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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +11
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 411 453 649
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 20.88% 16.51% 20.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.30% 54.98% 65.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 295 444
10th Percentile £250 £368 £376
25th Percentile £419 £453 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £531
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.18% +1.19%
75th Percentile £588 £665 £638
90th Percentile £650 £725 £700
England median daily rate £537 £550 £552
% change year-on-year -2.32% -0.27% +1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 61 49
10th Percentile £25.26 - £20.00
25th Percentile £41.04 £10.95 £25.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £14.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +313.79% -61.33% -15.94%
75th Percentile £75.63 £46.18 £49.52
90th Percentile £85.85 £73.75 £67.60
England median hourly rate £55.52 £57.30 £60.00
% change year-on-year -3.11% -4.50% +20.00%

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 705 824 993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 35.82% 30.03% 31.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 402 471 675
10th Percentile £230 £268 £325
25th Percentile £399 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% - +2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £600
90th Percentile £650 £725 £698
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 125 66
10th Percentile £17.95 £10.95 £20.00
25th Percentile £25.26 £11.77 £25.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% -5.60%
75th Percentile £60.00 £38.43 £49.52
90th Percentile £82.85 £71.80 £66.22
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.81% +40.00%

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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 May 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 May 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 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
Cumbria 0 145 £540 +4.85% 16
Manchester -1 136 £500 -9.09% 209
Cheshire -1 50 £350 -21.79% 39
Merseyside +3 29 £550 -2.22% 18
Lancashire +11 28 £447 -23.91% 102
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 24 (5.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (4.62%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.92%) Skype for Business
4 10 (2.43%) Confluence
5 4 (0.97%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.73%) IIS
6 3 (0.73%) Mendix
7 2 (0.49%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.49%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.24%) CICS
8 1 (0.24%) Documentum
8 1 (0.24%) FileNet
8 1 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.95%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (1.46%) Siemens NX
4 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 21 (5.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.68%) Teamcenter
3 8 (1.95%) SAP PP
4 5 (1.22%) Primavera
5 3 (0.73%) SAP LE
5 3 (0.73%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.49%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.49%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.49%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.49%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.49%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.24%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 64 (15.57%) AWS
2 49 (11.92%) Azure
3 19 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (4.38%) Entra ID
5 13 (3.16%) SaaS
6 11 (2.68%) GitHub
6 11 (2.68%) Serverless
7 9 (2.19%) GCP
7 9 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (1.95%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (1.70%) Google Workspace
10 4 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (0.97%) dbt
11 3 (0.73%) IaaS
11 3 (0.73%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.73%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.49%) Amazon ELB
12 2 (0.49%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 54 (13.14%) Firewall
2 32 (7.79%) BGP
2 32 (7.79%) OSPF
3 31 (7.54%) Cisco ASA
3 31 (7.54%) Cisco Firepower
3 31 (7.54%) HSRP
3 31 (7.54%) IPsec
4 28 (6.81%) EIGRP
5 27 (6.57%) WAN
6 26 (6.33%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (5.35%) VPN
8 20 (4.87%) NetScaler
9 17 (4.14%) Cisco ISE
10 16 (3.89%) DNS
11 15 (3.65%) Skype
12 13 (3.16%) Structured Cabling
13 10 (2.43%) DHCP
13 10 (2.43%) LAN
13 10 (2.43%) Network Security
13 10 (2.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (4.38%) Relational Database
3 10 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.19%) SAP HANA
5 7 (1.70%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.46%) Hadoop
6 6 (1.46%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.22%) Big Data
7 5 (1.22%) Siebel EIM
8 4 (0.97%) Airbyte
8 4 (0.97%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (0.97%) MySQL
8 4 (0.97%) ObjectStore
9 3 (0.73%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.73%) GIS
9 3 (0.73%) Metadata
9 3 (0.73%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.73%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 18 (4.38%) JIRA
2 17 (4.14%) GitLab
2 17 (4.14%) Jenkins
3 14 (3.41%) Git
4 12 (2.92%) JUnit
5 10 (2.43%) Gradle
5 10 (2.43%) Liquibase
5 10 (2.43%) Mockito
6 4 (0.97%) Jasmine
6 4 (0.97%) Maven
7 3 (0.73%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.73%) ERwin
7 3 (0.73%) ScriptRunner
7 3 (0.73%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.49%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.49%) gulp
8 2 (0.49%) Mocha
8 2 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.49%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
General
1 101 (24.57%) Public Sector
2 79 (19.22%) Social Skills
3 34 (8.27%) Finance
4 27 (6.57%) Manufacturing
5 21 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (3.89%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.41%) Military
8 12 (2.92%) Electronics
9 11 (2.68%) Legal
10 10 (2.43%) Marketing
11 9 (2.19%) Aerospace
11 9 (2.19%) Banking
12 8 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.49%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
16 1 (0.24%) General Ledger
16 1 (0.24%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 70 (17.03%) Network Engineer
2 66 (16.06%) Developer
3 53 (12.90%) Architect
4 47 (11.44%) Senior
5 37 (9.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 21 (5.11%) Analyst
6 21 (5.11%) Data Engineer
7 20 (4.87%) ABAP Developer
8 17 (4.14%) SAP Developer
9 16 (3.89%) Consultant
10 14 (3.41%) Support Engineer
10 14 (3.41%) Technical Architect
11 12 (2.92%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (2.68%) Data Architect
12 11 (2.68%) Lead
12 11 (2.68%) Project Manager
12 11 (2.68%) SAP Consultant
12 11 (2.68%) Senior Developer
12 11 (2.68%) Test Manager
13 10 (2.43%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.11%) Kafka
2 20 (4.87%) Node.js
2 20 (4.87%) React
3 15 (3.65%) 802.1X
3 15 (3.65%) Spring
3 15 (3.65%) Spring Boot
4 14 (3.41%) Web Services
5 12 (2.92%) OpenAPI
5 12 (2.92%) Swagger
6 9 (2.19%) BAPI
6 9 (2.19%) RESTful
6 9 (2.19%) XML
7 8 (1.95%) SAP Fiori
7 8 (1.95%) SAPUI5
7 8 (1.95%) SOAP
8 7 (1.70%) AngularJS
8 7 (1.70%) JMS
8 7 (1.70%) REST
9 5 (1.22%) OAuth
9 5 (1.22%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.16%) Data Centre
2 10 (2.43%) Onboarding
2 10 (2.43%) Virtual Team
3 9 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (2.19%) Fibre Optics
3 9 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (1.22%) Life Science
4 5 (1.22%) Management Information System
5 4 (0.97%) Blackberry
5 4 (0.97%) Handset
5 4 (0.97%) Mobile App
5 4 (0.97%) Product Ownership
6 3 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.49%) BYOD
7 2 (0.49%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (0.49%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.49%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.24%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.24%) EMC VNX
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.84%) Windows
2 22 (5.35%) Linux
3 12 (2.92%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.68%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (2.43%) Windows 10
6 9 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.46%) Android
8 6 (1.46%) Unix
8 6 (1.46%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.97%) CentOS
9 4 (0.97%) Solaris
9 4 (0.97%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.73%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.49%) AIX
11 2 (0.49%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.49%) HPUX
11 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (16.79%) Agile
2 57 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (9.73%) Migration
4 36 (8.76%) ITIL
4 36 (8.76%) ITSM
4 36 (8.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 32 (7.79%) DevOps
6 31 (7.54%) CI/CD
6 31 (7.54%) Containerisation
7 29 (7.06%) Software Engineering
8 27 (6.57%) Load Balancing
8 27 (6.57%) Performance Tuning
9 24 (5.84%) Network Management
10 23 (5.60%) Data Pipeline
11 22 (5.35%) Analytics
11 22 (5.35%) Continuous Integration
11 22 (5.35%) Microservices
12 21 (5.11%) Network Design
13 20 (4.87%) Roadmaps
14 19 (4.62%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (8.27%) SQL
2 29 (7.06%) Java
3 24 (5.84%) Python
4 23 (5.60%) ABAP
5 19 (4.62%) PowerShell
6 15 (3.65%) TypeScript
7 12 (2.92%) JavaScript
8 10 (2.43%) PL/SQL
9 9 (2.19%) Bash
10 5 (1.22%) VB
10 5 (1.22%) VBScript
11 4 (0.97%) C++
11 4 (0.97%) Go
11 4 (0.97%) SPARQL
12 3 (0.73%) Groovy
13 2 (0.49%) Bicep
13 2 (0.49%) C#
13 2 (0.49%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.49%) Perl
Qualifications
1 345 (83.94%) SC Cleared
2 22 (5.35%) BPSS Clearance
2 22 (5.35%) Degree
3 16 (3.89%) DV Cleared
4 9 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.70%) CCNA
6 7 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (1.70%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.46%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (1.46%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.49%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.49%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.49%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.49%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.49%) PMP
8 2 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.87%) QA
2 17 (4.14%) SLA
3 9 (2.19%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.97%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.73%) NIST
6 2 (0.49%) PMO
6 2 (0.49%) WCAG
7 1 (0.24%) COBIT
7 1 (0.24%) GDPR
7 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.24%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.24%) NCSC
7 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 28 (6.81%) Active Directory
2 18 (4.38%) Docker
3 13 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.19%) BitLocker
5 7 (1.70%) Firmware
5 7 (1.70%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.46%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.49%) KVM
8 2 (0.49%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (5.84%) Kubernetes
2 18 (4.38%) Terraform
3 16 (3.89%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (3.41%) SCCM
5 12 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (1.70%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.22%) Ansible
8 4 (0.97%) Grafana
8 4 (0.97%) NetBackup
9 3 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
9 3 (0.73%) HP Data Protector
9 3 (0.73%) Istio
9 3 (0.73%) Kibana
9 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (0.73%) NetApp OnCommand
9 3 (0.73%) Packer
9 3 (0.73%) Puppet
9 3 (0.73%) SELinux
9 3 (0.73%) vMotion
9 3 (0.73%) WSUS
Vendors
1 65 (15.82%) Cisco
2 59 (14.36%) Microsoft
3 54 (13.14%) SAP
4 51 (12.41%) Palo Alto
5 23 (5.60%) CheckPoint
6 21 (5.11%) Google
7 17 (4.14%) VMware
8 15 (3.65%) Meraki
8 15 (3.65%) Oracle
9 11 (2.68%) Splunk
10 10 (2.43%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.95%) Databricks
11 8 (1.95%) Siebel
12 7 (1.70%) SolarWinds
13 6 (1.46%) EMC
13 6 (1.46%) HP
13 6 (1.46%) Red Hat
14 5 (1.22%) Brocade
14 5 (1.22%) Citrix
14 5 (1.22%) CyberArk