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (4.27%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.95%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.95%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.47%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 19 (9.00%) Azure
2 11 (5.21%) AWS
3 4 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (1.90%) Entra ID
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (1.90%) SaaS
4 3 (1.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 3 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (1.42%) IaaS
4 3 (1.42%) iPaaS
4 3 (1.42%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.95%) Boomi
5 2 (0.95%) Cohesity
5 2 (0.95%) GCP
5 2 (0.95%) Google Workspace
5 2 (0.95%) OneDrive
5 2 (0.95%) PaaS
6 1 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.47%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.21%) Ethernet
2 9 (4.27%) Firewall
3 8 (3.79%) DNS
3 8 (3.79%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (2.84%) Structured Cabling
4 6 (2.84%) VPN
5 5 (2.37%) Network Security
5 5 (2.37%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.90%) LAN
6 4 (1.90%) SAN
6 4 (1.90%) SNMP
6 4 (1.90%) VLAN
6 4 (1.90%) WAN
7 3 (1.42%) VSAN
8 2 (0.95%) ADSL
8 2 (0.95%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.95%) DHCP
8 2 (0.95%) IPsec
8 2 (0.95%) Skype
8 2 (0.95%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.32%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.84%) MaxDB
2 6 (2.84%) SAP HANA
2 6 (2.84%) Sybase ASE
3 3 (1.42%) Power BI
4 1 (0.47%) Big Data
4 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.47%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.47%) Metadata
4 1 (0.47%) MySQL
4 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (7.58%) Git
2 12 (5.69%) JIRA
3 9 (4.27%) GitLab
3 9 (4.27%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.32%) Rational DOORS
4 7 (3.32%) Visual Studio
5 6 (2.84%) Rational Rhapsody
6 5 (2.37%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.47%) Hudson
7 1 (0.47%) JMeter
7 1 (0.47%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.47%) MSI
7 1 (0.47%) Selenium
7 1 (0.47%) Serenity BDD
7 1 (0.47%) VectorCAST
General
1 44 (20.85%) Social Skills
2 15 (7.11%) Aerospace
3 14 (6.64%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (5.69%) Legal
5 11 (5.21%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.84%) Finance
6 6 (2.84%) Law
7 5 (2.37%) Electronics
7 5 (2.37%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.37%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.90%) Military
9 3 (1.42%) Automotive
9 3 (1.42%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.95%) Games
10 2 (0.95%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 41 (19.43%) Software Engineer
2 19 (9.00%) Administrator
2 19 (9.00%) Analyst
3 17 (8.06%) Consultant
4 16 (7.58%) Principal Engineer
5 13 (6.16%) Principal Software Engineer
5 13 (6.16%) Senior
6 12 (5.69%) SAP Support
7 9 (4.27%) Ada Engineer
7 9 (4.27%) Project Manager
7 9 (4.27%) Support Engineer
7 9 (4.27%) Systems Engineer
8 8 (3.79%) Ada Software Engineer
8 8 (3.79%) Architect
8 8 (3.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (3.79%) Linux Administrator
9 7 (3.32%) FPGA Engineer
10 6 (2.84%) Data Centre Project Manager
10 6 (2.84%) SAP Administrator
10 6 (2.84%) SAP Security Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.27%) React
2 8 (3.79%) LDAP
2 8 (3.79%) Middleware
2 8 (3.79%) SAP Fiori
3 6 (2.84%) .NET
3 6 (2.84%) SAP Basis
3 6 (2.84%) SAPUI5
4 5 (2.37%) Node.js
4 5 (2.37%) Web Services
5 4 (1.90%) eBPF
5 4 (1.90%) OpenTelemetry
5 4 (1.90%) REST
5 4 (1.90%) SOAP
6 2 (0.95%) WinForms
6 2 (0.95%) WPF
7 1 (0.47%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.47%) SGML
7 1 (0.47%) XML
7 1 (0.47%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.06%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.69%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (5.69%) FPGA
3 8 (3.79%) CMDB
3 8 (3.79%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.79%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.84%) PCIe
5 5 (2.37%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.37%) Verilog
5 5 (2.37%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.90%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.90%) Insider Threat
6 4 (1.90%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (1.90%) Low-Code
6 4 (1.90%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.90%) Operational Technology
6 4 (1.90%) SCADA
7 3 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.42%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 30 (14.22%) Windows
2 26 (12.32%) Linux
3 10 (4.74%) CentOS
3 10 (4.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (4.27%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.95%) Rocky
5 2 (0.95%) Unix
5 2 (0.95%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.47%) Android
6 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.47%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.47%) VxWorks
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (24.64%) Software Engineering
2 33 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (12.32%) Agile
4 22 (10.43%) ITSM
4 22 (10.43%) Test Automation
5 20 (9.48%) Change Management
6 18 (8.53%) Migration
7 16 (7.58%) CI/CD
8 15 (7.11%) SDLC
9 14 (6.64%) ITIL
9 14 (6.64%) Software Testing
9 14 (6.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 14 (6.64%) Validation
10 13 (6.16%) DevOps
10 13 (6.16%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (5.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 12 (5.69%) Mentoring
11 12 (5.69%) Service Management
11 12 (5.69%) Test Scripting
12 11 (5.21%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (9.95%) C++
2 18 (8.53%) Python
3 15 (7.11%) C#
4 13 (6.16%) Ada
4 13 (6.16%) MATLAB
5 12 (5.69%) C
6 10 (4.74%) PowerShell
7 9 (4.27%) TypeScript
8 8 (3.79%) JavaScript
8 8 (3.79%) Shell Script
9 6 (2.84%) Bash
10 5 (2.37%) SystemVerilog
11 4 (1.90%) SQL
12 3 (1.42%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.95%) Tcl
14 1 (0.47%) Java
14 1 (0.47%) Korn
Qualifications
1 211 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 20 (9.48%) DV Cleared
3 13 (6.16%) Degree
4 6 (2.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.37%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.90%) CTC Cleared
7 3 (1.42%) HNC
7 3 (1.42%) HND
7 3 (1.42%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (1.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.95%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.95%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.47%) City & Guilds
9 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.64%) SLA
2 6 (2.84%) Def Stans
3 5 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.42%) GDPR
5 3 (1.42%) NIST
5 3 (1.42%) QA
6 2 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.95%) DO-178B
6 2 (0.95%) DO-254
6 2 (0.95%) GRC
6 2 (0.95%) ISA99
6 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.95%) NCSC
7 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.47%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.47%) MISRA
7 1 (0.47%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (8.06%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.32%) Firmware
4 6 (2.84%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.42%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.95%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.95%) vSphere
7 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (9.48%) Ansible
2 8 (3.79%) Check_MK
2 8 (3.79%) Podman
2 8 (3.79%) Red Hat Satellite
3 7 (3.32%) Terraform
3 7 (3.32%) vCenter Server
4 6 (2.84%) Grafana
5 4 (1.90%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.90%) VxRail
6 3 (1.42%) SCCM
6 3 (1.42%) vRealize
7 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.95%) Nessus
7 2 (0.95%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.95%) WSUS
8 1 (0.47%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.47%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.47%) ServiceCenter
8 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (14.22%) Microsoft
2 26 (12.32%) VMware
3 20 (9.48%) SAP
4 19 (9.00%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.74%) Remedy
6 8 (3.79%) Oracle
6 8 (3.79%) Red Hat
7 7 (3.32%) BMC
7 7 (3.32%) Dell
8 6 (2.84%) Altera
8 6 (2.84%) Cisco
8 6 (2.84%) Dynatrace
8 6 (2.84%) Sybase
8 6 (2.84%) Xilinx
9 5 (2.37%) HP
9 5 (2.37%) Intel
9 5 (2.37%) Microsemi
10 4 (1.90%) Canon
10 4 (1.90%) Cribl.io
10 4 (1.90%) Splunk