Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Central London

Security Clearance
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 16 18
Rank change year-on-year +13 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 438 205 205
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 16.93% 10.79% 8.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 64.89% 44.37% 41.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 137 126
10th Percentile £429 £413 £409
25th Percentile £472 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £629 £625 £650
90th Percentile £686 £717 £750
London median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £34.54 - -
25th Percentile £47.69 £25.04 £20.22
Median hourly rate £62.50 £25.08 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year +149.25% +20.47% +7.56%
75th Percentile £67.94 £25.11 £21.41
90th Percentile £73.23 - -
London median hourly rate £67.00 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +166.40% +14.32% -63.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

Security 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 675 462 500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 26.09% 24.32% 20.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 309 315
10th Percentile £405 £363 £378
25th Percentile £463 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +3.19% -7.30%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £726 £763 £774
London median daily rate £525 £526 £525
% change year-on-year -0.18% +0.18% -6.87%
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 £54.75 £27.83 £25.00
% change year-on-year +96.77% +11.30% -51.46%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Security 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 Security Cleared.

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Central London over the 6 months to 11 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security 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 Security Cleared.

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Central London over the 6 months to 11 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Security 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 Security Cleared within the Central London region over the 6 months to 11 June 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 +14 405 £544 -1.14% 73
City of Westminster +1 19 £607 -6.54% 1
West End of London +3 18 £607 +4.74% 1
Lambeth - 1 £475 -
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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 13 (2.97%) Confluence
2 11 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.68%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.46%) Apache
4 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.46%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.23%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.23%) nginx
5 1 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (0.91%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.46%) Revit
3 2 (0.46%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.23%) Maya
Business Applications
1 4 (0.91%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.46%) Exchequer
2 2 (0.46%) iTrent
2 2 (0.46%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.46%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.23%) Findur
3 1 (0.23%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.23%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.23%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 109 (24.89%) Azure
2 72 (16.44%) AWS
3 34 (7.76%) GCP
4 30 (6.85%) GitHub
5 23 (5.25%) GitHub Actions
6 20 (4.57%) Power Platform
7 19 (4.34%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (2.74%) Azure AKS
9 10 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (2.28%) Serverless
10 9 (2.05%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.05%) SaaS
11 8 (1.83%) Azure Data Factory
11 8 (1.83%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 8 (1.83%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.60%) OCI
12 7 (1.60%) PaaS
12 7 (1.60%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.97%) Firewall
2 11 (2.51%) Network Security
3 8 (1.83%) LAN
4 7 (1.60%) DNS
4 7 (1.60%) WAN
5 6 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.14%) VPN
7 3 (0.68%) DHCP
7 3 (0.68%) NGFW
7 3 (0.68%) SAN
8 2 (0.46%) FTP
8 2 (0.46%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.46%) Internet
8 2 (0.46%) NAS
8 2 (0.46%) SMTP
8 2 (0.46%) VSAN
9 1 (0.23%) 4G
9 1 (0.23%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.23%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.23%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.97%) Power BI
2 9 (2.05%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
4 6 (1.37%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.14%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.14%) Metadata
6 4 (0.91%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.68%) Big Data
7 3 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.68%) Tableau
8 2 (0.46%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.46%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (0.46%) Spatial Data
9 1 (0.23%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 24 (5.48%) JIRA
2 20 (4.57%) Git
3 16 (3.65%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.97%) GitLab
5 5 (1.14%) Cypress.io
5 5 (1.14%) Postman
6 4 (0.91%) JMeter
6 4 (0.91%) JUnit
6 4 (0.91%) Mockito
6 4 (0.91%) Selenium
7 3 (0.68%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.68%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.46%) Ant
8 2 (0.46%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.23%) ERwin
9 1 (0.23%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 89 (20.32%) Public Sector
2 80 (18.26%) Social Skills
3 35 (7.99%) Finance
4 25 (5.71%) Military
5 23 (5.25%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (2.97%) Banking
7 9 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.60%) Police
8 7 (1.60%) Retail
9 5 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.14%) Law
10 4 (0.91%) Marketing
10 4 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.68%) Legal
11 3 (0.68%) Publishing
