Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Security 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 Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 330 149 306
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 20.70% 13.30% 18.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 65.48% 44.88% 52.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 64 156
10th Percentile £193 £210 £406
25th Percentile £313 £311 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £613
Median % change year-on-year - -18.37% +11.36%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £713
90th Percentile £700 £664 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 49 61
10th Percentile £17.15 £21.46 £19.06
25th Percentile £18.87 £40.00 £21.46
Median hourly rate £23.83 £63.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.18% +41.57% -21.93%
75th Percentile £61.18 £68.75 £55.56
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £67.56
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.38 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.17% -4.38% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

Security 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 504 332 586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 31.62% 29.64% 34.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 128 288
10th Percentile £203 £181 £263
25th Percentile £377 £306 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £523
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.09% +4.50%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £675
90th Percentile £693 £675 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 84 146
10th Percentile £15.50 £21.46 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.82 £30.78 £14.16
Median hourly rate £22.79 £63.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.83% +129.09% +30.95%
75th Percentile £55.00 £75.00 £55.38
90th Percentile £68.75 £85.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £51.90
% change year-on-year -45.54% -11.02% +15.33%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in the East of England

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Security Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the East of England

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Security Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the East of England

Security 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 Security Cleared within the East of England region over the 6 months to 2 January 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 0 168 £528 -4.00% 168
Cambridgeshire +23 45 £550 +70.02% 28
Bedfordshire +10 44 £500 +44.93% 12
Suffolk +2 34 £225 +2.27% 13
Norfolk -5 21 £330 -26.67% 4
Essex +7 18 £53 -89.90% 13
Security Cleared
England

Security 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 10 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.30%) Apache
3 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.30%) IIS
3 1 (0.30%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (4.85%) Spreadsheet
2 14 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.42%) Simulink
4 5 (1.52%) FrameMaker
5 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.61%) Windchill
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.30%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.30%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) assyst
1 1 (0.30%) Maximo
1 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.30%) Primavera
1 1 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.30%) SAP HCM
1 1 (0.30%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (4.55%) Azure
2 10 (3.03%) AWS
3 7 (2.12%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (1.82%) GCP
4 6 (1.82%) Google Workspace
4 6 (1.82%) npm
5 4 (1.21%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.91%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (0.61%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.61%) PaaS
7 2 (0.61%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.61%) SaaS
8 1 (0.30%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.30%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.30%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.30%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.30%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.85%) Network Security
1 16 (4.85%) VPN
2 13 (3.94%) DNS
3 12 (3.64%) Firewall
4 11 (3.33%) FTP
4 11 (3.33%) HTTP
4 11 (3.33%) SMTP
4 11 (3.33%) SSL
5 8 (2.42%) Ethernet
5 8 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (2.12%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.82%) VoIP
8 5 (1.52%) LAN
8 5 (1.52%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (1.52%) WAN
9 4 (1.21%) BGP
9 4 (1.21%) OSPF
9 4 (1.21%) SAN
9 4 (1.21%) VLAN
10 2 (0.61%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.91%) Power BI
1 3 (0.91%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.61%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (0.61%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.61%) Metadata
2 2 (0.61%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.30%) Big Data
3 1 (0.30%) DB2
3 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.30%) Pentaho
3 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (3.64%) JIRA
2 9 (2.73%) GitLab
3 8 (2.42%) Visual Studio
4 6 (1.82%) Artifactory
5 5 (1.52%) Git
5 5 (1.52%) Hudson
6 4 (1.21%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.61%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.61%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.30%) SonarQube
General
1 110 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 47 (14.24%) Public Sector
3 35 (10.61%) Aerospace
4 30 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (7.58%) Electronics
6 24 (7.27%) Finance
7 23 (6.97%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (6.67%) Manufacturing
9 17 (5.15%) Military
10 16 (4.85%) Legal
10 16 (4.85%) Marketing
10 16 (4.85%) Telecoms
11 9 (2.73%) Aviation
12 8 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (2.42%) Law
12 8 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (2.12%) Publishing
14 5 (1.52%) Games
15 2 (0.61%) General Ledger
15 2 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 36 (10.91%) Analyst
2 26 (7.88%) Software Engineer
3 21 (6.36%) Consultant
4 20 (6.06%) Developer
4 20 (6.06%) Support Engineer
5 18 (5.45%) IT Engineer
6 17 (5.15%) Desktop Engineer
6 17 (5.15%) Desktop Support
7 16 (4.85%) Administrator
7 16 (4.85%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 14 (4.24%) Architect
8 14 (4.24%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
8 14 (4.24%) SOC Analyst
9 13 (3.94%) IT Support
10 12 (3.64%) Embedded Engineer
10 12 (3.64%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 10 (3.03%) Lead
11 10 (3.03%) Security Engineer
11 10 (3.03%) Security Officer
11 10 (3.03%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.94%) LDAP
2 12 (3.64%) React
3 9 (2.73%) .NET
3 9 (2.73%) Node.js
3 9 (2.73%) XML
4 7 (2.12%) AngularJS
5 6 (1.82%) .NET Framework
5 6 (1.82%) CSS
5 6 (1.82%) HTML
5 6 (1.82%) SGML
5 6 (1.82%) Svelte
5 6 (1.82%) Vue
6 5 (1.52%) Web Services
7 4 (1.21%) SOAP
8 3 (0.91%) Flash
9 2 (0.61%) Middleware
9 2 (0.61%) REST
10 1 (0.30%) Express.js
10 1 (0.30%) Kafka
10 1 (0.30%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.45%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.85%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (3.94%) Algorithms
4 12 (3.64%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 11 (3.33%) CSOC
5 11 (3.33%) Cyberattack
5 11 (3.33%) FPGA
5 11 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (2.73%) Insider Threat
7 8 (2.42%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.12%) Verilog
9 6 (1.82%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.82%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.82%) PCIe
9 6 (1.82%) Smartphone
9 6 (1.82%) VHDL
10 5 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (1.21%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 41 (12.42%) Windows
2 18 (5.45%) Linux
3 16 (4.85%) Windows 10
4 13 (3.94%) Windows Server
5 10 (3.03%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.82%) Android
6 6 (1.82%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.91%) CentOS
7 3 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (13.03%) Migration
2 39 (11.82%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (10.61%) Workflow
4 32 (9.70%) Software Engineering
5 29 (8.79%) Time Management
6 27 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (8.18%) Workflow Management
7 24 (7.27%) Customer Service
7 24 (7.27%) Information Security
8 23 (6.97%) Agile
8 23 (6.97%) Asset Management
8 23 (6.97%) ITIL
8 23 (6.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 22 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
10 21 (6.36%) AI
10 21 (6.36%) Logistics
11 20 (6.06%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (5.45%) Incident Response
12 18 (5.45%) Machine Learning
12 18 (5.45%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.36%) Python
2 17 (5.15%) JavaScript
3 16 (4.85%) C++
4 15 (4.55%) C#
4 15 (4.55%) PowerShell
5 14 (4.24%) C
6 11 (3.33%) TypeScript
7 10 (3.03%) MATLAB
8 9 (2.73%) SQL
9 8 (2.42%) Ada
10 6 (1.82%) SystemVerilog
11 5 (1.52%) Tcl
12 4 (1.21%) Java
13 3 (0.91%) Embedded C
13 3 (0.91%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.61%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.30%) ABAP
15 1 (0.30%) Perl
15 1 (0.30%) PHP
15 1 (0.30%) Scala
Qualifications
1 277 (83.94%) SC Cleared
2 38 (11.52%) DV Cleared
3 28 (8.48%) Degree
4 14 (4.24%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (3.33%) HNC
5 11 (3.33%) HND
6 10 (3.03%) CTC Cleared
7 8 (2.42%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (1.52%) CISSP
10 4 (1.21%) CCNP
11 3 (0.91%) CISM
11 3 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.61%) CCNA
12 2 (0.61%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.30%) MCP
13 1 (0.30%) MCSE
13 1 (0.30%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.67%) SLA
2 21 (6.36%) NIST
3 13 (3.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (2.73%) JSP 440
4 9 (2.73%) QA
5 8 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (2.42%) GDPR
5 8 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.42%) NCSC
5 8 (2.42%) NIST 800
6 6 (1.82%) Def Stans
7 5 (1.52%) DO-254
8 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.30%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 25 (7.58%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.85%) Firmware
3 12 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.12%) Docker
5 4 (1.21%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.30%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (2.12%) Kubernetes
1 7 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.52%) SCCM
2 5 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.21%) FortiGate
4 3 (0.91%) Ansible
4 3 (0.91%) PingFederate
5 2 (0.61%) Check_MK
5 2 (0.61%) Podman
5 2 (0.61%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.30%) Istio
6 1 (0.30%) SCOM
6 1 (0.30%) ServiceCenter
6 1 (0.30%) Terraform
6 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.30%) vRealize
Vendors
1 63 (19.09%) Microsoft
2 28 (8.48%) SAP
3 23 (6.97%) VMware
4 21 (6.36%) ServiceNow
5 10 (3.03%) Cisco
6 9 (2.73%) Palo Alto
7 8 (2.42%) Intel
7 8 (2.42%) Xilinx
8 7 (2.12%) IFS
9 6 (1.82%) Computacenter
9 6 (1.82%) Google
9 6 (1.82%) HP
9 6 (1.82%) Microsemi
10 5 (1.52%) Actel
10 5 (1.52%) Altera
10 5 (1.52%) Dell
11 4 (1.21%) Barracuda Networks
11 4 (1.21%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.21%) Meraki
11 4 (1.21%) Salesforce