Security Cleared Contract Job Trends 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 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 +8
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 24 24 32
As % of all contract jobs in Warrington 28.24% 37.50% 36.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.54% 72.73% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 16
10th Percentile £288 £203 £369
25th Percentile £325 £266 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £388 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -22.50% +25.79%
75th Percentile £450 £472 £578
90th Percentile - £539 £750
Cheshire median daily rate £609 £468 £456
% change year-on-year +30.21% +2.47% +14.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile - - £38.17
25th Percentile £15.50 - £44.31
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £54.54
75th Percentile £41.88 - £64.77
90th Percentile £67.25 - £70.91
Cheshire median hourly rate £16.00 £86.00 £54.54
% change year-on-year -81.40% +57.68% +134.98%

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 41 33 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington 48.24% 51.56% 40.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 24 17
10th Percentile £165 £203 £346
25th Percentile £214 £297 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £346 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -25.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £450 £475 £575
90th Percentile £469 £514 £750
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +12.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile - - £20.02
25th Percentile £15.50 - £29.06
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £39.54
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.83%
75th Percentile £41.88 - £52.50
90th Percentile £67.25 - £66.00
Cheshire median hourly rate £19.00 £55.10 £30.04
% change year-on-year -65.51% +83.41% +1.47%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Warrington

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Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Warrington

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Warrington over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Warrington

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Hourly Rate Trend in Warrington

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

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Warrington

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Warrington over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Warrington

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (58.33%) Azure
1 14 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (25.00%) SaaS
3 5 (20.83%) Power Platform
4 3 (12.50%) AWS
4 3 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
5 2 (8.33%) AWS CodeBuild
5 2 (8.33%) GitHub
5 2 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) DNS
2 5 (20.83%) Firewall
2 5 (20.83%) Internet
2 5 (20.83%) Unified Communications
2 5 (20.83%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 2 (8.33%) BGP
4 2 (8.33%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (8.33%) iSCSI
4 2 (8.33%) LAN
4 2 (8.33%) Network Security
4 2 (8.33%) NX-OS
4 2 (8.33%) SAN
4 2 (8.33%) VLAN
4 2 (8.33%) WAN
4 2 (8.33%) WLAN
5 1 (4.17%) MPLS
5 1 (4.17%) NGN
5 1 (4.17%) SDH
5 1 (4.17%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Git
2 1 (4.17%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 10 (41.67%) Public Sector
2 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Military
5 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Administrator
2 5 (20.83%) IT Support
2 5 (20.83%) IT Support Technician
2 5 (20.83%) IT Technician
2 5 (20.83%) Service Desk Support
2 5 (20.83%) Service Desk Technician
2 5 (20.83%) Support Technician
3 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Security Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Azure Security Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Network Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Server Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Storage Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Automation Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Logistics Administrator
5 1 (4.17%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) JSON
2 1 (4.17%) AngularJS
2 1 (4.17%) Bootstrap
2 1 (4.17%) CSS
2 1 (4.17%) HTML
2 1 (4.17%) REST
2 1 (4.17%) SOAP
2 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 5 (20.83%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (20.83%) Low-Code
2 5 (20.83%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 2 (8.33%) Operational Technology
3 2 (8.33%) Replication
4 1 (4.17%) CMDB
4 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (54.17%) Windows
2 5 (20.83%) Windows 10
3 2 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (33.33%) Migration
2 8 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 7 (29.17%) Cloud Security
4 6 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 6 (25.00%) User Experience
5 5 (20.83%) Application Security
5 5 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (20.83%) Proactive Management
5 5 (20.83%) Problem Management
5 5 (20.83%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 5 (20.83%) Ticket Management
5 5 (20.83%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Automation
6 4 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 4 (16.67%) Validation
7 3 (12.50%) Analytics
7 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (12.50%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (20.83%) Python
3 3 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (8.33%) Bash
4 2 (8.33%) Perl
5 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (62.50%) SC Cleared
2 9 (37.50%) Degree
3 3 (12.50%) Azure Certification
4 2 (8.33%) AWS Certification
4 2 (8.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) CCDP
4 2 (8.33%) CCNP
4 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.17%) CISM
5 1 (4.17%) CISSP
5 1 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) NIST
2 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.17%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (41.67%) SCCM
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (20.83%) Norton AntiVirus
3 3 (12.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (8.33%) Kubernetes
4 2 (8.33%) Terraform
4 2 (8.33%) vCenter Server
5 1 (4.17%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (4.17%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 15 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 5 (20.83%) Cisco
3 5 (20.83%) McAfee
3 5 (20.83%) Symantec
4 4 (16.67%) SolarWinds
5 3 (12.50%) LogRhythm
6 2 (8.33%) Dell
6 2 (8.33%) F5
6 2 (8.33%) Meraki
6 2 (8.33%) NetApp
6 2 (8.33%) Palo Alto
6 2 (8.33%) Veeam
6 2 (8.33%) VMware
7 1 (4.17%) Nokia