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 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 13 16
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +20
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 230 250 276
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 11.99% 10.66% 9.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 44.23% 43.63% 43.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 149 156
10th Percentile £356 £370 £413
25th Percentile £428 £457 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £624 £666
90th Percentile £688 £738 £730
London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile £18.67 £47.40 £18.28
25th Percentile £21.06 £71.63 £18.70
Median hourly rate £25.08 £112.00 £39.47
Median % change year-on-year -77.61% +183.80% +5.95%
75th Percentile £45.34 - £68.13
90th Percentile £57.48 - £73.75
London median hourly rate £25.15 £49.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -49.19% -13.91% +8.55%

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 520 573 636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 27.11% 24.42% 21.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 369 342 388
10th Percentile £342 £350 £329
25th Percentile £430 £451 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £650 £688
90th Percentile £738 £751 £788
London median daily rate £540 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 6
10th Percentile £25.08 £23.10 £15.13
25th Percentile £25.47 £27.00 £18.23
Median hourly rate £27.00 £32.50 £39.47
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% -17.65% -8.73%
75th Percentile £34.48 £112.00 £71.56
90th Percentile £50.39 - £75.63
London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.71 £54.00
% change year-on-year -38.21% -24.62% +18.03%

Security Cleared
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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 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 -1 212 £525 -2.33% 285
West End of London +5 7 £543 +9.60% 1
City of Westminster 0 7 £543 +19.63%
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 17 (7.39%) Confluence
2 15 (6.52%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.87%) Apache
4 2 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.43%) CMS
5 1 (0.43%) Mattermost
5 1 (0.43%) nginx
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.61%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.74%) Remedy ITSM
1 4 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.87%) Maximo
3 1 (0.43%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.43%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.43%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.43%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.43%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.43%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 44 (19.13%) Azure
2 39 (16.96%) AWS
3 19 (8.26%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (8.26%) Power Platform
4 12 (5.22%) GitHub
5 11 (4.78%) Amazon S3
6 10 (4.35%) SaaS
7 9 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (3.91%) GCP
7 9 (3.91%) Serverless
8 8 (3.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 8 (3.48%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (3.48%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (3.48%) Power Automate
8 8 (3.48%) PowerApps
9 6 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (2.61%) Entra ID
9 6 (2.61%) PaaS
10 5 (2.17%) Apigee
10 5 (2.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.78%) Firewall
2 7 (3.04%) SSL
3 5 (2.17%) DNS
3 5 (2.17%) VPN
4 3 (1.30%) SAN
4 3 (1.30%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.87%) DKIM
5 2 (0.87%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.87%) Network Security
5 2 (0.87%) WAN
6 1 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.43%) DMARC
6 1 (0.43%) Junos
6 1 (0.43%) NX-OS
6 1 (0.43%) OpenLDAP
6 1 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.43%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.43%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.35%) Power BI
2 8 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (3.04%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.17%) Metadata
6 4 (1.74%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.30%) Amazon QuickSight
7 3 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.30%) DataStage
7 3 (1.30%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.30%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.30%) Tableau
8 2 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.87%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.87%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.87%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.87%) Power Query
8 2 (0.87%) Redis
8 2 (0.87%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (10.00%) JIRA
2 13 (5.65%) Git
3 7 (3.04%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.74%) Selenium
5 3 (1.30%) GitLab
5 3 (1.30%) Postman
6 2 (0.87%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.87%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.87%) JUnit
6 2 (0.87%) MLflow
6 2 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.43%) Gatling
7 1 (0.43%) Hamcrest
7 1 (0.43%) jMock
7 1 (0.43%) Maven
7 1 (0.43%) Mockito
7 1 (0.43%) MSTest
7 1 (0.43%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
General
1 84 (36.52%) Public Sector
2 51 (22.17%) Social Skills
3 28 (12.17%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.13%) Finance
5 11 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.17%) Legal
6 5 (2.17%) Military
7 4 (1.74%) Banking
7 4 (1.74%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.74%) Law
