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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 6 12
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 -7
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 279 198 130
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 11.61% 15.27% 8.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 43.32% 46.92% 30.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 67 41
10th Percentile £205 £153 £200
25th Percentile £419 £350 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £340
Median % change year-on-year - +47.06% -38.18%
75th Percentile £663 £575 £488
90th Percentile £793 £635 £588
England median daily rate £540 £530 £525
% change year-on-year +1.89% +0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 104 57
10th Percentile £22.68 £17.23 £21.37
25th Percentile £54.88 £18.87 £38.40
Median hourly rate £67.25 £25.15 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +167.40% -59.76% +40.45%
75th Percentile £78.75 £67.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £87.33 £67.50
England median hourly rate £63.14 £25.15 £61.03
% change year-on-year +151.03% -58.79% +8.03%

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 644 422 432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 26.79% 32.54% 28.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 167 151
10th Percentile £195 £200 £200
25th Percentile £410 £379 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £531 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% +6.20% -9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £580 £575
90th Percentile £750 £680 £588
England median daily rate £530 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 144 127
10th Percentile £19.85 £16.13 £16.30
25th Percentile £40.75 £18.87 £35.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +158.45% -41.51% +82.30%
75th Percentile £75.00 £57.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £84.63 £67.70
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -52.55% -1.24%

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 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 29 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 29 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 +2 146 £600 +9.09% 71
Bedfordshire +4 75 £220 -41.33% 62
Essex -10 21 £488 +218.63% 60
Suffolk -11 19 £625 +117.39% 2
Cambridgeshire -6 17 £475 -5.00% 31
Norfolk -23 1 - - 2
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 (3.94%) CMS
2 7 (2.51%) Confluence
3 5 (1.79%) NetWeaver
4 4 (1.43%) IIS
5 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.72%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.36%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.36%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.36%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 12 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.87%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (2.87%) Windchill
3 5 (1.79%) Simulink
4 4 (1.43%) OrCAD
5 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (7.53%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (2.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (2.15%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (2.15%) SAP PP
4 2 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.72%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.36%) Primavera
5 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 23 (8.24%) Azure
2 16 (5.73%) AWS
3 15 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (3.58%) Entra ID
5 7 (2.51%) Google Workspace
6 6 (2.15%) OCI
6 6 (2.15%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.08%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.08%) SaaS
9 2 (0.72%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.72%) GCP
9 2 (0.72%) GitHub
9 2 (0.72%) Google Docs
9 2 (0.72%) iPaaS
9 2 (0.72%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.72%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.36%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.45%) DNS
2 15 (5.38%) Firewall
3 13 (4.66%) SAN
4 12 (4.30%) VLAN
5 11 (3.94%) H.323
6 9 (3.23%) Ethernet
7 8 (2.87%) LAN
7 8 (2.87%) Network Security
8 6 (2.15%) HTTP
8 6 (2.15%) WAN
9 5 (1.79%) VSAN
9 5 (1.79%) WebEx
10 4 (1.43%) SNMP
10 4 (1.43%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.43%) VPN
10 4 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.43%) Wireless
11 3 (1.08%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (1.08%) DHCP
11 3 (1.08%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.15%) Power BI
1 6 (2.15%) Relational Database
2 5 (1.79%) MaxDB
2 5 (1.79%) SAP HANA
2 5 (1.79%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.79%) Sybase ASE
3 3 (1.08%) BigQuery
3 3 (1.08%) Data Mining
3 3 (1.08%) Looker
3 3 (1.08%) Metadata
4 2 (0.72%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.36%) GIS
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.36%) Power Query
5 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (9.68%) JIRA
2 14 (5.02%) Git
3 8 (2.87%) Rational DOORS
4 6 (2.15%) GitLab
5 5 (1.79%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.79%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.08%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.72%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.36%) CppUnit
8 1 (0.36%) eggPlant
8 1 (0.36%) MSI
8 1 (0.36%) PVCS
8 1 (0.36%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.36%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.36%) VectorCAST
General
1 70 (25.09%) Social Skills
2 41 (14.70%) Aerospace
3 32 (11.47%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.17%) Documentation Skills
4 20 (7.17%) Manufacturing
5 16 (5.73%) Electronics
5 16 (5.73%) Finance
6 13 (4.66%) Military
7 11 (3.94%) Law
8 9 (3.23%) Public Sector
9 8 (2.87%) Legal
10 5 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.43%) Aviation
