To get contracts as a contractor, you need to differentiate yourself from the market as best as possible. One way is to try and get some sort of security clear

To get contracts as a contractor, you need to differentiate yourself from the market as best as possible. One way is to try and get some sort of security cleared job. Once you do, you immediately elevate yourself away "from the crowd" of developers in the market and you will find major global companies want you and they pay well. And when you get your first gig, you can be sure that another company will want a security cleared engineer, so it's good for job security. Just be careful how you say no when they ask you if you want to join on a perm basis :)