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

6 months to
26 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 428 255 212
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 17.66% 19.45% 13.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 66.67% 60.00% 48.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 100 101
10th Percentile £351 £198 £205
25th Percentile £450 £450 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £587 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year +6.73% +1.85% -10.93%
75th Percentile £720 £575 £575
90th Percentile £775 £639 £588
England median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 118 62
10th Percentile £24.19 £17.44 £21.37
25th Percentile £61.00 £18.87 £38.40
Median hourly rate £70.00 £25.15 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +178.33% -58.08% +34.83%
75th Percentile £78.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.50 £85.23 £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 642 425 436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 26.50% 32.42% 28.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 167 153
10th Percentile £192 £200 £185
25th Percentile £410 £379 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £531 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% +6.20% -9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £580 £575
90th Percentile £750 £680 £586
England median daily rate £530 £525 £533
% change year-on-year +0.95% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 145 128
10th Percentile £19.68 £16.16 £16.30
25th Percentile £42.50 £18.87 £35.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +158.45% -41.51% +86.96%
75th Percentile £75.00 £59.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £84.50 £67.65
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -52.55% -1.24%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +1 255 £650 +18.18% 184
Bedfordshire +2 90 £500 +21.21% 94
Cambridgeshire -4 27 £478 -13.18% 79
Suffolk -5 27 £450 +28.57% 8
Essex -8 25 £475 +210.46% 96
Norfolk -21 4 - - 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 11 (2.57%) CMS
2 9 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.64%) Confluence
4 5 (1.17%) IIS
4 5 (1.17%) NetWeaver
5 3 (0.70%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.47%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.47%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.23%) Mendix
7 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.23%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 11 (2.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.87%) Windchill
3 7 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.17%) Simulink
5 4 (0.93%) OrCAD
6 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 22 (5.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.64%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (1.17%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.47%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.23%) Primavera
6 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 35 (8.18%) Azure
2 24 (5.61%) AWS
3 16 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (2.80%) Entra ID
5 9 (2.10%) Cohesity
6 8 (1.87%) Google Workspace
6 8 (1.87%) OCI
7 7 (1.64%) Power Platform
7 7 (1.64%) SaaS
8 6 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (1.40%) GCP
9 5 (1.17%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (0.93%) GitHub
11 3 (0.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.70%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.70%) IaaS
11 3 (0.70%) PaaS
12 2 (0.47%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.54%) DNS
2 25 (5.84%) Firewall
3 16 (3.74%) SAN
4 14 (3.27%) HTTP
4 14 (3.27%) Network Security
5 12 (2.80%) LAN
5 12 (2.80%) TCP/IP
5 12 (2.80%) VLAN
6 11 (2.57%) H.323
7 10 (2.34%) Wireless
8 9 (2.10%) Ethernet
9 8 (1.87%) Cisco ISE
9 8 (1.87%) Skype
9 8 (1.87%) SSL
10 7 (1.64%) BGP
10 7 (1.64%) DHCP
10 7 (1.64%) OSPF
11 6 (1.40%) VRRP
11 6 (1.40%) WAN
11 6 (1.40%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.64%) Relational Database
2 6 (1.40%) Power BI
2 6 (1.40%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.17%) MaxDB
3 5 (1.17%) SAP HANA
3 5 (1.17%) Sybase ASE
4 4 (0.93%) BigQuery
4 4 (0.93%) Looker
5 3 (0.70%) Data Mining
5 3 (0.70%) Metadata
5 3 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (0.47%) GIS
6 2 (0.47%) MySQL
6 2 (0.47%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.23%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.23%) Hazelcast
7 1 (0.23%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 31 (7.24%) JIRA
2 19 (4.44%) Git
3 13 (3.04%) GitLab
4 11 (2.57%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (1.64%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.40%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.70%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.47%) CppUnit
8 2 (0.47%) Gradle
8 2 (0.47%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.47%) PVCS
8 2 (0.47%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.47%) Selenium
8 2 (0.47%) 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 90 (21.03%) Social Skills
2 52 (12.15%) Aerospace
3 42 (9.81%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (6.07%) Documentation Skills
5 20 (4.67%) Finance
5 20 (4.67%) Manufacturing
6 19 (4.44%) Law
7 17 (3.97%) Electronics
8 14 (3.27%) Military
9 9 (2.10%) Legal
9 9 (2.10%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.40%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.17%) Aviation
11 5 (1.17%) Back Office
11 5 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.93%) General Ledger
12 4 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.47%) Retail
15 1 (0.23%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 35 (8.18%) Lead
1 35 (8.18%) Software Engineer
2 32 (7.48%) Consultant
