BC Cleared Contract Job Trends in Central London

Basic Check (BC) Clearance
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for BC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 - 135
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BC Cleared 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.039% - 0.042%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% - 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 - £538
75th Percentile - - £544
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £170 £450 £556
% change year-on-year -62.22% -19.10% -5.72%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

BC Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 668 459 485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 26.22% 24.17% 20.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 304 306
10th Percentile £405 £366 £369
25th Percentile £463 £462 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.27% -8.26%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £649
90th Percentile £726 £763 £775
London median daily rate £525 £527 £525
% change year-on-year -0.32% +0.32% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 5
10th Percentile £19.13 £25.98 -
25th Percentile £27.09 £27.39 £20.22
Median hourly rate £52.22 £29.07 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +79.64% +38.43% -41.83%
75th Percentile £63.44 £63.75 £27.00
90th Percentile £66.18 £85.50 £37.05
London median hourly rate £55.00 £28.41 £25.00
% change year-on-year +93.59% +13.64% -50.74%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BC Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

BC Cleared job vacancy trend in Central London

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Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing BC Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing BC Cleared

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Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing BC Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing BC Cleared

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Deployment Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft