BC Cleared Contracts in the North of England

Basic Check (BC) Clearance
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for BC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 165 196
Rank change year-on-year -16 +31 +68
DemandTrendContract jobs citing BC Cleared 6 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.15% 0.024% 0.039%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.49% 0.092% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £350 - -
25th Percentile £372 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £556 - -
England median daily rate £438 £627 £590
% change year-on-year -30.22% +6.27% +22.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
England median hourly rate - £16.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year - -13.16% -26.92%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

BC 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 the North of England.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,220 1,085 1,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 30.30% 25.75% 24.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 747 643 837
10th Percentile £306 £313 £280
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £610
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 115 75
10th Percentile £17.44 £10.95 £15.95
25th Percentile £21.01 £13.50 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £40.59
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% -40.43% +39.97%
75th Percentile £49.56 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.16 £70.00 £55.61
England median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £55.00
% change year-on-year -48.21% -11.71% +22.22%

BC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing BC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for BC Cleared in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing BC Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing BC Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BC Cleared in the North of England over the 6 months to 24 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BC Cleared in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing BC Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing BC Cleared

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BC Cleared within the North of England region over the 6 months to 24 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West 0 5 £438 - 3
Yorkshire - 1 £650 - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Change Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Governance Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Banking Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Banking Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Delivery Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Head of Security
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Change Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Change Management
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) Business Case
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (16.67%) Feasibility Study
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Traceability Matrix
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
3 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) PMO