SC Cleared Contracts 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 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 10 6
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 +5
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 150 176 291
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 15.03% 9.07% 14.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 43.73% 29.88% 42.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 50 149
10th Percentile £195 £175 £273
25th Percentile £225 £214 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £345 £500
Median % change year-on-year +38.77% -31.00% -2.20%
75th Percentile £550 £505 £631
90th Percentile £604 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 85 85
10th Percentile £14.99 £21.37 £19.06
25th Percentile £28.20 £21.46 £20.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £40.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.50% -30.43% +15.00%
75th Percentile £77.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.80 £75.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £29.27 £50.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -41.46% -13.04% +10.58%

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 343 589 685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 34.37% 30.35% 35.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 220 348
10th Percentile £195 £219 £230
25th Percentile £308 £345 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £590 £644
90th Percentile £625 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 223 161
10th Percentile £15.09 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £24.78 £16.65 £14.25
Median hourly rate £53.75 £40.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.38% +90.48% +6.01%
75th Percentile £75.00 £59.38 £61.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £72.60 £65.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £40.13 £55.00
% change year-on-year -19.00% -27.05% +35.80%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the East of England

SC Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in the East of England

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 9 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in the East of England

SC Cleared
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in the East of England

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 9 June 2025.

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 9 June 2025. 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 69 £525 +54.41% 61
Cambridgeshire +9 28 £494 +6.18% 12
Bedfordshire +3 26 £308 -36.82% 31
Suffolk +2 21 £225 +2.27% 1
Essex +13 4 £625 - 25
Norfolk - 2 £538 - 4
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 11 (7.33%) Confluence
3 4 (2.67%) WebSphere
4 3 (2.00%) CMS
5 2 (1.33%) Apache
5 2 (1.33%) IIS
6 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.67%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 25 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (7.33%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (6.00%) Simulink
5 4 (2.67%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (2.67%) Windchill
6 2 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (7.33%) Teamcenter
2 4 (2.67%) Primavera
3 2 (1.33%) Maximo
4 1 (0.67%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (6.00%) Entra ID
3 7 (4.67%) Azure
4 3 (2.00%) GitHub
5 1 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.67%) Cohesity
5 1 (0.67%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (12.67%) DNS
2 13 (8.67%) Network Security
2 13 (8.67%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (7.33%) FTP
3 11 (7.33%) HTTP
3 11 (7.33%) SMTP
3 11 (7.33%) SSL
3 11 (7.33%) VPN
4 9 (6.00%) Ethernet
4 9 (6.00%) TCP/IP
5 6 (4.00%) Firewall
6 3 (2.00%) SpaceWire
6 3 (2.00%) VSAN
7 2 (1.33%) SAN
8 1 (0.67%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.67%) Skype
8 1 (0.67%) SNA
8 1 (0.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.67%) DB2
1 4 (2.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.33%) Data Mining
2 2 (1.33%) Metadata
3 1 (0.67%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.67%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.67%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.67%) Power BI
3 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.33%) Hudson
2 4 (2.67%) Eclipse
2 4 (2.67%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.33%) Git
3 2 (1.33%) Rational Statemate
4 1 (0.67%) AdminStudio
4 1 (0.67%) GitLab
4 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.67%) JIRA
4 1 (0.67%) MSI
General
1 83 (55.33%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (6.67%) Electronics
5 9 (6.00%) Aerospace
6 8 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.00%) Finance
7 6 (4.00%) Games
7 6 (4.00%) Legal
7 6 (4.00%) Military
8 5 (3.33%) Law
8 5 (3.33%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.67%) Aviation
10 3 (2.00%) Billing
10 3 (2.00%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.67%) Avionics
12 1 (0.67%) Banking
12 1 (0.67%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 32 (21.33%) Analyst
2 16 (10.67%) Service Analyst
2 16 (10.67%) Service Desk Analyst
2 16 (10.67%) Systems Engineer
3 14 (9.33%) SOC Analyst
4 12 (8.00%) Architect
4 12 (8.00%) Senior
4 12 (8.00%) Technical Analyst
4 12 (8.00%) Technical Services Analyst
5 8 (5.33%) Consultant
5 8 (5.33%) Principal Engineer
5 8 (5.33%) Project Manager
5 8 (5.33%) Support Engineer
6 7 (4.67%) Desktop Engineer
7 6 (4.00%) Desktop Support
7 6 (4.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 6 (4.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 5 (3.33%) Firmware Engineer
8 5 (3.33%) FPGA Engineer
8 5 (3.33%) Network Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.33%) LDAP
2 6 (4.00%) Web Services
3 3 (2.00%) Node.js
3 3 (2.00%) XML
4 2 (1.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.33%) Management Information System
2 15 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (8.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (7.33%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (6.00%) Algorithms
5 9 (6.00%) Cyberattack
5 9 (6.00%) FPGA
6 7 (4.67%) Driving Licence
6 7 (4.67%) Verilog
7 6 (4.00%) CMDB
7 6 (4.00%) PCIe
8 5 (3.33%) CSOC
9 4 (2.67%) iPad
9 4 (2.67%) iPhone
10 3 (2.00%) Data Centre
10 3 (2.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (2.00%) VHDL
11 2 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (1.33%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 37 (24.67%) Windows
2 12 (8.00%) Linux
3 5 (3.33%) Windows 10
3 5 (3.33%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.00%) Unix
5 1 (0.67%) Android
5 1 (0.67%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (16.67%) ITIL
3 24 (16.00%) Agile
4 17 (11.33%) Customer Service
5 16 (10.67%) Incident Management
5 16 (10.67%) ITSM
5 16 (10.67%) Time Management
6 15 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
6 15 (10.00%) PRINCE2
7 14 (9.33%) Cryptography
7 14 (9.33%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (9.33%) Service Delivery
8 12 (8.00%) Mathematics
8 12 (8.00%) Project Management
8 12 (8.00%) Validation
8 12 (8.00%) Verification and Validation
9 11 (7.33%) Data Management
9 11 (7.33%) Inventory Management
9 11 (7.33%) PDM
9 11 (7.33%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 11 (7.33%) MATLAB
3 9 (6.00%) Tcl
4 8 (5.33%) Python
4 8 (5.33%) SQL
5 7 (4.67%) SystemVerilog
6 5 (3.33%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.67%) Bash
7 4 (2.67%) C#
7 4 (2.67%) C++
8 3 (2.00%) C
8 3 (2.00%) Java
9 2 (1.33%) VBA
10 1 (0.67%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 150 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 20 (13.33%) DV Cleared
3 19 (12.67%) Degree
4 12 (8.00%) A+ Certification
4 12 (8.00%) MCSA
4 12 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (6.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (4.67%) HNC
6 7 (4.67%) HND
7 6 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (2.00%) CISSP
8 3 (2.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.33%) GCIA
9 2 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.67%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.67%) CBAP
10 1 (0.67%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.67%) PhD
10 1 (0.67%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.33%) QA
2 7 (4.67%) SLA
3 6 (4.00%) DO-254
4 3 (2.00%) NIST
5 2 (1.33%) JSP 440
5 2 (1.33%) NCSC
5 2 (1.33%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.67%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.67%) GDPR
6 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 23 (15.33%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.33%) Firmware
3 5 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.67%) VMware NSX
5 3 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.00%) vSphere
6 1 (0.67%) Docker
6 1 (0.67%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (4.67%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (4.00%) Ansible
3 5 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.67%) VxRail
5 3 (2.00%) Terraform
6 2 (1.33%) PowerCLI
6 2 (1.33%) SCCM
6 2 (1.33%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.33%) vRealize
6 2 (1.33%) WSUS
7 1 (0.67%) Avamar
7 1 (0.67%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.67%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.67%) Puppet
7 1 (0.67%) SCOM
7 1 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (30.67%) Microsoft
2 22 (14.67%) ServiceNow
3 12 (8.00%) Citrix
4 9 (6.00%) VMware
5 8 (5.33%) Apple
5 8 (5.33%) Xilinx
6 7 (4.67%) Samsung
6 7 (4.67%) SOTI
7 6 (4.00%) Actel
7 6 (4.00%) Altera
7 6 (4.00%) Intel
7 6 (4.00%) Microsemi
8 5 (3.33%) Dell
8 5 (3.33%) IFS
8 5 (3.33%) LogRhythm
9 4 (2.67%) McAfee
9 4 (2.67%) Splunk
9 4 (2.67%) Twitter
10 3 (2.00%) FireEye
10 3 (2.00%) SAP