SC Cleared Contracts in the North of England

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 10 23
Rank change year-on-year 0 +13 -9
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 488 741 514
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 10.47% 12.98% 7.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.93% 51.39% 35.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 546 374
10th Percentile £400 £388 £366
25th Percentile £450 £465 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +25.36%
75th Percentile £649 £650 £638
90th Percentile £725 £714 £676
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 37 17
10th Percentile - £24.30 £23.57
25th Percentile £10.95 £28.70 £30.47
Median hourly rate £13.99 £42.50 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -67.08% +2.77% -5.47%
75th Percentile £47.09 £52.13 £55.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £62.00
England median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 £52.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% +10.58% +15.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

SC Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,222 1,442 1,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 26.22% 25.26% 20.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 670 1,019 989
10th Percentile £305 £322 £200
25th Percentile £416 £431 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £618 £625 £588
90th Percentile £725 £700 £673
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 68 81
10th Percentile £10.95 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.35 £25.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.29 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.14% +29.96% +16.98%
75th Percentile £38.43 £52.34 £50.78
90th Percentile £63.75 £67.90 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.06%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the North of England

SC Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in the North of England

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in the North of England

SC Cleared
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in the North of England

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in the North of England

SC Cleared
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 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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 -1 372 £525 - 132
Yorkshire 0 89 £525 -12.50% 21
North East -11 29 £475 -16.30% 14
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (3.07%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.61%) IIS
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.20%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.20%) Camunda
4 1 (0.20%) nginx
4 1 (0.20%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.20%) Traefik
Applications
1 43 (8.81%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.23%) Revit
5 4 (0.82%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.23%) Primavera
1 6 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.82%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.61%) Maximo
4 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 76 (15.57%) AWS
2 49 (10.04%) Azure
3 20 (4.10%) Amazon EC2
3 20 (4.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 18 (3.69%) Amazon S3
5 13 (2.66%) Route 53
6 11 (2.25%) Amazon EKS
6 11 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (1.84%) SaaS
8 8 (1.64%) Amazon SQS
9 7 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.43%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.23%) Amazon ECR
10 6 (1.23%) GitHub
10 6 (1.23%) IaaS
10 6 (1.23%) PaaS
10 6 (1.23%) Serverless
11 5 (1.02%) AWS KMS
11 5 (1.02%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.82%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 39 (7.99%) Firewall
2 35 (7.17%) VPN
3 24 (4.92%) OSPF
4 20 (4.10%) Wireless
5 15 (3.07%) Cisco ISE
5 15 (3.07%) NetScaler
6 14 (2.87%) BGP
6 14 (2.87%) WAN
6 14 (2.87%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (2.66%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (2.66%) Cisco Firepower
7 13 (2.66%) EIGRP
7 13 (2.66%) HSRP
7 13 (2.66%) IPsec
8 12 (2.46%) LAN
8 12 (2.46%) SNMP
8 12 (2.46%) Spanning Tree
9 11 (2.25%) Wireless Security
10 10 (2.05%) Ethernet
11 7 (1.43%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (2.46%) Relational Database
3 7 (1.43%) MongoDB
3 7 (1.43%) SAP BW
3 7 (1.43%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (0.82%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.61%) Power BI
7 3 (0.61%) SAP Data Services
8 2 (0.41%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.41%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.41%) Metadata
8 2 (0.41%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle BI EE
9 1 (0.20%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 37 (7.58%) Git
2 26 (5.33%) Jenkins
3 21 (4.30%) GitLab
4 15 (3.07%) JIRA
5 13 (2.66%) JUnit
6 6 (1.23%) Selenium
6 6 (1.23%) webpack
7 5 (1.02%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.82%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.82%) JMeter
8 4 (0.82%) Maven
9 3 (0.61%) LSMW
9 3 (0.61%) Mocha
9 3 (0.61%) Mockito
9 3 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.41%) Gatling
10 2 (0.41%) gulp
10 2 (0.41%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
General
1 107 (21.93%) Public Sector
2 96 (19.67%) Social Skills
3 33 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (5.74%) Finance
5 20 (4.10%) Legal
6 7 (1.43%) Telecoms
7 6 (1.23%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.02%) Electronics
9 4 (0.82%) Marketing
10 3 (0.61%) Banking
10 3 (0.61%) Military
10 3 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.61%) Police
