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 30 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 4 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 382 190 257
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 17.02% 19.87% 13.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.35% 57.58% 44.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 87 124
10th Percentile £219 £198 £202
25th Percentile £425 £275 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £638
90th Percentile £750 - £721
England median daily rate £525 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 63 83
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.99 £21.37
25th Percentile £18.58 £25.24 £21.46
Median hourly rate £48.05 £62.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.12% +56.25% -30.43%
75th Percentile £73.46 £75.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £82.45 £75.25
England median hourly rate £55.00 £40.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +37.50% -29.19% -5.85%

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 603 330 575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 26.87% 34.52% 29.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 151 219
10th Percentile £190 £195 £213
25th Percentile £397 £319 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -
75th Percentile £650 £575 £600
90th Percentile £738 £625 £701
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 90 219
10th Percentile £16.40 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.35 £22.10 £16.30
Median hourly rate £39.50 £51.25 £36.05
Median % change year-on-year -22.93% +42.18% +71.64%
75th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £73.60
England median hourly rate £47.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +46.15% -18.75% -27.27%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +1 196 £550 - 65
Bedfordshire +9 65 £525 +70.45% 16
Cambridgeshire +9 41 £557 +11.30% 26
Suffolk +2 41 £500 +122.22% 3
Essex +5 22 £450 -16.28% 9
Norfolk -5 17 £295 -45.12%
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 9 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.31%) NetWeaver
3 3 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.79%) CMS
3 3 (0.79%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.26%) Apache
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 22 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.57%) Simulink
3 6 (1.57%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.26%) CATIA
4 1 (0.26%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.62%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.79%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 25 (6.54%) Azure
2 22 (5.76%) AWS
3 9 (2.36%) GCP
4 7 (1.83%) Google Workspace
5 6 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (1.57%) Cohesity
5 6 (1.57%) SaaS
6 5 (1.31%) Amazon ECS
6 5 (1.31%) IaaS
6 5 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.05%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.05%) GitHub
7 4 (1.05%) PaaS
8 3 (0.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (0.79%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.79%) Serverless
9 2 (0.52%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.52%) dbt
9 2 (0.52%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.45%) DNS
2 16 (4.19%) Network Security
3 15 (3.93%) Firewall
4 14 (3.66%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (2.88%) Ethernet
5 11 (2.88%) VPN
6 10 (2.62%) Structured Cabling
7 7 (1.83%) Skype
7 7 (1.83%) VoIP
8 6 (1.57%) LAN
8 6 (1.57%) SSL
8 6 (1.57%) TCP/IP
8 6 (1.57%) WAN
9 5 (1.31%) FTP
9 5 (1.31%) HTTP
9 5 (1.31%) SMTP
10 4 (1.05%) DHCP
10 4 (1.05%) IPsec
11 3 (0.79%) SAN
11 3 (0.79%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.09%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.57%) Metadata
3 5 (1.31%) MaxDB
3 5 (1.31%) SAP HANA
3 5 (1.31%) Sybase ASE
4 4 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.05%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.79%) Power BI
6 2 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.52%) MySQL
6 2 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.26%) Big Data
7 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.26%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.26%) QlikView
7 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (5.50%) Git
2 15 (3.93%) JIRA
3 14 (3.66%) GitLab
4 12 (3.14%) Jenkins
5 11 (2.88%) Rational DOORS
6 9 (2.36%) Rational Rhapsody
6 9 (2.36%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.31%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.52%) Gradle
8 2 (0.52%) VectorCAST
9 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.26%) Hudson
9 1 (0.26%) JMeter
9 1 (0.26%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.26%) MSI
9 1 (0.26%) Newman
9 1 (0.26%) Postman
9 1 (0.26%) Selenium
9 1 (0.26%) Serenity BDD
General
1 82 (21.47%) Social Skills
2 34 (8.90%) Public Sector
3 31 (8.12%) Aerospace
3 31 (8.12%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (4.97%) Legal
5 17 (4.45%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (3.93%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.62%) Electronics
7 10 (2.62%) Finance
7 10 (2.62%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.57%) Military
8 6 (1.57%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.31%) Law
9 5 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.05%) Aviation
10 4 (1.05%) Marketing
11 3 (0.79%) Automotive
12 2 (0.52%) Games
12 2 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 46 (12.04%) Software Engineer
2 34 (8.90%) Analyst
3 31 (8.12%) Administrator
4 29 (7.59%) Senior
5 28 (7.33%) Architect
6 16 (4.19%) Principal Engineer
6 16 (4.19%) Project Manager
6 16 (4.19%) SOC Engineer
6 16 (4.19%) Technical Architect
7 15 (3.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (3.93%) SAP Support
7 15 (3.93%) Support Engineer
8 14 (3.66%) Principal Software Engineer
9 12 (3.14%) Consultant
9 12 (3.14%) Network Engineer
10 11 (2.88%) Developer
11 10 (2.62%) IT Support
11 10 (2.62%) SAP Administrator
12 9 (2.36%) Desktop Support
12 9 (2.36%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.93%) React
2 14 (3.66%) LDAP
3 11 (2.88%) .NET
4 9 (2.36%) Middleware
5 8 (2.09%) Kafka
5 8 (2.09%) Node.js
6 7 (1.83%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (1.57%) REST
8 5 (1.31%) SAP Basis
8 5 (1.31%) SAP Fiori
8 5 (1.31%) SAPUI5
8 5 (1.31%) Web Services
9 4 (1.05%) WPF
10 3 (0.79%) CSS
10 3 (0.79%) eBPF
10 3 (0.79%) HTML
10 3 (0.79%) JSON
10 3 (0.79%) SOAP
10 3 (0.79%) Spring Boot
10 3 (0.79%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.76%) Data Centre
2 17 (4.45%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.40%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (3.14%) FPGA
4 12 (3.14%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.14%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (2.36%) Embedded Systems
5 9 (2.36%) Insider Threat
5 9 (2.36%) Operational Technology
6 8 (2.09%) CMDB
7 7 (1.83%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.83%) SCADA
7 7 (1.83%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.57%) CSOC
8 6 (1.57%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.57%) PCIe
8 6 (1.57%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.57%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 64 (16.75%) Windows
2 31 (8.12%) Linux
3 14 (3.66%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.36%) CentOS
6 8 (2.09%) Android
6 8 (2.09%) Apple iOS
6 8 (2.09%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.05%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.52%) Unix
8 2 (0.52%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.26%) AIX
9 1 (0.26%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (15.97%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (15.45%) Software Engineering
3 39 (10.21%) Agile
4 33 (8.64%) CI/CD
5 29 (7.59%) Change Management
6 26 (6.81%) Migration
7 25 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (6.54%) DevOps
7 25 (6.54%) ITIL
7 25 (6.54%) Test Automation
8 24 (6.28%) ITSM
9 23 (6.02%) Cybersecurity
9 23 (6.02%) Validation
10 22 (5.76%) SDLC
10 22 (5.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 21 (5.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 19 (4.97%) Customer Service
13 18 (4.71%) Security Monitoring
13 18 (4.71%) Service Management
13 18 (4.71%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (8.12%) Python
2 25 (6.54%) C++
3 22 (5.76%) C#
4 18 (4.71%) Ada
5 15 (3.93%) MATLAB
5 15 (3.93%) PowerShell
6 14 (3.66%) C
6 14 (3.66%) SQL
7 12 (3.14%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.88%) JavaScript
9 9 (2.36%) Shell Script
10 8 (2.09%) Java
11 7 (1.83%) Search Processing Language
12 6 (1.57%) Bash
13 5 (1.31%) Kusto Query Language
13 5 (1.31%) SystemVerilog
14 3 (0.79%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.52%) Tcl
16 1 (0.26%) Perl
16 1 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 245 (64.14%) SC Cleared
2 111 (29.06%) DV Cleared
3 19 (4.97%) Degree
4 10 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.36%) CTC Cleared
5 9 (2.36%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (2.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 5 (1.31%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.05%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.79%) HNC
8 3 (0.79%) HND
8 3 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.79%) MCSE
9 2 (0.52%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.52%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.52%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.02%) SLA
2 12 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.36%) Def Stans
4 8 (2.09%) GRC
5 7 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.83%) NIST
5 7 (1.83%) QA
6 6 (1.57%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.57%) GDPR
7 5 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.52%) DO-178B
8 2 (0.52%) DO-254
8 2 (0.52%) ISA99
8 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.52%) NCSC
9 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.26%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.26%) RMADS
System Software
1 25 (6.54%) Active Directory
2 15 (3.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.83%) Firmware
3 7 (1.83%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.79%) Docker
6 2 (0.52%) vSphere
7 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (6.81%) Ansible
2 13 (3.40%) Terraform
3 9 (2.36%) Check_MK
3 9 (2.36%) Podman
3 9 (2.36%) Red Hat Satellite
4 7 (1.83%) SCCM
5 6 (1.57%) Grafana
5 6 (1.57%) Nessus
5 6 (1.57%) WSUS
6 5 (1.31%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.05%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.79%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.52%) ServiceCenter
9 2 (0.52%) VxRail
10 1 (0.26%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.26%) SCOM
10 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.26%) vRealize
Vendors
1 44 (11.52%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.16%) VMware
3 30 (7.85%) SAP
4 22 (5.76%) ServiceNow
4 22 (5.76%) Splunk
5 13 (3.40%) Cisco
5 13 (3.40%) Dell
6 11 (2.88%) Oracle
6 11 (2.88%) Remedy
7 9 (2.36%) Red Hat
8 8 (2.09%) Google
8 8 (2.09%) HP
9 7 (1.83%) BMC
9 7 (1.83%) Tenable
10 6 (1.57%) Altera
10 6 (1.57%) Canon
10 6 (1.57%) Xilinx
11 5 (1.31%) Barracuda Networks
11 5 (1.31%) Intel
11 5 (1.31%) Sybase