Security Cleared Contracts in Cheshire

Security Clearance
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 11 13
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +12
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 50 55 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 11.14% 10.91% 11.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.76% 44.72% 40.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 39 46
10th Percentile £203 £65 £200
25th Percentile £230 £344 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £448 £540
Median % change year-on-year -21.79% -17.13% +13.68%
75th Percentile £445 £500 £563
90th Percentile £520 £575 £628
North West median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Median hourly rate £86.00 - £67.00
North West median hourly rate £60.00 £14.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +313.79% -61.33% -15.94%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 129 123 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 28.73% 24.40% 29.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 83 96
10th Percentile £230 £132 £283
25th Percentile £325 £344 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £422 £448 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.70% -10.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £522 £538 £575
90th Percentile £582 £672 £665
North West median daily rate £494 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -3.66% -1.44% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 5
10th Percentile £28.43 - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - £36.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £14.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +132.14% -65.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £85.63 £26.66 £65.75
90th Percentile £86.00 - £66.50
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
% change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% -5.60%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Cheshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Cheshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Cheshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Cheshire

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Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Warrington +1 32 £325 -35.00% 22
Knutsford 0 10 £465 +12.39% 4
Chester -5 2 - - 15
Crewe - 1 - -
Macclesfield - 1 £395 -
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North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (28.00%) SharePoint
2 13 (26.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (8.00%) Skype for Business
4 3 (6.00%) Confluence
4 3 (6.00%) IIS
5 1 (2.00%) CICS
5 1 (2.00%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (4.00%) SAP CO
1 2 (4.00%) SAP FI
1 2 (4.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (4.00%) SAP HR
1 2 (4.00%) SAP Payroll
1 2 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.00%) SAP LE
Cloud Services
1 15 (30.00%) Azure
2 14 (28.00%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (24.00%) Entra ID
4 9 (18.00%) SaaS
5 3 (6.00%) OneDrive
6 2 (4.00%) AWS
7 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (18.00%) DNS
2 6 (12.00%) DHCP
3 4 (8.00%) Skype
4 3 (6.00%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (4.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.00%) VPN
6 1 (2.00%) HTTPS
6 1 (2.00%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (4.00%) Hadoop
2 1 (2.00%) DB2
2 1 (2.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.00%) MySQL
2 1 (2.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (10.00%) JIRA
2 3 (6.00%) Git
3 1 (2.00%) Bitbucket
3 1 (2.00%) MSI
3 1 (2.00%) Selenium
General
1 19 (38.00%) Public Sector
2 18 (36.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.00%) Banking
3 4 (8.00%) Finance
4 2 (4.00%) Financial Institution
4 2 (4.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.00%) Automotive
5 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.00%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.00%) Publishing
5 1 (2.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (24.00%) Analyst
2 9 (18.00%) Service Analyst
2 9 (18.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 6 (12.00%) Administrator
3 6 (12.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 6 (12.00%) Support Engineer
3 6 (12.00%) VMWare Administrator
3 6 (12.00%) Wintel Administrator
4 5 (10.00%) Developer
5 3 (6.00%) Architect
5 3 (6.00%) Cabling Engineer
5 3 (6.00%) Consultant
5 3 (6.00%) Data Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) ABAP Developer
6 2 (4.00%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.00%) SAP Developer
6 2 (4.00%) SAP HR Developer
6 2 (4.00%) Senior
6 2 (4.00%) Service Management Analyst
7 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) PySpark
2 1 (2.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.00%) CSS
2 1 (2.00%) CSS3
2 1 (2.00%) GraphQL
2 1 (2.00%) HTML
2 1 (2.00%) HTML5
2 1 (2.00%) JDBC
2 1 (2.00%) Node.js
2 1 (2.00%) OAuth
2 1 (2.00%) OAuth2
2 1 (2.00%) OpenID
2 1 (2.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.00%) React
2 1 (2.00%) REST
2 1 (2.00%) RESTful
2 1 (2.00%) SOAP
2 1 (2.00%) Software Packaging
2 1 (2.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (6.00%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.00%) CMDB
4 1 (2.00%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (2.00%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (2.00%) PKI
4 1 (2.00%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 11 (22.00%) Windows
2 7 (14.00%) Windows Server
2 7 (14.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 7 (14.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 6 (12.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (4.00%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.00%) Android
5 1 (2.00%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (44.00%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (34.00%) ITIL
3 15 (30.00%) Agile
3 15 (30.00%) ITSM
4 10 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 8 (16.00%) Migration
6 7 (14.00%) Patch Management
7 6 (12.00%) Decision-Making
8 5 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
8 5 (10.00%) Problem Management
8 5 (10.00%) Task Automation
9 4 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (8.00%) Data Protection
9 4 (8.00%) Mentoring
9 4 (8.00%) Performance Tuning
9 4 (8.00%) Process Improvement
10 3 (6.00%) High Availability
10 3 (6.00%) Identity Access Management
10 3 (6.00%) Performance Optimisation
10 3 (6.00%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.00%) Python
2 3 (6.00%) SQL
3 2 (4.00%) ABAP
3 2 (4.00%) Java
3 2 (4.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.00%) VB
4 1 (2.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (66.00%) SC Cleared
2 7 (14.00%) Degree
3 4 (8.00%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (6.00%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.00%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.00%) MCP
6 1 (2.00%) MCSA
6 1 (2.00%) MCSE
6 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (24.00%) SLA
2 1 (2.00%) GDPR
2 1 (2.00%) HIPAA
2 1 (2.00%) NCSC
2 1 (2.00%) PMO
System Software
1 21 (42.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (12.00%) Hyper-V
3 6 (12.00%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (6.00%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.00%) BitLocker
5 1 (2.00%) Docker
5 1 (2.00%) Firmware
5 1 (2.00%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (22.00%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (16.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (12.00%) vCenter Server
4 3 (6.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (6.00%) NetApp OnCommand
4 3 (6.00%) vMotion
4 3 (6.00%) WSUS
5 2 (4.00%) SCCM
6 1 (2.00%) HP ALM
6 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
6 1 (2.00%) MOM
Vendors
1 22 (44.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.00%) VMware
3 4 (8.00%) SAP
3 4 (8.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.00%) Google
4 2 (4.00%) Oracle
4 2 (4.00%) Workday
5 1 (2.00%) ForgeRock
5 1 (2.00%) HP
5 1 (2.00%) Kronos
5 1 (2.00%) McAfee
5 1 (2.00%) Ping Identity
5 1 (2.00%) Rockwell
5 1 (2.00%) Siemens
5 1 (2.00%) Symantec