Security Cleared Contracts in London

Security Clearance
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 14 32
Rank change year-on-year +3 +18 -14
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 2,110 2,828 2,688
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 12.02% 10.72% 6.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.32% 49.45% 39.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,510 1,900 1,938
10th Percentile £350 £400 £399
25th Percentile £450 £470 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £574 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.84% +4.27% +7.84%
75th Percentile £650 £660 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £700
England median daily rate £550 £550 £549
% change year-on-year - +0.14% +9.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 32 46
10th Percentile £14.52 £20.22 £39.52
25th Percentile £17.88 £43.09 £39.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £57.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.74% +29.21% -16.82%
75th Percentile £31.47 £75.25 £49.25
90th Percentile £76.25 £87.50 £62.28
England median hourly rate £57.29 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -4.53% +20.00% +17.65%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,193 5,719 6,762
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.89% 21.68% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,835 3,874 4,627
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £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 108 80 152
10th Percentile £14.19 £19.94 £23.17
25th Percentile £19.98 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £24.99 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.40% +6.74% +21.92%
75th Percentile £41.63 £64.63 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.13 £84.13 £65.65
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +3.95%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Security 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 Security Cleared within the London region over the 6 months to 13 May 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 +1 209 £514 -5.73% 38
South London +1 120 £510 -7.27% 24
West London +24 29 £500 -16.67% 22
East London - 13 £537 - 4
North London -3 1 £385 -4.64% 1
Security Cleared
England

Security 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 79 (3.74%) SharePoint
2 73 (3.46%) Confluence
3 49 (2.32%) Apache
4 40 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 28 (1.33%) nginx
6 22 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2013
7 20 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2010
8 12 (0.57%) Apache Spark
8 12 (0.57%) Skype for Business
9 8 (0.38%) OpenStack
10 7 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
10 7 (0.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 6 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2003
11 6 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
12 5 (0.24%) CMS
12 5 (0.24%) JBoss
13 4 (0.19%) Camunda
13 4 (0.19%) Oracle Self-Service HR
13 4 (0.19%) SAS
13 4 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (0.81%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.14%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.14%) Simulink
8 2 (0.095%) Trello
9 1 (0.047%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.047%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.047%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.047%) InVision
9 1 (0.047%) Sketch
9 1 (0.047%) SPSS
9 1 (0.047%) Stateflow
9 1 (0.047%) Weka
9 1 (0.047%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 28 (1.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (0.52%) Distributed Ledger
3 6 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.24%) Siebel CRM
5 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (0.19%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.19%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.14%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.095%) Maximo
7 2 (0.095%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.095%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.095%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.095%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.047%) Magento
8 1 (0.047%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.047%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.047%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.047%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 537 (25.45%) AWS
2 276 (13.08%) Azure
3 94 (4.45%) Serverless
4 88 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
5 82 (3.89%) AWS Lambda
