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 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 377 177 243
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 16.97% 18.30% 12.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 64.22% 52.84% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 76 118
10th Percentile £212 £195 £200
25th Percentile £425 £225 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £650
90th Percentile £750 £606 £725
England median daily rate £525 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 60 75
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.99 £21.37
25th Percentile £18.20 £35.29 £21.46
Median hourly rate £25.15 £63.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.08% +72.60% -36.52%
75th Percentile £67.13 £75.00 £64.25
90th Percentile £73.46 £82.28 £75.25
England median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £55.80
% change year-on-year +10.00% -10.39% -6.69%

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 587 335 567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 26.43% 34.64% 30.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 148 214
10th Percentile £191 £195 £215
25th Percentile £361 £306 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £638 £575 £600
90th Percentile £738 £641 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 93 216
10th Percentile £16.35 £15.06 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.34 £26.25 £16.30
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.08% +71.43% +66.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £76.25 £44.13
90th Percentile £73.46 £85.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £50.00 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% - -23.81%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 16 May 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 0 200 £550 - 95
Bedfordshire +15 54 £550 +78.57% 19
Cambridgeshire +11 45 £563 +13.92% 24
Suffolk +1 41 £450 +100.00% 4
Essex +4 19 £488 -9.30% 13
Norfolk -4 18 £295 -46.36% 2
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 9 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (0.80%) CMS
2 3 (0.80%) NetWeaver
2 3 (0.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.53%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.27%) Apache
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 22 (5.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.12%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.33%) Simulink
5 1 (0.27%) CATIA
5 1 (0.27%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.27%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 7 (1.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.80%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 24 (6.37%) Azure
2 22 (5.84%) AWS
3 9 (2.39%) GCP
4 7 (1.86%) Google Workspace
4 7 (1.86%) SaaS
5 6 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (1.59%) Cohesity
6 5 (1.33%) Amazon ECS
6 5 (1.33%) IaaS
7 4 (1.06%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.06%) PaaS
8 3 (0.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (0.80%) GitHub
8 3 (0.80%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.80%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.80%) Serverless
9 2 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.53%) dbt
9 2 (0.53%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.24%) Network Security
1 16 (4.24%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (3.98%) Firewall
3 14 (3.71%) DNS
4 13 (3.45%) VPN
5 12 (3.18%) Ethernet
6 10 (2.65%) Structured Cabling
7 9 (2.39%) TCP/IP
8 8 (2.12%) LAN
8 8 (2.12%) WAN
9 7 (1.86%) Skype
9 7 (1.86%) VoIP
10 6 (1.59%) SSL
11 5 (1.33%) FTP
11 5 (1.33%) HTTP
11 5 (1.33%) SMTP
12 4 (1.06%) IPsec
13 3 (0.80%) Internet
13 3 (0.80%) SAN
13 3 (0.80%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.59%) Metadata
1 6 (1.59%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.06%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.80%) MaxDB
3 3 (0.80%) Power BI
3 3 (0.80%) SAP HANA
3 3 (0.80%) Sybase ASE
4 2 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.53%) MySQL
4 2 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.27%) Big Data
5 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.27%) QlikView
5 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (5.84%) Git
2 15 (3.98%) JIRA
3 13 (3.45%) GitLab
4 12 (3.18%) Jenkins
5 9 (2.39%) Visual Studio
6 8 (2.12%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (1.86%) Rational Rhapsody
8 6 (1.59%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.53%) Gradle
10 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket Server
10 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.27%) Hudson
10 1 (0.27%) JMeter
10 1 (0.27%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.27%) MLflow
10 1 (0.27%) MSI
10 1 (0.27%) Selenium
10 1 (0.27%) Serenity BDD
General
1 88 (23.34%) Social Skills
2 35 (9.28%) Aerospace
3 34 (9.02%) Public Sector
4 29 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (4.51%) Legal
6 16 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.18%) Electronics
7 12 (3.18%) Finance
8 11 (2.92%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.12%) Military
10 7 (1.86%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.59%) Marketing
11 6 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.06%) Aviation
12 4 (1.06%) Law
13 3 (0.80%) Automotive
13 3 (0.80%) Games
14 2 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 44 (11.67%) Software Engineer
2 35 (9.28%) Analyst
3 33 (8.75%) Administrator
4 30 (7.96%) Architect
5 26 (6.90%) Senior
6 18 (4.77%) Technical Architect
7 16 (4.24%) SOC Engineer
8 14 (3.71%) Project Manager
8 14 (3.71%) Support Engineer
9 13 (3.45%) Consultant
9 13 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (3.45%) SAP Support
