SC Cleared Contracts in Central London

Security Check (SC) Clearance
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 31 20
Rank change year-on-year +7 -11 +16
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 167 146 302
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 8.65% 6.12% 8.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.16% 29.20% 39.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 97 182
10th Percentile £416 £425 £413
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -3.23% -1.36%
75th Percentile £641 £650 £663
90th Percentile £725 £760 £738
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £28.72 - £18.22
25th Percentile £34.24 £20.22 £18.56
Median hourly rate £44.40 £20.82 £19.35
Median % change year-on-year +113.28% +7.56% -
75th Percentile £55.46 £21.41 £20.39
90th Percentile £61.53 - £20.87
London median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +14.32% -60.00% +23.60%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

SC 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 475 500 758
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 24.61% 20.95% 20.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 310 455
10th Percentile £360 £361 £325
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £536 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -6.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £697
90th Percentile £763 £775 £818
London median daily rate £525 £525 £563
% change year-on-year - -6.67% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 6
10th Percentile £26.92 £20.22 £17.31
25th Percentile £29.07 £20.29 £18.56
Median hourly rate £34.48 £24.00 £36.10
Median % change year-on-year +43.67% -33.52% -17.01%
75th Percentile £63.75 £27.00 £53.50
90th Percentile £72.46 £35.38 £68.75
London median hourly rate £26.41 £25.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +5.64% -52.38% +20.34%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Central London

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Central London over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Central London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Central London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in Central London over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in Central London

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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 SC Cleared within the Central London region over the 6 months to 25 June 2025. 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 +4 147 £550 +4.76% 121
West End of London - 7 £615 - 5
City of Westminster - 7 £650 -
Camden - 1 £580 -
SC Cleared
London

