Security Cleared Contracts in the North West

Security Clearance
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 1 12
Rank change year-on-year -1 +11 -7
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 421 616 474
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 15.79% 20.07% 11.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 52.89% 66.02% 51.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 413 321
10th Percentile £400 £400 £344
25th Percentile £461 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year -0.57% +0.48% +20.11%
75th Percentile £673 £631 £631
90th Percentile £725 £698 £675
England median daily rate £550 £550 £549
% change year-on-year - +0.14% +9.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 48 27
10th Percentile - £20.16 £29.68
25th Percentile £10.95 £25.75 £38.68
Median hourly rate £14.50 £42.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -65.88% -19.05% +20.00%
75th Percentile £46.18 £52.91 £75.00
90th Percentile £74.43 £70.00 £81.00
England median hourly rate £55.80 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -7.00% +20.00% +20.74%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

Security 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 North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 796 933 913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 29.85% 30.39% 22.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 454 622 599
10th Percentile £300 £330 £275
25th Percentile £425 £431 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £625
90th Percentile £725 £688 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 68 67
10th Percentile £10.95 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £11.77 £25.75 £23.14
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.54 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -60.38% -1.98% -0.95%
75th Percentile £38.43 £50.17 £58.35
90th Percentile £70.83 £67.90 £77.40
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +29.63% +6.58%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the North West over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in the North West over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Manchester -4 170 £550 - 91
Cumbria 0 161 £512 +10.65% 38
Cheshire -6 44 £450 -16.67% 35
Merseyside -9 22 £563 +11.11% 9
Lancashire -15 18 £588 +12.98% 40
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 12 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.71%) IIS
3 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.24%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.24%) Apache
4 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.24%) Camunda
4 1 (0.24%) Mendix
4 1 (0.24%) nginx
4 1 (0.24%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.24%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.24%) Traefik
Applications
1 36 (8.55%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (4.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.43%) Revit
5 4 (0.95%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
1 6 (1.43%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.71%) Maximo
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Internet Expenses
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.24%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.24%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 59 (14.01%) AWS
2 36 (8.55%) Azure
3 15 (3.56%) Amazon EC2
3 15 (3.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 14 (3.33%) Amazon S3
5 12 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
7 9 (2.14%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.14%) Route 53
8 7 (1.66%) Amazon SQS
9 6 (1.43%) Amazon ECR
9 6 (1.43%) Power Automate
9 6 (1.43%) SaaS
9 6 (1.43%) Serverless
10 5 (1.19%) Power Platform
11 4 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.71%) GCP
12 3 (0.71%) PaaS
12 3 (0.71%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 40 (9.50%) Firewall
2 35 (8.31%) VPN
3 24 (5.70%) OSPF
4 15 (3.56%) Cisco ISE
4 15 (3.56%) NetScaler
5 14 (3.33%) BGP
5 14 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (3.33%) Wireless
6 13 (3.09%) Cisco ASA
6 13 (3.09%) Cisco Firepower
6 13 (3.09%) EIGRP
6 13 (3.09%) HSRP
6 13 (3.09%) IPsec
7 12 (2.85%) SNMP
7 12 (2.85%) Spanning Tree
7 12 (2.85%) WAN
8 11 (2.61%) Wireless Security
9 10 (2.38%) Ethernet
9 10 (2.38%) LAN
10 6 (1.43%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (1.66%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.43%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (0.95%) Power BI
6 3 (0.71%) MySQL
6 3 (0.71%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.71%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.48%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.48%) Metadata
7 2 (0.48%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.24%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.24%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (4.51%) Git
2 18 (4.28%) GitLab
3 15 (3.56%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.90%) JUnit
5 6 (1.43%) JIRA
5 6 (1.43%) webpack
6 4 (0.95%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.71%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.71%) LSMW
7 3 (0.71%) Mocha
7 3 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.48%) Selenium
9 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.24%) ERwin
9 1 (0.24%) Gradle
9 1 (0.24%) JMeter
9 1 (0.24%) Maven
9 1 (0.24%) Mockito
9 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 116 (27.55%) Public Sector
2 90 (21.38%) Social Skills
3 33 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.60%) Finance
5 15 (3.56%) Legal
6 8 (1.90%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.19%) Banking
7 5 (1.19%) Electronics
8 4 (0.95%) Military
8 4 (0.95%) Police
8 4 (0.95%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.71%) Marketing
10 2 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.24%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.24%) Billing
11 1 (0.24%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.24%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.24%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.24%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.24%) Retail
Job Titles
1 69 (16.39%) Architect
2 45 (10.69%) Developer
3 42 (9.98%) Lead
4 39 (9.26%) Senior
5 37 (8.79%) Network Engineer
6 36 (8.55%) Consultant
7 28 (6.65%) Analyst
8 22 (5.23%) Technical Architect
9 20 (4.75%) Technical Leader
10 19 (4.51%) Java Developer
11 17 (4.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (3.80%) Lead Architect
13 15 (3.56%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
14 14 (3.33%) Capacity Manager
14 14 (3.33%) DevOps Engineer
14 14 (3.33%) Problem Manager
14 14 (3.33%) Service Analyst
14 14 (3.33%) Service Desk Analyst
15 13 (3.09%) Domain Architect
16 12 (2.85%) Capacity and Availability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (9.50%) Node.js
2 23 (5.46%) Spring
3 21 (4.99%) REST
3 21 (4.99%) Spring Boot
4 17 (4.04%) JPA
5 16 (3.80%) React
6 14 (3.33%) Hibernate
7 12 (2.85%) Jinja
8 10 (2.38%) Redux
9 8 (1.90%) Spring Security
10 6 (1.43%) .NET
10 6 (1.43%) CSS
10 6 (1.43%) Express.js
10 6 (1.43%) HTML
10 6 (1.43%) React Native
11 5 (1.19%) .NET Framework
11 5 (1.19%) RESTful
12 4 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
12 4 (0.95%) JSON
13 3 (0.71%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.94%) Virtual Team
2 23 (5.46%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.56%) Public Cloud
4 10 (2.38%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.14%) CMDB
6 8 (1.90%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.66%) PKI
8 6 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.95%) Low-Code
10 4 (0.95%) NHS
10 4 (0.95%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.71%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.71%) Digital Media
11 3 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.48%) Embedded Systems
12 2 (0.48%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.48%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.48%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 75 (17.81%) Windows
2 33 (7.84%) Windows 10
3 30 (7.13%) Android
4 29 (6.89%) Apple iOS
5 27 (6.41%) Windows Server
6 18 (4.28%) Linux
7 3 (0.71%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.48%) Unix
9 1 (0.24%) CentOS
9 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.24%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (16.63%) Agile
3 65 (15.44%) DevOps
4 63 (14.96%) CI/CD
5 51 (12.11%) Mentoring
6 43 (10.21%) Service Management
7 40 (9.50%) Quality Management
7 40 (9.50%) Statistics
7 40 (9.50%) Time Management
8 37 (8.79%) Customer Service
8 37 (8.79%) ITIL
8 37 (8.79%) Risk Management
9 34 (8.08%) Security Architecture
9 34 (8.08%) Stakeholder Management
10 33 (7.84%) Problem Management
11 32 (7.60%) Decision-Making
12 29 (6.89%) Microservices
13 28 (6.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 26 (6.18%) Mobile Device Management
15 25 (5.94%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 35 (8.31%) Java
2 31 (7.36%) Python
3 12 (2.85%) JavaScript
3 12 (2.85%) Perl
3 12 (2.85%) PowerShell
3 12 (2.85%) Tcl
4 11 (2.61%) SQL
5 9 (2.14%) C#
6 7 (1.66%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.19%) Bash
8 4 (0.95%) ABAP
8 4 (0.95%) C
9 2 (0.48%) Bicep
9 2 (0.48%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.24%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.24%) Go
10 1 (0.24%) Ruby
10 1 (0.24%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 356 (84.56%) SC Cleared
2 22 (5.23%) Degree
2 22 (5.23%) DV Cleared
3 21 (4.99%) BPSS Clearance
4 20 (4.75%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (4.51%) CCNA
6 12 (2.85%) CCNP
7 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.71%) OSCP
8 2 (0.48%) CISSP
8 2 (0.48%) RIBA
8 2 (0.48%) VCAP
8 2 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.24%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.24%) CRISC
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.24%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.89%) SLA
2 27 (6.41%) Disclosure Scotland
3 13 (3.09%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.61%) QA
5 8 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.90%) NIST
6 6 (1.43%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.95%) GDPR
8 3 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 3 (0.71%) ISO17020
8 3 (0.71%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.48%) NCSC
10 1 (0.24%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (5.23%) Docker
2 15 (3.56%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.09%) Firmware
4 10 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (2.14%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.48%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 33 (7.84%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.70%) Terraform
3 19 (4.51%) Ansible
4 6 (1.43%) SCCM
4 6 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.95%) EMC NetWorker
5 4 (0.95%) Grafana
5 4 (0.95%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.95%) VxRail
6 2 (0.48%) CA Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.48%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.24%) Graphite
7 1 (0.24%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.24%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.24%) Puppet
7 1 (0.24%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.24%) WSUS
7 1 (0.24%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 73 (17.34%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.99%) SAP
3 20 (4.75%) Cisco
3 20 (4.75%) VMware
4 16 (3.80%) Palo Alto
5 15 (3.56%) SolarWinds
6 13 (3.09%) Citrix
7 9 (2.14%) Oracle
8 6 (1.43%) Google
9 5 (1.19%) Apple
9 5 (1.19%) CA
10 4 (0.95%) Dell
10 4 (0.95%) Siemens
11 3 (0.71%) IBM
11 3 (0.71%) Meraki
11 3 (0.71%) Nintex
11 3 (0.71%) Pega
11 3 (0.71%) Veeam
12 2 (0.48%) Dell Compellent
12 2 (0.48%) Nimble Storage