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 30 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 5 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 +17
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 176 111 107
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 16.37% 17.68% 15.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 66.92% 57.22% 64.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 87 84
10th Percentile £363 £400 £381
25th Percentile £445 £423 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +9.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £588 £566 £538
90th Percentile £688 £680 £596
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £492 £450
% change year-on-year +1.63% +9.33% -25.00%
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 263 194 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 24.47% 30.89% 23.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 153 129
10th Percentile £350 £350 £298
25th Percentile £423 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £600 £556 £538
90th Percentile £688 £670 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 2
10th Percentile £19.69 - £19.05
25th Percentile £26.99 - £24.00
Median hourly rate £43.96 - £34.50
75th Percentile - - £46.50
90th Percentile - - £52.35
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 - £38.75
% change year-on-year - - +29.17%

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 30 September 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 2 (1.14%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.14%) Confluence
3 1 (0.57%) Apache
3 1 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.57%) CMS
3 1 (0.57%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.57%) SAS
3 1 (0.57%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.57%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.57%) Navisworks
1 1 (0.57%) ProjectWise
1 1 (0.57%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 55 (31.25%) AWS
2 41 (23.30%) Azure
3 29 (16.48%) GitHub
4 21 (11.93%) GitHub Actions
5 10 (5.68%) Power Platform
6 8 (4.55%) GCP
7 6 (3.41%) OpenShift
8 5 (2.84%) OCI
9 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.70%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.70%) SaaS
10 3 (1.70%) Serverless
10 3 (1.70%) Snowflake
11 2 (1.14%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.14%) Apigee
11 2 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.14%) Figma
11 2 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.84%) Firewall
2 4 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.70%) BGP
3 3 (1.70%) BIG-IP
3 3 (1.70%) Ethernet VPN
3 3 (1.70%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (1.70%) OSPF
3 3 (1.70%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.70%) VXLAN
3 3 (1.70%) WAN
3 3 (1.70%) WLAN
4 2 (1.14%) Network Security
5 1 (0.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.95%) Metadata
2 11 (6.25%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (4.55%) Power BI
4 6 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.84%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.84%) Oracle Database
6 4 (2.27%) Tableau
7 3 (1.70%) Big Data
7 3 (1.70%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (1.14%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.14%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.14%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.57%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.57%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.57%) MySQL
9 1 (0.57%) OLAP
9 1 (0.57%) OLTP
9 1 (0.57%) Oracle OLAP
9 1 (0.57%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 24 (13.64%) Jenkins
2 10 (5.68%) GitLab
2 10 (5.68%) Selenium
3 9 (5.11%) Gatling
4 8 (4.55%) Git
4 8 (4.55%) JMeter
5 6 (3.41%) Cucumber
5 6 (3.41%) JIRA
5 6 (3.41%) LoadRunner
6 5 (2.84%) Gradle
6 5 (2.84%) Maven
7 4 (2.27%) Cypress.io
7 4 (2.27%) JUnit
7 4 (2.27%) Postman
8 3 (1.70%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.70%) REST Assured
8 3 (1.70%) Serenity BDD
8 3 (1.70%) SoapUI
8 3 (1.70%) TestNG
9 2 (1.14%) eggPlant
General
1 55 (31.25%) Public Sector
2 40 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 13 (7.39%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.68%) Banking
5 9 (5.11%) Finance
6 5 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.70%) Military
8 2 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.14%) Law
8 2 (1.14%) Social Science
9 1 (0.57%) Marketing
9 1 (0.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 43 (24.43%) Developer
2 31 (17.61%) Architect
3 29 (16.48%) Senior
4 20 (11.36%) Data Architect
5 15 (8.52%) Python Developer
6 14 (7.95%) Tester
7 12 (6.82%) Lead
8 11 (6.25%) Data Engineer
8 11 (6.25%) Senior Developer
9 10 (5.68%) Software Developer
10 8 (4.55%) Java Developer
10 8 (4.55%) Technical Architect
10 8 (4.55%) Test Engineer
11 7 (3.98%) Analyst
12 6 (3.41%) Lead Test Engineer
12 6 (3.41%) Palantir Architect
12 6 (3.41%) Platform Architect
12 6 (3.41%) Solutions Architect
13 5 (2.84%) Platform Engineer
13 5 (2.84%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (12.50%) Terraform
2 17 (9.66%) Kafka
3 12 (6.82%) Playwright
4 10 (5.68%) Spring
4 10 (5.68%) Spring Boot
5 8 (4.55%) React
6 7 (3.98%) Node.js
7 5 (2.84%) .NET
7 5 (2.84%) Hibernate
7 5 (2.84%) Middleware
7 5 (2.84%) Redux
8 4 (2.27%) HTML
9 3 (1.70%) CSS
9 3 (1.70%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (1.70%) FHIR
9 3 (1.70%) Flask
9 3 (1.70%) Nunjucks
9 3 (1.70%) OAuth
9 3 (1.70%) pytest
9 3 (1.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.20%) Cloud Native
2 15 (8.52%) Public Cloud
3 9 (5.11%) NHS
4 5 (2.84%) CMDB
4 5 (2.84%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.84%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.70%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.70%) PKI
7 2 (1.14%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.14%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.14%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.14%) SCADA
7 2 (1.14%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.57%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.84%) Linux
2 3 (1.70%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.14%) Windows
4 1 (0.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (29.55%) Agile
2 45 (25.57%) CI/CD
3 34 (19.32%) DevOps
4 31 (17.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (13.07%) Infrastructure as Code
7 22 (12.50%) Data Modelling
8 21 (11.93%) Data Governance
9 20 (11.36%) Test Automation
10 18 (10.23%) Data Architecture
11 17 (9.66%) Roadmaps
12 16 (9.09%) Migration
12 16 (9.09%) Observability
12 16 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 15 (8.52%) Identity Access Management
13 15 (8.52%) Problem-Solving
14 13 (7.39%) Analytics
14 13 (7.39%) Software Engineering
15 12 (6.82%) ETL
15 12 (6.82%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 42 (23.86%) Python
2 26 (14.77%) Java
3 16 (9.09%) SQL
4 12 (6.82%) JavaScript
5 8 (4.55%) Scala
6 7 (3.98%) PL/SQL
7 6 (3.41%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.84%) Ruby
9 3 (1.70%) C#
9 3 (1.70%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.14%) PHP
11 1 (0.57%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.57%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 154 (87.50%) SC Cleared
2 16 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (3.41%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.14%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (1.14%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.66%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.82%) Accessibility
3 9 (5.11%) QA
4 5 (2.84%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.70%) SNOMED CT
5 3 (1.70%) WCAG
6 2 (1.14%) ISO 14001
6 2 (1.14%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.57%) GRC
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%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (11.93%) Docker
2 2 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (8.52%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.98%) Grafana
3 6 (3.41%) Control-M
4 5 (2.84%) HAProxy
5 3 (1.70%) Ansible
6 2 (1.14%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (1.14%) Nessus
6 2 (1.14%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 17 (9.66%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.39%) Oracle
3 9 (5.11%) Databricks
4 8 (4.55%) Foundry
4 8 (4.55%) IBM
4 8 (4.55%) Splunk
5 7 (3.98%) Palantir
6 6 (3.41%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.84%) Dynatrace
7 5 (2.84%) New Relic
8 3 (1.70%) Arista
8 3 (1.70%) Aruba
8 3 (1.70%) F5
8 3 (1.70%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.70%) Tenable
9 2 (1.14%) Carbon Black
9 2 (1.14%) Dell
9 2 (1.14%) ForgeRock
9 2 (1.14%) McAfee
9 2 (1.14%) Okta