SC Cleared Contracts in London

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 18 41
Rank change year-on-year +1 +23 -6
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 1,575 2,324 2,289
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 9.04% 9.09% 5.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.27% 41.33% 33.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,185 1,626 1,717
10th Percentile £356 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £741 £745 £713
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 21 43
10th Percentile £13.87 £20.22 -
25th Percentile £17.88 £35.00 £39.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £54.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.26% +21.35% -25.83%
75th Percentile - £72.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £24.17 £87.50 £56.84
England median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 £50.81
% change year-on-year -13.04% +13.17% +19.12%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

SC 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 London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,115 5,623 6,852
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.62% 21.99% 17.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,812 3,865 4,736
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.81% +3.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 85 146
10th Percentile £14.49 £18.89 £23.84
25th Percentile £20.22 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.50 £50.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.00% +12.36% +18.67%
75th Percentile £42.75 £70.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.60 £87.50 £65.71
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +39.24% +9.40%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in London

SC Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in London.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in London

SC Cleared
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in London.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the London region over the 6 months to 3 June 2024. 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
Central London -10 146 £525 -3.67% 22
South London +2 93 £510 -4.23% 25
West London +35 21 £500 +23.46% 11
East London - 7 £500 - 6
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
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:

Application Platforms
1 76 (4.83%) SharePoint
2 64 (4.06%) Confluence
3 38 (2.41%) Apache
4 20 (1.27%) nginx
5 19 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.57%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.51%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 6 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2003
8 6 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
8 6 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
8 6 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
8 6 (0.38%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.32%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 4 (0.25%) Camunda
10 4 (0.25%) SAS
10 4 (0.25%) SharePoint 2013
10 4 (0.25%) WildFly
11 3 (0.19%) CMS
11 3 (0.19%) JBoss
Applications
1 31 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
3 16 (1.02%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.32%) Adobe Premiere
5 5 (0.32%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.13%) SPSS
7 2 (0.13%) Trello
8 1 (0.063%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.063%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 25 (1.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (0.70%) Distributed Ledger
3 7 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (0.25%) SAP BPC
4 4 (0.25%) SAP SD
5 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.19%) Siebel CRM
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Internet Expenses
6 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.063%) Magento
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 429 (27.24%) AWS
2 237 (15.05%) Azure
3 86 (5.46%) Serverless
4 78 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
5 72 (4.57%) AWS Lambda
6 66 (4.19%) Amazon S3
7 46 (2.92%) GCP
8 45 (2.86%) Power Platform
9 41 (2.60%) GitHub
10 36 (2.29%) Amazon EC2
11 34 (2.16%) AWS CloudFormation
12 33 (2.10%) OCI
13 29 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
14 28 (1.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 28 (1.78%) Amazon EKS
14 28 (1.78%) Amazon Kinesis
14 28 (1.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 26 (1.65%) PaaS
15 26 (1.65%) SaaS
16 23 (1.46%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.73%) Firewall
2 20 (1.27%) Wireless
3 17 (1.08%) Network Security
3 17 (1.08%) WAN
4 15 (0.95%) VoIP
4 15 (0.95%) VPN
5 13 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
5 13 (0.83%) LAN
6 12 (0.76%) OSPF
7 11 (0.70%) BGP
8 10 (0.63%) Skype
9 9 (0.57%) IPsec
10 8 (0.51%) DNS
10 8 (0.51%) Internet
10 8 (0.51%) WLAN
11 7 (0.44%) SD-WAN
12 6 (0.38%) Cisco Firepower
13 5 (0.32%) MPLS
13 5 (0.32%) SNA
13 5 (0.32%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (4.95%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (3.68%) Amazon RDS
3 55 (3.49%) NoSQL
4 39 (2.48%) Metadata
4 39 (2.48%) SQL Server
5 38 (2.41%) Relational Database
6 33 (2.10%) Amazon Redshift
6 33 (2.10%) Data Vault
7 32 (2.03%) Flink
8 31 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
9 30 (1.90%) Data Lake
10 27 (1.71%) Power BI
11 24 (1.52%) Oracle Database
12 23 (1.46%) Big Data
13 21 (1.33%) Metadata Repository
13 21 (1.33%) MongoDB
14 20 (1.27%) DynamoDB
15 18 (1.14%) Parquet
16 17 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
17 14 (0.89%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 105 (6.67%) JIRA
2 95 (6.03%) Git
3 88 (5.59%) Jenkins
4 58 (3.68%) GitLab
5 31 (1.97%) Selenium
6 30 (1.90%) JUnit
7 20 (1.27%) Cucumber
8 15 (0.95%) TestNG
9 14 (0.89%) Postman
10 13 (0.83%) JMeter
11 12 (0.76%) REST Assured
11 12 (0.76%) WebDriver
12 11 (0.70%) SoapUI
13 10 (0.63%) Appium
13 10 (0.63%) Maven
14 9 (0.57%) eggPlant
14 9 (0.57%) Mockito
14 9 (0.57%) SOAtest
15 8 (0.51%) SonarQube
16 6 (0.38%) Cypress.io
General
1 470 (29.84%) Public Sector
2 262 (16.63%) Social Skills
3 196 (12.44%) Finance
4 81 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (2.73%) Banking
6 35 (2.22%) Law
7 34 (2.16%) Telecoms
8 29 (1.84%) Manufacturing
8 29 (1.84%) Marketing
8 29 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
9 26 (1.65%) Electronics
9 26 (1.65%) Military
10 23 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (0.95%) Police
13 14 (0.89%) Legal
14 12 (0.76%) Publishing
15 10 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 7 (0.44%) Billing
Job Titles
1 254 (16.13%) Architect
2 236 (14.98%) Developer
3 153 (9.71%) Senior
4 134 (8.51%) DevOps Engineer
5 115 (7.30%) Analyst
6 93 (5.90%) Consultant
7 79 (5.02%) Lead
8 77 (4.89%) Data Engineer
9 75 (4.76%) Java Developer
10 63 (4.00%) AWS Engineer
11 62 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
12 59 (3.75%) Business Analyst
13 50 (3.17%) Data Architect
14 49 (3.11%) Technical Architect
15 47 (2.98%) Project Manager
16 45 (2.86%) AWS DevOps
17 44 (2.79%) AWS DevOps Engineer
17 44 (2.79%) Full Stack Developer
18 43 (2.73%) Delivery Manager
19 39 (2.48%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (4.83%) Kafka
2 68 (4.32%) Spring
2 68 (4.32%) Spring Boot
3 63 (4.00%) React
4 52 (3.30%) HTML
5 51 (3.24%) REST
6 47 (2.98%) CSS
7 33 (2.10%) JSON
8 32 (2.03%) .NET
8 32 (2.03%) RESTful
9 27 (1.71%) Node.js
10 24 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
11 21 (1.33%) Hibernate
11 21 (1.33%) JPA
12 19 (1.21%) SailPoint
13 18 (1.14%) Apache Avro
13 18 (1.14%) OpenID
14 16 (1.02%) SAML
15 15 (0.95%) Laravel
15 15 (0.95%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 57 (3.62%) Onboarding
2 40 (2.54%) Data Centre
3 29 (1.84%) Cloud Native
4 27 (1.71%) Reference Data
5 24 (1.52%) Product Ownership
6 19 (1.21%) Data Structures
6 19 (1.21%) Management Information System
7 17 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
8 13 (0.83%) PKI
8 13 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (0.76%) Blockchain
9 12 (0.76%) Public Cloud
9 12 (0.76%) Security Posture
10 10 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (0.57%) Clustering
12 8 (0.51%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (0.51%) Low-Code
12 8 (0.51%) Private Cloud
12 8 (0.51%) Replication
12 8 (0.51%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 123 (7.81%) Linux
2 98 (6.22%) Windows
3 35 (2.22%) Unix
