Security Cleared Contracts in the City of London

Security Clearance
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 21 28
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 +2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 183 295 293
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 8.27% 8.07% 6.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 40.13% 41.78% 36.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 182 178
10th Percentile £407 £375 £382
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £657
90th Percentile £750 £775 £719
Central London median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £19.19 - -
25th Percentile £19.58 £20.22 £66.25
Median hourly rate £20.82 £20.71 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% -71.44% -
75th Percentile £21.41 £21.19 £78.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £20.82 £20.71 £72.50
% change year-on-year +0.53% -71.44% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

Security Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 456 706 796
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 20.61% 19.31% 18.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 410 519
10th Percentile £383 £357 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.35% +4.55% +5.01%
75th Percentile £652 £725 £639
90th Percentile £775 £820 £725
Central London median daily rate £525 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -8.30% +4.09% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 17
10th Percentile £19.45 £18.06 £19.40
25th Percentile £20.22 £20.22 £36.25
Median hourly rate £20.82 £51.50 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.58% +13.19% +82.00%
75th Percentile £27.00 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £55.05 £71.75 £68.15
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £51.50 £45.50
% change year-on-year -47.57% +13.19% +127.50%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the City of London

Security Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in the City of London

Security Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the City of London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in the City of London

Security Cleared
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in the City of London

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 11 (6.01%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.64%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (1.64%) nginx
4 2 (1.09%) Confluence
4 2 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.09%) Site Server
4 2 (1.09%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.55%) Camunda
5 1 (0.55%) Gunicorn
5 1 (0.55%) JBoss
5 1 (0.55%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.55%) Moodle
5 1 (0.55%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.55%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.19%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.55%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (2.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.55%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.55%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.55%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.55%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.55%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 48 (26.23%) AWS
2 16 (8.74%) Amazon S3
3 15 (8.20%) Azure
4 14 (7.65%) AWS Lambda
4 14 (7.65%) Serverless
5 8 (4.37%) Amazon EC2
6 7 (3.83%) Amazon MSK
6 7 (3.83%) AWS Step Functions
7 6 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (2.73%) GitHub
9 4 (2.19%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.19%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.64%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (1.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (1.09%) Amazon ElastiCache
11 2 (1.09%) Amazon ELB
11 2 (1.09%) GCP
11 2 (1.09%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.56%) Firewall
2 6 (3.28%) DNS
2 6 (3.28%) WAN
3 3 (1.64%) LAN
4 2 (1.09%) CTI
4 2 (1.09%) H.323
4 2 (1.09%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.09%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (1.09%) VLAN
4 2 (1.09%) VPN
4 2 (1.09%) Wireless
5 1 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.55%) DHCP
5 1 (0.55%) Internet
5 1 (0.55%) IPv4
5 1 (0.55%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.10%) Amazon RDS
1 13 (7.10%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (5.46%) Amazon Redshift
2 10 (5.46%) NoSQL
3 8 (4.37%) DynamoDB
4 7 (3.83%) Metadata
4 7 (3.83%) Parquet
5 5 (2.73%) Data Vault
5 5 (2.73%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (2.73%) MongoDB
6 4 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.64%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (1.64%) GIS
7 3 (1.64%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.64%) Tableau
8 2 (1.09%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (1.09%) MySQL
8 2 (1.09%) Siebel EIM
9 1 (0.55%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 12 (6.56%) Selenium
2 10 (5.46%) Cucumber
3 8 (4.37%) Git
3 8 (4.37%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.83%) JUnit
5 5 (2.73%) GitLab
5 5 (2.73%) JIRA
5 5 (2.73%) Maven
5 5 (2.73%) Postman
5 5 (2.73%) REST Assured
5 5 (2.73%) TestNG
6 4 (2.19%) Bitbucket
6 4 (2.19%) Mockito
6 4 (2.19%) SonarQube
6 4 (2.19%) WebDriver
7 3 (1.64%) JMeter
7 3 (1.64%) SoapUI
8 2 (1.09%) Appium
8 2 (1.09%) EasyMock
8 2 (1.09%) eggPlant
General
1 75 (40.98%) Public Sector
2 25 (13.66%) Social Skills
3 23 (12.57%) Finance
4 6 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.73%) Publishing
6 4 (2.19%) Military
6 4 (2.19%) Police
6 4 (2.19%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.64%) Banking
7 3 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.64%) Legal
8 2 (1.09%) Law
9 1 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.55%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.55%) Marketing
9 1 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (15.85%) Developer
2 24 (13.11%) Architect
3 17 (9.29%) Senior
4 13 (7.10%) Data Engineer
5 11 (6.01%) Consultant
6 9 (4.92%) Data Architect
6 9 (4.92%) Network Engineer
7 8 (4.37%) Security Architect
8 7 (3.83%) Analyst
8 7 (3.83%) DevOps Engineer
8 7 (3.83%) Java Developer
8 7 (3.83%) Network Operations Engineer
8 7 (3.83%) Operations Engineer
9 6 (3.28%) Full Stack Developer
10 5 (2.73%) Cloud Engineer
10 5 (2.73%) Designer
10 5 (2.73%) Project Manager
10 5 (2.73%) Senior Manager
11 4 (2.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (2.19%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.65%) Kafka
2 10 (5.46%) CSS
2 10 (5.46%) HTML
2 10 (5.46%) JSON
2 10 (5.46%) REST
2 10 (5.46%) Spring
3 9 (4.92%) Spring Boot
4 8 (4.37%) OpenID
4 8 (4.37%) SAML
5 7 (3.83%) Apache Avro
6 6 (3.28%) .NET
6 6 (3.28%) Node.js
6 6 (3.28%) XACML
7 5 (2.73%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (2.73%) JAX-RS
7 5 (2.73%) React
8 4 (2.19%) Gherkin
8 4 (2.19%) RESTful
9 3 (1.64%) jQuery
9 3 (1.64%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (2.73%) Reference Data
2 4 (2.19%) Social Media
3 3 (1.64%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.09%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.09%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.09%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.09%) PKI
4 2 (1.09%) Private Cloud
4 2 (1.09%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.55%) CBDC
5 1 (0.55%) CCTV
5 1 (0.55%) CMDB
5 1 (0.55%) Digital Signage
5 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.55%) iPad
5 1 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.74%) Linux
2 11 (6.01%) Windows
3 4 (2.19%) Unix
3 4 (2.19%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.19%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (1.64%) Mac OS X
4 3 (1.64%) Windows 7
4 3 (1.64%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (1.09%) Android
5 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.55%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.55%) VMS
6 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (14.75%) Agile
2 19 (10.38%) Test Automation
3 18 (9.84%) DevOps
4 15 (8.20%) Data Modelling
5 14 (7.65%) CI/CD
5 14 (7.65%) ETL
6 11 (6.01%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (5.46%) Data Ingestion
7 10 (5.46%) Infrastructure as Code
8 9 (4.92%) Microservices
8 9 (4.92%) Security Architecture
8 9 (4.92%) SFIA
8 9 (4.92%) Web Development
9 8 (4.37%) Analytics
9 8 (4.37%) Data Lineage
9 8 (4.37%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (3.83%) BDD
10 7 (3.83%) Data Governance
10 7 (3.83%) Data Pipeline
10 7 (3.83%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 31 (16.94%) Python
2 26 (14.21%) Java
3 20 (10.93%) SQL
4 12 (6.56%) JavaScript
5 6 (3.28%) C#
6 5 (2.73%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.19%) Bash
8 2 (1.09%) C++
8 2 (1.09%) Korn
8 2 (1.09%) Perl
8 2 (1.09%) PHP
8 2 (1.09%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.55%) C
9 1 (0.55%) Go
9 1 (0.55%) Rust
9 1 (0.55%) VC++
Qualifications
1 145 (79.23%) SC Cleared
2 27 (14.75%) DV Cleared
3 8 (4.37%) Degree
4 5 (2.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.19%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.64%) CCNA
6 3 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.09%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.55%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.55%) MBA
8 1 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.55%) SANS
8 1 (0.55%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.92%) QA
2 6 (3.28%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.73%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.64%) GDPR
4 3 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.09%) PMO
5 2 (1.09%) WCAG
6 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.55%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.55%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (9.29%) Docker
2 9 (4.92%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.55%) KVM
4 1 (0.55%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 19 (10.38%) Kubernetes
1 19 (10.38%) Terraform
2 16 (8.74%) Ansible
3 8 (4.37%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.64%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.64%) Puppet
5 2 (1.09%) Check_MK
5 2 (1.09%) Consul
5 2 (1.09%) Kustomize
5 2 (1.09%) Packer
5 2 (1.09%) Salt
5 2 (1.09%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.55%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.55%) Grafana
6 1 (0.55%) Kibana
6 1 (0.55%) logstash
6 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.55%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.55%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 14 (7.65%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.01%) Oracle
3 8 (4.37%) IBM
4 6 (3.28%) Okta
4 6 (3.28%) VMware
5 5 (2.73%) Cisco
5 5 (2.73%) Sparx
6 4 (2.19%) Brandwatch
6 4 (2.19%) SAP
7 3 (1.64%) Avaya
7 3 (1.64%) ESRI
7 3 (1.64%) Google
7 3 (1.64%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.09%) Dell
8 2 (1.09%) MKS
8 2 (1.09%) Proofpoint
8 2 (1.09%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.09%) Siebel
9 1 (0.55%) CA Agile Central
9 1 (0.55%) Kenna