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 15 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 -8
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 234 201 126
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 10.02% 15.62% 8.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.07% 48.79% 29.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 65 42
10th Percentile £176 £153 £181
25th Percentile £410 £220 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £295
Median % change year-on-year - +69.49% -46.36%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £475
90th Percentile £725 £625 £530
England median daily rate £538 £525 £527
% change year-on-year +2.38% -0.28% -4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 106 60
10th Percentile £24.75 £16.74 £21.37
25th Percentile £60.50 £18.87 £37.55
Median hourly rate £70.00 £32.07 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +118.27% -46.55% +34.83%
75th Percentile £80.00 £66.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £86.88 £67.50
England median hourly rate £63.14 £25.15 £60.00
% change year-on-year +151.03% -58.08% +6.21%

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 599 412 425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 25.64% 32.01% 28.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 289 161 151
10th Percentile £189 £198 £200
25th Percentile £400 £363 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £528 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.98% +5.60% -9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £575
90th Percentile £738 £675 £588
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 139 134
10th Percentile £18.04 £16.30 £16.30
25th Percentile £40.75 £18.87 £23.51
Median hourly rate £65.00 £30.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +116.67% -30.23% +104.76%
75th Percentile £75.00 £60.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.15 £67.50
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £54.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -53.43% -1.42%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +1 115 £500 -9.09% 76
Bedfordshire +5 64 £220 -41.33% 92
Suffolk -3 21 £625 +180.90% 4
Cambridgeshire -7 17 £475 -5.00% 26
Essex -13 16 £513 +234.97% 80
Norfolk -25 1 - - 11
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 5 (2.14%) Confluence
1 5 (2.14%) NetWeaver
2 4 (1.71%) IIS
3 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.85%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.43%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.43%) CMS
5 1 (0.43%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.43%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 9 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.99%) Windchill
3 6 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (2.14%) Simulink
5 3 (1.28%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (4.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (3.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (2.14%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.71%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.85%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.43%) Primavera
6 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 21 (8.97%) Azure
2 16 (6.84%) AWS
3 10 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (3.85%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.14%) OCI
6 3 (1.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (1.28%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.28%) SaaS
7 2 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.85%) iPaaS
7 2 (0.85%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.85%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.43%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.43%) Boomi
8 1 (0.43%) Cohesity
8 1 (0.43%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.43%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.84%) DNS
2 15 (6.41%) Firewall
3 13 (5.56%) SAN
4 10 (4.27%) VLAN
5 9 (3.85%) Network Security
6 8 (3.42%) Ethernet
7 6 (2.56%) HTTP
7 6 (2.56%) VPN
8 5 (2.14%) VSAN
9 4 (1.71%) SNMP
9 4 (1.71%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.28%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (1.28%) DHCP
10 3 (1.28%) NGFW
10 3 (1.28%) Structured Cabling
11 2 (0.85%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.85%) NAS
11 2 (0.85%) Skype
11 2 (0.85%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.56%) Relational Database
2 5 (2.14%) MaxDB
2 5 (2.14%) SAP HANA
2 5 (2.14%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.14%) Sybase ASE
3 3 (1.28%) Data Mining
3 3 (1.28%) Metadata
3 3 (1.28%) Power BI
4 2 (0.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.43%) GIS
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.43%) Power Query
5 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (8.55%) JIRA
2 14 (5.98%) Git
3 6 (2.56%) GitLab
3 6 (2.56%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (2.14%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.71%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.28%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.85%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.43%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.43%) CppUnit
8 1 (0.43%) eggPlant
8 1 (0.43%) MSI
8 1 (0.43%) PVCS
8 1 (0.43%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.43%) VectorCAST
General
1 59 (25.21%) Social Skills
2 32 (13.68%) Aerospace
3 25 (10.68%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.12%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (6.84%) Finance
6 14 (5.98%) Manufacturing
7 13 (5.56%) Electronics
8 12 (5.13%) Military
9 11 (4.70%) Law
10 9 (3.85%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.99%) Legal
12 4 (1.71%) Back Office
12 4 (1.71%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.71%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.28%) Aviation
