CTC Cleared Contract Job Trends in England

Counter-Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CTC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 525 449 488
Rank change year-on-year -76 +39 +165
Contract jobs citing CTC Cleared 39 29 55
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% 0.38% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 18 31
10th Percentile £415 £359 £256
25th Percentile £469 £416 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £519 £494
Median % change year-on-year +6.08% +4.98% -6.06%
75th Percentile £620 £588 £600
90th Percentile £750 £608 £638
UK median daily rate £573 £525 £494
% change year-on-year +9.05% +6.30% -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.35 £24.50 £19.99
Median hourly rate £17.05 £26.34 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -35.26% +23.93% -
75th Percentile £18.17 £28.17 £22.52
90th Percentile £18.73 - £27.02
UK median hourly rate £17.05 £26.34 £21.25
% change year-on-year -35.26% +23.93% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CTC 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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,190 7,616 11,780
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.25% 30.44% 31.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,103 4,719 7,262
10th Percentile £325 £285 £290
25th Percentile £422 £413 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £730 £738
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.60% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 946 391 910
10th Percentile £16.17 £20.12 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.35 £25.26 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.20 £50.00 £40.28
Median % change year-on-year -49.61% +24.15% -17.81%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.34 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.00 £82.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £42.21 £40.28
% change year-on-year -38.94% +4.79% -19.45%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CTC Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

CTC Cleared job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CTC Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CTC Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CTC Cleared in England over the 6 months to 3 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CTC Cleared in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CTC Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CTC Cleared

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CTC Cleared within the England region over the 6 months to 3 March 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
East of England -12 14 £600 +33.33% 1
London -40 14 £525 +0.19% 2
North West -35 4 £469 -6.25%
North of England -62 4 £469 -18.48% 3
South West -16 1 £500 - 1
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (41.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.56%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) Azure
1 4 (10.26%) GitHub
1 4 (10.26%) GitHub Actions
1 4 (10.26%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.13%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (5.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 2 (5.13%) Copilot Studio
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (5.13%) Power Automate
2 2 (5.13%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.56%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (5.13%) Delta Lake
2 2 (5.13%) Parquet
2 2 (5.13%) Power BI
2 2 (5.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 17 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 14 (35.90%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (35.90%) Organisational Skills
3 13 (33.33%) Legal
4 10 (25.64%) Public Sector
5 4 (10.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.13%) Billing
6 2 (5.13%) Finance
7 1 (2.56%) Local Government
7 1 (2.56%) Police
Job Titles
1 12 (30.77%) Security Officer
2 9 (23.08%) Developer
3 4 (10.26%) Data Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Lead
3 4 (10.26%) ServiceNow Developer
4 2 (5.13%) Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Architect
4 2 (5.13%) Business Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Business Architect
4 2 (5.13%) Deployment Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Developer
4 2 (5.13%) Node.js Developer
4 2 (5.13%) Power Platform Developer
4 2 (5.13%) Project Leader
4 2 (5.13%) Telephony Engineer
5 1 (2.56%) Programme Manager
5 1 (2.56%) Programme Test Manager
5 1 (2.56%) Project Manager
5 1 (2.56%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (2.56%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.26%) JSON
2 2 (5.13%) AngularJS
2 2 (5.13%) Express.js
2 2 (5.13%) Great Expectations
2 2 (5.13%) Node.js
2 2 (5.13%) PySpark
2 2 (5.13%) SignalR
2 2 (5.13%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 13 (33.33%) Insider Threat
2 3 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.13%) Handset
4 1 (2.56%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.56%) NHS
4 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (41.03%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (35.90%) Data Protection
2 14 (35.90%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (33.33%) Information Security
4 12 (30.77%) Analytical Thinking
5 4 (10.26%) CI/CD
5 4 (10.26%) Containerisation
5 4 (10.26%) Observability
5 4 (10.26%) Project Delivery
5 4 (10.26%) RBAC
5 4 (10.26%) Roadmaps
5 4 (10.26%) Validation
6 3 (7.69%) Knowledge Transfer
6 3 (7.69%) Service Delivery
6 3 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (5.13%) API Integration
7 2 (5.13%) Change Data Capture
7 2 (5.13%) Coaching
7 2 (5.13%) Mentoring
7 2 (5.13%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.82%) SQL
2 2 (5.13%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.56%) Python
3 1 (2.56%) R
Qualifications
1 39 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 27 (69.23%) SC Cleared
3 15 (38.46%) DV Cleared
4 3 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.56%) Degree
5 1 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) PMO
Vendors
1 15 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.13%) Databricks
4 1 (2.56%) Oracle