Security Cleared Contracts in Northern Ireland

Security Clearance
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 26 31
Rank change year-on-year +15 +5 -8
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 13 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 8.97% 2.50% 1.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.66% 18.52% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 1
10th Percentile £272 £188 -
25th Percentile £411 £260 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £300 £300
Median % change year-on-year +68.75% - -39.52%
75th Percentile £600 £350 £325
90th Percentile £675 £440 -
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.25 -
UK median hourly rate £57.30 £60.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.50% +14.29% +28.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 47 27 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 32.41% 13.50% 16.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 14 16
10th Percentile £205 £172 £214
25th Percentile £328 £300 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £413 £429
Median % change year-on-year +25.76% -3.79% +2.51%
75th Percentile £634 £475 £469
90th Percentile £663 £500 £530
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.00
Median hourly rate £12.25 £13.91 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.93% -26.79% +19.80%
75th Percentile £15.63 £14.65 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 £15.99 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +27.06% +12.88%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Northern Ireland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Northern Ireland

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Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 5 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
County Antrim +14 13 £506 +68.75% 20
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
1 3 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (23.08%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Maven
General
1 2 (15.38%) Legal
1 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Architect
1 3 (23.08%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Business Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Deployment Team Leader
3 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared Java Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Java Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Mainframe Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) SAP BusinessObjects Consultant (SAP BO Consultant)
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared SharePoint Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Service Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) SharePoint Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) REST
1 3 (23.08%) Software Packaging
1 3 (23.08%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) BYOD
1 1 (7.69%) iPad
1 1 (7.69%) iPhone
1 1 (7.69%) Mainframe
1 1 (7.69%) PDA
1 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (7.69%) Smartphone
1 1 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
2 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
2 1 (7.69%) Windows 7
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (7.69%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) DevOps
1 3 (23.08%) PLM
2 2 (15.38%) SDET
2 2 (15.38%) Software Testing
3 1 (7.69%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
3 1 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (23.08%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Intel