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 10 (5.99%) Confluence
2 3 (1.80%) Apache
2 3 (1.80%) nginx
2 3 (1.80%) WebLogic
3 2 (1.20%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.20%) CMS
4 1 (0.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.60%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.60%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.60%) Camunda
4 1 (0.60%) Documentum
4 1 (0.60%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.60%) MTS
4 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.20%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.60%) SPSS
3 1 (0.60%) Stata
3 1 (0.60%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.80%) Oracle Assets
1 3 (1.80%) Oracle Cash Management
1 3 (1.80%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (1.80%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (1.80%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.20%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.20%) Sage X3
2 2 (1.20%) SAP HCM
2 2 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.60%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.60%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.60%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 58 (34.73%) AWS
2 23 (13.77%) Azure
3 13 (7.78%) Serverless
4 11 (6.59%) Amazon S3
4 11 (6.59%) AWS Lambda
5 9 (5.39%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.19%) Amazon SQS
6 7 (4.19%) GCP
6 7 (4.19%) OCI
7 6 (3.59%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (2.99%) GitHub
9 4 (2.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (2.40%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.20%) AWS CloudTrail
10 2 (1.20%) AWS KMS
10 2 (1.20%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.20%) IaaS
10 2 (1.20%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.38%) Firewall
2 7 (4.19%) VPN
3 6 (3.59%) Network Security
4 5 (2.99%) DNS
5 4 (2.40%) WAN
6 3 (1.80%) BGP
6 3 (1.80%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (1.80%) EIGRP
6 3 (1.80%) OSPF
6 3 (1.80%) SAN
7 2 (1.20%) HTTP
7 2 (1.20%) LAN
7 2 (1.20%) MPLS
7 2 (1.20%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.20%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.60%) IPsec
8 1 (0.60%) SSH
8 1 (0.60%) SSL
8 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.38%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (7.19%) MongoDB
3 11 (6.59%) NoSQL
4 8 (4.79%) Power BI
4 8 (4.79%) Redis
5 6 (3.59%) Amazon Athena
6 5 (2.99%) DocumentDB
7 4 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (2.40%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.80%) MySQL
8 3 (1.80%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (1.80%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.20%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.20%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.20%) Tableau
10 1 (0.60%) Apache Iceberg
10 1 (0.60%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.60%) Metadata
10 1 (0.60%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 13 (7.78%) JIRA
2 11 (6.59%) Git
3 8 (4.79%) SonarQube
4 6 (3.59%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.99%) GitLab
6 3 (1.80%) Selenium
7 2 (1.20%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.20%) JUnit
7 2 (1.20%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.60%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.60%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.60%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.60%) ESLint
8 1 (0.60%) Gatling
8 1 (0.60%) Hamcrest
8 1 (0.60%) Mocha
8 1 (0.60%) Postman
8 1 (0.60%) Serenity BDD
8 1 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.60%) Travis CI
General
1 65 (38.92%) Public Sector
2 31 (18.56%) Social Skills
3 20 (11.98%) Finance
4 17 (10.18%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.59%) Military
6 6 (3.59%) Police
7 5 (2.99%) General Ledger
7 5 (2.99%) Law
8 3 (1.80%) Banking
8 3 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.80%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.20%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.60%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 34 (20.36%) Architect
2 29 (17.37%) Developer
3 16 (9.58%) Senior
4 14 (8.38%) Analyst
5 13 (7.78%) Lead
5 13 (7.78%) Security Architect
6 12 (7.19%) Java Developer
7 10 (5.99%) SC Cleared Java Developer
8 9 (5.39%) Data Engineer
9 7 (4.19%) Business Analyst
9 7 (4.19%) Full-Stack Developer
9 7 (4.19%) Technical Architect
10 6 (3.59%) Change Manager
11 5 (2.99%) DevOps Engineer
11 5 (2.99%) JavaScript Engineer
11 5 (2.99%) Network Architect
11 5 (2.99%) Senior Architect
12 4 (2.40%) Consultant
12 4 (2.40%) Delivery Manager
13 3 (1.80%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.78%) React
2 15 (8.98%) Kafka
3 12 (7.19%) Node.js
3 12 (7.19%) Spring
3 12 (7.19%) Spring Boot
4 9 (5.39%) HTML
5 7 (4.19%) CSS
5 7 (4.19%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (2.99%) REST
6 5 (2.99%) XML
7 4 (2.40%) OAuth
8 3 (1.80%) JSON
8 3 (1.80%) OpenID
8 3 (1.80%) SAML
8 3 (1.80%) Web Services
8 3 (1.80%) XSLT
9 2 (1.20%) ADO
9 2 (1.20%) Jest
9 2 (1.20%) Ruby on Rails
9 2 (1.20%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.79%) Management Information System
2 5 (2.99%) Freedom of Information
3 4 (2.40%) Cloud Native
3 4 (2.40%) PKI
4 3 (1.80%) Algorithms
4 3 (1.80%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.80%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.80%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.20%) Clustering
5 2 (1.20%) CMDB
5 2 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.20%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.60%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.98%) Linux
2 11 (6.59%) Windows
3 3 (1.80%) AIX
3 3 (1.80%) Oracle Linux
3 3 (1.80%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.20%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.20%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.60%) Android
5 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.60%) VMS
5 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (23.35%) Agile
2 32 (19.16%) DevOps
3 26 (15.57%) Microservices
4 23 (13.77%) CI/CD
5 22 (13.17%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (9.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 14 (8.38%) Migration
7 14 (8.38%) Project Management
8 12 (7.19%) Analytics
8 12 (7.19%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (7.19%) SOLID
8 12 (7.19%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (6.59%) API Development
9 11 (6.59%) Clean Code
9 11 (6.59%) Containerisation
9 11 (6.59%) Full-Stack Development
9 11 (6.59%) ITIL
9 11 (6.59%) Mentoring
10 10 (5.99%) Cloud Security
10 10 (5.99%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 27 (16.17%) Java
2 26 (15.57%) JavaScript
3 24 (14.37%) Python
3 24 (14.37%) SQL
4 8 (4.79%) Bash
5 5 (2.99%) PL/SQL
5 5 (2.99%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.80%) C#
6 3 (1.80%) Ruby
6 3 (1.80%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.20%) Apex Code
7 2 (1.20%) Groovy
7 2 (1.20%) Scala
8 1 (0.60%) C++
8 1 (0.60%) Go
8 1 (0.60%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.60%) Perl
8 1 (0.60%) R
8 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 167 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 18 (10.78%) Degree
3 9 (5.39%) AWS Certified Developer
4 8 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (3.59%) CISSP
7 4 (2.40%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.80%) CCNP
8 3 (1.80%) CISM
8 3 (1.80%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.80%) OCP
8 3 (1.80%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (1.20%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (1.20%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 2 (1.20%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.20%) CCIE
9 2 (1.20%) CREST Certified
9 2 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.59%) GDPR
1 6 (3.59%) NIST
2 5 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (1.80%) PMO
3 3 (1.80%) QA
3 3 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.20%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 1 (0.60%) SLA
5 1 (0.60%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (7.78%) Docker
2 6 (3.59%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.60%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.60%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (16.17%) Kubernetes
2 17 (10.18%) Terraform
3 8 (4.79%) Ansible
4 3 (1.80%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.80%) Grafana
4 3 (1.80%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.80%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.80%) Puppet
5 2 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.20%) Kibana
5 2 (1.20%) NetBackup
5 2 (1.20%) SCCM
6 1 (0.60%) Argo
6 1 (0.60%) CASB
6 1 (0.60%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.60%) Nessus
6 1 (0.60%) Packer
6 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.60%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (9.58%) Oracle
2 13 (7.78%) Microsoft
3 8 (4.79%) Cisco
4 5 (2.99%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.99%) SAP
5 4 (2.40%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.80%) Blue Prism
6 3 (1.80%) Databricks
6 3 (1.80%) F5
6 3 (1.80%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.80%) Google
6 3 (1.80%) Juniper
6 3 (1.80%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.80%) UiPath
6 3 (1.80%) VMware
7 2 (1.20%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.20%) Dell
7 2 (1.20%) IBM
7 2 (1.20%) Mellanox
7 2 (1.20%) Veritas