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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 5 10
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 -3
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 240 148 161
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 10.78% 15.48% 8.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.61% 44.31% 28.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 60 50
10th Percentile £193 £195 £175
25th Percentile £378 £221 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £479 £345
Median % change year-on-year -0.78% +38.77% -31.00%
75th Percentile £628 £553 £505
90th Percentile £725 £613 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 56 76
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.99 £21.37
25th Percentile £17.87 £31.54 £21.46
Median hourly rate £25.15 £63.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.08% +57.50% -30.43%
75th Percentile £68.75 £76.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.25 £75.13
England median hourly rate £52.50 £32.00 £48.56
% change year-on-year +64.06% -34.10% -15.55%

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 591 334 575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 26.54% 34.94% 30.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 155 221
10th Percentile £190 £195 £213
25th Percentile £400 £333 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% - -
75th Percentile £650 £575 £600
90th Percentile £738 £625 £701
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 88 218
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.82 £21.19 £16.30
Median hourly rate £34.13 £57.50 £35.83
Median % change year-on-year -40.64% +60.50% +70.60%
75th Percentile £67.50 £76.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £74.80 £85.00 £73.78
England median hourly rate £47.50 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +35.71% -12.50% -25.93%

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 25 May 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 25 May 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 25 May 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 +1 122 £488 -11.36% 19
Bedfordshire +8 44 £585 +89.94% 12
Suffolk +1 30 £625 +177.78% 4
Cambridgeshire +2 23 £450 -8.86% 7
Essex -4 16 £488 -22.00% 6
Norfolk -18 5 £320 -40.47%
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 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (1.67%) NetWeaver
2 2 (0.83%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.42%) Apache
3 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.42%) CMS
Applications
1 18 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.92%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (2.08%) Simulink
5 1 (0.42%) CATIA
5 1 (0.42%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.42%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.50%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.83%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.08%) Azure
2 11 (4.58%) AWS
3 6 (2.50%) Google Workspace
4 5 (2.08%) GCP
5 4 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.67%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.67%) SaaS
6 3 (1.25%) IaaS
7 2 (0.83%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (0.83%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (0.83%) Boomi
7 2 (0.83%) Cohesity
7 2 (0.83%) iPaaS
7 2 (0.83%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.83%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.83%) PaaS
7 2 (0.83%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.42%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.42%) Network Security
2 12 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (4.58%) DNS
3 11 (4.58%) VPN
4 10 (4.17%) Ethernet
4 10 (4.17%) Firewall
5 9 (3.75%) Structured Cabling
6 6 (2.50%) SSL
6 6 (2.50%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.50%) VoIP
7 5 (2.08%) FTP
7 5 (2.08%) HTTP
7 5 (2.08%) LAN
7 5 (2.08%) SMTP
7 5 (2.08%) WAN
8 3 (1.25%) SAN
8 3 (1.25%) SNMP
9 2 (0.83%) ADSL
9 2 (0.83%) DHCP
9 2 (0.83%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.08%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.67%) MaxDB
2 4 (1.67%) SAP HANA
2 4 (1.67%) Sybase ASE
3 2 (0.83%) Metadata
3 2 (0.83%) Power BI
4 1 (0.42%) Big Data
4 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.42%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.42%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.42%) MySQL
4 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (7.08%) Git
2 12 (5.00%) JIRA
3 10 (4.17%) GitLab
3 10 (4.17%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.92%) Rational DOORS
4 7 (2.92%) Visual Studio
5 5 (2.08%) Eclipse
5 5 (2.08%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.42%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.42%) Hudson
6 1 (0.42%) JMeter
6 1 (0.42%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.42%) MSI
6 1 (0.42%) Selenium
6 1 (0.42%) Serenity BDD
General
1 64 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 22 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (8.75%) Aerospace
4 17 (7.08%) Legal
5 16 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 14 (5.83%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (5.42%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (4.17%) Electronics
9 9 (3.75%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.33%) Finance
