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 13 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 -2
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 295 210 135
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 12.22% 15.48% 9.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 43.90% 46.67% 31.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 74 50
10th Percentile £213 £151 £200
25th Percentile £430 £350 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% +25.00% -27.27%
75th Percentile £647 £575 £531
90th Percentile £801 £625 £604
England median daily rate £550 £527 £525
% change year-on-year +4.36% +0.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 105 53
10th Percentile £22.68 £18.30 £35.00
25th Percentile £56.50 £18.87 £40.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £25.15 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +166.40% -61.31% +46.07%
75th Percentile £78.75 £66.50 -
90th Percentile £85.00 £87.10 £67.50
England median hourly rate £63.00 £25.15 £62.50
% change year-on-year +150.50% -59.76% +10.64%

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 672 450 426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 27.84% 33.16% 29.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 182 169
10th Percentile £201 £200 £200
25th Percentile £413 £387 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +7.63% -9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £580 £575
90th Percentile £750 £661 £600
England median daily rate £535 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 152 106
10th Percentile £20.15 £15.54 £21.37
25th Percentile £36.34 £18.87 £38.40
Median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +158.45% -41.51% +97.88%
75th Percentile £75.00 £55.06 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £83.51 £71.00
England median hourly rate £48.81 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +94.08% -52.10% -1.87%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 13 October 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 +1 150 £600 +9.09% 40
Bedfordshire +3 80 £220 -41.33% 31
Essex -4 35 £500 +226.80% 20
Cambridgeshire -6 15 £475 -5.00% 17
Suffolk -19 14 £468 +107.78% 4
Norfolk -19 1 - - 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 (3.73%) CMS
2 8 (2.71%) Confluence
3 5 (1.69%) NetWeaver
4 4 (1.36%) IIS
5 1 (0.34%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.34%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.34%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 13 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.73%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (3.39%) Windchill
4 6 (2.03%) Simulink
5 4 (1.36%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 25 (8.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (2.71%) SAP PP
3 7 (2.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (2.03%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.68%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.34%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 20 (6.78%) Azure
2 16 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (5.08%) AWS
4 9 (3.05%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.71%) Google Workspace
6 7 (2.37%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.03%) OCI
8 4 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.02%) Google Docs
10 2 (0.68%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.68%) GCP
10 2 (0.68%) GitHub
10 2 (0.68%) iPaaS
10 2 (0.68%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.68%) SaaS
11 1 (0.34%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.34%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.76%) SAN
2 16 (5.42%) DNS
2 16 (5.42%) Firewall
3 15 (5.08%) Ethernet
4 12 (4.07%) VLAN
5 11 (3.73%) H.323
6 10 (3.39%) LAN
7 7 (2.37%) Network Security
8 6 (2.03%) Fibre Channel
8 6 (2.03%) HTTP
8 6 (2.03%) WAN
9 5 (1.69%) Cisco ISE
9 5 (1.69%) VSAN
9 5 (1.69%) WebEx
9 5 (1.69%) Wireless
10 4 (1.36%) Cisco Wireless
10 4 (1.36%) SNMP
10 4 (1.36%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.36%) WLAN
11 3 (1.02%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.05%) Power BI
2 6 (2.03%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.69%) BigQuery
3 5 (1.69%) Looker
3 5 (1.69%) MaxDB
3 5 (1.69%) SAP HANA
3 5 (1.69%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.69%) Sybase ASE
4 3 (1.02%) Data Mining
4 3 (1.02%) Metadata
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.34%) GIS
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.34%) Power Query
6 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (9.15%) JIRA
2 10 (3.39%) Git
2 10 (3.39%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (1.69%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.36%) GitLab
5 3 (1.02%) Eclipse
5 3 (1.02%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.34%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.34%) CppUnit
6 1 (0.34%) eggPlant
6 1 (0.34%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.34%) PVCS
6 1 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.34%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.34%) VectorCAST
General
1 75 (25.42%) Social Skills
2 47 (15.93%) Aerospace
3 34 (11.53%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (8.47%) Manufacturing
5 20 (6.78%) Documentation Skills
6 19 (6.44%) Electronics
7 17 (5.76%) Military
8 15 (5.08%) Finance
9 10 (3.39%) Law
10 9 (3.05%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.71%) Legal
12 5 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.36%) Aviation
13 4 (1.36%) Back Office
13 4 (1.36%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.36%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.34%) Automotive
15 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 29 (9.83%) Consultant
1 29 (9.83%) Software Engineer
2 28 (9.49%) Lead
3 17 (5.76%) Principal Engineer
3 17 (5.76%) Senior
4 14 (4.75%) Administrator
5 13 (4.41%) Developer
5 13 (4.41%) Principal Software Engineer
6 12 (4.07%) Hardware Engineer
6 12 (4.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (4.07%) Technical Administrator
7 11 (3.73%) Analyst
8 10 (3.39%) Applications Developer
8 10 (3.39%) Applications Specialist
8 10 (3.39%) Report Developer
8 10 (3.39%) Report Specialist
8 10 (3.39%) Support Engineer
8 10 (3.39%) Systems Engineer
9 9 (3.05%) Data Centre Engineer
9 9 (3.05%) NetApp Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.41%) LDAP
2 11 (3.73%) XMPP
3 9 (3.05%) REST
4 7 (2.37%) SAP Fiori
5 6 (2.03%) JSON
5 6 (2.03%) Terraform
6 5 (1.69%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (1.69%) SAP Basis
6 5 (1.69%) SAPUI5
7 4 (1.36%) .NET
7 4 (1.36%) eBPF
7 4 (1.36%) Regular Expression
7 4 (1.36%) Web Services
7 4 (1.36%) XML
8 3 (1.02%) JSP
8 3 (1.02%) Node.js
8 3 (1.02%) SOAP
9 2 (0.68%) Middleware
9 2 (0.68%) React
9 2 (0.68%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.49%) CMDB
2 20 (6.78%) FPGA
3 19 (6.44%) Data Centre
4 17 (5.76%) Embedded Systems
5 16 (5.42%) Onboarding
6 13 (4.41%) Management Information System
7 11 (3.73%) Replication
7 11 (3.73%) Video Conferencing
8 9 (3.05%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (2.37%) Analogue Electronics
9 7 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.03%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (2.03%) VHDL
11 5 (1.69%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.69%) PCIe
11 5 (1.69%) PKI
12 4 (1.36%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.36%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.17%) Windows
2 28 (9.49%) Linux
3 17 (5.76%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.75%) CentOS
4 14 (4.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.07%) Rocky
6 4 (1.36%) Android
6 4 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.68%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.34%) Unix
8 1 (0.34%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (13.90%) ITSM
3 36 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (10.51%) Software Engineering
5 29 (9.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 27 (9.15%) ITIL
7 25 (8.47%) Agile
7 25 (8.47%) Validation
8 24 (8.14%) Service Management
9 23 (7.80%) Migration
10 21 (7.12%) Cybersecurity
10 21 (7.12%) ERP
11 20 (6.78%) Asset Management
12 19 (6.44%) Change Management
12 19 (6.44%) Data Modelling
13 18 (6.10%) CI/CD
13 18 (6.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 18 (6.10%) Project Management
13 18 (6.10%) Root Cause Analysis
14 17 (5.76%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 29 (9.83%) Python
2 22 (7.46%) PowerShell
3 17 (5.76%) SQL
4 12 (4.07%) C++
5 11 (3.73%) JavaScript
6 9 (3.05%) C#
7 8 (2.71%) Ada
7 8 (2.71%) C
7 8 (2.71%) MATLAB
8 6 (2.03%) Bash
9 5 (1.69%) Java
10 4 (1.36%) SystemVerilog
11 3 (1.02%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.68%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.68%) Google Apps Script
12 2 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.68%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.34%) BeanShell
13 1 (0.34%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 295 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 30 (10.17%) Degree
3 26 (8.81%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (4.75%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (2.71%) CCNP
6 8 (2.71%) HND
7 7 (2.37%) HNC
8 4 (1.36%) CCNP Voice
9 3 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.68%) ISACA
11 1 (0.34%) APMG
11 1 (0.34%) CBAP
11 1 (0.34%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.34%) IIBA
11 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.34%) NVQ Level 3
11 1 (0.34%) PhD
11 1 (0.34%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.76%) SLA
2 11 (3.73%) QA
3 9 (3.05%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.03%) Def Stans
4 6 (2.03%) IEC 61508
4 6 (2.03%) NIST
5 5 (1.69%) GRC
6 4 (1.36%) DO-254
6 4 (1.36%) GDPR
6 4 (1.36%) NCSC
7 3 (1.02%) PMO
8 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.68%) DO-178B
8 2 (0.68%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.34%) MISRA
System Software
1 28 (9.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (6.10%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.41%) Firmware
4 10 (3.39%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.69%) vSphere
6 4 (1.36%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.36%) NFS
6 4 (1.36%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.34%) Docker
7 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (7.12%) Ansible
2 12 (4.07%) NetBackup
3 11 (3.73%) Cisco CUCM
4 6 (2.03%) Functional Safety
4 6 (2.03%) Grafana
4 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.69%) vCenter Server
5 5 (1.69%) vRealize
6 4 (1.36%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.36%) VxRail
7 2 (0.68%) Check_MK
7 2 (0.68%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.68%) Podman
7 2 (0.68%) QRadar
7 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.68%) SCCM
8 1 (0.34%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 44 (14.92%) Microsoft
2 33 (11.19%) SAP
2 33 (11.19%) VMware
3 26 (8.81%) Remedy
4 22 (7.46%) ServiceNow
5 20 (6.78%) Cisco
6 17 (5.76%) NetApp
6 17 (5.76%) Veeam
7 13 (4.41%) EMC
7 13 (4.41%) Oracle
8 12 (4.07%) Xilinx
9 9 (3.05%) Google
10 8 (2.71%) Intel
11 7 (2.37%) Altera
11 7 (2.37%) BMC
11 7 (2.37%) Dynatrace
12 6 (2.03%) Microsemi
13 5 (1.69%) Cribl.io
13 5 (1.69%) Snow
13 5 (1.69%) Splunk