3 28 (6.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 28 (6.54%) Senior
4 25 (5.84%) Principal Engineer
5 22 (5.14%) Architect
5 22 (5.14%) Network Engineer
6 18 (4.21%) Windows Engineer
7 17 (3.97%) Administrator
7 17 (3.97%) Hardware Engineer
8 16 (3.74%) Monitoring Engineer
8 16 (3.74%) SOC Engineer
9 15 (3.50%) Principal Software Engineer
10 11 (2.57%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
10 11 (2.57%) Support Engineer
11 10 (2.34%) Systems Engineer
11 10 (2.34%) Technical Administrator
12 9 (2.10%) Developer
12 9 (2.10%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.74%) LDAP
2 12 (2.80%) REST
2 12 (2.80%) Terraform
3 11 (2.57%) XMPP
4 7 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (1.64%) JSON
4 7 (1.64%) SAP Fiori
5 6 (1.40%) Kafka
5 6 (1.40%) React
5 6 (1.40%) XML
6 5 (1.17%) .NET
6 5 (1.17%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (1.17%) Regular Expression
6 5 (1.17%) SAP Basis
6 5 (1.17%) SAPUI5
7 4 (0.93%) eBPF
7 4 (0.93%) Middleware
7 4 (0.93%) Node.js
7 4 (0.93%) SOAP
7 4 (0.93%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.21%) CMDB
1 18 (4.21%) Onboarding
2 17 (3.97%) Data Centre
2 17 (3.97%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (3.97%) Management Information System
3 16 (3.74%) FPGA
3 16 (3.74%) Security Posture
3 16 (3.74%) Video Conferencing
4 14 (3.27%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (2.80%) Replication
6 10 (2.34%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.87%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.40%) Analogue Electronics
10 6 (1.40%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.40%) PKI
10 6 (1.40%) Smartcard
10 6 (1.40%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 87 (20.33%) Windows
2 52 (12.15%) Windows Server
3 42 (9.81%) Linux
4 23 (5.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (3.74%) CentOS
6 12 (2.80%) Rocky
7 6 (1.40%) Android
8 4 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.70%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.70%) Unix
9 3 (0.70%) VMS
10 2 (0.47%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.47%) VxWorks
10 2 (0.47%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (9.81%) Software Engineering
3 38 (8.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 38 (8.88%) Root Cause Analysis
4 37 (8.64%) Agile
5 36 (8.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (8.41%) ITSM
6 35 (8.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 34 (7.94%) ITIL
8 31 (7.24%) Migration
9 29 (6.78%) CI/CD
9 29 (6.78%) Incident Response
9 29 (6.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 29 (6.78%) Validation
10 28 (6.54%) Configuration Management
10 28 (6.54%) Incident Management
11 25 (5.84%) Cybersecurity
12 24 (5.61%) DevOps
12 24 (5.61%) Service Management
12 24 (5.61%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 37 (8.64%) Python
2 27 (6.31%) PowerShell
3 23 (5.37%) SQL
4 14 (3.27%) C++
5 10 (2.34%) Bash
5 10 (2.34%) C#
5 10 (2.34%) Java
6 9 (2.10%) Ada
6 9 (2.10%) C
6 9 (2.10%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.10%) MATLAB
7 7 (1.64%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (1.40%) Search Processing Language
8 6 (1.40%) Shell Script
8 6 (1.40%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.93%) SystemVerilog
10 3 (0.70%) Google Apps Script
11 1 (0.23%) Cypher
11 1 (0.23%) ProC
11 1 (0.23%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 273 (63.79%) SC Cleared
2 115 (26.87%) DV Cleared
3 36 (8.41%) Degree
4 23 (5.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (4.21%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (3.50%) CCNP
7 7 (1.64%) CCNA
8 6 (1.40%) HND
9 5 (1.17%) HNC
9 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.93%) CCNP Voice
10 4 (0.93%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.70%) ISACA
11 3 (0.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.70%) MCSE
11 3 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.47%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.47%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (8.41%) SLA
2 18 (4.21%) QA
3 11 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.34%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.87%) GDPR
6 6 (1.40%) NIST
7 5 (1.17%) Def Stans
8 4 (0.93%) DO-254
8 4 (0.93%) GRC
8 4 (0.93%) IEC 61508
8 4 (0.93%) NCSC
9 3 (0.70%) DO-178B
9 3 (0.70%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.70%) PMO
10 2 (0.47%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.23%) GxP
11 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.23%) MISRA
11 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 61 (14.25%) Active Directory
2 42 (9.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (3.97%) Firmware
4 12 (2.80%) Hyper-V
5 11 (2.57%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (2.10%) vSphere
7 8 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.17%) Docker
8 5 (1.17%) NFS
9 4 (0.93%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (7.48%) Ansible
2 12 (2.80%) NetBackup
3 11 (2.57%) Cisco CUCM
3 11 (2.57%) SCCM
4 9 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.64%) Grafana
5 7 (1.64%) vCenter Server
6 6 (1.40%) Nessus
6 6 (1.40%) WSUS
7 5 (1.17%) Check_MK
7 5 (1.17%) Kubernetes
7 5 (1.17%) Nagios
7 5 (1.17%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.17%) vRealize
8 4 (0.93%) Functional Safety
8 4 (0.93%) Podman
8 4 (0.93%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (0.93%) VxRail
9 3 (0.70%) SCOM
10 2 (0.47%) QRadar
Vendors
1 50 (11.68%) VMware
2 49 (11.45%) Microsoft
3 31 (7.24%) SAP
4 30 (7.01%) Cisco
5 23 (5.37%) Remedy
5 23 (5.37%) Splunk
6 22 (5.14%) ServiceNow
7 19 (4.44%) NetApp
8 17 (3.97%) Oracle
9 16 (3.74%) Veeam
10 12 (2.80%) EMC
11 10 (2.34%) Google
11 10 (2.34%) Xilinx
12 8 (1.87%) Intel
13 7 (1.64%) BMC
13 7 (1.64%) Dynatrace
14 6 (1.40%) Altera
14 6 (1.40%) Snow
14 6 (1.40%) Tenable
15 5 (1.17%) SolarWinds