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 12 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 372 257 201
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 16.01% 19.83% 13.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 62.63% 61.19% 46.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 97 97
10th Percentile £335 £197 £203
25th Percentile £425 £400 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.18% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £713 £575 £575
90th Percentile £750 £625 -
England median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 117 63
10th Percentile £38.95 £16.77 £21.37
25th Percentile £61.00 £18.87 £35.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £25.32 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year +176.46% -57.45% +95.24%
75th Percentile £80.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £85.30 £67.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £61.60
% change year-on-year +158.45% -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 594 420 428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 25.57% 32.41% 28.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 164 152
10th Percentile £187 £198 £200
25th Percentile £400 £363 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £529 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.16% +5.80% -6.10%
75th Percentile £675 £576 £575
90th Percentile £738 £671 £588
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 141 135
10th Percentile £19.34 £16.30 £16.30
25th Percentile £41.63 £18.87 £24.48
Median hourly rate £65.00 £30.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +116.67% -30.23% +104.76%
75th Percentile £75.00 £59.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.00 £68.45
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £55.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -54.27% -

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 12 September 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 +1 206 £600 +9.09% 139
Bedfordshire +3 79 £463 +23.33% 66
Cambridgeshire -4 31 £565 +7.62% 54
Suffolk 0 29 £450 +100.00% 14
Essex -14 19 £513 +234.97% 65
Norfolk -18 8 £475 -12.84% 11
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 8 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.34%) Confluence
2 5 (1.34%) IIS
2 5 (1.34%) NetWeaver
3 3 (0.81%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.54%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.54%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.27%) CMS
5 1 (0.27%) Mendix
5 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.27%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 9 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.61%) Windchill
3 5 (1.34%) Simulink
4 3 (0.81%) OrCAD
5 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 12 (3.23%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (2.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.34%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.08%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.54%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.27%) Primavera
6 1 (0.27%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 35 (9.41%) Azure
2 26 (6.99%) AWS
3 10 (2.69%) Entra ID
3 10 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (1.88%) Cohesity
4 7 (1.88%) SaaS
5 6 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
5 6 (1.61%) OCI
6 5 (1.34%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (1.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (1.08%) GCP
7 4 (1.08%) GitHub
7 4 (1.08%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.81%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (0.81%) IaaS
8 3 (0.81%) iPaaS
8 3 (0.81%) PaaS
9 2 (0.54%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 25 (6.72%) DNS
2 22 (5.91%) Firewall
3 15 (4.03%) SAN
4 12 (3.23%) Network Security
5 10 (2.69%) VLAN
6 9 (2.42%) HTTP
7 8 (2.15%) Ethernet
7 8 (2.15%) VPN
7 8 (2.15%) Wireless
8 7 (1.88%) Cisco ISE
8 7 (1.88%) DHCP
8 7 (1.88%) Skype
8 7 (1.88%) TCP/IP
9 6 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (1.34%) VSAN
11 4 (1.08%) NAS
11 4 (1.08%) SNMP
11 4 (1.08%) Structured Cabling
12 3 (0.81%) SSL
12 3 (0.81%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.88%) Metadata
1 7 (1.88%) Relational Database
1 7 (1.88%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.34%) MaxDB
2 5 (1.34%) SAP HANA
2 5 (1.34%) Sybase ASE
3 4 (1.08%) Power BI
4 3 (0.81%) Data Mining
4 3 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.54%) GIS
5 2 (0.54%) MySQL
5 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.27%) Hazelcast
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.27%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 23 (6.18%) JIRA
2 19 (5.11%) Git
3 12 (3.23%) GitLab
4 9 (2.42%) Rational DOORS
5 8 (2.15%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.34%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.81%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.54%) CppUnit
8 2 (0.54%) Gradle
8 2 (0.54%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.54%) PVCS
8 2 (0.54%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.54%) Selenium
8 2 (0.54%) VectorCAST
9 1 (0.27%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.27%) eggPlant
9 1 (0.27%) MSI
9 1 (0.27%) Newman
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 78 (20.97%) Social Skills
2 41 (11.02%) Aerospace
3 36 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (5.91%) Documentation Skills
5 21 (5.65%) Finance
6 18 (4.84%) Law
7 15 (4.03%) Manufacturing
8 14 (3.76%) Electronics
9 13 (3.49%) Military
10 10 (2.69%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.15%) Legal
12 6 (1.61%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.34%) Back Office
13 5 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.08%) Aviation
14 4 (1.08%) General Ledger
14 4 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.54%) Retail
17 1 (0.27%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 34 (9.14%) Software Engineer
2 29 (7.80%) Consultant
3 28 (7.53%) Senior
4 24 (6.45%) Lead
4 24 (6.45%) Principal Engineer
5 23 (6.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 22 (5.91%) Architect
7 16 (4.30%) Monitoring Engineer
7 16 (4.30%) SOC Engineer
8 15 (4.03%) Principal Software Engineer
9 13 (3.49%) Administrator
10 12 (3.23%) Hardware Engineer
10 12 (3.23%) Network Engineer
11 11 (2.96%) Data Engineer
11 11 (2.96%) Security Engineer
11 11 (2.96%) Support Engineer
11 11 (2.96%) Windows Engineer
12 10 (2.69%) Systems Engineer
13 9 (2.42%) Senior Network Engineer
14 8 (2.15%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.03%) LDAP
2 13 (3.49%) Terraform
3 11 (2.96%) REST
4 8 (2.15%) JSON
4 8 (2.15%) Kafka
5 7 (1.88%) Elastic Stack
5 7 (1.88%) SAP Fiori
6 6 (1.61%) React
7 5 (1.34%) .NET
7 5 (1.34%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (1.34%) Regular Expression
7 5 (1.34%) SAP Basis
7 5 (1.34%) SAPUI5
8 4 (1.08%) eBPF
8 4 (1.08%) Middleware
8 4 (1.08%) Node.js
8 4 (1.08%) SOAP
8 4 (1.08%) XML
9 3 (0.81%) Web Services
10 2 (0.54%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.11%) Onboarding
2 16 (4.30%) Data Centre
2 16 (4.30%) Embedded Systems
2 16 (4.30%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.76%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (3.49%) CMDB
4 13 (3.49%) FPGA
5 12 (3.23%) Replication
6 10 (2.69%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.69%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.15%) PKI
8 8 (2.15%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.61%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.34%) Analogue Electronics
10 5 (1.34%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.34%) Smartcard
10 5 (1.34%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 74 (19.89%) Windows
2 39 (10.48%) Windows Server
3 38 (10.22%) Linux
4 18 (4.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (4.30%) CentOS
6 12 (3.23%) Rocky
7 6 (1.61%) Android
8 4 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.81%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.81%) Unix
10 2 (0.54%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.54%) VMS
10 2 (0.54%) VxWorks
10 2 (0.54%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (11.02%) Software Engineering
3 35 (9.41%) Agile
4 32 (8.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 31 (8.33%) Migration
5 31 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
6 30 (8.06%) CI/CD
6 30 (8.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 30 (8.06%) Validation
7 27 (7.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 26 (6.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (6.99%) Cybersecurity
9 24 (6.45%) ITSM
9 24 (6.45%) Test Automation
10 23 (6.18%) Incident Response
10 23 (6.18%) ITIL
11 21 (5.65%) Data Modelling
11 21 (5.65%) Roadmaps
11 21 (5.65%) SIEM
12 20 (5.38%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 35 (9.41%) Python
2 29 (7.80%) PowerShell
3 21 (5.65%) SQL
4 12 (3.23%) C++
5 10 (2.69%) Bash
5 10 (2.69%) C
5 10 (2.69%) C#
6 9 (2.42%) Ada
6 9 (2.42%) MATLAB
7 8 (2.15%) Java
8 7 (1.88%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (1.61%) Search Processing Language
9 6 (1.61%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.61%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.08%) SystemVerilog
11 1 (0.27%) Cypher
11 1 (0.27%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.27%) ProC
11 1 (0.27%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 232 (62.37%) SC Cleared
2 102 (27.42%) DV Cleared
3 30 (8.06%) Degree
4 17 (4.57%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.34%) CCNP
6 5 (1.34%) HND
6 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.08%) HNC
7 4 (1.08%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.81%) ISACA
8 3 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.81%) MCSE
8 3 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.54%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.54%) CCNA
9 2 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.54%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.99%) SLA
2 16 (4.30%) QA
3 13 (3.49%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.42%) GDPR
5 6 (1.61%) NCSC
5 6 (1.61%) NIST
6 5 (1.34%) Def Stans
7 4 (1.08%) DO-254
7 4 (1.08%) GRC
8 3 (0.81%) DO-178B
8 3 (0.81%) IEC 61508
8 3 (0.81%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.81%) PMO
9 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.54%) ISA99
9 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.27%) MISRA
System Software
1 46 (12.37%) Active Directory
2 27 (7.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (4.03%) Firmware
4 11 (2.96%) Hyper-V
5 9 (2.42%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.34%) Docker
7 5 (1.34%) NFS
8 4 (1.08%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (8.87%) Ansible
2 12 (3.23%) NetBackup
3 10 (2.69%) SCCM
4 9 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (2.15%) Grafana
6 7 (1.88%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.61%) Kubernetes
7 6 (1.61%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.61%) vRealize
8 5 (1.34%) Check_MK
8 5 (1.34%) Nessus
8 5 (1.34%) WSUS
9 4 (1.08%) Podman
9 4 (1.08%) Red Hat Satellite
9 4 (1.08%) VxRail
10 3 (0.81%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.81%) SCOM
11 1 (0.27%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.27%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 41 (11.02%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.41%) VMware
3 25 (6.72%) SAP
4 23 (6.18%) Splunk
5 18 (4.84%) ServiceNow
6 16 (4.30%) NetApp
7 15 (4.03%) Cisco
7 15 (4.03%) Oracle
8 14 (3.76%) Veeam
9 13 (3.49%) Remedy
10 9 (2.42%) EMC
11 8 (2.15%) Xilinx
12 7 (1.88%) BMC
12 7 (1.88%) Dynatrace
12 7 (1.88%) Intel
13 6 (1.61%) Snow
14 5 (1.34%) Cribl.io
14 5 (1.34%) Red Hat
14 5 (1.34%) Sybase
14 5 (1.34%) Tenable