Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Salford

Security Clearance
Manchester > Salford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Salford with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 1 10
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 -3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3 19 1
As % of all contract jobs in Salford 13.64% 52.78% 3.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 60.00% 82.61% 7.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 15 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £294 £575
Median % change year-on-year +154.78% -48.81% +7.98%
75th Percentile £775 - £588
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £550 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +22.22% -14.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.85 - -
Manchester median hourly rate £22.63 £41.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -44.80% -21.90% -25.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Salford

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 Salford.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5 23 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Salford 22.73% 63.89% 40.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 17 8
10th Percentile £337 - -
25th Percentile £587 - £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £294 £260
Median % change year-on-year +154.78% +13.22% -51.17%
75th Percentile £788 - £329
90th Percentile £810 £367 £526
Manchester median daily rate £475 £475 £520
% change year-on-year - -8.65% -1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £29.14 -
25th Percentile - £34.83 £19.25
Median hourly rate £13.85 £46.51 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -70.22% +138.51% -
75th Percentile - £59.24 £19.75
90th Percentile - £65.54 -
Manchester median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -30.14% +20.00% -51.24%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Salford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Salford.

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Salford

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in Salford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Salford citing Security Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Salford citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend in Salford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Salford citing Security Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Salford citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Amazon EC2
1 2 (66.67%) Amazon S3
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Military
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) CSOC
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
1 2 (66.67%) SOAR
1 2 (66.67%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk