Security Cleared Contracts in Lancashire

Security Clearance
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 3 1
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 57 30 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 28.64% 13.82% 34.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 55.34% 43.48% 74.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 13 53
10th Percentile £153 £212 £413
25th Percentile £398 £285 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £600 £650 £638
90th Percentile £650 £750 £645
North West median daily rate £530 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +5.32% -4.14% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 20
10th Percentile £18.87 - £28.95
25th Percentile £33.00 £46.18 £41.25
Median hourly rate £47.12 £47.59 £46.03
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +3.39% +11.30%
75th Percentile £70.81 £51.22 £49.52
90th Percentile £73.19 £51.61 £56.51
North West median hourly rate £30.64 £18.07 £46.18
% change year-on-year +69.58% -60.88% -17.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 103 69 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 51.76% 31.80% 45.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 21 68
10th Percentile £155 £259 £359
25th Percentile £407 £285 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £586 £627 £642
90th Percentile £649 £650 £697
North West median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +0.92% -2.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 29 33
10th Percentile £18.87 - £30.99
25th Percentile £47.12 - £39.25
Median hourly rate £70.16 £16.06 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +336.86% -65.22% -19.69%
75th Percentile £74.70 £43.10 -
90th Percentile £81.00 £47.14 £52.44
North West median hourly rate £30.64 £16.93 £42.50
% change year-on-year +81.00% -60.18% +17.25%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Lancashire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Lancashire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Lancashire over the 6 months to 16 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Lancashire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Lancashire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Lancashire over the 6 months to 16 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security 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 Security Cleared within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 16 August 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 +11 30 £500 - 3
Blackpool +2 9 £270 -5.26%
Lancaster - 1 £530 -
Security Cleared
North West

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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 4 (7.02%) Confluence
2 3 (5.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.51%) Apache
3 2 (3.51%) IIS
3 2 (3.51%) NetWeaver
3 2 (3.51%) WebSphere
4 1 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.75%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 10 (17.54%) Siemens NX
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.75%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (19.30%) Teamcenter
2 2 (3.51%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.28%) AWS
2 6 (10.53%) Azure
3 5 (8.77%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.26%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (3.51%) IaaS
5 2 (3.51%) ShareGate
6 1 (1.75%) Amazon EMR
6 1 (1.75%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.75%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (1.75%) AWS Data Pipeline
6 1 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.75%) GCP
6 1 (1.75%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.75%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.75%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.75%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.75%) Serverless
6 1 (1.75%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.26%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (1.75%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.51%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (3.51%) Amazon Redshift
1 2 (3.51%) DB2
1 2 (3.51%) SQL Server
1 2 (3.51%) Tableau
2 1 (1.75%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (1.75%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (12.28%) JIRA
2 2 (3.51%) ScriptRunner
General
1 13 (22.81%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.77%) Finance
4 4 (7.02%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.75%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (15.79%) Applications Engineer
1 9 (15.79%) Configuration Engineer
2 6 (10.53%) Senior
3 5 (8.77%) Accountant
3 5 (8.77%) Assistant Accountant
3 5 (8.77%) Consultant
3 5 (8.77%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (8.77%) Project Accountant
4 4 (7.02%) Lead
4 4 (7.02%) Project Manager
4 4 (7.02%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Cloud Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Desktop Support
5 3 (5.26%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Developer
5 3 (5.26%) Integration Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) SAP Consultant
5 3 (5.26%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
5 3 (5.26%) Support Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (21.05%) XML
2 5 (8.77%) Web Services
3 2 (3.51%) SOAP
4 1 (1.75%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.75%) Kafka
4 1 (1.75%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
1 3 (5.26%) Virtual Team
2 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.75%) CESG
2 1 (1.75%) CMDB
2 1 (1.75%) Low-Code
2 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.75%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.53%) Windows
2 2 (3.51%) Windows 10
2 2 (3.51%) Windows 7
2 2 (3.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (17.54%) Agile
1 10 (17.54%) CAD
1 10 (17.54%) Data Governance
1 10 (17.54%) PLM
1 10 (17.54%) Stakeholder Management
1 10 (17.54%) User Experience
2 8 (14.04%) DevOps
2 8 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (12.28%) Process Improvement
4 6 (10.53%) Coaching
5 5 (8.77%) Analytics
5 5 (8.77%) Deadline-Driven
5 5 (8.77%) Roadmaps
5 5 (8.77%) Workflow
6 4 (7.02%) ERP
6 4 (7.02%) Kanban
6 4 (7.02%) Migration
6 4 (7.02%) Scrum
7 3 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (5.26%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.26%) Python
1 3 (5.26%) SQL
2 2 (3.51%) Groovy
2 2 (3.51%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 49 (85.96%) SC Cleared
2 15 (26.32%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (5.26%) Degree
4 2 (3.51%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.75%) CCNA
5 1 (1.75%) CCNP
5 1 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.54%) Data Quality
2 4 (7.02%) QA
3 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.75%) COBIT
3 1 (1.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.75%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.75%) NIST
3 1 (1.75%) NIST 800
3 1 (1.75%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.28%) SAP
3 4 (7.02%) Axway
4 3 (5.26%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.51%) Atlassian
5 2 (3.51%) IBM
5 2 (3.51%) Nintex
6 1 (1.75%) Cisco
6 1 (1.75%) Siemens
6 1 (1.75%) Splunk
6 1 (1.75%) Virgin Media
6 1 (1.75%) webMethods