Cloud Security Posture Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Cloud Security Posture
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Leeds. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security Posture 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.53% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £505 - -
25th Percentile £541 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £600 - -

All Generic Skills
Leeds

Cloud Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 264 136 204
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 34.97% 28.27% 22.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 92 122
10th Percentile £326 £263 £283
25th Percentile £450 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £550 £628 £559
90th Percentile £623 £725 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £481 £450
% change year-on-year +3.90% +6.94% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 12
10th Percentile - £33.28 £11.79
25th Percentile - £35.99 £12.15
Median hourly rate £14.25 £41.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -65.24% +203.70% -37.21%
75th Percentile £15.29 £69.07 £15.20
90th Percentile £17.60 £85.61 £15.25
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.25 £38.75 £14.63
% change year-on-year -60.65% +164.96% -21.79%

Cloud Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cloud Security Posture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Cloud Security Posture job vacancy trend in Leeds

Cloud Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Cloud Security Posture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Cloud Security Posture

Cloud Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security Posture in Leeds over the 6 months to 14 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security Posture in Leeds

Cloud Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Security Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (50.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Application Security
2 2 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 2 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Security
2 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Secrets Management
2 2 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Bicep
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (50.00%) CCSP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (50.00%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft