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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +18
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 176 106 118
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 17.02% 18.66% 16.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 69.84% 59.22% 69.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 84 92
10th Percentile £393 £383 £381
25th Percentile £450 £444 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £495
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -0.61% -22.35%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £550
90th Percentile £688 £575 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £492 £495
% change year-on-year +1.63% -0.61% -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 252 179 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 24.37% 31.51% 23.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 138 127
10th Percentile £363 £336 £298
25th Percentile £424 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £492 £495
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% -0.61% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £541
90th Percentile £675 £606 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £492 £495
% change year-on-year -3.46% -0.61% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile £19.69 - -
25th Percentile £20.51 - £48.75
Median hourly rate £43.96 - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 - £40.00
% change year-on-year - - +33.22%

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 5 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 (3.41%) Palantir Foundry
2 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.14%) CMS
4 1 (0.57%) Apache
4 1 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.57%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.57%) Confluence
4 1 (0.57%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.57%) SAS
4 1 (0.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.14%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.57%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.57%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.57%) Navisworks
2 1 (0.57%) ProjectWise
2 1 (0.57%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 45 (25.57%) AWS
2 35 (19.89%) Azure
3 27 (15.34%) GitHub
4 18 (10.23%) GitHub Actions
5 6 (3.41%) OpenShift
5 6 (3.41%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.41%) SaaS
5 6 (3.41%) Serverless
6 5 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.84%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.84%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (2.84%) OCI
7 4 (2.27%) Apigee
7 4 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.70%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.70%) Azure App Service
8 3 (1.70%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (1.70%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.27%) Internet
1 4 (2.27%) WAN
1 4 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (2.27%) WLAN
2 3 (1.70%) BGP
2 3 (1.70%) BIG-IP
2 3 (1.70%) Ethernet VPN
2 3 (1.70%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 3 (1.70%) Firewall
2 3 (1.70%) OSPF
2 3 (1.70%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.70%) SSL
2 3 (1.70%) VXLAN
3 1 (0.57%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.52%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.68%) MongoDB
3 9 (5.11%) Oracle Database
4 8 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (3.41%) Metadata
6 4 (2.27%) Oracle Database 12c
6 4 (2.27%) Power BI
7 3 (1.70%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.14%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.14%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.57%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.57%) OLAP
9 1 (0.57%) OLTP
9 1 (0.57%) Oracle ODI
9 1 (0.57%) Oracle OLAP
9 1 (0.57%) PowerCenter
9 1 (0.57%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (13.07%) Jenkins
2 13 (7.39%) GitLab
3 9 (5.11%) Gatling
4 8 (4.55%) Selenium
5 6 (3.41%) Maven
6 5 (2.84%) Git
6 5 (2.84%) Gradle
6 5 (2.84%) JIRA
7 4 (2.27%) Cypress.io
7 4 (2.27%) REST Assured
7 4 (2.27%) Serenity BDD
8 3 (1.70%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.70%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.70%) ERwin
8 3 (1.70%) JUnit
8 3 (1.70%) TestNG
9 2 (1.14%) Ant
9 2 (1.14%) Subversion
10 1 (0.57%) JMeter
10 1 (0.57%) Postman
General
1 43 (24.43%) Public Sector
2 29 (16.48%) Social Skills
3 9 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.98%) Finance
5 6 (3.41%) Banking
6 5 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.70%) Military
9 2 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.14%) Law
9 2 (1.14%) Social Science
9 2 (1.14%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.57%) Legal
10 1 (0.57%) Marketing
10 1 (0.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 39 (22.16%) Developer
2 30 (17.05%) Senior
3 24 (13.64%) Architect
4 16 (9.09%) Analyst
4 16 (9.09%) Data Architect
5 13 (7.39%) Lead
5 13 (7.39%) Tester
6 11 (6.25%) Business Analyst
6 11 (6.25%) Software Developer
7 8 (4.55%) Consultant
7 8 (4.55%) Data Engineer
7 8 (4.55%) Senior Consultant
7 8 (4.55%) Senior Developer
8 7 (3.98%) DBA
8 7 (3.98%) Oracle DBA
8 7 (3.98%) SC Cleared DBA
8 7 (3.98%) Software Engineer
9 6 (3.41%) .NET Developer
9 6 (3.41%) Java Developer
9 6 (3.41%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.09%) Playwright
2 13 (7.39%) Kafka
3 10 (5.68%) React
3 10 (5.68%) Spring
3 10 (5.68%) Spring Boot
4 9 (5.11%) .NET
5 8 (4.55%) REST
6 6 (3.41%) JSON
6 6 (3.41%) Node.js
7 5 (2.84%) Hibernate
7 5 (2.84%) Redux
8 4 (2.27%) Web Services
9 3 (1.70%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.70%) CSS
9 3 (1.70%) HTML
9 3 (1.70%) Jest
9 3 (1.70%) Nunjucks
9 3 (1.70%) Ruby on Rails
9 3 (1.70%) SOAP
9 3 (1.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.66%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.68%) NHS
2 10 (5.68%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.84%) Public Cloud
3 5 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.27%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.70%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (1.70%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.70%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.14%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.57%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.57%) IoT
7 1 (0.57%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.57%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.98%) Linux
2 4 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.70%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.70%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (1.14%) Unix
4 2 (1.14%) Windows
5 1 (0.57%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (27.27%) Agile
2 42 (23.86%) CI/CD
3 41 (23.30%) DevOps
4 27 (15.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (14.20%) Infrastructure as Code
6 23 (13.07%) Analytics
7 20 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (9.66%) Observability
9 16 (9.09%) Data Governance
9 16 (9.09%) Roadmaps
9 16 (9.09%) Software Engineering
9 16 (9.09%) Test Automation
10 15 (8.52%) Data Modelling
10 15 (8.52%) Migration
10 15 (8.52%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (7.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (7.39%) ITIL
12 13 (7.39%) Mentoring
13 12 (6.82%) Data Architecture
13 12 (6.82%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 32 (18.18%) Python
2 27 (15.34%) Java
3 19 (10.80%) SQL
4 9 (5.11%) Scala
5 7 (3.98%) C#
5 7 (3.98%) JavaScript
5 7 (3.98%) PL/SQL
6 6 (3.41%) Ruby
6 6 (3.41%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.70%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (1.70%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.14%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.14%) PHP
8 2 (1.14%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.57%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.57%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 146 (82.95%) SC Cleared
2 15 (8.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (4.55%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.14%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (1.14%) Degree
4 2 (1.14%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.57%) CCIE
5 1 (0.57%) CCNP
5 1 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.82%) Accessibility
2 11 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 9 (5.11%) QA
4 8 (4.55%) GRC
5 3 (1.70%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.70%) SLA
5 3 (1.70%) WCAG
6 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.57%) HL7
7 1 (0.57%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.57%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.57%) PMO
7 1 (0.57%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 17 (9.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 31 (17.61%) Terraform
2 9 (5.11%) Kubernetes
3 6 (3.41%) Control-M
3 6 (3.41%) HAProxy
4 5 (2.84%) Grafana
5 3 (1.70%) Ansible
5 3 (1.70%) CASB
5 3 (1.70%) Oracle RMAN
5 3 (1.70%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 22 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.23%) Oracle
3 9 (5.11%) Databricks
4 8 (4.55%) Foundry
4 8 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 6 (3.41%) Palantir
5 6 (3.41%) Splunk
6 3 (1.70%) Arista
6 3 (1.70%) Aruba
6 3 (1.70%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (1.70%) F5
6 3 (1.70%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.70%) Zscaler
7 2 (1.14%) Adobe
7 2 (1.14%) Google
7 2 (1.14%) IBM
7 2 (1.14%) LogicMonitor
7 2 (1.14%) New Relic
7 2 (1.14%) Okta
7 2 (1.14%) SAP