Security Cleared Contracts in the North of England

Security 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 Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 4 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 +10 -4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 587 881 675
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 12.64% 15.77% 9.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 49.37% 63.02% 46.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 628 455
10th Percentile £400 £376 £325
25th Percentile £456 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £628
90th Percentile £725 £700 £675
England median daily rate £550 £550 £549
% change year-on-year - +0.14% +9.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 49 29
10th Percentile - £20.00 £23.90
25th Percentile £10.95 £25.75 £37.52
Median hourly rate £14.50 £42.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -65.88% -19.05% +54.46%
75th Percentile £46.18 £52.13 £75.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £81.00
England median hourly rate £55.80 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -7.00% +20.00% +20.74%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

Security 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 1,189 1,398 1,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 25.61% 25.02% 20.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 659 980 991
10th Percentile £313 £320 £200
25th Percentile £424 £431 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £588
90th Percentile £725 £700 £663
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 71 81
10th Percentile £10.95 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.03 £25.75 £17.64
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.58 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.42% +5.39% +44.03%
75th Percentile £36.25 £50.83 £55.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £67.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +29.63% +6.58%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the North of England

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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 Security Cleared within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 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 -1 421 £522 -0.57% 205
Yorkshire +2 127 £525 -12.50% 42
North East -4 41 £525 -7.04% 27
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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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (2.39%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.51%) IIS
2 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.34%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.17%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.17%) Apache
4 1 (0.17%) Camunda
4 1 (0.17%) Mendix
4 1 (0.17%) nginx
4 1 (0.17%) SAS
4 1 (0.17%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.17%) Traefik
Applications
1 39 (6.64%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.02%) Revit
5 4 (0.68%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.02%) Teamcenter
3 4 (0.68%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.51%) Maximo
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 88 (14.99%) AWS
2 55 (9.37%) Azure
3 20 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
3 20 (3.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 18 (3.07%) Amazon S3
5 13 (2.21%) Route 53
6 12 (2.04%) Amazon EKS
6 12 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (1.70%) Entra ID
8 9 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (1.53%) SaaS
9 8 (1.36%) Amazon SQS
10 7 (1.19%) Serverless
11 6 (1.02%) Amazon ECR
11 6 (1.02%) GCP
11 6 (1.02%) IaaS
11 6 (1.02%) PaaS
11 6 (1.02%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.02%) Power Platform
12 5 (0.85%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (7.33%) Firewall
2 36 (6.13%) VPN
3 24 (4.09%) OSPF
4 21 (3.58%) Wireless
5 15 (2.56%) Cisco ISE
5 15 (2.56%) NetScaler
6 14 (2.39%) BGP
6 14 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (2.21%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (2.21%) Cisco Firepower
7 13 (2.21%) EIGRP
7 13 (2.21%) HSRP
7 13 (2.21%) IPsec
7 13 (2.21%) WAN
8 12 (2.04%) SNMP
8 12 (2.04%) Spanning Tree
9 11 (1.87%) LAN
9 11 (1.87%) Wireless Security
10 10 (1.70%) Ethernet
11 6 (1.02%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (2.04%) MongoDB
2 12 (2.04%) Relational Database
3 8 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (1.19%) SAP BW
4 7 (1.19%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.85%) Power BI
6 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.51%) MySQL
8 3 (0.51%) SAP Data Services
9 2 (0.34%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.34%) Metadata
9 2 (0.34%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.17%) Impala
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Power View
Development Applications
1 41 (6.98%) Git
2 30 (5.11%) Jenkins
3 28 (4.77%) GitLab
4 15 (2.56%) JIRA
4 15 (2.56%) JUnit
5 7 (1.19%) Selenium
6 6 (1.02%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.02%) webpack
7 5 (0.85%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.68%) JMeter
8 4 (0.68%) Maven
8 4 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.51%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.51%) LSMW
9 3 (0.51%) Mocha
9 3 (0.51%) Mockito
10 2 (0.34%) Gatling
10 2 (0.34%) Gradle
10 2 (0.34%) WebDriver
General
1 152 (25.89%) Public Sector
2 130 (22.15%) Social Skills
3 44 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (5.96%) Finance
5 22 (3.75%) Legal
6 12 (2.04%) Telecoms
7 9 (1.53%) Manufacturing
8 8 (1.36%) Police
9 7 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (0.85%) Banking
10 5 (0.85%) Electronics
11 4 (0.68%) Military
12 3 (0.51%) Marketing
13 2 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.17%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.17%) Billing
14 1 (0.17%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.17%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.17%) Public Speaking
14 1 (0.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 94 (16.01%) Developer
2 74 (12.61%) Architect
3 61 (10.39%) Lead
4 57 (9.71%) Consultant
5 50 (8.52%) Senior
6 41 (6.98%) Analyst
7 38 (6.47%) Network Engineer
8 29 (4.94%) Java Developer
9 27 (4.60%) DevOps Engineer
10 22 (3.75%) Technical Architect
11 20 (3.41%) Technical Leader
12 19 (3.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (2.73%) Lead Architect
14 16 (2.73%) ServiceNow Developer
15 15 (2.56%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
16 14 (2.39%) Capacity Manager
16 14 (2.39%) Problem Manager
16 14 (2.39%) Service Analyst
16 14 (2.39%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (7.67%) Node.js
2 33 (5.62%) Spring
3 30 (5.11%) Spring Boot
4 29 (4.94%) REST
5 23 (3.92%) JPA
5 23 (3.92%) Web Services
6 22 (3.75%) React
7 21 (3.58%) Hibernate
8 13 (2.21%) .NET
9 12 (2.04%) Jinja
10 10 (1.70%) Redux
11 9 (1.53%) .NET Framework
11 9 (1.53%) RESTful
12 8 (1.36%) CSS
12 8 (1.36%) HTML
12 8 (1.36%) Spring Security
13 7 (1.19%) PyTorch
13 7 (1.19%) TensorFlow
14 6 (1.02%) Express.js
14 6 (1.02%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 41 (6.98%) Management Information System
2 25 (4.26%) Cyber Defence
2 25 (4.26%) Virtual Team
3 23 (3.92%) Cyber Threat
4 22 (3.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 16 (2.73%) Mobile App
5 16 (2.73%) Public Cloud
6 12 (2.04%) Product Ownership
7 10 (1.70%) CMDB
8 8 (1.36%) PKI
9 7 (1.19%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.02%) Onboarding
11 5 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.85%) Mainframe
12 4 (0.68%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.68%) NHS
12 4 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.51%) Digital Media
13 3 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 89 (15.16%) Windows
2 36 (6.13%) Linux
3 33 (5.62%) Windows 10
3 33 (5.62%) Windows Server
4 32 (5.45%) Android
5 31 (5.28%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.02%) Unix
7 5 (0.85%) CentOS
7 5 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.68%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.51%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (16.52%) Agile
2 95 (16.18%) DevOps
3 92 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
4 77 (13.12%) Mentoring
5 73 (12.44%) CI/CD
6 62 (10.56%) Service Management
7 60 (10.22%) Customer Service
8 56 (9.54%) ITIL
9 50 (8.52%) Cybersecurity
10 43 (7.33%) Risk Management
11 40 (6.81%) Information Security
11 40 (6.81%) Quality Management
11 40 (6.81%) Service Delivery
11 40 (6.81%) Statistics
11 40 (6.81%) Time Management
12 37 (6.30%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 37 (6.30%) Microservices
12 37 (6.30%) Threat Intelligence
13 36 (6.13%) ITSM
13 36 (6.13%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (9.71%) Java
2 54 (9.20%) Python
3 27 (4.60%) JavaScript
4 18 (3.07%) SQL
5 17 (2.90%) C#
6 14 (2.39%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.21%) Perl
7 13 (2.21%) PowerShell
8 12 (2.04%) Tcl
9 9 (1.53%) Bash
10 8 (1.36%) ABAP
11 7 (1.19%) C++
12 5 (0.85%) Scala
13 4 (0.68%) C
13 4 (0.68%) MATLAB
13 4 (0.68%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.68%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.68%) VBA
14 3 (0.51%) Go
14 3 (0.51%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 468 (79.73%) SC Cleared
2 58 (9.88%) DV Cleared
3 34 (5.79%) BPSS Clearance
4 30 (5.11%) Degree
5 22 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (3.24%) CCNA
7 14 (2.39%) CCNP
8 9 (1.53%) OSCP
9 7 (1.19%) CISSP
10 6 (1.02%) CEH
10 6 (1.02%) CISM
10 6 (1.02%) CREST Certified
10 6 (1.02%) GIAC
10 6 (1.02%) GPEN
11 5 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.68%) CISA
12 4 (0.68%) ISSAP
12 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.51%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.96%) NIST
2 31 (5.28%) SLA
3 28 (4.77%) Disclosure Scotland
4 18 (3.07%) QA
5 17 (2.90%) NIST 800
6 13 (2.21%) Data Quality
6 13 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.36%) GDPR
8 7 (1.19%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.68%) COBIT
9 4 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 3 (0.51%) ISO17020
10 3 (0.51%) NCSC
10 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.34%) PMO
12 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 35 (5.96%) Docker
2 27 (4.60%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.21%) Firmware
5 11 (1.87%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.34%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.34%) vSphere
8 1 (0.17%) ACF2
8 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.17%) RACF
8 1 (0.17%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 58 (9.88%) Kubernetes
2 36 (6.13%) Terraform
3 24 (4.09%) Ansible
4 8 (1.36%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.19%) Puppet
5 7 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.02%) Packer
6 6 (1.02%) SCCM
7 4 (0.68%) EMC NetWorker
7 4 (0.68%) Grafana
7 4 (0.68%) Rancher
7 4 (0.68%) VxRail
8 2 (0.34%) CA Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.34%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.34%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.34%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 111 (18.91%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.94%) SAP
3 26 (4.43%) ServiceNow
4 25 (4.26%) VMware
5 22 (3.75%) Cisco
6 16 (2.73%) Palo Alto
7 15 (2.56%) SolarWinds
8 14 (2.39%) Citrix
9 13 (2.21%) Google
10 10 (1.70%) Oracle
11 5 (0.85%) Apple
11 5 (0.85%) CA
12 4 (0.68%) Dell
12 4 (0.68%) IBM
12 4 (0.68%) Siemens
13 3 (0.51%) Databricks
13 3 (0.51%) IFS
13 3 (0.51%) Pega
13 3 (0.51%) Splunk
13 3 (0.51%) Veeam