Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Security Clearance
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 5 19
Rank change year-on-year -8 +14 -16
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 22 38 7
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 8.76% 16.74% 4.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 41.51% 54.29% 15.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 18 6
10th Percentile £401 £149 £252
25th Percentile £450 £153 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £218 £550
Median % change year-on-year +186.21% -60.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £600 £575
90th Percentile £645 £615 £588
North West median daily rate £525 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 0
Median hourly rate - £21.59 -
North West median hourly rate £43.70 £37.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +18.11% -19.88% +105.24%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 53 70 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 21.12% 30.84% 25.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 32 16
10th Percentile £155 £141 £219
25th Percentile £334 £153 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £218 £406
Median % change year-on-year +129.89% -46.42% -18.82%
75th Percentile £634 £600 £575
90th Percentile £668 £644 £613
North West median daily rate £488 £495 £540
% change year-on-year -1.48% -8.33% +5.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 12 6
10th Percentile - £15.35 £14.69
25th Percentile - £17.65 £16.25
Median hourly rate £12.21 £19.86 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.52% +13.49% -3.37%
75th Percentile £16.50 £23.53 £19.13
90th Percentile £19.07 £24.11 £19.38
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +39.88% -29.62% +92.42%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Merseyside

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Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Merseyside

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Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 16 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
Liverpool -11 20 £623 +203.66% 8
Bootle 0 1 - -
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North West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) SAP EHS
1 2 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
1 2 (9.09%) GCP
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.55%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (4.55%) Google Workspace
2 1 (4.55%) IaaS
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (9.09%) Firewall
1 2 (9.09%) Internet
1 2 (9.09%) LAN
1 2 (9.09%) MPLS
1 2 (9.09%) WAN
2 1 (4.55%) Network Security
2 1 (4.55%) SD-WAN
2 1 (4.55%) VoIP
2 1 (4.55%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Data Hub
1 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.55%) MongoDB
1 1 (4.55%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Git
1 1 (4.55%) GitLab
1 1 (4.55%) InstallShield
1 1 (4.55%) MSI
General
1 8 (36.36%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.09%) Military
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Consultant
2 4 (18.18%) Developer
2 4 (18.18%) Senior
3 3 (13.64%) CyberArk Consultant
3 3 (13.64%) Management Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) IT Services Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Network Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Python Developer
5 1 (4.55%) SAP Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Senior IT Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Java Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Network Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Python Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (4.55%) Express.js
2 1 (4.55%) Kafka
2 1 (4.55%) MERN Stack
2 1 (4.55%) Node.js
2 1 (4.55%) React
2 1 (4.55%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
2 2 (9.09%) Android
2 2 (9.09%) Apple iOS
2 2 (9.09%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.64%) Change Management
1 3 (13.64%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (9.09%) Analytics
2 2 (9.09%) Customer Service
2 2 (9.09%) ITIL
2 2 (9.09%) Logistics
2 2 (9.09%) Migration
2 2 (9.09%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (9.09%) Tech Ops
2 2 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (9.09%) Validation
3 1 (4.55%) Agile
3 1 (4.55%) CI/CD
3 1 (4.55%) Configuration Management
3 1 (4.55%) Containerisation
3 1 (4.55%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (4.55%) Incident Response
3 1 (4.55%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (4.55%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) Java
1 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (86.36%) SC Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.55%) CCIE
3 1 (4.55%) CCNP
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) CyberArk
2 3 (13.64%) SAP
3 2 (9.09%) Cisco
3 2 (9.09%) Google
3 2 (9.09%) Meraki
3 2 (9.09%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.55%) Forcepoint
4 1 (4.55%) IBM
4 1 (4.55%) McAfee
4 1 (4.55%) Salesforce
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow