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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 2 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 +5
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 381 490 524
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 16.28% 17.46% 13.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.53% 58.97% 53.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 345 381
10th Percentile £257 £393 £350
25th Percentile £342 £450 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £538 £530
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +1.42% +11.58%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £687 £688 £700
England median daily rate £550 £550 £555
% change year-on-year - -0.90% +8.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 31 21
10th Percentile £18.03 £34.75 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.22 £45.88 £23.21
Median hourly rate £37.00 £46.18 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.88% -23.03% +55.39%
75th Percentile £51.91 £50.88 £75.00
90th Percentile £55.79 £63.75 £81.00
England median hourly rate £60.00 £59.68 £60.00
% change year-on-year +0.54% -0.53% +50.00%

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 651 831 973
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 27.81% 29.62% 24.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 550 678
10th Percentile £269 £262 £311
25th Percentile £399 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% +9.47%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £690 £689
England median daily rate £528 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.09% - +8.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 76 43
10th Percentile £18.04 £16.25 £14.50
25th Percentile £23.56 £30.00 £17.75
Median hourly rate £38.66 £46.18 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% +15.45% +95.60%
75th Percentile £53.19 £47.14 £69.68
90th Percentile £69.59 £56.68 £81.00
England median hourly rate £52.50 £52.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +16.67% +61.49%

Security Cleared
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 31 October 2024.

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 31 October 2024.

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 31 October 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
Manchester +1 146 £440 -16.29% 59
Cumbria 0 117 £500 -16.67% 33
Lancashire 0 45 £325 -40.91% 19
Merseyside +18 36 £200 -61.90% 1
Cheshire -7 33 £518 +3.50% 13
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
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 9 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.31%) Confluence
4 4 (1.05%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.79%) SAS
5 3 (0.79%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.52%) Apache
6 2 (0.52%) IIS
6 2 (0.52%) nginx
6 2 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.26%) Camunda
7 1 (0.26%) JBoss
7 1 (0.26%) Mendix
7 1 (0.26%) MTS
7 1 (0.26%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.26%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.79%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.26%) Autodesk Inventor
3 1 (0.26%) Camtasia
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.26%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 6 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
1 6 (1.57%) SAP SCM
2 5 (1.31%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.52%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.52%) SAP PM
4 2 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.26%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.26%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.26%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 29 (7.61%) AWS
1 29 (7.61%) Azure
2 11 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (2.10%) Power Platform
4 6 (1.57%) Serverless
5 5 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (1.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 4 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (1.05%) GCP
6 4 (1.05%) OCI
6 4 (1.05%) PowerApps
6 4 (1.05%) Slack
7 2 (0.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 2 (0.52%) AWS CloudTrail
7 2 (0.52%) Azure AKS
7 2 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.52%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (0.52%) Nutanix
7 2 (0.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (9.19%) Firewall
2 27 (7.09%) Cisco ASA
3 25 (6.56%) Cisco Firepower
4 22 (5.77%) NetScaler
5 21 (5.51%) BGP
5 21 (5.51%) OSPF
6 20 (5.25%) Cisco ISE
6 20 (5.25%) HSRP
6 20 (5.25%) IPsec
7 19 (4.99%) EIGRP
8 18 (4.72%) WAN
9 15 (3.94%) LAN
10 13 (3.41%) Network Security
11 12 (3.15%) DNS
12 11 (2.89%) DHCP
12 11 (2.89%) Skype
13 9 (2.36%) Converged Networks
13 9 (2.36%) SAN
14 8 (2.10%) VLAN
14 8 (2.10%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.84%) MongoDB
2 6 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (1.57%) Power BI
3 4 (1.05%) Adabas
3 4 (1.05%) MySQL
4 3 (0.79%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.52%) GIS
5 2 (0.52%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.52%) Tableau
6 1 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.26%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.26%) Big Data
6 1 (0.26%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.26%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (3.67%) GitLab
2 12 (3.15%) Git
2 12 (3.15%) JIRA
3 6 (1.57%) Bitbucket
3 6 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.79%) Mercurial
5 2 (0.52%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.52%) Maven
5 2 (0.52%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.26%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.26%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.26%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.26%) JProfiler
6 1 (0.26%) JUnit
6 1 (0.26%) Selenium
6 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.26%) VisualVM
6 1 (0.26%) YourKit
General
1 93 (24.41%) Public Sector
2 57 (14.96%) Social Skills
3 50 (13.12%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (7.35%) Finance
5 26 (6.82%) Military
6 17 (4.46%) Police
7 8 (2.10%) Legal
8 6 (1.57%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.31%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.79%) Banking
10 3 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.79%) Electronics
10 3 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.79%) Publishing
11 2 (0.52%) Avionics
11 2 (0.52%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.52%) Law
11 2 (0.52%) Marketing
11 2 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (11.81%) Architect
1 45 (11.81%) Consultant
2 43 (11.29%) Network Engineer
3 21 (5.51%) Senior
4 20 (5.25%) Project Manager
5 19 (4.99%) Analyst
6 18 (4.72%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 17 (4.46%) Support Engineer
8 16 (4.20%) Audio Visual Engineer
9 15 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
10 14 (3.67%) DevOps Engineer
10 14 (3.67%) Service Manager
11 13 (3.41%) Lead
12 10 (2.62%) Desktop Engineer
12 10 (2.62%) Developer
12 10 (2.62%) Security Consultant
13 8 (2.10%) Database Consultant
13 8 (2.10%) Network Manager
13 8 (2.10%) Network Services Manager
13 8 (2.10%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.84%) Middleware
2 5 (1.31%) PySpark
2 5 (1.31%) REST
3 4 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.05%) PyTorch
3 4 (1.05%) Spring Boot
3 4 (1.05%) TensorFlow
4 3 (0.79%) .NET
4 3 (0.79%) Kafka
4 3 (0.79%) Spring
5 2 (0.52%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.52%) Node.js
5 2 (0.52%) RESTful
5 2 (0.52%) SailPoint
5 2 (0.52%) SOAP
6 1 (0.26%) Apache NiFi
6 1 (0.26%) OpenAPI
6 1 (0.26%) pydantic
6 1 (0.26%) Spring Batch
6 1 (0.26%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.04%) Digital Media
2 8 (2.10%) CMDB
3 7 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (1.57%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.31%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (1.05%) Virtual Team
7 3 (0.79%) Cloud Native
7 3 (0.79%) Driving Licence
7 3 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.79%) PKI
7 3 (0.79%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.52%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.52%) Replication
9 1 (0.26%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.26%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.26%) EPoS
9 1 (0.26%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 37 (9.71%) Windows
2 21 (5.51%) Linux
3 10 (2.62%) Windows 10
4 9 (2.36%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.84%) Unix
6 6 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.57%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.05%) zOS
9 3 (0.79%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.52%) CentOS
11 1 (0.26%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.26%) Android
11 1 (0.26%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (9.45%) Agile
1 36 (9.45%) Mentoring
2 34 (8.92%) Change Management
3 33 (8.66%) DevOps
4 32 (8.40%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (7.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 25 (6.56%) ITSM
6 25 (6.56%) Project Management
7 24 (6.30%) Cybersecurity
7 24 (6.30%) Digital Forensics
8 23 (6.04%) Incident Management
9 21 (5.51%) Migration
9 21 (5.51%) Roadmaps
10 19 (4.99%) Problem Management
10 19 (4.99%) Service Management
11 18 (4.72%) Network Management
12 15 (3.94%) Disaster Recovery
12 15 (3.94%) ITIL
12 15 (3.94%) Visualisation
13 13 (3.41%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 25 (6.56%) Python
2 22 (5.77%) SQL
3 16 (4.20%) PowerShell
4 11 (2.89%) Java
5 7 (1.84%) Bash
5 7 (1.84%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.05%) C++
6 4 (1.05%) Natural
7 3 (0.79%) VB
7 3 (0.79%) VBScript
8 2 (0.52%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.52%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.26%) C
9 1 (0.26%) C#
9 1 (0.26%) Go
9 1 (0.26%) R
9 1 (0.26%) Ruby
9 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 307 (80.58%) SC Cleared
2 25 (6.56%) Degree
3 18 (4.72%) BPSS Clearance
4 15 (3.94%) DV Cleared
5 11 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (2.36%) CCNA
7 5 (1.31%) CCNP
8 4 (1.05%) CCIE
8 4 (1.05%) CISSP
8 4 (1.05%) MCSE
8 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.52%) CCSA
10 2 (0.52%) CISM
11 1 (0.26%) CCAB
11 1 (0.26%) CIMA
11 1 (0.26%) HNC
11 1 (0.26%) HND
11 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.26%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.72%) SLA
2 7 (1.84%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.05%) NIST
3 4 (1.05%) QA
4 3 (0.79%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.52%) GRC
5 2 (0.52%) NCSC
5 2 (0.52%) RMADS
6 1 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 22301
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%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (5.25%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.46%) Docker
3 15 (3.94%) Firmware
4 10 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (2.10%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.57%) vSphere
7 5 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.05%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.26%) HDFS
9 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (4.46%) Terraform
2 16 (4.20%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.41%) Ansible
4 9 (2.36%) vCenter Server
5 6 (1.57%) Grafana
5 6 (1.57%) Progress Chef
5 6 (1.57%) Puppet
6 4 (1.05%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.79%) Podman
7 3 (0.79%) SCCM
7 3 (0.79%) WSUS
8 2 (0.52%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (0.52%) HP Data Protector
8 2 (0.52%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.26%) Ambari
9 1 (0.26%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.26%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.26%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.26%) Istio
Vendors
1 37 (9.71%) Cisco
2 29 (7.61%) Palo Alto
3 27 (7.09%) Microsoft
4 25 (6.56%) SolarWinds
5 21 (5.51%) Citrix
6 20 (5.25%) SAP
7 18 (4.72%) VMware
8 15 (3.94%) Oracle
9 11 (2.89%) ServiceNow
9 11 (2.89%) Splunk
10 6 (1.57%) CheckPoint
10 6 (1.57%) TOWER Software
11 5 (1.31%) HP
12 4 (1.05%) Atlassian
12 4 (1.05%) Informatica
12 4 (1.05%) Siemens
12 4 (1.05%) Software AG
12 4 (1.05%) Tanium
13 3 (0.79%) Dynatrace
13 3 (0.79%) F5