Security Cleared Contracts in the North West

Security Clearance
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 4 1
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 +9
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 378 400 597
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 18.38% 14.39% 19.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 54.70% 51.95% 65.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 236 399
10th Percentile £308 £364 £401
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £512 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -3.92% -0.47%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £744 £700
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 63 44
10th Percentile £22.16 - £21.51
25th Percentile £25.15 £10.95 £27.34
Median hourly rate £35.00 £14.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +141.38% -65.88% -32.00%
75th Percentile £59.95 £49.50 £50.72
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.50 £64.68
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.26% -4.17% +15.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 691 770 905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 33.59% 27.71% 29.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 397 421 597
10th Percentile £301 £300 £363
25th Percentile £400 £413 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £713 £695 £690
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 132 63
10th Percentile £17.33 £10.95 £19.27
25th Percentile £21.30 £11.94 £27.18
Median hourly rate £31.00 £16.06 £40.59
Median % change year-on-year +93.03% -60.43% +11.98%
75th Percentile £59.98 £44.28 £49.89
90th Percentile £75.93 £62.50 £64.45
England median hourly rate £28.58 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -32.76% -22.73% +32.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the North West over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in the North West over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
Manchester +4 138 £500 -4.76% 503
Cumbria 0 117 £527 +5.40% 26
Lancashire +6 47 £450 -7.02% 133
Cheshire -8 36 £388 -13.65% 89
Merseyside +6 32 £600 +4.35% 46
Security Cleared
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 17 (4.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.17%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.12%) Confluence
3 8 (2.12%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.06%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (1.06%) IIS
5 3 (0.79%) Mendix
6 2 (0.53%) Apache
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.53%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.53%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.26%) CICS
7 1 (0.26%) Documentum
7 1 (0.26%) FileNet
7 1 (0.26%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.26%) Resin
Applications
1 10 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.38%) Siemens NX
3 8 (2.12%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.26%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 13 (3.44%) Teamcenter
2 6 (1.59%) Primavera
3 4 (1.06%) SAP PS
4 2 (0.53%) Maximo
4 2 (0.53%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 50 (13.23%) AWS
2 35 (9.26%) Azure
3 26 (6.88%) SaaS
4 18 (4.76%) Google Workspace
5 13 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (3.17%) Entra ID
7 11 (2.91%) Serverless
8 6 (1.59%) GCP
9 5 (1.32%) GitHub
10 4 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.06%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (0.79%) Google Sheets
11 3 (0.79%) IaaS
11 3 (0.79%) ShareGate
11 3 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.53%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 45 (11.90%) Firewall
2 24 (6.35%) Wi-Fi
3 23 (6.08%) Cisco ASA
3 23 (6.08%) Cisco Firepower
4 21 (5.56%) BGP
4 21 (5.56%) IPsec
4 21 (5.56%) OSPF
4 21 (5.56%) WAN
5 20 (5.29%) HSRP
6 19 (5.03%) EIGRP
7 14 (3.70%) Cisco ISE
7 14 (3.70%) NetScaler
8 12 (3.17%) VPN
9 10 (2.65%) Skype
10 9 (2.38%) DNS
11 8 (2.12%) DHCP
11 8 (2.12%) Structured Cabling
12 6 (1.59%) Cisco Wireless
12 6 (1.59%) LAN
12 6 (1.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.23%) Relational Database
2 15 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.12%) Siebel EIM
5 7 (1.85%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.59%) Hadoop
6 6 (1.59%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.06%) Big Data
8 3 (0.79%) DB2
8 3 (0.79%) MySQL
8 3 (0.79%) Power BI
8 3 (0.79%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.79%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.53%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.53%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.53%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 16 (4.23%) Jenkins
2 11 (2.91%) Gradle
2 11 (2.91%) JIRA
2 11 (2.91%) JUnit
3 10 (2.65%) Git
3 10 (2.65%) GitLab
3 10 (2.65%) Liquibase
3 10 (2.65%) Mockito
4 3 (0.79%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.79%) Maven
4 3 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (0.79%) ScriptRunner
4 3 (0.79%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.53%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.53%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.53%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.53%) ERwin
5 2 (0.53%) gulp
5 2 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.26%) Grunt
General
1 109 (28.84%) Public Sector
2 71 (18.78%) Social Skills
3 37 (9.79%) Finance
4 25 (6.61%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (5.03%) Military
6 14 (3.70%) Manufacturing
7 13 (3.44%) Telecoms
8 12 (3.17%) Banking
8 12 (3.17%) Electronics
9 10 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.65%) Marketing
10 8 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.85%) Legal
12 5 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.79%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.53%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.26%) Aviation
