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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 +8 -7
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 287 205 128
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 11.85% 15.44% 8.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 43.95% 46.38% 29.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 69 44
10th Percentile £209 £153 £200
25th Percentile £425 £350 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £358
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% +39.86% -35.00%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £525
90th Percentile £800 £630 £584
England median daily rate £549 £527 £525
% change year-on-year +4.17% +0.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 106 52
10th Percentile £22.68 £17.44 £21.37
25th Percentile £55.50 £18.87 £38.40
Median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +158.45% -61.31% +46.07%
75th Percentile £78.75 £66.88 -
90th Percentile £85.00 £86.88 £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 653 442 435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 26.96% 33.28% 29.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 175 158
10th Percentile £200 £213 £200
25th Percentile £410 £400 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.86% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £580 £575
90th Percentile £750 £670 £600
England median daily rate £535 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 152 121
10th Percentile £19.94 £16.01 £16.30
25th Percentile £39.67 £18.87 £35.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +158.45% -41.51% +97.88%
75th Percentile £75.00 £56.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £83.51 £68.75
England median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +98.81% -52.10% -2.36%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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% 62
Bedfordshire +3 79 £360 -4.00% 77
Essex -9 26 £500 +226.80% 59
Suffolk -17 16 £580 +101.74% 5
Cambridgeshire -6 15 £475 -5.00% 32
Norfolk -20 1 - - 4
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 (3.83%) CMS
2 8 (2.79%) Confluence
3 5 (1.74%) NetWeaver
4 4 (1.39%) IIS
5 1 (0.35%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.35%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.35%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 12 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.48%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (3.14%) Windchill
4 5 (1.74%) Simulink
5 4 (1.39%) OrCAD
6 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (8.36%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (2.44%) SAP PP
2 7 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (2.09%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.70%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.35%) Primavera
5 1 (0.35%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 21 (7.32%) Azure
2 16 (5.57%) AWS
2 16 (5.57%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (2.79%) Entra ID
3 8 (2.79%) Google Workspace
3 8 (2.79%) Power Platform
4 6 (2.09%) OCI
5 4 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (1.05%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (1.05%) Google Docs
6 3 (1.05%) SaaS
7 2 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (0.70%) GCP
7 2 (0.70%) GitHub
7 2 (0.70%) iPaaS
7 2 (0.70%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.35%) Boomi
8 1 (0.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.92%) DNS
2 16 (5.57%) Firewall
2 16 (5.57%) SAN
3 13 (4.53%) Ethernet
4 12 (4.18%) VLAN
5 11 (3.83%) H.323
6 8 (2.79%) LAN
6 8 (2.79%) Network Security
7 6 (2.09%) HTTP
7 6 (2.09%) WAN
8 5 (1.74%) VSAN
8 5 (1.74%) WebEx
9 4 (1.39%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (1.39%) SNMP
9 4 (1.39%) TCP/IP
10 3 (1.05%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (1.05%) DHCP
10 3 (1.05%) NGFW
10 3 (1.05%) Structured Cabling
10 3 (1.05%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.79%) Power BI
2 6 (2.09%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.74%) MaxDB
3 5 (1.74%) SAP HANA
3 5 (1.74%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.74%) Sybase ASE
4 4 (1.39%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.39%) Looker
5 3 (1.05%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.05%) Metadata
6 2 (0.70%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.35%) GIS
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.35%) Power Query
7 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (9.76%) JIRA
2 11 (3.83%) Git
3 9 (3.14%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (1.74%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.39%) GitLab
6 3 (1.05%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.05%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.70%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.35%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.35%) CppUnit
8 1 (0.35%) eggPlant
8 1 (0.35%) PVCS
8 1 (0.35%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.35%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.35%) VectorCAST
General
1 72 (25.09%) Social Skills
2 44 (15.33%) Aerospace
3 32 (11.15%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.01%) Manufacturing
5 20 (6.97%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (5.92%) Electronics
7 15 (5.23%) Finance
8 14 (4.88%) Military
9 11 (3.83%) Law
10 9 (3.14%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.79%) Legal
12 5 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.39%) Aviation
13 4 (1.39%) Back Office
13 4 (1.39%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.39%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.35%) Games