7 4 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.30%) Police
9 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.43%) Billing
9 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (14.78%) Developer
2 28 (12.17%) Analyst
3 23 (10.00%) Architect
4 22 (9.57%) Senior
5 16 (6.96%) Consultant
6 14 (6.09%) Lead
7 11 (4.78%) Data Engineer
7 11 (4.78%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (3.91%) Business Analyst
9 7 (3.04%) Security Engineer
10 6 (2.61%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 6 (2.61%) Support Analyst
11 5 (2.17%) Delivery Manager
11 5 (2.17%) Designer
11 5 (2.17%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
11 5 (2.17%) Fraud Analyst
11 5 (2.17%) Security Architect
11 5 (2.17%) Technical Architect
12 4 (1.74%) Salesforce Developer
12 4 (1.74%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.39%) REST
2 13 (5.65%) HTML
3 10 (4.35%) CSS
3 10 (4.35%) JSON
3 10 (4.35%) Node.js
4 9 (3.91%) XML
5 8 (3.48%) .NET
5 8 (3.48%) SOAP
6 7 (3.04%) OAuth
6 7 (3.04%) Web Services
7 5 (2.17%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.17%) HTML5
7 5 (2.17%) jQuery
7 5 (2.17%) Lightning Web Components
8 4 (1.74%) JWT
8 4 (1.74%) LDAP
8 4 (1.74%) React
9 3 (1.30%) ADO
9 3 (1.30%) Kafka
9 3 (1.30%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.48%) Data Centre
2 6 (2.61%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.17%) Cloud Native
3 5 (2.17%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (1.74%) Data Structures
4 4 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.74%) PKI
5 3 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.30%) Low-Code
5 3 (1.30%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.87%) AI Agents
6 2 (0.87%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.87%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (0.87%) Replication
6 2 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.43%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.65%) Linux
2 8 (3.48%) Windows
3 3 (1.30%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.43%) Android
4 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.43%) Unix
4 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (26.52%) Agile
2 37 (16.09%) DevOps
3 26 (11.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 25 (10.87%) CI/CD
5 24 (10.43%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (10.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (7.83%) Migration
6 18 (7.83%) Roadmaps
7 15 (6.52%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (6.52%) Decision-Making
7 15 (6.52%) Workshop Facilitation
8 14 (6.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (5.65%) AI
9 13 (5.65%) Analytics
9 13 (5.65%) Data Pipeline
9 13 (5.65%) User Experience
10 12 (5.22%) Data Science
10 12 (5.22%) Scrum
10 12 (5.22%) Service Management
11 11 (4.78%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 35 (15.22%) Python
2 24 (10.43%) SQL
3 23 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 14 (6.09%) PowerShell
5 12 (5.22%) Java
6 9 (3.91%) C#
7 6 (2.61%) Apex Code
7 6 (2.61%) Bash
8 4 (1.74%) Go
9 3 (1.30%) R
9 3 (1.30%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.87%) C++
10 2 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.87%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.43%) Perl
11 1 (0.43%) Ruby
11 1 (0.43%) SOQL
11 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 195 (84.78%) SC Cleared
2 20 (8.70%) DV Cleared
3 8 (3.48%) Degree
4 6 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (2.61%) CISSP
4 6 (2.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (2.17%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.30%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.87%) CEH
8 2 (0.87%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (0.87%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.87%) CREST Certified
8 2 (0.87%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.87%) GIAC
8 2 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.87%) MCITP
8 2 (0.87%) OSCP
9 1 (0.43%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.91%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.04%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.17%) NIST
3 5 (2.17%) WCAG
4 4 (1.74%) QA
5 3 (1.30%) NCSC
6 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.87%) GDPR
6 2 (0.87%) PMO
6 2 (0.87%) SLA
7 1 (0.43%) COBIT
7 1 (0.43%) GRC
7 1 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 15 (6.52%) Docker
2 9 (3.91%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.87%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (6.96%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.52%) Terraform
3 11 (4.78%) Ansible
4 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.74%) Argo
5 4 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.74%) vRealize
6 2 (0.87%) Grafana
6 2 (0.87%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.87%) SCOM
7 1 (0.43%) Ambari
7 1 (0.43%) Consul
7 1 (0.43%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.43%) Packer
7 1 (0.43%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.43%) Puppet
7 1 (0.43%) SCCM
7 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 37 (16.09%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.35%) Oracle
2 10 (4.35%) Salesforce
3 8 (3.48%) VMware
4 7 (3.04%) Databricks
4 7 (3.04%) SAP
5 6 (2.61%) Axway
5 6 (2.61%) Cisco
5 6 (2.61%) Google
5 6 (2.61%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.17%) HP
6 5 (2.17%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.74%) Blue Prism
7 4 (1.74%) Dell
7 4 (1.74%) IBM
7 4 (1.74%) Remedy
7 4 (1.74%) Splunk
7 4 (1.74%) UiPath
8 3 (1.30%) F5
8 3 (1.30%) Palantir