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 22 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 2 3
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 336 258 216
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 15.26% 20.38% 13.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 61.99% 62.47% 48.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 95 108
10th Percentile £350 £195 £200
25th Percentile £444 £350 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year - +4.22% -5.12%
75th Percentile £713 £575 £575
90th Percentile £750 £600 £600
England median daily rate £540 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +0.47% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 117 72
10th Percentile £22.63 £16.35 £21.37
25th Percentile £54.00 £18.87 £21.46
Median hourly rate £70.00 £38.00 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +84.21% -32.44% +14.80%
75th Percentile £79.00 £72.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.63 £86.65 £67.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £60.00
% change year-on-year +158.45% -58.08% -

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 542 413 447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 24.61% 32.62% 28.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 156 166
10th Percentile £183 £198 £209
25th Percentile £400 £350 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £531 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.75% +6.10% -
75th Percentile £675 £575 £575
90th Percentile £738 £644 £600
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 143 154
10th Percentile £16.50 £16.30 £16.30
25th Percentile £26.25 £18.87 £21.39
Median hourly rate £63.00 £31.64 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +99.12% -26.42% +104.76%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.75 £85.60 £72.28
England median hourly rate £53.00 £25.15 £47.67
% change year-on-year +110.74% -47.24% -13.34%

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 22 August 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 22 August 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 22 August 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 +1 185 £600 +9.09% 50
Bedfordshire +2 64 £220 -41.33% 44
Cambridgeshire +3 32 £575 +4.55% 31
Suffolk 0 28 £543 +141.11% 7
Essex -11 19 £475 +210.46% 20
Norfolk -17 8 £475 -12.84% 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 10 (2.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.79%) NetWeaver
3 3 (0.89%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.60%) Confluence
4 2 (0.60%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.30%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.30%) CMS
5 1 (0.30%) Mendix
5 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.30%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 13 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.49%) Simulink
2 5 (1.49%) Windchill
3 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.60%) OrCAD
5 2 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 10 (2.98%) Remedy ITSM
1 10 (2.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.19%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.89%) SAP PP
4 2 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.60%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.30%) Primavera
5 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 35 (10.42%) Azure
2 26 (7.74%) AWS
3 8 (2.38%) Entra ID
3 8 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (2.38%) SaaS
4 7 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
5 6 (1.79%) Cohesity
6 5 (1.49%) Amazon ECS
6 5 (1.49%) IaaS
7 4 (1.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (1.19%) GitHub
7 4 (1.19%) OCI
7 4 (1.19%) PaaS
7 4 (1.19%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.89%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (0.89%) GCP
8 3 (0.89%) iPaaS
8 3 (0.89%) Serverless
9 2 (0.60%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.55%) DNS
2 21 (6.25%) Firewall
3 11 (3.27%) SAN
4 10 (2.98%) Network Security
5 8 (2.38%) Ethernet
5 8 (2.38%) Skype
5 8 (2.38%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.38%) VLAN
5 8 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (2.08%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (2.08%) DHCP
6 7 (2.08%) VPN
6 7 (2.08%) Wireless
7 6 (1.79%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (1.49%) VSAN
9 4 (1.19%) IPsec
9 4 (1.19%) SNMP
10 3 (0.89%) Internet
10 3 (0.89%) LAN
10 3 (0.89%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.38%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.08%) Metadata
2 7 (2.08%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.79%) MaxDB
3 6 (1.79%) SAP HANA
3 6 (1.79%) Sybase ASE
4 4 (1.19%) Power BI
5 3 (0.89%) Data Mining
5 3 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.60%) MySQL
6 2 (0.60%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.30%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.30%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.30%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.30%) Power Query
7 1 (0.30%) Redis
Development Applications
1 18 (5.36%) Git
2 13 (3.87%) JIRA
3 9 (2.68%) GitLab
4 8 (2.38%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.08%) Rational DOORS
5 7 (2.08%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.49%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.89%) Selenium
8 2 (0.60%) Gradle
8 2 (0.60%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.60%) VectorCAST
9 1 (0.30%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.30%) CppUnit
9 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.30%) eggPlant
9 1 (0.30%) Hudson
9 1 (0.30%) Newman
9 1 (0.30%) Postman
9 1 (0.30%) Serenity BDD
General
1 67 (19.94%) Social Skills
2 29 (8.63%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (7.74%) Aerospace
4 17 (5.06%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (4.76%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.17%) Finance
6 14 (4.17%) Law
7 9 (2.68%) Electronics
7 9 (2.68%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.68%) Military
8 6 (1.79%) Legal
8 6 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.79%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.19%) Aviation
10 4 (1.19%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.60%) Retail
12 1 (0.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.30%) Police
Job Titles
1 39 (11.61%) Software Engineer
2 30 (8.93%) Senior
3 25 (7.44%) Consultant
4 23 (6.85%) Architect
5 22 (6.55%) Principal Engineer
6 18 (5.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (4.76%) Monitoring Engineer
7 16 (4.76%) SOC Engineer
8 15 (4.46%) Network Engineer
8 15 (4.46%) Principal Software Engineer
9 14 (4.17%) Lead
10 12 (3.57%) Administrator
10 12 (3.57%) Senior Network Engineer
11 11 (3.27%) Data Engineer
11 11 (3.27%) Support Engineer
12 10 (2.98%) Project Manager
12 10 (2.98%) SAP Support
12 10 (2.98%) Systems Engineer
13 8 (2.38%) Analyst
13 8 (2.38%) VMware Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.17%) Terraform
2 11 (3.27%) REST
3 8 (2.38%) Kafka
3 8 (2.38%) SAP Fiori
4 7 (2.08%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (2.08%) LDAP
5 6 (1.79%) React
5 6 (1.79%) SAP Basis
5 6 (1.79%) SAPUI5
6 5 (1.49%) .NET
6 5 (1.49%) Node.js
6 5 (1.49%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (1.49%) Web Services
7 4 (1.19%) eBPF
7 4 (1.19%) Middleware
7 4 (1.19%) SOAP
7 4 (1.19%) XML
8 3 (0.89%) JSON
9 2 (0.60%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (0.60%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.06%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.46%) Embedded Systems
3 14 (4.17%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.27%) CMDB
4 11 (3.27%) FPGA
4 11 (3.27%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.27%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.98%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (2.98%) Replication
6 9 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (2.08%) PKI
9 6 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.79%) Smartcard
9 6 (1.79%) YubiKey
10 5 (1.49%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.49%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.19%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 58 (17.26%) Windows
2 38 (11.31%) Linux
3 25 (7.44%) Windows Server
4 15 (4.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (4.17%) CentOS
6 10 (2.98%) Rocky
7 4 (1.19%) Android
7 4 (1.19%) Unix
8 3 (0.89%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.60%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.60%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.30%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.30%) VMS
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (13.39%) Software Engineering
3 37 (11.01%) Agile
4 34 (10.12%) CI/CD
5 32 (9.52%) Validation
6 29 (8.63%) Migration
7 28 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 24 (7.14%) DevOps
8 24 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 24 (7.14%) Test Automation
9 23 (6.85%) Change Management
9 23 (6.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 22 (6.55%) ITSM
11 19 (5.65%) ITIL
12 17 (5.06%) Security Monitoring
13 16 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
13 16 (4.76%) Project Management
13 16 (4.76%) Risk Management
14 15 (4.46%) Data Modelling
14 15 (4.46%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 34 (10.12%) Python
2 24 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 24 (7.14%) SQL
3 16 (4.76%) C++
4 13 (3.87%) C#
5 12 (3.57%) C
6 10 (2.98%) Bash
7 9 (2.68%) Ada
7 9 (2.68%) JavaScript
8 8 (2.38%) Java
8 8 (2.38%) MATLAB
9 6 (1.79%) Search Processing Language
9 6 (1.79%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.79%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.49%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (1.19%) Embedded C
11 4 (1.19%) SystemVerilog
12 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.30%) ProC
12 1 (0.30%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 210 (62.50%) SC Cleared
2 93 (27.68%) DV Cleared
3 25 (7.44%) Degree
4 15 (4.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (1.19%) CCNP
7 4 (1.19%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.89%) HNC
8 3 (0.89%) HND
8 3 (0.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (0.89%) MCSE
8 3 (0.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.60%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.60%) CCNA
9 2 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.60%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.76%) SLA
2 15 (4.46%) QA
3 13 (3.87%) Data Quality
4 11 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.98%) GDPR
6 4 (1.19%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.89%) DO-178B
7 3 (0.89%) DO-254
7 3 (0.89%) GRC
7 3 (0.89%) NCSC
8 2 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.60%) GxP
8 2 (0.60%) IEC 61508
8 2 (0.60%) ISA99
8 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.60%) NIST
8 2 (0.60%) PMO
9 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.30%) MISRA
System Software
1 29 (8.63%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.38%) Firmware
4 7 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.79%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.19%) Docker
6 4 (1.19%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (9.52%) Ansible
2 10 (2.98%) NetBackup
2 10 (2.98%) SCCM
3 9 (2.68%) Grafana
4 8 (2.38%) vCenter Server
5 7 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.79%) Kubernetes
6 6 (1.79%) Nessus
6 6 (1.79%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.79%) vRealize
6 6 (1.79%) WSUS
7 5 (1.49%) Check_MK
8 4 (1.19%) Podman
8 4 (1.19%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (1.19%) VxRail
9 3 (0.89%) SCOM
10 2 (0.60%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.60%) ServiceCenter
11 1 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 40 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.44%) VMware
3 23 (6.85%) SAP
3 23 (6.85%) Splunk
4 18 (5.36%) ServiceNow
5 15 (4.46%) Cisco
6 14 (4.17%) Oracle
7 11 (3.27%) NetApp
7 11 (3.27%) Remedy
8 10 (2.98%) Veeam
9 8 (2.38%) Dynatrace
10 7 (2.08%) BMC
10 7 (2.08%) Tenable
10 7 (2.08%) Xilinx
11 6 (1.79%) Dell
11 6 (1.79%) Intel
11 6 (1.79%) Sybase
12 5 (1.49%) Cribl.io
12 5 (1.49%) EMC
13 4 (1.19%) Microsemi