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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 1 11
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 -6
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 432 655 455
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 15.71% 20.32% 11.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 53.33% 65.57% 50.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 462 297
10th Percentile £350 £350 £313
25th Percentile £463 £456 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.81%
75th Percentile £672 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £675
England median daily rate £550 £555 £540
% change year-on-year -0.90% +2.78% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 50 23
10th Percentile - £20.00 £31.82
25th Percentile £10.95 £22.84 £38.10
Median hourly rate £14.50 £33.75 £46.72
Median % change year-on-year -57.04% -27.76% +7.40%
75th Percentile £46.18 £49.52 £59.38
90th Percentile £73.75 £67.30 £65.00
England median hourly rate £53.03 £60.00 £49.75
% change year-on-year -11.62% +20.60% +16.13%

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 810 999 902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 29.47% 30.99% 22.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 691 589
10th Percentile £247 £325 £254
25th Percentile £413 £418 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.74% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £656 £600 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 67 69
10th Percentile £10.95 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £11.77 £24.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £16.06 £37.50 £40.01
Median % change year-on-year -57.17% -6.27% -1.21%
75th Percentile £38.43 £49.52 £55.00
90th Percentile £51.91 £66.13 £65.60
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.00 £36.46
% change year-on-year -23.08% +42.64% -5.31%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -3 185 £550 - 68
Cumbria 0 149 £533 +18.33% 41
Cheshire +5 52 £450 -16.28% 49
Lancashire -10 21 £588 +12.98% 23
Merseyside -14 19 £525 - 3
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 13 (3.01%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.69%) IIS
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.23%) nginx
4 1 (0.23%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.23%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.23%) Traefik
Applications
1 46 (10.65%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (3.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.46%) Revit
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.23%) Simulink
5 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.85%) Primavera
2 6 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.16%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.69%) Maximo
5 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.23%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 64 (14.81%) AWS
2 42 (9.72%) Azure
3 15 (3.47%) Amazon EC2
3 15 (3.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 14 (3.24%) Amazon S3
4 14 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (2.31%) Amazon EKS
6 9 (2.08%) Route 53
7 8 (1.85%) Entra ID
8 7 (1.62%) Amazon SQS
9 6 (1.39%) Amazon ECR
10 5 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.16%) IaaS
10 5 (1.16%) SaaS
10 5 (1.16%) Serverless
11 4 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (0.93%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.69%) PaaS
12 3 (0.69%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.46%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 45 (10.42%) Firewall
2 38 (8.80%) VPN
3 25 (5.79%) WAN
4 24 (5.56%) OSPF
5 23 (5.32%) LAN
6 18 (4.17%) Network Security
7 17 (3.94%) Wireless
8 15 (3.47%) Cisco ISE
8 15 (3.47%) NetScaler
9 14 (3.24%) BGP
9 14 (3.24%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (3.01%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (3.01%) Cisco Firepower
10 13 (3.01%) EIGRP
10 13 (3.01%) HSRP
10 13 (3.01%) IPsec
11 12 (2.78%) SNMP
11 12 (2.78%) Spanning Tree
12 11 (2.55%) Converged Networks
12 11 (2.55%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
1 7 (1.62%) MongoDB
2 5 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (0.93%) Metadata
3 4 (0.93%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.69%) Power BI
4 3 (0.69%) SAP BW
4 3 (0.69%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.46%) Big Data
5 2 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.46%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.46%) MySQL
5 2 (0.46%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Power View
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.23%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (4.40%) GitLab
2 15 (3.47%) Jenkins
3 14 (3.24%) Git
4 9 (2.08%) JIRA
5 6 (1.39%) webpack
6 5 (1.16%) JUnit
7 4 (0.93%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.69%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.69%) LSMW
8 3 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.46%) Mocha
10 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.23%) ERwin
10 1 (0.23%) Gradle
10 1 (0.23%) JMeter
10 1 (0.23%) Maven
10 1 (0.23%) Mockito
10 1 (0.23%) Selenium
10 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 110 (25.46%) Public Sector
2 92 (21.30%) Social Skills
3 31 (7.18%) Finance
4 30 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.01%) Legal
6 5 (1.16%) Manufacturing
6 5 (1.16%) Police
7 4 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (0.93%) Telecoms
8 3 (0.69%) Banking
8 3 (0.69%) Electronics
8 3 (0.69%) Marketing
8 3 (0.69%) Military
9 2 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.23%) Avionics
10 1 (0.23%) Billing
10 1 (0.23%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.23%) Public Speaking
