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 25 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 18 18
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 +4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 210 99 124
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 8.68% 9.74% 7.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 43.03% 41.08% 39.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 67 99
10th Percentile £380 £316 £423
25th Percentile £447 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £550 £613 £582
90th Percentile £630 £738 £675
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 1
10th Percentile £20.82 £18.75 -
25th Percentile £21.33 £19.13 -
Median hourly rate £22.81 £19.75 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.49% +79.55% -
75th Percentile £25.07 £20.38 -
90th Percentile £25.77 £20.75 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £56.75 £55.08
% change year-on-year -3.08% +3.04% -8.21%

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 488 241 315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 20.18% 23.72% 18.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 154 177
10th Percentile £314 £240 £320
25th Percentile £415 £351 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £501
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.09% -8.58%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £576
90th Percentile £672 £688 £675
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 3 24
10th Percentile £20.92 £19.00 £12.53
25th Percentile £21.33 £19.75 £13.31
Median hourly rate £25.77 £21.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.71% +40.00% -59.18%
75th Percentile £68.75 £24.88 £25.83
90th Percentile - £27.20 £42.23
England median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +18.75% -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 25 April 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 25 April 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 -2 143 £498 -5.24% 28
South Yorkshire -23 49 £447 +10.85% 10
North Yorkshire +5 14 £700 +51.35% 7
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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 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.90%) Confluence
2 4 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.48%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.95%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.48%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.48%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.48%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 60 (28.57%) AWS
2 35 (16.67%) Azure
3 33 (15.71%) GitHub
4 22 (10.48%) GitHub Actions
5 13 (6.19%) Serverless
6 12 (5.71%) AWS Lambda
6 12 (5.71%) GCP
7 9 (4.29%) OpenShift
8 8 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (3.81%) Entra ID
9 7 (3.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 7 (3.33%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (3.33%) Amazon S3
9 7 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (2.86%) PaaS
10 6 (2.86%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.86%) SaaS
11 5 (2.38%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (2.38%) Amazon EventBridge
11 5 (2.38%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.29%) DNS
2 6 (2.86%) Internet
2 6 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (2.38%) Firewall
4 4 (1.90%) NAS
5 3 (1.43%) SAN
5 3 (1.43%) SSL
5 3 (1.43%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.43%) VoIP
6 2 (0.95%) X.25
7 1 (0.48%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.48%) DHCP
7 1 (0.48%) DKIM
7 1 (0.48%) DMARC
7 1 (0.48%) FTP
7 1 (0.48%) LAN
7 1 (0.48%) VSAN
7 1 (0.48%) WAN
7 1 (0.48%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.10%) SQL Server
2 14 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (6.19%) MongoDB
4 9 (4.29%) Relational Database
5 8 (3.81%) Oracle Database
6 6 (2.86%) DynamoDB
6 6 (2.86%) Power BI
7 3 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.43%) Oracle Database 12c
7 3 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.95%) Data Hub
8 2 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.95%) Metadata
8 2 (0.95%) MS Access
8 2 (0.95%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.48%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.48%) Power Query
9 1 (0.48%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 27 (12.86%) Jenkins
2 15 (7.14%) GitLab
3 12 (5.71%) Git
4 11 (5.24%) Gatling
5 8 (3.81%) JIRA
5 8 (3.81%) Selenium
6 6 (2.86%) Maven
7 5 (2.38%) Artifactory
8 3 (1.43%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.43%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.43%) ERwin
8 3 (1.43%) REST Assured
8 3 (1.43%) Serenity BDD
9 2 (0.95%) JUnit
9 2 (0.95%) MSI
9 2 (0.95%) TestNG
10 1 (0.48%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.48%) Mockito
10 1 (0.48%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.48%) Subversion
General
1 60 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 42 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 18 (8.57%) Finance
4 16 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.14%) Military
6 7 (3.33%) Banking
7 4 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.43%) Legal
9 2 (0.95%) Law
9 2 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.95%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.48%) Billing
10 1 (0.48%) Publishing
10 1 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (15.71%) Analyst
2 30 (14.29%) Developer
2 30 (14.29%) Senior
3 19 (9.05%) Business Analyst
4 16 (7.62%) Architect
4 16 (7.62%) Lead
5 14 (6.67%) AWS Engineer
5 14 (6.67%) Java Developer
6 12 (5.71%) Platform Engineer
7 11 (5.24%) DBA
8 10 (4.76%) Consultant
9 9 (4.29%) Senior Consultant
9 9 (4.29%) Software Engineer
10 8 (3.81%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (3.81%) Java Engineer
10 8 (3.81%) Oracle DBA
10 8 (3.81%) SC Cleared DBA
10 8 (3.81%) Service Analyst
11 7 (3.33%) Java Software Engineer
11 7 (3.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.62%) Playwright
2 13 (6.19%) Kafka
3 11 (5.24%) Node.js
3 11 (5.24%) Spring
4 10 (4.76%) Spring Boot
5 9 (4.29%) JSON
5 9 (4.29%) REST
6 7 (3.33%) .NET
6 7 (3.33%) React
7 5 (2.38%) Jest
8 4 (1.90%) Web Services
9 3 (1.43%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.43%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (1.43%) Lambda Expressions
9 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Graph
9 3 (1.43%) pytest
9 3 (1.43%) RESTful
9 3 (1.43%) SOAP
9 3 (1.43%) Spring Cloud
10 2 (0.95%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.19%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.24%) NHS
3 8 (3.81%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.33%) Security Posture
5 6 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.38%) Replication
7 4 (1.90%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.43%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.43%) Clustering
8 3 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.43%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.95%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.95%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.95%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.95%) Web Conferencing
10 1 (0.48%) Data Fabric
10 1 (0.48%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.48%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.14%) Linux
2 11 (5.24%) Windows
3 7 (3.33%) Mac OS
4 5 (2.38%) Android
4 5 (2.38%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.90%) Unix
6 3 (1.43%) Amazon Linux
6 3 (1.43%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.48%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.48%) VMS
7 1 (0.48%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (22.38%) Agile
1 47 (22.38%) DevOps
2 37 (17.62%) CI/CD
3 26 (12.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 23 (10.95%) Microservices
5 22 (10.48%) Infrastructure as Code
6 21 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (10.00%) Test Automation
7 20 (9.52%) Platform Engineering
7 20 (9.52%) Roadmaps
8 19 (9.05%) Observability
9 18 (8.57%) Analytics
9 18 (8.57%) Migration
10 17 (8.10%) Software Engineering
11 16 (7.62%) Risk Management
12 15 (7.14%) Service Delivery
13 13 (6.19%) ITIL
13 13 (6.19%) Mentoring
14 12 (5.71%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (20.00%) Python
2 39 (18.57%) Java
3 21 (10.00%) SQL
4 14 (6.67%) JavaScript
5 13 (6.19%) PowerShell
6 11 (5.24%) Scala
6 11 (5.24%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.86%) C#
8 3 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (1.43%) Ruby
9 2 (0.95%) Bash
9 2 (0.95%) Search Processing Language
9 2 (0.95%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.95%) VBA
10 1 (0.48%) C
10 1 (0.48%) Go
10 1 (0.48%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.48%) R
10 1 (0.48%) VB
Qualifications
1 151 (71.90%) SC Cleared
2 16 (7.62%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (6.67%) DV Cleared
4 5 (2.38%) Degree
5 3 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.95%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.48%) CCIE
7 1 (0.48%) CCNP
7 1 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.48%) NCDA
7 1 (0.48%) NCIE
7 1 (0.48%) OCP
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.48%) PMP
7 1 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.81%) Accessibility
1 8 (3.81%) GRC
1 8 (3.81%) QA
2 6 (2.86%) SLA
3 4 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.90%) NIST
4 3 (1.43%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.43%) PMO
5 2 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.95%) NCSC
6 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.48%) P3O
6 1 (0.48%) RMADS
System Software
1 30 (14.29%) Docker
2 4 (1.90%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.95%) NFS
4 1 (0.48%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 1 (0.48%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.48%) SRDF
4 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (18.57%) Terraform
2 24 (11.43%) Kubernetes
3 15 (7.14%) Grafana
4 9 (4.29%) Ansible
5 8 (3.81%) HAProxy
5 8 (3.81%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.90%) Packer
7 3 (1.43%) CASB
7 3 (1.43%) NetBackup
7 3 (1.43%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.95%) Argo
8 2 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.48%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.48%) EMC VPLEX
9 1 (0.48%) Nessus
9 1 (0.48%) SnapMirror
9 1 (0.48%) SnapVault
9 1 (0.48%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 26 (12.38%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.57%) Splunk
3 17 (8.10%) ServiceNow
4 13 (6.19%) Oracle
5 6 (2.86%) NetApp
5 6 (2.86%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.38%) Google
7 4 (1.90%) Databricks
7 4 (1.90%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.90%) SAP
7 4 (1.90%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.43%) Adobe
8 3 (1.43%) Cribl.io
8 3 (1.43%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (1.43%) RedGate
8 3 (1.43%) Zscaler
9 2 (0.95%) Commvault
9 2 (0.95%) Dell
9 2 (0.95%) New Relic
9 2 (0.95%) Red Hat