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 11 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 18 32
Rank change year-on-year -9 +14 -12
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 168 76 87
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 8.33% 8.19% 4.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.17% 35.35% 24.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 52 67
10th Percentile £363 £263 £421
25th Percentile £408 £407 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -7.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £585 £581 £594
90th Percentile £675 £750 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £14.78 - -
25th Percentile £16.17 - -
Median hourly rate £22.27 - £11.00
75th Percentile £24.36 - -
90th Percentile £24.84 - -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £58.00
% change year-on-year -58.08% +3.45% -3.33%

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 452 215 351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 22.42% 23.17% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 145 215
10th Percentile £323 £220 £310
25th Percentile £425 £300 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £573 £600
90th Percentile £697 £692 £683
England median daily rate £520 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -0.95% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 15
10th Percentile £15.25 £20.92 £12.53
25th Percentile £15.71 £24.35 £12.64
Median hourly rate £23.58 £32.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.46% +116.67% -63.08%
75th Percentile £57.63 £39.69 £18.88
90th Percentile £68.75 £41.38 £48.96
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.37 £45.88
% change year-on-year -46.91% +3.25% +1.96%

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 11 February 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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Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Yorkshire

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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 11 February 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 +3 118 £500 -4.76% 34
South Yorkshire -23 43 £447 +1.71% 3
North Yorkshire 0 6 £363 +20.83% 10
Security Cleared
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 10 (5.95%) Confluence
2 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.60%) CMS
3 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.60%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.60%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.60%) SAP Retail
2 1 (0.60%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 47 (27.98%) AWS
2 18 (10.71%) Azure
3 17 (10.12%) GitHub
4 11 (6.55%) GCP
4 11 (6.55%) Serverless
5 10 (5.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 10 (5.95%) Amazon EC2
5 10 (5.95%) Amazon S3
6 9 (5.36%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (5.36%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (4.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (2.98%) Amazon ECS
8 5 (2.98%) Amazon ELB
8 5 (2.98%) Azure Storage
8 5 (2.98%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.98%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.38%) OpenShift
10 3 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.79%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.33%) Firewall
2 12 (7.14%) DNS
3 8 (4.76%) TCP/IP
4 6 (3.57%) VPN
5 5 (2.98%) Network Security
5 5 (2.98%) SSL
6 3 (1.79%) NAS
7 2 (1.19%) NGFW
7 2 (1.19%) SAN
7 2 (1.19%) SMS
7 2 (1.19%) X.25
8 1 (0.60%) ATM
8 1 (0.60%) BGP
8 1 (0.60%) BIG-IP
8 1 (0.60%) DHCP
8 1 (0.60%) FTP
8 1 (0.60%) Internet
8 1 (0.60%) IPsec
8 1 (0.60%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.60%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.71%) MongoDB
2 9 (5.36%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (5.36%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.98%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.98%) Power BI
4 4 (2.38%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.79%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.19%) BigQuery
6 2 (1.19%) Data Hub
6 2 (1.19%) MS Access
7 1 (0.60%) DataStage
7 1 (0.60%) GIS
7 1 (0.60%) Looker
7 1 (0.60%) Metadata
7 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.60%) Power Query
7 1 (0.60%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.60%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 27 (16.07%) Jenkins
2 18 (10.71%) GitLab
3 14 (8.33%) JIRA
4 13 (7.74%) Git
5 9 (5.36%) Mockito
6 4 (2.38%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.79%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.79%) Selenium
8 2 (1.19%) Gatling
8 2 (1.19%) MSI
8 2 (1.19%) REST Assured
8 2 (1.19%) Serenity BDD
9 1 (0.60%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.60%) Mocha
9 1 (0.60%) PyCharm
9 1 (0.60%) Storybook
General
1 58 (34.52%) Public Sector
2 37 (22.02%) Social Skills
3 15 (8.93%) Finance
4 14 (8.33%) Military
5 12 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.17%) Banking
7 4 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.38%) Retail
8 3 (1.79%) Legal
9 2 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Billing
10 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.60%) Law
Job Titles
1 35 (20.83%) Developer
1 35 (20.83%) Senior
2 26 (15.48%) Java Developer
3 21 (12.50%) Analyst
4 16 (9.52%) Consultant
5 14 (8.33%) AWS Engineer
6 12 (7.14%) Business Analyst
6 12 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
6 12 (7.14%) Lead
6 12 (7.14%) Senior Developer
7 10 (5.95%) CyberArk Consultant
7 10 (5.95%) Senior Java Developer
7 10 (5.95%) Tester
8 8 (4.76%) Architect
9 7 (4.17%) Test Engineer
10 6 (3.57%) Node.js Developer
10 6 (3.57%) Platform Engineer
10 6 (3.57%) Security Tester
10 6 (3.57%) Senior DevOps
10 6 (3.57%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.33%) Kafka
1 14 (8.33%) Node.js
2 10 (5.95%) Spring
3 9 (5.36%) ActiveMQ
3 9 (5.36%) JAX-RS
4 8 (4.76%) Spring Boot
5 7 (4.17%) JWT
5 7 (4.17%) React
6 6 (3.57%) OAuth
6 6 (3.57%) REST
7 5 (2.98%) Playwright
7 5 (2.98%) SAML
8 4 (2.38%) RESTful
9 3 (1.79%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (1.79%) Express.js
9 3 (1.79%) Jest
9 3 (1.79%) Lambda Expressions
9 3 (1.79%) Redux
10 2 (1.19%) Spring Cloud
11 1 (0.60%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.57%) NHS
1 6 (3.57%) Product Ownership
2 5 (2.98%) Security Posture
3 4 (2.38%) Cloud Native
3 4 (2.38%) Replication
4 3 (1.79%) Clustering
4 3 (1.79%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.19%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.19%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.60%) Blockchain
6 1 (0.60%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (0.60%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.60%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.60%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.60%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (13.69%) Linux
2 17 (10.12%) Unix
3 11 (6.55%) Mac OS X
4 6 (3.57%) Windows
5 3 (1.79%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.60%) Android
6 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.60%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (26.19%) Agile
2 34 (20.24%) DevOps
3 31 (18.45%) Microservices
4 30 (17.86%) CI/CD
4 30 (17.86%) Test Automation
5 23 (13.69%) BDD
6 21 (12.50%) TDD
7 17 (10.12%) Infrastructure as Code
7 17 (10.12%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (8.93%) Continuous Deployment
9 15 (8.93%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (8.33%) Pair Programming
11 13 (7.74%) Mentoring
12 12 (7.14%) Migration
12 12 (7.14%) Test Strategy
13 11 (6.55%) High Availability
14 10 (5.95%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (5.95%) Disaster Recovery
14 10 (5.95%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 38 (22.62%) Java
2 28 (16.67%) Python
3 17 (10.12%) JavaScript
4 16 (9.52%) SQL
5 13 (7.74%) TypeScript
6 7 (4.17%) Bash
6 7 (4.17%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.19%) Ruby
7 2 (1.19%) VBA
8 1 (0.60%) C
8 1 (0.60%) Go
8 1 (0.60%) Groovy
8 1 (0.60%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.60%) R
8 1 (0.60%) Rust
8 1 (0.60%) Scala
8 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.60%) Solidity
8 1 (0.60%) VB
Qualifications
1 117 (69.64%) SC Cleared
2 14 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (5.95%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.79%) CISSP
4 3 (1.79%) Degree
5 2 (1.19%) CISM
5 2 (1.19%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.60%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.60%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.60%) CCSK
6 1 (0.60%) CCSP
6 1 (0.60%) CEH
6 1 (0.60%) CISA
6 1 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.60%) Cyber Scheme
6 1 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.60%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.76%) Accessibility
2 6 (3.57%) QA
3 5 (2.98%) NIST
4 4 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.19%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.19%) GDPR
5 2 (1.19%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.19%) SLA
6 1 (0.60%) NCSC
6 1 (0.60%) P3O
6 1 (0.60%) PMO
6 1 (0.60%) PSD2
6 1 (0.60%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.60%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (12.50%) Docker
2 3 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.60%) NFS
Systems Management
1 25 (14.88%) Terraform
2 14 (8.33%) Grafana
3 13 (7.74%) Ansible
4 11 (6.55%) Kubernetes
5 5 (2.98%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.38%) Packer
7 3 (1.79%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.60%) Nessus
9 1 (0.60%) Puppet
Vendors
1 21 (12.50%) Splunk
2 11 (6.55%) CyberArk
3 9 (5.36%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.36%) ServiceNow
4 7 (4.17%) CheckPoint
4 7 (4.17%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.57%) F5
5 6 (3.57%) SAP
6 5 (2.98%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.38%) NetApp
7 4 (2.38%) Oracle
8 3 (1.79%) Commvault
8 3 (1.79%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.79%) Google
8 3 (1.79%) RedGate
8 3 (1.79%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.19%) Cribl.io
9 2 (1.19%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.60%) Tenable
10 1 (0.60%) Thycotic