Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Security Clearance
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 15 13
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 +6
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 294 166 143
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 10.30% 10.24% 9.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 48.36% 42.03% 46.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 101 108
10th Percentile £400 £363 £381
25th Percentile £450 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £492 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +3.58% -17.21%
75th Percentile £540 £575 £578
90th Percentile £688 £675 £700
England median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 17 1
10th Percentile - £18.51 -
25th Percentile £21.33 £25.04 £48.75
Median hourly rate £25.77 £25.15 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.47% -52.10% +133.23%
75th Percentile - - £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £61.60
% change year-on-year +158.45% -59.17% +2.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 608 395 310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 21.30% 24.37% 21.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 389 276 212
10th Percentile £325 £235 £221
25th Percentile £420 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -8.65%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £573
90th Percentile £688 £681 £650
England median daily rate £533 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.52% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 18 9
10th Percentile £17.00 £18.51 £14.95
25th Percentile £21.33 £25.07 £36.25
Median hourly rate £25.54 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.55% -37.13% +33.33%
75th Percentile £25.77 - £56.25
90th Percentile £43.96 - £63.75
England median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +98.81% -52.10% -0.94%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Yorkshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
West Yorkshire -5 192 £500 +1.63% 95
South Yorkshire -2 60 £492 -1.60% 17
North Yorkshire +2 35 £488 - 12
East Yorkshire - 8 £550 - 5
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.06%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.04%) Palantir Foundry
4 5 (1.70%) Confluence
5 2 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.68%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.68%) CMS
6 1 (0.34%) Apache
6 1 (0.34%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.34%) SAS
6 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.34%) Navisworks
1 1 (0.34%) ProjectWise
1 1 (0.34%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 62 (21.09%) Azure
2 61 (20.75%) AWS
3 33 (11.22%) GitHub
4 25 (8.50%) GitHub Actions
5 15 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (5.10%) Power Platform
6 13 (4.42%) GCP
7 11 (3.74%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.38%) OCI
8 7 (2.38%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (1.70%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.70%) SaaS
10 3 (1.02%) Azure AI
10 3 (1.02%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (1.02%) Figma
10 3 (1.02%) Miro
10 3 (1.02%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.02%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 51 (17.35%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (3.40%) Firewall
3 8 (2.72%) BGP
3 8 (2.72%) OSPF
4 7 (2.38%) WLAN
5 6 (2.04%) VoIP
6 5 (1.70%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (1.70%) DHCP
6 5 (1.70%) DNS
6 5 (1.70%) IPsec
6 5 (1.70%) LAN
6 5 (1.70%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.70%) VLAN
6 5 (1.70%) VPN
6 5 (1.70%) WAN
7 4 (1.36%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (1.36%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (1.36%) Wireless
8 3 (1.02%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (1.02%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.78%) Metadata
2 10 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (3.40%) Power BI
2 10 (3.40%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.70%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.36%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.36%) Tableau
6 3 (1.02%) Big Data
6 3 (1.02%) Metadata Repository
7 2 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.68%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.68%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.34%) DataStage
8 1 (0.34%) Db2
8 1 (0.34%) MySQL
8 1 (0.34%) OLAP
8 1 (0.34%) OLTP
8 1 (0.34%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 27 (9.18%) Jenkins
2 14 (4.76%) Selenium
3 11 (3.74%) GitLab
4 10 (3.40%) Git
4 10 (3.40%) JIRA
4 10 (3.40%) JMeter
5 9 (3.06%) Cucumber
5 9 (3.06%) Gatling
6 7 (2.38%) Postman
7 6 (2.04%) LoadRunner
7 6 (2.04%) Maven
7 6 (2.04%) SoapUI
8 5 (1.70%) Gradle
9 4 (1.36%) Cypress.io
9 4 (1.36%) JUnit
10 3 (1.02%) Artifactory
10 3 (1.02%) REST Assured
10 3 (1.02%) Serenity BDD
10 3 (1.02%) TestNG
11 2 (0.68%) SonarQube
General
1 81 (27.55%) Social Skills
2 78 (26.53%) Public Sector
3 23 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.12%) Finance
5 11 (3.74%) Banking
6 9 (3.06%) Law
6 9 (3.06%) Military
7 7 (2.38%) Publishing
8 6 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.70%) Police
10 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.68%) Marketing
10 2 (0.68%) Retail
10 2 (0.68%) Social Science
11 1 (0.34%) Automotive
11 1 (0.34%) Aviation
11 1 (0.34%) Legal
11 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 52 (17.69%) Developer
2 50 (17.01%) Senior
3 41 (13.95%) Architect
4 22 (7.48%) IT Technician
5 21 (7.14%) Lead
6 20 (6.80%) Data Architect
7 17 (5.78%) Python Developer
8 15 (5.10%) Senior Developer
8 15 (5.10%) Tester
9 12 (4.08%) Data Engineer
10 11 (3.74%) User Researcher
11 10 (3.40%) Analyst
11 10 (3.40%) Software Developer
11 10 (3.40%) Software Engineer
11 10 (3.40%) Technical Architect
12 9 (3.06%) Java Developer
12 9 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (2.72%) Test Engineer
14 7 (2.38%) Python Engineer
14 7 (2.38%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (7.82%) Terraform
2 18 (6.12%) Kafka
3 11 (3.74%) Spring
3 11 (3.74%) Spring Boot
4 10 (3.40%) Playwright
5 9 (3.06%) React
6 8 (2.72%) Node.js
7 6 (2.04%) Middleware
8 5 (1.70%) Hibernate
8 5 (1.70%) HTML
8 5 (1.70%) Redux
9 4 (1.36%) CSS
10 3 (1.02%) .NET
10 3 (1.02%) Elastic Stack
10 3 (1.02%) FHIR
10 3 (1.02%) Flask
10 3 (1.02%) OAuth
10 3 (1.02%) pytest
10 3 (1.02%) REST
10 3 (1.02%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.18%) Cloud Native
2 16 (5.44%) Public Cloud
3 11 (3.74%) NHS
4 9 (3.06%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.06%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.72%) PKI
6 7 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.38%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.70%) CMDB
7 5 (1.70%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.70%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.68%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.68%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.68%) SCADA
9 2 (0.68%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.68%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.76%) Windows
2 7 (2.38%) Windows Server
3 6 (2.04%) Linux
3 6 (2.04%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.02%) Android
4 3 (1.02%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.68%) Unix
6 1 (0.34%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (23.81%) Agile
2 55 (18.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 54 (18.37%) CI/CD
4 46 (15.65%) DevOps
5 29 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
6 28 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
7 27 (9.18%) Data Modelling
8 26 (8.84%) Software Engineering
9 25 (8.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (8.16%) Test Automation
11 23 (7.82%) Data Governance
11 23 (7.82%) Migration
12 22 (7.48%) Asset Management
13 21 (7.14%) Roadmaps
14 20 (6.80%) Observability
14 20 (6.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 19 (6.46%) User Research
16 18 (6.12%) Data Architecture
16 18 (6.12%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 51 (17.35%) Python
2 39 (13.27%) Java
3 22 (7.48%) SQL
4 14 (4.76%) TypeScript
5 13 (4.42%) JavaScript
6 11 (3.74%) Kotlin
7 8 (2.72%) Scala
8 7 (2.38%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.70%) Ruby
10 4 (1.36%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.68%) C
11 2 (0.68%) PHP
11 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.34%) Bash
12 1 (0.34%) C#
12 1 (0.34%) COBOL
12 1 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.34%) Groovy
12 1 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 249 (84.69%) SC Cleared
2 22 (7.48%) BPSS Clearance
3 11 (3.74%) DV Cleared
4 5 (1.70%) CCNP
4 5 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.36%) PMP
6 2 (0.68%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (0.68%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.34%) Degree
7 1 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.34%) NCDA
7 1 (0.34%) NCIE
7 1 (0.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.46%) Data Quality
2 17 (5.78%) Accessibility
3 13 (4.42%) QA
4 5 (1.70%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.02%) ISO 14001
5 3 (1.02%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 3 (1.02%) SNOMED CT
5 3 (1.02%) WCAG
6 1 (0.34%) GDPR
6 1 (0.34%) GRC
6 1 (0.34%) HL7
6 1 (0.34%) ISO 19650
6 1 (0.34%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.34%) NIST
6 1 (0.34%) PMO
6 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (7.82%) Docker
2 8 (2.72%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.68%) vSphere
7 1 (0.34%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.34%) NFS
7 1 (0.34%) SRDF
7 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 19 (6.46%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.72%) Grafana
3 7 (2.38%) Control-M
4 6 (2.04%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.70%) HAProxy
6 4 (1.36%) Ansible
7 3 (1.02%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.68%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.68%) Nessus
8 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.68%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.68%) VxRail
9 1 (0.34%) Argo
9 1 (0.34%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.34%) EMC VPLEX
9 1 (0.34%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.34%) SCCM
9 1 (0.34%) SnapMirror
9 1 (0.34%) vMotion
Vendors
1 27 (9.18%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.42%) Oracle
3 9 (3.06%) Databricks
3 9 (3.06%) Foundry
3 9 (3.06%) IBM
4 8 (2.72%) ServiceNow
4 8 (2.72%) Splunk
5 7 (2.38%) Palantir
6 6 (2.04%) Apple
6 6 (2.04%) BeyondTrust
6 6 (2.04%) Cisco
6 6 (2.04%) Citrix
6 6 (2.04%) CyberArk
7 5 (1.70%) CheckPoint
7 5 (1.70%) Dynatrace
7 5 (1.70%) New Relic
8 4 (1.36%) VMware
9 3 (1.02%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.02%) Dell
9 3 (1.02%) Google