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

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +12
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 426 461 680
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 21.77% 16.43% 20.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 60.08% 53.98% 64.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 300 482
10th Percentile £230 £374 £350
25th Percentile £412 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -
75th Percentile £583 £650 £638
90th Percentile £650 £725 £700
England median daily rate £540 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -1.82% -2.22% +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 67 50
10th Percentile £25.26 - £20.00
25th Percentile £35.44 £10.95 £22.84
Median hourly rate £59.29 £24.19 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +145.10% -28.33% -20.59%
75th Percentile £74.38 £46.18 £49.52
90th Percentile £85.80 £67.75 £67.30
England median hourly rate £58.58 £53.03 £60.00
% change year-on-year +10.47% -11.62% +22.35%

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 709 854 1,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 36.23% 30.45% 31.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 497 730
10th Percentile £223 £261 £318
25th Percentile £388 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £510 £509
Median % change year-on-year -4.90% +0.25% +5.01%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £604
90th Percentile £650 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 129 71
10th Percentile £22.59 £10.95 £20.00
25th Percentile £25.26 £11.77 £24.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% -5.60%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.75 £52.56
90th Percentile £82.28 £50.30 £67.00
England median hourly rate £50.00 £37.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% +42.86%

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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 April 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 April 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 April 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 0 163 £540 +4.43% 19
Manchester -1 133 £500 -4.76% 157
Cheshire +2 52 £350 -22.22% 32
Lancashire +4 31 £435 -30.36% 59
Merseyside +2 24 £550 +8.64% 16
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 29 (6.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (4.69%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.52%) Skype for Business
4 8 (1.88%) Confluence
5 4 (0.94%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (0.94%) IIS
6 3 (0.70%) Mendix
7 2 (0.47%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.47%) nginx
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.47%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.23%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.23%) CICS
8 1 (0.23%) Documentum
8 1 (0.23%) FileNet
8 1 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 16 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.88%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (1.17%) Siemens NX
4 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 22 (5.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.35%) Teamcenter
3 9 (2.11%) SAP PP
4 5 (1.17%) Primavera
5 3 (0.70%) SAP LE
5 3 (0.70%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.47%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.47%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.47%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.47%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.23%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.23%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 65 (15.26%) AWS
2 50 (11.74%) Azure
3 18 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (3.99%) Entra ID
5 11 (2.58%) GitHub
5 11 (2.58%) SaaS
5 11 (2.58%) Serverless
6 9 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (1.88%) GCP
8 7 (1.64%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (0.94%) dbt
9 4 (0.94%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.94%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.70%) Slack
11 2 (0.47%) Amazon ELB
11 2 (0.47%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.47%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.47%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 61 (14.32%) Firewall
2 37 (8.69%) Cisco ASA
2 37 (8.69%) Cisco Firepower
3 35 (8.22%) BGP
3 35 (8.22%) OSPF
4 34 (7.98%) HSRP
4 34 (7.98%) IPsec
5 32 (7.51%) WAN
6 30 (7.04%) EIGRP
7 29 (6.81%) VPN
8 25 (5.87%) NetScaler
8 25 (5.87%) Wi-Fi
9 24 (5.63%) DNS
10 20 (4.69%) Cisco ISE
10 20 (4.69%) Skype
11 19 (4.46%) DHCP
12 18 (4.23%) LAN
13 14 (3.29%) Network Security
14 13 (3.05%) Structured Cabling
14 13 (3.05%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.52%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (3.29%) Relational Database
3 10 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.11%) SAP HANA
5 7 (1.64%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.41%) Hadoop
6 6 (1.41%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.17%) Big Data
8 4 (0.94%) Airbyte
8 4 (0.94%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (0.94%) MySQL
8 4 (0.94%) ObjectStore
8 4 (0.94%) Siebel EIM
9 3 (0.70%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (0.70%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.70%) GIS
9 3 (0.70%) Metadata
9 3 (0.70%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 18 (4.23%) GitLab
2 15 (3.52%) JIRA
3 14 (3.29%) Git
3 14 (3.29%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.11%) JUnit
5 6 (1.41%) Gradle
5 6 (1.41%) Liquibase
5 6 (1.41%) Mockito
6 5 (1.17%) Jasmine
7 4 (0.94%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.94%) Maven
8 3 (0.70%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.70%) ERwin
8 3 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.47%) Mocha
9 2 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.23%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.23%) Selenium
10 1 (0.23%) Subversion
General
1 96 (22.54%) Public Sector
2 80 (18.78%) Social Skills
3 37 (8.69%) Finance
4 25 (5.87%) Manufacturing
5 24 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (3.05%) Military
7 12 (2.82%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.58%) Legal
9 9 (2.11%) Aerospace
9 9 (2.11%) Banking
10 8 (1.88%) Electronics
10 8 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.41%) Marketing
13 4 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.47%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.23%) Advertising
15 1 (0.23%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 81 (19.01%) Network Engineer
2 64 (15.02%) Developer
3 49 (11.50%) Architect
4 47 (11.03%) Senior
5 41 (9.62%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 21 (4.93%) Data Engineer
7 20 (4.69%) ABAP Developer
7 20 (4.69%) Analyst
8 17 (3.99%) SAP Developer
9 16 (3.76%) Consultant
10 14 (3.29%) Support Engineer
10 14 (3.29%) Technical Architect
11 12 (2.82%) Change Manager
11 12 (2.82%) SAP Consultant
11 12 (2.82%) Senior Developer
11 12 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (2.58%) Data Architect
12 11 (2.58%) Project Manager
12 11 (2.58%) Release Manager
12 11 (2.58%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.46%) Node.js
2 16 (3.76%) Kafka
3 15 (3.52%) React
4 14 (3.29%) Web Services
5 12 (2.82%) 802.1X
5 12 (2.82%) Spring
5 12 (2.82%) Spring Boot
6 11 (2.58%) RESTful
7 9 (2.11%) BAPI
7 9 (2.11%) OpenAPI
7 9 (2.11%) REST
7 9 (2.11%) Swagger
8 8 (1.88%) SAP Fiori
8 8 (1.88%) SAPUI5
8 8 (1.88%) SOAP
8 8 (1.88%) XML
9 6 (1.41%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.41%) JMS
10 4 (0.94%) OAuth2
10 4 (0.94%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 12 (2.82%) Data Centre
2 11 (2.58%) Virtual Team
3 9 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (2.11%) Fibre Optics
3 9 (2.11%) Onboarding
4 7 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (1.64%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.17%) Life Science
6 4 (0.94%) Blackberry
6 4 (0.94%) Handset
6 4 (0.94%) Mobile App
7 3 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (0.70%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.47%) BYOD
8 2 (0.47%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.47%) PKI
8 2 (0.47%) Replication
8 2 (0.47%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.98%) Windows
2 28 (6.57%) Linux
3 19 (4.46%) Windows Server
4 15 (3.52%) Windows 10
5 11 (2.58%) Windows Server 2012
5 11 (2.58%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (2.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (1.64%) Windows 7
8 6 (1.41%) Unix
8 6 (1.41%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (1.17%) Android
9 5 (1.17%) CentOS
10 4 (0.94%) Solaris
11 2 (0.47%) AIX
11 2 (0.47%) HPUX
11 2 (0.47%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.47%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (16.90%) Agile
2 60 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (11.03%) ITSM
4 40 (9.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 35 (8.22%) Migration
6 34 (7.98%) ITIL
7 33 (7.75%) CI/CD
7 33 (7.75%) Containerisation
8 32 (7.51%) DevOps
9 28 (6.57%) Load Balancing
10 26 (6.10%) Network Management
10 26 (6.10%) Software Engineering
11 24 (5.63%) Problem Management
11 24 (5.63%) Roadmaps
12 23 (5.40%) Data Pipeline
13 22 (5.16%) Performance Tuning
13 22 (5.16%) Project Management
14 21 (4.93%) Analytics
14 21 (4.93%) Change Management
14 21 (4.93%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 34 (7.98%) SQL
2 27 (6.34%) PowerShell
3 26 (6.10%) Java
4 23 (5.40%) ABAP
4 23 (5.40%) Python
5 11 (2.58%) JavaScript
5 11 (2.58%) TypeScript
6 9 (2.11%) Bash
6 9 (2.11%) PL/SQL
7 8 (1.88%) VB
7 8 (1.88%) VBScript
8 4 (0.94%) C++
8 4 (0.94%) Go
8 4 (0.94%) SPARQL
9 2 (0.47%) Bicep
9 2 (0.47%) C#
9 2 (0.47%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.47%) Perl
9 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 358 (84.04%) SC Cleared
2 24 (5.63%) Degree
3 21 (4.93%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (3.76%) DV Cleared
5 13 (3.05%) CCNA
5 13 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.41%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (1.41%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.17%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.17%) MCSE
9 2 (0.47%) CCNP
9 2 (0.47%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.47%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.47%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.47%) PMP
9 2 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.93%) QA
2 18 (4.23%) SLA
3 8 (1.88%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.17%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.94%) NIST
6 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.47%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.47%) PMO
6 2 (0.47%) WCAG
7 1 (0.23%) COBIT
7 1 (0.23%) GDPR
7 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.23%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.23%) NCSC
7 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 39 (9.15%) Active Directory
2 19 (4.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.23%) Docker
4 15 (3.52%) Firmware
5 12 (2.82%) BitLocker
6 7 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.17%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.17%) vSphere
8 3 (0.70%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.47%) KVM
9 2 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (6.34%) Kubernetes
2 21 (4.93%) Terraform
3 17 (3.99%) SCCM
4 15 (3.52%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (2.82%) vCenter Server
6 9 (2.11%) Ansible
7 7 (1.64%) Grafana
7 7 (1.64%) Puppet
8 6 (1.41%) NetBackup
8 6 (1.41%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.17%) EMC NetWorker
9 5 (1.17%) HP Data Protector
10 4 (0.94%) WSUS
11 3 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.70%) Istio
11 3 (0.70%) Kibana
11 3 (0.70%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.70%) Packer
11 3 (0.70%) SELinux
Vendors
1 73 (17.14%) Cisco
2 61 (14.32%) Microsoft
3 53 (12.44%) Palo Alto
4 50 (11.74%) SAP
5 22 (5.16%) VMware
6 21 (4.93%) CheckPoint
7 18 (4.23%) Google
8 15 (3.52%) SolarWinds
9 14 (3.29%) Oracle
10 12 (2.82%) Citrix
10 12 (2.82%) ServiceNow
11 11 (2.58%) Meraki
11 11 (2.58%) Splunk
12 10 (2.35%) HP
13 8 (1.88%) Databricks
13 8 (1.88%) EMC
14 7 (1.64%) Brocade
14 7 (1.64%) Red Hat
15 6 (1.41%) Siebel
16 5 (1.17%) Veritas