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 14 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 4 7
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 +18
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 178 122 104
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 16.94% 17.91% 15.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 66.67% 58.65% 61.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 85 81
10th Percentile £374 £400 £381
25th Percentile £433 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +9.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £538
90th Percentile £688 £683 £600
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 267 208 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 25.40% 30.54% 24.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 155 132
10th Percentile £363 £350 £289
25th Percentile £424 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £456
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +9.59% -17.05%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £550
90th Percentile £688 £650 £600
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% -15.09%
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 - £40.00
% change year-on-year - - +33.33%

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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 14 October 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 (3.37%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (1.12%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.12%) Confluence
2 2 (1.12%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.56%) Apache
3 1 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.56%) CMS
3 1 (0.56%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.56%) SAS
3 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.56%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.56%) Navisworks
1 1 (0.56%) ProjectWise
1 1 (0.56%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 55 (30.90%) AWS
2 46 (25.84%) Azure
3 33 (18.54%) GitHub
4 24 (13.48%) GitHub Actions
5 10 (5.62%) Power Platform
6 8 (4.49%) GCP
7 6 (3.37%) OpenShift
8 5 (2.81%) OCI
9 4 (2.25%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.69%) Miro
10 3 (1.69%) SaaS
10 3 (1.69%) Serverless
10 3 (1.69%) Snowflake
11 2 (1.12%) AWS KMS
11 2 (1.12%) Azure AI
11 2 (1.12%) Figma
11 2 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.12%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.81%) Firewall
2 4 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.69%) BGP
3 3 (1.69%) BIG-IP
3 3 (1.69%) Ethernet VPN
3 3 (1.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 3 (1.69%) OSPF
3 3 (1.69%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.69%) VXLAN
3 3 (1.69%) WAN
3 3 (1.69%) WLAN
4 2 (1.12%) Network Security
5 1 (0.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.87%) Metadata
2 10 (5.62%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (4.49%) Power BI
4 6 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.81%) MongoDB
6 4 (2.25%) Tableau
7 3 (1.69%) Big Data
7 3 (1.69%) Metadata Repository
7 3 (1.69%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.12%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.12%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.56%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.56%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.56%) Oracle ODI
9 1 (0.56%) Oracle OLAP
9 1 (0.56%) PowerCenter
9 1 (0.56%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 25 (14.04%) Jenkins
2 14 (7.87%) Selenium
3 10 (5.62%) Git
3 10 (5.62%) GitLab
3 10 (5.62%) JMeter
4 9 (5.06%) Cucumber
4 9 (5.06%) Gatling
5 7 (3.93%) Postman
6 6 (3.37%) JIRA
6 6 (3.37%) LoadRunner
6 6 (3.37%) SoapUI
7 5 (2.81%) Gradle
7 5 (2.81%) Maven
8 4 (2.25%) Cypress.io
8 4 (2.25%) JUnit
9 3 (1.69%) Artifactory
9 3 (1.69%) REST Assured
9 3 (1.69%) Serenity BDD
9 3 (1.69%) TestNG
10 2 (1.12%) eggPlant
General
1 55 (30.90%) Public Sector
2 42 (23.60%) Social Skills
3 14 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.62%) Banking
4 10 (5.62%) Finance
5 5 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (1.69%) Law
6 3 (1.69%) Military
7 2 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.12%) Social Science
8 1 (0.56%) Back Office
8 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.56%) Marketing
8 1 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 46 (25.84%) Developer
2 28 (15.73%) Architect
2 28 (15.73%) Senior
3 20 (11.24%) Data Architect
4 18 (10.11%) Python Developer
5 16 (8.99%) Tester
6 13 (7.30%) Lead
6 13 (7.30%) Senior Developer
7 10 (5.62%) Data Engineer
