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 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 5 30
Rank change year-on-year -3 +25 -16
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 117 114 49
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 16.36% 17.22% 5.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.21% 64.41% 28.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 86 37
10th Percentile £363 £381 £438
25th Percentile £400 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -21.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £650
90th Percentile £690 £731 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £563
% change year-on-year +11.11% -20.00% +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £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 201 177 171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 28.11% 26.74% 17.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 133 123
10th Percentile £363 £288 £342
25th Percentile £425 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -11.90% -
75th Percentile £575 £573 £623
90th Percentile £653 £650 £720
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £501
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.09% -2.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £34.50 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -

Security Cleared
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 20 November 2025.

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 6 (5.13%) Confluence
2 1 (0.85%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.85%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.85%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 42 (35.90%) AWS
2 20 (17.09%) Azure
3 13 (11.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 12 (10.26%) GitHub
5 11 (9.40%) Amazon S3
6 10 (8.55%) Serverless
7 9 (7.69%) Amazon EC2
7 9 (7.69%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (7.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 7 (5.98%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (5.13%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (4.27%) Amazon ELB
10 5 (4.27%) Azure Storage
11 4 (3.42%) AWS Direct Connect
12 3 (2.56%) Amazon EventBridge
12 3 (2.56%) AWS Fargate
12 3 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (2.56%) Entra ID
12 3 (2.56%) GCP
12 3 (2.56%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 20 (17.09%) Firewall
2 8 (6.84%) Cisco ISE
2 8 (6.84%) DNS
2 8 (6.84%) Network Security
3 7 (5.98%) VPN
3 7 (5.98%) Wireless
4 6 (5.13%) SSL
4 6 (5.13%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.42%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (3.42%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (3.42%) Cisco Wireless
5 4 (3.42%) SD-WAN
5 4 (3.42%) WAN
6 3 (2.56%) Ethernet
6 3 (2.56%) NGFW
7 1 (0.85%) BGP
7 1 (0.85%) FTP
7 1 (0.85%) IPsec
7 1 (0.85%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (15.38%) MongoDB
2 9 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (4.27%) DynamoDB
3 5 (4.27%) NoSQL
4 4 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (3.42%) MySQL
5 3 (2.56%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.85%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.85%) GIS
6 1 (0.85%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.85%) Power BI
6 1 (0.85%) Power Query
6 1 (0.85%) QlikView
6 1 (0.85%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.85%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (21.37%) Jenkins
2 17 (14.53%) GitLab
3 16 (13.68%) Git
4 9 (7.69%) Mockito
5 6 (5.13%) JIRA
6 4 (3.42%) Cucumber
6 4 (3.42%) SonarQube
7 3 (2.56%) Artifactory
7 3 (2.56%) Cypress.io
7 3 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (1.71%) CircleCI
8 2 (1.71%) Maven
8 2 (1.71%) MSI
9 1 (0.85%) JMeter
9 1 (0.85%) Mocha
9 1 (0.85%) Postman
9 1 (0.85%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.85%) Selenium
9 1 (0.85%) Storybook
9 1 (0.85%) TestNG
General
1 38 (32.48%) Public Sector
2 9 (7.69%) Social Skills
3 4 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (3.42%) Retail
4 3 (2.56%) Legal
5 2 (1.71%) Military
6 1 (0.85%) Billing
6 1 (0.85%) Finance
6 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (0.85%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 36 (30.77%) Developer
2 22 (18.80%) Java Developer
2 22 (18.80%) Senior
3 15 (12.82%) AWS Engineer
4 14 (11.97%) Consultant
4 14 (11.97%) DevOps Engineer
5 10 (8.55%) Senior Developer
6 9 (7.69%) AWS DevOps
6 9 (7.69%) Lead
6 9 (7.69%) Network Engineer
6 9 (7.69%) Senior Java Developer
6 9 (7.69%) Tester
7 7 (5.98%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 7 (5.98%) CyberArk Consultant
8 6 (5.13%) Architect
8 6 (5.13%) AWS Platform Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Platform Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Security Tester
8 6 (5.13%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.26%) Node.js
2 11 (9.40%) Kafka
3 10 (8.55%) JAX-RS
4 9 (7.69%) ActiveMQ
5 7 (5.98%) JWT
6 6 (5.13%) OAuth
6 6 (5.13%) React
6 6 (5.13%) RESTful
7 5 (4.27%) SAML
8 4 (3.42%) Express.js
8 4 (3.42%) Jest
8 4 (3.42%) REST
9 3 (2.56%) AngularJS
9 3 (2.56%) Lambda Expressions
9 3 (2.56%) Playwright
9 3 (2.56%) Spring
9 3 (2.56%) Spring Boot
10 2 (1.71%) Elastic Stack
11 1 (0.85%) Dropwizard
11 1 (0.85%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.84%) Data Centre
2 7 (5.98%) NHS
3 5 (4.27%) Security Posture
4 4 (3.42%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.71%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.71%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.71%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.85%) Blockchain
6 1 (0.85%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.85%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.85%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.85%) PKI
6 1 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.38%) Linux
2 15 (12.82%) Unix
3 11 (9.40%) Mac OS X
4 3 (2.56%) Amazon Linux
5 1 (0.85%) Android
5 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (24.79%) Test Automation
2 28 (23.93%) CI/CD
2 28 (23.93%) DevOps
2 28 (23.93%) Microservices
3 26 (22.22%) Agile
4 20 (17.09%) BDD
5 19 (16.24%) TDD
6 18 (15.38%) Continuous Deployment
7 16 (13.68%) Infrastructure as Code
8 11 (9.40%) Test Strategy
9 10 (8.55%) Mentoring
9 10 (8.55%) Pair Programming
10 9 (7.69%) Analytics
10 9 (7.69%) Platform Engineering
10 9 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (6.84%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (6.84%) DevSecOps
11 8 (6.84%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 8 (6.84%) Infrastructure Automation
12 7 (5.98%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 31 (26.50%) Java
2 27 (23.08%) Python
3 14 (11.97%) JavaScript
4 7 (5.98%) SQL
5 6 (5.13%) Bash
5 6 (5.13%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.85%) C
6 1 (0.85%) Go
6 1 (0.85%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.85%) Perl
6 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.85%) R
6 1 (0.85%) Rust
6 1 (0.85%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.85%) Solidity
6 1 (0.85%) Swift
Qualifications
1 97 (82.91%) SC Cleared
2 12 (10.26%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (4.27%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.56%) CISSP
6 2 (1.71%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.85%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.85%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.85%) CCSK
7 1 (0.85%) CCSP
7 1 (0.85%) CEH
7 1 (0.85%) CISA
7 1 (0.85%) CISM
7 1 (0.85%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.85%) Degree
7 1 (0.85%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.98%) QA
2 6 (5.13%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.42%) NIST
4 3 (2.56%) GDPR
4 3 (2.56%) WCAG
5 2 (1.71%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.71%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.85%) PSD2
System Software
1 15 (12.82%) Docker
2 2 (1.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (22.22%) Terraform
2 10 (8.55%) Kubernetes
3 8 (6.84%) Ansible
3 8 (6.84%) Grafana
4 3 (2.56%) Packer
5 2 (1.71%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.85%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.85%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (16.24%) Splunk
2 12 (10.26%) F5
3 10 (8.55%) Microsoft
4 9 (7.69%) Cisco
5 8 (6.84%) SolarWinds
6 7 (5.98%) CyberArk
6 7 (5.98%) LogicMonitor
7 5 (4.27%) CheckPoint
7 5 (4.27%) Palo Alto
8 4 (3.42%) SAP
9 3 (2.56%) Google
10 2 (1.71%) Cribl.io
10 2 (1.71%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.71%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.71%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.71%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.85%) IBM
11 1 (0.85%) Oracle