15 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 30 (10.45%) Software Engineer
2 29 (10.10%) Consultant
3 27 (9.41%) Lead
4 18 (6.27%) Senior
5 17 (5.92%) Principal Engineer
6 15 (5.23%) Administrator
7 13 (4.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (4.53%) Principal Software Engineer
8 12 (4.18%) Hardware Engineer
8 12 (4.18%) Technical Administrator
9 11 (3.83%) Developer
10 10 (3.48%) Analyst
10 10 (3.48%) Architect
10 10 (3.48%) Support Engineer
10 10 (3.48%) Systems Engineer
11 9 (3.14%) NetApp Engineer
11 9 (3.14%) Project Manager
12 8 (2.79%) Report Developer
12 8 (2.79%) Report Specialist
12 8 (2.79%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.53%) LDAP
2 11 (3.83%) XMPP
3 10 (3.48%) REST
4 7 (2.44%) SAP Fiori
5 6 (2.09%) JSON
5 6 (2.09%) Terraform
6 5 (1.74%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (1.74%) SAP Basis
6 5 (1.74%) SAPUI5
7 4 (1.39%) .NET
7 4 (1.39%) eBPF
7 4 (1.39%) Regular Expression
7 4 (1.39%) SOAP
7 4 (1.39%) Web Services
7 4 (1.39%) XML
8 3 (1.05%) JSP
8 3 (1.05%) Node.js
8 3 (1.05%) React
9 2 (0.70%) Middleware
9 2 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.36%) CMDB
2 18 (6.27%) FPGA
3 16 (5.57%) Data Centre
3 16 (5.57%) Embedded Systems
3 16 (5.57%) Onboarding
4 14 (4.88%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.83%) Replication
5 11 (3.83%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (3.14%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.09%) Analogue Electronics
8 6 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.74%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.74%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.74%) PCIe
9 5 (1.74%) PKI
9 5 (1.74%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.74%) VHDL
10 4 (1.39%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 32 (11.15%) Windows
2 28 (9.76%) Linux
3 18 (6.27%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.88%) CentOS
4 14 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (4.18%) Rocky
6 4 (1.39%) Android
6 4 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.70%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.35%) Unix
8 1 (0.35%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (13.59%) ITSM
3 34 (11.85%) Software Engineering
4 30 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 28 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 27 (9.41%) ITIL
7 25 (8.71%) Agile
8 24 (8.36%) Migration
9 23 (8.01%) Validation
10 22 (7.67%) Service Management
11 21 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
11 21 (7.32%) ERP
12 19 (6.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 18 (6.27%) CI/CD
13 18 (6.27%) Data Modelling
13 18 (6.27%) Project Management
13 18 (6.27%) Root Cause Analysis
13 18 (6.27%) Test Automation
14 17 (5.92%) AI
14 17 (5.92%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (9.76%) Python
2 22 (7.67%) PowerShell
3 16 (5.57%) SQL
4 12 (4.18%) C++
5 10 (3.48%) JavaScript
6 9 (3.14%) C#
7 8 (2.79%) Ada
8 7 (2.44%) C
8 7 (2.44%) MATLAB
9 6 (2.09%) Bash
10 5 (1.74%) Java
11 4 (1.39%) SystemVerilog
12 3 (1.05%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.05%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.70%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.35%) BeanShell
14 1 (0.35%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.35%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 287 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 29 (10.10%) Degree
3 24 (8.36%) BPSS Clearance
4 15 (5.23%) DV Cleared
5 11 (3.83%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (2.79%) CCNP
7 7 (2.44%) HND
8 6 (2.09%) HNC
9 4 (1.39%) CCNP Voice
10 3 (1.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.70%) ISACA
11 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.35%) CWNA
12 1 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.35%) MCSE
12 1 (0.35%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.35%) PMP
12 1 (0.35%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.35%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.92%) SLA
2 12 (4.18%) QA
3 9 (3.14%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.09%) NIST
5 5 (1.74%) Def Stans
5 5 (1.74%) GDPR
5 5 (1.74%) GRC
5 5 (1.74%) IEC 61508
6 4 (1.39%) DO-254
7 3 (1.05%) NCSC
7 3 (1.05%) PMO
8 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.70%) DO-178B
8 2 (0.70%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.35%) MISRA
System Software
1 29 (10.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (6.62%) Active Directory
3 11 (3.83%) Firmware
3 11 (3.83%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.74%) vSphere
5 4 (1.39%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.39%) NFS
5 4 (1.39%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (7.67%) Ansible
2 12 (4.18%) NetBackup
3 11 (3.83%) Cisco CUCM
4 6 (2.09%) Grafana
4 6 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (2.09%) vCenter Server
5 5 (1.74%) Functional Safety
5 5 (1.74%) vRealize
6 4 (1.39%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.39%) VxRail
7 2 (0.70%) Check_MK
7 2 (0.70%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.70%) Podman
7 2 (0.70%) QRadar
7 2 (0.70%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (0.70%) SCCM
8 1 (0.35%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 45 (15.68%) Microsoft
2 34 (11.85%) VMware
3 32 (11.15%) SAP
4 25 (8.71%) Remedy
5 21 (7.32%) ServiceNow
6 18 (6.27%) Cisco
7 17 (5.92%) NetApp
7 17 (5.92%) Veeam
8 13 (4.53%) Oracle
9 12 (4.18%) EMC
10 11 (3.83%) Xilinx
11 9 (3.14%) Google
12 8 (2.79%) Intel
13 7 (2.44%) Altera
13 7 (2.44%) BMC
13 7 (2.44%) Dynatrace
14 6 (2.09%) Microsemi
15 5 (1.74%) Cribl.io
15 5 (1.74%) Snow
15 5 (1.74%) Splunk