SC Cleared Contracts in the North of England

Security Check (SC) 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 SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 10 25
Rank change year-on-year 0 +15 -8
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 465 718 507
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 10.08% 12.76% 7.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.51% 51.14% 34.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 514 372
10th Percentile £400 £391 £357
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.35% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 40 15
10th Percentile - £22.47 £23.24
25th Percentile £10.95 £28.40 £29.48
Median hourly rate £12.59 £42.50 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -70.37% +2.77% -8.03%
75th Percentile £46.18 £52.91 £52.89
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £62.50
England median hourly rate £48.56 £57.50 £52.00
% change year-on-year -15.55% +10.58% +21.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

SC 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 1,148 1,404 1,467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 24.89% 24.95% 20.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 650 974 1,003
10th Percentile £312 £325 £205
25th Percentile £420 £440 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £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 167 73 78
10th Percentile £10.95 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.03 £25.75 £17.50
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.58 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.42% +4.04% +50.00%
75th Percentile £36.25 £49.52 £56.13
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.94 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £53.35 £40.93
% change year-on-year -25.02% +30.35% +9.14%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the North of England

SC Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in the North of England

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in the North of England

SC Cleared
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in the North of England

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in the North of England

SC Cleared
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 SC Cleared within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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 0 354 £517 -1.51% 126
Yorkshire -4 87 £525 -12.50% 32
North East -8 26 £450 -20.53% 17
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
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 11 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.65%) IIS
2 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.22%) Alfresco
3 1 (0.22%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.22%) Camunda
3 1 (0.22%) nginx
3 1 (0.22%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.22%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.22%) Traefik
Applications
1 36 (7.74%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.29%) Revit
5 4 (0.86%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.86%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.65%) Maximo
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Internet Expenses
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 74 (15.91%) AWS
2 48 (10.32%) Azure
3 19 (4.09%) Amazon EC2
3 19 (4.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 18 (3.87%) Amazon S3
5 13 (2.80%) Route 53
6 11 (2.37%) Amazon EKS
7 10 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (1.94%) SaaS
9 8 (1.72%) Amazon SQS
10 7 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (1.51%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.29%) Amazon ECR
11 6 (1.29%) Serverless
12 5 (1.08%) AWS KMS
12 5 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.08%) GCP
12 5 (1.08%) GitHub
12 5 (1.08%) IaaS
12 5 (1.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (8.39%) Firewall
2 34 (7.31%) VPN
3 24 (5.16%) OSPF
4 20 (4.30%) Wireless
5 15 (3.23%) Cisco ISE
5 15 (3.23%) NetScaler
6 14 (3.01%) BGP
6 14 (3.01%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (2.80%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (2.80%) Cisco Firepower
7 13 (2.80%) EIGRP
7 13 (2.80%) HSRP
7 13 (2.80%) IPsec
8 12 (2.58%) SNMP
8 12 (2.58%) Spanning Tree
8 12 (2.58%) WAN
9 11 (2.37%) Wireless Security
10 10 (2.15%) Ethernet
10 10 (2.15%) LAN
11 6 (1.29%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (2.58%) Relational Database
3 7 (1.51%) SAP BW
3 7 (1.51%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.08%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (0.86%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.65%) Power BI
7 3 (0.65%) SAP Data Services
8 2 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.43%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.43%) Metadata
8 2 (0.43%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Power View
9 1 (0.22%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 37 (7.96%) Git
2 26 (5.59%) Jenkins
3 20 (4.30%) GitLab
4 14 (3.01%) JIRA
5 13 (2.80%) JUnit
6 6 (1.29%) Selenium
6 6 (1.29%) webpack
7 5 (1.08%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.08%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.86%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.86%) JMeter
8 4 (0.86%) Maven
9 3 (0.65%) LSMW
9 3 (0.65%) Mocha
9 3 (0.65%) Mockito
9 3 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.43%) Gatling
10 2 (0.43%) gulp
10 2 (0.43%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 98 (21.08%) Public Sector
2 85 (18.28%) Social Skills
3 33 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (5.59%) Finance
5 20 (4.30%) Legal
6 5 (1.08%) Telecoms
7 4 (0.86%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.65%) Banking
8 3 (0.65%) Military
8 3 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (0.65%) Police
9 2 (0.43%) Electronics
9 2 (0.43%) Marketing
