SC Cleared Contracts in the North West

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 5 16
Rank change year-on-year -1 +11 -5
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 389 542 359
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 14.08% 16.87% 8.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 46.64% 54.09% 38.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 373 255
10th Percentile £375 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +23.94%
75th Percentile £672 £644 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £675
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 38 18
10th Percentile - £21.86 £28.10
25th Percentile £10.95 £27.80 £37.32
Median hourly rate £11.20 £42.50 £41.93
Median % change year-on-year -73.66% +1.37% -11.60%
75th Percentile £46.18 £51.48 £53.95
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £49.00 £59.80 £52.00
% change year-on-year -18.06% +15.00% +15.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 834 1,002 923
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 30.18% 31.19% 22.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 682 605
10th Percentile £247 £325 £263
25th Percentile £413 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% +3.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 67 66
10th Percentile £10.95 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £11.77 £25.00 £17.88
Median hourly rate £16.06 £37.50 £39.73
Median % change year-on-year -57.17% -5.61% -7.61%
75th Percentile £39.54 £49.52 £52.75
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.13 £63.86
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for SC 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 SC Cleared in the North West.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in the North West

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC 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 SC Cleared in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in the North West

SC Cleared
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 SC Cleared within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Cumbria 0 164 £515 +11.35% 34
Manchester -8 145 £550 - 39
Cheshire +5 46 £448 -15.76% 28
Lancashire -15 15 £475 -8.65% 16
Merseyside -15 13 £563 +7.14% 2
SC Cleared
England

