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 3 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 4
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 439 260 208
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 18.15% 19.58% 13.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 67.02% 59.50% 48.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 103 100
10th Percentile £351 £214 £220
25th Percentile £450 £456 £332
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £552 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% - -10.20%
75th Percentile £713 £575 £575
90th Percentile £775 £635 £600
England median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 119 59
10th Percentile £24.19 £17.12 £21.37
25th Percentile £61.00 £18.87 £38.40
Median hourly rate £68.88 £25.15 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +173.86% -59.76% +40.45%
75th Percentile £75.75 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.15 £67.60
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 655 437 432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 27.08% 32.91% 28.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 173 153
10th Percentile £199 £213 £200
25th Percentile £410 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £580 £575
90th Percentile £750 £673 £600
England median daily rate £533 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.43% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 149 123
10th Percentile £20.25 £15.98 £17.04
25th Percentile £40.75 £18.87 £36.70
Median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +158.45% -41.51% +98.57%
75th Percentile £75.00 £56.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £84.00 £67.90
England median hourly rate £51.25 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +103.78% -52.10% -0.94%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 3 October 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 +1 262 £650 +18.18% 186
Bedfordshire +2 94 £500 +11.11% 118
Cambridgeshire -4 27 £478 -13.18% 102
Essex -9 27 £500 +226.80% 102
Suffolk -5 26 £438 +25.00% 23
Norfolk -21 3 - - 14
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 12 (2.73%) CMS
2 8 (1.82%) Confluence
3 7 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.14%) IIS
4 5 (1.14%) NetWeaver
5 3 (0.68%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.46%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.46%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.23%) Mendix
7 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.23%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 12 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.28%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (2.05%) Windchill
4 5 (1.14%) Simulink
5 4 (0.91%) OrCAD
6 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 24 (5.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.59%) Oracle ERP
2 7 (1.59%) SAP PP
2 7 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.46%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.23%) Primavera
4 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 35 (7.97%) Azure
2 23 (5.24%) AWS
3 16 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (2.73%) Entra ID
5 9 (2.05%) Power Platform
6 8 (1.82%) Cohesity
6 8 (1.82%) Google Workspace
6 8 (1.82%) OCI
7 7 (1.59%) SaaS
8 6 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (1.37%) GCP
9 5 (1.14%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (0.91%) GitHub
11 3 (0.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.68%) IaaS
11 3 (0.68%) PaaS
12 2 (0.46%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.15%) DNS
2 26 (5.92%) Firewall
3 21 (4.78%) SAN
4 14 (3.19%) Ethernet
4 14 (3.19%) HTTP
4 14 (3.19%) Network Security
5 13 (2.96%) LAN
5 13 (2.96%) VLAN
6 12 (2.73%) H.323
6 12 (2.73%) TCP/IP
7 10 (2.28%) Wireless
8 8 (1.82%) Cisco ISE
8 8 (1.82%) SSL
9 7 (1.59%) BGP
9 7 (1.59%) DHCP
9 7 (1.59%) OSPF
9 7 (1.59%) Skype
9 7 (1.59%) WAN
10 6 (1.37%) VRRP
10 6 (1.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.82%) Power BI
2 7 (1.59%) Relational Database
2 7 (1.59%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.14%) BigQuery
3 5 (1.14%) Looker
3 5 (1.14%) MaxDB
3 5 (1.14%) SAP HANA
3 5 (1.14%) Sybase ASE
4 3 (0.68%) Data Mining
4 3 (0.68%) Metadata
5 2 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.46%) GIS
5 2 (0.46%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.23%) Hazelcast
6 1 (0.23%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.23%) MySQL
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.23%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 35 (7.97%) JIRA
2 17 (3.87%) Git
3 12 (2.73%) Rational DOORS
4 11 (2.51%) GitLab
5 6 (1.37%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.14%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.68%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.46%) CppUnit
8 2 (0.46%) Gradle
8 2 (0.46%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.46%) PVCS
8 2 (0.46%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.46%) Selenium
8 2 (0.46%) VectorCAST
9 1 (0.23%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.23%) eggPlant
9 1 (0.23%) Newman
9 1 (0.23%) Postman
9 1 (0.23%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.23%) SonarQube
General
1 97 (22.10%) Social Skills
2 54 (12.30%) Aerospace
3 42 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (6.15%) Documentation Skills
5 24 (5.47%) Manufacturing
6 19 (4.33%) Finance
6 19 (4.33%) Law
7 18 (4.10%) Electronics
8 15 (3.42%) Military
9 9 (2.05%) Legal
9 9 (2.05%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.37%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.14%) Aviation
11 5 (1.14%) Back Office
11 5 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.91%) General Ledger
12 4 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.46%) Retail
15 1 (0.23%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 37 (8.43%) Lead
2 34 (7.74%) Software Engineer
3 32 (7.29%) Consultant
4 29 (6.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 28 (6.38%) Senior
6 25 (5.69%) Principal Engineer
7 23 (5.24%) Network Engineer
8 21 (4.78%) Architect
9 18 (4.10%) Windows Engineer
10 17 (3.87%) Hardware Engineer
11 16 (3.64%) Administrator
11 16 (3.64%) Monitoring Engineer
12 15 (3.42%) Principal Software Engineer
12 15 (3.42%) SOC Engineer
13 13 (2.96%) Developer
14 12 (2.73%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
14 12 (2.73%) Technical Administrator
15 11 (2.51%) Support Engineer
16 10 (2.28%) Systems Engineer
17 9 (2.05%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.19%) LDAP
2 12 (2.73%) REST
2 12 (2.73%) XMPP
3 11 (2.51%) Terraform
4 7 (1.59%) JSON
4 7 (1.59%) SAP Fiori
5 6 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (1.37%) Kafka
5 6 (1.37%) XML
6 5 (1.14%) .NET
6 5 (1.14%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (1.14%) React
6 5 (1.14%) Regular Expression
6 5 (1.14%) SAP Basis
6 5 (1.14%) SAPUI5
7 4 (0.91%) eBPF
7 4 (0.91%) Node.js
7 4 (0.91%) SOAP
7 4 (0.91%) Web Services
8 3 (0.68%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.15%) CMDB
2 20 (4.56%) Data Centre
3 18 (4.10%) Onboarding
4 17 (3.87%) Embedded Systems
4 17 (3.87%) FPGA
4 17 (3.87%) Video Conferencing
5 15 (3.42%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.42%) Security Posture
6 14 (3.19%) Cyber Threat
7 12 (2.73%) Replication
8 11 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.05%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.82%) Security Operations Centre
11 7 (1.59%) Analogue Electronics
11 7 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.37%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.37%) PKI
13 5 (1.14%) Enterprise Storage
13 5 (1.14%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 85 (19.36%) Windows
2 50 (11.39%) Windows Server
3 40 (9.11%) Linux
4 21 (4.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (3.19%) CentOS
6 12 (2.73%) Rocky
7 6 (1.37%) Android
8 4 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.68%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.68%) Unix
9 3 (0.68%) VMS
10 2 (0.46%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.46%) VxWorks
10 2 (0.46%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (9.34%) ITSM
2 41 (9.34%) Software Engineering
3 39 (8.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 39 (8.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 38 (8.66%) Root Cause Analysis
5 37 (8.43%) Agile
6 36 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (7.97%) ITIL
8 32 (7.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 30 (6.83%) Migration
9 30 (6.83%) Validation
10 29 (6.61%) CI/CD
10 29 (6.61%) Configuration Management
10 29 (6.61%) Incident Response
11 28 (6.38%) Incident Management
11 28 (6.38%) Service Management
12 26 (5.92%) Cybersecurity
13 25 (5.69%) Change Management
14 24 (5.47%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 37 (8.43%) Python
2 26 (5.92%) PowerShell
3 24 (5.47%) SQL
4 14 (3.19%) C++
5 10 (2.28%) C#
5 10 (2.28%) Java
5 10 (2.28%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.05%) Ada
6 9 (2.05%) Bash
6 9 (2.05%) C
7 7 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (1.59%) MATLAB
8 5 (1.14%) Search Processing Language
8 5 (1.14%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.91%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.91%) SystemVerilog
10 3 (0.68%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.23%) Cypher
11 1 (0.23%) ProC
11 1 (0.23%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 284 (64.69%) SC Cleared
2 113 (25.74%) DV Cleared
3 36 (8.20%) Degree
4 26 (5.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (3.42%) CCNP
7 7 (1.59%) CCNA
7 7 (1.59%) HND
8 6 (1.37%) HNC
9 4 (0.91%) CCNP Voice
9 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.91%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.68%) ISACA
10 3 (0.68%) MCSE
10 3 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.46%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.74%) SLA
2 18 (4.10%) QA
3 11 (2.51%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.59%) GDPR
4 7 (1.59%) NIST
5 5 (1.14%) Def Stans
5 5 (1.14%) IEC 61508
6 4 (0.91%) DO-254
6 4 (0.91%) GRC
6 4 (0.91%) NCSC
7 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.68%) DO-178B
7 3 (0.68%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.68%) PMO
8 2 (0.46%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.23%) GxP
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.23%) MISRA
9 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 57 (12.98%) Active Directory
2 42 (9.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.87%) Firmware
4 12 (2.73%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (2.51%) Hyper-V
6 10 (2.28%) vSphere
7 8 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.14%) Docker
8 5 (1.14%) NFS
9 4 (0.91%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (6.61%) Ansible
2 12 (2.73%) Cisco CUCM
2 12 (2.73%) NetBackup
3 10 (2.28%) SCCM
4 9 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.59%) Grafana
5 7 (1.59%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.14%) Functional Safety
6 5 (1.14%) Kubernetes
6 5 (1.14%) Nagios
6 5 (1.14%) Nessus
6 5 (1.14%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.14%) vRealize
6 5 (1.14%) WSUS
7 4 (0.91%) VxRail
8 3 (0.68%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.68%) SCOM
9 2 (0.46%) Podman
9 2 (0.46%) QRadar
9 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 52 (11.85%) Microsoft
2 50 (11.39%) VMware
3 34 (7.74%) SAP
4 31 (7.06%) Cisco
5 25 (5.69%) Remedy
6 23 (5.24%) ServiceNow
7 22 (5.01%) Splunk
8 21 (4.78%) NetApp
9 18 (4.10%) Veeam
10 16 (3.64%) Oracle
11 13 (2.96%) EMC
12 10 (2.28%) Google
12 10 (2.28%) Xilinx
13 8 (1.82%) Intel
14 7 (1.59%) BMC
14 7 (1.59%) Dynatrace
15 6 (1.37%) Altera
15 6 (1.37%) Snow
16 5 (1.14%) IBM
16 5 (1.14%) SolarWinds