Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Lancaster

Security Clearance
Lancashire > Lancaster

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancaster with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 3 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancaster 42.86% 20.00% -
As % of the Qualifications category 100.00% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £633 - -
25th Percentile £644 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £200 -
Median % change year-on-year +237.50% - -
75th Percentile £694 - -
90th Percentile £698 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £409 £610
% change year-on-year +34.47% -32.95% +10.91%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancaster

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 Lancaster.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancaster 42.86% 20.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £633 - -
25th Percentile £644 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £200 -
Median % change year-on-year +237.50% - -
75th Percentile £694 - -
90th Percentile £698 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £525 £625
% change year-on-year +4.76% -16.00% +13.64%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancaster

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Lancaster

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Daily Rate Trend in Lancaster

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Lancaster

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancaster 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Security Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Security Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Service Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Service Security Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
1 1 (33.33%) Change Control
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Security
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
1 1 (33.33%) Information Assurance
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens