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 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 16 21
Rank change year-on-year +13 +5 -4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 445 209 200
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 16.89% 10.19% 8.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 65.15% 40.90% 37.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 141 125
10th Percentile £425 £405 £402
25th Percentile £466 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £534 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +1.62% -3.67%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £745
London median daily rate £538 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £26.60 £18.67 -
25th Percentile £37.25 £21.06 £20.22
Median hourly rate £60.00 £25.08 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year +139.28% +20.47% +7.56%
75th Percentile £70.88 £45.34 £21.41
90th Percentile £74.40 £57.48 -
London median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +138.57% +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 683 511 529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 25.92% 24.91% 22.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 494 342 335
10th Percentile £405 £350 £378
25th Percentile £463 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £542 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £642 £675 £675
90th Percentile £734 £759 £775
London median daily rate £529 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 6
10th Percentile £19.47 £25.04 £20.22
25th Percentile £29.00 £26.57 £20.29
Median hourly rate £51.44 £34.48 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.19% +43.67% -33.52%
75th Percentile £58.75 £57.96 £27.00
90th Percentile £67.35 £65.57 £35.38
London median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £26.00
% change year-on-year +114.71% -3.27% -51.85%

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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 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 +14 401 £550 +3.92% 68
City of Westminster +3 25 £600 +4.35% 6
West End of London +5 24 £604 +4.55% 7
Southwark - 9 £600 - 1
Lambeth - 2 £475 -
Security Cleared
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 15 (3.37%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.92%) Confluence
3 3 (0.67%) Apache
3 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.45%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.45%) nginx
4 2 (0.45%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.22%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.45%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.45%) Revit
2 2 (0.45%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.22%) Maya
Business Applications
1 6 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.45%) iTrent
2 2 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.45%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.45%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.22%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.22%) Findur
3 1 (0.22%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.22%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.22%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.22%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.22%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 111 (24.94%) Azure
2 70 (15.73%) AWS
3 39 (8.76%) GCP
4 33 (7.42%) GitHub
5 27 (6.07%) GitHub Actions
5 27 (6.07%) Power Platform
6 16 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (2.92%) Azure AKS
8 12 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (2.47%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (2.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 11 (2.47%) SaaS
10 10 (2.25%) PaaS
11 9 (2.02%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.80%) Amazon S3
12 8 (1.80%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (1.57%) OCI
13 7 (1.57%) Serverless
14 6 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.60%) Firewall
2 12 (2.70%) Network Security
3 11 (2.47%) DNS
4 8 (1.80%) VPN
5 4 (0.90%) DHCP
6 3 (0.67%) LAN
6 3 (0.67%) NGFW
6 3 (0.67%) SMTP
7 2 (0.45%) FTP
7 2 (0.45%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.45%) Internet
7 2 (0.45%) NAS
7 2 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.45%) SAN
7 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.45%) VSAN
7 2 (0.45%) WAN
8 1 (0.22%) 3G
8 1 (0.22%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.37%) Power BI
2 12 (2.70%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.57%) NoSQL
3 7 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.35%) Amazon Athena
4 6 (1.35%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.12%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.12%) Metadata
6 4 (0.90%) Big Data
6 4 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.67%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.45%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.45%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (0.45%) OLAP
8 2 (0.45%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 27 (6.07%) Git
2 21 (4.72%) JIRA
3 18 (4.04%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.47%) GitLab
5 7 (1.57%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.35%) Selenium
7 5 (1.12%) JUnit
7 5 (1.12%) Mockito
7 5 (1.12%) Postman
7 5 (1.12%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.90%) JMeter
9 3 (0.67%) Liquibase
9 3 (0.67%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.45%) Ant
10 2 (0.45%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.22%) Appium
11 1 (0.22%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.22%) Vite
General
1 100 (22.47%) Public Sector
2 93 (20.90%) Social Skills
3 39 (8.76%) Finance
4 27 (6.07%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (4.72%) Military
6 15 (3.37%) Banking
7 11 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (2.47%) Law
8 7 (1.57%) Police
8 7 (1.57%) Retail
9 6 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.35%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.67%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.67%) Legal
10 3 (0.67%) Local Government
10 3 (0.67%) Publishing
11 2 (0.45%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.45%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 97 (21.80%) Architect
2 48 (10.79%) Developer
3 42 (9.44%) Senior
4 41 (9.21%) Lead
5 30 (6.74%) Analyst
6 25 (5.62%) Consultant
7 23 (5.17%) Cloud Engineer
8 21 (4.72%) Data Architect
9 20 (4.49%) DevOps Engineer
9 20 (4.49%) Solutions Architect
10 17 (3.82%) Platform Engineer
11 16 (3.60%) Business Analyst
12 15 (3.37%) Azure Engineer
12 15 (3.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (3.15%) Applications Architect
13 14 (3.15%) Data Engineer
14 13 (2.92%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 13 (2.92%) Technical Architect
15 12 (2.70%) GCP Engineer
16 11 (2.47%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.37%) REST
2 12 (2.70%) Spring
3 11 (2.47%) .NET
3 11 (2.47%) Spring Boot
4 9 (2.02%) PySpark
4 9 (2.02%) React
4 9 (2.02%) RESTful
5 8 (1.80%) Kafka
5 8 (1.80%) Node.js
6 6 (1.35%) HTML
6 6 (1.35%) JSON
6 6 (1.35%) Playwright
6 6 (1.35%) SOAP
6 6 (1.35%) Swagger
7 4 (0.90%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.90%) Pandas
7 4 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (0.90%) scikit-learn
8 3 (0.67%) Web Services
8 3 (0.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.42%) Cloud Native
2 16 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
3 15 (3.37%) Data Centre
4 10 (2.25%) Onboarding
5 8 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (1.35%) LIMS
7 5 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.12%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.12%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.12%) PKI
7 5 (1.12%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.90%) AI Agents
8 4 (0.90%) Clustering
8 4 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (0.90%) Low-Code
8 4 (0.90%) NHS
8 4 (0.90%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.67%) CMDB
9 3 (0.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.49%) Linux
2 19 (4.27%) Windows
3 10 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.45%) VMS
4 2 (0.45%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.22%) AIX
5 1 (0.22%) Android
5 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.22%) CentOS
5 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.22%) Solaris
5 1 (0.22%) SUSE
5 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.22%) Unix
5 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (19.78%) DevOps
2 83 (18.65%) CI/CD
3 65 (14.61%) Infrastructure as Code
4 58 (13.03%) Agile
5 49 (11.01%) Migration
5 49 (11.01%) Stakeholder Management
6 47 (10.56%) AI
7 46 (10.34%) Containerisation
8 36 (8.09%) Platform Engineering
9 31 (6.97%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (6.97%) Data Modelling
10 29 (6.52%) Problem-Solving
11 27 (6.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 27 (6.07%) Test Automation
12 26 (5.84%) Microservices
13 22 (4.94%) Cybersecurity
13 22 (4.94%) Observability
14 21 (4.72%) Analytics
14 21 (4.72%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 20 (4.49%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 48 (10.79%) Python
2 31 (6.97%) Java
3 29 (6.52%) SQL
4 19 (4.27%) C#
5 18 (4.04%) JavaScript
6 17 (3.82%) PowerShell
7 11 (2.47%) Bash
8 9 (2.02%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.35%) Ruby
10 4 (0.90%) Bicep
10 4 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.45%) ActionScript
11 2 (0.45%) ActionScript 2.0
11 2 (0.45%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.45%) R
11 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.22%) Scala
12 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.22%) X++
Qualifications
1 376 (84.49%) SC Cleared
2 47 (10.56%) DV Cleared
3 18 (4.04%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (2.47%) Degree
5 6 (1.35%) Azure Certification
5 6 (1.35%) CTC Cleared
6 5 (1.12%) CISSP
6 5 (1.12%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.90%) GIAC
8 3 (0.67%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.67%) CISM
8 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.45%) APMP
9 2 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.45%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.45%) OSCP
9 2 (0.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.39%) QA
2 16 (3.60%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.15%) NCSC
4 12 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.25%) NIST
6 9 (2.02%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.90%) GDPR
10 3 (0.67%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.45%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 2 (0.45%) GMP
11 2 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.45%) GRC
11 2 (0.45%) GxP
11 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.22%) GLP
12 1 (0.22%) SLA
12 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 25 (5.62%) Docker
2 17 (3.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.92%) Active Directory
4 9 (2.02%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.12%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.90%) vSphere
8 3 (0.67%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.67%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.67%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.45%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.22%) Firmware
10 1 (0.22%) NFS
10 1 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.22%) UAG
10 1 (0.22%) XenApp
10 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 62 (13.93%) Kubernetes
2 47 (10.56%) Terraform
3 21 (4.72%) Ansible
4 14 (3.15%) Prometheus
5 12 (2.70%) Grafana
6 9 (2.02%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.35%) Puppet
7 6 (1.35%) SCCM
8 4 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.90%) vMotion
9 3 (0.67%) Istio
9 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.67%) Nagios
10 2 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.45%) vRealize
11 1 (0.22%) Consul
11 1 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.22%) linkerd
11 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.22%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 61 (13.71%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.17%) Google
3 21 (4.72%) Databricks
3 21 (4.72%) Oracle
4 20 (4.49%) VMware
5 14 (3.15%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.25%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.35%) Cisco
7 6 (1.35%) Dynatrace
7 6 (1.35%) SAP
7 6 (1.35%) Splunk
7 6 (1.35%) webMethods
8 5 (1.12%) Citrix
9 4 (0.90%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.90%) Pure Storage
10 3 (0.67%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.67%) Foundry
10 3 (0.67%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.67%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.67%) Palo Alto