11 2 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.20%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.20%) Billing
12 1 (0.20%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.20%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.20%) Publishing
12 1 (0.20%) Retail
Job Titles
1 74 (15.16%) Architect
2 72 (14.75%) Developer
3 49 (10.04%) Lead
4 48 (9.84%) Consultant
5 37 (7.58%) Network Engineer
5 37 (7.58%) Senior
6 33 (6.76%) Analyst
7 27 (5.53%) DevOps Engineer
7 27 (5.53%) Java Developer
8 22 (4.51%) Technical Architect
9 19 (3.89%) Technical Leader
10 16 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (3.07%) Lead Architect
11 15 (3.07%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 14 (2.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (2.66%) Capacity Manager
13 13 (2.66%) Domain Architect
13 13 (2.66%) Problem Manager
13 13 (2.66%) Service Analyst
13 13 (2.66%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (7.58%) Node.js
2 30 (6.15%) Spring
3 27 (5.53%) Spring Boot
4 25 (5.12%) REST
5 23 (4.71%) JPA
6 22 (4.51%) React
6 22 (4.51%) Web Services
7 21 (4.30%) Hibernate
8 12 (2.46%) Jinja
9 11 (2.25%) .NET
10 10 (2.05%) Redux
11 8 (1.64%) Spring Security
12 7 (1.43%) .NET Framework
12 7 (1.43%) PyTorch
12 7 (1.43%) TensorFlow
13 6 (1.23%) CSS
13 6 (1.23%) Express.js
13 6 (1.23%) HTML
14 5 (1.02%) React Native
15 4 (0.82%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.33%) Management Information System
2 22 (4.51%) Virtual Team
3 15 (3.07%) Mobile App
3 15 (3.07%) Public Cloud
4 12 (2.46%) Product Ownership
5 9 (1.84%) CMDB
5 9 (1.84%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.43%) PKI
7 6 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.23%) Operational Technology
8 4 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.82%) Mainframe
8 4 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.61%) Digital Media
9 3 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.61%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.61%) NHS
10 2 (0.41%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.41%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.41%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 82 (16.80%) Windows
2 33 (6.76%) Windows 10
3 31 (6.35%) Linux
4 28 (5.74%) Android
4 28 (5.74%) Apple iOS
5 26 (5.33%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.02%) CentOS
6 5 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.02%) Unix
7 4 (0.82%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (18.24%) Agile
1 89 (18.24%) DevOps
2 78 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (13.32%) CI/CD
4 60 (12.30%) Service Management
5 55 (11.27%) Customer Service
6 54 (11.07%) Mentoring
7 51 (10.45%) ITIL
8 45 (9.22%) Risk Management
9 43 (8.81%) Stakeholder Management
10 39 (7.99%) Service Delivery
11 38 (7.79%) Statistics
11 38 (7.79%) Time Management
12 37 (7.58%) Decision-Making
12 37 (7.58%) Quality Management
13 34 (6.97%) Asset Management
14 33 (6.76%) ITSM
14 33 (6.76%) Security Architecture
15 31 (6.35%) Microservices
16 30 (6.15%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 50 (10.25%) Python
2 48 (9.84%) Java
3 21 (4.30%) JavaScript
4 15 (3.07%) SQL
5 14 (2.87%) C#
5 14 (2.87%) TypeScript
6 13 (2.66%) Perl
6 13 (2.66%) PowerShell
7 12 (2.46%) Tcl
8 9 (1.84%) Bash
9 7 (1.43%) C++
9 7 (1.43%) MATLAB
10 4 (0.82%) ABAP
10 4 (0.82%) Scala
11 3 (0.61%) Go
11 3 (0.61%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.61%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.61%) VBA
12 2 (0.41%) Bicep
12 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 488 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 27 (5.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 21 (4.30%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (3.89%) CCNA
4 19 (3.89%) Degree
5 18 (3.69%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.66%) CCNP
7 9 (1.84%) CISSP
8 8 (1.64%) CISM
9 7 (1.43%) OSCP
10 6 (1.23%) CEH
10 6 (1.23%) CREST Certified
10 6 (1.23%) GIAC
10 6 (1.23%) GPEN
11 4 (0.82%) CISA
11 4 (0.82%) ISSAP
11 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.61%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.74%) Disclosure Scotland
1 28 (5.74%) SLA
2 18 (3.69%) NIST
3 17 (3.48%) QA
4 16 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.66%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.02%) NCSC
7 4 (0.82%) COBIT
7 4 (0.82%) Government Security Classifications
7 4 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 3 (0.61%) ISO17020
9 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.20%) GDPR
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 28 (5.74%) Docker
2 23 (4.71%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.69%) Firmware
4 10 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.64%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 54 (11.07%) Kubernetes
2 26 (5.33%) Terraform
3 20 (4.10%) Ansible
4 7 (1.43%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.23%) Puppet
5 6 (1.23%) SCCM
5 6 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.02%) Packer
7 4 (0.82%) Dell DRAC
7 4 (0.82%) EMC NetWorker
7 4 (0.82%) Grafana
7 4 (0.82%) Rancher
7 4 (0.82%) VxRail
8 2 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.41%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.20%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.20%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 80 (16.39%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.71%) SAP
3 21 (4.30%) ServiceNow
4 18 (3.69%) Cisco
5 17 (3.48%) VMware
6 15 (3.07%) Palo Alto
7 14 (2.87%) SolarWinds
8 13 (2.66%) Citrix
9 11 (2.25%) Google
10 7 (1.43%) Oracle
11 6 (1.23%) Dell
12 5 (1.02%) Apple
12 5 (1.02%) CA
13 4 (0.82%) Isilon
13 4 (0.82%) Red Hat
14 3 (0.61%) HP
14 3 (0.61%) IBM
14 3 (0.61%) IFS
14 3 (0.61%) Meraki
14 3 (0.61%) Pega