Security Cleared Contracts in Warrington

Security Clearance
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warrington with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 2 3
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 32 25 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warrington 51.61% 30.49% 32.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 82.05% 64.10% 68.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 14 25
10th Percentile £203 £351 £200
25th Percentile £230 £434 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -4.76% +13.51%
75th Percentile £413 £575 £600
90th Percentile £450 £660 £645
Cheshire median daily rate £350 £448 £540
% change year-on-year -21.79% -17.13% +13.68%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Warrington

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 Warrington.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 39 39 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington 62.90% 47.56% 48.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 23 31
10th Percentile £196 - £200
25th Percentile £230 £158 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £419 £516 £614
90th Percentile £488 £605 £700
Cheshire median daily rate £422 £448 £500
% change year-on-year -5.70% -10.50% +9.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Median hourly rate - £26.66 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year - -25.94% +135.14%
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.50 £14.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +132.14% -65.00% +42.86%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Warrington

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Warrington

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Daily Rate Histogram in Warrington

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Warrington over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Warrington

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Warrington

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Warrington

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warrington 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 11 (34.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (34.38%) SharePoint
2 3 (9.38%) IIS
2 3 (9.38%) Skype for Business
3 2 (6.25%) Confluence
4 1 (3.13%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (37.50%) Azure
2 11 (34.38%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (31.25%) Entra ID
4 9 (28.13%) SaaS
5 2 (6.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (28.13%) DNS
2 6 (18.75%) DHCP
3 3 (9.38%) Skype
3 3 (9.38%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.25%) VPN
5 1 (3.13%) WAAS
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) JIRA
2 1 (3.13%) MSI
General
1 10 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Analyst
2 8 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 8 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 6 (18.75%) Administrator
3 6 (18.75%) VMWare Administrator
3 6 (18.75%) Wintel Administrator
4 4 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Support Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Cabling Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Data Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Service Management Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Azure Architect
7 1 (3.13%) Business Architect
7 1 (3.13%) Consultant
7 1 (3.13%) Data Architect
7 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365 Architect
7 1 (3.13%) Technical Architect
7 1 (3.13%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (9.38%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (34.38%) Windows
2 7 (21.88%) Windows Server
2 7 (21.88%) Windows Server 2016
2 7 (21.88%) Windows Server 2019
3 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (6.25%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.13%) Android
5 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (46.88%) ITIL
3 12 (37.50%) ITSM
4 9 (28.13%) Agile
4 9 (28.13%) Root Cause Analysis
5 8 (25.00%) Migration
6 7 (21.88%) Patch Management
7 5 (15.63%) Problem Management
7 5 (15.63%) Task Automation
8 4 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
8 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
9 3 (9.38%) CRM
9 3 (9.38%) Data Protection
9 3 (9.38%) High Availability
9 3 (9.38%) Performance Tuning
9 3 (9.38%) Process Improvement
9 3 (9.38%) Resource Management
10 2 (6.25%) Identity Management
10 2 (6.25%) Service Delivery
10 2 (6.25%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 9 (28.13%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.13%) VB
2 1 (3.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (93.75%) SC Cleared
2 4 (12.50%) Degree
3 3 (9.38%) DV Cleared
3 3 (9.38%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.13%) MCP
4 1 (3.13%) MCSA
4 1 (3.13%) MCSE
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (34.38%) SLA
2 1 (3.13%) GDPR
2 1 (3.13%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 19 (59.38%) Active Directory
2 8 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (18.75%) Hyper-V
3 6 (18.75%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (9.38%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (3.13%) BitLocker
5 1 (3.13%) Firmware
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (31.25%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (18.75%) vCenter Server
4 3 (9.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (9.38%) NetApp OnCommand
4 3 (9.38%) vMotion
4 3 (9.38%) WSUS
5 2 (6.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.00%) VMware
3 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.13%) Kronos
4 1 (3.13%) McAfee
4 1 (3.13%) Symantec