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 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 587 487 526
Rank change year-on-year -100 +39 +58
Contract jobs citing CTC Cleared 33 13 31
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.073% 0.048% 0.086%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.15% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 9 15
10th Percentile £428 £432 £256
25th Percentile £456 £482 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £512 £494
Median % change year-on-year +7.42% +3.67% -10.20%
75th Percentile £604 £542 £625
90th Percentile £655 £765 £641
UK median daily rate £550 £512 £494
% change year-on-year +7.37% +3.72% -10.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
Median hourly rate £16.35 £48.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -66.46% - -
UK median hourly rate £16.35 £48.75 £12.50
% change year-on-year -66.46% +290.00% -

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 14,226 8,407 11,056
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.61% 30.88% 30.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,595 5,311 6,932
10th Percentile £350 £285 £313
25th Percentile £430 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £537
Median % change year-on-year - -2.28% -2.32%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £717 £716 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -0.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,061 603 934
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.13 £14.26
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £26.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +103.77% -38.37% -22.17%
75th Percentile £74.26 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.96 £76.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £51.22 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +103.66% -40.82% -24.71%

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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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -39 23 £550 +4.96% 2
South East -54 4 £462 +44.29% 1
East of England - 2 - -
South West -38 1 £500 -41.18%
North West -54 1 £450 -33.33%
North of England -83 1 £450 -12.20% 16
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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 1 (3.03%) Anypoint
Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (3.03%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Maximo
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.15%) Azure
1 5 (15.15%) Power Platform
2 3 (9.09%) IaaS
2 3 (9.09%) SaaS
3 2 (6.06%) Copilot Studio
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (6.06%) Power Automate
3 2 (6.06%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.03%) OCI
4 1 (3.03%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) Power BI
2 1 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (12.12%) JIRA
General
1 11 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Police
5 3 (9.09%) Legal
5 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Finance
6 2 (6.06%) Local Government
7 1 (3.03%) Aviation
7 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.03%) Law
7 1 (3.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Lead
2 4 (12.12%) Developer
3 3 (9.09%) Commercial Manager
3 3 (9.09%) PMO Lead
4 2 (6.06%) Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Developer
4 2 (6.06%) Power Platform Developer
4 2 (6.06%) Security Officer
4 2 (6.06%) Senior
5 1 (3.03%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (3.03%) Data Analysis Business Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) Data Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) Data Migration Lead
5 1 (3.03%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Migration Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) Power BI Developer
5 1 (3.03%) Report Developer
5 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
5 1 (3.03%) Senior Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.12%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.03%) JSON
2 1 (3.03%) JWT
2 1 (3.03%) OAuth
2 1 (3.03%) OAuth2
2 1 (3.03%) OpenAPI
2 1 (3.03%) RAML
2 1 (3.03%) Swagger
2 1 (3.03%) XML
2 1 (3.03%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Onboarding
1 3 (9.09%) PMI
2 2 (6.06%) Insider Threat
2 2 (6.06%) Synthetic Data
3 1 (3.03%) AI Agents
3 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (18.18%) Agile
2 6 (18.18%) Decision-Making
2 6 (18.18%) PRINCE2
2 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (12.12%) CAFM
4 4 (12.12%) Data Modelling
4 4 (12.12%) Information Security
4 4 (12.12%) Project Delivery
5 3 (9.09%) Analytical Thinking
5 3 (9.09%) API Integration
5 3 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (9.09%) Integration Patterns
5 3 (9.09%) Kanban
5 3 (9.09%) Migration
5 3 (9.09%) Project Management
5 3 (9.09%) Validation
5 3 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 33 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (42.42%) SC Cleared
3 9 (27.27%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (21.21%) PMI Certification
5 4 (12.12%) Degree
5 4 (12.12%) PMP
6 3 (9.09%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.15%) PMO
2 3 (9.09%) P3O
3 2 (6.06%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.03%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.03%) ISO 31000
4 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (12.12%) Oracle
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.06%) Planon
4 1 (3.03%) IBM
4 1 (3.03%) MuleSoft
4 1 (3.03%) Progress
4 1 (3.03%) SAP
4 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow