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 15 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 330 267 222
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 15.09% 21.07% 13.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 60.33% 62.97% 48.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 99 107
10th Percentile £347 £194 £200
25th Percentile £441 £345 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% -6.09%
75th Percentile £709 £575 £575
90th Percentile £750 £603 £610
England median daily rate £538 £538 £550
% change year-on-year - -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 121 81
10th Percentile £22.63 £16.55 £21.37
25th Percentile £52.25 £18.87 £21.46
Median hourly rate £68.21 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.49% -22.73% +12.24%
75th Percentile £78.81 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.63 £88.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £58.49
% change year-on-year +158.45% -57.00% -2.52%

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 547 424 456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 25.01% 33.46% 28.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 161 165
10th Percentile £183 £195 £213
25th Percentile £402 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.34% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £575
90th Percentile £738 £638 £600
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 147 168
10th Percentile £17.30 £16.30 £16.14
25th Percentile £25.34 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £62.50 £34.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +83.82% -20.93% +104.76%
75th Percentile £75.00 £67.00 £64.44
90th Percentile £81.73 £86.65 £75.28
England median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +118.69% -47.05% -13.64%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 15 August 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 £600 +9.09% 66
Bedfordshire +2 61 £220 -41.33% 67
Cambridgeshire -3 30 £650 +30.00% 43
Suffolk -1 28 £543 +141.11% 13
Essex -15 17 £450 +194.12% 51
Norfolk -17 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 10 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.82%) NetWeaver
3 3 (0.91%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.61%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.30%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.30%) CMS
5 1 (0.30%) Confluence
5 1 (0.30%) Mendix
5 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.30%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 13 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.52%) Simulink
3 4 (1.21%) Windchill
4 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.30%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 11 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (3.03%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.61%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.61%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.30%) Primavera
4 1 (0.30%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 34 (10.30%) Azure
2 26 (7.88%) AWS
3 8 (2.42%) Entra ID
3 8 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (2.42%) SaaS
4 6 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (1.82%) Cohesity
5 5 (1.52%) Amazon ECS
5 5 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (1.52%) IaaS
6 4 (1.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 4 (1.21%) PaaS
6 4 (1.21%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.91%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (0.91%) GCP
7 3 (0.91%) GitHub
7 3 (0.91%) iPaaS
7 3 (0.91%) Serverless
8 2 (0.61%) dbt
8 2 (0.61%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.06%) DNS
2 17 (5.15%) Firewall
3 11 (3.33%) SAN
4 8 (2.42%) Network Security
4 8 (2.42%) Skype
4 8 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (2.12%) Ethernet
5 7 (2.12%) VLAN
6 6 (1.82%) Cisco ISE
6 6 (1.82%) Structured Cabling
6 6 (1.82%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.82%) Wireless
7 5 (1.52%) DHCP
7 5 (1.52%) VPN
7 5 (1.52%) VSAN
8 4 (1.21%) IPsec
8 4 (1.21%) SNMP
9 3 (0.91%) Internet
9 3 (0.91%) LAN
9 3 (0.91%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.42%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.12%) Metadata
3 6 (1.82%) MaxDB
3 6 (1.82%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.82%) SAP HANA
3 6 (1.82%) Sybase ASE
4 4 (1.21%) Power BI
5 3 (0.91%) Data Mining
5 3 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.61%) MySQL
6 2 (0.61%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.30%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.30%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.30%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.30%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 17 (5.15%) Git
2 12 (3.64%) JIRA
3 9 (2.73%) GitLab
4 7 (2.12%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.12%) Rational DOORS
4 7 (2.12%) Visual Studio
5 5 (1.52%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.91%) Rational Rhapsody
6 3 (0.91%) Selenium
7 2 (0.61%) Gradle
7 2 (0.61%) VectorCAST
8 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket Server
8 1 (0.30%) CppUnit
8 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.30%) Hudson
8 1 (0.30%) Newman
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.30%) Postman
8 1 (0.30%) PVCS
8 1 (0.30%) Serenity BDD
General
1 64 (19.39%) Social Skills
2 30 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (6.36%) Aerospace
4 17 (5.15%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (4.85%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.94%) Finance
6 13 (3.94%) Law
7 8 (2.42%) Military
8 7 (2.12%) Electronics
8 7 (2.12%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.82%) Legal
9 6 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.52%) Aviation
10 5 (1.52%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.91%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.61%) Automotive
13 2 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.61%) Retail
14 1 (0.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 41 (12.42%) Software Engineer
2 29 (8.79%) Senior
3 24 (7.27%) Consultant
4 23 (6.97%) Architect
4 23 (6.97%) Principal Engineer
5 18 (5.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (5.15%) Principal Software Engineer
7 16 (4.85%) SOC Engineer
8 14 (4.24%) Administrator
8 14 (4.24%) Monitoring Engineer
8 14 (4.24%) Network Engineer
9 12 (3.64%) Lead
9 12 (3.64%) SAP Support
10 11 (3.33%) Senior Network Engineer
10 11 (3.33%) Support Engineer
11 10 (3.03%) Data Engineer
11 10 (3.03%) Project Manager
11 10 (3.03%) Systems Engineer
12 9 (2.73%) Analyst
13 8 (2.42%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.73%) REST
2 8 (2.42%) Kafka
2 8 (2.42%) SAP Fiori
3 7 (2.12%) Elastic Stack
4 6 (1.82%) LDAP
4 6 (1.82%) React
4 6 (1.82%) SAP Basis
4 6 (1.82%) SAPUI5
5 5 (1.52%) .NET
5 5 (1.52%) Node.js
5 5 (1.52%) OpenTelemetry
5 5 (1.52%) Web Services
6 4 (1.21%) eBPF
6 4 (1.21%) Middleware
6 4 (1.21%) SOAP
6 4 (1.21%) XML
7 3 (0.91%) JSON
8 2 (0.61%) JSP
8 2 (0.61%) WinForms
8 2 (0.61%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.15%) Embedded Systems
2 15 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.33%) CMDB
3 11 (3.33%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
4 10 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.03%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.03%) Replication
5 9 (2.73%) FPGA
5 9 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.42%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (1.82%) PKI
7 6 (1.82%) Smartcard
7 6 (1.82%) YubiKey
8 5 (1.52%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.52%) Reference Data
9 4 (1.21%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.21%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.21%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 57 (17.27%) Windows
2 37 (11.21%) Linux
3 23 (6.97%) Windows Server
4 15 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (4.24%) CentOS
6 10 (3.03%) Rocky
7 4 (1.21%) Android
7 4 (1.21%) Unix
8 3 (0.91%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.61%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.61%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.61%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.30%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.30%) VMS
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (14.85%) Software Engineering
3 38 (11.52%) Agile
4 33 (10.00%) CI/CD
5 31 (9.39%) Validation
6 27 (8.18%) Test Automation
7 26 (7.88%) Stakeholder Management
8 25 (7.58%) Change Management
8 25 (7.58%) Migration
9 24 (7.27%) DevOps
9 24 (7.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 23 (6.97%) ITSM
11 20 (6.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 18 (5.45%) ITIL
12 18 (5.45%) Software Testing
13 17 (5.15%) SDLC
13 17 (5.15%) Security Monitoring
14 16 (4.85%) Cybersecurity
14 16 (4.85%) Project Management
14 16 (4.85%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 36 (10.91%) Python
2 23 (6.97%) SQL
3 22 (6.67%) PowerShell
4 20 (6.06%) C++
5 13 (3.94%) C
5 13 (3.94%) C#
6 10 (3.03%) Ada
6 10 (3.03%) Bash
7 9 (2.73%) JavaScript
8 8 (2.42%) Java
8 8 (2.42%) MATLAB
9 6 (1.82%) Search Processing Language
9 6 (1.82%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (1.52%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.21%) Embedded C
11 4 (1.21%) SystemVerilog
12 1 (0.30%) Cypher
12 1 (0.30%) ProC
12 1 (0.30%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 202 (61.21%) SC Cleared
2 94 (28.48%) DV Cleared
3 23 (6.97%) Degree
4 13 (3.94%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.52%) ISTQB
5 5 (1.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.21%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.91%) MCSE
7 3 (0.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.61%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.61%) CCNA
8 2 (0.61%) HNC
8 2 (0.61%) HND
9 1 (0.30%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.24%) SLA
2 13 (3.94%) QA
3 12 (3.64%) Data Quality
4 11 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (3.03%) GDPR
6 4 (1.21%) Def Stans
6 4 (1.21%) GRC
7 3 (0.91%) DO-178B
7 3 (0.91%) NCSC
8 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.61%) DO-254
8 2 (0.61%) GxP
8 2 (0.61%) ISA99
8 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.61%) NIST
8 2 (0.61%) PMO
9 1 (0.30%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.30%) MISRA
System Software
1 27 (8.18%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.12%) Firmware
3 7 (2.12%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (1.82%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.21%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.91%) Docker
6 3 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (9.70%) Ansible
2 14 (4.24%) Terraform
3 10 (3.03%) NetBackup
4 9 (2.73%) Grafana
4 9 (2.73%) SCCM
5 8 (2.42%) vCenter Server
6 7 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (1.82%) Nessus
7 6 (1.82%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.82%) vRealize
7 6 (1.82%) WSUS
8 5 (1.52%) Check_MK
8 5 (1.52%) Kubernetes
9 4 (1.21%) Podman
9 4 (1.21%) Red Hat Satellite
9 4 (1.21%) VxRail
10 2 (0.61%) SCOM
11 1 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.30%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.30%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 35 (10.61%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.58%) VMware
3 24 (7.27%) SAP
4 23 (6.97%) Splunk
5 19 (5.76%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.64%) Cisco
6 12 (3.64%) Oracle
7 11 (3.33%) NetApp
7 11 (3.33%) Remedy
8 10 (3.03%) Veeam
9 8 (2.42%) Dynatrace
10 7 (2.12%) BMC
10 7 (2.12%) Tenable
11 6 (1.82%) Sybase
11 6 (1.82%) Xilinx
12 5 (1.52%) Cribl.io
12 5 (1.52%) Dell
12 5 (1.52%) Intel
13 4 (1.21%) Microsemi
13 4 (1.21%) Red Hat