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 17 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 11 19
Rank change year-on-year -12 +8 +2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 213 116 127
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 8.46% 11.10% 7.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.69% 44.11% 42.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 79 100
10th Percentile £396 £324 £415
25th Percentile £447 £419 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £569 £566 £583
90th Percentile £675 £628 £678
England median daily rate £525 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 1
10th Percentile - £18.51 -
25th Percentile £21.33 £18.51 -
Median hourly rate £22.81 £21.00 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.62% +90.91% -
75th Percentile £25.77 £24.49 -
90th Percentile - £25.13 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £48.90 £55.80
% change year-on-year +12.47% -12.36% -7.00%

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 499 263 299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 19.81% 25.17% 17.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 171 172
10th Percentile £313 £235 £328
25th Percentile £413 £360 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £501
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.09% -9.00%
75th Percentile £580 £550 £582
90th Percentile £675 £625 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 8 26
10th Percentile - £18.51 £12.53
25th Percentile £21.33 £18.51 £13.50
Median hourly rate £25.54 £21.79 £15.09
Median % change year-on-year +17.22% +44.43% -58.95%
75th Percentile £58.00 £25.12 £25.83
90th Percentile £68.75 £26.23 £63.75
England median hourly rate £50.00 £39.66 £40.00
% change year-on-year +26.07% -0.85% -23.81%

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 17 May 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 17 May 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 -7 139 £488 -2.50% 39
South Yorkshire -19 51 £448 +21.27% 12
North Yorkshire +3 18 £700 +51.35% 1
East Yorkshire -10 3 - - 2
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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 6 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.35%) Confluence
3 4 (1.88%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.47%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.94%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.47%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 49 (23.00%) AWS
2 39 (18.31%) Azure
3 26 (12.21%) GitHub
4 16 (7.51%) GitHub Actions
5 11 (5.16%) GCP
6 9 (4.23%) OpenShift
7 7 (3.29%) Entra ID
7 7 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (3.29%) SaaS
7 7 (3.29%) Serverless
8 6 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (2.82%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (2.82%) PaaS
9 5 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.88%) Apigee
10 4 (1.88%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (1.88%) BrowserStack
10 4 (1.88%) IaaS
11 3 (1.41%) Azure App Service
11 3 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 24 (11.27%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (2.82%) DNS
2 6 (2.82%) Internet
3 4 (1.88%) NAS
4 3 (1.41%) Firewall
4 3 (1.41%) SAN
4 3 (1.41%) SSL
4 3 (1.41%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.41%) VoIP
5 2 (0.94%) BIG-IP
5 2 (0.94%) WAN
5 2 (0.94%) WLAN
5 2 (0.94%) X.25
6 1 (0.47%) BGP
6 1 (0.47%) DHCP
6 1 (0.47%) DKIM
6 1 (0.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.47%) LAN
6 1 (0.47%) OSPF
6 1 (0.47%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.98%) SQL Server
2 14 (6.57%) MongoDB
3 11 (5.16%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (3.76%) Oracle Database
5 7 (3.29%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.41%) Metadata
7 3 (1.41%) Oracle Database 12c
7 3 (1.41%) Power BI
7 3 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.94%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.47%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.47%) Parquet
9 1 (0.47%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 25 (11.74%) Jenkins
2 16 (7.51%) GitLab
3 13 (6.10%) Gatling
4 10 (4.69%) Selenium
5 9 (4.23%) Git
5 9 (4.23%) JIRA
6 6 (2.82%) Maven
7 5 (2.35%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.88%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.88%) Cypress.io
8 4 (1.88%) REST Assured
8 4 (1.88%) Serenity BDD
9 3 (1.41%) ERwin
9 3 (1.41%) JUnit
9 3 (1.41%) TestNG
10 1 (0.47%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.47%) JMeter
10 1 (0.47%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 53 (24.88%) Public Sector
1 53 (24.88%) Social Skills
2 20 (9.39%) Finance
3 17 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.10%) Military
5 8 (3.76%) Banking
6 4 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.41%) Law
7 3 (1.41%) Legal
8 2 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.94%) Publishing
8 2 (0.94%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.47%) Billing
9 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (14.55%) Analyst
2 30 (14.08%) Senior
3 24 (11.27%) Developer
4 22 (10.33%) Architect
5 20 (9.39%) Business Analyst
6 17 (7.98%) Lead
7 11 (5.16%) DBA
7 11 (5.16%) Java Developer
8 10 (4.69%) Consultant
9 9 (4.23%) Senior Consultant
10 8 (3.76%) Data Architect
10 8 (3.76%) Oracle DBA
10 8 (3.76%) SC Cleared DBA
10 8 (3.76%) Service Analyst
10 8 (3.76%) Software Engineer
11 7 (3.29%) Java Engineer
11 7 (3.29%) Test Engineer
12 6 (2.82%) Java Software Engineer
12 6 (2.82%) Project Manager
12 6 (2.82%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.98%) Playwright
2 12 (5.63%) Kafka
3 11 (5.16%) Node.js
4 10 (4.69%) Spring
5 9 (4.23%) JSON
5 9 (4.23%) Spring Boot
6 8 (3.76%) REST
7 7 (3.29%) .NET
8 5 (2.35%) React
9 4 (1.88%) Jest
9 4 (1.88%) Spring Cloud
9 4 (1.88%) Web Services
10 3 (1.41%) .NET Framework
10 3 (1.41%) Microsoft Graph
10 3 (1.41%) pytest
10 3 (1.41%) RESTful
10 3 (1.41%) SOAP
10 3 (1.41%) XML
11 2 (0.94%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (0.94%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.10%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.29%) Cloud Native
3 6 (2.82%) NHS
4 5 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (2.35%) Replication
5 4 (1.88%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.41%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (1.41%) Clustering
6 3 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.41%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.41%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.41%) Smartphone
7 2 (0.94%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.94%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.94%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.94%) Web Conferencing
8 1 (0.47%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.47%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.16%) Linux
1 11 (5.16%) Windows
2 8 (3.76%) Mac OS
3 5 (2.35%) Android
3 5 (2.35%) Apple iOS
3 5 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.41%) Oracle Linux
4 3 (1.41%) Unix
5 1 (0.47%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.47%) VMS
5 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (21.60%) Agile
2 41 (19.25%) DevOps
3 34 (15.96%) CI/CD
4 28 (13.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (10.80%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (9.86%) Roadmaps
7 19 (8.92%) Microservices
7 19 (8.92%) Migration
8 18 (8.45%) Analytics
9 17 (7.98%) Collaborative Working
9 17 (7.98%) Risk Management
10 16 (7.51%) Observability
10 16 (7.51%) Test Automation
11 15 (7.04%) Service Delivery
12 14 (6.57%) Infrastructure as Code
12 14 (6.57%) Software Engineering
13 13 (6.10%) Asset Management
13 13 (6.10%) ITIL
14 12 (5.63%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (16.90%) Java
2 30 (14.08%) Python
3 18 (8.45%) SQL
4 14 (6.57%) JavaScript
5 12 (5.63%) PowerShell
5 12 (5.63%) Scala
6 11 (5.16%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.82%) C#
8 5 (2.35%) Ruby
9 3 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.94%) Bash
10 2 (0.94%) Search Processing Language
10 2 (0.94%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.47%) Go
11 1 (0.47%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.47%) R
11 1 (0.47%) VB
11 1 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 159 (74.65%) SC Cleared
2 15 (7.04%) BPSS Clearance
3 12 (5.63%) DV Cleared
4 5 (2.35%) Degree
5 3 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.94%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.94%) PMP
7 1 (0.47%) CCIE
7 1 (0.47%) CCNP
7 1 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.47%) NCDA
7 1 (0.47%) NCIE
7 1 (0.47%) OCP
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.69%) Accessibility
2 9 (4.23%) QA
3 8 (3.76%) GRC
4 6 (2.82%) SLA
5 3 (1.41%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.41%) NIST
5 3 (1.41%) PMO
6 2 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.94%) NCSC
7 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.47%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.47%) P3O
7 1 (0.47%) RMADS
System Software
1 25 (11.74%) Docker
2 2 (0.94%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.94%) NFS
3 1 (0.47%) EMC RecoverPoint
3 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.47%) SRDF
3 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (13.62%) Terraform
2 22 (10.33%) Kubernetes
3 13 (6.10%) Grafana
4 9 (4.23%) Ansible
4 9 (4.23%) Prometheus
5 8 (3.76%) HAProxy
6 3 (1.41%) CASB
6 3 (1.41%) NetBackup
6 3 (1.41%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.94%) Argo
8 1 (0.47%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.47%) EMC VPLEX
8 1 (0.47%) Nessus
8 1 (0.47%) Packer
8 1 (0.47%) SnapMirror
8 1 (0.47%) SnapVault
8 1 (0.47%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 27 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.98%) ServiceNow
3 13 (6.10%) Oracle
3 13 (6.10%) Splunk
4 8 (3.76%) Databricks
5 6 (2.82%) NetApp
6 5 (2.35%) Google
7 4 (1.88%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.88%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.41%) Adobe
8 3 (1.41%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (1.41%) RedGate
8 3 (1.41%) SAP
8 3 (1.41%) Zscaler
9 2 (0.94%) Dell
9 2 (0.94%) IBM
9 2 (0.94%) LogicMonitor
9 2 (0.94%) Okta
9 2 (0.94%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.94%) Salesforce