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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 319 149 309
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 19.94% 13.09% 18.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.93% 44.61% 52.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 68 158
10th Percentile £193 £216 £411
25th Percentile £220 £283 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £613
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -20.41% +9.38%
75th Percentile £575 £578 £712
90th Percentile £655 £649 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 45 66
10th Percentile £17.53 £21.46 £19.06
25th Percentile £18.87 £35.00 £20.25
Median hourly rate £23.83 £57.50 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -58.57% +28.49% -16.47%
75th Percentile £61.18 £66.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £72.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £59.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -57.37% -1.67% -

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 499 334 587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 31.19% 29.35% 34.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 133 289
10th Percentile £193 £182 £263
25th Percentile £363 £306 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +3.96%
75th Percentile £588 £581 £675
90th Percentile £688 £673 £750
England median daily rate £525 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -0.47% -4.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 75 143
10th Percentile £15.50 £21.46 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.11 £14.16
Median hourly rate £22.79 £60.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.02% +100.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £54.88 £72.50 £58.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £91.00 £73.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £52.50
% change year-on-year -48.21% -7.50% +16.67%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 0 165 £528 -4.00% 238
Cambridgeshire +20 46 £563 +73.88% 41
Bedfordshire +11 38 £484 +32.60% 27
Suffolk +1 26 £220 -1.12% 20
Norfolk -3 24 £340 -24.44% 7
Essex +6 20 £103 -80.38% 38
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 11 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.63%) Apache
3 2 (0.63%) IIS
3 2 (0.63%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 16 (5.02%) Spreadsheet
2 13 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.51%) Simulink
4 5 (1.57%) FrameMaker
5 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.63%) Windchill
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.31%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.31%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Maximo
2 1 (0.31%) assyst
2 1 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.31%) Primavera
2 1 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.31%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.31%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.31%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (5.02%) Azure
2 9 (2.82%) AWS
3 7 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (1.88%) GCP
4 6 (1.88%) Google Workspace
4 6 (1.88%) npm
5 4 (1.25%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.94%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.63%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (0.63%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.63%) PaaS
7 2 (0.63%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.63%) SaaS
8 1 (0.31%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.31%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.31%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.31%) OCI
8 1 (0.31%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.39%) Network Security
2 13 (4.08%) DNS
2 13 (4.08%) VPN
3 11 (3.45%) FTP
3 11 (3.45%) HTTP
3 11 (3.45%) SMTP
3 11 (3.45%) SSL
4 10 (3.13%) Firewall
5 8 (2.51%) Ethernet
6 6 (1.88%) Structured Cabling
6 6 (1.88%) VoIP
6 6 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.57%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.25%) BGP
8 4 (1.25%) OSPF
8 4 (1.25%) SpaceWire
8 4 (1.25%) VLAN
9 3 (0.94%) RS-232
9 3 (0.94%) SAN
9 3 (0.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.25%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.94%) Power BI
3 2 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.63%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.63%) DB2
3 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.31%) Big Data
4 1 (0.31%) Metadata
4 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.31%) Pentaho
4 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (2.82%) JIRA
2 8 (2.51%) Visual Studio
3 7 (2.19%) GitLab
4 6 (1.88%) Artifactory
5 5 (1.57%) Hudson
6 4 (1.25%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.94%) Git
8 2 (0.63%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
General
1 114 (35.74%) Social Skills
2 44 (13.79%) Public Sector
3 34 (10.66%) Aerospace
4 31 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (7.84%) Electronics
5 25 (7.84%) Manufacturing
6 23 (7.21%) Finance
7 22 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (5.64%) Military
9 16 (5.02%) Marketing
9 16 (5.02%) Telecoms
10 14 (4.39%) Legal
11 11 (3.45%) Aviation
12 9 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (2.82%) Law
13 8 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.88%) Publishing
15 5 (1.57%) Games
16 2 (0.63%) General Ledger
