Government Security Classifications Contracts in London

Government Security Classifications (GSC)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Government Security Classifications skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Government Security Classifications 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 384 498 600
Rank change year-on-year +114 +102 -142
Contract jobs citing Government Security Classifications 5 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.028% 0.007% 0.005%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.20% 0.057% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile - - £374
25th Percentile £463 £606 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £613 £461
Median % change year-on-year -22.45% +33.01% +0.99%
75th Percentile £488 £619 £545
90th Percentile £509 - £578
England median daily rate £495 £569 £725
% change year-on-year -12.97% -21.55% +58.99%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

Government Security Classifications is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,491 3,529 5,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.98% 12.99% 12.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,763 2,540 3,502
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £650
90th Percentile £788 £788 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £523
% change year-on-year - +0.33% +10.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 36 82
10th Percentile £12.90 £21.12 £21.00
25th Percentile £17.94 £21.24 £25.88
Median hourly rate £25.00 £37.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.77% -15.17% +122.50%
75th Percentile £46.25 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £56.75 £81.25 £67.00
England median hourly rate £22.34 £40.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -44.84% +47.27% +30.95%

Government Security Classifications
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Government Security Classifications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Government Security Classifications in London

Government Security Classifications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Government Security Classifications in London.

Daily rate trend for Government Security Classifications in London

Government Security Classifications
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Data Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) ICT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Data Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Business Case
2 3 (60.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (60.00%) DRM
2 3 (60.00%) Use Case
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Document Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Product Breakdown Structure
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft