Security Cleared Contracts in the North of England

Security Clearance
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 4 14
Rank change year-on-year -3 +10 -3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 589 838 694
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 12.16% 15.40% 9.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.26% 63.29% 46.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 370 588 477
10th Percentile £376 £388 £340
25th Percentile £450 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £637 £650 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £675
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 53 27
10th Percentile - £19.48 £20.80
25th Percentile £10.95 £25.00 £29.73
Median hourly rate £14.50 £37.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.33% -28.57% +144.19%
75th Percentile £50.00 £49.52 £75.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £65.20 £81.00
England median hourly rate £56.69 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -5.51% +20.00% +26.06%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,172 1,324 1,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 24.19% 24.33% 21.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 644 908 1,037
10th Percentile £302 £325 £206
25th Percentile £413 £431 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £591
90th Percentile £694 £700 £671
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 75 70
10th Percentile £10.95 £18.95 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.50 £25.38 £17.50
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.85% +29.03% +40.91%
75th Percentile £43.10 £49.52 £57.53
90th Percentile £63.75 £64.95 £75.60
England median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
North West -2 407 £513 -2.38% 177
Yorkshire +2 136 £513 -14.54% 57
North East -2 49 £500 -11.50% 21
Security Cleared
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 16 (2.72%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.51%) IIS
4 2 (0.34%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.34%) Confluence
5 1 (0.17%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.17%) Apache
5 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.17%) Camunda
5 1 (0.17%) Mendix
5 1 (0.17%) SAS
5 1 (0.17%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.17%) Smallworld
Applications
1 38 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.02%) Revit
5 4 (0.68%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.17%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.17%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 7 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.85%) Teamcenter
3 4 (0.68%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.51%) Maximo
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 90 (15.28%) AWS
2 60 (10.19%) Azure
3 19 (3.23%) Amazon S3
4 17 (2.89%) Amazon EC2
4 17 (2.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 13 (2.21%) Route 53
6 12 (2.04%) Entra ID
6 12 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (1.87%) Amazon EKS
8 9 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.36%) Amazon SQS
9 8 (1.36%) Power Platform
9 8 (1.36%) SaaS
10 7 (1.19%) Serverless
11 6 (1.02%) Amazon ECR
11 6 (1.02%) Amazon ECS
11 6 (1.02%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.85%) AWS KMS
12 5 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (0.85%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 46 (7.81%) Firewall
2 36 (6.11%) VPN
3 25 (4.24%) OSPF
4 20 (3.40%) Wireless
5 16 (2.72%) Cisco ASA
5 16 (2.72%) Cisco ISE
5 16 (2.72%) NetScaler
6 15 (2.55%) BGP
7 14 (2.38%) Cisco Firepower
7 14 (2.38%) EIGRP
7 14 (2.38%) HSRP
7 14 (2.38%) IPsec
7 14 (2.38%) WAN
7 14 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (2.04%) SNMP
8 12 (2.04%) Spanning Tree
9 11 (1.87%) LAN
9 11 (1.87%) Wireless Security
10 10 (1.70%) Ethernet
11 8 (1.36%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (2.38%) Relational Database
3 9 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (1.36%) Adabas
5 7 (1.19%) SAP BW
5 7 (1.19%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.02%) Power BI
7 5 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.85%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.51%) MySQL
9 3 (0.51%) SAP Data Services
10 2 (0.34%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.34%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.17%) Impala
11 1 (0.17%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 42 (7.13%) Git
2 35 (5.94%) Jenkins
3 26 (4.41%) GitLab
4 16 (2.72%) JIRA
5 15 (2.55%) JUnit
6 8 (1.36%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.19%) Selenium
8 6 (1.02%) webpack
9 5 (0.85%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.68%) JMeter
10 4 (0.68%) Maven
10 4 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.51%) LSMW
11 3 (0.51%) Mocha
11 3 (0.51%) Mockito
12 2 (0.34%) Gatling
12 2 (0.34%) Gradle
12 2 (0.34%) gulp
12 2 (0.34%) WebDriver
General
1 135 (22.92%) Public Sector
2 127 (21.56%) Social Skills
3 42 (7.13%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (5.94%) Finance
5 21 (3.57%) Legal
6 10 (1.70%) Telecoms
7 7 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.02%) Banking
8 6 (1.02%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.02%) Military
9 4 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (0.68%) Publishing
10 3 (0.51%) Electronics
10 3 (0.51%) Police
11 2 (0.34%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.17%) Advertising
12 1 (0.17%) Billing
12 1 (0.17%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.17%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 87 (14.77%) Developer
2 71 (12.05%) Architect
3 62 (10.53%) Lead
4 52 (8.83%) Consultant
5 43 (7.30%) Senior
6 41 (6.96%) Analyst
6 41 (6.96%) Network Engineer
7 36 (6.11%) DevOps Engineer
8 27 (4.58%) Java Developer
9 22 (3.74%) Technical Architect
10 20 (3.40%) Technical Leader
11 19 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (2.72%) AWS DevOps
12 16 (2.72%) Lead Architect
12 16 (2.72%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (2.55%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
13 15 (2.55%) ServiceNow Developer
13 15 (2.55%) Systems Engineer
14 14 (2.38%) Capacity Manager
14 14 (2.38%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (6.45%) Node.js
2 32 (5.43%) Spring
3 29 (4.92%) REST
3 29 (4.92%) Spring Boot
4 23 (3.90%) JPA
5 22 (3.74%) React
5 22 (3.74%) Web Services
6 21 (3.57%) Hibernate
7 12 (2.04%) .NET
7 12 (2.04%) Jinja
8 10 (1.70%) Redux
9 9 (1.53%) .NET Framework
9 9 (1.53%) CSS
9 9 (1.53%) HTML
9 9 (1.53%) PyTorch
9 9 (1.53%) TensorFlow
10 8 (1.36%) Spring Security
11 6 (1.02%) Express.js
11 6 (1.02%) React Native
12 5 (0.85%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.79%) Management Information System
2 25 (4.24%) Virtual Team
3 23 (3.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 23 (3.90%) Cyber Threat
4 22 (3.74%) Cyber Defence
5 16 (2.72%) Mobile App
5 16 (2.72%) Public Cloud
6 13 (2.21%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.70%) CMDB
8 7 (1.19%) Operational Technology
8 7 (1.19%) PKI
9 6 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.85%) Mainframe
11 4 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.68%) Low-Code
11 4 (0.68%) NHS
11 4 (0.68%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.51%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 86 (14.60%) Windows
2 32 (5.43%) Android
2 32 (5.43%) Windows 10
3 31 (5.26%) Apple iOS
3 31 (5.26%) Windows Server
4 29 (4.92%) Linux
5 9 (1.53%) zOS
6 7 (1.19%) Unix
7 4 (0.68%) CentOS
7 4 (0.68%) Mac OS X
7 4 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (18.34%) DevOps
2 100 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
3 96 (16.30%) Agile
4 78 (13.24%) Mentoring
5 75 (12.73%) CI/CD
6 63 (10.70%) Service Management
7 58 (9.85%) Customer Service
8 54 (9.17%) ITIL
9 48 (8.15%) Cybersecurity
10 40 (6.79%) Service Delivery
10 40 (6.79%) Time Management
11 39 (6.62%) ITSM
11 39 (6.62%) Quality Management
11 39 (6.62%) Risk Management
11 39 (6.62%) Statistics
12 37 (6.28%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 37 (6.28%) Threat Intelligence
13 35 (5.94%) Problem Management
14 34 (5.77%) Security Architecture
15 33 (5.60%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 57 (9.68%) Java
2 55 (9.34%) Python
3 29 (4.92%) JavaScript
4 20 (3.40%) SQL
5 14 (2.38%) C#
5 14 (2.38%) TypeScript
6 13 (2.21%) Perl
6 13 (2.21%) PowerShell
7 12 (2.04%) Tcl
8 11 (1.87%) Bash
9 10 (1.70%) C++
10 8 (1.36%) ABAP
10 8 (1.36%) Natural
11 6 (1.02%) MATLAB
11 6 (1.02%) Scala
12 4 (0.68%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.68%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.68%) VBA
13 3 (0.51%) Go
13 3 (0.51%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 470 (79.80%) SC Cleared
2 62 (10.53%) DV Cleared
3 37 (6.28%) Degree
4 29 (4.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (3.57%) CCNA
7 15 (2.55%) CCNP
8 10 (1.70%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.70%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 8 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.19%) CISSP
11 6 (1.02%) CEH
11 6 (1.02%) CREST Certified
11 6 (1.02%) GIAC
11 6 (1.02%) GPEN
11 6 (1.02%) OSCP
12 5 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.68%) CISA
13 4 (0.68%) ISSAP
13 4 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.94%) NIST
2 32 (5.43%) SLA
3 27 (4.58%) Disclosure Scotland
4 18 (3.06%) NIST 800
5 16 (2.72%) QA
6 12 (2.04%) Data Quality
7 11 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (1.19%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.68%) COBIT
9 4 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.51%) GDPR
11 2 (0.34%) PMO
12 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (7.81%) Docker
2 28 (4.75%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.21%) Firmware
3 13 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.87%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.51%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.51%) vSphere
7 2 (0.34%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.17%) ACF2
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.17%) RACF
8 1 (0.17%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 69 (11.71%) Kubernetes
2 34 (5.77%) Terraform
3 24 (4.07%) Ansible
4 9 (1.53%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.02%) Puppet
5 6 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.85%) Grafana
6 5 (0.85%) Packer
7 4 (0.68%) EMC NetWorker
7 4 (0.68%) Rancher
7 4 (0.68%) SCCM
7 4 (0.68%) VxRail
8 3 (0.51%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.34%) CA Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.34%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.34%) Kibana
9 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.17%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 111 (18.85%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.58%) ServiceNow
3 26 (4.41%) SAP
4 24 (4.07%) Cisco
5 23 (3.90%) VMware
6 19 (3.23%) Palo Alto
7 16 (2.72%) SolarWinds
8 15 (2.55%) Citrix
9 13 (2.21%) Google
10 10 (1.70%) Oracle
11 8 (1.36%) Software AG
12 5 (0.85%) Apple
12 5 (0.85%) CA
13 4 (0.68%) Dell
13 4 (0.68%) Dynatrace
13 4 (0.68%) IBM
13 4 (0.68%) Siemens
14 3 (0.51%) AlgoSec
14 3 (0.51%) Meraki
14 3 (0.51%) Nintex