CTC Cleared Contract Job Trends in Central London

Counter-Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for CTC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CTC Cleared 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.24% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.92% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £550 - -
25th Percentile £551 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 - -
75th Percentile £607 - -
90th Percentile £672 - -
London median daily rate £550 £497 £494
% change year-on-year +10.66% +0.63% -1.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

CTC 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 653 450 478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 26.19% 24.06% 19.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 298 306
10th Percentile £409 £371 £378
25th Percentile £463 £462 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £534
Median % change year-on-year - +3.00% -6.32%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £645
90th Percentile £738 £763 £775
London median daily rate £525 £534 £538
% change year-on-year -1.73% -0.60% -6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 4
10th Percentile £18.50 £23.52 -
25th Percentile £22.56 £25.63 £20.22
Median hourly rate £32.07 £28.61 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +12.08% +19.67% -53.58%
75th Percentile £58.58 £55.08 £31.19
90th Percentile £69.70 £81.88 £38.73
London median hourly rate £55.00 £28.41 £25.00
% change year-on-year +93.59% +13.64% -47.37%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

CTC 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 CTC Cleared.

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CTC Cleared in Central London over the 6 months to 27 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CTC Cleared in Central London

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Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CTC Cleared within the Central London region over the 6 months to 27 May 2026. 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
City of London - 3 £550 - 2
West End of London - 3 £607 - 1
City of Westminster - 3 £607 - 1
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London

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Anypoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Copilot Studio
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (33.33%) Power Automate
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 2 (33.33%) PowerApps
1 2 (33.33%) SaaS
2 1 (16.67%) OCI
General
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Commercial Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) MuleSoft Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) JSON
1 1 (16.67%) JWT
1 1 (16.67%) OAuth
1 1 (16.67%) OAuth2
1 1 (16.67%) OpenAPI
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (16.67%) RAML
1 1 (16.67%) Swagger
1 1 (16.67%) XML
1 1 (16.67%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) API Integration
1 2 (33.33%) Coaching
1 2 (33.33%) ERP
1 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) AI
2 1 (16.67%) CAFM
2 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) Data Reconciliation
2 1 (16.67%) Data Transformation
2 1 (16.67%) ETL
2 1 (16.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
2 1 (16.67%) SDLC
2 1 (16.67%) System Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) MuleSoft
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) Planon
1 1 (16.67%) SAP