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 19 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +21
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 179 109 118
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 17.15% 18.63% 16.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 69.65% 58.92% 67.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 86 93
10th Percentile £363 £388 £381
25th Percentile £443 £431 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £492 £495
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -0.61% -20.80%
75th Percentile £597 £538 £550
90th Percentile £688 £624 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £492 £495
% change year-on-year -0.91% -0.61% -20.80%
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 257 185 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 24.62% 31.62% 24.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 142 131
10th Percentile £350 £341 £350
25th Percentile £413 £411 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £495
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -0.61% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £624 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £492 £495
% change year-on-year -3.46% -0.61% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 2
10th Percentile £19.69 - £19.05
25th Percentile £21.33 - £24.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 - £34.50
75th Percentile - - £46.50
90th Percentile - - £52.35
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 - £28.25
% change year-on-year - - -5.91%

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 19 August 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 6 (3.35%) Palantir Foundry
2 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.12%) CMS
3 2 (1.12%) Confluence
4 1 (0.56%) Apache
4 1 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.56%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.56%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.56%) SAS
4 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.12%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.56%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.56%) Navisworks
2 1 (0.56%) ProjectWise
2 1 (0.56%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 50 (27.93%) AWS
2 41 (22.91%) Azure
3 32 (17.88%) GitHub
4 24 (13.41%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (3.91%) OpenShift
6 6 (3.35%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.35%) SaaS
6 6 (3.35%) Serverless
7 5 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.79%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.79%) GCP
7 5 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.79%) OCI
8 4 (2.23%) Apigee
8 4 (2.23%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.68%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.68%) Azure WebJobs
9 3 (1.68%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.23%) Internet
1 4 (2.23%) WAN
1 4 (2.23%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (2.23%) WLAN
2 3 (1.68%) BGP
2 3 (1.68%) BIG-IP
2 3 (1.68%) Ethernet VPN
2 3 (1.68%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 3 (1.68%) Firewall
2 3 (1.68%) OSPF
2 3 (1.68%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.68%) SSL
2 3 (1.68%) VXLAN
3 1 (0.56%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.38%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.59%) MongoDB
3 9 (5.03%) Oracle Database
4 8 (4.47%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (3.91%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.79%) Metadata
7 4 (2.23%) Oracle Database 12c
7 4 (2.23%) Power BI
8 3 (1.68%) Tableau
9 2 (1.12%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.12%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.12%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.56%) Big Data
10 1 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.56%) OLAP
10 1 (0.56%) OLTP
10 1 (0.56%) Oracle ODI
10 1 (0.56%) Oracle OLAP
10 1 (0.56%) PowerCenter
10 1 (0.56%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 28 (15.64%) Jenkins
2 12 (6.70%) GitLab
3 9 (5.03%) Gatling
3 9 (5.03%) Selenium
4 8 (4.47%) Git
5 6 (3.35%) Cucumber
5 6 (3.35%) JIRA
5 6 (3.35%) JMeter
5 6 (3.35%) Maven
6 5 (2.79%) Gradle
6 5 (2.79%) LoadRunner
7 4 (2.23%) Cypress.io
7 4 (2.23%) JUnit
7 4 (2.23%) Postman
8 3 (1.68%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.68%) ERwin
8 3 (1.68%) REST Assured
8 3 (1.68%) Serenity BDD
8 3 (1.68%) SoapUI
8 3 (1.68%) TestNG
General
1 44 (24.58%) Public Sector
2 31 (17.32%) Social Skills
3 11 (6.15%) Banking
3 11 (6.15%) Finance
4 9 (5.03%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (1.68%) Military
7 2 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.12%) Law
7 2 (1.12%) Social Science
7 2 (1.12%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.56%) Legal
8 1 (0.56%) Marketing
8 1 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 42 (23.46%) Developer
2 34 (18.99%) Senior
3 24 (13.41%) Architect
4 16 (8.94%) Data Architect
5 15 (8.38%) Lead
6 13 (7.26%) Analyst
6 13 (7.26%) Tester
7 11 (6.15%) Software Developer
8 10 (5.59%) Senior Developer
9 8 (4.47%) Consultant
9 8 (4.47%) Data Engineer
9 8 (4.47%) Java Developer
9 8 (4.47%) Senior Consultant
9 8 (4.47%) Test Engineer
10 7 (3.91%) DBA
10 7 (3.91%) Oracle DBA
10 7 (3.91%) Python Developer
10 7 (3.91%) SC Cleared DBA
10 7 (3.91%) Software Engineer
11 6 (3.35%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (10.61%) Kafka
2 15 (8.38%) Playwright
3 10 (5.59%) React
3 10 (5.59%) Spring
3 10 (5.59%) Spring Boot
4 9 (5.03%) .NET
4 9 (5.03%) REST
5 6 (3.35%) JSON
5 6 (3.35%) Node.js
6 5 (2.79%) Hibernate
6 5 (2.79%) Redux
7 4 (2.23%) HTML
7 4 (2.23%) SOAP
7 4 (2.23%) Web Services
8 3 (1.68%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.68%) CSS
8 3 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (1.68%) OAuth
8 3 (1.68%) Ruby on Rails
8 3 (1.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.61%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.59%) NHS
3 6 (3.35%) Product Ownership
3 6 (3.35%) Public Cloud
4 5 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.23%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.68%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (1.68%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.68%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.12%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.56%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.56%) IoT
8 1 (0.56%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.91%) Linux
2 4 (2.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.68%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.68%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (1.12%) Unix
4 2 (1.12%) Windows
5 1 (0.56%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (29.61%) Agile
2 48 (26.82%) CI/CD
3 41 (22.91%) DevOps
4 29 (16.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (13.97%) Infrastructure as Code
6 22 (12.29%) Analytics
7 21 (11.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 21 (11.73%) Test Automation
8 19 (10.61%) Observability
9 17 (9.50%) Software Engineering
10 16 (8.94%) Roadmaps
11 15 (8.38%) Data Governance
11 15 (8.38%) Data Modelling
11 15 (8.38%) Migration
11 15 (8.38%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (8.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (7.26%) ITIL
12 13 (7.26%) Mentoring
13 12 (6.70%) Data Architecture
13 12 (6.70%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 40 (22.35%) Python
2 30 (16.76%) Java
3 19 (10.61%) SQL
4 11 (6.15%) JavaScript
5 9 (5.03%) Scala
6 7 (3.91%) C#
6 7 (3.91%) PL/SQL
6 7 (3.91%) TypeScript
7 6 (3.35%) Ruby
8 3 (1.68%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (1.68%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.12%) PHP
9 2 (1.12%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.56%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 149 (83.24%) SC Cleared
2 16 (8.94%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (4.47%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.12%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (1.12%) Degree
4 2 (1.12%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.56%) CCIE
5 1 (0.56%) CCNP
5 1 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.15%) Accessibility
2 10 (5.59%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.59%) QA
3 8 (4.47%) GRC
4 5 (2.79%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.68%) SLA
5 3 (1.68%) WCAG
6 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 2 (1.12%) PMO
7 1 (0.56%) HL7
7 1 (0.56%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.56%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.56%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 23 (12.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 31 (17.32%) Terraform
2 16 (8.94%) Kubernetes
3 8 (4.47%) Grafana
4 6 (3.35%) Control-M
4 6 (3.35%) HAProxy
5 3 (1.68%) Ansible
5 3 (1.68%) CASB
5 3 (1.68%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (1.12%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 23 (12.85%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.06%) Oracle
3 11 (6.15%) Databricks
4 9 (5.03%) Splunk
5 8 (4.47%) Foundry
5 8 (4.47%) IBM
5 8 (4.47%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.35%) New Relic
6 6 (3.35%) Palantir
7 4 (2.23%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.68%) Arista
8 3 (1.68%) Aruba
8 3 (1.68%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (1.68%) F5
8 3 (1.68%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.68%) Zscaler
9 2 (1.12%) Adobe
9 2 (1.12%) ForgeRock
9 2 (1.12%) LogicMonitor
9 2 (1.12%) Okta