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

6 months to
19 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 400 249 209
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 16.88% 19.10% 13.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 64.62% 59.86% 47.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 95 100
10th Percentile £350 £198 £205
25th Percentile £430 £425 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year - +2.76% -12.61%
75th Percentile £713 £575 £575
90th Percentile £750 £625 £576
England median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 116 63
10th Percentile £28.79 £17.05 £21.37
25th Percentile £61.25 £18.87 £36.70
Median hourly rate £70.00 £25.15 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +178.33% -58.08% +34.83%
75th Percentile £79.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £88.20 £85.38 £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 619 416 438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 26.13% 31.90% 28.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 160 156
10th Percentile £190 £200 £193
25th Percentile £400 £372 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £529 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.16% +5.80% -9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £575
90th Percentile £739 £676 £588
England median daily rate £528 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +0.57% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 179 141 131
10th Percentile £18.91 £16.30 £16.30
25th Percentile £46.00 £18.87 £32.50
Median hourly rate £67.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +166.40% -41.51% +86.96%
75th Percentile £75.00 £59.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.50 £85.00 £68.00
England median hourly rate £52.60 £25.15 £54.00
% change year-on-year +109.15% -53.43% -

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +1 227 £600 +9.09% 193
Bedfordshire +3 86 £500 +33.33% 103
Cambridgeshire 0 30 £521 -3.02% 84
Suffolk -3 28 £438 +25.00% 6
Essex -13 21 £488 +218.63% 79
Norfolk -14 8 £475 -12.84% 6
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 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.50%) Confluence
3 5 (1.25%) IIS
3 5 (1.25%) NetWeaver
4 3 (0.75%) CMS
4 3 (0.75%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.50%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.50%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.25%) Mendix
6 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.25%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 11 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (1.75%) Windchill
3 5 (1.25%) Simulink
4 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.75%) OrCAD
5 2 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 14 (3.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.75%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (1.25%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.50%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.25%) Primavera
6 1 (0.25%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 36 (9.00%) Azure
2 26 (6.50%) AWS
3 12 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.75%) Entra ID
5 8 (2.00%) OCI
6 7 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.75%) Cohesity
6 7 (1.75%) SaaS
7 6 (1.50%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (1.25%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (1.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (1.00%) GCP
9 4 (1.00%) GitHub
9 4 (1.00%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (0.75%) IaaS
10 3 (0.75%) PaaS
11 2 (0.50%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.50%) iPaaS
11 2 (0.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.50%) DNS
2 23 (5.75%) Firewall
3 15 (3.75%) SAN
4 12 (3.00%) HTTP
5 11 (2.75%) Network Security
5 11 (2.75%) VLAN
6 10 (2.50%) TCP/IP
7 9 (2.25%) Wireless
8 8 (2.00%) Ethernet
9 7 (1.75%) Cisco ISE
9 7 (1.75%) DHCP
9 7 (1.75%) Skype
9 7 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.50%) LAN
10 6 (1.50%) SSL
10 6 (1.50%) VPN
11 5 (1.25%) BGP
11 5 (1.25%) OSPF
11 5 (1.25%) VSAN
12 4 (1.00%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.75%) Metadata
1 7 (1.75%) Relational Database
1 7 (1.75%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.25%) MaxDB
2 5 (1.25%) SAP HANA
2 5 (1.25%) Sybase ASE
3 4 (1.00%) Power BI
4 3 (0.75%) Data Mining
4 3 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.50%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.50%) GIS
5 2 (0.50%) MySQL
5 2 (0.50%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.25%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.25%) Redis
6 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (6.50%) JIRA
2 21 (5.25%) Git
3 13 (3.25%) GitLab
4 10 (2.50%) Rational DOORS
5 8 (2.00%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.50%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.75%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.50%) CppUnit
8 2 (0.50%) Gradle
8 2 (0.50%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.50%) PVCS
8 2 (0.50%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.50%) Selenium
8 2 (0.50%) VectorCAST
9 1 (0.25%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.25%) eggPlant
9 1 (0.25%) Newman
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.25%) Postman
9 1 (0.25%) Robot Framework
General
1 84 (21.00%) Social Skills
2 45 (11.25%) Aerospace
3 38 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
5 21 (5.25%) Finance
6 18 (4.50%) Law
7 17 (4.25%) Manufacturing
8 15 (3.75%) Electronics
9 13 (3.25%) Military
10 9 (2.25%) Legal
10 9 (2.25%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.50%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.25%) Back Office
12 5 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.00%) Aviation
13 4 (1.00%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.50%) Retail
16 1 (0.25%) Games
Job Titles
1 35 (8.75%) Software Engineer
2 32 (8.00%) Consultant
3 29 (7.25%) Senior
4 27 (6.75%) Lead
5 26 (6.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (6.25%) Principal Engineer
7 23 (5.75%) Architect
8 18 (4.50%) Network Engineer
9 16 (4.00%) Monitoring Engineer
9 16 (4.00%) SOC Engineer
9 16 (4.00%) Windows Engineer
10 15 (3.75%) Principal Software Engineer
11 13 (3.25%) Administrator
11 13 (3.25%) Hardware Engineer
12 11 (2.75%) Data Engineer
12 11 (2.75%) Support Engineer
13 10 (2.50%) Systems Engineer
14 9 (2.25%) Security Engineer
14 9 (2.25%) Service Manager
15 8 (2.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.00%) LDAP
2 13 (3.25%) Terraform
3 12 (3.00%) REST
4 9 (2.25%) JSON
5 8 (2.00%) Kafka
6 7 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (1.75%) SAP Fiori
7 6 (1.50%) .NET
7 6 (1.50%) React
7 6 (1.50%) XML
8 5 (1.25%) OpenTelemetry
8 5 (1.25%) Regular Expression
8 5 (1.25%) SAP Basis
8 5 (1.25%) SAPUI5
9 4 (1.00%) eBPF
9 4 (1.00%) Middleware
9 4 (1.00%) Node.js
9 4 (1.00%) SOAP
9 4 (1.00%) Web Services
10 3 (0.75%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.00%) Onboarding
2 17 (4.25%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.00%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
4 14 (3.50%) Cyber Threat
4 14 (3.50%) Security Posture
5 13 (3.25%) CMDB
5 13 (3.25%) FPGA
6 12 (3.00%) Replication
7 10 (2.50%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.00%) Security Operations Centre
10 7 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.50%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.50%) PKI
11 6 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.25%) Analogue Electronics
12 5 (1.25%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (1.25%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 83 (20.75%) Windows
2 47 (11.75%) Windows Server
3 40 (10.00%) Linux
4 21 (5.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (4.00%) CentOS
6 12 (3.00%) Rocky
7 6 (1.50%) Android
8 4 (1.00%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.75%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.75%) Unix
9 3 (0.75%) VMS
10 2 (0.50%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.50%) VxWorks
10 2 (0.50%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (10.50%) Software Engineering
3 39 (9.75%) Agile
4 35 (8.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 35 (8.75%) Root Cause Analysis
5 34 (8.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 33 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 32 (8.00%) Migration
8 31 (7.75%) CI/CD
9 30 (7.50%) Validation
10 29 (7.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 26 (6.50%) Incident Response
11 26 (6.50%) ITIL
11 26 (6.50%) ITSM
12 25 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
12 25 (6.25%) Test Automation
13 23 (5.75%) DevOps
14 22 (5.50%) Incident Management
15 21 (5.25%) Data Modelling
15 21 (5.25%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 34 (8.50%) Python
2 28 (7.00%) PowerShell
3 22 (5.50%) SQL
4 13 (3.25%) C++
5 11 (2.75%) C#
6 10 (2.50%) Bash
6 10 (2.50%) C
6 10 (2.50%) Java
7 9 (2.25%) Ada
7 9 (2.25%) MATLAB
8 7 (1.75%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (1.50%) Search Processing Language
9 6 (1.50%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.50%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.00%) SystemVerilog
11 1 (0.25%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.25%) Cypher
11 1 (0.25%) ProC
11 1 (0.25%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 245 (61.25%) SC Cleared
2 113 (28.25%) DV Cleared
3 33 (8.25%) Degree
4 19 (4.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (3.00%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (2.25%) CCNP
7 5 (1.25%) CCNA
7 5 (1.25%) HND
7 5 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.00%) HNC
8 4 (1.00%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.75%) ISACA
9 3 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.75%) MCSE
9 3 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.50%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.50%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.75%) SLA
2 18 (4.50%) QA
3 13 (3.25%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.25%) GDPR
6 6 (1.50%) NIST
7 5 (1.25%) Def Stans
8 4 (1.00%) DO-254
8 4 (1.00%) GRC
8 4 (1.00%) NCSC
9 3 (0.75%) DO-178B
9 3 (0.75%) IEC 61508
9 3 (0.75%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.75%) PMO
10 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.25%) MISRA
11 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 55 (13.75%) Active Directory
2 30 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.75%) Firmware
4 11 (2.75%) Hyper-V
5 10 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.50%) Docker
7 6 (1.50%) vSphere
8 5 (1.25%) NFS
9 4 (1.00%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 33 (8.25%) Ansible
2 12 (3.00%) NetBackup
3 10 (2.50%) SCCM
4 9 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (2.00%) Grafana
6 7 (1.75%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.50%) Kubernetes
7 6 (1.50%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.50%) vRealize
8 5 (1.25%) Check_MK
8 5 (1.25%) Nessus
8 5 (1.25%) WSUS
9 4 (1.00%) Podman
9 4 (1.00%) Red Hat Satellite
9 4 (1.00%) VxRail
10 3 (0.75%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (0.75%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.75%) Nagios
10 3 (0.75%) SCOM
11 1 (0.25%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 42 (10.50%) Microsoft
2 39 (9.75%) VMware
3 27 (6.75%) SAP
4 23 (5.75%) Splunk
5 19 (4.75%) Cisco
6 18 (4.50%) ServiceNow
7 17 (4.25%) NetApp
7 17 (4.25%) Oracle
8 15 (3.75%) Remedy
8 15 (3.75%) Veeam
9 10 (2.50%) EMC
10 8 (2.00%) Xilinx
11 7 (1.75%) BMC
11 7 (1.75%) Dynatrace
11 7 (1.75%) Intel
12 6 (1.50%) Snow
13 5 (1.25%) Cribl.io
13 5 (1.25%) Red Hat
13 5 (1.25%) Sybase
13 5 (1.25%) Tenable