SC Cleared Contracts in the East of England

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 176 291 288
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 9.05% 14.88% 11.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.88% 42.36% 36.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 149 128
10th Percentile £175 £273 £284
25th Percentile £214 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year -31.00% -2.20% +13.61%
75th Percentile £505 £631 £592
90th Percentile £700 £700 £658
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 85 92
10th Percentile £21.37 £19.06 £18.75
25th Percentile £21.46 £20.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +15.00% +51.52%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 £51.43
% change year-on-year -13.04% +11.81% +21.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

SC Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 589 687 787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 30.28% 35.12% 30.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 350 389
10th Percentile £219 £257 £213
25th Percentile £345 £366 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £590 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £716 £675
England median daily rate £536 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 160 215
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.65 £14.25 £13.83
Median hourly rate £40.00 £21.00 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year +90.48% +6.01% -14.65%
75th Percentile £59.38 £61.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.60 £65.38 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.13 £55.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -27.05% +35.80% +15.71%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the East of England

SC Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in the East of England

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the East of England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in the East of England

SC Cleared
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in the East of England

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in the East of England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in the East of England

SC Cleared
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the East of England region over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. 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
Hertfordshire -3 108 £340 -20.00% 59
Cambridgeshire -9 37 £465 +52.46% 12
Bedfordshire +4 21 £488 -18.75% 17
Essex -19 6 - - 5
Suffolk +6 4 £220 -68.57% 1
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.27%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.70%) IIS
2 3 (1.70%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.14%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (1.70%) Primavera
2 2 (1.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 17 (9.66%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (2.27%) Azure
3 1 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.84%) VPN
3 4 (2.27%) Firewall
4 3 (1.70%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.14%) WAN
6 1 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.57%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.57%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.57%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.57%) LAN
6 1 (0.57%) Network Security
6 1 (0.57%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.57%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.57%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.57%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 8 (4.55%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (2.84%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.70%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.14%) CppUnit
4 2 (1.14%) PVCS
5 1 (0.57%) JIRA
5 1 (0.57%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.57%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 63 (35.80%) Social Skills
2 56 (31.82%) Aerospace
3 40 (22.73%) Electronics
4 35 (19.89%) Manufacturing
5 20 (11.36%) Retail
6 16 (9.09%) Public Sector
7 9 (5.11%) Finance
8 7 (3.98%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (2.84%) Aviation
9 5 (2.84%) Military
10 3 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.57%) Advertising
12 1 (0.57%) Automotive
12 1 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.57%) Publishing
12 1 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (28.98%) Analyst
2 35 (19.89%) Service Analyst
2 35 (19.89%) Service Desk Analyst
3 33 (18.75%) Architect
4 31 (17.61%) Test Architect
5 14 (7.95%) Systems Engineer
6 13 (7.39%) Principal Engineer
7 12 (6.82%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
8 11 (6.25%) Support Analyst
8 11 (6.25%) Technical Analyst
8 11 (6.25%) Technical Support
8 11 (6.25%) Technical Support Analyst
9 10 (5.68%) Lead
10 9 (5.11%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 9 (5.11%) Software Engineer
10 9 (5.11%) Support Engineer
11 7 (3.98%) Developer
11 7 (3.98%) Project Manager
12 6 (3.41%) Configuration Manager
12 6 (3.41%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.41%) Web Services
2 2 (1.14%) HTML
3 1 (0.57%) .NET
3 1 (0.57%) Node.js
3 1 (0.57%) SGML
3 1 (0.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (19.89%) Analogue Electronics
2 5 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.27%) iPad
3 4 (2.27%) iPhone
3 4 (2.27%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (1.14%) Verilog
4 2 (1.14%) VHDL
5 1 (0.57%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.57%) CMDB
5 1 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.57%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.66%) Windows
2 8 (4.55%) Linux
3 5 (2.84%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.27%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.57%) VMS
6 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (25.00%) Project Management
2 36 (20.45%) Stakeholder Management
3 35 (19.89%) Test Strategy
4 34 (19.32%) Customer Service
5 27 (15.34%) ITIL
6 21 (11.93%) Incident Management
7 17 (9.66%) Software Engineering
8 16 (9.09%) Agile
9 13 (7.39%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (6.25%) Configuration Management
11 10 (5.68%) Service Management
12 9 (5.11%) PRINCE2
12 9 (5.11%) Validation
13 8 (4.55%) Change Management
13 8 (4.55%) Systems Engineering
14 7 (3.98%) OO
14 7 (3.98%) PLM
15 6 (3.41%) Coaching
15 6 (3.41%) Cybersecurity
15 6 (3.41%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.25%) C++
2 7 (3.98%) SQL
3 6 (3.41%) C#
4 5 (2.84%) MATLAB
5 4 (2.27%) C
6 3 (1.70%) Ada
7 1 (0.57%) Java
7 1 (0.57%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.57%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 176 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 16 (9.09%) A+ Certification
2 16 (9.09%) MCSA
2 16 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (8.52%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (4.55%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.98%) Degree
6 6 (3.41%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (3.41%) MCP
7 2 (1.14%) CCENT
7 2 (1.14%) HNC
7 2 (1.14%) HND
7 2 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.57%) CCNP
8 1 (0.57%) CCSA
8 1 (0.57%) CISSP
8 1 (0.57%) JNCIA
8 1 (0.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.84%) SLA
3 3 (1.70%) PMO
4 2 (1.14%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.57%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.57%) DO-254
5 1 (0.57%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.57%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.57%) NCSC
5 1 (0.57%) NIST
5 1 (0.57%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.57%) QA
System Software
1 9 (5.11%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.70%) Firmware
4 2 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.57%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.57%) SCCM
2 1 (0.57%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (10.23%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.66%) ServiceNow
3 16 (9.09%) Citrix
4 11 (6.25%) Sun
5 10 (5.68%) Cisco
6 5 (2.84%) Twitter
7 3 (1.70%) Darktrace
7 3 (1.70%) IBM
7 3 (1.70%) Keysight
7 3 (1.70%) SAP
7 3 (1.70%) Varonis
8 2 (1.14%) EMC
8 2 (1.14%) McAfee
8 2 (1.14%) Micro Focus
8 2 (1.14%) VMware
8 2 (1.14%) Xilinx
9 1 (0.57%) Actel
9 1 (0.57%) Blue Coat
9 1 (0.57%) Lattice Semiconductor
9 1 (0.57%) Splunk