SC Cleared Contracts in Lancashire

Security Check (SC) Clearance
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for SC 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 5 14 2
Rank change year-on-year +9 -12 +3
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 38 18 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 20.99% 7.03% 34.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.58% 22.22% 73.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 3 39
10th Percentile £153 £353 £401
25th Percentile £153 £394 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £490 £585
90th Percentile £650 £492 £606
North West median daily rate £523 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.95% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 28
10th Percentile - - £25.75
25th Percentile - £45.88 £29.15
Median hourly rate £18.87 £46.18 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.14% +8.66% -14.02%
75th Percentile £47.33 £47.09 £46.39
90th Percentile £64.40 £49.55 £49.52
North West median hourly rate £32.00 £11.20 £42.50
% change year-on-year +185.84% -73.66% -18.68%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

SC 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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 96 81 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 53.04% 31.64% 47.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 20 55
10th Percentile £153 £313 £291
25th Percentile £375 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +8.75% -
75th Percentile £578 £628 £585
90th Percentile £640 £656 £617
North West median daily rate £492 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -1.60% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 45 37
10th Percentile £18.87 £13.06 £25.75
25th Percentile £40.06 - £29.30
Median hourly rate £58.64 £16.06 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +265.13% -62.21% -28.55%
75th Percentile £77.09 £43.10 £48.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £46.18 £53.13
North West median hourly rate £32.00 £16.06 £40.59
% change year-on-year +99.25% -60.43% +24.91%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Lancashire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Lancashire.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Lancashire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

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

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Lancashire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Lancashire.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Lancashire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in Lancashire over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in Lancashire

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Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Preston +12 20 £450 -5.26% 10
Blackpool - 6 £153 - 2
Lytham St Annes - 2 £153 -
Lancaster - 1 £530 -
SC Cleared
North West

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 3 (7.89%) Confluence
2 2 (5.26%) Apache
2 2 (5.26%) IIS
2 2 (5.26%) WebSphere
3 1 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.63%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 9 (23.68%) Siemens NX
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (26.32%) Teamcenter
2 2 (5.26%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.89%) AWS
1 3 (7.89%) Azure
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.63%) AWS Data Pipeline
3 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.63%) GCP
3 1 (2.63%) IaaS
3 1 (2.63%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.53%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (2.63%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (5.26%) DB2
1 2 (5.26%) SQL Server
1 2 (5.26%) Tableau
2 1 (2.63%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (2.63%) BigQuery
2 1 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (15.79%) JIRA
2 1 (2.63%) ScriptRunner
General
1 9 (23.68%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (23.68%) Applications Engineer
1 9 (23.68%) Configuration Engineer
2 6 (15.79%) Desktop Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Desktop Support
3 4 (10.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 4 (10.53%) Senior
3 4 (10.53%) Support Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) IT Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) Lead
4 3 (7.89%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Buyer
5 2 (5.26%) Consultant
5 2 (5.26%) Desktop Migration Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Maximo Consultant
5 2 (5.26%) Migration Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Senior Buyer
5 2 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Windows Engineer
6 1 (2.63%) ERP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (31.58%) XML
2 3 (7.89%) Web Services
3 2 (5.26%) SOAP
4 1 (2.63%) 802.1X
4 1 (2.63%) Kafka
4 1 (2.63%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.79%) Windows
2 2 (5.26%) Windows 10
2 2 (5.26%) Windows 7
2 2 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (26.32%) Data Governance
2 9 (23.68%) CAD
2 9 (23.68%) PLM
2 9 (23.68%) User Experience
3 6 (15.79%) Agile
3 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (13.16%) DevOps
4 5 (13.16%) Workflow
5 4 (10.53%) Kanban
5 4 (10.53%) Scrum
6 3 (7.89%) Analytics
6 3 (7.89%) API Integration
6 3 (7.89%) Coaching
6 3 (7.89%) Data Analytics
6 3 (7.89%) Migration
6 3 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (7.89%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 2 (5.26%) Agile Coaching
7 2 (5.26%) Decision-Making
7 2 (5.26%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.26%) JavaScript
1 2 (5.26%) Python
1 2 (5.26%) SQL
2 1 (2.63%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 38 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (5.26%) Degree
4 1 (2.63%) CCNA
4 1 (2.63%) CCNP
4 1 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.63%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (26.32%) Data Quality
2 4 (10.53%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.26%) Axway
2 2 (5.26%) IBM
2 2 (5.26%) SAP
2 2 (5.26%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.63%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.63%) Cisco
3 1 (2.63%) Splunk
3 1 (2.63%) Virgin Media
3 1 (2.63%) webMethods