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 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 2 1 12
Rank change year-on-year -1 +11 -7
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 456 665 466
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 16.50% 20.70% 11.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 54.68% 66.37% 50.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 457 309
10th Percentile £356 £383 £342
25th Percentile £450 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +16.67%
75th Percentile £665 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £675
England median daily rate £550 £550 £543
% change year-on-year - +1.38% +8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 50 23
10th Percentile - £20.00 £31.82
25th Percentile £10.95 £25.00 £38.10
Median hourly rate £14.50 £37.50 £46.72
Median % change year-on-year -61.33% -19.73% +6.79%
75th Percentile £48.00 £49.52 £59.38
90th Percentile £73.75 £67.30 £65.00
England median hourly rate £56.89 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -5.19% +20.00% +16.63%

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 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%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 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
Manchester -3 188 £550 - 74
Cumbria 0 169 £515 +11.35% 49
Cheshire +3 55 £448 -17.13% 42
Lancashire -12 19 £588 +12.44% 20
Merseyside -12 19 £525 +0.48% 6
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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 13 (2.85%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.66%) IIS
3 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.22%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.22%) nginx
4 1 (0.22%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.22%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.22%) Traefik
Applications
1 46 (10.09%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (3.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.32%) Revit
5 4 (0.88%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.22%) Simulink
6 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.75%) Primavera
2 6 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.10%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.66%) Maximo
5 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.22%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.22%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.22%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 65 (14.25%) AWS
2 41 (8.99%) Azure
3 15 (3.29%) Amazon EC2
3 15 (3.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 14 (3.07%) Amazon S3
5 13 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (2.19%) Amazon EKS
7 9 (1.97%) Route 53
8 8 (1.75%) Entra ID
9 7 (1.54%) Amazon SQS
10 6 (1.32%) Amazon ECR
11 5 (1.10%) IaaS
11 5 (1.10%) SaaS
11 5 (1.10%) Serverless
12 4 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (0.88%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.66%) PaaS
13 3 (0.66%) Power Platform
14 2 (0.44%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 43 (9.43%) Firewall
2 36 (7.89%) VPN
3 24 (5.26%) OSPF
4 22 (4.82%) WAN
5 20 (4.39%) LAN
6 15 (3.29%) Cisco ISE
6 15 (3.29%) NetScaler
6 15 (3.29%) Network Security
6 15 (3.29%) Wireless
7 14 (3.07%) BGP
7 14 (3.07%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (2.85%) Cisco ASA
8 13 (2.85%) Cisco Firepower
8 13 (2.85%) EIGRP
8 13 (2.85%) HSRP
8 13 (2.85%) IPsec
9 12 (2.63%) SNMP
9 12 (2.63%) Spanning Tree
10 11 (2.41%) Wireless Security
11 10 (2.19%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (1.54%) MongoDB
2 7 (1.54%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.66%) Power BI
5 3 (0.66%) SAP BW
5 3 (0.66%) SAP Data Services
6 2 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.44%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.44%) Metadata
6 2 (0.44%) MySQL
6 2 (0.44%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.22%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.22%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (4.17%) GitLab
2 18 (3.95%) Git
3 15 (3.29%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.19%) JIRA
5 8 (1.75%) JUnit
6 6 (1.32%) webpack
7 4 (0.88%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.66%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.66%) LSMW
8 3 (0.66%) Mocha
8 3 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.22%) ERwin
9 1 (0.22%) Gradle
9 1 (0.22%) JMeter
9 1 (0.22%) Maven
9 1 (0.22%) Mockito
9 1 (0.22%) Selenium
9 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 121 (26.54%) Public Sector
2 105 (23.03%) Social Skills
3 36 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (6.80%) Finance
5 13 (2.85%) Legal
6 7 (1.54%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.10%) Electronics
7 5 (1.10%) Police
8 4 (0.88%) Banking
8 4 (0.88%) Military
8 4 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (0.88%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.66%) Marketing
10 2 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.22%) Avionics
11 1 (0.22%) Billing
11 1 (0.22%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.22%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.22%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 81 (17.76%) Architect
2 43 (9.43%) Lead
3 42 (9.21%) Consultant
4 41 (8.99%) Developer
5 38 (8.33%) Network Engineer
6 37 (8.11%) Senior
7 28 (6.14%) Analyst
8 24 (5.26%) Technical Architect