15 1 (0.26%) Law
Job Titles
1 53 (14.02%) Developer
2 48 (12.70%) Network Engineer
3 42 (11.11%) Architect
4 39 (10.32%) Senior
5 30 (7.94%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 21 (5.56%) Consultant
7 19 (5.03%) Analyst
8 18 (4.76%) Lead
9 14 (3.70%) Data Engineer
9 14 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (3.44%) Siebel Developer
10 13 (3.44%) Support Engineer
11 12 (3.17%) Software Engineer
12 11 (2.91%) Desktop Support
12 11 (2.91%) Technical Architect
12 11 (2.91%) Test Manager
13 9 (2.38%) Applications Engineer
13 9 (2.38%) Change Manager
13 9 (2.38%) Configuration Engineer
13 9 (2.38%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.56%) Kafka
2 20 (5.29%) Node.js
3 15 (3.97%) React
4 14 (3.70%) 802.1X
4 14 (3.70%) Spring
4 14 (3.70%) Web Services
5 13 (3.44%) Spring Boot
5 13 (3.44%) XML
6 12 (3.17%) SOAP
7 10 (2.65%) OpenAPI
7 10 (2.65%) Swagger
8 9 (2.38%) JMS
9 5 (1.32%) REST
10 4 (1.06%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.06%) Middleware
10 4 (1.06%) PySpark
11 3 (0.79%) BAPI
11 3 (0.79%) Express.js
11 3 (0.79%) LDAP
11 3 (0.79%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.29%) Hybrid Cloud
2 14 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 9 (2.38%) Onboarding
4 7 (1.85%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.32%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.32%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.06%) Blackberry
6 4 (1.06%) CSOC
6 4 (1.06%) Fibre Optics
6 4 (1.06%) Handset
6 4 (1.06%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.06%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (0.53%) Digital Signage
7 2 (0.53%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.26%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.26%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.26%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.26%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.56%) Windows
2 18 (4.76%) Linux
3 10 (2.65%) Windows 10
4 9 (2.38%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (1.59%) Windows 7
7 5 (1.32%) Android
7 5 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.53%) Solaris
9 2 (0.53%) Unix
10 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (17.20%) Agile
2 44 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (11.11%) Migration
4 36 (9.52%) ITIL
5 35 (9.26%) Stakeholder Management
6 29 (7.67%) Software Engineering
7 28 (7.41%) DevOps
8 27 (7.14%) User Experience
9 23 (6.08%) ITSM
9 23 (6.08%) Microservices
9 23 (6.08%) Performance Tuning
10 22 (5.82%) CI/CD
10 22 (5.82%) Containerisation
11 21 (5.56%) Network Management
12 20 (5.29%) Service Management
13 19 (5.03%) Load Balancing
13 19 (5.03%) Network Design
13 19 (5.03%) Workflow
14 18 (4.76%) CAD
15 17 (4.50%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 35 (9.26%) SQL
2 29 (7.67%) Java
3 16 (4.23%) Python
4 13 (3.44%) PL/SQL
5 12 (3.17%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.91%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.12%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.32%) ABAP
9 4 (1.06%) C++
9 4 (1.06%) VB
9 4 (1.06%) VBScript
10 3 (0.79%) Bash
10 3 (0.79%) Groovy
11 2 (0.53%) Go
11 2 (0.53%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.53%) SPARQL
12 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.26%) Bicep
12 1 (0.26%) PHP
12 1 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 317 (83.86%) SC Cleared
2 22 (5.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (3.44%) DV Cleared
4 11 (2.91%) Degree
5 7 (1.85%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.06%) CCNA
7 4 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.79%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.79%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.53%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.53%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.53%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.26%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.26%) CCNP
10 1 (0.26%) CISM
10 1 (0.26%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.44%) QA
2 12 (3.17%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.17%) SLA
3 5 (1.32%) NIST
4 3 (0.79%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.53%) COBIT
5 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.26%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.26%) PMO
6 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (4.50%) Active Directory
1 17 (4.50%) Docker
2 10 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.85%) BitLocker
4 5 (1.32%) Firmware
5 4 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.79%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.79%) UAG
7 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.53%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (3.17%) Kubernetes
1 12 (3.17%) SCCM
1 12 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
1 12 (3.17%) Terraform
2 9 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.32%) Grafana
4 4 (1.06%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.79%) Ansible
5 3 (0.79%) NetBackup
5 3 (0.79%) SELinux
6 2 (0.53%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (0.53%) HP Data Protector
6 2 (0.53%) Kibana
6 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (0.53%) NetApp OnCommand
6 2 (0.53%) vMotion
6 2 (0.53%) WSUS
7 1 (0.26%) Istio
7 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.26%) QRadar
Vendors
1 60 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 47 (12.43%) Cisco
3 40 (10.58%) Palo Alto
4 31 (8.20%) SAP
5 29 (7.67%) Google
6 20 (5.29%) CheckPoint
7 16 (4.23%) Oracle
8 14 (3.70%) Siebel
8 14 (3.70%) Splunk
9 13 (3.44%) Meraki
9 13 (3.44%) VMware
10 9 (2.38%) ServiceNow
11 8 (2.12%) IBM
12 6 (1.59%) Databricks
12 6 (1.59%) SolarWinds
13 4 (1.06%) Atlassian
13 4 (1.06%) CyberArk
13 4 (1.06%) EMC
13 4 (1.06%) Red Hat
13 4 (1.06%) Ribbon