10 12 (3.18%) IT Support
10 12 (3.18%) Network Engineer
11 11 (2.92%) Developer
11 11 (2.92%) Principal Engineer
12 10 (2.65%) Desktop Engineer
12 10 (2.65%) Desktop Support
12 10 (2.65%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 10 (2.65%) SAP Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.98%) React
2 14 (3.71%) LDAP
3 10 (2.65%) .NET
4 9 (2.39%) Middleware
4 9 (2.39%) Node.js
5 8 (2.12%) Kafka
6 7 (1.86%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (1.59%) REST
7 6 (1.59%) Web Services
8 3 (0.80%) CSS
8 3 (0.80%) eBPF
8 3 (0.80%) HTML
8 3 (0.80%) JSON
8 3 (0.80%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (0.80%) SAP Basis
8 3 (0.80%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (0.80%) SAPUI5
8 3 (0.80%) SOAP
8 3 (0.80%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.80%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.10%) Data Centre
2 17 (4.51%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (3.18%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.18%) Security Operations Centre
5 11 (2.92%) FPGA
6 9 (2.39%) Insider Threat
6 9 (2.39%) Operational Technology
7 7 (1.86%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.86%) PCIe
7 7 (1.86%) SCADA
7 7 (1.86%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.59%) CSOC
8 6 (1.59%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.59%) Embedded Systems
8 6 (1.59%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.59%) Smartcard
8 6 (1.59%) YubiKey
9 5 (1.33%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 60 (15.92%) Windows
2 32 (8.49%) Linux
3 15 (3.98%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.39%) CentOS
6 8 (2.12%) Android
6 8 (2.12%) Apple iOS
6 8 (2.12%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.06%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.53%) Unix
8 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.27%) AIX
9 1 (0.27%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.27%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (15.12%) Software Engineering
2 55 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (9.28%) Agile
4 31 (8.22%) CI/CD
5 30 (7.96%) Change Management
6 26 (6.90%) Migration
7 24 (6.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (6.10%) DevOps
9 22 (5.84%) ITIL
9 22 (5.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 21 (5.57%) Cybersecurity
10 21 (5.57%) SDLC
11 20 (5.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 20 (5.31%) Validation
12 19 (5.04%) Customer Service
12 19 (5.04%) Test Automation
12 19 (5.04%) Workflow
13 18 (4.77%) Security Monitoring
13 18 (4.77%) Stakeholder Management
14 16 (4.24%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 30 (7.96%) Python
2 27 (7.16%) C++
3 24 (6.37%) C#
4 16 (4.24%) C
5 15 (3.98%) MATLAB
5 15 (3.98%) PowerShell
6 14 (3.71%) Ada
6 14 (3.71%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.45%) SQL
8 12 (3.18%) TypeScript
9 9 (2.39%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.12%) Java
11 7 (1.86%) Search Processing Language
12 5 (1.33%) Bash
12 5 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (1.33%) SystemVerilog
13 4 (1.06%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.80%) Tcl
15 1 (0.27%) Perl
15 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 242 (64.19%) SC Cleared
2 109 (28.91%) DV Cleared
3 19 (5.04%) Degree
4 11 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.39%) CTC Cleared
5 9 (2.39%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (2.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.06%) HNC
7 4 (1.06%) HND
7 4 (1.06%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (1.06%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.80%) MCSE
9 2 (0.53%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.53%) PMP
9 2 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.63%) SLA
2 12 (3.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.39%) Def Stans
4 8 (2.12%) GRC
5 7 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.86%) NIST
6 6 (1.59%) GDPR
7 5 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.33%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.33%) QA
8 3 (0.80%) DO-254
9 2 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.53%) ISA99
9 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.53%) NCSC
10 1 (0.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.27%) RMADS
System Software
1 23 (6.10%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.86%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.59%) Firmware
5 4 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.80%) Docker
6 3 (0.80%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.53%) vSphere
8 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (6.37%) Ansible
2 12 (3.18%) Terraform
3 9 (2.39%) Check_MK
3 9 (2.39%) Podman
3 9 (2.39%) Red Hat Satellite
4 8 (2.12%) SCCM
5 6 (1.59%) Grafana
5 6 (1.59%) Nessus
5 6 (1.59%) WSUS
6 5 (1.33%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.06%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.53%) Kubernetes
8 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.53%) ServiceCenter
8 2 (0.53%) VxRail
9 1 (0.27%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.27%) SCOM
9 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.27%) vRealize
Vendors
1 47 (12.47%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.28%) VMware
3 31 (8.22%) SAP
4 22 (5.84%) Splunk
5 16 (4.24%) ServiceNow
6 13 (3.45%) Cisco
6 13 (3.45%) Dell
7 9 (2.39%) Oracle
7 9 (2.39%) Red Hat
8 8 (2.12%) Google
8 8 (2.12%) HP
9 7 (1.86%) Altera
9 7 (1.86%) Tenable
10 6 (1.59%) Canon
11 5 (1.33%) Barracuda Networks
11 5 (1.33%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.33%) Intel
11 5 (1.33%) Microsemi
11 5 (1.33%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.33%) Xilinx