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 27 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 349 203 289
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 15.66% 19.04% 14.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 60.28% 56.55% 48.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 86 134
10th Percentile £220 £180 £207
25th Percentile £441 £225 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £675 £575 £597
90th Percentile £750 - £701
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 77 96
10th Percentile £17.87 £15.26 £21.37
25th Percentile £22.63 £18.87 £21.46
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £41.27
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +33.28% -28.23%
75th Percentile £74.00 £76.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.73 £86.65 £75.00
England median hourly rate £63.14 £25.32 £57.50
% change year-on-year +149.35% -55.97% -4.17%

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 579 359 591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 25.98% 33.68% 30.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 154 219
10th Percentile £168 £178 £220
25th Percentile £388 £225 £332
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -
75th Percentile £650 £575 £575
90th Percentile £738 £603 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 100 217
10th Percentile £17.24 £15.43 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £48.84 £39.66 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.15% -6.68% +72.85%
75th Percentile £73.46 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £85.08 £73.95
England median hourly rate £53.00 £29.27 £42.50
% change year-on-year +81.07% -31.13% -22.73%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 27 June 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 +1 183 £575 +4.55% 76
Bedfordshire +7 71 £475 +443.14% 8
Cambridgeshire +7 35 £557 +11.30% 21
Suffolk +2 28 £625 +177.78%
Essex -6 20 £450 +194.12% 11
Norfolk -15 12 £212 -61.11% 3
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 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.72%) NetWeaver
3 3 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.86%) CMS
3 3 (0.86%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.57%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.29%) Mendix
5 1 (0.29%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.01%) Simulink
3 3 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.29%) CATIA
4 1 (0.29%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 12 (3.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.87%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.86%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.57%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.29%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.29%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 29 (8.31%) Azure
2 22 (6.30%) AWS
3 8 (2.29%) SaaS
4 7 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (1.72%) Cohesity
6 5 (1.43%) Amazon ECS
6 5 (1.43%) Entra ID
6 5 (1.43%) GCP
6 5 (1.43%) IaaS
6 5 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.15%) GitHub
7 4 (1.15%) PaaS
7 4 (1.15%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (0.86%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (0.86%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (0.86%) iPaaS
8 3 (0.86%) Serverless
9 2 (0.57%) Azure AKS
9 2 (0.57%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.58%) Firewall
2 14 (4.01%) DNS
3 11 (3.15%) Ethernet
4 10 (2.87%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (2.58%) Network Security
6 7 (2.01%) Skype
6 7 (2.01%) Structured Cabling
7 6 (1.72%) VPN
8 5 (1.43%) LAN
8 5 (1.43%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.43%) WAN
9 4 (1.15%) DHCP
9 4 (1.15%) IPsec
9 4 (1.15%) SAN
9 4 (1.15%) VLAN
10 3 (0.86%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (0.86%) SNMP
10 3 (0.86%) VSAN
10 3 (0.86%) Wireless
11 2 (0.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.87%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.72%) MaxDB
2 6 (1.72%) SAP HANA
2 6 (1.72%) Sybase ASE
3 5 (1.43%) Metadata
4 4 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.15%) Power BI
5 3 (0.86%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.57%) MySQL
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.29%) Big Data
7 1 (0.29%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.29%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.29%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.29%) QlikView
7 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (5.44%) Git
2 15 (4.30%) JIRA
3 13 (3.72%) GitLab
4 11 (3.15%) Jenkins
5 10 (2.87%) Rational DOORS
6 9 (2.58%) Rational Rhapsody
6 9 (2.58%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.43%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.57%) Gradle
8 2 (0.57%) VectorCAST
9 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.29%) Hudson
9 1 (0.29%) JMeter
9 1 (0.29%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.29%) MLflow
9 1 (0.29%) MSI
9 1 (0.29%) Newman
9 1 (0.29%) Postman
9 1 (0.29%) Selenium
9 1 (0.29%) Serenity BDD
General
1 67 (19.20%) Social Skills
2 24 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (6.59%) Aerospace
4 20 (5.73%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (3.44%) Legal
7 10 (2.87%) Finance
8 7 (2.01%) Law
9 6 (1.72%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.43%) Electronics
11 4 (1.15%) Aviation
11 4 (1.15%) Military
12 3 (0.86%) Automotive
12 3 (0.86%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.57%) Games
13 2 (0.57%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.57%) Retail
14 1 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (14.04%) Software Engineer
2 28 (8.02%) Senior
3 25 (7.16%) Administrator
4 24 (6.88%) Architect
5 22 (6.30%) Principal Engineer
6 20 (5.73%) Analyst
7 19 (5.44%) Principal Software Engineer
8 17 (4.87%) Consultant
9 16 (4.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (4.58%) SAP Support
9 16 (4.58%) SOC Engineer
10 13 (3.72%) Network Engineer
10 13 (3.72%) Project Manager
10 13 (3.72%) Technical Architect
11 10 (2.87%) SAP Administrator
11 10 (2.87%) Support Engineer
12 9 (2.58%) Ada Engineer
12 9 (2.58%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
12 9 (2.58%) Senior Network Engineer
12 9 (2.58%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.15%) .NET
1 11 (3.15%) React
2 8 (2.29%) LDAP
2 8 (2.29%) Middleware
2 8 (2.29%) REST
2 8 (2.29%) SAP Fiori
3 7 (2.01%) Elastic Stack
3 7 (2.01%) Kafka
3 7 (2.01%) Node.js
4 6 (1.72%) SAP Basis
4 6 (1.72%) SAPUI5
5 5 (1.43%) Web Services
6 4 (1.15%) SOAP
6 4 (1.15%) WPF
7 3 (0.86%) CSS
7 3 (0.86%) eBPF
7 3 (0.86%) JSON
7 3 (0.86%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (0.86%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.86%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.87%) Data Centre
2 14 (4.01%) Embedded Systems
3 13 (3.72%) FPGA
4 11 (3.15%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.87%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.58%) CMDB
7 8 (2.29%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.01%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.01%) Security Operations Centre
9 6 (1.72%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.72%) PCIe
9 6 (1.72%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.72%) Smartcard
9 6 (1.72%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.72%) YubiKey
10 5 (1.43%) Verilog
11 4 (1.15%) Insider Threat
11 4 (1.15%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 57 (16.33%) Windows
2 31 (8.88%) Linux
3 13 (3.72%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (2.87%) CentOS
6 4 (1.15%) Unix
7 3 (0.86%) Android
7 3 (0.86%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.86%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.86%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.57%) Rocky
8 2 (0.57%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.29%) AIX
9 1 (0.29%) Data ONTAP
9 1 (0.29%) VMS
9 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (17.77%) Software Engineering
2 54 (15.47%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (10.89%) Agile
4 34 (9.74%) CI/CD
5 29 (8.31%) Test Automation
6 27 (7.74%) DevOps
7 26 (7.45%) Change Management
7 26 (7.45%) Validation
8 23 (6.59%) Migration
9 22 (6.30%) ITSM
9 22 (6.30%) SDLC
10 21 (6.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 19 (5.44%) Stakeholder Management
12 18 (5.16%) Security Monitoring
12 18 (5.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 17 (4.87%) ITIL
14 16 (4.58%) Continuous Improvement
15 15 (4.30%) Cybersecurity
15 15 (4.30%) Disaster Recovery
15 15 (4.30%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.02%) Python
2 25 (7.16%) C++
3 20 (5.73%) C#
4 19 (5.44%) Ada
5 16 (4.58%) C
6 14 (4.01%) MATLAB
6 14 (4.01%) SQL
7 12 (3.44%) PowerShell
8 10 (2.87%) JavaScript
9 9 (2.58%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.29%) Shell Script
11 7 (2.01%) Bash
11 7 (2.01%) Search Processing Language
12 6 (1.72%) Java
12 6 (1.72%) SystemVerilog
13 5 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.86%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.57%) Tcl
16 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.29%) ProC
Qualifications
1 210 (60.17%) SC Cleared
2 103 (29.51%) DV Cleared
3 20 (5.73%) Degree
4 10 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 5 (1.43%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 5 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.15%) CTC Cleared
7 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.15%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.86%) HNC
8 3 (0.86%) HND
8 3 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.57%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.57%) MCSE
9 2 (0.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.87%) SLA
2 10 (2.87%) GRC
3 8 (2.29%) GDPR
3 8 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.01%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.01%) Def Stans
4 7 (2.01%) QA
5 6 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.15%) NIST
7 3 (0.86%) DO-178B
8 2 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.57%) DO-254
8 2 (0.57%) ISA99
8 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.57%) NCSC
9 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.29%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.29%) MISRA
9 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 25 (7.16%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.29%) Firmware
4 7 (2.01%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.86%) Docker
7 2 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.57%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.57%) vSphere
8 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (7.74%) Ansible
2 13 (3.72%) Terraform
3 8 (2.29%) Check_MK
3 8 (2.29%) Podman
3 8 (2.29%) Red Hat Satellite
4 7 (2.01%) SCCM
4 7 (2.01%) vCenter Server
5 6 (1.72%) Grafana
5 6 (1.72%) Nessus
5 6 (1.72%) WSUS
6 5 (1.43%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.15%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.15%) vRealize
7 4 (1.15%) VxRail
8 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.57%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.29%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.29%) SCOM
9 1 (0.29%) ServiceCenter
9 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (9.46%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.60%) VMware
3 26 (7.45%) SAP
4 22 (6.30%) Splunk
5 20 (5.73%) ServiceNow
6 13 (3.72%) Oracle
7 11 (3.15%) Cisco
7 11 (3.15%) Remedy
8 10 (2.87%) Dell
9 8 (2.29%) Red Hat
10 7 (2.01%) BMC
10 7 (2.01%) Tenable
10 7 (2.01%) Xilinx
11 6 (1.72%) Altera
11 6 (1.72%) Intel
11 6 (1.72%) Microsemi
11 6 (1.72%) Sybase
12 5 (1.43%) Dynatrace
12 5 (1.43%) HP
13 4 (1.15%) Canon