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 20 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	621	506	506
Rank change year-on-year	-115	0	+25
Contract jobs citing CTC Cleared	22	14	17
As % of all contract jobs in England	0.047%	0.050%	0.054%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.14%	0.15%	0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted	15	10	2
10^th Percentile	£432	£453	£583
25^th Percentile	£500	£500	£594
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£538	£525	£625
Median % change year-on-year	+2.38%	-16.00%	+15.74%
75^th Percentile	£588	£788	£644
90^th Percentile	£606	£853	£648
UK median daily rate	£538	£500	£523
% change year-on-year	+7.50%	-4.31%	-3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	4	0
Median hourly rate	£13.45	£18.82	-
Median % change year-on-year	-28.53%	-	-
UK median hourly rate	£13.45	£18.82	-
% change year-on-year	-28.53%	-	-

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.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	15,211	9,061	9,382
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	32.63%	32.18%	29.70%
Number of daily rates quoted	10,061	5,763	5,710
10^th Percentile	£355	£300	£313
25^th Percentile	£448	£413	£425
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£536	£525	£529
Median % change year-on-year	+2.00%	-0.76%	-3.82%
75^th Percentile	£638	£625	£638
90^th Percentile	£725	£713	£738
UK median daily rate	£535	£525	£525
% change year-on-year	+1.90%	-	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1,376	767	465
10^th Percentile	£17.17	£17.69	£19.51
25^th Percentile	£25.75	£18.87	£30.00
Median hourly rate	£47.77	£25.15	£52.50
Median % change year-on-year	+89.94%	-52.10%	-1.87%
75^th Percentile	£74.00	£42.63	£68.75
90^th Percentile	£90.50	£72.20	£75.00
UK median hourly rate	£43.96	£25.15	£47.50
% change year-on-year	+74.79%	-47.05%	-11.21%

CTC Cleared 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 Daily Rate Trend in England

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

CTC Cleared Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CTC Cleared in England over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CTC Cleared in England

CTC Cleared Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

CTC Cleared 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 20 October 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
London	-86	12	£550	+10.00%	7
South East	-51	7	£513	+60.16%	9
East of England	-29	1	-	-
North of England	-69	1	-	-	13
North East	-	1	-	-	3
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CTC Cleared Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing CTC Cleared also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for CTC Cleared.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	22
2	SC Cleared	50.0%	11
3	BPSS Clearance	27.3%	6
3	Continuous Improvement	27.3%	6
3	Decision-Making	27.3%	6
6	Azure	22.7%	5
6	Problem-Solving	22.7%	5
6	Stakeholder Engagement	22.7%	5
6	Stakeholder Management	22.7%	5
10	Agile	18.2%	4
10	Microsoft Excel	18.2%	4
12	Analytics	13.6%	3
12	Business Intelligence	13.6%	3
12	CAFM	13.6%	3
12	Collaborative Working	13.6%	3
12	Data Cleansing	13.6%	3
12	Data Migration	13.6%	3
12	Degree	13.6%	3
12	Disaster Recovery	13.6%	3
12	DV Cleared	13.6%	3
12	IaaS	13.6%	3
12	JIRA	13.6%	3
12	Kanban	13.6%	3
12	Migration	13.6%	3
12	PMI Certification	13.6%	3
12	Power BI	13.6%	3
12	Power Platform	13.6%	3
12	PRINCE2	13.6%	3
12	SQL	13.6%	3
12	Workshop Facilitation	13.6%	3

CTC Cleared Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	22
2	SC Cleared	50.0%	11
3	BPSS Clearance	27.3%	6
4	Degree	13.6%	3
4	DV Cleared	13.6%	3
4	PMI Certification	13.6%	3
7	ITIL Certification	4.5%	1