9 20 (4.39%) Technical Leader
10 19 (4.17%) Java Developer
11 17 (3.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (3.51%) Lead Architect
13 15 (3.29%) DevOps Engineer
13 15 (3.29%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
14 14 (3.07%) Capacity Manager
14 14 (3.07%) Service Analyst
14 14 (3.07%) Service Desk Analyst
15 13 (2.85%) Domain Architect
15 13 (2.85%) Problem Manager
16 12 (2.63%) Capacity and Availability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (8.55%) Node.js
2 22 (4.82%) Spring
3 20 (4.39%) REST
4 19 (4.17%) Spring Boot
5 17 (3.73%) JPA
6 15 (3.29%) React
7 14 (3.07%) Hibernate
8 12 (2.63%) Jinja
9 9 (1.97%) Redux
10 8 (1.75%) Spring Security
11 6 (1.32%) Express.js
11 6 (1.32%) React Native
12 5 (1.10%) .NET
12 5 (1.10%) CSS
12 5 (1.10%) HTML
12 5 (1.10%) RESTful
13 4 (0.88%) .NET Framework
13 4 (0.88%) JSON
14 3 (0.66%) JDBC
14 3 (0.66%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.70%) Management Information System
2 23 (5.04%) Virtual Team
3 15 (3.29%) Public Cloud
4 11 (2.41%) CMDB
4 11 (2.41%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.19%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.97%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (1.75%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.75%) PKI
8 7 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.88%) NHS
11 3 (0.66%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.66%) Digital Media
11 3 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.66%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.44%) Algorithms
12 2 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.44%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 82 (17.98%) Windows
2 35 (7.68%) Windows 10
3 29 (6.36%) Android
4 28 (6.14%) Apple iOS
5 27 (5.92%) Windows Server
6 19 (4.17%) Linux
7 3 (0.66%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.22%) CentOS
8 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.22%) Unix
8 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (18.42%) Agile
3 68 (14.91%) CI/CD
4 67 (14.69%) DevOps
5 53 (11.62%) Mentoring
6 46 (10.09%) Risk Management
7 45 (9.87%) Service Management
8 44 (9.65%) Stakeholder Management
9 40 (8.77%) Customer Service
9 40 (8.77%) Statistics
9 40 (8.77%) Time Management
10 39 (8.55%) Decision-Making
10 39 (8.55%) Quality Management
11 37 (8.11%) ITIL
12 34 (7.46%) Security Architecture
13 32 (7.02%) Problem Management
14 28 (6.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 28 (6.14%) Microservices
15 26 (5.70%) Zero Trust
16 24 (5.26%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.24%) Java
1 33 (7.24%) Python
2 14 (3.07%) PowerShell
3 12 (2.63%) Perl
3 12 (2.63%) Tcl
4 11 (2.41%) JavaScript
5 9 (1.97%) MATLAB
5 9 (1.97%) SQL
6 8 (1.75%) C#
7 7 (1.54%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.10%) Bash
9 4 (0.88%) ABAP
9 4 (0.88%) C
10 3 (0.66%) C++
11 2 (0.44%) Bicep
11 2 (0.44%) Go
11 2 (0.44%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.22%) Ruby
12 1 (0.22%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 389 (85.31%) SC Cleared
2 29 (6.36%) Degree
3 20 (4.39%) BPSS Clearance
3 20 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (4.39%) DV Cleared
4 19 (4.17%) CCNA
5 12 (2.63%) CCNP
6 3 (0.66%) BC Cleared
6 3 (0.66%) CISSP
6 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.66%) OSCP
7 2 (0.44%) CISM
7 2 (0.44%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (0.44%) RIBA
7 2 (0.44%) VCAP
7 2 (0.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.36%) SLA
2 28 (6.14%) Disclosure Scotland
3 13 (2.85%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.41%) QA
5 8 (1.75%) NIST
6 6 (1.32%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.10%) GDPR
8 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 3 (0.66%) ISO17020
8 3 (0.66%) NCSC
8 3 (0.66%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.22%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.22%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.22%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (4.82%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.39%) Docker
2 20 (4.39%) Firmware
3 11 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.97%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.44%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (7.02%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.26%) Terraform
3 19 (4.17%) Ansible
4 6 (1.32%) Dell DRAC
4 6 (1.32%) SCCM
4 6 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.88%) Grafana
5 4 (0.88%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.44%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.22%) Consul
8 1 (0.22%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.22%) Graphite
8 1 (0.22%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.22%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.22%) Puppet
8 1 (0.22%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.22%) WSUS
8 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 79 (17.32%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.61%) SAP
3 20 (4.39%) Cisco
3 20 (4.39%) VMware
4 17 (3.73%) Palo Alto
5 15 (3.29%) SolarWinds
6 14 (3.07%) Citrix
7 12 (2.63%) Dell
8 8 (1.75%) Isilon
9 7 (1.54%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.32%) Oracle
10 6 (1.32%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.10%) Apple
11 5 (1.10%) CA
11 5 (1.10%) Google
12 4 (0.88%) Siemens
12 4 (0.88%) Splunk
13 3 (0.66%) 3PAR
13 3 (0.66%) Meraki
13 3 (0.66%) Nintex