6 80 (3.79%) Amazon S3
7 58 (2.75%) Power Platform
8 50 (2.37%) GCP
9 48 (2.27%) Amazon EC2
10 45 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
11 40 (1.90%) GitHub
12 36 (1.71%) Amazon EKS
13 33 (1.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 33 (1.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 32 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
15 30 (1.42%) Amazon Kinesis
16 28 (1.33%) PaaS
17 27 (1.28%) OCI
18 25 (1.18%) AWS Step Functions
18 25 (1.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 116 (5.50%) Firewall
2 30 (1.42%) WAN
3 27 (1.28%) DNS
4 26 (1.23%) LAN
5 24 (1.14%) VPN
5 24 (1.14%) Wireless
6 17 (0.81%) Network Security
6 17 (0.81%) TCP/IP
6 17 (0.81%) VoIP
7 15 (0.71%) HTTP
8 14 (0.66%) Skype
9 13 (0.62%) WLAN
10 11 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
10 11 (0.52%) SSL
11 10 (0.47%) OSPF
12 9 (0.43%) BGP
13 7 (0.33%) Internet
13 7 (0.33%) IPsec
13 7 (0.33%) SNA
13 7 (0.33%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (4.31%) PostgreSQL
2 70 (3.32%) SQL Server
3 66 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
4 64 (3.03%) NoSQL
5 43 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
6 41 (1.94%) Power BI
7 40 (1.90%) Relational Database
8 39 (1.85%) Flink
8 39 (1.85%) Metadata
9 34 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
9 34 (1.61%) Data Vault
10 31 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
11 29 (1.37%) Data Lake
12 25 (1.18%) MongoDB
13 24 (1.14%) Big Data
14 21 (1.00%) Amazon Athena
14 21 (1.00%) Metadata Repository
15 20 (0.95%) DynamoDB
16 19 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 18 (0.85%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 128 (6.07%) Jenkins
2 122 (5.78%) JIRA
3 113 (5.36%) Git
4 64 (3.03%) GitLab
5 43 (2.04%) Selenium
6 38 (1.80%) JUnit
7 36 (1.71%) Cucumber
8 20 (0.95%) TestNG
9 18 (0.85%) Postman
10 16 (0.76%) JMeter
10 16 (0.76%) REST Assured
11 15 (0.71%) Maven
12 14 (0.66%) WebDriver
13 13 (0.62%) Mockito
13 13 (0.62%) SoapUI
14 11 (0.52%) Appium
14 11 (0.52%) Cypress.io
15 10 (0.47%) Bitbucket
15 10 (0.47%) eggPlant
15 10 (0.47%) SOAtest
General
1 610 (28.91%) Public Sector
2 336 (15.92%) Social Skills
3 233 (11.04%) Finance
4 125 (5.92%) Analytical Skills
5 63 (2.99%) Telecoms
6 49 (2.32%) Marketing
7 48 (2.27%) Manufacturing
8 45 (2.13%) Banking
8 45 (2.13%) Electronics
9 39 (1.85%) Law
10 36 (1.71%) Military
11 32 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
11 32 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
12 30 (1.42%) Police
13 26 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (0.95%) Legal
15 15 (0.71%) Publishing
16 14 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 10 (0.47%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 330 (15.64%) Architect
2 259 (12.27%) Developer
3 168 (7.96%) Senior
4 154 (7.30%) DevOps Engineer
5 135 (6.40%) Analyst
6 106 (5.02%) Consultant
7 99 (4.69%) Lead
8 98 (4.64%) Data Engineer
9 83 (3.93%) Java Developer
10 81 (3.84%) Solutions Architect
11 69 (3.27%) Project Manager
12 65 (3.08%) AWS Engineer
13 64 (3.03%) Data Architect
14 63 (2.99%) Full Stack Developer
15 62 (2.94%) Business Analyst
16 57 (2.70%) Network Engineer
17 56 (2.65%) Technical Architect
18 47 (2.23%) Support Engineer
19 45 (2.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
20 44 (2.09%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (4.45%) Kafka
2 87 (4.12%) React
3 77 (3.65%) Spring
3 77 (3.65%) Spring Boot
4 67 (3.18%) REST
5 59 (2.80%) HTML
6 55 (2.61%) CSS
7 42 (1.99%) JSON
8 41 (1.94%) Node.js
9 37 (1.75%) .NET
10 28 (1.33%) RESTful
11 25 (1.18%) Hibernate
11 25 (1.18%) JPA
12 23 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
13 21 (1.00%) Laravel
13 21 (1.00%) Web Services
14 20 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
15 18 (0.85%) Apache Avro
15 18 (0.85%) OpenID
15 18 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (3.13%) Data Centre
2 60 (2.84%) Onboarding
3 29 (1.37%) Cloud Native
4 28 (1.33%) Reference Data
5 27 (1.28%) Replication
6 23 (1.09%) Product Ownership
7 22 (1.04%) Management Information System
8 20 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
9 18 (0.85%) Data Structures
9 18 (0.85%) PKI
9 18 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
10 16 (0.76%) Virtual Team
11 14 (0.66%) Security Posture
11 14 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (0.62%) Public Cloud
13 12 (0.57%) Blockchain
13 12 (0.57%) Clustering
14 11 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 187 (8.86%) Linux
2 184 (8.72%) Windows
3 66 (3.13%) Windows Server
4 47 (2.23%) Unix
5 31 (1.47%) Windows 10