11 3 (0.68%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.46%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.46%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 101 (23.06%) Architect
2 46 (10.50%) Developer
3 40 (9.13%) Senior
4 34 (7.76%) Lead
5 33 (7.53%) DevOps Engineer
6 30 (6.85%) Analyst
7 23 (5.25%) Consultant
7 23 (5.25%) Solutions Architect
8 21 (4.79%) Cloud Engineer
9 18 (4.11%) Business Analyst
9 18 (4.11%) Data Architect
10 16 (3.65%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (3.65%) Data Engineer
11 14 (3.20%) Applications Architect
11 14 (3.20%) Platform Engineer
11 14 (3.20%) Senior Developer
12 12 (2.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (2.51%) GCP Engineer
13 11 (2.51%) Security Architect
13 11 (2.51%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.97%) Spring
2 11 (2.51%) PySpark
2 11 (2.51%) Spring Boot
3 10 (2.28%) React
3 10 (2.28%) REST
4 8 (1.83%) Kafka
4 8 (1.83%) RESTful
5 7 (1.60%) JSON
5 7 (1.60%) Node.js
6 6 (1.37%) .NET
6 6 (1.37%) Swagger
7 5 (1.14%) HTML
8 4 (0.91%) Pandas
8 4 (0.91%) Playwright
8 4 (0.91%) scikit-learn
9 3 (0.68%) AWS CDK
9 3 (0.68%) LangGraph
9 3 (0.68%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (0.68%) Plotly
9 3 (0.68%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.94%) Cloud Native
2 13 (2.97%) Data Centre
3 8 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (1.37%) Onboarding
5 6 (1.37%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.14%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.14%) Public Cloud
7 4 (0.91%) AI Agents
7 4 (0.91%) LIMS
7 4 (0.91%) NHS
7 4 (0.91%) PKI
8 3 (0.68%) Clustering
8 3 (0.68%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (0.68%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.68%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (0.68%) Replication
8 3 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.11%) Linux
2 14 (3.20%) Windows
3 7 (1.60%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.46%) VMS
4 2 (0.46%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.23%) AIX
5 1 (0.23%) CentOS
5 1 (0.23%) Solaris
5 1 (0.23%) SUSE
5 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.23%) Unix
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (22.37%) DevOps
2 69 (15.75%) CI/CD
3 68 (15.53%) Infrastructure as Code
4 52 (11.87%) Agile
5 48 (10.96%) Migration
6 45 (10.27%) Stakeholder Management
7 41 (9.36%) Containerisation
8 40 (9.13%) AI
9 31 (7.08%) Platform Engineering
10 30 (6.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 28 (6.39%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (5.48%) Data Modelling
13 22 (5.02%) Analytics
13 22 (5.02%) Microservices
14 21 (4.79%) Problem-Solving
15 20 (4.57%) Test Automation
16 18 (4.11%) Cybersecurity
16 18 (4.11%) Decision-Making
16 18 (4.11%) Observability
16 18 (4.11%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 43 (9.82%) Python
2 28 (6.39%) Java
3 23 (5.25%) SQL
4 17 (3.88%) JavaScript
5 15 (3.42%) PowerShell
6 14 (3.20%) C#
7 10 (2.28%) Bash
8 9 (2.05%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.14%) Ruby
10 4 (0.91%) Scala
11 3 (0.68%) Bicep
11 3 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.46%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.46%) ActionScript 2.0
12 2 (0.46%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.23%) R
13 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.23%) X++
Qualifications
1 377 (86.07%) SC Cleared
2 30 (6.85%) DV Cleared
3 13 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (2.28%) Degree
5 6 (1.37%) CTC Cleared
6 5 (1.14%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.14%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.91%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.91%) CISSP
7 4 (0.91%) GIAC
8 3 (0.68%) APMP
8 3 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.68%) PMP
8 3 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.46%) CEH
9 2 (0.46%) CISM
9 2 (0.46%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.46%) OSCP
9 2 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.25%) QA
2 15 (3.42%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.05%) NIST
5 8 (1.83%) NCSC
6 6 (1.37%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.68%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.68%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.68%) SLA
9 2 (0.46%) GDPR
9 2 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.23%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.23%) PMO
10 1 (0.23%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 27 (6.16%) Docker
2 14 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.60%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.91%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.68%) vSphere
8 2 (0.46%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.46%) Firmware
8 2 (0.46%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.46%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.23%) NFS
9 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.23%) XenApp
9 1 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 57 (13.01%) Kubernetes
2 45 (10.27%) Terraform
3 19 (4.34%) Ansible
4 12 (2.74%) Prometheus
5 10 (2.28%) Grafana
6 6 (1.37%) SCCM
7 5 (1.14%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.91%) Puppet
9 3 (0.68%) Istio
9 3 (0.68%) vMotion
10 2 (0.46%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.46%) Nagios
10 2 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.46%) vRealize
11 1 (0.23%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.23%) linkerd
11 1 (0.23%) SCVMM
11 1 (0.23%) VxRail
11 1 (0.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 44 (10.05%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.16%) Databricks
3 16 (3.65%) Google
3 16 (3.65%) Oracle
3 16 (3.65%) VMware
4 11 (2.51%) Salesforce
5 7 (1.60%) SAP
6 6 (1.37%) Cisco
6 6 (1.37%) Dynatrace
6 6 (1.37%) Fortinet
6 6 (1.37%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.14%) IBM
8 4 (0.91%) Citrix
8 4 (0.91%) OpenAI
8 4 (0.91%) Pure Storage
8 4 (0.91%) Splunk
8 4 (0.91%) webMethods
9 3 (0.68%) HP
9 3 (0.68%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.68%) Palo Alto