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 26 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 16 20
Rank change year-on-year +13 +4 -3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 435 202 194
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 16.69% 10.39% 8.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 65.12% 42.08% 39.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 133 118
10th Percentile £435 £420 £404
25th Percentile £474 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £724 £754
London median daily rate £525 £525 £530
% change year-on-year - -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £31.62 £18.67 -
25th Percentile £40.39 £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 £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 668 480 495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 25.63% 24.69% 20.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 319 306
10th Percentile £405 £359 £363
25th Percentile £463 £463 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £727 £763 £775
London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.05% +0.05% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 6
10th Percentile £19.13 £24.24 £20.22
25th Percentile £26.58 £27.81 £20.29
Median hourly rate £41.75 £34.48 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.09% +43.67% -33.52%
75th Percentile £57.69 £60.85 £27.00
90th Percentile £66.18 £69.02 £35.38
London median hourly rate £54.00 £25.74 £25.50
% change year-on-year +109.83% +0.92% -51.43%

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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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +14 402 £550 - 60
City of Westminster +1 20 £607 -0.82% 5
West End of London +2 19 £607 +4.74% 3
Lambeth - 2 £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 (2.99%) Confluence
1 13 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.46%) Apache
3 2 (0.46%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.46%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.23%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.23%) nginx
4 1 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.69%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.46%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.46%) Revit
2 2 (0.46%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.23%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.46%) Exchequer
2 2 (0.46%) iTrent
2 2 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.46%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.46%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) Findur
3 1 (0.23%) Integrated Workplace Management System
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
1 107 (24.60%) Azure
2 72 (16.55%) AWS
3 37 (8.51%) GCP
4 30 (6.90%) GitHub
5 25 (5.75%) GitHub Actions
6 22 (5.06%) Power Platform
7 18 (4.14%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (2.99%) Azure AKS
9 12 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (2.30%) SaaS
11 9 (2.07%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 9 (2.07%) PaaS
11 9 (2.07%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.84%) Amazon S3
12 8 (1.84%) Power Automate
12 8 (1.84%) Serverless
13 7 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (1.61%) OCI
14 6 (1.38%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.68%) Firewall
2 12 (2.76%) Network Security
3 10 (2.30%) DNS
4 8 (1.84%) VPN
5 5 (1.15%) LAN
6 4 (0.92%) DHCP
6 4 (0.92%) WAN
7 3 (0.69%) NGFW
7 3 (0.69%) SMTP
8 2 (0.46%) FTP
8 2 (0.46%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.46%) Internet
8 2 (0.46%) NAS
8 2 (0.46%) SAN
8 2 (0.46%) VSAN
8 2 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.23%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.99%) Power BI
2 10 (2.30%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.61%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
5 5 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.15%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.15%) Metadata
5 5 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.92%) Big Data
6 4 (0.92%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.69%) Relational Database
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
8 2 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (5.52%) JIRA
2 22 (5.06%) Git
3 17 (3.91%) Jenkins
4 14 (3.22%) GitLab
5 6 (1.38%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.38%) Selenium
6 5 (1.15%) JUnit
6 5 (1.15%) Mockito
6 5 (1.15%) Postman
6 5 (1.15%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.92%) JMeter
8 3 (0.69%) Liquibase
8 3 (0.69%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.46%) Ant
9 2 (0.46%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.23%) Appium
10 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.23%) TestNG
General
1 92 (21.15%) Public Sector
2 89 (20.46%) Social Skills
3 37 (8.51%) Finance
4 24 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (4.60%) Military
6 15 (3.45%) Banking
7 8 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (1.61%) Police
8 7 (1.61%) Retail
9 5 (1.15%) Law
10 4 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.69%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.69%) Legal
11 3 (0.69%) Marketing
11 3 (0.69%) Publishing
11 3 (0.69%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.46%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.23%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 101 (23.22%) Architect
2 46 (10.57%) Developer
3 39 (8.97%) Senior
4 37 (8.51%) Lead
5 28 (6.44%) Analyst
6 26 (5.98%) DevOps Engineer
7 24 (5.52%) Consultant
8 23 (5.29%) Solutions Architect
9 22 (5.06%) Cloud Engineer
10 20 (4.60%) Data Architect
11 17 (3.91%) Azure Engineer
12 15 (3.45%) Business Analyst
13 14 (3.22%) Applications Architect
13 14 (3.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (3.22%) Platform Engineer
14 13 (2.99%) Data Engineer
14 13 (2.99%) Senior Developer
14 13 (2.99%) Technical Architect
15 12 (2.76%) GCP Engineer
16 11 (2.53%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.76%) Spring
2 11 (2.53%) Spring Boot
3 10 (2.30%) REST
4 9 (2.07%) RESTful
5 8 (1.84%) PySpark
5 8 (1.84%) React
6 7 (1.61%) .NET
7 6 (1.38%) JSON
7 6 (1.38%) Kafka
7 6 (1.38%) Node.js
7 6 (1.38%) Playwright
7 6 (1.38%) Swagger
8 5 (1.15%) HTML
9 4 (0.92%) LangGraph
9 4 (0.92%) Pandas
9 4 (0.92%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (0.92%) scikit-learn
10 3 (0.69%) LangChain
10 3 (0.69%) Lightning Web Components
10 3 (0.69%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.21%) Cloud Native
2 15 (3.45%) Data Centre
3 8 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (1.84%) Onboarding
4 7 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (1.38%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.15%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.15%) PKI
6 5 (1.15%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (0.92%) AI Agents
7 4 (0.92%) Clustering
7 4 (0.92%) LIMS
8 3 (0.69%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.69%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (0.69%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.69%) NHS
8 3 (0.69%) Replication
9 2 (0.46%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.68%) Linux
2 15 (3.45%) Windows
3 8 (1.84%) Windows Server
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%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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 91 (20.92%) DevOps
2 74 (17.01%) CI/CD
3 64 (14.71%) Infrastructure as Code
4 55 (12.64%) Agile
5 46 (10.57%) AI
5 46 (10.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 44 (10.11%) Migration
7 43 (9.89%) Containerisation
8 32 (7.36%) Platform Engineering
9 30 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 28 (6.44%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (5.98%) Problem-Solving
12 25 (5.75%) Data Modelling
13 24 (5.52%) Microservices
14 23 (5.29%) Test Automation
15 22 (5.06%) Software Engineering
16 21 (4.83%) Analytics
17 19 (4.37%) Observability
18 18 (4.14%) Cybersecurity
18 18 (4.14%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 43 (9.89%) Python
2 26 (5.98%) Java
3 22 (5.06%) SQL
4 16 (3.68%) C#
4 16 (3.68%) PowerShell
5 15 (3.45%) JavaScript
6 10 (2.30%) Bash
7 8 (1.84%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.15%) Ruby
9 3 (0.69%) Bicep
9 3 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.46%) ActionScript
10 2 (0.46%) ActionScript 2.0
10 2 (0.46%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.23%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.23%) R
11 1 (0.23%) Scala
11 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.23%) X++
Qualifications
1 369 (84.83%) SC Cleared
2 33 (7.59%) DV Cleared
3 14 (3.22%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (2.53%) Degree
5 6 (1.38%) CTC Cleared
6 5 (1.15%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.92%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.92%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.92%) CISSP
7 4 (0.92%) GIAC
8 3 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.46%) APMP
9 2 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
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%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.83%) QA
2 14 (3.22%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.30%) NCSC
5 8 (1.84%) NIST
6 6 (1.38%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.69%) GDPR
8 3 (0.69%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.69%) SLA
9 2 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.46%) ISO 20022
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%) WCAG
System Software
1 25 (5.75%) Docker
2 15 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.07%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.15%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.69%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.69%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (0.69%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.69%) vSphere
7 1 (0.23%) Firmware
7 1 (0.23%) NFS
7 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.23%) XenApp
7 1 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 59 (13.56%) Kubernetes
2 43 (9.89%) Terraform
3 19 (4.37%) Ansible
4 13 (2.99%) Prometheus
5 11 (2.53%) Grafana
6 6 (1.38%) SCCM
6 6 (1.38%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.15%) Puppet
8 4 (0.92%) vMotion
9 3 (0.69%) Istio
9 3 (0.69%) Nagios
9 3 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.46%) vRealize
11 1 (0.23%) EMC VPLEX
11 1 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.23%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.23%) Rundeck
11 1 (0.23%) Salt
Vendors
1 46 (10.57%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.06%) Databricks
3 19 (4.37%) Google
4 17 (3.91%) Oracle
4 17 (3.91%) VMware
5 10 (2.30%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.07%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.61%) SAP
8 6 (1.38%) Cisco
8 6 (1.38%) Dynatrace
8 6 (1.38%) webMethods
9 5 (1.15%) Citrix
9 5 (1.15%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.15%) Splunk
10 4 (0.92%) HP
10 4 (0.92%) IBM
10 4 (0.92%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.92%) Pure Storage
11 3 (0.69%) AppDynamics
11 3 (0.69%) Palo Alto