11 7 (2.92%) Military
11 7 (2.92%) Telecoms
12 5 (2.08%) Law
12 5 (2.08%) Marketing
12 5 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.25%) Automotive
14 2 (0.83%) Games
14 2 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 36 (15.00%) Software Engineer
2 32 (13.33%) Analyst
3 27 (11.25%) Administrator
4 13 (5.42%) Architect
4 13 (5.42%) Senior
4 13 (5.42%) Support Engineer
5 11 (4.58%) IT Support
5 11 (4.58%) Project Manager
6 10 (4.17%) Consultant
6 10 (4.17%) SAP Support
7 9 (3.75%) Desktop Engineer
7 9 (3.75%) Desktop Support
7 9 (3.75%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 9 (3.75%) Linux Administrator
7 9 (3.75%) Security Officer
7 9 (3.75%) Technical Architect
8 8 (3.33%) Data Centre Manager
8 8 (3.33%) Data Centre Project Manager
8 8 (3.33%) Principal Engineer
8 8 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.83%) LDAP
2 12 (5.00%) React
3 9 (3.75%) Middleware
4 6 (2.50%) .NET
4 6 (2.50%) Node.js
5 5 (2.08%) Web Services
6 4 (1.67%) SAP Basis
6 4 (1.67%) SAP Fiori
6 4 (1.67%) SAPUI5
7 3 (1.25%) eBPF
7 3 (1.25%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (1.25%) REST
7 3 (1.25%) SOAP
8 2 (0.83%) Kafka
8 2 (0.83%) WinForms
8 2 (0.83%) WPF
9 1 (0.42%) Express.js
9 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
9 1 (0.42%) Spring
9 1 (0.42%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.58%) FPGA
4 9 (3.75%) Insider Threat
4 9 (3.75%) Operational Technology
4 9 (3.75%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (2.92%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (2.92%) SCADA
6 7 (2.92%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.50%) CMDB
7 6 (2.50%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.50%) PCIe
8 5 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (2.08%) CSOC
8 5 (2.08%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.67%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.67%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 35 (14.58%) Windows
2 27 (11.25%) Linux
3 10 (4.17%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.75%) CentOS
4 9 (3.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (2.08%) Android
5 5 (2.08%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.08%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.83%) Unix
6 2 (0.83%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.42%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (19.58%) Software Engineering
2 43 (17.92%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (10.83%) Agile
4 24 (10.00%) Change Management
5 21 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (8.75%) Migration
6 20 (8.33%) ITIL
6 20 (8.33%) ITSM
7 19 (7.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 16 (6.67%) Customer Service
8 16 (6.67%) Test Automation
9 15 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (6.25%) SDLC
9 15 (6.25%) Service Management
10 14 (5.83%) CI/CD
10 14 (5.83%) Disaster Recovery
10 14 (5.83%) Information Management
10 14 (5.83%) Information Security
11 13 (5.42%) Mentoring
11 13 (5.42%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (9.17%) C++
2 21 (8.75%) Python
3 17 (7.08%) C#
4 14 (5.83%) C
4 14 (5.83%) MATLAB
5 13 (5.42%) PowerShell
6 11 (4.58%) TypeScript
7 10 (4.17%) Ada
8 9 (3.75%) JavaScript
8 9 (3.75%) Shell Script
9 6 (2.50%) SQL
10 5 (2.08%) SystemVerilog
11 4 (1.67%) Bash
11 4 (1.67%) Embedded C
12 3 (1.25%) Java
13 2 (0.83%) Tcl
14 1 (0.42%) Korn
14 1 (0.42%) Perl
Qualifications
1 240 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 29 (12.08%) DV Cleared
3 12 (5.00%) Degree
4 9 (3.75%) CTC Cleared
4 9 (3.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 8 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.25%) HNC
7 3 (1.25%) HND
7 3 (1.25%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.83%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.42%) CCNA
9 1 (0.42%) CCSP
9 1 (0.42%) CISSP
9 1 (0.42%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.75%) SLA
2 11 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.33%) Def Stans
4 6 (2.50%) NIST
5 5 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.25%) GDPR
7 3 (1.25%) QA
8 2 (0.83%) DO-254
8 2 (0.83%) ISA99
8 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.83%) NCSC
9 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.42%) JSP 440
System Software
1 19 (7.92%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.08%) Firmware
4 3 (1.25%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.83%) vSphere
6 1 (0.42%) Docker
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (7.08%) Ansible
2 9 (3.75%) Check_MK
2 9 (3.75%) Podman
2 9 (3.75%) Red Hat Satellite
3 6 (2.50%) Terraform
4 5 (2.08%) Grafana
5 4 (1.67%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.25%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.25%) SCCM
7 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.83%) Nessus
7 2 (0.83%) ServiceCenter
7 2 (0.83%) VxRail
7 2 (0.83%) WSUS
8 1 (0.42%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 28 (11.67%) VMware
3 23 (9.58%) SAP
4 19 (7.92%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.17%) Dell
6 9 (3.75%) Cisco
6 9 (3.75%) Red Hat
7 8 (3.33%) HP
8 7 (2.92%) Google
8 7 (2.92%) Remedy
9 6 (2.50%) Altera
9 6 (2.50%) BMC
9 6 (2.50%) Canon
9 6 (2.50%) Oracle
10 5 (2.08%) Barracuda Networks
10 5 (2.08%) Dynatrace
10 5 (2.08%) Intel
10 5 (2.08%) Microsemi
10 5 (2.08%) Palo Alto
10 5 (2.08%) Xilinx