Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Security Clearance
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 3 11
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 +16
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 141 96 82
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 14.73% 19.28% 10.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 69.46% 62.75% 53.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 76 67
10th Percentile £403 £357 £400
25th Percentile £450 £455 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £496 £495
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% +0.20% -23.85%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £575 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £499 £496 £495
% change year-on-year +0.55% +0.20% -23.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.33 - £48.75
Median hourly rate £22.81 - £52.50
75th Percentile £24.29 - £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 - £52.50

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leeds

Security Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Leeds.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 203 153 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 21.21% 30.72% 18.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 120 106
10th Percentile £324 £299 £291
25th Percentile £426 £412 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £490 £481
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +1.77% -12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £538
90th Percentile £675 £602 £550
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -3.01% +3.11% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile £20.14 - -
25th Percentile £21.33 - -
Median hourly rate £43.96 - £12.53
Median % change year-on-year - - -79.95%
75th Percentile - - £23.46
90th Percentile - - £43.13
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £27.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year -6.29% +83.33% -67.57%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Leeds

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Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Security Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Leeds over the 6 months to 23 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Leeds

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Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Security Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Security Cleared

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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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.42%) Confluence
4 1 (0.71%) Apache
4 1 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.71%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.71%) CMS
4 1 (0.71%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.71%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 2 (1.42%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.71%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.71%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.71%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 38 (26.95%) AWS
2 31 (21.99%) Azure
3 22 (15.60%) GitHub
4 13 (9.22%) GitHub Actions
5 6 (4.26%) SaaS
6 5 (3.55%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.84%) Apigee
7 4 (2.84%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (2.84%) BrowserStack
7 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (2.84%) Serverless
8 3 (2.13%) Azure App Service
8 3 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.13%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.13%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (2.13%) Azure WebJobs
8 3 (2.13%) OCI
8 3 (2.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.84%) Internet
1 4 (2.84%) WAN
1 4 (2.84%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (2.84%) WLAN
2 3 (2.13%) BGP
2 3 (2.13%) BIG-IP
2 3 (2.13%) Ethernet VPN
2 3 (2.13%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 3 (2.13%) Firewall
2 3 (2.13%) OSPF
2 3 (2.13%) SD-WAN
2 3 (2.13%) SSL
2 3 (2.13%) VXLAN
3 1 (0.71%) DKIM
3 1 (0.71%) DMARC
3 1 (0.71%) DNS
3 1 (0.71%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.22%) SQL Server
2 12 (8.51%) MongoDB
3 7 (4.96%) Oracle Database
3 7 (4.96%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (4.26%) Relational Database
5 5 (3.55%) Metadata
6 4 (2.84%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.13%) Oracle Database 12c
7 3 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.42%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.71%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.71%) Power BI
9 1 (0.71%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 19 (13.48%) Jenkins
2 16 (11.35%) GitLab
3 11 (7.80%) Gatling
4 9 (6.38%) Selenium
5 6 (4.26%) REST Assured
5 6 (4.26%) Serenity BDD
6 4 (2.84%) Git
6 4 (2.84%) Maven
7 3 (2.13%) Artifactory
7 3 (2.13%) Cucumber
7 3 (2.13%) Cypress.io
7 3 (2.13%) ERwin
7 3 (2.13%) JIRA
7 3 (2.13%) JUnit
7 3 (2.13%) TestNG
8 1 (0.71%) Gradle
8 1 (0.71%) JMeter
General
1 34 (24.11%) Public Sector
2 29 (20.57%) Social Skills
3 12 (8.51%) Finance
4 9 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.26%) Banking
6 5 (3.55%) Military
7 4 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.42%) Law
8 2 (1.42%) Social Science
8 2 (1.42%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.71%) Legal
9 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (16.31%) Analyst
1 23 (16.31%) Developer
2 22 (15.60%) Senior
3 18 (12.77%) Architect
4 17 (12.06%) Business Analyst
5 11 (7.80%) Data Architect
5 11 (7.80%) Lead
6 10 (7.09%) DBA
7 8 (5.67%) Consultant
7 8 (5.67%) Java Developer
7 8 (5.67%) SC Cleared DBA
7 8 (5.67%) Senior Consultant
8 7 (4.96%) Oracle DBA
9 6 (4.26%) Lead Test Engineer
9 6 (4.26%) Platform Engineer
9 6 (4.26%) Senior Developer
9 6 (4.26%) Test Engineer
10 5 (3.55%) Service Analyst
10 5 (3.55%) Software Engineer
10 5 (3.55%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.35%) Playwright
2 11 (7.80%) Kafka
3 9 (6.38%) Spring
4 7 (4.96%) Spring Boot
5 6 (4.26%) .NET
5 6 (4.26%) JSON
5 6 (4.26%) REST
6 5 (3.55%) Node.js
6 5 (3.55%) React
7 4 (2.84%) Spring Cloud
7 4 (2.84%) Web Services
8 3 (2.13%) .NET Framework
8 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (2.13%) Nunjucks
8 3 (2.13%) Redux
8 3 (2.13%) RESTful
8 3 (2.13%) SOAP
9 2 (1.42%) AWS Amplify
9 2 (1.42%) Jest
9 2 (1.42%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.80%) Product Ownership
2 9 (6.38%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.96%) NHS
4 4 (2.84%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.13%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (2.13%) Clustering
5 3 (2.13%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.13%) Replication
6 2 (1.42%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.71%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.71%) IoT
7 1 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.71%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.71%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.71%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.26%) Linux
2 4 (2.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (2.13%) Mac OS
3 3 (2.13%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.71%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.71%) Unix
4 1 (0.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (25.53%) Agile
1 36 (25.53%) DevOps
2 32 (22.70%) CI/CD
3 21 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (13.48%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (12.06%) Analytics
6 16 (11.35%) Infrastructure as Code
7 14 (9.93%) Observability
8 13 (9.22%) High Availability
8 13 (9.22%) ITIL
8 13 (9.22%) Roadmaps
8 13 (9.22%) Test Automation
9 12 (8.51%) Microservices
9 12 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (7.80%) Data Governance
10 11 (7.80%) Data Modelling
10 11 (7.80%) Risk Management
10 11 (7.80%) Software Engineering
11 10 (7.09%) Service Management
11 10 (7.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 24 (17.02%) Java
2 23 (16.31%) Python
3 15 (10.64%) SQL
4 9 (6.38%) Scala
5 7 (4.96%) PowerShell
5 7 (4.96%) Ruby
5 7 (4.96%) TypeScript
6 6 (4.26%) C#
7 5 (3.55%) JavaScript
8 3 (2.13%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.42%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.71%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 114 (80.85%) SC Cleared
2 13 (9.22%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (6.38%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.42%) Degree
5 1 (0.71%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.71%) CCIE
5 1 (0.71%) CCNP
5 1 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.67%) Accessibility
1 8 (5.67%) GRC
2 6 (4.26%) QA
3 5 (3.55%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.13%) SLA
5 2 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.71%) HL7
6 1 (0.71%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.71%) NIST
6 1 (0.71%) PMO
6 1 (0.71%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 19 (13.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (17.73%) Terraform
2 10 (7.09%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.96%) Grafana
4 6 (4.26%) HAProxy
5 5 (3.55%) Prometheus
6 3 (2.13%) Ansible
6 3 (2.13%) CASB
6 3 (2.13%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.71%) Control-M
7 1 (0.71%) Nessus
Vendors
1 21 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.80%) ServiceNow
3 10 (7.09%) Oracle
4 8 (5.67%) Databricks
4 8 (5.67%) Splunk
5 3 (2.13%) Arista
5 3 (2.13%) Aruba
5 3 (2.13%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (2.13%) F5
5 3 (2.13%) Foundry
5 3 (2.13%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.13%) RedGate
5 3 (2.13%) SolarWinds
5 3 (2.13%) Zscaler
6 2 (1.42%) Adobe
6 2 (1.42%) ForgeRock
6 2 (1.42%) Google
6 2 (1.42%) IBM
6 2 (1.42%) Okta
6 2 (1.42%) SAP