Security Cleared Contracts in Essex

Security Clearance
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 14 3
Rank change year-on-year +9 -11 +13
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 15 8 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 13.39% 6.25% 19.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 41.67% 38.10% 59.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 18
10th Percentile - - £375
25th Percentile - £713 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £153 £725 £538
Median % change year-on-year -78.90% +34.88% -2.27%
75th Percentile - £738 £631
90th Percentile - - £677
East of England median daily rate £550 £540 £575
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 3
10th Percentile - - £59.50
25th Percentile - £54.75 £64.38
Median hourly rate £18.87 £65.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.97% -13.33% +87.50%
75th Percentile - £78.31 £78.75
90th Percentile £25.15 £80.00 £79.50
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £56.25 £49.00
% change year-on-year -24.44% +14.80% -2.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 36 21 91
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 32.14% 16.41% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 38
10th Percentile £153 £158 £241
25th Percentile - £316 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £388 £569 £575
90th Percentile £429 £614 £677
East of England median daily rate £530 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 8 6
10th Percentile - £33.25 £39.17
25th Percentile - £51.25 £58.44
Median hourly rate £18.87 £59.50 £67.59
Median % change year-on-year -68.29% -11.97% +68.97%
75th Percentile £22.38 £74.94 £75.69
90th Percentile £25.15 £80.00 £78.75
East of England median hourly rate £32.74 £43.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -23.87% +104.76% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Essex

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Essex.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Essex

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Essex.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Essex

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Essex

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Essex over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Essex

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Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
Colchester - 13 £153 - 1
Basildon -1 1 - - 10
Saffron Walden - 1 - - 7
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East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) SAP PP
General
1 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Migration Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Desktop Migration Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) IT Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) SAP PP Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 10 (66.67%) Ticket Management
2 5 (33.33%) Migration
3 3 (20.00%) Workflow
3 3 (20.00%) Workflow Management
4 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) Time Management
5 1 (6.67%) Data Migration
5 1 (6.67%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (6.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 14 (93.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) SAP