Security Cleared Jobs in Leeds

Security Clearance
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 26 42
Rank change year-on-year -14 +16 +46
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 34 150 193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 4.24% 6.16% 6.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.82% 30.80% 29.11%
Number of salaries quoted 20 39 47
10th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £43,100
25th Percentile £51,813 £55,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% +40.00%
75th Percentile £78,306 £82,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £97,750 £93,750 £95,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -32.14% - +40.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leeds

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Leeds.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 246 487 663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 30.67% 19.98% 23.71%
Number of salaries quoted 121 268 248
10th Percentile £25,313 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £37,500 £42,210
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -7.27% +9.62%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £84,943 £90,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £42,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% -9.09% +10.00%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Leeds

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Leeds.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in Leeds

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Leeds over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Leeds

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.82%) Confluence
1 3 (8.82%) nginx
2 2 (5.88%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 15 (44.12%) AWS
2 10 (29.41%) Azure
3 5 (14.71%) GCP
4 4 (11.76%) GitHub
4 4 (11.76%) Serverless
5 3 (8.82%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (8.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 3 (8.82%) Entra ID
6 2 (5.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (5.88%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (5.88%) Amazon S3
6 2 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.94%) AWS Step Functions
7 1 (2.94%) Azure API Management
7 1 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (2.94%) Azure Event Grid
7 1 (2.94%) Azure Functions
7 1 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (2.94%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) DNS
1 1 (2.94%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (23.53%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (17.65%) NoSQL
3 5 (14.71%) MongoDB
4 3 (8.82%) MySQL
4 3 (8.82%) Redis
4 3 (8.82%) SQL Server
5 2 (5.88%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (5.88%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (5.88%) Big Data
5 2 (5.88%) Flink
Development Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Git
2 3 (8.82%) JIRA
3 1 (2.94%) GitLab
General
1 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (2.94%) Law
3 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (41.18%) Developer
2 7 (20.59%) Senior
3 5 (14.71%) Lead
4 4 (11.76%) Consultant
4 4 (11.76%) Lead Developer
4 4 (11.76%) Senior Developer
5 3 (8.82%) Django Developer
5 3 (8.82%) Junior
5 3 (8.82%) Node.js Developer
5 3 (8.82%) Security Manager
5 3 (8.82%) ServiceNow Developer
6 2 (5.88%) AWS Architect
6 2 (5.88%) AWS Data Architect
6 2 (5.88%) DevOps Developer
6 2 (5.88%) Full-Stack Developer
6 2 (5.88%) Governance Manager
6 2 (5.88%) IAM Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Principal Data Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Python/Django Developer
6 2 (5.88%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (23.53%) Node.js
2 6 (17.65%) React
3 4 (11.76%) AngularJS
4 3 (8.82%) Django
4 3 (8.82%) Middleware
4 3 (8.82%) REST
4 3 (8.82%) RESTful
4 3 (8.82%) SailPoint
4 3 (8.82%) SOAP
4 3 (8.82%) Vue
4 3 (8.82%) Web Services
5 1 (2.94%) ADO
5 1 (2.94%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Operational Technology
2 4 (11.76%) Cloud Native
2 4 (11.76%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.82%) CMDB
3 3 (8.82%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.88%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Linux
2 1 (2.94%) Windows
2 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) CI/CD
2 7 (20.59%) Agile
3 6 (17.65%) DevOps
3 6 (17.65%) Mentoring
3 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (11.76%) Business Continuity
5 4 (11.76%) Clean Code
5 4 (11.76%) Full-Stack Development
5 4 (11.76%) Information Security
5 4 (11.76%) ITIL
5 4 (11.76%) ITSM
5 4 (11.76%) Risk Management
5 4 (11.76%) Software Delivery
5 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (11.76%) Time Management
5 4 (11.76%) Web Development
6 3 (8.82%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 12 (35.29%) JavaScript
2 7 (20.59%) SQL
3 6 (17.65%) Java
4 5 (14.71%) TypeScript
5 3 (8.82%) Python
6 2 (5.88%) C#
6 2 (5.88%) Scala
7 1 (2.94%) Bash
7 1 (2.94%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (2.94%) Perl
7 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (79.41%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) CISA
2 2 (5.88%) CISSP
3 1 (2.94%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (2.94%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (5.88%) GDPR
2 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 2 (5.88%) QA
3 1 (2.94%) GRC
3 1 (2.94%) NCSC
3 1 (2.94%) NIST
3 1 (2.94%) NIST 800
3 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (23.53%) Docker
2 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) HAProxy
1 3 (8.82%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.94%) Prometheus
2 1 (2.94%) QRadar
2 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) ServiceNow
2 3 (8.82%) BeyondTrust
2 3 (8.82%) CyberArk
2 3 (8.82%) Okta
3 2 (5.88%) Splunk
4 1 (2.94%) AlienVault
4 1 (2.94%) Cisco
4 1 (2.94%) Dynatrace
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.94%) Oracle