CTC Cleared Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Counter-Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for CTC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 - 70
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CTC Cleared 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.85% - 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.34% - 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
East of England median daily rate £600 - £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £17.24 - -
25th Percentile £17.83 - -
Median hourly rate £18.82 - £67.56
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £18.82 - £67.56

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 171 234 330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 36.38% 40.07% 42.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 84 186
10th Percentile £380 £306 £350
25th Percentile £500 £441 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year - -10.20% +16.67%
75th Percentile £597 £575 £700
90th Percentile £700 £600 £819
East of England median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 78 67
10th Percentile £16.97 £35.00 £20.90
25th Percentile £21.13 - £42.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £43.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -28.33% -
75th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.25 £84.36
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% +95.45% +4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

CTC Cleared job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 4 October 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
Hatfield - 3 - -
Letchworth - 1 £600 -
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East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (25.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) OCI
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Legal
2 3 (75.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Local Government
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Security Officer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) PMO Lead
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Insider Threat
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Budget Control
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Critical Path Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle