Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Security Clearance
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 165 79 180
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 24.92% 20.47% 26.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 75.69% 61.24% 68.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 30 102
10th Percentile £320 £310 £413
25th Percentile £406 £466 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £587 £600 £738
90th Percentile £690 £613 £848
East of England median daily rate £500 £488 £613
% change year-on-year +2.56% -20.41% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 33 40
10th Percentile £16.51 £35.00 £21.80
25th Percentile £18.93 £40.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +32.65% -24.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £61.25
90th Percentile £68.25 £74.75 £74.88
East of England median hourly rate £23.83 £57.50 £44.75
% change year-on-year -58.57% +28.49% -16.47%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 218 129 264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 32.93% 33.42% 38.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 44 144
10th Percentile £353 £295 £400
25th Percentile £450 £400 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £613
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -11.02% +10.73%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £725
90th Percentile £700 £671 £821
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +3.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 51 65
10th Percentile £16.76 £35.00 £25.50
25th Percentile £19.42 £47.50 £42.25
Median hourly rate £42.75 £66.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.23% +10.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £85.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.63 £95.00 £84.36
East of England median hourly rate £22.79 £60.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -62.02% +100.00% +42.86%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Security 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 Security Cleared.

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Hertfordshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Hertfordshire

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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 Security Cleared within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Stevenage 0 90 £558 +6.19% 200
Hatfield -2 51 £528 +5.60% 8
Hemel Hempstead -5 5 £526 -12.42% 16
Watford 0 2 £550 +37.41% 11
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.21%) Apache
1 2 (1.21%) IIS
1 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.21%) WebSphere
2 1 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (0.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (9.70%) Spreadsheet
2 13 (7.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (3.03%) FrameMaker
5 3 (1.82%) Simulink
6 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.61%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (1.21%) Maximo
2 1 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.61%) Primavera
2 1 (0.61%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.61%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 6 (3.64%) npm
2 5 (3.03%) Azure
3 4 (2.42%) AWS
4 3 (1.82%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (1.21%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.21%) SaaS
6 1 (0.61%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.61%) GCP
6 1 (0.61%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.61%) OCI
6 1 (0.61%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.61%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.61%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.27%) DNS
2 11 (6.67%) FTP
2 11 (6.67%) HTTP
2 11 (6.67%) Network Security
2 11 (6.67%) SMTP
2 11 (6.67%) SSL
3 4 (2.42%) BGP
3 4 (2.42%) Firewall
3 4 (2.42%) OSPF
3 4 (2.42%) SpaceWire
3 4 (2.42%) Structured Cabling
3 4 (2.42%) VLAN
3 4 (2.42%) VPN
3 4 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.82%) Ethernet
4 3 (1.82%) RS-232
5 2 (1.21%) SAN
5 2 (1.21%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.61%) DWDM
6 1 (0.61%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (1.21%) DB2
1 2 (1.21%) Power BI
1 2 (1.21%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (5.45%) JIRA
2 8 (4.85%) Visual Studio
3 6 (3.64%) Artifactory
3 6 (3.64%) GitLab
4 4 (2.42%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (1.21%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.21%) Git
General
1 71 (43.03%) Social Skills
2 27 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (13.33%) Aerospace
4 16 (9.70%) Organisational Skills
4 16 (9.70%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.67%) Legal
6 9 (5.45%) Law
7 8 (4.85%) Aviation
8 7 (4.24%) Electronics
9 6 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (3.64%) Publishing
10 5 (3.03%) Military
11 4 (2.42%) Finance
11 4 (2.42%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.82%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.21%) Marketing
14 1 (0.61%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 25 (15.15%) Software Engineer
2 16 (9.70%) Analyst
3 13 (7.88%) Administrator
3 13 (7.88%) Developer
3 13 (7.88%) SOC Analyst
4 11 (6.67%) Embedded Engineer
4 11 (6.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 10 (6.06%) Consultant
6 9 (5.45%) Security Officer
7 8 (4.85%) Project Manager
8 7 (4.24%) Ada Engineer
8 7 (4.24%) Ada Software Engineer
8 7 (4.24%) ServiceNow Developer
9 6 (3.64%) Author
9 6 (3.64%) Full-Stack Developer
9 6 (3.64%) IT Support
9 6 (3.64%) Network Engineer
9 6 (3.64%) Systems Engineer
9 6 (3.64%) Technical Author
10 5 (3.03%) Electrical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.67%) LDAP
2 9 (5.45%) XML
3 8 (4.85%) Node.js
4 7 (4.24%) .NET
4 7 (4.24%) AngularJS
5 6 (3.64%) .NET Framework
5 6 (3.64%) CSS
5 6 (3.64%) HTML
5 6 (3.64%) React
5 6 (3.64%) SGML
5 6 (3.64%) Svelte
5 6 (3.64%) Vue
6 5 (3.03%) SOAP
6 5 (3.03%) Web Services
7 3 (1.82%) Flash
8 2 (1.21%) REST
9 1 (0.61%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.70%) Cyber Threat
2 12 (7.27%) Management Information System
3 11 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 11 (6.67%) CSOC
3 11 (6.67%) Cyberattack
3 11 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
4 8 (4.85%) Insider Threat
5 7 (4.24%) Algorithms
5 7 (4.24%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.64%) Data Structures
6 6 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (3.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 5 (3.03%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.82%) Analogue Electronics
8 3 (1.82%) CAN bus
8 3 (1.82%) FPGA
8 3 (1.82%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.82%) VHDL
9 2 (1.21%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.61%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.48%) Windows
2 13 (7.88%) Linux
3 6 (3.64%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.61%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.61%) Unix
4 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (18.18%) Software Engineering
2 26 (15.76%) Time Management
3 22 (13.33%) Information Security
4 20 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (10.30%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (9.70%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (9.09%) Agile
7 15 (9.09%) Incident Response
7 15 (9.09%) Security Operations
7 15 (9.09%) Threat Detection
8 14 (8.48%) AI
8 14 (8.48%) Threat Modelling
9 12 (7.27%) CI/CD
9 12 (7.27%) Root Cause Analysis
10 11 (6.67%) Analytics
10 11 (6.67%) Behavioural Analytics
10 11 (6.67%) Information Management
10 11 (6.67%) Machine Learning
10 11 (6.67%) Network Packet Capture
10 11 (6.67%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 20 (12.12%) Python
2 18 (10.91%) C++
3 15 (9.09%) C
4 14 (8.48%) JavaScript
5 12 (7.27%) C#
5 12 (7.27%) PowerShell
6 8 (4.85%) Ada
7 6 (3.64%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.82%) Embedded C
8 3 (1.82%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.82%) SQL
9 2 (1.21%) Java
10 1 (0.61%) ABAP
10 1 (0.61%) Bash
10 1 (0.61%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.61%) Tcl
10 1 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 136 (82.42%) SC Cleared
2 24 (14.55%) DV Cleared
3 16 (9.70%) Degree
4 13 (7.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (5.45%) CTC Cleared
6 6 (3.64%) HNC
6 6 (3.64%) HND
6 6 (3.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (2.42%) CCNP
7 4 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.82%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.61%) CISM
9 1 (0.61%) CISSP
9 1 (0.61%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.61%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.52%) SLA
2 10 (6.06%) QA
3 5 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.03%) GDPR
3 5 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.03%) NIST
4 4 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.61%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (5.45%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.64%) Docker
3 3 (1.82%) Firmware
3 3 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.61%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 6 (3.64%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (2.42%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.82%) PingFederate
4 3 (1.82%) SCCM
5 1 (0.61%) SCOM
5 1 (0.61%) ServiceCenter
5 1 (0.61%) vRealize
Vendors
1 42 (25.45%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.09%) SAP
3 14 (8.48%) ServiceNow
4 6 (3.64%) Computacenter
5 5 (3.03%) Cisco
5 5 (3.03%) Palo Alto
6 4 (2.42%) Fortinet
6 4 (2.42%) VMware
7 3 (1.82%) IBM
8 2 (1.21%) Dell
8 2 (1.21%) HP
8 2 (1.21%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.21%) Pega
8 2 (1.21%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.61%) Apple
9 1 (0.61%) F5
9 1 (0.61%) Juniper
9 1 (0.61%) Nokia
9 1 (0.61%) PTC
9 1 (0.61%) Red Hat