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 18 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 266 209 375
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 19.03% 14.58% 19.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.59% 50.24% 56.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 108 198
10th Percentile £198 £220 £400
25th Percentile £409 £349 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year - -10.20% +11.36%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £700
90th Percentile £630 £600 £758
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 56 80
10th Percentile £17.55 £21.42 -
25th Percentile £18.87 £38.40 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £63.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.55% +43.26% -11.00%
75th Percentile £64.00 £65.00 £57.81
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £72.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -59.17% +2.67% -

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 454 416 662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 32.47% 29.03% 35.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 168 334
10th Percentile £200 £209 £273
25th Percentile £387 £331 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £675
90th Percentile £661 £600 £747
England median daily rate £525 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -0.19% -4.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 99 154
10th Percentile £15.50 £21.10 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £35.00 £14.52
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +91.11% +7.14%
75th Percentile £54.75 £65.00 £59.69
90th Percentile £81.50 £74.00 £71.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.77
% change year-on-year -52.10% -2.36% +19.48%

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 18 October 2025.

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 18 October 2025.

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 18 October 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 0 133 £550 - 176
Bedfordshire +1 46 £472 -0.74% 7
Cambridgeshire +23 34 £550 +157.61% 29
Essex +14 20 £153 -70.86% 7
Norfolk -1 19 £545 +21.11% 3
Suffolk -3 14 £225 - 1
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 13 (4.89%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.88%) Apache
2 5 (1.88%) IIS
2 5 (1.88%) WebSphere
3 4 (1.50%) Confluence
4 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.75%) CMS
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 12 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.14%) Simulink
3 10 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (2.26%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (1.88%) FrameMaker
6 4 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.38%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.38%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.38%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (1.88%) Maximo
1 5 (1.88%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.38%) Primavera
2 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.38%) SAP PP
2 1 (0.38%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (7.89%) Cohesity
2 14 (5.26%) Azure
3 10 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.26%) npm
5 5 (1.88%) AWS
5 5 (1.88%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.13%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.75%) PaaS
7 2 (0.75%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.38%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.38%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.38%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.38%) GCP
8 1 (0.38%) GitHub
8 1 (0.38%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.38%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 29 (10.90%) DNS
2 21 (7.89%) SAN
3 9 (3.38%) Ethernet
3 9 (3.38%) Firewall
4 8 (3.01%) VPN
5 7 (2.63%) FTP
5 7 (2.63%) HTTP
5 7 (2.63%) Network Security
5 7 (2.63%) SMTP
5 7 (2.63%) SSL
6 4 (1.50%) BGP
6 4 (1.50%) OSPF
6 4 (1.50%) SpaceWire
6 4 (1.50%) VLAN
7 3 (1.13%) RS-232
7 3 (1.13%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.38%) DHCP
9 1 (0.38%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.01%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.88%) DB2
3 3 (1.13%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (1.13%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.75%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.75%) Power BI
4 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.38%) Big Data
5 1 (0.38%) Metadata
5 1 (0.38%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 8 (3.01%) Hudson
1 8 (3.01%) JIRA
1 8 (3.01%) Visual Studio
2 6 (2.26%) Artifactory
2 6 (2.26%) GitLab
3 4 (1.50%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (0.75%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.75%) Rational Statemate
5 1 (0.38%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.38%) MSI
5 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 88 (33.08%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.15%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (8.65%) Public Sector
4 20 (7.52%) Aerospace
5 18 (6.77%) Military
6 16 (6.02%) Electronics
7 15 (5.64%) Finance
8 14 (5.26%) Manufacturing
9 13 (4.89%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (4.14%) Aviation
10 11 (4.14%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.63%) Legal
12 6 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.26%) Games
12 6 (2.26%) Publishing
13 5 (1.88%) Law
13 5 (1.88%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.50%) Billing
14 4 (1.50%) Marketing
15 3 (1.13%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 23 (8.65%) Analyst
1 23 (8.65%) Consultant
2 18 (6.77%) Security Engineer
3 17 (6.39%) Lead
4 15 (5.64%) Developer
5 11 (4.14%) SOC Analyst
6 10 (3.76%) Network Engineer
7 9 (3.38%) Desktop Engineer
7 9 (3.38%) Project Manager
7 9 (3.38%) Support Engineer
8 8 (3.01%) Desktop Support
8 8 (3.01%) IT Engineer
8 8 (3.01%) Security Officer
8 8 (3.01%) Software Engineer
9 7 (2.63%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 7 (2.63%) IFS Consultant
9 7 (2.63%) ServiceNow Developer
10 6 (2.26%) Administrator
10 6 (2.26%) Design Engineer
10 6 (2.26%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.89%) XML
2 10 (3.76%) Web Services
3 8 (3.01%) .NET
3 8 (3.01%) Node.js
4 7 (2.63%) LDAP
5 6 (2.26%) .NET Framework
5 6 (2.26%) AngularJS
5 6 (2.26%) CSS
5 6 (2.26%) HTML
5 6 (2.26%) React
5 6 (2.26%) SGML
5 6 (2.26%) SOAP
5 6 (2.26%) Svelte
5 6 (2.26%) Vue
6 3 (1.13%) Flash
7 2 (0.75%) RESTful
8 1 (0.38%) OpenID
8 1 (0.38%) Qt
8 1 (0.38%) REST
8 1 (0.38%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.02%) Algorithms
1 16 (6.02%) Management Information System
2 12 (4.51%) Cyber Threat
2 12 (4.51%) FPGA
3 9 (3.38%) Verilog
4 8 (3.01%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (2.63%) Cyberattack
5 7 (2.63%) PCIe
5 7 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.26%) CSOC
6 6 (2.26%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.26%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.26%) VHDL
7 5 (1.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.50%) Analogue Electronics
8 4 (1.50%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.50%) iPhone
8 4 (1.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 58 (21.80%) Windows
2 30 (11.28%) Windows Server
3 21 (7.89%) Windows Server 2019
4 20 (7.52%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (6.02%) Linux
6 10 (3.76%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.13%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.38%) CentOS
8 1 (0.38%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.38%) Unix
8 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (11.28%) Asset Management
3 29 (10.90%) SIEM
4 28 (10.53%) Agile
4 28 (10.53%) Migration
5 27 (10.15%) Ticket Management
6 22 (8.27%) Time Management
7 20 (7.52%) Build Automation
7 20 (7.52%) Deployment Automation
7 20 (7.52%) Operations Management
7 20 (7.52%) Workflow
8 19 (7.14%) Incident Management
9 18 (6.77%) Customer Service
9 18 (6.77%) ITIL
10 17 (6.39%) AI
10 17 (6.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (6.02%) Incident Response
11 16 (6.02%) Information Assurance
12 15 (5.64%) CI/CD
12 15 (5.64%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 31 (11.65%) PowerShell
2 19 (7.14%) Python
3 16 (6.02%) JavaScript
4 13 (4.89%) SQL
5 12 (4.51%) C++
5 12 (4.51%) MATLAB
6 10 (3.76%) C#
7 7 (2.63%) C
7 7 (2.63%) SystemVerilog
7 7 (2.63%) Tcl
8 6 (2.26%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.88%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.75%) Ada
10 2 (0.75%) Java
11 1 (0.38%) Bash
11 1 (0.38%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.38%) PHP
11 1 (0.38%) Scala
11 1 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 208 (78.20%) SC Cleared
2 45 (16.92%) DV Cleared
3 30 (11.28%) Degree
4 14 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (4.89%) HNC
5 13 (4.89%) HND
6 7 (2.63%) CISSP
7 6 (2.26%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.50%) CCNP
9 4 (1.50%) CTC Cleared
9 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (1.13%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.13%) CISM
10 3 (1.13%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.13%) MCSA
11 2 (0.75%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.75%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.75%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.02%) NIST
2 15 (5.64%) JSP 440
2 15 (5.64%) NCSC
2 15 (5.64%) QA
3 14 (5.26%) NIST 800
4 10 (3.76%) SLA
5 7 (2.63%) GDPR
5 7 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (2.26%) DO-254
7 5 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.38%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.38%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.38%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 41 (15.41%) Active Directory
2 24 (9.02%) Firmware
3 21 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (7.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 20 (7.52%) Virtual Servers
5 7 (2.63%) Docker
6 2 (0.75%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (8.65%) Ansible
1 23 (8.65%) SCCM
2 21 (7.89%) WSUS
3 9 (3.38%) Kubernetes
4 8 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.50%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.13%) PingFederate
7 2 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.75%) Terraform
8 1 (0.38%) Istio
8 1 (0.38%) Nessus
8 1 (0.38%) SCOM
8 1 (0.38%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.38%) vRealize
Vendors
1 75 (28.20%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.40%) VMware
3 22 (8.27%) Splunk
4 20 (7.52%) NetApp
5 17 (6.39%) ServiceNow
6 14 (5.26%) SAP
7 12 (4.51%) IFS
8 8 (3.01%) Intel
8 8 (3.01%) Twitter
8 8 (3.01%) Xilinx
9 6 (2.26%) Actel
9 6 (2.26%) Altera
9 6 (2.26%) Cisco
9 6 (2.26%) IBM
9 6 (2.26%) Microsemi
10 5 (1.88%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.50%) Citrix
11 4 (1.50%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.50%) Starlink
12 3 (1.13%) McAfee