4 21 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (1.33%) Windows Server
5 18 (1.14%) Windows 10
6 15 (0.95%) Android
7 11 (0.70%) Windows 7
8 8 (0.51%) Mac OS X
9 6 (0.38%) VMS
9 6 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.32%) CentOS
11 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.19%) Kali Linux
13 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.063%) NetWare
14 1 (0.063%) Solaris
14 1 (0.063%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (20.70%) Agile
2 235 (14.92%) DevOps
3 174 (11.05%) CI/CD
4 132 (8.38%) Problem-Solving
5 121 (7.68%) Migration
6 116 (7.37%) Stakeholder Management
7 88 (5.59%) Data Modelling
7 88 (5.59%) Microservices
8 83 (5.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 81 (5.14%) Cybersecurity
10 80 (5.08%) ITIL
11 78 (4.95%) Roadmaps
12 77 (4.89%) Change Management
13 75 (4.76%) Analytics
13 75 (4.76%) Scrum
14 70 (4.44%) Test Automation
15 69 (4.38%) Project Management
16 66 (4.19%) Service Management
17 64 (4.06%) Decision-Making
17 64 (4.06%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 208 (13.21%) Python
2 195 (12.38%) Java
3 141 (8.95%) SQL
4 100 (6.35%) JavaScript
5 61 (3.87%) PowerShell
6 43 (2.73%) C#
7 42 (2.67%) Bash
8 38 (2.41%) TypeScript
9 27 (1.71%) Go
10 14 (0.89%) PHP
11 12 (0.76%) Shell Script
12 11 (0.70%) C
12 11 (0.70%) Ruby
13 10 (0.63%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.63%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.51%) ABAP
14 8 (0.51%) C++
15 6 (0.38%) Perl
16 4 (0.25%) COBOL
16 4 (0.25%) R
Qualifications
1 1,575 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 146 (9.27%) DV Cleared
3 81 (5.14%) Degree
4 40 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (1.21%) AWS Certification
6 19 (1.21%) PMP
7 18 (1.14%) Azure Certification
7 18 (1.14%) PMI Certification
8 15 (0.95%) CTC Cleared
9 14 (0.89%) CISSP
10 12 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (0.76%) CISM
11 10 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.51%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.44%) Six Sigma Black Belt
13 7 (0.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 6 (0.38%) CCNP
14 6 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (0.32%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (2.79%) Data Quality
2 42 (2.67%) QA
3 26 (1.65%) Accessibility
4 20 (1.27%) NIST
5 19 (1.21%) PMO
5 19 (1.21%) SLA
6 15 (0.95%) NCSC
7 10 (0.63%) GDPR
7 10 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.32%) WCAG
9 4 (0.25%) GRC
9 4 (0.25%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.19%) COBIT
10 3 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.13%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.063%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.063%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.063%) ISO 31000
12 1 (0.063%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 126 (8.00%) Docker
2 48 (3.05%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.89%) VMware NSX
5 11 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.63%) vSphere
7 4 (0.25%) Firmware
7 4 (0.25%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.063%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 177 (11.24%) Terraform
2 165 (10.48%) Kubernetes
3 95 (6.03%) Ansible
4 25 (1.59%) Grafana
5 21 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (1.27%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.89%) Puppet
8 13 (0.83%) Packer
9 10 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (0.63%) SCCM
10 9 (0.57%) Consul
10 9 (0.57%) VxRail
11 8 (0.51%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.32%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.32%) Nagios
12 5 (0.32%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.25%) Data Guard
13 4 (0.25%) Kibana
14 3 (0.19%) vRealize
15 2 (0.13%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 161 (10.22%) Microsoft
2 121 (7.68%) Oracle
3 46 (2.92%) SAP
4 41 (2.60%) Cisco
5 39 (2.48%) VMware
6 33 (2.10%) ServiceNow
7 29 (1.84%) Sparx
8 20 (1.27%) CyberArk
8 20 (1.27%) NetApp
8 20 (1.27%) Palo Alto
9 19 (1.21%) Splunk
10 16 (1.02%) Databricks
11 15 (0.95%) IBM
11 15 (0.95%) Salesforce
12 14 (0.89%) Apple
12 14 (0.89%) Google
13 13 (0.83%) Informatica
13 13 (0.83%) Juniper
13 13 (0.83%) Okta
14 12 (0.76%) F5