Security Cleared Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 16 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +11
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 236 212 330
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 11.82% 8.67% 8.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 48.07% 42.23% 42.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 132 203
10th Percentile £405 £401 £375
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £510 £545
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.42% -0.91%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £675
90th Percentile £700 £749 £765
London median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £20.22 £20.22
Median hourly rate £22.00 £40.41 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -45.55% +95.16% -71.44%
75th Percentile - £65.00 £21.19
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £37.25 £22.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +69.32% -61.74% +29.21%

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 491 502 769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 24.59% 20.52% 19.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 315 451
10th Percentile £368 £366 £325
25th Percentile £456 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £663 £644 £700
90th Percentile £763 £775 £820
London median daily rate £525 £540 £575
% change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 5
10th Percentile £24.16 £20.22 £18.06
25th Percentile £27.39 £22.60 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.00 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -47.57% +13.19%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.38 £53.75
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £71.75
London median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
% change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security 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 Security Cleared in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Central London

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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 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security 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 Security Cleared in Central London.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 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 +4 209 £536 +5.00% 48
City of Westminster -1 7 £613 - 1
West End of London -5 6 £578 +129.00% 4
Camden - 1 £580 -
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London

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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 12 (5.08%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.24%) Confluence
3 7 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.12%) Apache
5 4 (1.69%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.27%) CMS
6 3 (1.27%) Jupyter
6 3 (1.27%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.85%) nginx
8 1 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.42%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.42%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.42%) Camunda
8 1 (0.42%) Documentum
8 1 (0.42%) MTS
8 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.42%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.85%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.42%) SPSS
4 1 (0.42%) Stata
Business Applications
1 5 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.27%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (1.27%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (1.27%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.27%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.85%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.85%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.42%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.42%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.42%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.42%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 77 (32.63%) AWS
2 35 (14.83%) Azure
3 22 (9.32%) Power Platform
4 17 (7.20%) Serverless
5 14 (5.93%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (5.51%) Amazon S3
7 12 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (3.39%) Power Automate
9 7 (2.97%) Entra ID
9 7 (2.97%) GCP
9 7 (2.97%) OCI
10 6 (2.54%) Amazon SQS
10 6 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.54%) OneDrive
11 5 (2.12%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (2.12%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (1.69%) GitHub
12 4 (1.69%) Google Workspace
12 4 (1.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.36%) Firewall
2 9 (3.81%) DNS
2 9 (3.81%) Network Security
3 7 (2.97%) VPN
4 4 (1.69%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (1.69%) DHCP
4 4 (1.69%) WAN
5 3 (1.27%) BGP
5 3 (1.27%) EIGRP
5 3 (1.27%) LAN
5 3 (1.27%) OSPF
5 3 (1.27%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (1.27%) SSH
5 3 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.85%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.85%) HTTP
6 2 (0.85%) MPLS
6 2 (0.85%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.85%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.42%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (13.56%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (8.05%) MongoDB
2 19 (8.05%) NoSQL
3 13 (5.51%) Power BI
4 12 (5.08%) SQL Server
5 8 (3.39%) Redis
6 7 (2.97%) Amazon Athena
7 6 (2.54%) Tableau
8 5 (2.12%) DocumentDB
9 4 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.69%) MySQL
9 4 (1.69%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (1.27%) Apache Hive
10 3 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.27%) Delta Lake
10 3 (1.27%) Oracle Database
10 3 (1.27%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.85%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.85%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.85%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 21 (8.90%) Git
2 15 (6.36%) JIRA
3 10 (4.24%) SonarQube
4 9 (3.81%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.69%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.69%) GitLab
6 3 (1.27%) JUnit
6 3 (1.27%) RStudio
6 3 (1.27%) Selenium
7 2 (0.85%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.85%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.85%) MSI
7 2 (0.85%) Postman
7 2 (0.85%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.42%) ESLint
8 1 (0.42%) Gatling
8 1 (0.42%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.42%) Travis CI
8 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 105 (44.49%) Public Sector
2 47 (19.92%) Social Skills
3 28 (11.86%) Finance
4 26 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.93%) Military
6 8 (3.39%) Police
7 6 (2.54%) Banking
8 5 (2.12%) General Ledger
9 4 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.69%) Law
9 4 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.27%) Marketing
10 3 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.27%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.42%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.42%) Local Government
11 1 (0.42%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 51 (21.61%) Developer
2 34 (14.41%) Architect
3 19 (8.05%) Java Developer
4 18 (7.63%) Senior
5 17 (7.20%) SC Cleared Java Developer
6 16 (6.78%) Analyst
7 15 (6.36%) Lead
8 12 (5.08%) Business Analyst
8 12 (5.08%) Data Engineer
8 12 (5.08%) Security Architect
9 11 (4.66%) Full-Stack Developer
10 9 (3.81%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (3.81%) Support Engineer
11 6 (2.54%) Change Manager
11 6 (2.54%) Consultant
11 6 (2.54%) Network Architect
12 5 (2.12%) Azure Engineer
12 5 (2.12%) Data Scientist
12 5 (2.12%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (2.12%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (13.14%) React
2 25 (10.59%) Kafka
3 21 (8.90%) Spring
4 20 (8.47%) Spring Boot
5 17 (7.20%) HTML
6 14 (5.93%) CSS
7 12 (5.08%) .NET
8 11 (4.66%) Node.js
9 9 (3.81%) RESTful
10 7 (2.97%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (2.97%) Web Services
11 5 (2.12%) pydantic
11 5 (2.12%) REST
12 4 (1.69%) GraphQL
12 4 (1.69%) OAuth
12 4 (1.69%) Pandas
12 4 (1.69%) scikit-learn
12 4 (1.69%) TensorFlow
12 4 (1.69%) XML
12 4 (1.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.81%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.97%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.54%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.12%) Algorithms
4 5 (2.12%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.12%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.12%) Freedom of Information
5 4 (1.69%) Data Centre
5 4 (1.69%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.27%) CMDB
6 3 (1.27%) PKI
6 3 (1.27%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.27%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.85%) Clustering
7 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Licensing
7 2 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.85%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.32%) Windows
2 19 (8.05%) Linux
3 8 (3.39%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.12%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.69%) Android
5 4 (1.69%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.27%) AIX
6 3 (1.27%) Oracle Linux
6 3 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.27%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.85%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.42%) SUSE
8 1 (0.42%) Unix
8 1 (0.42%) VMS
8 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (23.31%) Agile
1 55 (23.31%) DevOps
2 42 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (13.98%) CI/CD
3 33 (13.98%) Microservices
4 22 (9.32%) Clean Code
4 22 (9.32%) SOLID
5 19 (8.05%) API Development
6 18 (7.63%) Project Management
7 17 (7.20%) Service Management
8 16 (6.78%) ITIL
8 16 (6.78%) Migration
8 16 (6.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 15 (6.36%) Data Protection
9 15 (6.36%) Full-Stack Development
9 15 (6.36%) Mentoring
10 14 (5.93%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (5.51%) Containerisation
12 12 (5.08%) Analytics
12 12 (5.08%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 47 (19.92%) SQL
2 41 (17.37%) JavaScript
3 38 (16.10%) Python
4 36 (15.25%) Java
5 16 (6.78%) PowerShell
6 11 (4.66%) Bash
7 9 (3.81%) C#
8 5 (2.12%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.69%) Scala
10 3 (1.27%) Go
10 3 (1.27%) R
10 3 (1.27%) Ruby
10 3 (1.27%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.27%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.85%) Bicep
11 2 (0.85%) Groovy
11 2 (0.85%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.42%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.42%) C
12 1 (0.42%) X++
Qualifications
1 193 (81.78%) SC Cleared
2 20 (8.47%) Degree
3 16 (6.78%) AWS Certified Developer
3 16 (6.78%) DV Cleared
4 10 (4.24%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.97%) CISSP
6 6 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.12%) CISM
8 4 (1.69%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.69%) CCNP
9 3 (1.27%) OCP
9 3 (1.27%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 2 (0.85%) CCIE
10 2 (0.85%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.85%) VCAP
10 2 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.24%) GDPR
2 7 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.97%) NIST
3 4 (1.69%) QA
4 3 (1.27%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.27%) SLA
5 2 (0.85%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (0.85%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.85%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.42%) GRC
6 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.42%) PMO
6 1 (0.42%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (6.78%) Active Directory
1 16 (6.78%) Docker
2 3 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.85%) BitLocker
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.42%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.42%) Firmware
4 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (17.80%) Kubernetes
2 18 (7.63%) Terraform
3 13 (5.51%) Ansible
4 9 (3.81%) SCCM
5 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.27%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.27%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.27%) Puppet
8 2 (0.85%) Grafana
8 2 (0.85%) Kibana
8 2 (0.85%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.85%) WSUS
9 1 (0.42%) CASB
9 1 (0.42%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.42%) EnCase
9 1 (0.42%) FTK
9 1 (0.42%) Istio
9 1 (0.42%) Rancher
9 1 (0.42%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 31 (13.14%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.05%) Oracle
3 10 (4.24%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.81%) Cisco
5 5 (2.12%) Databricks
5 5 (2.12%) Google
6 4 (1.69%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.27%) Apple
7 3 (1.27%) Citrix
7 3 (1.27%) F5
7 3 (1.27%) Juniper
7 3 (1.27%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.27%) Remedy
7 3 (1.27%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.27%) SAP
7 3 (1.27%) VMware
8 2 (0.85%) Atempo
8 2 (0.85%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.85%) BeyondTrust
8 2 (0.85%) Mellanox