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 14 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 13 17
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 247 121 136
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 9.13% 10.49% 7.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 46.25% 43.68% 45.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 83 104
10th Percentile £400 £330 £400
25th Percentile £448 £426 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -2.49% -14.54%
75th Percentile £550 £547 £578
90th Percentile £675 £600 £675
England median daily rate £525 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -2.14% -2.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 10 1
10th Percentile - £18.51 -
25th Percentile £21.33 £19.13 -
Median hourly rate £22.81 £23.83 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +116.59% -34.35%
75th Percentile £25.77 £25.15 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £30.46 £56.89
% change year-on-year +97.01% -46.46% -5.19%

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 534 277 299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 19.75% 24.00% 17.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 176 179
10th Percentile £320 £285 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £550
90th Percentile £684 £625 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 12 26
10th Percentile £21.02 £18.51 £12.53
25th Percentile £21.33 £20.38 £13.50
Median hourly rate £25.77 £25.11 £15.09
Median % change year-on-year +2.62% +66.47% -42.54%
75th Percentile - £25.15 £25.83
90th Percentile £68.75 £28.39 £63.75
England median hourly rate £51.22 £31.57 £41.27
% change year-on-year +62.27% -23.51% -24.97%

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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 14 June 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 14 June 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 -6 153 £498 -0.50% 40
South Yorkshire -5 60 £453 +12.21% 9
North Yorkshire +4 27 £513 -18.00% 4
East Yorkshire -1 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 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.62%) Confluence
4 2 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.40%) Apache
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.40%) CMS
5 1 (0.40%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.81%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.40%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.40%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 53 (21.46%) AWS
2 46 (18.62%) Azure
3 29 (11.74%) GitHub
4 17 (6.88%) GitHub Actions
5 11 (4.45%) GCP
6 10 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (3.24%) Entra ID
7 8 (3.24%) SaaS
8 7 (2.83%) OpenShift
8 7 (2.83%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (2.43%) PaaS
10 5 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.02%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.02%) Serverless
11 4 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.62%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (1.62%) BrowserStack
11 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.62%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 44 (17.81%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (2.43%) DNS
2 6 (2.43%) Internet
3 5 (2.02%) Firewall
4 4 (1.62%) BIG-IP
4 4 (1.62%) NAS
4 4 (1.62%) WAN
4 4 (1.62%) WLAN
5 3 (1.21%) BGP
5 3 (1.21%) Ethernet VPN
5 3 (1.21%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (1.21%) OSPF
5 3 (1.21%) SAN
5 3 (1.21%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.21%) SSL
5 3 (1.21%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.21%) VoIP
5 3 (1.21%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.40%) DHCP
6 1 (0.40%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.88%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.67%) MongoDB
3 11 (4.45%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (3.24%) Oracle Database
5 7 (2.83%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.43%) Metadata
7 5 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.21%) Oracle Database 12c
8 3 (1.21%) Power BI
8 3 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.81%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.40%) DataStage
10 1 (0.40%) Db2
10 1 (0.40%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.40%) Parquet
10 1 (0.40%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 25 (10.12%) Jenkins
2 18 (7.29%) GitLab
3 13 (5.26%) Gatling
4 12 (4.86%) Selenium
5 8 (3.24%) Git
5 8 (3.24%) JIRA
6 7 (2.83%) Maven
7 6 (2.43%) REST Assured
7 6 (2.43%) Serenity BDD
8 5 (2.02%) Artifactory
9 3 (1.21%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.21%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.21%) ERwin
9 3 (1.21%) JUnit
9 3 (1.21%) TestNG
10 1 (0.40%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.40%) JMeter
10 1 (0.40%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.40%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 58 (23.48%) Public Sector
2 57 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 21 (8.50%) Finance
4 16 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.86%) Military
6 9 (3.64%) Law
7 8 (3.24%) Banking
8 5 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.62%) Legal
9 4 (1.62%) Publishing
10 3 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.81%) Social Science
11 2 (0.81%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.40%) Billing
12 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (11.74%) Analyst
2 26 (10.53%) Architect
2 26 (10.53%) Developer
3 25 (10.12%) Senior
4 20 (8.10%) Lead
5 18 (7.29%) Business Analyst
5 18 (7.29%) IT Technician
6 11 (4.45%) DBA
7 10 (4.05%) Data Architect
8 9 (3.64%) Consultant
8 9 (3.64%) Java Developer
9 8 (3.24%) DevOps Engineer
9 8 (3.24%) Lead Test Engineer
9 8 (3.24%) Oracle DBA
9 8 (3.24%) Platform Engineer
9 8 (3.24%) SC Cleared DBA
9 8 (3.24%) Senior Consultant
9 8 (3.24%) Service Analyst
9 8 (3.24%) Software Engineer
9 8 (3.24%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.29%) Playwright
2 13 (5.26%) Kafka
3 10 (4.05%) JSON
4 9 (3.64%) Spring Boot
5 8 (3.24%) REST
5 8 (3.24%) Spring
6 7 (2.83%) .NET
6 7 (2.83%) Node.js
7 5 (2.02%) React
8 4 (1.62%) Jest
8 4 (1.62%) Spring Cloud
8 4 (1.62%) Web Services
9 3 (1.21%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Graph
9 3 (1.21%) Nunjucks
9 3 (1.21%) pytest
9 3 (1.21%) RESTful
9 3 (1.21%) SOAP
9 3 (1.21%) XML
10 2 (0.81%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.86%) Cloud Native
2 11 (4.45%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.24%) NHS
4 5 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (2.02%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.02%) Replication
5 4 (1.62%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (1.62%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.21%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (1.21%) Clustering
6 3 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.21%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.21%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.21%) Smartphone
7 2 (0.81%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (0.81%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.81%) Web Conferencing
8 1 (0.40%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.26%) Windows
2 11 (4.45%) Linux
3 8 (3.24%) Mac OS
4 5 (2.02%) Android
4 5 (2.02%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.62%) Unix
6 3 (1.21%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.40%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (21.05%) DevOps
2 44 (17.81%) Agile
3 39 (15.79%) CI/CD
4 30 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (8.91%) Collaborative Working
5 22 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (8.50%) Infrastructure as Code
6 21 (8.50%) Migration
6 21 (8.50%) Observability
7 20 (8.10%) Analytics
8 19 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (7.29%) Microservices
9 18 (7.29%) Risk Management
9 18 (7.29%) Roadmaps
10 17 (6.88%) Asset Management
10 17 (6.88%) Software Engineering
11 16 (6.48%) Test Automation
12 15 (6.07%) Platform Engineering
12 15 (6.07%) Service Delivery
13 14 (5.67%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 38 (15.38%) Python
2 36 (14.57%) Java
3 19 (7.69%) SQL
4 14 (5.67%) PowerShell
5 11 (4.45%) JavaScript
5 11 (4.45%) Scala
6 7 (2.83%) Ruby
6 7 (2.83%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.43%) C#
8 3 (1.21%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (1.21%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.81%) Bash
9 2 (0.81%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.40%) COBOL
10 1 (0.40%) Go
10 1 (0.40%) Groovy
10 1 (0.40%) VB
10 1 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 189 (76.52%) SC Cleared
2 16 (6.48%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (5.26%) DV Cleared
4 5 (2.02%) Degree
5 3 (1.21%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.21%) PMP
6 2 (0.81%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.40%) CCIE
7 1 (0.40%) CCNP
7 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.40%) NCDA
7 1 (0.40%) NCIE
7 1 (0.40%) OCP
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.64%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.24%) GRC
3 7 (2.83%) QA
4 6 (2.43%) SLA
5 4 (1.62%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 3 (1.21%) NIST
6 3 (1.21%) PMO
7 2 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.40%) GDPR
8 1 (0.40%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.40%) NCSC
8 1 (0.40%) RMADS
System Software
1 27 (10.93%) Docker
2 2 (0.81%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.81%) NFS
3 1 (0.40%) EMC RecoverPoint
3 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.40%) SRDF
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (12.96%) Terraform
2 20 (8.10%) Kubernetes
3 11 (4.45%) Grafana
4 10 (4.05%) Ansible
5 8 (3.24%) HAProxy
5 8 (3.24%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.21%) CASB
6 3 (1.21%) NetBackup
6 3 (1.21%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.81%) Argo
8 1 (0.40%) Control-M
8 1 (0.40%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.40%) EMC VPLEX
8 1 (0.40%) Nessus
8 1 (0.40%) Packer
8 1 (0.40%) SnapMirror
8 1 (0.40%) SnapVault
8 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 30 (12.15%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.48%) ServiceNow
3 13 (5.26%) Oracle
4 12 (4.86%) Splunk
5 9 (3.64%) Databricks
6 6 (2.43%) NetApp
7 5 (2.02%) Google
8 4 (1.62%) F5
8 4 (1.62%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.62%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.21%) Adobe
9 3 (1.21%) Arista
9 3 (1.21%) Aruba
9 3 (1.21%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (1.21%) Foundry
9 3 (1.21%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.21%) RedGate
9 3 (1.21%) Zscaler
10 2 (0.81%) LogicMonitor
10 2 (0.81%) Okta