16 2 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 31 (9.72%) Analyst
2 25 (7.84%) Software Engineer
3 22 (6.90%) Consultant
4 20 (6.27%) Support Engineer
5 19 (5.96%) Developer
6 18 (5.64%) Desktop Engineer
7 17 (5.33%) Desktop Support
8 16 (5.02%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 16 (5.02%) IT Engineer
9 14 (4.39%) SOC Analyst
10 13 (4.08%) Administrator
10 13 (4.08%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
11 11 (3.45%) Embedded Engineer
11 11 (3.45%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 11 (3.45%) Lead
11 11 (3.45%) Security Engineer
12 10 (3.13%) IT Support
12 10 (3.13%) Network Engineer
13 9 (2.82%) Security Officer
13 9 (2.82%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.45%) LDAP
2 10 (3.13%) XML
3 9 (2.82%) .NET
3 9 (2.82%) Node.js
4 7 (2.19%) AngularJS
4 7 (2.19%) React
4 7 (2.19%) Web Services
5 6 (1.88%) .NET Framework
5 6 (1.88%) CSS
5 6 (1.88%) HTML
5 6 (1.88%) SGML
5 6 (1.88%) SOAP
5 6 (1.88%) Svelte
5 6 (1.88%) Vue
6 3 (0.94%) Flash
6 3 (0.94%) REST
7 2 (0.63%) RESTful
8 1 (0.31%) Express.js
8 1 (0.31%) OpenID
8 1 (0.31%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.02%) Cyber Threat
1 16 (5.02%) Management Information System
2 13 (4.08%) Algorithms
3 11 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (3.45%) CSOC
3 11 (3.45%) Cyberattack
3 11 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
4 10 (3.13%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.13%) FPGA
5 8 (2.51%) Insider Threat
5 8 (2.51%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.19%) Verilog
7 6 (1.88%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (1.88%) PCIe
7 6 (1.88%) Smartphone
8 5 (1.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 5 (1.57%) VHDL
9 4 (1.25%) iPad
9 4 (1.25%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 43 (13.48%) Windows
2 17 (5.33%) Linux
2 17 (5.33%) Windows 10
3 12 (3.76%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.13%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.88%) Android
5 6 (1.88%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.31%) CentOS
6 1 (0.31%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.31%) Unix
6 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (13.48%) Migration
2 41 (12.85%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (10.97%) Workflow
4 31 (9.72%) Time Management
5 30 (9.40%) Software Engineering
6 27 (8.46%) Asset Management
7 26 (8.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (8.15%) Workflow Management
8 24 (7.52%) Customer Service
9 23 (7.21%) Information Security
9 23 (7.21%) Logistics
10 22 (6.90%) Agile
10 22 (6.90%) ITIL
10 22 (6.90%) Ticket Management
11 21 (6.58%) AI
12 20 (6.27%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (6.27%) Cybersecurity
13 18 (5.64%) Incident Response
13 18 (5.64%) Machine Learning
14 17 (5.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 23 (7.21%) Python
2 18 (5.64%) C++
3 17 (5.33%) JavaScript
4 15 (4.70%) C
5 14 (4.39%) PowerShell
6 13 (4.08%) C#
7 9 (2.82%) SQL
8 8 (2.51%) Ada
8 8 (2.51%) MATLAB
9 6 (1.88%) Tcl
9 6 (1.88%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.57%) SystemVerilog
11 4 (1.25%) Java
11 4 (1.25%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.94%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.31%) ABAP
13 1 (0.31%) PHP
13 1 (0.31%) Scala
13 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 265 (83.07%) SC Cleared
2 37 (11.60%) DV Cleared
3 29 (9.09%) Degree
4 14 (4.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (3.45%) HNC
5 11 (3.45%) HND
6 9 (2.82%) CTC Cleared
6 9 (2.82%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (1.57%) CISSP
9 4 (1.25%) CCNP
10 3 (0.94%) CISM
10 3 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.94%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.63%) CCNA
11 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.31%) CEH
12 1 (0.31%) MCP
12 1 (0.31%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.27%) NIST
1 20 (6.27%) SLA
2 12 (3.76%) QA
3 10 (3.13%) JSP 440
4 9 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (2.82%) NCSC
4 9 (2.82%) NIST 800
5 8 (2.51%) GDPR
5 8 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.57%) DO-254
8 4 (1.25%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.31%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.31%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.31%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (7.52%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.33%) Firmware
3 9 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.19%) Docker
5 4 (1.25%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.31%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.19%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.57%) SCCM
3 5 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.25%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.94%) PingFederate
6 1 (0.31%) Ansible
6 1 (0.31%) Istio
6 1 (0.31%) SCOM
6 1 (0.31%) ServiceCenter
6 1 (0.31%) Terraform
6 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.31%) vRealize
Vendors
1 65 (20.38%) Microsoft
2 28 (8.78%) SAP
3 19 (5.96%) ServiceNow
4 16 (5.02%) VMware
5 9 (2.82%) IFS
6 8 (2.51%) Cisco
7 7 (2.19%) Intel
7 7 (2.19%) Palo Alto
7 7 (2.19%) Xilinx
8 6 (1.88%) Computacenter
8 6 (1.88%) Google
9 5 (1.57%) Actel
9 5 (1.57%) Altera
9 5 (1.57%) HP
9 5 (1.57%) Microsemi
10 4 (1.25%) Dell
10 4 (1.25%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.25%) McAfee
10 4 (1.25%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.25%) Starlink