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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 -4
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 196 203 144
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 8.99% 16.09% 9.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.96% 49.03% 31.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 67 50
10th Percentile £76 £153 £175
25th Percentile £400 £199 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £479 £343
Median % change year-on-year +0.79% +39.78% -31.50%
75th Percentile £600 £560 £484
90th Percentile £725 £610 £589
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 102 78
10th Percentile £18.12 £15.93 £21.37
25th Percentile £47.94 £18.87 £21.46
Median hourly rate £68.21 £42.50 £42.75
Median % change year-on-year +60.49% -0.58% -12.76%
75th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.76 £85.68 £67.50
England median hourly rate £63.14 £25.15 £55.00
% change year-on-year +151.03% -54.27% -4.35%

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 545 414 462
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 24.99% 32.81% 28.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 159 169
10th Percentile £174 £179 £213
25th Percentile £410 £309 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% +1.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £575
90th Percentile £738 £628 £625
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 139 172
10th Percentile £17.74 £16.25 £15.52
25th Percentile £22.67 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £61.00 £32.74 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +86.34% -23.87% +104.76%
75th Percentile £75.00 £66.75 £64.25
90th Percentile £81.73 £84.20 £72.93
England median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £45.88
% change year-on-year +114.71% -45.18% -16.58%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 98 £500 -9.09% 31
Bedfordshire +5 48 £74 -74.92% 23
Suffolk 0 21 £625 +177.78% 1
Cambridgeshire -10 15 £475 -5.00% 10
Essex -16 14 £450 +194.12% 13
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 (3.06%) NetWeaver
2 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.51%) Apache
4 1 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.51%) CMS
4 1 (0.51%) Confluence
4 1 (0.51%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (6.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.55%) Simulink
3 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.51%) CATIA
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.51%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 10 (5.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (4.59%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (1.02%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.51%) Primavera
4 1 (0.51%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 20 (10.20%) Azure
2 13 (6.63%) AWS
3 6 (3.06%) Entra ID
3 6 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.04%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.04%) SaaS
5 3 (1.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 3 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (1.53%) IaaS
5 3 (1.53%) iPaaS
6 2 (1.02%) Boomi
6 2 (1.02%) Cohesity
6 2 (1.02%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.02%) PaaS
6 2 (1.02%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.51%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.12%) DNS
2 11 (5.61%) Firewall
2 11 (5.61%) SAN
3 8 (4.08%) VLAN
4 7 (3.57%) Ethernet
4 7 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (3.06%) Structured Cabling
6 5 (2.55%) VSAN
7 4 (2.04%) Network Security
7 4 (2.04%) SNMP
7 4 (2.04%) TCP/IP
7 4 (2.04%) VPN
8 3 (1.53%) Skype
9 2 (1.02%) ADSL
9 2 (1.02%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (1.02%) DHCP
9 2 (1.02%) iSCSI
9 2 (1.02%) LAN
9 2 (1.02%) NAS
9 2 (1.02%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.57%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.06%) MaxDB
2 6 (3.06%) SAP HANA
2 6 (3.06%) Sybase ASE
3 4 (2.04%) Metadata
3 4 (2.04%) Power BI
4 3 (1.53%) Data Mining
4 3 (1.53%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.51%) Big Data
5 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.51%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.51%) MySQL
5 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.51%) Power Query
5 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (6.12%) Git
1 12 (6.12%) JIRA
2 6 (3.06%) Visual Studio
3 5 (2.55%) Eclipse
3 5 (2.55%) GitLab
3 5 (2.55%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.04%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (1.02%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.51%) CppUnit
6 1 (0.51%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.51%) Hudson
6 1 (0.51%) JMeter
6 1 (0.51%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.51%) MSI
6 1 (0.51%) PVCS
6 1 (0.51%) Selenium
6 1 (0.51%) Serenity BDD
6 1 (0.51%) VectorCAST
General
1 39 (19.90%) Social Skills
2 17 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (6.63%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (6.12%) Aerospace
5 9 (4.59%) Law
6 7 (3.57%) Finance
6 7 (3.57%) Military
7 6 (3.06%) Legal
7 6 (3.06%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.55%) Electronics
8 5 (2.55%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.04%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.02%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.51%) Automotive
12 1 (0.51%) Aviation
12 1 (0.51%) Games
12 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (19.39%) Software Engineer