6 30 (1.42%) Windows 7
7 27 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
8 24 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 22 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
9 22 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
10 20 (0.95%) Android
11 19 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 12 (0.57%) Mac OS X
13 7 (0.33%) VMS
14 6 (0.28%) CentOS
14 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.24%) Apple iOS
16 3 (0.14%) Kali Linux
17 2 (0.095%) Mac OS
17 2 (0.095%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (18.86%) Agile
2 277 (13.13%) DevOps
3 230 (10.90%) CI/CD
4 181 (8.58%) Problem-Solving
5 150 (7.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 142 (6.73%) Migration
7 109 (5.17%) ITIL
8 107 (5.07%) Microservices
8 107 (5.07%) Project Management
8 107 (5.07%) Roadmaps
9 102 (4.83%) Data Modelling
10 101 (4.79%) Cybersecurity
11 99 (4.69%) Test Automation
12 98 (4.64%) Scrum
13 95 (4.50%) Analytics
14 94 (4.45%) Business Intelligence
15 89 (4.22%) Change Management
15 89 (4.22%) Service Management
16 87 (4.12%) Continuous Improvement
17 84 (3.98%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 252 (11.94%) Python
2 239 (11.33%) Java
3 195 (9.24%) SQL
4 134 (6.35%) JavaScript
5 65 (3.08%) PowerShell
6 57 (2.70%) C#
7 56 (2.65%) Bash
8 50 (2.37%) TypeScript
9 25 (1.18%) Go
10 20 (0.95%) PHP
11 17 (0.81%) PL/SQL
12 12 (0.57%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.43%) C++
13 9 (0.43%) Perl
14 8 (0.38%) C
14 8 (0.38%) Ruby
15 7 (0.33%) ABAP
15 7 (0.33%) R
15 7 (0.33%) XPath
15 7 (0.33%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 1,628 (77.16%) SC Cleared
2 443 (21.00%) DV Cleared
3 100 (4.74%) Degree
4 55 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 45 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (1.28%) CTC Cleared
7 23 (1.09%) AWS Certification
8 19 (0.90%) PMP
9 18 (0.85%) PMI Certification
10 16 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (0.62%) Azure Certification
11 13 (0.62%) Master's Degree
12 12 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 9 (0.43%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.38%) CCNA
14 8 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (0.33%) CCNP
15 7 (0.33%) CISM
15 7 (0.33%) CISSP
15 7 (0.33%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (2.89%) QA
2 48 (2.27%) Data Quality
3 37 (1.75%) Accessibility
4 29 (1.37%) SLA
5 28 (1.33%) PMO
6 18 (0.85%) NCSC
7 17 (0.81%) NIST
8 12 (0.57%) GDPR
8 12 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.28%) WCAG
10 4 (0.19%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.14%) COBIT
11 3 (0.14%) GRC
11 3 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.095%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.095%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.047%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.047%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.047%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.047%) SOC 2
System Software
1 156 (7.39%) Docker
2 100 (4.74%) Active Directory
3 47 (2.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (0.90%) VMware NSX
5 16 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.52%) vSphere
7 6 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.24%) Firmware
9 4 (0.19%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.095%) UAG
10 2 (0.095%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.047%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.047%) Lustre
11 1 (0.047%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.047%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 215 (10.19%) Terraform
2 199 (9.43%) Kubernetes
3 117 (5.55%) Ansible
4 33 (1.56%) Puppet
5 32 (1.52%) Grafana
6 29 (1.37%) Prometheus
7 24 (1.14%) SCCM
7 24 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
8 22 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 19 (0.90%) Progress Chef
10 15 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
10 15 (0.71%) Packer
11 13 (0.62%) FortiGate
12 11 (0.52%) Consul
13 10 (0.47%) vCenter Server
13 10 (0.47%) VxRail
14 7 (0.33%) Nagios
15 6 (0.28%) Kibana
16 5 (0.24%) vRealize
16 5 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 185 (8.77%) Microsoft
2 125 (5.92%) Oracle
3 73 (3.46%) SAP
3 73 (3.46%) VMware
4 52 (2.46%) Cisco
5 36 (1.71%) ServiceNow
6 32 (1.52%) Sparx
7 31 (1.47%) Dell
8 27 (1.28%) Splunk
9 21 (1.00%) IBM
9 21 (1.00%) Palo Alto
10 20 (0.95%) Veeam
11 19 (0.90%) Databricks
11 19 (0.90%) Juniper
11 19 (0.90%) NetApp
12 17 (0.81%) CyberArk
13 16 (0.76%) Salesforce
14 14 (0.66%) Apple
14 14 (0.66%) Google
14 14 (0.66%) Red Hat