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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +5
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 190 258 409
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 19.63% 13.35% 20.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 56.89% 44.87% 59.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 124 219
10th Percentile £198 £202 £275
25th Percentile £275 £315 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £675
90th Percentile - £721 £700
England median daily rate £537 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.36% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 84 101
10th Percentile £14.99 £21.37 £17.50
25th Percentile £25.24 £21.46 £20.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £40.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -30.43% +15.00%
75th Percentile £75.63 £65.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £82.45 £75.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £56.49 £60.00
% change year-on-year -29.19% -5.85% +20.00%

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 334 575 683
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 34.50% 29.76% 34.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 220 344
10th Percentile £195 £213 £230
25th Percentile £319 £345 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £644
90th Percentile £625 £701 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 220 165
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £22.96 £16.30 £14.25
Median hourly rate £52.50 £36.27 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.74% +72.73% +6.01%
75th Percentile £75.63 £57.50 £61.25
90th Percentile £85.00 £73.43 £68.75
England median hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.75% -27.27% +37.50%

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 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the East of England

Security Cleared
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 31 May 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 31 May 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 - 101
Cambridgeshire +6 33 £500 -28.57% 34
Suffolk +1 24 £225 +2.27% 10
Bedfordshire +4 22 £308 -36.82% 40
Essex +11 6 £538 - 38
Norfolk - 2 £538 - 8
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 (8.95%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.26%) Confluence
3 7 (3.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.11%) Skype for Business
4 4 (2.11%) WebSphere
5 3 (1.58%) Apache
5 3 (1.58%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (1.58%) CMS
5 3 (1.58%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (1.05%) IIS
7 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 27 (14.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (5.26%) Simulink
5 4 (2.11%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (2.11%) Windchill
6 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (5.26%) Teamcenter
2 4 (2.11%) Primavera
3 2 (1.05%) Maximo
4 1 (0.53%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.53%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 27 (14.21%) Cohesity
2 18 (9.47%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (6.32%) Azure
4 9 (4.74%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.11%) GitHub
6 3 (1.58%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.53%) AWS
7 1 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.53%) GCP
7 1 (0.53%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 44 (23.16%) DNS
2 25 (13.16%) SAN
3 15 (7.89%) Network Security
3 15 (7.89%) SMTP
4 14 (7.37%) VPN
5 13 (6.84%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (6.32%) FTP
6 12 (6.32%) HTTP
6 12 (6.32%) SSL
7 9 (4.74%) TCP/IP
8 8 (4.21%) Ethernet
8 8 (4.21%) Firewall
9 7 (3.68%) Skype
10 4 (2.11%) VSAN
11 3 (1.58%) IMAP
11 3 (1.58%) SpaceWire
12 1 (0.53%) Fibre Channel
12 1 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (0.53%) SNA
12 1 (0.53%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.11%) DB2
1 4 (2.11%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.58%) Power BI
3 2 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.05%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.05%) Metadata
4 1 (0.53%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.53%) Flink
4 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.63%) Hudson
2 4 (2.11%) Eclipse
2 4 (2.11%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.05%) Git
3 2 (1.05%) Rational Statemate
4 1 (0.53%) GitLab
4 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.53%) JIRA
4 1 (0.53%) MSI
General
1 90 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 20 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (9.47%) Presentation Skills
4 12 (6.32%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.74%) Electronics
5 9 (4.74%) Finance
6 8 (4.21%) Aerospace
6 8 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.68%) Military
8 6 (3.16%) Legal
9 5 (2.63%) Aviation
9 5 (2.63%) Games
9 5 (2.63%) Law
10 4 (2.11%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.58%) Billing
11 3 (1.58%) Marketing
11 3 (1.58%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.53%) Avionics
13 1 (0.53%) German Language
Job Titles
1 36 (18.95%) Analyst
2 17 (8.95%) Service Analyst
2 17 (8.95%) Service Desk Analyst
2 17 (8.95%) Systems Engineer
3 15 (7.89%) SOC Analyst
4 14 (7.37%) Senior
5 12 (6.32%) Architect
5 12 (6.32%) Technical Analyst
5 12 (6.32%) Technical Services Analyst
6 11 (5.79%) Support Engineer
7 10 (5.26%) Desktop Engineer
8 9 (4.74%) Consultant
8 9 (4.74%) Desktop Support
8 9 (4.74%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 9 (4.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (4.21%) Principal Engineer
9 8 (4.21%) Project Manager
10 6 (3.16%) FPGA Engineer
10 6 (3.16%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 5 (2.63%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.32%) LDAP
2 6 (3.16%) Web Services
3 3 (1.58%) Node.js
3 3 (1.58%) XML
4 2 (1.05%) SOAP
5 1 (0.53%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (0.53%) CSS
5 1 (0.53%) Kafka
5 1 (0.53%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (8.42%) Management Information System
3 13 (6.84%) Analytical Mindset
3 13 (6.84%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (6.32%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (5.26%) Cyberattack
5 10 (5.26%) FPGA
6 8 (4.21%) Algorithms
6 8 (4.21%) Verilog
7 7 (3.68%) Driving Licence
7 7 (3.68%) iPad
7 7 (3.68%) iPhone
8 6 (3.16%) CMDB
8 6 (3.16%) CSOC
9 5 (2.63%) PCIe
9 5 (2.63%) VHDL
10 4 (2.11%) Blackberry
10 4 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (2.11%) YubiKey
11 3 (1.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 62 (32.63%) Windows
2 28 (14.74%) Windows Server
3 21 (11.05%) Windows Server 2016
3 21 (11.05%) Windows Server 2019
4 12 (6.32%) Linux
5 7 (3.68%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.58%) Unix
7 1 (0.53%) Android
7 1 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (28.42%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (14.74%) ITIL
2 28 (14.74%) SIEM
3 27 (14.21%) Agile
4 21 (11.05%) Customer Service
5 20 (10.53%) Build Automation
5 20 (10.53%) Deployment Automation
5 20 (10.53%) Operations Management
6 19 (10.00%) Time Management
7 16 (8.42%) ITSM
8 15 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (7.89%) Incident Management
8 15 (7.89%) PRINCE2
9 14 (7.37%) Customer Requirements
9 14 (7.37%) Inventory Management
9 14 (7.37%) Service Delivery
10 12 (6.32%) Cryptography
10 12 (6.32%) Data Management
10 12 (6.32%) Project Management
10 12 (6.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 37 (19.47%) PowerShell
2 11 (5.79%) Python
3 10 (5.26%) MATLAB
4 9 (4.74%) SQL
5 8 (4.21%) SystemVerilog
5 8 (4.21%) Tcl
6 5 (2.63%) C
6 5 (2.63%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.11%) Bash
7 4 (2.11%) C#
7 4 (2.11%) C++
8 3 (1.58%) Java
9 2 (1.05%) VBA
10 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 147 (77.37%) SC Cleared
2 53 (27.89%) DV Cleared
3 22 (11.58%) Degree
4 13 (6.84%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (6.32%) A+ Certification
5 12 (6.32%) MCSA
5 12 (6.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (4.74%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.63%) HNC
7 5 (2.63%) HND
8 3 (1.58%) CISSP
8 3 (1.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.05%) GCIA
9 2 (1.05%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (1.05%) VCAP
9 2 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.53%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.53%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.21%) QA
2 7 (3.68%) SLA
3 5 (2.63%) DO-254
4 3 (1.58%) NIST
5 2 (1.05%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.53%) GDPR
6 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.53%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.53%) NCSC
6 1 (0.53%) NIST 800
System Software
1 53 (27.89%) Active Directory
2 26 (13.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (10.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 20 (10.53%) Virtual Servers
4 9 (4.74%) Firmware
5 5 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.63%) VMware NSX
6 4 (2.11%) Hyper-V
6 4 (2.11%) vSphere
7 3 (1.58%) Docker
8 1 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (15.26%) Ansible
2 25 (13.16%) WSUS
3 24 (12.63%) SCCM
4 8 (4.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (3.68%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (3.16%) VxRail
7 5 (2.63%) Terraform
8 4 (2.11%) Kubernetes
9 3 (1.58%) Nessus
9 3 (1.58%) PowerCLI
9 3 (1.58%) vCenter Server
10 2 (1.05%) Avamar
10 2 (1.05%) vRealize
11 1 (0.53%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.53%) Puppet
11 1 (0.53%) SCOM
11 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 73 (38.42%) Microsoft
2 35 (18.42%) VMware
3 25 (13.16%) NetApp
4 24 (12.63%) Splunk
5 21 (11.05%) ServiceNow
6 12 (6.32%) Citrix
7 9 (4.74%) Xilinx
8 8 (4.21%) Apple
9 7 (3.68%) Dell
9 7 (3.68%) Intel
9 7 (3.68%) McAfee
9 7 (3.68%) Microsemi
9 7 (3.68%) Samsung
9 7 (3.68%) SOTI
10 6 (3.16%) SAP
11 5 (2.63%) Actel
11 5 (2.63%) Altera
11 5 (2.63%) IFS
11 5 (2.63%) LogRhythm
12 4 (2.11%) Twitter