2 20 (10.20%) Principal Engineer
3 19 (9.69%) Consultant
4 16 (8.16%) Senior
5 15 (7.65%) Principal Software Engineer
6 12 (6.12%) Administrator
6 12 (6.12%) SAP Support
7 11 (5.61%) Analyst
7 11 (5.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (5.10%) Project Manager
8 10 (5.10%) Support Engineer
8 10 (5.10%) Systems Engineer
9 8 (4.08%) Ada Engineer
9 8 (4.08%) VMware Consultant
10 7 (3.57%) Ada Software Engineer
10 7 (3.57%) Architect
11 6 (3.06%) Data Centre Manager
11 6 (3.06%) Data Manager
11 6 (3.06%) SAP Basis Support
11 6 (3.06%) Security Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.08%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (3.06%) React
2 6 (3.06%) SAP Basis
2 6 (3.06%) SAPUI5
3 5 (2.55%) Node.js
3 5 (2.55%) OpenTelemetry
3 5 (2.55%) Web Services
4 4 (2.04%) eBPF
4 4 (2.04%) LDAP
4 4 (2.04%) Middleware
4 4 (2.04%) REST
4 4 (2.04%) SOAP
5 3 (1.53%) .NET
6 1 (0.51%) Kafka
6 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.51%) WinForms
6 1 (0.51%) WPF
6 1 (0.51%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (6.12%) Data Centre
3 11 (5.61%) Onboarding
4 10 (5.10%) CMDB
4 10 (5.10%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.59%) Replication
6 8 (4.08%) FPGA
6 8 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (3.06%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (3.06%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.55%) Cloud Native
9 4 (2.04%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (2.04%) Low-Code
9 4 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (2.04%) Verilog
10 3 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.53%) PKI
10 3 (1.53%) Reference Data
10 3 (1.53%) Robotics
10 3 (1.53%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 30 (15.31%) Linux
2 29 (14.80%) Windows
3 15 (7.65%) Windows Server
4 14 (7.14%) CentOS
4 14 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (5.10%) Rocky
6 2 (1.02%) Android
6 2 (1.02%) Unix
6 2 (1.02%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.51%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.51%) VxWorks
7 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (22.45%) Software Engineering
2 29 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (13.27%) Agile
4 22 (11.22%) ITSM
5 20 (10.20%) Change Management
6 19 (9.69%) Test Automation
7 18 (9.18%) Migration
8 17 (8.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (8.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 16 (8.16%) Software Testing
9 16 (8.16%) Validation
10 15 (7.65%) CI/CD
11 14 (7.14%) ITIL
11 14 (7.14%) SDLC
11 14 (7.14%) Test Scripting
12 13 (6.63%) Project Management
13 12 (6.12%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 12 (6.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 11 (5.61%) DevOps
14 11 (5.61%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 22 (11.22%) Python
2 19 (9.69%) PowerShell
3 18 (9.18%) C++
4 11 (5.61%) C
4 11 (5.61%) C#
5 10 (5.10%) SQL
6 9 (4.59%) Ada
7 8 (4.08%) MATLAB
8 7 (3.57%) JavaScript
9 6 (3.06%) Bash
9 6 (3.06%) TypeScript
10 4 (2.04%) Embedded C
10 4 (2.04%) Shell Script
10 4 (2.04%) SystemVerilog
11 1 (0.51%) Java
11 1 (0.51%) Korn
11 1 (0.51%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 196 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (7.65%) Degree
3 14 (7.14%) DV Cleared
4 7 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (3.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.53%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 3 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (1.02%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.02%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.51%) CISSP
8 1 (0.51%) City & Guilds
8 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.51%) PMP
8 1 (0.51%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.10%) SLA
2 7 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.57%) QA
3 6 (3.06%) GDPR
4 5 (2.55%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.53%) Def Stans
5 3 (1.53%) GRC
5 3 (1.53%) NCSC
6 2 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.02%) DO-178B
6 2 (1.02%) ISA99
6 2 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (1.02%) PMO
7 1 (0.51%) DO-254
7 1 (0.51%) MISRA
7 1 (0.51%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (7.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (7.14%) Active Directory
3 8 (4.08%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (2.55%) Firmware
5 4 (2.04%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.02%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.02%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (12.24%) Ansible
2 10 (5.10%) NetBackup
3 9 (4.59%) vCenter Server
4 7 (3.57%) Grafana
4 7 (3.57%) Terraform
5 6 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (2.55%) vRealize
6 5 (2.55%) VxRail
7 4 (2.04%) Check_MK
7 4 (2.04%) Podman
7 4 (2.04%) Prometheus
7 4 (2.04%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (2.04%) SCCM
8 2 (1.02%) Nessus
8 2 (1.02%) WSUS
9 1 (0.51%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.51%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.51%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 28 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 22 (11.22%) VMware
3 20 (10.20%) SAP
4 17 (8.67%) ServiceNow
5 11 (5.61%) NetApp
5 11 (5.61%) Veeam
6 10 (5.10%) Remedy
7 8 (4.08%) Oracle
8 7 (3.57%) BMC
8 7 (3.57%) Dynatrace
9 6 (3.06%) Sybase
10 5 (2.55%) Cisco
10 5 (2.55%) Cribl.io
10 5 (2.55%) Splunk
10 5 (2.55%) Xilinx
11 4 (2.04%) Dell
11 4 (2.04%) Intel
11 4 (2.04%) Microsemi
11 4 (2.04%) Red Hat
12 3 (1.53%) MuleSoft