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 14 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 4 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 362 165 240
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 17.32% 17.63% 12.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.84% 51.40% 42.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 56 108
10th Percentile £193 £195 £209
25th Percentile £348 £204 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £326 £519
Median % change year-on-year +53.26% -37.11% -5.68%
75th Percentile £638 £550 £700
90th Percentile £716 £625 £731
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 69 68
10th Percentile £16.35 £20.69 £21.37
25th Percentile £18.55 £31.64 £21.46
Median hourly rate £23.83 £63.00 £30.25
Median % change year-on-year -62.18% +108.26% -47.39%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £61.06
90th Percentile £70.00 £81.50 £76.68
England median hourly rate £54.00 £57.50 £52.00
% change year-on-year -6.09% +10.58% -13.33%

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 567 321 561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 27.13% 34.29% 29.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 125 233
10th Percentile £193 £180 £225
25th Percentile £336 £225 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £625 £600 £649
90th Percentile £688 £675 £725
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 103 188
10th Percentile £16.25 £16.56 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.20 £28.47 £15.34
Median hourly rate £23.09 £63.00 £22.73
Median % change year-on-year -63.35% +177.17% +8.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £71.50
England median hourly rate £45.46 £50.00 £37.83
% change year-on-year -9.08% +32.18% -27.44%

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 14 April 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 14 April 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 14 April 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 0 184 £525 +1.20% 87
Bedfordshire +17 50 £513 +65.19% 10
Cambridgeshire +8 46 £551 +37.63% 27
Suffolk +2 43 £330 +46.67% 5
Norfolk -7 21 £295 - 2
Essex 0 18 £488 -15.22% 18
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 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.38%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.55%) CMS
4 2 (0.55%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.28%) Apache
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.28%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 23 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.42%) Spreadsheet
3 14 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.38%) Simulink
5 1 (0.28%) CATIA
5 1 (0.28%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.28%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.83%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.28%) assyst
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.28%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.28%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 22 (6.08%) Azure
2 20 (5.52%) AWS
3 11 (3.04%) GCP
4 7 (1.93%) Google Workspace
4 7 (1.93%) SaaS
5 5 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.10%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.10%) IaaS
6 4 (1.10%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (0.83%) GitHub
7 3 (0.83%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (0.83%) PaaS
7 3 (0.83%) Serverless
8 2 (0.55%) Boomi
8 2 (0.55%) Cohesity
8 2 (0.55%) dbt
8 2 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.55%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.55%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.14%) Network Security
2 14 (3.87%) VPN
2 14 (3.87%) Wi-Fi
3 13 (3.59%) Ethernet
3 13 (3.59%) Firewall
4 10 (2.76%) DNS
5 8 (2.21%) Structured Cabling
5 8 (2.21%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.93%) VoIP
7 6 (1.66%) LAN
7 6 (1.66%) SSL
7 6 (1.66%) WAN
8 5 (1.38%) FTP
8 5 (1.38%) HTTP
8 5 (1.38%) SAN
8 5 (1.38%) SMTP
9 4 (1.10%) IPsec
10 3 (0.83%) Internet
11 2 (0.55%) ADSL
11 2 (0.55%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.93%) Metadata
2 4 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.10%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.10%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.83%) Power BI
4 2 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.55%) MySQL
4 2 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.28%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.28%) Big Data
5 1 (0.28%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.28%) MaxDB
5 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.28%) QlikView
5 1 (0.28%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.28%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 14 (3.87%) Git
1 14 (3.87%) JIRA
2 10 (2.76%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.49%) GitLab
3 9 (2.49%) Rational DOORS
4 7 (1.93%) Rational Rhapsody
4 7 (1.93%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.38%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket Server
6 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.28%) Hudson
6 1 (0.28%) JMeter
6 1 (0.28%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.28%) MLflow
6 1 (0.28%) MSI
6 1 (0.28%) Selenium
6 1 (0.28%) Serenity BDD
General
1 97 (26.80%) Social Skills
2 47 (12.98%) Public Sector
3 37 (10.22%) Aerospace
4 29 (8.01%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (4.97%) Electronics
5 18 (4.97%) Manufacturing
6 17 (4.70%) Finance
6 17 (4.70%) Legal
6 17 (4.70%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (3.31%) Marketing
8 12 (3.31%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.76%) Military
10 7 (1.93%) Law
11 5 (1.38%) Aviation
11 5 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.10%) Games
13 3 (0.83%) Automotive
14 2 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 46 (12.71%) Software Engineer
2 37 (10.22%) Analyst
3 33 (9.12%) Administrator
4 29 (8.01%) Architect
5 25 (6.91%) Senior
6 17 (4.70%) Embedded Engineer
6 17 (4.70%) Support Engineer
7 15 (4.14%) Desktop Engineer
7 15 (4.14%) IT Engineer
7 15 (4.14%) Technical Architect
8 14 (3.87%) Desktop Support
8 14 (3.87%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 13 (3.59%) Developer
9 13 (3.59%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 13 (3.59%) IT Support
9 13 (3.59%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
10 12 (3.31%) Consultant
11 11 (3.04%) Project Manager
11 11 (3.04%) SAP Support
12 10 (2.76%) IT Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.59%) React
2 12 (3.31%) LDAP
3 8 (2.21%) .NET
3 8 (2.21%) Node.js
4 7 (1.93%) Middleware
5 6 (1.66%) REST
5 6 (1.66%) Web Services
6 4 (1.10%) Kafka
6 4 (1.10%) SOAP
7 3 (0.83%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.83%) CSS
7 3 (0.83%) HTML
7 3 (0.83%) JSON
8 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.55%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.55%) Express.js
8 2 (0.55%) jQuery
8 2 (0.55%) Spring
8 2 (0.55%) WPF
8 2 (0.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.52%) Data Centre
2 16 (4.42%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.76%) Insider Threat
4 9 (2.49%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (2.49%) FPGA
4 9 (2.49%) Operational Technology
4 9 (2.49%) PCIe
4 9 (2.49%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.21%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (2.21%) Virtual Team
6 7 (1.93%) SCADA
7 6 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.66%) CSOC
7 6 (1.66%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.66%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.38%) Cyberattack
8 5 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.38%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.38%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.10%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 51 (14.09%) Windows
2 27 (7.46%) Linux
3 14 (3.87%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.76%) Apple iOS
4 10 (2.76%) Windows 10
5 9 (2.49%) Android
5 9 (2.49%) Mac OS
6 8 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.93%) CentOS
8 1 (0.28%) AIX
8 1 (0.28%) Data ONTAP
8 1 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.28%) Unix
8 1 (0.28%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (16.57%) Software Engineering
2 53 (14.64%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (9.12%) Migration
4 30 (8.29%) Agile
4 30 (8.29%) Workflow
5 26 (7.18%) Change Management
6 24 (6.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (6.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 22 (6.08%) ITIL
8 22 (6.08%) Workflow Management
9 21 (5.80%) CI/CD
9 21 (5.80%) Customer Service
10 19 (5.25%) Validation
11 18 (4.97%) DevOps
11 18 (4.97%) Information Security
11 18 (4.97%) Time Management
12 17 (4.70%) Cybersecurity
12 17 (4.70%) SDLC
13 16 (4.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 16 (4.42%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 25 (6.91%) C++
2 23 (6.35%) Python
3 19 (5.25%) C#
4 18 (4.97%) Ada
4 18 (4.97%) C
5 14 (3.87%) PowerShell
6 13 (3.59%) JavaScript
7 12 (3.31%) MATLAB
8 11 (3.04%) SQL
9 10 (2.76%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.21%) Shell Script
11 7 (1.93%) Java
12 6 (1.66%) Embedded C
13 5 (1.38%) SystemVerilog
14 4 (1.10%) Tcl
15 2 (0.55%) Search Processing Language
16 1 (0.28%) ABAP
16 1 (0.28%) Bash
16 1 (0.28%) Perl
16 1 (0.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 258 (71.27%) SC Cleared
2 73 (20.17%) DV Cleared
3 18 (4.97%) Degree
4 12 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (3.04%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (2.76%) CTC Cleared
7 8 (2.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.38%) HNC
8 5 (1.38%) HND
9 3 (0.83%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.55%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.91%) SLA
2 12 (3.31%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (2.76%) Def Stans
4 8 (2.21%) GRC
4 8 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.21%) NIST
5 6 (1.66%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.66%) GDPR
5 6 (1.66%) QA
6 5 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.10%) DO-254
8 2 (0.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.55%) ISA99
8 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.55%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.55%) NCSC
9 1 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.28%) RMADS
System Software
1 22 (6.08%) Active Directory
2 18 (4.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.38%) Firmware
4 4 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.10%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.83%) Docker
5 3 (0.83%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.55%) vSphere
7 1 (0.28%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.04%) Ansible
2 7 (1.93%) Check_MK
2 7 (1.93%) Podman
2 7 (1.93%) Red Hat Satellite
3 6 (1.66%) SCCM
4 5 (1.38%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.83%) Terraform
7 2 (0.55%) Grafana
7 2 (0.55%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.55%) Nessus
7 2 (0.55%) ServiceCenter
7 2 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.55%) VxRail
7 2 (0.55%) WSUS
8 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.28%) vRealize
Vendors
1 56 (15.47%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.67%) SAP
2 35 (9.67%) VMware
3 15 (4.14%) ServiceNow
4 12 (3.31%) Dell
5 10 (2.76%) Cisco
6 9 (2.49%) HP
7 8 (2.21%) Altera
7 8 (2.21%) Google
7 8 (2.21%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.93%) Oracle
9 6 (1.66%) Canon
10 5 (1.38%) Barracuda Networks
10 5 (1.38%) Intel
10 5 (1.38%) Microsemi
10 5 (1.38%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.38%) Splunk
10 5 (1.38%) Xilinx
11 4 (1.10%) Actel
11 4 (1.10%) Meraki