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 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 338 234 262
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 14.85% 19.28% 14.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.38% 57.92% 47.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 95 126
10th Percentile £208 £192 £200
25th Percentile £447 £275 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £675 £575 £575
90th Percentile £750 - £688
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 95 93
10th Percentile £17.87 £15.97 £21.37
25th Percentile £22.68 £18.87 £21.46
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.50 £41.27
Median % change year-on-year +19.27% +32.07% -28.23%
75th Percentile £75.00 £74.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.73 £85.05 £74.65
England median hourly rate £63.50 £25.15 £57.44
% change year-on-year +152.49% -56.22% -4.27%

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 579 404 554
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 25.44% 33.28% 29.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 171 208
10th Percentile £168 £179 £213
25th Percentile £384 £309 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% - -
75th Percentile £650 £575 £575
90th Percentile £738 £625 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 119 204
10th Percentile £17.18 £15.83 £14.94
25th Percentile £22.63 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £57.25 £38.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.66% -11.63% +72.00%
75th Percentile £73.59 £72.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £84.35 £75.00
England median hourly rate £53.90 £28.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year +92.50% -34.88% -21.82%

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 11 July 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 11 July 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 11 July 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 +1 186 £575 +4.55% 70
Bedfordshire +4 66 £323 -14.00% 11
Cambridgeshire +3 35 £557 +11.30% 23
Suffolk -3 21 £625 +177.78% 2
Essex -7 19 £450 +194.12% 10
Norfolk -15 11 £212 -61.11% 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 10 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.78%) NetWeaver
3 4 (1.18%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.89%) CMS
5 2 (0.59%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.30%) Apache
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.30%) Mendix
6 1 (0.30%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.78%) Simulink
3 2 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.30%) CATIA
4 1 (0.30%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 12 (3.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.96%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.89%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.59%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.30%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 31 (9.17%) Azure
2 23 (6.80%) AWS
3 8 (2.37%) SaaS
4 7 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (1.78%) Cohesity
5 6 (1.78%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.48%) Amazon ECS
6 5 (1.48%) IaaS
7 4 (1.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (1.18%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (1.18%) GCP
7 4 (1.18%) GitHub
7 4 (1.18%) PaaS
7 4 (1.18%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.89%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (0.89%) iPaaS
8 3 (0.89%) Serverless
9 2 (0.59%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.73%) DNS
1 16 (4.73%) Firewall
2 11 (3.25%) Ethernet
3 9 (2.66%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (2.07%) Network Security
4 7 (2.07%) SAN
4 7 (2.07%) Skype
4 7 (2.07%) Structured Cabling
5 6 (1.78%) VLAN
6 4 (1.18%) DHCP
6 4 (1.18%) IPsec
6 4 (1.18%) LAN
6 4 (1.18%) SNMP
6 4 (1.18%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.18%) WAN
7 3 (0.89%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (0.89%) VPN
7 3 (0.89%) VSAN
7 3 (0.89%) Wireless
8 2 (0.59%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.96%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.78%) MaxDB
2 6 (1.78%) SAP HANA
2 6 (1.78%) Sybase ASE
3 5 (1.48%) Metadata
4 4 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.18%) Power BI
5 3 (0.89%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.59%) MySQL
7 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.30%) Big Data
7 1 (0.30%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.30%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.30%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (5.33%) Git
2 13 (3.85%) JIRA
3 11 (3.25%) GitLab
4 10 (2.96%) Rational DOORS
5 9 (2.66%) Jenkins
5 9 (2.66%) Rational Rhapsody
5 9 (2.66%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.48%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.59%) Gradle
7 2 (0.59%) VectorCAST
8 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.30%) Hudson
8 1 (0.30%) JMeter
8 1 (0.30%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.30%) MLflow
8 1 (0.30%) MSI
8 1 (0.30%) Newman
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.30%) Postman
8 1 (0.30%) Selenium
General
1 66 (19.53%) Social Skills
2 23 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (5.03%) Aerospace
3 17 (5.03%) Public Sector
4 16 (4.73%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (2.96%) Finance
5 10 (2.96%) Legal
6 7 (2.07%) Law
6 7 (2.07%) Military
7 6 (1.78%) Manufacturing
7 6 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.48%) Electronics
8 5 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.18%) Aviation
10 3 (0.89%) Automotive
10 3 (0.89%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.59%) Games
11 2 (0.59%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.59%) Retail
12 1 (0.30%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 51 (15.09%) Software Engineer
2 25 (7.40%) Senior
3 24 (7.10%) Principal Engineer
4 22 (6.51%) Administrator
5 21 (6.21%) Architect
5 21 (6.21%) Principal Software Engineer
6 19 (5.62%) Consultant
7 18 (5.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 16 (4.73%) Analyst
8 16 (4.73%) SAP Support
8 16 (4.73%) SOC Engineer
9 13 (3.85%) Network Engineer
10 12 (3.55%) Project Manager
11 10 (2.96%) SAP Administrator
11 10 (2.96%) Support Engineer
12 9 (2.66%) Ada Engineer
12 9 (2.66%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
12 9 (2.66%) Senior Network Engineer
12 9 (2.66%) Systems Engineer
12 9 (2.66%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.25%) .NET
2 8 (2.37%) React
2 8 (2.37%) REST
2 8 (2.37%) SAP Fiori
3 7 (2.07%) Elastic Stack
3 7 (2.07%) Kafka
3 7 (2.07%) Node.js
4 6 (1.78%) LDAP
4 6 (1.78%) Middleware
4 6 (1.78%) SAP Basis
4 6 (1.78%) SAPUI5
5 5 (1.48%) Web Services
6 4 (1.18%) eBPF
6 4 (1.18%) OpenTelemetry
6 4 (1.18%) SOAP
6 4 (1.18%) WPF
7 3 (0.89%) CSS
7 3 (0.89%) JSON
7 3 (0.89%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.44%) Data Centre
1 15 (4.44%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (3.55%) FPGA
3 11 (3.25%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (2.96%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.66%) CMDB
5 9 (2.66%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.37%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.07%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.07%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.78%) PCIe
8 6 (1.78%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.78%) Smartcard
8 6 (1.78%) YubiKey
9 5 (1.48%) Replication
9 5 (1.48%) Verilog
9 5 (1.48%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.18%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 59 (17.46%) Windows
2 31 (9.17%) Linux
3 16 (4.73%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (3.55%) CentOS
6 6 (1.78%) Rocky
7 4 (1.18%) Unix
8 3 (0.89%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.59%) Android
9 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.59%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.59%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.59%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.30%) AIX
10 1 (0.30%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.30%) VMS
10 1 (0.30%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (18.34%) Software Engineering
2 51 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (10.95%) Agile
4 35 (10.36%) CI/CD
5 29 (8.58%) Test Automation
6 28 (8.28%) DevOps
7 26 (7.69%) Change Management
7 26 (7.69%) Validation
8 22 (6.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 22 (6.51%) SDLC
9 21 (6.21%) ITSM
9 21 (6.21%) Migration
9 21 (6.21%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (5.33%) Security Monitoring
11 17 (5.03%) Software Testing
12 16 (4.73%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (4.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 15 (4.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (4.44%) Test Scripting
14 14 (4.14%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 29 (8.58%) Python
2 25 (7.40%) C++
3 19 (5.62%) Ada
3 19 (5.62%) C#
4 16 (4.73%) PowerShell
5 15 (4.44%) C
6 13 (3.85%) SQL
7 11 (3.25%) MATLAB
8 9 (2.66%) JavaScript
9 8 (2.37%) Bash
10 7 (2.07%) Search Processing Language
11 6 (1.78%) Java
11 6 (1.78%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.78%) TypeScript
12 5 (1.48%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (1.48%) SystemVerilog
13 3 (0.89%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.59%) Tcl
15 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.30%) ProC
Qualifications
1 200 (59.17%) SC Cleared
2 103 (30.47%) DV Cleared
3 19 (5.62%) Degree
4 11 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 5 (1.48%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.18%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.89%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (0.89%) HNC
8 3 (0.89%) HND
8 3 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.59%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.59%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.59%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.14%) SLA
2 11 (3.25%) GDPR
2 11 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.96%) GRC
4 7 (2.07%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.07%) QA
5 6 (1.78%) Def Stans
6 3 (0.89%) DO-178B
7 2 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.59%) DO-254
7 2 (0.59%) ISA99
7 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.59%) NCSC
7 2 (0.59%) NIST
8 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.30%) MISRA
8 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (7.10%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.37%) Firmware
4 7 (2.07%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.78%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.89%) Docker
7 2 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.59%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (8.88%) Ansible
2 14 (4.14%) Terraform
3 7 (2.07%) Grafana
3 7 (2.07%) SCCM
3 7 (2.07%) vCenter Server
4 6 (1.78%) Check_MK
4 6 (1.78%) Nessus
4 6 (1.78%) NetBackup
4 6 (1.78%) Podman
4 6 (1.78%) Red Hat Satellite
4 6 (1.78%) WSUS
5 5 (1.48%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.48%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.18%) vRealize
6 4 (1.18%) VxRail
7 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.30%) SCOM
8 1 (0.30%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 32 (9.47%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.69%) SAP
3 25 (7.40%) VMware
4 23 (6.80%) Splunk
5 18 (5.33%) ServiceNow
6 13 (3.85%) Oracle
7 11 (3.25%) Remedy
8 9 (2.66%) Cisco
8 9 (2.66%) Dell
9 7 (2.07%) BMC
9 7 (2.07%) NetApp
9 7 (2.07%) Tenable
9 7 (2.07%) Veeam
10 6 (1.78%) Altera
10 6 (1.78%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.78%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.78%) Sybase
10 6 (1.78%) Xilinx
11 5 (1.48%) Intel
11 5 (1.48%) Microsemi