Security Cleared Contracts in the North East

Security Clearance
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 3 1 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 46 129 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 14.70% 36.86% 21.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 46.00% 81.13% 64.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 104 69
10th Percentile £350 £350 £445
25th Percentile £383 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +2.73% +7.84%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £650
90th Percentile £650 £775 £745
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.99 - -
Median hourly rate £46.18 £46.18 -
75th Percentile £50.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 East

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 East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 100 159 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 31.95% 45.43% 34.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 129 122
10th Percentile £310 £231 £178
25th Percentile £383 £400 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £600
90th Percentile £650 £760 £712
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 1 3
10th Percentile £12.61 - £21.85
25th Percentile £13.99 - £32.13
Median hourly rate £20.77 £46.18 £49.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.02% -6.71% +280.77%
75th Percentile £50.00 - £52.75
90th Percentile £56.00 - £54.55
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.75
% change year-on-year -27.27% +38.36% +8.90%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the North East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the North East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the North East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the North East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North East

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

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in the North East

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Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 East 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
Tyne and Wear -2 35 £500 -11.46% 14
Northumberland +2 9 £450 -
Durham -4 1 - - 6
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 (2.17%) Apache Spark
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (23.91%) AWS
1 11 (23.91%) Azure
2 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.17%) GCP
2 1 (2.17%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) DHCP
1 2 (4.35%) DNS
1 2 (4.35%) Wireless
2 1 (2.17%) Firewall
2 1 (2.17%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (2.17%) SMTP
2 1 (2.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (2.17%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (19.57%) Git
2 2 (4.35%) GitLab
3 1 (2.17%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.17%) Gradle
3 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.17%) JUnit
3 1 (2.17%) Liquibase
3 1 (2.17%) REST Assured
3 1 (2.17%) Selenium
3 1 (2.17%) SonarQube
3 1 (2.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (26.09%) Public Sector
2 5 (10.87%) Organisational Skills
2 5 (10.87%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.35%) Finance
4 2 (4.35%) Legal
4 2 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (17.39%) Lead
2 7 (15.22%) Analyst
3 6 (13.04%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (6.52%) Administrator
4 3 (6.52%) Business Analyst
4 3 (6.52%) Designer
4 3 (6.52%) Test Analyst
4 3 (6.52%) Tester
5 2 (4.35%) Content Designer
5 2 (4.35%) Developer
5 2 (4.35%) Functional Analyst
5 2 (4.35%) Functional Test Analyst
5 2 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (4.35%) Telephony Analyst
6 1 (2.17%) CyberArk Engineer
6 1 (2.17%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 1 (2.17%) Junior ETL Developer
6 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared Java Developer
6 1 (2.17%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (17.39%) PyTorch
1 8 (17.39%) TensorFlow
2 1 (2.17%) CSS
2 1 (2.17%) Gherkin
2 1 (2.17%) HTML
2 1 (2.17%) Jest
2 1 (2.17%) jQuery
2 1 (2.17%) JSON
2 1 (2.17%) Keycloak
2 1 (2.17%) LDAP
2 1 (2.17%) Node.js
2 1 (2.17%) REST
2 1 (2.17%) RESTful
2 1 (2.17%) SOAP
2 1 (2.17%) Spring
2 1 (2.17%) Spring Boot
2 1 (2.17%) Swagger
2 1 (2.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.35%) Cloud Native
1 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
1 2 (4.35%) Mobile App
1 2 (4.35%) Operational Technology
1 2 (4.35%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.17%) Clustering
2 1 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.17%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.22%) Windows
2 5 (10.87%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.52%) Linux
4 1 (2.17%) Ubuntu
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.26%) Systems Engineering
2 9 (19.57%) Machine Learning
2 9 (19.57%) Visualisation
3 8 (17.39%) Artificial Intelligence
3 8 (17.39%) DevOps
3 8 (17.39%) Digital Engineering
3 8 (17.39%) GitOps
3 8 (17.39%) Software Engineering
4 5 (10.87%) Agile
5 4 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (8.70%) Validation
6 3 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (6.52%) Cost Control
6 3 (6.52%) Customer Service
6 3 (6.52%) Document Management
6 3 (6.52%) Functional Testing
6 3 (6.52%) ITIL
6 3 (6.52%) Non-Functional Testing
6 3 (6.52%) User Experience
6 3 (6.52%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.91%) Python
2 3 (6.52%) C#
2 3 (6.52%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.35%) C++
3 2 (4.35%) Java
4 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.17%) R
4 1 (2.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (67.39%) SC Cleared
2 6 (13.04%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (10.87%) DV Cleared
4 3 (6.52%) ISTQB
5 2 (4.35%) CEH
5 2 (4.35%) CISA
5 2 (4.35%) CISM
5 2 (4.35%) CISSP
5 2 (4.35%) CREST Certified
5 2 (4.35%) Degree
5 2 (4.35%) GIAC
5 2 (4.35%) GPEN
5 2 (4.35%) ISSAP
5 2 (4.35%) OSCP
6 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.17%) MCSE
6 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) NIST
1 4 (8.70%) QA
2 2 (4.35%) COBIT
2 2 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.17%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (2.17%) GDPR
3 1 (2.17%) PMO
3 1 (2.17%) SLA
3 1 (2.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (15.22%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.35%) Docker
3 2 (4.35%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.17%) BitLocker
4 1 (2.17%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (2.17%) Terminal Services
4 1 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (17.39%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.17%) Anchore
2 1 (2.17%) Ansible
2 1 (2.17%) Docker Swarm
2 1 (2.17%) Kibana
2 1 (2.17%) Packer
2 1 (2.17%) vCenter Server
2 1 (2.17%) vMotion
Vendors
1 12 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.70%) VMware
3 3 (6.52%) IFS
3 3 (6.52%) SAP
4 2 (4.35%) Google
5 1 (2.17%) Citrix
5 1 (2.17%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.17%) Databricks
5 1 (2.17%) Ericsson
5 1 (2.17%) HP
5 1 (2.17%) Huawei
5 1 (2.17%) Infoblox
5 1 (2.17%) Nokia
5 1 (2.17%) Symantec
5 1 (2.17%) Talend