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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 7 11
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 167 295 282
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 8.63% 15.13% 11.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.89% 42.94% 36.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 153 125
10th Percentile £175 £273 £275
25th Percentile £214 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -31.00% -1.96% +13.33%
75th Percentile £505 £631 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £665
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 87 89
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% +48.06%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.03 £70.00 £61.30
England median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 £52.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% +10.58% +22.35%

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 578 687 770
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 29.87% 35.23% 30.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 351 379
10th Percentile £213 £230 £223
25th Percentile £345 £369 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +6.15%
75th Percentile £600 £644 £588
90th Percentile £701 £700 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 161 210
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £14.25 £13.41
Median hourly rate £36.27 £21.00 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year +72.73% +6.01% -14.65%
75th Percentile £57.50 £61.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.43 £68.75 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.75
% change year-on-year -27.27% +38.36% +8.90%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -3 104 £340 -20.00% 41
Cambridgeshire -7 37 £465 +48.80% 4
Bedfordshire -2 16 £488 -18.75% 17
Essex -19 6 - - 11
Suffolk +3 4 £220 -68.57%
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 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.80%) IIS
2 3 (1.80%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.20%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Primavera
1 2 (1.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 17 (10.18%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (2.40%) Azure
3 1 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.58%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.99%) VPN
3 4 (2.40%) Firewall
4 3 (1.80%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.20%) WAN
6 1 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.60%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.60%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.60%) LAN
6 1 (0.60%) Network Security
6 1 (0.60%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.60%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 7 (4.19%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (2.99%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.80%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.20%) CppUnit
4 2 (1.20%) PVCS
5 1 (0.60%) JIRA
5 1 (0.60%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.60%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 62 (37.13%) Social Skills
2 55 (32.93%) Aerospace
3 39 (23.35%) Electronics
4 33 (19.76%) Manufacturing
5 20 (11.98%) Retail
6 16 (9.58%) Public Sector
7 9 (5.39%) Finance
8 7 (4.19%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (2.99%) Military
10 4 (2.40%) Aviation
11 3 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.60%) Advertising
13 1 (0.60%) Automotive
13 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.60%) Publishing
13 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (30.54%) Analyst
2 35 (20.96%) Service Analyst
2 35 (20.96%) Service Desk Analyst
3 33 (19.76%) Architect
4 31 (18.56%) Test Architect
5 12 (7.19%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
6 11 (6.59%) Support Analyst
6 11 (6.59%) Technical Analyst
6 11 (6.59%) Technical Support
6 11 (6.59%) Technical Support Analyst
7 10 (5.99%) Systems Engineer
8 9 (5.39%) Lead
8 9 (5.39%) Principal Engineer
8 9 (5.39%) Support Engineer
9 8 (4.79%) Software Engineer
10 7 (4.19%) Developer
11 6 (3.59%) Configuration Manager
11 6 (3.59%) Project Manager
11 6 (3.59%) Senior
12 5 (2.99%) Principal Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.59%) Web Services
2 2 (1.20%) HTML
3 1 (0.60%) .NET
3 1 (0.60%) Node.js
3 1 (0.60%) SGML
3 1 (0.60%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (20.36%) Analogue Electronics
2 5 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.40%) iPad
3 4 (2.40%) iPhone
3 4 (2.40%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (1.20%) Verilog
4 2 (1.20%) VHDL
5 1 (0.60%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.60%) CMDB
5 1 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.60%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 17 (10.18%) Windows
2 8 (4.79%) Linux
3 5 (2.99%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.40%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.60%) VMS
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (24.55%) Project Management
2 35 (20.96%) Stakeholder Management
3 34 (20.36%) Customer Service
4 33 (19.76%) Test Strategy
5 27 (16.17%) ITIL
6 21 (12.57%) Incident Management
7 16 (9.58%) Agile
7 16 (9.58%) Software Engineering
8 13 (7.78%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (6.59%) Configuration Management
10 10 (5.99%) Service Management
11 9 (5.39%) PRINCE2
12 8 (4.79%) Change Management
12 8 (4.79%) Validation
13 7 (4.19%) PLM
13 7 (4.19%) Systems Engineering
14 6 (3.59%) Collaborative Working
14 6 (3.59%) Customer-Centricity
14 6 (3.59%) OO
14 6 (3.59%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.59%) C++
2 7 (4.19%) SQL
3 6 (3.59%) C#
4 5 (2.99%) MATLAB
5 4 (2.40%) C
6 3 (1.80%) Ada
7 1 (0.60%) Java
7 1 (0.60%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.60%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 167 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 16 (9.58%) A+ Certification
2 16 (9.58%) MCSA
2 16 (9.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (8.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (4.79%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (3.59%) Degree
5 6 (3.59%) MCP
6 2 (1.20%) CCENT
6 2 (1.20%) HNC
6 2 (1.20%) HND
6 2 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.60%) CCNP
7 1 (0.60%) CCSA
7 1 (0.60%) CISSP
7 1 (0.60%) JNCIA
7 1 (0.60%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.99%) SLA
3 3 (1.80%) PMO
4 2 (1.20%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.60%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.60%) DO-254
5 1 (0.60%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.60%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.60%) NCSC
5 1 (0.60%) NIST
5 1 (0.60%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.60%) QA
System Software
1 9 (5.39%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.80%) Firmware
4 2 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.60%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.60%) SCCM
2 1 (0.60%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (10.78%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.18%) ServiceNow
3 16 (9.58%) Citrix
4 11 (6.59%) Sun
5 10 (5.99%) Cisco
6 4 (2.40%) Twitter
7 3 (1.80%) Darktrace
7 3 (1.80%) Keysight
7 3 (1.80%) SAP
7 3 (1.80%) Varonis
8 2 (1.20%) EMC
8 2 (1.20%) IBM
8 2 (1.20%) McAfee
8 2 (1.20%) Micro Focus
8 2 (1.20%) VMware
8 2 (1.20%) Xilinx
9 1 (0.60%) Blue Coat
9 1 (0.60%) Computacenter
9 1 (0.60%) Lattice Semiconductor
9 1 (0.60%) Splunk