SC 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 13 (3.34%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.77%) IIS
3 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.26%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.26%) nginx
4 1 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.26%) Traefik
Applications
1 43 (11.05%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (2.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.54%) Revit
5 4 (1.03%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.26%) Simulink
6 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.06%) Primavera
2 6 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.77%) Maximo
4 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.26%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 54 (13.88%) AWS
2 36 (9.25%) Azure
3 15 (3.86%) Amazon EC2
3 15 (3.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 14 (3.60%) Amazon S3
5 12 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.31%) Amazon EKS
6 9 (2.31%) Route 53
7 7 (1.80%) Amazon SQS
7 7 (1.80%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.54%) Amazon ECR
9 5 (1.29%) IaaS
9 5 (1.29%) SaaS
9 5 (1.29%) Serverless
10 4 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (1.03%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.77%) PaaS
12 2 (0.51%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.51%) GCP
12 2 (0.51%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 41 (10.54%) Firewall
2 35 (9.00%) VPN
3 24 (6.17%) OSPF
4 22 (5.66%) WAN
5 20 (5.14%) LAN
6 15 (3.86%) Cisco ISE
6 15 (3.86%) NetScaler
6 15 (3.86%) Network Security
6 15 (3.86%) Wireless
7 14 (3.60%) BGP
7 14 (3.60%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (3.34%) Cisco ASA
8 13 (3.34%) Cisco Firepower
8 13 (3.34%) EIGRP
8 13 (3.34%) HSRP
8 13 (3.34%) IPsec
9 12 (3.08%) SNMP
9 12 (3.08%) Spanning Tree
10 11 (2.83%) Wireless Security
11 10 (2.57%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (1.54%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.77%) SAP BW
5 3 (0.77%) SAP Data Services
6 2 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.51%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.51%) Metadata
6 2 (0.51%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.51%) Power BI
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Power View
7 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.26%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.26%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 17 (4.37%) Git
2 14 (3.60%) Jenkins
3 13 (3.34%) GitLab
4 9 (2.31%) JIRA
5 7 (1.80%) JUnit
6 6 (1.54%) webpack
7 3 (0.77%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.77%) LSMW
7 3 (0.77%) Mocha
7 3 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.26%) ERwin
8 1 (0.26%) JMeter
8 1 (0.26%) Maven
8 1 (0.26%) Mockito
8 1 (0.26%) Selenium
8 1 (0.26%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 93 (23.91%) Public Sector
2 90 (23.14%) Social Skills
3 28 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.43%) Finance
5 12 (3.08%) Legal
6 4 (1.03%) Manufacturing
6 4 (1.03%) Telecoms
7 3 (0.77%) Banking
7 3 (0.77%) Electronics
7 3 (0.77%) Marketing
7 3 (0.77%) Military
7 3 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.26%) Avionics
9 1 (0.26%) Billing
9 1 (0.26%) Police
9 1 (0.26%) Publishing
9 1 (0.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 77 (19.79%) Architect
2 42 (10.80%) Lead
3 38 (9.77%) Network Engineer
4 35 (9.00%) Consultant
5 28 (7.20%) Developer
6 27 (6.94%) Senior
7 23 (5.91%) Analyst
8 22 (5.66%) Technical Architect
9 19 (4.88%) Technical Leader
10 17 (4.37%) Java Developer
11 15 (3.86%) DevOps Engineer
11 15 (3.86%) Lead Architect
11 15 (3.86%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 14 (3.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (3.34%) Capacity Manager
13 13 (3.34%) Domain Architect
13 13 (3.34%) Problem Manager
13 13 (3.34%) Service Analyst
13 13 (3.34%) Service Desk Analyst
14 11 (2.83%) Capacity and Availability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (8.23%) Node.js
2 21 (5.40%) Spring
3 18 (4.63%) REST
3 18 (4.63%) Spring Boot
4 17 (4.37%) JPA
5 15 (3.86%) React
6 14 (3.60%) Hibernate
7 12 (3.08%) Jinja
8 9 (2.31%) Redux
9 8 (2.06%) Spring Security
10 6 (1.54%) Express.js
11 5 (1.29%) React Native
12 4 (1.03%) .NET
12 4 (1.03%) .NET Framework
12 4 (1.03%) CSS
12 4 (1.03%) HTML
12 4 (1.03%) JSON
13 3 (0.77%) BAPI
13 3 (0.77%) JDBC
13 3 (0.77%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.91%) Management Information System
2 22 (5.66%) Virtual Team
3 14 (3.60%) Public Cloud
4 10 (2.57%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.31%) CMDB
5 9 (2.31%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (2.06%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.06%) PKI
7 7 (1.80%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.77%) Digital Media
10 3 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.77%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.77%) NHS
11 2 (0.51%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.51%) Life Science
11 2 (0.51%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 78 (20.05%) Windows
2 34 (8.74%) Windows 10
3 25 (6.43%) Android
3 25 (6.43%) Apple iOS
3 25 (6.43%) Windows Server
4 15 (3.86%) Linux
5 1 (0.26%) CentOS
5 1 (0.26%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.26%) Unix
5 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (17.99%) Agile
3 62 (15.94%) DevOps
4 61 (15.68%) CI/CD
5 49 (12.60%) Mentoring
6 45 (11.57%) Risk Management
7 43 (11.05%) Stakeholder Management
8 41 (10.54%) Service Management
9 39 (10.03%) Decision-Making
10 38 (9.77%) Statistics
10 38 (9.77%) Time Management
11 37 (9.51%) Customer Service
11 37 (9.51%) Quality Management
12 35 (9.00%) ITIL
13 33 (8.48%) Security Architecture
14 30 (7.71%) Problem Management
15 25 (6.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 25 (6.43%) Zero Trust
16 23 (5.91%) Mobile Device Management
17 22 (5.66%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 28 (7.20%) Java
1 28 (7.20%) Python
2 14 (3.60%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.08%) Perl
3 12 (3.08%) Tcl
4 9 (2.31%) MATLAB
5 8 (2.06%) SQL
6 7 (1.80%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.80%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.54%) C#
8 5 (1.29%) Bash
9 3 (0.77%) C++
10 2 (0.51%) Bicep
10 2 (0.51%) C
10 2 (0.51%) Go
10 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.26%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.26%) Ruby
11 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 389 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 20 (5.14%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (4.88%) CCNA
3 19 (4.88%) Degree
4 14 (3.60%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (3.08%) CCNP
5 12 (3.08%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.77%) CISSP
6 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.51%) CISM
7 2 (0.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (0.51%) RIBA
8 1 (0.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.26%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.26%) CRISC
8 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.26%) IRCA
8 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.26%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.20%) Disclosure Scotland
2 27 (6.94%) SLA
3 13 (3.34%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.83%) QA
5 8 (2.06%) NIST
6 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 3 (0.77%) ISO17020
6 3 (0.77%) NCSC
7 2 (0.51%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.26%) GDPR
8 1 (0.26%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.26%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (5.14%) Active Directory
1 20 (5.14%) Firmware
2 17 (4.37%) Docker
3 10 (2.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.80%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (7.71%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.63%) Ansible
3 15 (3.86%) Terraform
4 6 (1.54%) Dell DRAC
4 6 (1.54%) SCCM
5 4 (1.03%) Grafana
5 4 (1.03%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.51%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.26%) Graphite
8 1 (0.26%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.26%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.26%) Istio
8 1 (0.26%) linkerd
8 1 (0.26%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.26%) Packer
8 1 (0.26%) Puppet
8 1 (0.26%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 71 (18.25%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.37%) Cisco
3 16 (4.11%) Palo Alto
3 16 (4.11%) VMware
4 15 (3.86%) SAP
5 14 (3.60%) Citrix
5 14 (3.60%) SolarWinds
6 10 (2.57%) Dell
7 8 (2.06%) Isilon
8 7 (1.80%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.54%) Oracle
10 5 (1.29%) Apple
10 5 (1.29%) CA
10 5 (1.29%) Google
11 3 (0.77%) HP
11 3 (0.77%) IBM
11 3 (0.77%) Meraki
11 3 (0.77%) Nintex
11 3 (0.77%) Pega
12 2 (0.51%) Databricks