Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Leicester

Security Clearance
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicester 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 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 +4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 7 15 39
As % of all contract jobs in Leicester 7.78% 18.75% 27.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.00% 65.22% 86.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 27
10th Percentile - £374 £313
25th Percentile £450 £475 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £595 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.94% +18.95% +11.11%
75th Percentile £711 £715 £575
90th Percentile £738 £720 £631
Leicestershire median daily rate £475 £595 £513
% change year-on-year -20.13% +16.05% +10.81%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20 23 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicester 22.22% 28.75% 31.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 15 31
10th Percentile £146 £259 £313
25th Percentile £222 £419 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £715 £575
90th Percentile £705 £718 £665
Leicestershire median daily rate £475 £520 £505
% change year-on-year -8.65% +2.97% +12.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Leicester

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Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Security Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Security Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in Leicester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Leicester over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Leicester

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Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Security Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Security Cleared

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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 1 (14.29%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (14.29%) Cypress.io
General
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
1 3 (42.86%) Senior Software Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Automation Tester
2 2 (28.57%) Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Functional Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Non-Functional Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Test Planning
2 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle