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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +20
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 181 118 119
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 17.08% 19.63% 16.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 70.43% 59.60% 66.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 93 95
10th Percentile £363 £400 £381
25th Percentile £433 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +3.58% -22.45%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £492 £475
% change year-on-year +1.63% +3.58% -22.45%
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 257 198 178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 24.25% 32.95% 24.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 157 134
10th Percentile £347 £350 £354
25th Percentile £413 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £584 £549 £548
90th Percentile £675 £650 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £481 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -3.75% +5.26% -13.64%
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%

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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 2 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 (3.31%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (1.10%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.10%) Confluence
3 1 (0.55%) Apache
3 1 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.55%) CMS
3 1 (0.55%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.55%) SAS
3 1 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.55%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.55%) Navisworks
1 1 (0.55%) ProjectWise
1 1 (0.55%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 54 (29.83%) AWS
2 41 (22.65%) Azure
3 30 (16.57%) GitHub
4 21 (11.60%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (3.87%) GCP
5 7 (3.87%) OpenShift
6 6 (3.31%) Power Platform
6 6 (3.31%) SaaS
7 5 (2.76%) OCI
7 5 (2.76%) Serverless
8 4 (2.21%) Apigee
8 4 (2.21%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.66%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.10%) Amazon EventBridge
10 2 (1.10%) AWS KMS
10 2 (1.10%) Azure AI
10 2 (1.10%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.10%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.21%) Internet
1 4 (2.21%) WAN
1 4 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (2.21%) WLAN
2 3 (1.66%) BGP
2 3 (1.66%) BIG-IP
2 3 (1.66%) Ethernet VPN
2 3 (1.66%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 3 (1.66%) Firewall
2 3 (1.66%) OSPF
2 3 (1.66%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.66%) SSL
2 3 (1.66%) VXLAN
3 1 (0.55%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.29%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.63%) Metadata
3 9 (4.97%) Oracle Database
4 8 (4.42%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.21%) Oracle Database 12c
6 4 (2.21%) Power BI
7 3 (1.66%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.66%) Tableau
8 2 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.10%) Big Data
8 2 (1.10%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (1.10%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.10%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.55%) MySQL
9 1 (0.55%) OLAP
9 1 (0.55%) OLTP
9 1 (0.55%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 26 (14.36%) Jenkins
2 11 (6.08%) GitLab
3 9 (4.97%) Gatling
3 9 (4.97%) Selenium
4 8 (4.42%) Git
5 6 (3.31%) Cucumber
5 6 (3.31%) JIRA
5 6 (3.31%) JMeter
5 6 (3.31%) Maven
6 5 (2.76%) Gradle
6 5 (2.76%) LoadRunner
7 4 (2.21%) Cypress.io
7 4 (2.21%) JUnit
7 4 (2.21%) Postman
8 3 (1.66%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.66%) ERwin
8 3 (1.66%) REST Assured
8 3 (1.66%) Serenity BDD
8 3 (1.66%) SoapUI
8 3 (1.66%) TestNG
General
1 52 (28.73%) Public Sector
2 33 (18.23%) Social Skills
3 10 (5.52%) Banking
3 10 (5.52%) Finance
4 8 (4.42%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (1.66%) Military
7 2 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.10%) Law
7 2 (1.10%) Social Science
7 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.55%) Legal
8 1 (0.55%) Marketing
8 1 (0.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 40 (22.10%) Developer
2 34 (18.78%) Architect
3 33 (18.23%) Senior
4 21 (11.60%) Data Architect
5 13 (7.18%) Tester
6 12 (6.63%) Lead
7 11 (6.08%) Python Developer
7 11 (6.08%) Software Developer
8 10 (5.52%) Senior Developer
9 9 (4.97%) Analyst
10 8 (4.42%) Data Engineer
10 8 (4.42%) Java Developer
10 8 (4.42%) Technical Architect
10 8 (4.42%) Test Engineer
11 7 (3.87%) DBA
11 7 (3.87%) Oracle DBA
11 7 (3.87%) SC Cleared DBA
11 7 (3.87%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (3.31%) Consultant
12 6 (3.31%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (15.47%) Terraform
2 18 (9.94%) Kafka
3 15 (8.29%) Playwright
4 10 (5.52%) React
4 10 (5.52%) Spring
4 10 (5.52%) Spring Boot
5 6 (3.31%) .NET
5 6 (3.31%) Node.js
6 5 (2.76%) Hibernate
6 5 (2.76%) JSON
6 5 (2.76%) Redux
7 4 (2.21%) HTML
7 4 (2.21%) Middleware
7 4 (2.21%) REST
8 3 (1.66%) CSS
8 3 (1.66%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (1.66%) Jest
8 3 (1.66%) Nunjucks
8 3 (1.66%) OAuth
9 2 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 23 (12.71%) Cloud Native
2 12 (6.63%) Public Cloud
3 10 (5.52%) NHS
4 6 (3.31%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.76%) CMDB
5 5 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.21%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.66%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.66%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.66%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.10%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.55%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.55%) IoT
9 1 (0.55%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.55%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.87%) Linux
2 3 (1.66%) Mac OS
2 3 (1.66%) Oracle Linux
2 3 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.10%) Windows
4 1 (0.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (28.73%) Agile
2 48 (26.52%) CI/CD
3 37 (20.44%) DevOps
4 30 (16.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (14.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (13.26%) Infrastructure as Code
7 22 (12.15%) Data Governance
8 21 (11.60%) Data Modelling
8 21 (11.60%) Test Automation
9 19 (10.50%) Data Architecture
9 19 (10.50%) Roadmaps
10 17 (9.39%) Analytics
11 16 (8.84%) Migration
12 15 (8.29%) Observability
12 15 (8.29%) Software Engineering
12 15 (8.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (7.73%) Identity Access Management
13 14 (7.73%) Microservices
14 13 (7.18%) Platform Engineering
14 13 (7.18%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 43 (23.76%) Python
2 28 (15.47%) Java
3 19 (10.50%) SQL
4 11 (6.08%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.97%) Scala
6 7 (3.87%) PL/SQL
6 7 (3.87%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.76%) Ruby
8 4 (2.21%) C#
9 3 (1.66%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.10%) PHP
11 1 (0.55%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.55%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 158 (87.29%) SC Cleared
2 16 (8.84%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (4.42%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.10%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (1.10%) Degree
4 2 (1.10%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.55%) CCIE
5 1 (0.55%) CCNP
5 1 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.39%) Data Quality
2 11 (6.08%) Accessibility
3 10 (5.52%) QA
4 6 (3.31%) GRC
5 3 (1.66%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.66%) SLA
5 3 (1.66%) WCAG
6 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 2 (1.10%) PMO
6 2 (1.10%) SNOMED CT
7 1 (0.55%) HL7
7 1 (0.55%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.55%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 23 (12.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (9.39%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.87%) Grafana
3 6 (3.31%) Control-M
3 6 (3.31%) HAProxy
4 3 (1.66%) Ansible
4 3 (1.66%) CASB
4 3 (1.66%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (1.66%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (11.60%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.94%) Oracle
3 12 (6.63%) ServiceNow
4 11 (6.08%) Databricks
5 8 (4.42%) Foundry
5 8 (4.42%) IBM
5 8 (4.42%) Splunk
6 6 (3.31%) Palantir
7 4 (2.21%) Dynatrace
7 4 (2.21%) New Relic
8 3 (1.66%) Arista
8 3 (1.66%) Aruba
8 3 (1.66%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (1.66%) F5
8 3 (1.66%) Google
8 3 (1.66%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.66%) Zscaler
9 2 (1.10%) Adobe
9 2 (1.10%) ForgeRock
9 2 (1.10%) SAP