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 17 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 -5
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 202 218 137
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 9.25% 17.10% 8.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.41% 51.17% 30.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 72 46
10th Percentile £89 £153 £178
25th Percentile £405 £200 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £331
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% +50.94% -33.75%
75th Percentile £600 £562 £484
90th Percentile £725 £600 £594
England median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 110 72
10th Percentile £22.63 £16.05 £21.37
25th Percentile £59.25 £18.87 £21.46
Median hourly rate £70.00 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +64.71% -22.73% +12.24%
75th Percentile £77.81 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.14 £88.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £63.50 £25.15 £55.00
% change year-on-year +152.49% -54.27% -4.06%

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 540 426 448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 24.73% 33.41% 28.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 162 165
10th Percentile £183 £195 £208
25th Percentile £400 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.34% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £575
90th Percentile £738 £638 £600
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 148 161
10th Percentile £17.30 £16.30 £16.30
25th Percentile £25.60 £18.87 £21.46
Median hourly rate £62.50 £33.37 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +87.31% -22.40% +104.76%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.73 £86.43 £80.00
England median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +114.71% -47.05% -13.64%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -1 104 £500 -9.09% 27
Bedfordshire +3 49 £74 -80.27% 44
Suffolk -4 21 £625 +177.78% 1
Cambridgeshire -10 15 £469 -6.25% 10
Essex -19 13 £450 +194.12% 24
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 (2.97%) NetWeaver
2 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.99%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.50%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.50%) CMS
4 1 (0.50%) Confluence
4 1 (0.50%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.50%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 10 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.48%) Simulink
3 4 (1.98%) Windchill
4 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.50%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 10 (4.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (4.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.99%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.50%) Primavera
4 1 (0.50%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.40%) Azure
2 17 (8.42%) AWS
3 7 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.97%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.98%) SaaS
6 3 (1.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (1.49%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (1.49%) IaaS
6 3 (1.49%) iPaaS
6 3 (1.49%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.99%) Boomi
7 2 (0.99%) Cohesity
7 2 (0.99%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.99%) PaaS
7 2 (0.99%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.50%) GitHub
8 1 (0.50%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.50%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.94%) DNS
2 11 (5.45%) SAN
3 10 (4.95%) Firewall
4 7 (3.47%) Ethernet
4 7 (3.47%) VLAN
5 6 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (2.48%) Structured Cabling
6 5 (2.48%) VSAN
7 4 (1.98%) Network Security
7 4 (1.98%) SNMP
7 4 (1.98%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.98%) VPN
8 3 (1.49%) Skype
9 2 (0.99%) ADSL
9 2 (0.99%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (0.99%) IPsec
9 2 (0.99%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.99%) LAN
9 2 (0.99%) NAS
9 2 (0.99%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.97%) MaxDB
1 6 (2.97%) Relational Database
1 6 (2.97%) SAP HANA
1 6 (2.97%) SQL Server
1 6 (2.97%) Sybase ASE
2 3 (1.49%) Data Mining
2 3 (1.49%) Metadata
2 3 (1.49%) Power BI
3 1 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.50%) GIS
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (0.50%) Power Query
3 1 (0.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (5.94%) Git
2 11 (5.45%) JIRA
3 6 (2.97%) Visual Studio
4 5 (2.48%) Eclipse
4 5 (2.48%) GitLab
4 5 (2.48%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.48%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.99%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.50%) CppUnit
6 1 (0.50%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.50%) Hudson
6 1 (0.50%) JMeter
6 1 (0.50%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.50%) MSI
6 1 (0.50%) PVCS
6 1 (0.50%) Selenium
6 1 (0.50%) Serenity BDD
6 1 (0.50%) VectorCAST
General
1 45 (22.28%) Social Skills
2 19 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (7.92%) Aerospace
4 15 (7.43%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (5.94%) Law
6 9 (4.46%) Finance
6 9 (4.46%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.96%) Military
8 7 (3.47%) Electronics
9 6 (2.97%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.48%) Legal
10 5 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.98%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.49%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.99%) Automotive
13 2 (0.99%) Aviation
13 2 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.50%) Games
14 1 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 38 (18.81%) Software Engineer
2 22 (10.89%) Consultant
3 19 (9.41%) Principal Engineer
4 17 (8.42%) Senior
5 15 (7.43%) Principal Software Engineer
6 10 (4.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (4.95%) Project Manager
6 10 (4.95%) Support Engineer
6 10 (4.95%) Systems Engineer
7 9 (4.46%) Administrator
7 9 (4.46%) Analyst
7 9 (4.46%) SAP Support
8 8 (3.96%) Ada Engineer
8 8 (3.96%) Data Engineer
8 8 (3.96%) VMware Consultant
9 7 (3.47%) Ada Software Engineer
10 6 (2.97%) Architect
10 6 (2.97%) Lead
10 6 (2.97%) SAP Basis Support
10 6 (2.97%) SAP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.96%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (2.97%) LDAP
2 6 (2.97%) React
2 6 (2.97%) SAP Basis
2 6 (2.97%) SAPUI5
3 5 (2.48%) Node.js
3 5 (2.48%) OpenTelemetry
3 5 (2.48%) REST
3 5 (2.48%) Web Services
4 4 (1.98%) eBPF
4 4 (1.98%) Middleware
4 4 (1.98%) SOAP
5 3 (1.49%) .NET
6 2 (0.99%) JSP
6 2 (0.99%) XML
7 1 (0.50%) JSON
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.50%) WinForms
7 1 (0.50%) WPF
7 1 (0.50%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.43%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (5.94%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.45%) Data Centre
4 10 (4.95%) CMDB
4 10 (4.95%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.46%) FPGA
5 9 (4.46%) Replication
6 8 (3.96%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (3.47%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.97%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (2.97%) PKI
9 5 (2.48%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.98%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.98%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.98%) Verilog
11 3 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.49%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.49%) Reference Data
11 3 (1.49%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 32 (15.84%) Linux
2 30 (14.85%) Windows
3 17 (8.42%) Windows Server
4 14 (6.93%) CentOS
4 14 (6.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (4.95%) Rocky
6 2 (0.99%) Android
6 2 (0.99%) Unix
6 2 (0.99%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.50%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.50%) VxWorks
7 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (21.78%) Software Engineering
2 33 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (13.86%) Agile
4 21 (10.40%) ITSM
4 21 (10.40%) Migration
5 20 (9.90%) Validation
6 19 (9.41%) Test Automation
7 18 (8.91%) Change Management
7 18 (8.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (8.42%) CI/CD
9 16 (7.92%) Software Testing
9 16 (7.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 15 (7.43%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 15 (7.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 14 (6.93%) DevOps
11 14 (6.93%) Test Scripting
12 13 (6.44%) ITIL
12 13 (6.44%) Project Management
12 13 (6.44%) Risk Management
13 12 (5.94%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 26 (12.87%) Python
2 19 (9.41%) PowerShell
3 18 (8.91%) C++
4 13 (6.44%) SQL
5 11 (5.45%) C
5 11 (5.45%) C#
6 9 (4.46%) Ada
7 8 (3.96%) JavaScript
7 8 (3.96%) MATLAB
8 6 (2.97%) Bash
8 6 (2.97%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.98%) Embedded C
9 4 (1.98%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.98%) SystemVerilog
10 3 (1.49%) Java
11 1 (0.50%) Korn
11 1 (0.50%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 202 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (8.42%) Degree
3 13 (6.44%) DV Cleared
4 9 (4.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.49%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 3 (1.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (0.99%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.99%) HNC
7 2 (0.99%) HND
7 2 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.50%) CCNA
8 1 (0.50%) CCSP
8 1 (0.50%) CISSP
8 1 (0.50%) MCSE
8 1 (0.50%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.45%) SLA
2 10 (4.95%) QA
3 8 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.47%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.97%) GDPR
6 4 (1.98%) Def Stans
7 3 (1.49%) GRC
7 3 (1.49%) NCSC
8 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.99%) DO-178B
8 2 (0.99%) DO-254
8 2 (0.99%) ISA99
8 2 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.99%) PMO
9 1 (0.50%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.50%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.50%) MISRA
9 1 (0.50%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (8.42%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.47%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (2.97%) Firmware
5 4 (1.98%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.99%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (11.88%) Ansible
2 10 (4.95%) NetBackup
3 8 (3.96%) vCenter Server
4 7 (3.47%) Grafana
4 7 (3.47%) Terraform
5 6 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (2.48%) vRealize
7 4 (1.98%) Check_MK
7 4 (1.98%) Podman
7 4 (1.98%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.98%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (1.98%) SCCM
7 4 (1.98%) VxRail
8 2 (0.99%) Nessus
8 2 (0.99%) WSUS
9 1 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.50%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.50%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.50%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 31 (15.35%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.40%) VMware
3 19 (9.41%) SAP
4 17 (8.42%) ServiceNow
5 11 (5.45%) NetApp
6 10 (4.95%) Remedy
6 10 (4.95%) Veeam
7 8 (3.96%) Dynatrace
7 8 (3.96%) Oracle
8 7 (3.47%) BMC
9 6 (2.97%) Sybase
9 6 (2.97%) Xilinx
10 5 (2.48%) Cribl.io
10 5 (2.48%) Intel
10 5 (2.48%) Splunk
11 4 (1.98%) Cisco
11 4 (1.98%) Microsemi
11 4 (1.98%) Red Hat
12 3 (1.49%) MuleSoft
12 3 (1.49%) Tenable