Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in County Down

Security Clearance
Northern Ireland > County Down

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in County Down 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 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in County Down 10.00% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £286 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 - -
75th Percentile £289 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £650 £475 £575
% change year-on-year +36.84% -17.39% +15.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
County Down

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 County Down.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Down 10.00% - 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £286 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 - -
75th Percentile £289 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £600 £450 £563
% change year-on-year +33.33% -20.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Median hourly rate - - £12.25
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £14.50 £25.15 £12.25
% change year-on-year -42.35% +105.31% -11.93%

Security Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Down by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Field Engineer
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (100.00%) Huawei
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia