Security Cleared Contracts in Chester

Security Clearance
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 12 20
Rank change year-on-year -4 +8 -
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 4 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 6.06% 1.75% 4.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.00% 12.50% 35.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £514 - £493
25th Percentile £548 - £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £604 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +20.80% - -
75th Percentile £660 - £503
90th Percentile £694 - £507
Cheshire median daily rate £363 £450 £540
% change year-on-year -19.44% -16.67% +47.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £25.15 - £67.00
% change year-on-year - - +94.20%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20 8 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 30.30% 14.04% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 5
10th Percentile - £301 £494
25th Percentile - £415 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £510
90th Percentile £718 £643 £624
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £507 £540
% change year-on-year -11.24% -6.11% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +214.22%
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.50 £14.00 £52.75
% change year-on-year +132.14% -73.46% +88.39%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Chester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Chester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Chester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Chester over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Chester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Chester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Inventory Management
1 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (50.00%) Logistics
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 2 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP