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 4 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 23 28
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 -8
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 172 70 90
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 7.99% 7.87% 5.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.80% 32.26% 28.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 46 68
10th Percentile £365 £263 £433
25th Percentile £413 £344 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £538 £647 £583
90th Percentile £630 £763 £658
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £17.57 - -
25th Percentile £19.66 - -
Median hourly rate £22.54 £21.00 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +90.91% -41.33%
75th Percentile £24.31 - -
90th Percentile £24.34 - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £56.40
% change year-on-year -58.08% +6.38% -6.00%

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 455 217 317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 21.13% 24.41% 18.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 139 185
10th Percentile £340 £220 £310
25th Percentile £425 £300 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £581 £575 £582
90th Percentile £688 £684 £675
England median daily rate £520 £525 £539
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.60% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 14
10th Percentile £15.34 £19.11 £12.53
25th Percentile £19.66 £19.82 £12.59
Median hourly rate £40.04 £21.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +90.65% +40.00% -63.08%
75th Percentile £68.75 £24.88 £20.81
90th Percentile - £27.20 £52.37
England median hourly rate £25.44 £50.00 £40.13
% change year-on-year -49.12% +24.61% -18.53%

Security Cleared
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 4 March 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 4 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
West Yorkshire +2 115 £493 -10.45% 29
South Yorkshire -15 49 £449 +2.05% 9
North Yorkshire -4 7 £363 +20.83% 9
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England

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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 11 (6.40%) Confluence
2 5 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.16%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.16%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.58%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.58%) SAP Retail
2 1 (0.58%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 48 (27.91%) AWS
2 21 (12.21%) GitHub
3 20 (11.63%) Azure
4 12 (6.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 12 (6.98%) Amazon EC2
4 12 (6.98%) Amazon S3
4 12 (6.98%) GitHub Actions
5 11 (6.40%) GCP
5 11 (6.40%) Serverless
6 10 (5.81%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (5.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 8 (4.65%) Entra ID
9 7 (4.07%) OpenShift
10 6 (3.49%) Amazon ELB
10 6 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (2.91%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (2.91%) Azure Storage
11 5 (2.91%) Power Platform
12 3 (1.74%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.56%) DNS
2 11 (6.40%) Firewall
3 7 (4.07%) TCP/IP
4 5 (2.91%) VPN
5 4 (2.33%) Network Security
5 4 (2.33%) SSL
6 3 (1.74%) NAS
7 2 (1.16%) SAN
7 2 (1.16%) X.25
8 1 (0.58%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.58%) DHCP
8 1 (0.58%) DKIM
8 1 (0.58%) DMARC
8 1 (0.58%) FTP
8 1 (0.58%) Internet
8 1 (0.58%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.40%) MongoDB
2 10 (5.81%) Relational Database
3 8 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.91%) Power BI
5 4 (2.33%) DynamoDB
5 4 (2.33%) NoSQL
5 4 (2.33%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.16%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.16%) Data Hub
7 2 (1.16%) Metadata
7 2 (1.16%) MS Access
8 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.58%) DataStage
8 1 (0.58%) DB2
8 1 (0.58%) MySQL
8 1 (0.58%) Power Query
8 1 (0.58%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.58%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 28 (16.28%) Jenkins
2 19 (11.05%) GitLab
3 15 (8.72%) JIRA
4 14 (8.14%) Git
5 6 (3.49%) Selenium
6 4 (2.33%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.74%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.74%) Gatling
7 3 (1.74%) REST Assured
7 3 (1.74%) Serenity BDD
8 2 (1.16%) MSI
9 1 (0.58%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.58%) Mocha
9 1 (0.58%) Mockito
9 1 (0.58%) PyCharm
9 1 (0.58%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.58%) Subversion
General
1 59 (34.30%) Public Sector
2 40 (23.26%) Social Skills
3 17 (9.88%) Finance
4 15 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (8.72%) Military
5 8 (4.65%) Banking
6 4 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.74%) Legal
7 3 (1.74%) Retail
8 1 (0.58%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.58%) Law
Job Titles
1 30 (17.44%) Senior
2 27 (15.70%) Analyst
3 25 (14.53%) Developer
4 18 (10.47%) Consultant
5 16 (9.30%) Business Analyst
6 14 (8.14%) AWS Engineer
7 12 (6.98%) DevOps Engineer
7 12 (6.98%) Java Developer
7 12 (6.98%) Lead
8 10 (5.81%) CyberArk Consultant
8 10 (5.81%) Tester
9 9 (5.23%) Test Engineer
10 8 (4.65%) Architect
11 7 (4.07%) Platform Engineer
12 6 (3.49%) AWS DevOps
12 6 (3.49%) AWS DevOps Engineer
12 6 (3.49%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 6 (3.49%) Security Tester
12 6 (3.49%) Senior DevOps
12 6 (3.49%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.56%) Node.js
2 11 (6.40%) REST
2 11 (6.40%) Spring
3 10 (5.81%) Spring Boot
4 9 (5.23%) Kafka
5 6 (3.49%) JWT
5 6 (3.49%) OAuth
5 6 (3.49%) Playwright
6 5 (2.91%) React
6 5 (2.91%) SAML
7 4 (2.33%) SOAP
7 4 (2.33%) Web Services
8 3 (1.74%) .NET
8 3 (1.74%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.74%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (1.74%) Jest
8 3 (1.74%) JSON
8 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (1.74%) RESTful
8 3 (1.74%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.81%) Product Ownership
2 6 (3.49%) NHS
3 5 (2.91%) Security Posture
4 4 (2.33%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.33%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.33%) Replication
5 3 (1.74%) Clustering
5 3 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.16%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.16%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.16%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.58%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.58%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.58%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (0.58%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.58%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.14%) Linux
2 6 (3.49%) Unix
2 6 (3.49%) Windows
3 3 (1.74%) Amazon Linux
4 2 (1.16%) Mac OS X
4 2 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.58%) Android
5 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.58%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.58%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (21.51%) DevOps
2 36 (20.93%) Agile
3 31 (18.02%) CI/CD
4 23 (13.37%) Test Automation
5 21 (12.21%) Infrastructure as Code
6 19 (11.05%) Microservices
6 19 (11.05%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (10.47%) Observability
7 18 (10.47%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (8.72%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (7.56%) Mentoring
9 13 (7.56%) Test Strategy
10 12 (6.98%) Platform Engineering
11 11 (6.40%) Analytics
11 11 (6.40%) BDD
11 11 (6.40%) Disaster Recovery
11 11 (6.40%) Migration
11 11 (6.40%) Validation
12 10 (5.81%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 32 (18.60%) Python
2 25 (14.53%) Java
3 18 (10.47%) JavaScript
4 15 (8.72%) SQL
5 13 (7.56%) TypeScript
6 11 (6.40%) PowerShell
7 7 (4.07%) Bash
8 3 (1.74%) C#
8 3 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.16%) Ruby
9 2 (1.16%) Search Processing Language
9 2 (1.16%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.16%) VBA
10 1 (0.58%) C
10 1 (0.58%) Go
10 1 (0.58%) Groovy
10 1 (0.58%) R
10 1 (0.58%) Scala
10 1 (0.58%) Solidity
10 1 (0.58%) VB
Qualifications
1 111 (64.53%) SC Cleared
2 11 (6.40%) DV Cleared
3 9 (5.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.74%) CISSP
4 3 (1.74%) Degree
5 2 (1.16%) CISM
6 1 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.58%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.58%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.58%) CCSK
6 1 (0.58%) CCSP
6 1 (0.58%) CEH
6 1 (0.58%) CISA
6 1 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.58%) OCP
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.58%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.23%) Accessibility
2 7 (4.07%) QA
3 6 (3.49%) NIST
4 5 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.74%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.74%) SLA
6 2 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.16%) GDPR
6 2 (1.16%) GRC
6 2 (1.16%) NCSC
6 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.58%) P3O
7 1 (0.58%) PMO
7 1 (0.58%) PSD2
7 1 (0.58%) RMADS
7 1 (0.58%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (13.95%) Docker
2 3 (1.74%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.58%) NFS
3 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (16.28%) Terraform
2 18 (10.47%) Grafana
3 15 (8.72%) Ansible
4 14 (8.14%) Kubernetes
5 8 (4.65%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.33%) Packer
7 3 (1.74%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.58%) Argo
9 1 (0.58%) Nessus
9 1 (0.58%) Puppet
Vendors
1 25 (14.53%) Splunk
2 13 (7.56%) ServiceNow
3 12 (6.98%) Microsoft
4 11 (6.40%) CyberArk
5 6 (3.49%) F5
5 6 (3.49%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.49%) SAP
6 5 (2.91%) CheckPoint
6 5 (2.91%) NetApp
6 5 (2.91%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.33%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.33%) Oracle
8 3 (1.74%) Commvault
8 3 (1.74%) Cribl.io
8 3 (1.74%) Google
8 3 (1.74%) RedGate
8 3 (1.74%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.16%) LogicMonitor
9 2 (1.16%) New Relic
9 2 (1.16%) Zscaler