Security Cleared Contracts in the North of England

Security Clearance
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 4 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 +10 -4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 587 855 694
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 12.38% 15.52% 9.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.49% 63.38% 46.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 598 474
10th Percentile £388 £388 £338
25th Percentile £450 £463 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £675
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 51 27
10th Percentile - £20.00 £20.80
25th Percentile £10.95 £25.38 £33.98
Median hourly rate £17.25 £42.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.41% -19.05% +140.05%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.83 £75.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £81.00
England median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -5.83% +20.00% +25.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,140 1,349 1,491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 24.05% 24.48% 20.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 635 927 1,021
10th Percentile £302 £321 £205
25th Percentile £415 £431 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +7.78%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £725 £700 £663
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 73 73
10th Percentile £10.95 £19.48 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.50 £25.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.58 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.42% +30.89% +39.33%
75th Percentile £43.43 £49.52 £56.25
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.94 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.75
% change year-on-year -27.27% +38.36% +8.90%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
North West -1 418 £515 -1.90% 179
Yorkshire 0 125 £525 -12.50% 40
North East -2 46 £500 -11.50% 21
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 15 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.51%) IIS
4 2 (0.34%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.17%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.17%) Apache
5 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.17%) Camunda
5 1 (0.17%) Mendix
5 1 (0.17%) nginx
5 1 (0.17%) SAS
5 1 (0.17%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.17%) Smallworld
5 1 (0.17%) Traefik
Applications
1 39 (6.64%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (4.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.02%) Revit
5 4 (0.68%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.17%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.17%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 7 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.02%) Teamcenter
3 4 (0.68%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.51%) Maximo
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Internet Expenses
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 86 (14.65%) AWS
2 57 (9.71%) Azure
3 19 (3.24%) Amazon EC2
3 19 (3.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 18 (3.07%) Amazon S3
5 13 (2.21%) Route 53
6 12 (2.04%) Amazon EKS
7 11 (1.87%) Entra ID
7 11 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (1.36%) Amazon SQS
9 8 (1.36%) SaaS
10 7 (1.19%) Serverless
11 6 (1.02%) Amazon ECR
11 6 (1.02%) GCP
11 6 (1.02%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.02%) Power Platform
12 5 (0.85%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (0.85%) AWS KMS
12 5 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 45 (7.67%) Firewall
2 36 (6.13%) VPN
3 25 (4.26%) OSPF
4 20 (3.41%) Wireless
5 16 (2.73%) Cisco ISE
5 16 (2.73%) NetScaler
6 15 (2.56%) BGP
6 15 (2.56%) Cisco ASA
7 14 (2.39%) Cisco Firepower
7 14 (2.39%) EIGRP
7 14 (2.39%) HSRP
7 14 (2.39%) IPsec
7 14 (2.39%) WAN
7 14 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (2.04%) SNMP
8 12 (2.04%) Spanning Tree
9 11 (1.87%) LAN
9 11 (1.87%) Wireless Security
10 10 (1.70%) Ethernet
11 7 (1.19%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (2.21%) Relational Database
3 8 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (1.19%) SAP BW
4 7 (1.19%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.02%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.85%) Power BI
6 5 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.51%) MySQL
8 3 (0.51%) SAP Data Services
9 2 (0.34%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.34%) Metadata
9 2 (0.34%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.17%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Power View
Development Applications
1 43 (7.33%) Git
2 30 (5.11%) Jenkins
3 24 (4.09%) GitLab
4 15 (2.56%) JIRA
4 15 (2.56%) JUnit
5 7 (1.19%) Selenium
6 6 (1.02%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.02%) webpack
7 5 (0.85%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.68%) JMeter
8 4 (0.68%) Maven
8 4 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.51%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.51%) LSMW
9 3 (0.51%) Mocha
9 3 (0.51%) Mockito
10 2 (0.34%) gulp
10 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.34%) WebDriver
General
1 146 (24.87%) Public Sector
2 131 (22.32%) Social Skills
3 42 (7.16%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (5.96%) Finance
5 22 (3.75%) Legal
6 12 (2.04%) Telecoms
7 8 (1.36%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.02%) Banking
9 6 (1.02%) Military
10 4 (0.68%) Electronics
10 4 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.51%) Police
12 2 (0.34%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.34%) Marketing
12 2 (0.34%) Publishing
13 1 (0.17%) Avionics
13 1 (0.17%) Billing
13 1 (0.17%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 88 (14.99%) Developer
2 71 (12.10%) Architect
3 61 (10.39%) Lead
4 49 (8.35%) Consultant
5 44 (7.50%) Senior
6 41 (6.98%) Analyst
7 40 (6.81%) Network Engineer
8 32 (5.45%) DevOps Engineer
9 27 (4.60%) Java Developer
10 22 (3.75%) Technical Architect
11 20 (3.41%) Technical Leader
12 19 (3.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
14 15 (2.56%) Lead Architect
14 15 (2.56%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
14 15 (2.56%) ServiceNow Developer
15 14 (2.39%) Capacity Manager
15 14 (2.39%) Problem Manager
15 14 (2.39%) Service Analyst
15 14 (2.39%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (6.64%) Node.js
2 33 (5.62%) Spring
3 30 (5.11%) Spring Boot
4 29 (4.94%) REST
5 23 (3.92%) JPA
5 23 (3.92%) Web Services
6 22 (3.75%) React
7 21 (3.58%) Hibernate
8 12 (2.04%) .NET
8 12 (2.04%) Jinja
9 10 (1.70%) Redux
10 9 (1.53%) .NET Framework
11 8 (1.36%) CSS
11 8 (1.36%) HTML
11 8 (1.36%) PyTorch
11 8 (1.36%) Spring Security
11 8 (1.36%) TensorFlow
12 6 (1.02%) Express.js
12 6 (1.02%) JSON
12 6 (1.02%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 41 (6.98%) Management Information System
2 25 (4.26%) Cyber Defence
2 25 (4.26%) Virtual Team
3 23 (3.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 23 (3.92%) Cyber Threat
4 16 (2.73%) Mobile App
4 16 (2.73%) Public Cloud
5 13 (2.21%) Product Ownership
6 10 (1.70%) CMDB
7 8 (1.36%) PKI
8 7 (1.19%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.02%) Onboarding
10 5 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.85%) Mainframe
11 4 (0.68%) Low-Code
11 4 (0.68%) NHS
11 4 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.51%) Digital Media
12 3 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 86 (14.65%) Windows
2 36 (6.13%) Linux
3 33 (5.62%) Windows 10
4 32 (5.45%) Android
4 32 (5.45%) Windows Server
5 31 (5.28%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.02%) Unix
7 5 (0.85%) CentOS
7 5 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.68%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.51%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (17.21%) DevOps
2 98 (16.70%) Agile
3 94 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (13.29%) Mentoring
5 71 (12.10%) CI/CD
6 61 (10.39%) Service Management
7 58 (9.88%) Customer Service
8 55 (9.37%) ITIL
9 41 (6.98%) Cybersecurity
10 40 (6.81%) Quality Management
10 40 (6.81%) Service Delivery
10 40 (6.81%) Time Management
11 39 (6.64%) Risk Management
11 39 (6.64%) Statistics
12 37 (6.30%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 37 (6.30%) ITSM
12 37 (6.30%) Threat Intelligence
13 34 (5.79%) Decision-Making
13 34 (5.79%) Problem Management
13 34 (5.79%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 57 (9.71%) Java
1 57 (9.71%) Python
2 28 (4.77%) JavaScript
3 19 (3.24%) SQL
4 16 (2.73%) C#
5 15 (2.56%) PowerShell
6 14 (2.39%) TypeScript
7 13 (2.21%) Perl
8 12 (2.04%) Tcl
9 11 (1.87%) Bash
10 9 (1.53%) C++
11 8 (1.36%) ABAP
12 6 (1.02%) Scala
13 4 (0.68%) C
13 4 (0.68%) MATLAB
13 4 (0.68%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.68%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.68%) VBA
14 3 (0.51%) Go
14 3 (0.51%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 474 (80.75%) SC Cleared
2 58 (9.88%) DV Cleared
3 31 (5.28%) BPSS Clearance
3 31 (5.28%) Degree
4 23 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (3.41%) CCNA
6 15 (2.56%) CCNP
7 9 (1.53%) OSCP
8 7 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.02%) CEH
9 6 (1.02%) CISSP
9 6 (1.02%) CREST Certified
9 6 (1.02%) GIAC
9 6 (1.02%) GPEN
10 4 (0.68%) CISA
10 4 (0.68%) CISM
10 4 (0.68%) ISSAP
10 4 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.96%) NIST
2 31 (5.28%) SLA
3 28 (4.77%) Disclosure Scotland
4 18 (3.07%) NIST 800
4 18 (3.07%) QA
5 13 (2.21%) Data Quality
6 11 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.19%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.68%) COBIT
8 4 (0.68%) GDPR
8 4 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 3 (0.51%) ISO17020
9 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.34%) PMO
11 1 (0.17%) NCSC
11 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (6.47%) Docker
2 28 (4.77%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.21%) Firmware
5 11 (1.87%) Hyper-V
6 8 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.51%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.51%) vSphere
8 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.17%) ACF2
9 1 (0.17%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.17%) RACF
9 1 (0.17%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 60 (10.22%) Kubernetes
2 33 (5.62%) Terraform
3 25 (4.26%) Ansible
4 9 (1.53%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.19%) Puppet
5 7 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.02%) Packer
6 6 (1.02%) SCCM
7 4 (0.68%) EMC NetWorker
7 4 (0.68%) Grafana
7 4 (0.68%) Rancher
7 4 (0.68%) VxRail
8 3 (0.51%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.34%) CA Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.34%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.34%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.17%) OMEGAMON
Vendors
1 114 (19.42%) Microsoft
2 28 (4.77%) SAP
3 26 (4.43%) ServiceNow
3 26 (4.43%) VMware
4 24 (4.09%) Cisco
5 18 (3.07%) Palo Alto
6 16 (2.73%) SolarWinds
7 15 (2.56%) Citrix
8 13 (2.21%) Google
9 10 (1.70%) Oracle
10 5 (0.85%) Apple
10 5 (0.85%) CA
11 4 (0.68%) Dell
11 4 (0.68%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.68%) IBM
11 4 (0.68%) Siemens
12 3 (0.51%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.51%) IFS
12 3 (0.51%) Meraki
12 3 (0.51%) Nintex