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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 284 192 371
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 18.83% 15.00% 20.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 59.92% 53.63% 55.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 84 197
10th Percentile £177 £220 £404
25th Percentile £363 £325 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £613
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% -14.29% +9.13%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £700
90th Percentile £643 £646 £750
England median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.18% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 60 76
10th Percentile £18.57 £21.46 -
25th Percentile £18.87 £39.60 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +46.07% -11.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £57.81
90th Percentile £83.88 £73.30 £73.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £59.68
% change year-on-year -58.08% +0.54% -0.53%

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 474 358 665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 31.43% 27.97% 35.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 144 339
10th Percentile £198 £200 £273
25th Percentile £400 £306 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £494 £540
Median % change year-on-year +6.28% -8.52% +5.62%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £675
90th Percentile £688 £630 £744
England median daily rate £525 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -0.47% -4.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 81 150
10th Percentile £15.50 £21.46 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.87 £35.00 £14.52
Median hourly rate £23.75 £65.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.46% +132.14% +33.33%
75th Percentile £56.00 £67.50 £58.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.25 £72.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.63 £52.50
% change year-on-year -50.32% -3.57% +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 15 November 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 15 November 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 15 November 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 0 145 £550 - 235
Bedfordshire 0 46 £450 +4.05% 24
Cambridgeshire +17 36 £550 +70.02% 27
Norfolk -2 22 £545 +21.11% 1
Essex +9 20 £153 -73.96% 8
Suffolk 0 15 £220 -3.30% 5
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 13 (4.58%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.76%) Apache
2 5 (1.76%) IIS
2 5 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.76%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.70%) Confluence
4 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 14 (4.93%) Spreadsheet
2 11 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.52%) Simulink
4 5 (1.76%) FrameMaker
5 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.35%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.35%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.35%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (1.76%) Maximo
2 3 (1.06%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.35%) assyst
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.35%) Primavera
3 1 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.35%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.35%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (5.28%) Azure
2 8 (2.82%) Cohesity
3 7 (2.46%) AWS
3 7 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.11%) npm
5 4 (1.41%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.06%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.70%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.70%) GCP
7 2 (0.70%) PaaS
8 1 (0.35%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.35%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.35%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.35%) GitHub
8 1 (0.35%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.35%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.35%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.35%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.63%) DNS
2 10 (3.52%) Ethernet
2 10 (3.52%) SAN
3 9 (3.17%) Firewall
4 8 (2.82%) VPN
5 7 (2.46%) Network Security
6 6 (2.11%) FTP
6 6 (2.11%) HTTP
6 6 (2.11%) SMTP
6 6 (2.11%) SSL
7 4 (1.41%) BGP
7 4 (1.41%) OSPF
7 4 (1.41%) SpaceWire
7 4 (1.41%) VLAN
8 3 (1.06%) RS-232
8 3 (1.06%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.70%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.35%) DHCP
10 1 (0.35%) DWDM
10 1 (0.35%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.46%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.76%) DB2
3 3 (1.06%) Power BI
4 2 (0.70%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (0.70%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.35%) Big Data
5 1 (0.35%) Metadata
5 1 (0.35%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.35%) Pentaho
5 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.17%) JIRA
2 8 (2.82%) Visual Studio
3 7 (2.46%) Hudson
4 6 (2.11%) Artifactory
4 6 (2.11%) GitLab
5 4 (1.41%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.70%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.35%) AdminStudio
7 1 (0.35%) Git
7 1 (0.35%) SonarQube
General
1 104 (36.62%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.97%) Public Sector
3 27 (9.51%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.10%) Aerospace
4 23 (8.10%) Electronics
5 21 (7.39%) Manufacturing
5 21 (7.39%) Military
6 20 (7.04%) Finance
7 13 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (3.87%) Aviation
9 10 (3.52%) Marketing
9 10 (3.52%) Telecoms
10 9 (3.17%) Law
10 9 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.82%) Legal
12 7 (2.46%) Games
13 6 (2.11%) Publishing
14 3 (1.06%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 24 (8.45%) Consultant
2 19 (6.69%) Analyst
3 18 (6.34%) Developer
3 18 (6.34%) Security Engineer
4 16 (5.63%) Lead
4 16 (5.63%) Software Engineer
5 13 (4.58%) IT Engineer
5 13 (4.58%) Support Engineer
6 12 (4.23%) Desktop Engineer
7 10 (3.52%) Desktop Support
7 10 (3.52%) Network Engineer
8 9 (3.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 9 (3.17%) SOC Analyst
9 8 (2.82%) Administrator
9 8 (2.82%) Security Officer
10 7 (2.46%) Embedded Engineer
10 7 (2.46%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 7 (2.46%) Migration Engineer
10 7 (2.46%) ServiceNow Developer
10 7 (2.46%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.58%) XML
2 10 (3.52%) Web Services
3 9 (3.17%) .NET
4 8 (2.82%) Node.js
4 8 (2.82%) SOAP
5 7 (2.46%) AngularJS
6 6 (2.11%) .NET Framework
6 6 (2.11%) CSS
6 6 (2.11%) HTML
6 6 (2.11%) LDAP
6 6 (2.11%) React
6 6 (2.11%) SGML
6 6 (2.11%) Svelte
6 6 (2.11%) Vue
7 3 (1.06%) Flash
8 2 (0.70%) REST
8 2 (0.70%) RESTful
9 1 (0.35%) OpenID
9 1 (0.35%) Qt
9 1 (0.35%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.28%) Algorithms
1 15 (5.28%) Management Information System
2 12 (4.23%) FPGA
3 11 (3.87%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (3.17%) Verilog
5 8 (2.82%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.82%) PCIe
6 6 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.11%) CSOC
6 6 (2.11%) Cyberattack
6 6 (2.11%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.11%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (1.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 5 (1.76%) VHDL
8 4 (1.41%) Analogue Electronics
8 4 (1.41%) Insider Threat
8 4 (1.41%) iPad
8 4 (1.41%) iPhone
8 4 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 47 (16.55%) Windows
2 20 (7.04%) Windows Server
3 15 (5.28%) Linux
3 15 (5.28%) Windows 10
4 8 (2.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.76%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.35%) Android
7 1 (0.35%) CentOS
7 1 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.35%) Unix
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (13.03%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (12.68%) Migration
3 31 (10.92%) Workflow
4 30 (10.56%) Asset Management
5 29 (10.21%) Time Management
6 27 (9.51%) Ticket Management
7 25 (8.80%) Agile
8 22 (7.75%) Workflow Management
9 20 (7.04%) Software Engineering
10 19 (6.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (6.69%) Logistics
11 18 (6.34%) AI
11 18 (6.34%) ITIL
12 17 (5.99%) Customer Service
13 16 (5.63%) CI/CD
13 16 (5.63%) Incident Management
13 16 (5.63%) Information Assurance
13 16 (5.63%) SIEM
14 15 (5.28%) Computer Science
14 15 (5.28%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.39%) Python
2 17 (5.99%) JavaScript
2 17 (5.99%) PowerShell
3 15 (5.28%) C++
4 12 (4.23%) SQL
5 11 (3.87%) C
5 11 (3.87%) C#
6 10 (3.52%) MATLAB
7 8 (2.82%) Tcl
8 7 (2.46%) SystemVerilog
9 6 (2.11%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.76%) Ada
11 4 (1.41%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.06%) Java
13 2 (0.70%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.35%) ABAP
14 1 (0.35%) PHP
14 1 (0.35%) Scala
14 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 230 (80.99%) SC Cleared
2 35 (12.32%) DV Cleared
3 34 (11.97%) Degree
4 15 (5.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (4.93%) HNC
5 14 (4.93%) HND
6 7 (2.46%) CISSP
6 7 (2.46%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.76%) CTC Cleared
8 4 (1.41%) CCNP
9 3 (1.06%) CISM
9 3 (1.06%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.70%) SANS
11 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.35%) CompTIA CySA+
11 1 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.80%) NIST
2 16 (5.63%) JSP 440
2 16 (5.63%) QA
3 15 (5.28%) NCSC
3 15 (5.28%) SLA
4 14 (4.93%) NIST 800
5 8 (2.82%) GDPR
5 8 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.46%) DO-254
7 5 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.70%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.35%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 30 (10.56%) Active Directory
2 24 (8.45%) Firmware
3 12 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 7 (2.46%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (2.11%) Docker
6 2 (0.70%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.35%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (4.58%) SCCM
2 9 (3.17%) Ansible
3 8 (2.82%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (2.82%) WSUS
4 5 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.41%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.06%) PingFederate
7 2 (0.70%) Terraform
8 1 (0.35%) Istio
8 1 (0.35%) Nessus
8 1 (0.35%) SCOM
8 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.35%) vRealize
Vendors
1 68 (23.94%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.39%) SAP
3 16 (5.63%) ServiceNow
4 15 (5.28%) VMware
5 11 (3.87%) IFS
6 9 (3.17%) Intel
6 9 (3.17%) Xilinx
7 7 (2.46%) Actel
7 7 (2.46%) Altera
7 7 (2.46%) Microsemi
7 7 (2.46%) NetApp
7 7 (2.46%) Splunk
8 6 (2.11%) Cisco
8 6 (2.11%) IBM
9 5 (1.76%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.41%) Computacenter
10 4 (1.41%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.41%) Starlink
11 3 (1.06%) McAfee
11 3 (1.06%) Salesforce