Security Cleared Contracts in the North West

Security Clearance
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 3 1 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 +10 -5
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 407 593 481
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 14.58% 19.69% 11.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 52.65% 66.18% 52.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 394 334
10th Percentile £375 £400 £350
25th Percentile £451 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - +19.32%
75th Percentile £650 £636 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £675
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 48 25
10th Percentile - £20.16 £24.95
25th Percentile £10.95 £25.75 £37.50
Median hourly rate £14.50 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.88% -22.73% +137.99%
75th Percentile £49.50 £50.17 £75.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £66.78 £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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 773 896 917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 27.69% 29.75% 22.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 588 610
10th Percentile £300 £363 £298
25th Percentile £416 £443 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £622 £600 £625
90th Percentile £725 £689 £675
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 68 58
10th Percentile £10.95 £19.81 £14.25
25th Percentile £11.94 £25.75 £17.13
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.58 £40.68
Median % change year-on-year -60.43% -0.25% +33.67%
75th Percentile £43.10 £49.52 £61.73
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.03 £81.00
England median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%

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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 12 June 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 12 June 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 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
Manchester -7 162 £525 -4.55% 96
Cumbria 0 150 £500 +8.11% 24
Cheshire -12 42 £450 -16.62% 27
Merseyside -8 24 £575 +15.00% 4
Lancashire -11 23 £522 +4.30% 34
Security Cleared
England

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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 14 (3.44%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.74%) IIS
4 2 (0.49%) Confluence
5 1 (0.25%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.25%) Apache
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.25%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.25%) Camunda
5 1 (0.25%) Mendix
5 1 (0.25%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.25%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.25%) Smallworld
Applications
1 35 (8.60%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (3.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.47%) Revit
5 4 (0.98%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.25%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.25%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 6 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.23%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.74%) Maximo
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 53 (13.02%) AWS
2 40 (9.83%) Azure
3 14 (3.44%) Amazon S3
4 13 (3.19%) Amazon EC2
4 13 (3.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 12 (2.95%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (2.70%) Entra ID
7 10 (2.46%) Amazon EKS
8 9 (2.21%) Route 53
9 7 (1.72%) Amazon SQS
10 6 (1.47%) Amazon ECR
10 6 (1.47%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.47%) Power Platform
10 6 (1.47%) Serverless
11 5 (1.23%) SaaS
12 4 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.74%) OpenShift
13 3 (0.74%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.49%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 43 (10.57%) Firewall
2 35 (8.60%) VPN
3 25 (6.14%) OSPF
4 16 (3.93%) Cisco ASA
4 16 (3.93%) Cisco ISE
4 16 (3.93%) NetScaler
5 15 (3.69%) BGP
6 14 (3.44%) Cisco Firepower
6 14 (3.44%) EIGRP
6 14 (3.44%) HSRP
6 14 (3.44%) IPsec
6 14 (3.44%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (3.44%) Wireless
7 13 (3.19%) WAN
8 12 (2.95%) SNMP
8 12 (2.95%) Spanning Tree
9 11 (2.70%) Wireless Security
10 10 (2.46%) Ethernet
10 10 (2.46%) LAN
11 8 (1.97%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (1.72%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.98%) Adabas
4 4 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (0.98%) Power BI
5 3 (0.74%) SAP BW
5 3 (0.74%) SAP Data Services
6 2 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.49%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.49%) MySQL
6 2 (0.49%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.25%) Metadata
7 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.25%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (4.91%) Git
2 13 (3.19%) GitLab
2 13 (3.19%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.97%) JUnit
4 7 (1.72%) JIRA
5 6 (1.47%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.47%) webpack
6 3 (0.74%) LSMW
6 3 (0.74%) Mocha
6 3 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.49%) Selenium
8 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.25%) Gradle
8 1 (0.25%) JMeter
8 1 (0.25%) Maven
8 1 (0.25%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.25%) Mockito
8 1 (0.25%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 101 (24.82%) Public Sector
2 85 (20.88%) Social Skills
3 32 (7.86%) Finance
4 31 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (3.44%) Legal
6 6 (1.47%) Banking
6 6 (1.47%) Manufacturing
6 6 (1.47%) Military
7 4 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (0.98%) Publishing
8 3 (0.74%) Electronics
9 2 (0.49%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.49%) Police
9 2 (0.49%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.25%) Advertising
10 1 (0.25%) Billing
10 1 (0.25%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.25%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.25%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 66 (16.22%) Architect
2 43 (10.57%) Lead
3 42 (10.32%) Developer
4 40 (9.83%) Network Engineer
5 33 (8.11%) Senior
6 28 (6.88%) Consultant
7 27 (6.63%) Analyst
8 22 (5.41%) Technical Architect
9 20 (4.91%) Technical Leader
10 17 (4.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (4.18%) Java Developer
11 16 (3.93%) Lead Architect
12 15 (3.69%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
13 14 (3.44%) Capacity Manager
13 14 (3.44%) DevOps Engineer
13 14 (3.44%) Problem Manager
13 14 (3.44%) Service Analyst
13 14 (3.44%) Service Desk Analyst
14 13 (3.19%) Domain Architect
15 12 (2.95%) Capacity and Availability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (8.60%) Node.js
2 23 (5.65%) Spring
3 21 (5.16%) REST
3 21 (5.16%) Spring Boot
4 17 (4.18%) JPA
5 16 (3.93%) React
6 14 (3.44%) Hibernate
7 12 (2.95%) Jinja
8 10 (2.46%) Redux
9 8 (1.97%) Spring Security
10 6 (1.47%) .NET
10 6 (1.47%) CSS
10 6 (1.47%) Express.js
10 6 (1.47%) HTML
10 6 (1.47%) React Native
11 5 (1.23%) .NET Framework
12 4 (0.98%) JSON
13 3 (0.74%) BAPI
13 3 (0.74%) JDBC
13 3 (0.74%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.14%) Virtual Team
2 22 (5.41%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.69%) Public Cloud
4 11 (2.70%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.21%) CMDB
6 8 (1.97%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.47%) PKI
8 4 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.98%) Low-Code
8 4 (0.98%) NHS
8 4 (0.98%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.49%) Life Science
10 2 (0.49%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.49%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.49%) Robotics
11 1 (0.25%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.25%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 73 (17.94%) Windows
2 32 (7.86%) Windows 10
3 30 (7.37%) Android
4 29 (7.13%) Apple iOS
5 26 (6.39%) Windows Server
6 14 (3.44%) Linux
7 4 (0.98%) zOS
8 3 (0.74%) Unix
9 1 (0.25%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (22.36%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (16.46%) Agile
2 67 (16.46%) DevOps
3 58 (14.25%) CI/CD
4 52 (12.78%) Mentoring
5 43 (10.57%) Service Management
6 40 (9.83%) Time Management
7 39 (9.58%) Quality Management
7 39 (9.58%) Statistics
8 35 (8.60%) Customer Service
8 35 (8.60%) ITIL
9 34 (8.35%) Security Architecture
10 33 (8.11%) Decision-Making
10 33 (8.11%) Problem Management
10 33 (8.11%) Risk Management
11 27 (6.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (6.39%) Mobile Device Management
13 25 (6.14%) Microservices
13 25 (6.14%) Zero Trust
14 23 (5.65%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (8.60%) Java
2 29 (7.13%) Python
3 13 (3.19%) JavaScript
4 12 (2.95%) Perl
4 12 (2.95%) PowerShell
4 12 (2.95%) SQL
4 12 (2.95%) Tcl
5 7 (1.72%) C#
5 7 (1.72%) TypeScript
6 5 (1.23%) Bash
7 4 (0.98%) ABAP
7 4 (0.98%) C++
7 4 (0.98%) Natural
8 3 (0.74%) C
9 2 (0.49%) Bicep
9 2 (0.49%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.49%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.25%) Go
10 1 (0.25%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 342 (84.03%) SC Cleared
2 29 (7.13%) Degree
3 24 (5.90%) DV Cleared
4 22 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (5.16%) CCNA
6 18 (4.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (3.44%) CCNP
8 3 (0.74%) CISSP
8 3 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.49%) CCIE
9 2 (0.49%) CCSA
9 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.49%) RIBA
9 2 (0.49%) VCAP
9 2 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.25%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.25%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.25%) ISEB
10 1 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.25%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (7.37%) SLA
2 26 (6.39%) Disclosure Scotland
3 12 (2.95%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.46%) QA
5 7 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.72%) NIST
6 6 (1.47%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.25%) GDPR
7 1 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (5.65%) Docker
2 17 (4.18%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.19%) Firmware
4 10 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (2.21%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.74%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.49%) vSphere
9 1 (0.25%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (8.60%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.67%) Ansible
3 15 (3.69%) Terraform
4 5 (1.23%) Grafana
4 5 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.98%) EMC NetWorker
5 4 (0.98%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.98%) SCCM
5 4 (0.98%) VxRail
6 2 (0.49%) CA Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.49%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.49%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.25%) Argo
7 1 (0.25%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.25%) Istio
7 1 (0.25%) Kibana
7 1 (0.25%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.25%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 71 (17.44%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.65%) Cisco
3 19 (4.67%) Palo Alto
3 19 (4.67%) VMware
4 18 (4.42%) SAP
5 16 (3.93%) SolarWinds
6 14 (3.44%) Citrix
7 9 (2.21%) Oracle
8 6 (1.47%) Google
9 5 (1.23%) Apple
9 5 (1.23%) CA
10 4 (0.98%) Dell
10 4 (0.98%) Siemens
10 4 (0.98%) Software AG
11 3 (0.74%) IBM
11 3 (0.74%) Meraki
11 3 (0.74%) Nintex
11 3 (0.74%) Pega
11 3 (0.74%) Tanium
11 3 (0.74%) Veeam