Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Security Clearance
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire 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 15 2 3
Rank change year-on-year -13 +1 +7
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 10 17 40
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 6.06% 17.17% 22.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.57% 62.96% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 28
10th Percentile £443 £325 £313
25th Percentile £450 £475 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £595 £513
Median % change year-on-year -20.13% +16.05% +10.81%
75th Percentile £630 £715 £575
90th Percentile £738 £724 £677
East Midlands median daily rate £438 £488 £550
% change year-on-year -10.26% -11.36% +15.79%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 35 27 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 21.21% 27.27% 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 18 34
10th Percentile £175 £225 £313
25th Percentile £253 £366 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £505
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +2.97% +12.22%
75th Percentile £575 £715 £575
90th Percentile £652 £722 £693
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £425 £504
% change year-on-year - -15.63% +5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £21.96 - -
25th Percentile £22.95 - -
Median hourly rate £26.75 - -
75th Percentile £30.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £17.83
% change year-on-year -9.02% +35.60% +5.96%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

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Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Leicestershire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 14 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicester -8 7 £548 -7.94% 3
Loughborough - 1 £525 -
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East Midlands

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 (10.00%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) PRMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) LAN
1 1 (10.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (10.00%) Cypress.io
General
1 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Senior
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Automation Tester
3 2 (20.00%) Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (10.00%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Network Architect
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Manager
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Service Assurance Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Service Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Service Assurance Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Service Management Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) AS400
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (10.00%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (20.00%) Change Management
2 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (20.00%) DevOps
2 2 (20.00%) Functional Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (20.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (10.00%) ERP
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Operational Stability
3 1 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Scrum
3 1 (10.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (10.00%) Software Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (10.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (10.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Rockwell
2 1 (10.00%) SAP