Security Testing Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Security Testing
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 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 79 55 78
Rank change year-on-year -24 +23 +32
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 5 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.51% 0.79% 0.091%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.86% 0.10%
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 - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £275 £415
% change year-on-year +77.27% -33.73% -25.39%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 843 464 969
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 86.73% 91.70% 88.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 288 571
10th Percentile £296 £263 £281
25th Percentile £413 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £490
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £588
90th Percentile £638 £638 £675
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.63% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 17 29
10th Percentile £13.50 £17.08 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.25 - £12.15
Median hourly rate £16.25 £22.14 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.60% +64.00% -61.49%
75th Percentile £23.71 £41.50 £17.19
90th Percentile £74.00 £98.79 £53.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.81 £21.69 £13.50
% change year-on-year +5.16% +60.67% +27.00%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Security Testing job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Security Testing

Security Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Security Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Security Testing

Security Testing
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 12 March 2026. 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
Leeds -21 4 £488 +77.27% 2
Security Testing
Yorkshire

Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 (60.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (20.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (20.00%) GitLab
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) IAM Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Java Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) QA Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Security Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Integration Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Java Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior QA Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Test and Integration Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Test and Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Node.js
1 1 (20.00%) Playwright
1 1 (20.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (40.00%) Private Cloud
1 2 (40.00%) Public Cloud
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (40.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Data Security
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) OWASP
3 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Secure Coding
3 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 4 (80.00%) CCSP
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (80.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) AWS Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CEH
2 2 (40.00%) CISM
2 2 (40.00%) OSCP
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) NIST
1 4 (80.00%) PCI DSS
2 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (40.00%) GDPR
3 2 (40.00%) PSD2
4 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
4 1 (20.00%) COBIT
4 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (20.00%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Splunk