SC Cleared Network Engineer Contracts in the North of England

Security Check Clearance Network Engineer
England > North of England

The median Security Check Clearance Network Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £466, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 171 204
Rank change year-on-year +47 +33 +43
Contract jobs requiring a SC Cleared Network Engineer 43 15 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.29% 0.32% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 0.35% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 3
10th Percentile £378 - £523
25th Percentile £399 £313 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.44% -21.74% +9.52%
75th Percentile £500 £512 £644
90th Percentile £638 £518 £678
England median daily rate £490 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +3.16% +11.76% -5.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £72.50 -
England median hourly rate - £72.50 £63.23
% change year-on-year - +14.66% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 3,108 4,330 5,332
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 93.26% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,056 2,711 3,750
10th Percentile £230 £263 £280
25th Percentile £365 £389 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.69% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £680
England median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.48% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 399 155
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.06 £14.10
25th Percentile £16.19 £12.53 £17.99
Median hourly rate £24.50 £20.77 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +17.96% -31.99% +57.81%
75th Percentile £50.00 £46.18 £49.45
90th Percentile £77.88 £62.75 £66.41
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.31% -17.38% +93.72%

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured SC Cleared Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer in the North of England

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared Network Engineer in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer in the North of England

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared Network Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared Network Engineer in the North of England

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared Network Engineer in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared Network Engineer in the North of England

SC Cleared Network Engineer
Contract 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 SC Cleared Network Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
North West +39 37 £425 -5.56%
Yorkshire - 6 £492 - 2
SC Cleared Network Engineer
England

SC Cleared Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, SC Cleared Network Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring SC Cleared Network Engineer in the job title.

1 43 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 43 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 37 (86.05%) Cisco
3 31 (72.09%) Firewall
4 28 (65.12%) Palo Alto
5 20 (46.51%) Cisco Firepower
6 17 (39.53%) Cisco ASA
7 14 (32.56%) Network Management
7 14 (32.56%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (30.23%) WAN
9 12 (27.91%) OSPF
9 12 (27.91%) BGP
9 12 (27.91%) EIGRP
9 12 (27.91%) IPsec
9 12 (27.91%) HSRP
9 12 (27.91%) Cisco ISE
10 11 (25.58%) Data Centre
10 11 (25.58%) Load Balancing
10 11 (25.58%) Network Design
11 10 (23.26%) CheckPoint
11 10 (23.26%) Cisco Nexus
12 9 (20.93%) NetScaler
12 9 (20.93%) 802.1X
12 9 (20.93%) Meraki
13 8 (18.60%) Impact Assessments
13 8 (18.60%) Network Architecture
14 7 (16.28%) Cisco Wireless
14 7 (16.28%) Wireless
14 7 (16.28%) ITSM
15 6 (13.95%) VPN

SC Cleared Network Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (2.33%) AWS
1 1 (2.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 31 (72.09%) Firewall
2 20 (46.51%) Cisco Firepower
3 17 (39.53%) Cisco ASA
4 14 (32.56%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (30.23%) WAN
6 12 (27.91%) BGP
6 12 (27.91%) Cisco ISE
6 12 (27.91%) EIGRP
6 12 (27.91%) HSRP
6 12 (27.91%) IPsec
6 12 (27.91%) OSPF
7 10 (23.26%) Cisco Nexus
8 9 (20.93%) NetScaler
9 7 (16.28%) Cisco Wireless
9 7 (16.28%) Wireless
10 6 (13.95%) VPN
11 5 (11.63%) Network Security
12 3 (6.98%) Ethernet
12 3 (6.98%) NGFW
12 3 (6.98%) SD-WAN
General
1 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
2 1 (2.33%) Advertising
2 1 (2.33%) Finance
2 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (20.93%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.58%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) Network Management
2 11 (25.58%) Load Balancing
2 11 (25.58%) Network Design
3 8 (18.60%) Impact Assessments
3 8 (18.60%) Network Architecture
4 7 (16.28%) ITSM
5 3 (6.98%) Analytics
5 3 (6.98%) ITIL
6 2 (4.65%) Migration
7 1 (2.33%) Agile
7 1 (2.33%) Platform Engineering
7 1 (2.33%) Project Delivery
7 1 (2.33%) Project Governance
7 1 (2.33%) Project Management
7 1 (2.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 43 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 43 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.98%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.33%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 37 (86.05%) Cisco
2 28 (65.12%) Palo Alto
3 10 (23.26%) CheckPoint
4 9 (20.93%) Meraki
5 5 (11.63%) Microsoft
6 3 (6.98%) SolarWinds