Contract Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Leeds

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	9	Down -4 places-4	£480	-8.57%	123 14.03%	32
SC Cleared	14	Down -6 places-6	£480	-8.57%	101 11.52%	25
Degree	45	Down -7 places-7	£400	+33.33%	32 3.65%	89
BPSS Clearance	55	Up 1 place+1	£480	-2.78%	22 2.51%	2
DV Cleared	70	New entry-	£525	-	7 0.80%	6
Cisco Certification	71	Down -38 places-38	-	-	6 0.68%	12
Microsoft Certification	71	Down -13 places-13	-	-	6 0.68%	4
Computer Science Degree	72	Down -14 places-14	£400	-3.03%	5 0.57%	4
CISSP	73	Down -17 places-17	-	-	4 0.46%	4
DBS Check	73	Down -14 places-14	£275	+96.42%	4 0.46%	15
OSCP	74	Down -16 places-16	-	-	3 0.34%
CCSP	74	Down -16 places-16	-	-	3 0.34%
CISM	74	Down -17 places-17	-	-	3 0.34%	2
(ISC)2 CCSP	74	Down -18 places-18	-	-	3 0.34%	1
CEH	74	Down -16 places-16	-	-	3 0.34%
CCNP	75	Down -17 places-17	-	-	2 0.23%	1
CCNA	75	Down -19 places-19	-	-	2 0.23%	10
PMP	75	Down -18 places-18	£538	+7.50%	2 0.23%	2
PMI Certification	75	Down -18 places-18	£544	+8.75%	2 0.23%	3
CSPO	75	New entry-	£465	-	2 0.23%
CompTIA Security+	75	New entry-	£540	-	2 0.23%	1
CCIE	76	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%
ACCA	76	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%	2
SSCP	76	New entry-	£540	-	1 0.11%
GIAC	76	New entry-	£540	-	1 0.11%
Azure Certification	76	Down -18 places-18	£425	-22.72%	1 0.11%	17
City & Guilds	76	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%
GCIA	76	New entry-	£540	-	1 0.11%
GCIH	76	New entry-	£540	-	1 0.11%
BICSI Certification	76	New entry-	-	-	1 0.11%