7 10 (5.62%) Software Developer
8 8 (4.49%) Java Developer
8 8 (4.49%) Test Engineer
9 6 (3.37%) Lead Test Engineer
9 6 (3.37%) Palantir Architect
9 6 (3.37%) Platform Architect
9 6 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.37%) User Researcher
10 5 (2.81%) Compliance Consultant
10 5 (2.81%) Python Engineer
10 5 (2.81%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (11.80%) Terraform
2 18 (10.11%) Kafka
3 10 (5.62%) Playwright
3 10 (5.62%) Spring
3 10 (5.62%) Spring Boot
4 8 (4.49%) React
5 7 (3.93%) Node.js
6 6 (3.37%) Middleware
7 5 (2.81%) Hibernate
7 5 (2.81%) HTML
7 5 (2.81%) Redux
8 4 (2.25%) Flask
8 4 (2.25%) REST
9 3 (1.69%) .NET
9 3 (1.69%) CSS
9 3 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (1.69%) FHIR
9 3 (1.69%) Nunjucks
9 3 (1.69%) OAuth
9 3 (1.69%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.48%) Cloud Native
2 15 (8.43%) Public Cloud
3 8 (4.49%) NHS
4 5 (2.81%) CMDB
4 5 (2.81%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.81%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.69%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.69%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.69%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.69%) PKI
7 2 (1.12%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.12%) SCADA
7 2 (1.12%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.56%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.56%) IoT
8 1 (0.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.81%) Linux
2 3 (1.69%) macOS
3 2 (1.12%) Windows
4 1 (0.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (29.78%) Agile
2 48 (26.97%) CI/CD
3 36 (20.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 32 (17.98%) DevOps
5 26 (14.61%) Infrastructure as Code
6 22 (12.36%) Data Modelling
6 22 (12.36%) Test Automation
7 21 (11.80%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (11.80%) Data Governance
8 18 (10.11%) Data Architecture
8 18 (10.11%) Observability
9 17 (9.55%) Migration
10 16 (8.99%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (8.43%) Identity Access Management
11 15 (8.43%) Roadmaps
12 14 (7.87%) ETL
12 14 (7.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 13 (7.30%) Software Engineering
14 12 (6.74%) Microservices
14 12 (6.74%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 47 (26.40%) Python
2 27 (15.17%) Java
3 17 (9.55%) SQL
4 12 (6.74%) JavaScript
5 9 (5.06%) Scala
6 7 (3.93%) PL/SQL
7 6 (3.37%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.81%) Ruby
9 3 (1.69%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.12%) PHP
11 1 (0.56%) Bash
11 1 (0.56%) C#
11 1 (0.56%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.56%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 156 (87.64%) SC Cleared
2 15 (8.43%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (2.25%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.12%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (1.12%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (0.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (9.55%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.74%) Accessibility
3 11 (6.18%) QA
4 5 (2.81%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (2.81%) ISO 14001
4 5 (2.81%) ISO 9001
4 5 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 5 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.69%) SNOMED CT
5 3 (1.69%) WCAG
6 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.56%) HL7
7 1 (0.56%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.56%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.56%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.56%) PMO
7 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (12.36%) Docker
2 2 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (10.11%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.93%) Grafana
3 6 (3.37%) Control-M
4 5 (2.81%) HAProxy
5 3 (1.69%) Ansible
5 3 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.12%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (1.12%) Nessus
6 2 (1.12%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.12%) VxRail
Vendors
1 18 (10.11%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.18%) Oracle
3 9 (5.06%) Databricks
3 9 (5.06%) IBM
4 8 (4.49%) Foundry
5 7 (3.93%) Palantir
5 7 (3.93%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.93%) Splunk
6 5 (2.81%) Dynatrace
6 5 (2.81%) New Relic
7 3 (1.69%) Arista
7 3 (1.69%) Aruba
7 3 (1.69%) F5
7 3 (1.69%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.69%) Tenable
8 2 (1.12%) Carbon Black
8 2 (1.12%) Dell
8 2 (1.12%) ForgeRock
8 2 (1.12%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.12%) Okta