10 1 (0.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 78 (18.06%) Architect
2 44 (10.19%) Lead
3 41 (9.49%) Consultant
4 40 (9.26%) Network Engineer
5 37 (8.56%) Developer
6 35 (8.10%) Senior
7 28 (6.48%) Analyst
8 24 (5.56%) Technical Architect
9 20 (4.63%) Technical Leader
10 16 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (3.70%) Java Developer
10 16 (3.70%) Lead Architect
11 15 (3.47%) DevOps Engineer
11 15 (3.47%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 14 (3.24%) Service Analyst
12 14 (3.24%) Service Desk Analyst
13 11 (2.55%) Senior Network Engineer
13 11 (2.55%) Solutions Architect
14 10 (2.31%) Security Architect
14 10 (2.31%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (8.80%) Node.js
2 19 (4.40%) Spring
3 17 (3.94%) REST
4 14 (3.24%) JPA
4 14 (3.24%) Spring Boot
5 12 (2.78%) Jinja
6 11 (2.55%) Hibernate
6 11 (2.55%) React
7 8 (1.85%) Redux
7 8 (1.85%) Spring Security
8 6 (1.39%) Express.js
9 5 (1.16%) .NET
9 5 (1.16%) CSS
9 5 (1.16%) HTML
9 5 (1.16%) React Native
9 5 (1.16%) RESTful
10 4 (0.93%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.93%) JSON
11 3 (0.69%) JDBC
11 3 (0.69%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.09%) Management Information System
2 15 (3.47%) Public Cloud
2 15 (3.47%) Virtual Team
3 12 (2.78%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.55%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.31%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (1.85%) CMDB
6 8 (1.85%) Mobile App
6 8 (1.85%) PKI
7 7 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.93%) NHS
10 3 (0.69%) Digital Media
10 3 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.69%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.46%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 81 (18.75%) Windows
2 35 (8.10%) Windows 10
3 29 (6.71%) Android
4 28 (6.48%) Apple iOS
5 27 (6.25%) Windows Server
6 18 (4.17%) Linux
7 3 (0.69%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.23%) CentOS
8 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.23%) Unix
8 1 (0.23%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (18.29%) Agile
2 74 (17.13%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (15.51%) CI/CD
4 65 (15.05%) DevOps
5 46 (10.65%) Risk Management
6 43 (9.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 40 (9.26%) Customer Service
8 39 (9.03%) Decision-Making
9 37 (8.56%) Mentoring
10 35 (8.10%) Time Management
11 34 (7.87%) Security Architecture
12 33 (7.64%) ITIL
13 32 (7.41%) Service Management
14 27 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 27 (6.25%) Statistics
15 26 (6.02%) Zero Trust
16 25 (5.79%) Microservices
16 25 (5.79%) Quality Management
17 24 (5.56%) Mobile Device Management
17 24 (5.56%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.64%) Python
2 28 (6.48%) Java
3 15 (3.47%) PowerShell
4 12 (2.78%) Perl
4 12 (2.78%) Tcl
5 10 (2.31%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.08%) MATLAB
6 9 (2.08%) SQL
7 8 (1.85%) C#
8 5 (1.16%) Bash
9 4 (0.93%) ABAP
9 4 (0.93%) C
9 4 (0.93%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.69%) C++
11 2 (0.46%) Bicep
11 2 (0.46%) Go
11 2 (0.46%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.23%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.23%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 365 (84.49%) SC Cleared
2 25 (5.79%) Degree
3 22 (5.09%) Cisco Certification
4 21 (4.86%) CCNA
5 20 (4.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (3.94%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.78%) CCNP
8 3 (0.69%) BC Cleared
8 3 (0.69%) CISSP
8 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.69%) OSCP
9 2 (0.46%) CISM
9 2 (0.46%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (0.46%) RIBA
9 2 (0.46%) VCAP
9 2 (0.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.23%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.23%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.48%) Disclosure Scotland
1 28 (6.48%) SLA
2 11 (2.55%) Data Quality
2 11 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.31%) QA
4 8 (1.85%) NIST
5 6 (1.39%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.16%) GDPR
7 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 3 (0.69%) ISO17020
7 3 (0.69%) NCSC
7 3 (0.69%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (5.09%) Active Directory
2 20 (4.63%) Firmware
3 17 (3.94%) Docker
4 14 (3.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (2.08%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.16%) vSphere
7 4 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.46%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (6.48%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.56%) Terraform
3 19 (4.40%) Ansible
4 6 (1.39%) Dell DRAC
4 6 (1.39%) SCCM
4 6 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.93%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.69%) Grafana
7 2 (0.46%) CA Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.23%) Consul
8 1 (0.23%) Graphite
8 1 (0.23%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.23%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.23%) Puppet
8 1 (0.23%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.23%) WSUS
8 1 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 77 (17.82%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.09%) Cisco
2 22 (5.09%) VMware
3 21 (4.86%) SAP
4 17 (3.94%) Palo Alto
5 15 (3.47%) SolarWinds
6 14 (3.24%) Citrix
7 11 (2.55%) Dell
8 8 (1.85%) Isilon
9 7 (1.62%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.39%) 3PAR
10 6 (1.39%) Oracle
10 6 (1.39%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.16%) Apple
11 5 (1.16%) CA
11 5 (1.16%) Google
12 4 (0.93%) Siemens
12 4 (0.93%) Splunk
13 3 (0.69%) Meraki
13 3 (0.69%) Nintex