11 4 (1.43%) Back Office
11 4 (1.43%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.43%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.36%) Automotive
13 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 32 (11.47%) Software Engineer
2 29 (10.39%) Consultant
3 24 (8.60%) Lead
4 19 (6.81%) Senior
5 17 (6.09%) Principal Engineer
6 16 (5.73%) Administrator
7 15 (5.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (4.66%) Principal Software Engineer
9 11 (3.94%) Hardware Engineer
10 10 (3.58%) Architect
10 10 (3.58%) Support Engineer
10 10 (3.58%) Systems Engineer
10 10 (3.58%) Technical Administrator
11 9 (3.23%) Developer
12 8 (2.87%) Analyst
12 8 (2.87%) Data Engineer
12 8 (2.87%) NetApp Engineer
12 8 (2.87%) Project Manager
12 8 (2.87%) VMware Consultant
13 7 (2.51%) Ada Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.38%) LDAP
2 11 (3.94%) XMPP
3 10 (3.58%) REST
4 7 (2.51%) SAP Fiori
5 6 (2.15%) JSON
5 6 (2.15%) React
5 6 (2.15%) Terraform
6 5 (1.79%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (1.79%) SAP Basis
6 5 (1.79%) SAPUI5
7 4 (1.43%) .NET
7 4 (1.43%) eBPF
7 4 (1.43%) Middleware
7 4 (1.43%) Node.js
7 4 (1.43%) Regular Expression
7 4 (1.43%) SOAP
7 4 (1.43%) Web Services
7 4 (1.43%) XML
8 3 (1.08%) JSP
9 2 (0.72%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.45%) CMDB
2 17 (6.09%) Onboarding
3 16 (5.73%) Embedded Systems
3 16 (5.73%) FPGA
3 16 (5.73%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.66%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.94%) Replication
5 11 (3.94%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (2.87%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.87%) Product Ownership
8 6 (2.15%) PKI
9 5 (1.79%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.79%) Analogue Electronics
9 5 (1.79%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.79%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (1.79%) PCIe
9 5 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.43%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 35 (12.54%) Windows
2 30 (10.75%) Linux
3 20 (7.17%) Windows Server
4 16 (5.73%) CentOS
4 16 (5.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.30%) Rocky
6 4 (1.43%) Android
6 4 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.72%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.36%) Unix
8 1 (0.36%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (17.20%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (13.26%) Software Engineering
3 36 (12.90%) ITSM
4 28 (10.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 27 (9.68%) Agile
6 26 (9.32%) ITIL
7 25 (8.96%) Migration
7 25 (8.96%) Stakeholder Management
8 21 (7.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 21 (7.53%) Validation
9 20 (7.17%) ERP
9 20 (7.17%) Service Management
10 19 (6.81%) Cybersecurity
11 18 (6.45%) CI/CD
11 18 (6.45%) Root Cause Analysis
11 18 (6.45%) Test Automation
12 17 (6.09%) AI
13 16 (5.73%) Data Modelling
13 16 (5.73%) Roadmaps
13 16 (5.73%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 27 (9.68%) Python
2 23 (8.24%) PowerShell
3 15 (5.38%) SQL
4 12 (4.30%) C++
5 9 (3.23%) C#
5 9 (3.23%) JavaScript
5 9 (3.23%) MATLAB
6 8 (2.87%) Ada
7 7 (2.51%) C
8 6 (2.15%) Bash
8 6 (2.15%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.79%) Java
9 5 (1.79%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.43%) SystemVerilog
11 2 (0.72%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.36%) BeanShell
12 1 (0.36%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.36%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 279 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 28 (10.04%) Degree
3 21 (7.53%) BPSS Clearance
4 17 (6.09%) DV Cleared
5 11 (3.94%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (2.87%) CCNP
7 6 (2.15%) HND
8 5 (1.79%) HNC
9 4 (1.43%) CCNP Voice
10 3 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.72%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.72%) ISACA
12 1 (0.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.36%) City & Guilds
12 1 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.81%) SLA
2 12 (4.30%) QA
3 8 (2.87%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.79%) Def Stans
4 5 (1.79%) GDPR
4 5 (1.79%) NIST
5 4 (1.43%) DO-254
5 4 (1.43%) GRC
5 4 (1.43%) IEC 61508
6 3 (1.08%) NCSC
6 3 (1.08%) PMO
7 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.72%) DO-178B
7 2 (0.72%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.36%) MISRA
System Software
1 30 (10.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (8.60%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.94%) Firmware
3 11 (3.94%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.79%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.43%) NFS
5 4 (1.43%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.43%) vSphere
6 1 (0.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (8.96%) Ansible
2 12 (4.30%) NetBackup
3 11 (3.94%) Cisco CUCM
4 8 (2.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (2.51%) vCenter Server
6 6 (2.15%) Grafana
7 5 (1.79%) vRealize
8 4 (1.43%) Check_MK
8 4 (1.43%) Functional Safety
8 4 (1.43%) Podman
8 4 (1.43%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.43%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (1.43%) VxRail
9 3 (1.08%) SCCM
10 2 (0.72%) Kubernetes
10 2 (0.72%) QRadar
11 1 (0.36%) Nessus
11 1 (0.36%) ServiceCenter
11 1 (0.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 43 (15.41%) Microsoft
2 36 (12.90%) VMware
3 30 (10.75%) SAP
4 22 (7.89%) Remedy
5 21 (7.53%) ServiceNow
6 18 (6.45%) Cisco
7 16 (5.73%) NetApp
7 16 (5.73%) Veeam
8 13 (4.66%) Oracle
9 11 (3.94%) EMC
10 10 (3.58%) Xilinx
11 8 (2.87%) Google
11 8 (2.87%) Intel
12 7 (2.51%) BMC
12 7 (2.51%) Dynatrace
13 6 (2.15%) Altera
14 5 (1.79%) IBM
14 5 (1.79%) Snow
14 5 (1.79%) Splunk
14 5 (1.79%) Sybase