Security Testing Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Security Testing
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Security Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 52 67
Rank change year-on-year -21 +15 +30
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 4 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.51% 0.93% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 1.01% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £481 £263 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £275 £415
Median % change year-on-year +77.27% -33.73% -20.95%
75th Percentile £494 £288 £423
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £275 £415
% change year-on-year +77.27% -33.73% -20.95%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

Security Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 691 395 751
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 88.14% 92.29% 87.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 450 256 462
10th Percentile £312 £263 £281
25th Percentile £413 £361 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -6.98%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £588
90th Percentile £638 £644 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £455 £490
% change year-on-year +9.89% -7.14% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 18
10th Percentile - £17.08 £11.56
25th Percentile £14.25 £26.25 £12.15
Median hourly rate £14.50 £41.00 £12.30
Median % change year-on-year -64.63% +233.33% -80.32%
75th Percentile £28.75 £96.64 £14.56
90th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 £17.27
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £16.25 £22.14 £13.50
% change year-on-year -26.60% +64.00% -61.49%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Security Testing job vacancy trend in Leeds

Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Security Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Security Testing

Security Testing
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (25.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (25.00%) GitLab
1 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Java Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) QA Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Integration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Java Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior QA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Test and Integration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Test and Integration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Node.js
1 1 (25.00%) Playwright
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (50.00%) Public Cloud
1 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (75.00%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Application Security
2 2 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 2 (50.00%) Compliance Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Secrets Management
2 2 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 2 (50.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 3 (75.00%) CCSP
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) AWS Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) CEH
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
3 1 (25.00%) OSCP
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
1 3 (75.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) PSD2
3 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (25.00%) COBIT
3 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (25.00%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Splunk