14 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.43%) Automotive
15 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 31 (13.25%) Software Engineer
2 28 (11.97%) Consultant
3 18 (7.69%) Senior
4 17 (7.26%) Principal Engineer
5 14 (5.98%) Lead
6 13 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (5.56%) Principal Software Engineer
7 11 (4.70%) Administrator
8 10 (4.27%) Support Engineer
8 10 (4.27%) Systems Engineer
9 8 (3.42%) Architect
9 8 (3.42%) Data Engineer
9 8 (3.42%) Project Manager
9 8 (3.42%) Security Engineer
9 8 (3.42%) VMware Consultant
10 7 (2.99%) Ada Engineer
10 7 (2.99%) Ada Software Engineer
10 7 (2.99%) Analyst
10 7 (2.99%) Hardware Engineer
10 7 (2.99%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.41%) LDAP
2 8 (3.42%) REST
3 7 (2.99%) SAP Fiori
4 6 (2.56%) JSON
4 6 (2.56%) React
4 6 (2.56%) Terraform
5 5 (2.14%) OpenTelemetry
5 5 (2.14%) SAP Basis
5 5 (2.14%) SAPUI5
6 4 (1.71%) eBPF
6 4 (1.71%) Middleware
6 4 (1.71%) Node.js
6 4 (1.71%) Regular Expression
6 4 (1.71%) SOAP
6 4 (1.71%) Web Services
6 4 (1.71%) XML
7 3 (1.28%) .NET
7 3 (1.28%) JSP
8 2 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
9 1 (0.43%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.26%) Onboarding
2 16 (6.84%) Management Information System
3 15 (6.41%) Embedded Systems
4 13 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 13 (5.56%) FPGA
5 12 (5.13%) CMDB
6 11 (4.70%) Replication
7 9 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (3.42%) PKI
8 8 (3.42%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.14%) Cloud Native
9 5 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.14%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.71%) Analogue Electronics
10 4 (1.71%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.71%) PCIe
10 4 (1.71%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.71%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 34 (14.53%) Windows
2 31 (13.25%) Linux
3 20 (8.55%) Windows Server
4 16 (6.84%) CentOS
4 16 (6.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (5.13%) Rocky
6 4 (1.71%) Android
6 4 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.85%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.43%) Unix
8 1 (0.43%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (15.38%) Software Engineering
3 26 (11.11%) Agile
3 26 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 25 (10.68%) Migration
5 23 (9.83%) ITSM
6 20 (8.55%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (8.55%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (8.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 19 (8.12%) Validation
8 17 (7.26%) Root Cause Analysis
8 17 (7.26%) Test Automation
9 16 (6.84%) CI/CD
9 16 (6.84%) ITIL
9 16 (6.84%) Roadmaps
10 15 (6.41%) AI
10 15 (6.41%) Risk Management
10 15 (6.41%) Software Testing
11 14 (5.98%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 14 (5.98%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.68%) PowerShell
1 25 (10.68%) Python
2 12 (5.13%) SQL
3 10 (4.27%) C++
4 9 (3.85%) MATLAB
5 8 (3.42%) Ada
5 8 (3.42%) C#
6 7 (2.99%) C
7 6 (2.56%) Bash
7 6 (2.56%) JavaScript
7 6 (2.56%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.14%) Java
8 5 (2.14%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.71%) SystemVerilog
10 1 (0.43%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.43%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.43%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 234 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 25 (10.68%) Degree
3 16 (6.84%) BPSS Clearance
3 16 (6.84%) DV Cleared
4 7 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (2.14%) HND
6 4 (1.71%) CCNP
6 4 (1.71%) HNC
7 3 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (1.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.85%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.85%) ISACA
9 1 (0.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.43%) APMG
9 1 (0.43%) City & Guilds
9 1 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.41%) SLA
2 12 (5.13%) QA
3 10 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.99%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.14%) Def Stans
5 5 (2.14%) GDPR
5 5 (2.14%) NCSC
6 4 (1.71%) DO-254
6 4 (1.71%) GRC
6 4 (1.71%) NIST
7 3 (1.28%) IEC 61508
7 3 (1.28%) PMO
8 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.85%) DO-178B
8 2 (0.85%) ISA99
8 2 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.85%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.43%) MISRA
System Software
1 23 (9.83%) Active Directory
2 20 (8.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.27%) Firmware
4 9 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.14%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.71%) NFS
6 4 (1.71%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.85%) vSphere
8 1 (0.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (10.68%) Ansible
2 12 (5.13%) NetBackup
3 8 (3.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (2.99%) vCenter Server
5 6 (2.56%) Grafana
6 5 (2.14%) vRealize
7 4 (1.71%) Check_MK
7 4 (1.71%) Podman
7 4 (1.71%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.71%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (1.71%) VxRail
8 3 (1.28%) Functional Safety
8 3 (1.28%) SCCM
9 2 (0.85%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.43%) Nessus
10 1 (0.43%) QRadar
10 1 (0.43%) ServiceCenter
10 1 (0.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 36 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 26 (11.11%) VMware
3 23 (9.83%) SAP
4 18 (7.69%) ServiceNow
5 14 (5.98%) NetApp
5 14 (5.98%) Veeam
6 12 (5.13%) Oracle
6 12 (5.13%) Remedy
7 8 (3.42%) Cisco
7 8 (3.42%) EMC
7 8 (3.42%) Xilinx
8 7 (2.99%) BMC
8 7 (2.99%) Dynatrace
8 7 (2.99%) Intel
9 5 (2.14%) Cribl.io
9 5 (2.14%) Snow
9 5 (2.14%) Splunk
9 5 (2.14%) Sybase
10 4 (1.71%) Microsemi
10 4 (1.71%) Palo Alto