Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Security Clearance
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 108 134 138
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 77.70% 67.68% 65.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 96.43% 94.37% 91.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 56 117
10th Percentile £431 £393 £480
25th Percentile £464 £436 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £500 £625
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -20.00% +46.37%
75th Percentile £565 £588 £672
90th Percentile £663 £674 £725
North West median daily rate £525 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 3
10th Percentile £50.78 £25.26 £29.34
25th Percentile £55.70 £46.36 £30.89
Median hourly rate £63.14 £52.19 £35.95
Median % change year-on-year +20.97% +45.17% -35.63%
75th Percentile £67.84 £74.16 £41.25
90th Percentile - £80.59 £42.94
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £37.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +13.35% -19.88% +102.06%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 112 142 151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 80.58% 71.72% 71.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 60 124
10th Percentile £431 £393 £483
25th Percentile £464 £430 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £500 £625
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -20.00% +46.37%
75th Percentile £565 £588 £672
90th Percentile £663 £675 £725
North West median daily rate £488 £475 £543
% change year-on-year +2.63% -12.44% +5.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 14 7
10th Percentile £54.06 £23.48 £31.41
25th Percentile £58.43 £30.25 £35.93
Median hourly rate £63.40 £52.19 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.48% -0.59% -5.28%
75th Percentile £67.84 £69.74 £54.38
90th Percentile £68.12 £78.84 £59.00
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +39.88% -29.62% +78.92%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Cumbria

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Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Security Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Security Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Cumbria over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Cumbria

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Security Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Security Cleared

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Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

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 Cumbria region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Barrow-in-Furness 0 94 £515 +3.04% 18
Egremont - 1 - -
Whitehaven - 1 - -
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North West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (4.63%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (8.33%) Siemens NX
2 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (8.33%) Teamcenter
2 2 (1.85%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.93%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (22.22%) Firewall
2 19 (17.59%) WAN
2 19 (17.59%) Wi-Fi
3 13 (12.04%) NetScaler
4 12 (11.11%) Cisco ISE
4 12 (11.11%) SAN
5 9 (8.33%) VPN
6 8 (7.41%) VLAN
7 5 (4.63%) DHCP
7 5 (4.63%) DNS
7 5 (4.63%) LAN
7 5 (4.63%) Skype
8 4 (3.70%) SNMP
9 3 (2.78%) Network Security
9 3 (2.78%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.93%) NAS
10 1 (0.93%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.78%) MySQL
1 3 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (2.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Eclipse
General
1 33 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 20 (18.52%) Public Sector
3 9 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 8 (7.41%) Aerospace
4 8 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.85%) Legal
6 2 (1.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 32 (29.63%) Architect
2 23 (21.30%) Network Engineer
3 12 (11.11%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 11 (10.19%) Engagement Manager
5 10 (9.26%) Technical Architect
6 9 (8.33%) Network Architect
7 6 (5.56%) Domain Architect
7 6 (5.56%) Senior
7 6 (5.56%) Senior Architect
7 6 (5.56%) Senior Network Architect
8 5 (4.63%) Analyst
8 5 (4.63%) Security Analyst
8 5 (4.63%) Service Architect
9 4 (3.70%) Infrastructure Architect
9 4 (3.70%) Storage Engineer
9 4 (3.70%) Vulnerability Manager
9 4 (3.70%) Wintel Engineer
10 3 (2.78%) Control Systems Engineer
10 3 (2.78%) Designer
10 3 (2.78%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.11%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.85%) IDoc
3 1 (0.93%) BAPI
3 1 (0.93%) LDAP
3 1 (0.93%) SAPUI5
3 1 (0.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (24.07%) Data Centre
2 8 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (4.63%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.70%) Clustering
4 4 (3.70%) Replication
5 3 (2.78%) SCADA
6 2 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.93%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.93%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 15 (13.89%) Windows
2 7 (6.48%) Windows 10
3 5 (4.63%) Linux
3 5 (4.63%) Windows 7
4 4 (3.70%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.78%) Solaris
5 3 (2.78%) Unix
6 1 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (14.81%) ITSM
2 15 (13.89%) Load Balancing
2 15 (13.89%) Network Architecture
3 13 (12.04%) Impact Assessments
4 12 (11.11%) Impact Analysis
4 12 (11.11%) Project Management
4 12 (11.11%) Service Management
5 11 (10.19%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (10.19%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (10.19%) High Availability
5 11 (10.19%) Network Design
5 11 (10.19%) Network Management
5 11 (10.19%) Project Delivery
6 10 (9.26%) Mentoring
6 10 (9.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (8.33%) CAD
7 9 (8.33%) Coaching
7 9 (8.33%) ITIL
7 9 (8.33%) PLM
7 9 (8.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.04%) PowerShell
2 6 (5.56%) Python
3 5 (4.63%) VB
3 5 (4.63%) VBScript
4 4 (3.70%) Bash
5 3 (2.78%) Perl
6 1 (0.93%) ABAP
6 1 (0.93%) C++
Qualifications
1 93 (86.11%) SC Cleared
2 14 (12.96%) DV Cleared
3 7 (6.48%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (3.70%) CCNP
4 4 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (3.70%) MCSA
4 4 (3.70%) MCSE
4 4 (3.70%) VCAP
4 4 (3.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (2.78%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.78%) Degree
6 2 (1.85%) CCNA
6 2 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.56%) NIST
2 2 (1.85%) IEC 61131
3 1 (0.93%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (4.63%) BitLocker
3 4 (3.70%) Docker
3 4 (3.70%) Firmware
3 4 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (3.70%) vSphere
4 2 (1.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.63%) SCCM
2 4 (3.70%) Ansible
2 4 (3.70%) Nessus
2 4 (3.70%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.93%) SELinux
Vendors
1 28 (25.93%) Cisco
2 18 (16.67%) Palo Alto
3 15 (13.89%) Microsoft
4 13 (12.04%) Meraki
5 9 (8.33%) Siemens
6 8 (7.41%) VMware
7 7 (6.48%) ServiceNow
8 6 (5.56%) Oracle
9 4 (3.70%) EMC
9 4 (3.70%) Juniper
9 4 (3.70%) NetApp
9 4 (3.70%) Qualys
9 4 (3.70%) Tanium
9 4 (3.70%) Veritas
10 3 (2.78%) Capita
11 2 (1.85%) Remedy
11 2 (1.85%) Rockwell
11 2 (1.85%) SAP
11 2 (1.85%) Wonderware
12 1 (0.93%) Splunk