10 1 (0.22%) Advertising
10 1 (0.22%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.22%) Billing
10 1 (0.22%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.22%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.22%) Publishing
10 1 (0.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 73 (15.70%) Developer
2 68 (14.62%) Architect
3 47 (10.11%) Lead
4 42 (9.03%) Consultant
5 37 (7.96%) Network Engineer
5 37 (7.96%) Senior
6 33 (7.10%) Analyst
7 27 (5.81%) Java Developer
8 26 (5.59%) DevOps Engineer
9 20 (4.30%) Technical Architect
10 19 (4.09%) Technical Leader
11 16 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
12 15 (3.23%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
13 14 (3.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (3.01%) Lead Architect
13 14 (3.01%) Problem Manager
14 13 (2.80%) Capacity Manager
14 13 (2.80%) Domain Architect
14 13 (2.80%) Service Analyst
14 13 (2.80%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (7.96%) Node.js
2 31 (6.67%) Spring
3 28 (6.02%) Spring Boot
4 25 (5.38%) REST
5 23 (4.95%) JPA
6 22 (4.73%) React
6 22 (4.73%) Web Services
7 21 (4.52%) Hibernate
8 12 (2.58%) Jinja
9 10 (2.15%) .NET
9 10 (2.15%) Redux
10 8 (1.72%) .NET Framework
10 8 (1.72%) Spring Security
11 7 (1.51%) PyTorch
11 7 (1.51%) TensorFlow
12 6 (1.29%) CSS
12 6 (1.29%) Express.js
12 6 (1.29%) HTML
13 5 (1.08%) React Native
14 4 (0.86%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.16%) Management Information System
2 23 (4.95%) Virtual Team
3 15 (3.23%) Mobile App
3 15 (3.23%) Public Cloud
4 12 (2.58%) Product Ownership
5 9 (1.94%) CMDB
6 7 (1.51%) PKI
7 6 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.29%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.08%) Onboarding
9 4 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.86%) Mainframe
9 4 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.65%) Digital Media
10 3 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.65%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.65%) NHS
11 2 (0.43%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.43%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.43%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 77 (16.56%) Windows
2 32 (6.88%) Windows 10
3 29 (6.24%) Linux
4 28 (6.02%) Android
4 28 (6.02%) Apple iOS
5 25 (5.38%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.08%) CentOS
6 5 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.08%) Unix
7 4 (0.86%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.22%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (18.92%) DevOps
2 84 (18.06%) Agile
3 79 (16.99%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (13.76%) CI/CD
5 59 (12.69%) Service Management
6 54 (11.61%) Mentoring
7 52 (11.18%) Customer Service
7 52 (11.18%) ITIL
8 40 (8.60%) Risk Management
9 39 (8.39%) Service Delivery
10 38 (8.17%) Quality Management
10 38 (8.17%) Statistics
10 38 (8.17%) Time Management
11 33 (7.10%) ITSM
11 33 (7.10%) Security Architecture
12 32 (6.88%) Decision-Making
12 32 (6.88%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (6.67%) Microservices
13 31 (6.67%) Problem Management
14 29 (6.24%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (11.18%) Python
2 50 (10.75%) Java
3 23 (4.95%) JavaScript
4 16 (3.44%) SQL
5 14 (3.01%) TypeScript
6 13 (2.80%) C#
6 13 (2.80%) Perl
6 13 (2.80%) PowerShell
7 12 (2.58%) Tcl
8 9 (1.94%) Bash
9 7 (1.51%) C++
10 5 (1.08%) Scala
11 4 (0.86%) ABAP
12 3 (0.65%) Go
12 3 (0.65%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.65%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.65%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.65%) VBA
13 2 (0.43%) Bicep
13 2 (0.43%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 465 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 26 (5.59%) BPSS Clearance
3 21 (4.52%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (4.09%) CCNA
4 19 (4.09%) DV Cleared
5 15 (3.23%) Degree
6 13 (2.80%) CCNP
7 7 (1.51%) CISSP
7 7 (1.51%) OSCP
8 6 (1.29%) CEH
8 6 (1.29%) CISM
8 6 (1.29%) CREST Certified
8 6 (1.29%) GIAC
8 6 (1.29%) GPEN
9 4 (0.86%) CISA
9 4 (0.86%) ISSAP
10 3 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.65%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.02%) SLA
2 27 (5.81%) Disclosure Scotland
3 18 (3.87%) NIST
4 17 (3.66%) QA
5 13 (2.80%) Data Quality
5 13 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.86%) COBIT
6 4 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 3 (0.65%) ISO17020
7 3 (0.65%) NCSC
8 2 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.22%) GDPR
9 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (6.24%) Docker
2 18 (3.87%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.80%) Firmware
4 10 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.51%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 55 (11.83%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.38%) Terraform
3 20 (4.30%) Ansible
4 8 (1.72%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.29%) Puppet
5 6 (1.29%) SCCM
6 5 (1.08%) Packer
6 5 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.86%) EMC NetWorker
7 4 (0.86%) Grafana
7 4 (0.86%) Rancher
7 4 (0.86%) VxRail
8 2 (0.43%) CA Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.43%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.22%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.22%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.22%) Podman
9 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 76 (16.34%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.52%) ServiceNow
3 20 (4.30%) SAP
4 18 (3.87%) Cisco
5 17 (3.66%) VMware
6 15 (3.23%) Palo Alto
7 14 (3.01%) SolarWinds
8 13 (2.80%) Citrix
9 11 (2.37%) Google
10 9 (1.94%) Oracle
11 5 (1.08%) Apple
11 5 (1.08%) CA
12 3 (0.65%) Databricks
12 3 (0.65%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.65%) IBM
12 3 (0.65%) IFS
12 3 (0.65%) Meraki
12 3 (0.65%) Nintex
12 3 (0.65%) Pega
13 2 (0.43%) Dell