Security Cleared Contracts 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +5
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 214 268 416
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 18.64% 14.11% 20.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.46% 47.27% 60.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 126 223
10th Percentile £188 £203 £286
25th Percentile £225 £315 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +7.32%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £682
90th Percentile - £688 £725
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 94 96
10th Percentile £15.53 £21.37 £19.06
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £20.00
Median hourly rate £54.50 £41.27 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.07% -28.23% +15.00%
75th Percentile £74.38 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.40 £74.48 £73.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.26% -4.17% +14.29%

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 379 567 686
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 33.01% 29.84% 34.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 210 342
10th Percentile £178 £219 £260
25th Percentile £247 £325 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £650
90th Percentile £603 £650 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 210 163
10th Percentile £15.48 £14.48 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.37 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £42.75 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +103.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £64.25 £61.25
90th Percentile £84.70 £75.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £28.18 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -33.69% -22.73% +35.80%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the East of England

Security Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the East of England

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 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the East of England

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 6 July 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 6 July 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 0 103 £550 - 181
Cambridgeshire +15 37 £500 -4.76% 58
Bedfordshire -1 35 £308 -36.82% 52
Suffolk +2 22 £225 +2.27% 15
Essex +13 10 £153 -78.90% 65
Norfolk - 7 £545 - 10
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (7.94%) SharePoint
2 11 (5.14%) Confluence
3 6 (2.80%) WebSphere
4 5 (2.34%) Apache
5 4 (1.87%) IIS
5 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.40%) CMS
7 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.47%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 25 (11.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (5.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (5.61%) Simulink
3 7 (3.27%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.40%) Windchill
5 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (5.14%) Teamcenter
2 4 (1.87%) Maximo
3 3 (1.40%) Primavera
4 1 (0.47%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.47%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 24 (11.21%) Cohesity
2 18 (8.41%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (4.67%) Azure
4 8 (3.74%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.87%) GitHub
6 2 (0.93%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.47%) AWS
7 1 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.47%) GCP
7 1 (0.47%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 39 (18.22%) DNS
2 22 (10.28%) SAN
3 13 (6.07%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (5.61%) VPN
5 11 (5.14%) Network Security
6 10 (4.67%) Ethernet
7 9 (4.21%) TCP/IP
8 8 (3.74%) FTP
8 8 (3.74%) HTTP
8 8 (3.74%) SMTP
8 8 (3.74%) SSL
9 7 (3.27%) Firewall
10 6 (2.80%) SpaceWire
11 4 (1.87%) Skype
11 4 (1.87%) VSAN
12 2 (0.93%) RS-232
13 1 (0.47%) Fibre Channel
13 1 (0.47%) SNA
13 1 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
13 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.80%) DB2
1 6 (2.80%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.93%) Power BI
4 1 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.47%) Flink
4 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.80%) Hudson
2 5 (2.34%) Eclipse
2 5 (2.34%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.93%) Rational Statemate
4 1 (0.47%) AdminStudio
4 1 (0.47%) Git
4 1 (0.47%) GitLab
4 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.47%) JIRA
4 1 (0.47%) MSI
4 1 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
General
1 95 (44.39%) Social Skills
2 21 (9.81%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (8.88%) Presentation Skills
4 14 (6.54%) Aerospace
5 13 (6.07%) Military
6 12 (5.61%) Public Sector
7 11 (5.14%) Electronics
8 7 (3.27%) Aviation
8 7 (3.27%) Finance
8 7 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.80%) Games
9 6 (2.80%) Law
9 6 (2.80%) Legal
9 6 (2.80%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.40%) Billing
12 2 (0.93%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.47%) Avionics
13 1 (0.47%) Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (14.02%) Analyst
2 19 (8.88%) Systems Engineer
3 16 (7.48%) Service Analyst
3 16 (7.48%) Service Desk Analyst
4 12 (5.61%) Consultant
4 12 (5.61%) Technical Analyst
4 12 (5.61%) Technical Services Analyst
5 11 (5.14%) Desktop Engineer
5 11 (5.14%) Security Engineer
5 11 (5.14%) SOC Analyst
6 10 (4.67%) Lead
6 10 (4.67%) Senior
6 10 (4.67%) Support Engineer
7 9 (4.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (3.74%) Desktop Support
8 8 (3.74%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 8 (3.74%) Principal Engineer
8 8 (3.74%) Project Manager
9 7 (3.27%) FPGA Engineer
10 6 (2.80%) Principal Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.67%) Web Services
2 8 (3.74%) LDAP
3 5 (2.34%) SOAP
3 5 (2.34%) XML
4 4 (1.87%) Node.js
5 1 (0.47%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (0.47%) CSS
5 1 (0.47%) Flash
5 1 (0.47%) Kafka
5 1 (0.47%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.47%) Qt
5 1 (0.47%) REST
5 1 (0.47%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.41%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (6.54%) Management Information System
3 11 (5.14%) FPGA
4 10 (4.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (4.21%) Algorithms
5 9 (4.21%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (4.21%) Verilog
6 8 (3.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (3.27%) Cyberattack
8 6 (2.80%) CMDB
8 6 (2.80%) Driving Licence
8 6 (2.80%) iPad
8 6 (2.80%) iPhone
8 6 (2.80%) PCIe
9 5 (2.34%) VHDL
10 4 (1.87%) CSOC
10 4 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.87%) YubiKey
11 3 (1.40%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 70 (32.71%) Windows
2 29 (13.55%) Windows Server
3 21 (9.81%) Windows Server 2016
3 21 (9.81%) Windows Server 2019
4 17 (7.94%) Linux
5 7 (3.27%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.87%) Unix
7 1 (0.47%) Android
7 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (27.57%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (14.02%) Agile
3 28 (13.08%) ITIL
4 25 (11.68%) SIEM
5 23 (10.75%) Time Management
6 21 (9.81%) Incident Management
7 20 (9.35%) Build Automation
7 20 (9.35%) Customer Service
7 20 (9.35%) Deployment Automation
7 20 (9.35%) Operations Management
8 17 (7.94%) Asset Management
8 17 (7.94%) ITSM
9 16 (7.48%) Validation
10 15 (7.01%) PRINCE2
11 14 (6.54%) Customer Requirements
11 14 (6.54%) Migration
11 14 (6.54%) Service Delivery
11 14 (6.54%) Verification and Validation
12 13 (6.07%) Inventory Management
12 13 (6.07%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (17.29%) PowerShell
2 15 (7.01%) Python
3 12 (5.61%) MATLAB
4 11 (5.14%) SQL
5 10 (4.67%) Tcl
6 9 (4.21%) JavaScript
6 9 (4.21%) SystemVerilog
7 8 (3.74%) C
7 8 (3.74%) C++
8 6 (2.80%) C#
9 5 (2.34%) Bash
10 4 (1.87%) Java
11 3 (1.40%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.40%) VBA
12 1 (0.47%) Ada
Qualifications
1 168 (78.50%) SC Cleared
2 45 (21.03%) DV Cleared
3 27 (12.62%) Degree
4 14 (6.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (5.61%) A+ Certification
5 12 (5.61%) MCSA
5 12 (5.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.74%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (3.27%) HNC
7 7 (3.27%) HND
8 4 (1.87%) CISSP
9 3 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.93%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.93%) GCIA
10 2 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.93%) VCAP
10 2 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.47%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.67%) QA
2 9 (4.21%) SLA
3 8 (3.74%) NIST
4 7 (3.27%) JSP 440
4 7 (3.27%) NCSC
5 6 (2.80%) DO-254
5 6 (2.80%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.93%) Data Quality
System Software
1 48 (22.43%) Active Directory
2 26 (12.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (9.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 20 (9.35%) Virtual Servers
4 15 (7.01%) Firmware
5 5 (2.34%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.87%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.87%) vSphere
7 3 (1.40%) Docker
7 3 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (13.55%) Ansible
2 25 (11.68%) SCCM
2 25 (11.68%) WSUS
3 7 (3.27%) Jamf Pro
3 7 (3.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (2.80%) VxRail
5 5 (2.34%) Terraform
6 4 (1.87%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.87%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.40%) Nessus
7 3 (1.40%) PowerCLI
8 2 (0.93%) Avamar
8 2 (0.93%) vRealize
9 1 (0.47%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.47%) Puppet
9 1 (0.47%) SCOM
Vendors
1 76 (35.51%) Microsoft
2 32 (14.95%) VMware
3 24 (11.21%) Splunk
4 22 (10.28%) NetApp
5 20 (9.35%) ServiceNow
6 12 (5.61%) Citrix
7 9 (4.21%) Xilinx
8 8 (3.74%) Apple
8 8 (3.74%) IFS
8 8 (3.74%) Intel
8 8 (3.74%) Microsemi
9 7 (3.27%) Dell
9 7 (3.27%) Samsung
9 7 (3.27%) SAP
9 7 (3.27%) SOTI
9 7 (3.27%) Twitter
10 6 (2.80%) Actel
10 6 (2.80%) Altera
10 6 (2.80%) McAfee
11 5 (2.34%) LogRhythm