Security Cleared Contracts in the East of England

Security Clearance
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 2 7
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 -3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 246 470 318
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 12.97% 22.63% 12.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.20% 60.65% 42.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 249 156
10th Percentile £200 £273 £322
25th Percentile £315 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £588
90th Percentile £725 £738 £675
England median daily rate £550 £550 £543
% change year-on-year - +1.38% +8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 123 85
10th Percentile £21.37 £15.73 £18.75
25th Percentile £21.39 £20.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £57.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.26% +4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £64.25 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.58 £73.40 £60.75
England median hourly rate £56.89 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -5.19% +20.00% +16.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

Security Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 583 775 756
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 30.75% 37.31% 29.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 381 363
10th Percentile £208 £213 £215
25th Percentile £345 £360 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £559
90th Percentile £725 £738 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 198 209
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £31.80 £21.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.43% +7.69% -49.19%
75th Percentile £43.38 £63.75 £49.50
90th Percentile £73.00 £70.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the East of England

Security Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the East of England

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 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the East of England

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 -1 158 £550 - 96
Cambridgeshire -8 51 £700 +33.33% 31
Suffolk +1 17 £475 -32.14% 7
Bedfordshire -11 10 £458 -23.75% 16
Essex -16 10 £468 -13.02% 9
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.25%) CMS
2 7 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.03%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.63%) Exchange Server 2000
4 4 (1.63%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (1.63%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (1.63%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (1.63%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.81%) IIS
5 2 (0.81%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.81%) Simulink
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.41%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (1.22%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.41%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 17 (6.91%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (2.85%) Azure
3 2 (0.81%) AWS
4 1 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.41%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.32%) Firewall
1 18 (7.32%) VPN
2 16 (6.50%) Wi-Fi
3 13 (5.28%) Network Security
4 12 (4.88%) 4G
4 12 (4.88%) 5G
5 8 (3.25%) SMTP
6 4 (1.63%) DNS
6 4 (1.63%) SSL
7 3 (1.22%) FTP
7 3 (1.22%) HTTP
7 3 (1.22%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.81%) LAN
8 2 (0.81%) SAN
8 2 (0.81%) WAN
9 1 (0.41%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.41%) Intranet
9 1 (0.41%) SNMP
9 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.44%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.41%) Metadata
2 1 (0.41%) Power BI
2 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.25%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (1.63%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.22%) CppUnit
3 3 (1.22%) PVCS
4 2 (0.81%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.41%) JIRA
5 1 (0.41%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.41%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 88 (35.77%) Social Skills
2 54 (21.95%) Aerospace
3 40 (16.26%) Electronics
4 33 (13.41%) Manufacturing
5 22 (8.94%) Public Sector
6 21 (8.54%) Retail
7 11 (4.47%) Finance
8 9 (3.66%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.03%) Military
10 5 (2.03%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.22%) Aviation
11 3 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.41%) Advertising
12 1 (0.41%) Automotive
12 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.41%) Law
12 1 (0.41%) Marketing
12 1 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 68 (27.64%) Analyst
2 39 (15.85%) Architect
3 38 (15.45%) Service Analyst
3 38 (15.45%) Service Desk Analyst
4 31 (12.60%) Test Architect
5 19 (7.72%) Design Engineer
6 14 (5.69%) Senior
7 13 (5.28%) Support Analyst
7 13 (5.28%) Technical Analyst
7 13 (5.28%) Technical Support
7 13 (5.28%) Technical Support Analyst
8 12 (4.88%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
8 12 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (4.47%) SOC Analyst
10 10 (4.07%) Software Engineer
11 9 (3.66%) Lead
12 8 (3.25%) Senior Analyst
13 7 (2.85%) Developer
13 7 (2.85%) Network Engineer
13 7 (2.85%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.63%) Web Services
2 3 (1.22%) LDAP
3 2 (0.81%) HTML
4 1 (0.41%) Node.js
4 1 (0.41%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.41%) RESTful
4 1 (0.41%) SGML
4 1 (0.41%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (13.82%) Analogue Electronics
2 8 (3.25%) Cyberattack
2 8 (3.25%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (2.85%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (2.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 6 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (2.03%) iPad
5 5 (2.03%) iPhone
5 5 (2.03%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.03%) PKI
6 4 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.81%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.81%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.81%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.41%) CMDB
8 1 (0.41%) CSOC
8 1 (0.41%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (17.07%) Linux
2 35 (14.23%) Windows
3 7 (2.85%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (2.03%) Windows 10
5 5 (2.03%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.63%) Solaris
6 4 (1.63%) Windows 2000
6 4 (1.63%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.81%) Unix
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (17.07%) Project Management
2 37 (15.04%) Customer Service
2 37 (15.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 32 (13.01%) Test Strategy
4 30 (12.20%) ITIL
5 21 (8.54%) Incident Management
5 21 (8.54%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (6.50%) Agile
7 16 (6.50%) Service Management
7 16 (6.50%) Software Engineering
8 15 (6.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 15 (6.10%) Migration
9 13 (5.28%) Change Management
9 13 (5.28%) Configuration Management
9 13 (5.28%) Incident Response
10 12 (4.88%) Load Balancing
10 12 (4.88%) Network Design
10 12 (4.88%) Network Virtualisation
11 10 (4.07%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.07%) C++
2 7 (2.85%) SQL
3 6 (2.44%) C
4 5 (2.03%) MATLAB
5 4 (1.63%) C#
6 3 (1.22%) Ada
6 3 (1.22%) Python
7 1 (0.41%) Java
7 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 158 (64.23%) SC Cleared
2 60 (24.39%) DV Cleared
3 16 (6.50%) A+ Certification
3 16 (6.50%) MCSA
3 16 (6.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (6.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (4.47%) MCP
6 6 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (2.44%) Degree
7 3 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.81%) CCENT
8 2 (0.81%) CCNP
8 2 (0.81%) HNC
8 2 (0.81%) HND
9 1 (0.41%) CCSA
9 1 (0.41%) CISSP
9 1 (0.41%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.03%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.63%) QA
4 3 (1.22%) PMO
4 3 (1.22%) SLA
5 1 (0.41%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.41%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.41%) NCSC
5 1 (0.41%) NIST
5 1 (0.41%) NIST 800
System Software
1 22 (8.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (8.54%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.07%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.81%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.03%) MAILsweeper
2 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.22%) SCOM
3 2 (0.81%) Ansible
3 2 (0.81%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.81%) Rancher
3 2 (0.81%) Red Hat Satellite
3 2 (0.81%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 1 (0.41%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 40 (16.26%) Microsoft
2 27 (10.98%) VMware
3 23 (9.35%) Cisco
4 18 (7.32%) Citrix
5 17 (6.91%) ServiceNow
6 13 (5.28%) Juniper
7 12 (4.88%) Darktrace
8 11 (4.47%) Red Hat
8 11 (4.47%) Sun
9 9 (3.66%) FireEye
9 9 (3.66%) Splunk
10 8 (3.25%) LogRhythm
11 6 (2.44%) IronPort
12 5 (2.03%) NetApp
12 5 (2.03%) Sophos
12 5 (2.03%) Trend Micro
13 3 (1.22%) HP
13 3 (1.22%) Keysight
13 3 (1.22%) Twitter
13 3 (1.22%) Varonis