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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 20 17
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 +8
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 206 194 359
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 10.25% 8.17% 9.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 41.28% 37.74% 45.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 121 211
10th Percentile £416 £381 £413
25th Percentile £463 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £669
90th Percentile £723 £750 £738
London median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £18.67 - £18.22
25th Percentile £21.06 £20.22 £18.56
Median hourly rate £25.08 £20.82 £19.35
Median % change year-on-year +20.47% +7.56% -
75th Percentile £45.34 £21.41 £20.39
90th Percentile £57.48 - £20.87
London median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +14.32% -63.33% +34.83%

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 499 514 784
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 24.83% 21.65% 20.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 323 475
10th Percentile £357 £363 £325
25th Percentile £463 £453 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £673 £697
90th Percentile £763 £775 £820
London median daily rate £525 £525 £560
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 6
10th Percentile £25.04 £20.22 £17.31
25th Percentile £26.57 £20.29 £18.56
Median hourly rate £34.48 £24.00 £36.10
Median % change year-on-year +43.67% -33.52% -17.01%
75th Percentile £57.96 £27.00 £53.50
90th Percentile £65.57 £35.38 £68.75
London median hourly rate £26.32 £25.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year +3.22% -52.78% +27.06%

Security Cleared
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 5 July 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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Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Central London over the 6 months to 5 July 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 5 July 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 +4 183 £550 +6.02% 181
City of Westminster +3 10 £613 +13.43% 11
West End of London -2 8 £580 +7.41% 14
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 10 (4.85%) Confluence
2 4 (1.94%) Apache
3 3 (1.46%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.97%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.97%) CMS
4 2 (0.97%) nginx
4 2 (0.97%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.49%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.49%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.49%) Camunda
5 1 (0.49%) Documentum
5 1 (0.49%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.49%) MTS
Applications
1 7 (3.40%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.97%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.49%) SPSS
3 1 (0.49%) Stata
3 1 (0.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.46%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (1.46%) Oracle Cash Management
2 3 (1.46%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.46%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.46%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.97%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.97%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.97%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.49%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.49%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.49%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 61 (29.61%) AWS
2 28 (13.59%) Azure
3 15 (7.28%) Power Platform
4 13 (6.31%) Serverless
5 12 (5.83%) AWS Lambda
6 11 (5.34%) Amazon S3
7 10 (4.85%) GCP
8 7 (3.40%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (3.40%) OCI
9 6 (2.91%) Amazon SQS
9 6 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (2.91%) GitHub
10 5 (2.43%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (2.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (1.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 4 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.94%) SaaS
12 3 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.46%) OpenShift
13 2 (0.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.77%) Firewall
2 7 (3.40%) VPN
3 6 (2.91%) DNS
3 6 (2.91%) Network Security
4 4 (1.94%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (1.94%) WAN
5 3 (1.46%) BGP
5 3 (1.46%) EIGRP
5 3 (1.46%) LAN
5 3 (1.46%) OSPF
5 3 (1.46%) SAN
5 3 (1.46%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (0.97%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (0.97%) HTTP
6 2 (0.97%) MPLS
6 2 (0.97%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.97%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.49%) MGCP
7 1 (0.49%) SSL
7 1 (0.49%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.80%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (6.31%) Power BI
3 12 (5.83%) MongoDB
4 11 (5.34%) NoSQL
5 7 (3.40%) Redis
6 6 (2.91%) Amazon Athena
6 6 (2.91%) Tableau
7 5 (2.43%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.43%) DocumentDB
8 4 (1.94%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.94%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.46%) Metadata
9 3 (1.46%) MySQL
9 3 (1.46%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (1.46%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.97%) Apache Hive
10 2 (0.97%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 13 (6.31%) JIRA
2 11 (5.34%) Git
3 7 (3.40%) SonarQube
4 6 (2.91%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.43%) GitLab
6 4 (1.94%) Selenium
7 2 (0.97%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.97%) JUnit
7 2 (0.97%) MSI
7 2 (0.97%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.49%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.49%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.49%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.49%) Gatling
8 1 (0.49%) Hamcrest
8 1 (0.49%) Postman
8 1 (0.49%) Serenity BDD
8 1 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.49%) Travis CI
8 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 82 (39.81%) Public Sector
2 50 (24.27%) Social Skills
3 26 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (11.65%) Finance
5 11 (5.34%) Military
6 10 (4.85%) Police
7 6 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.43%) Banking
8 5 (2.43%) General Ledger
8 5 (2.43%) Law
9 3 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.46%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.97%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.97%) Marketing
10 2 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.49%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 35 (16.99%) Architect
1 35 (16.99%) Developer
2 19 (9.22%) Senior
3 18 (8.74%) Analyst
4 15 (7.28%) Lead
5 13 (6.31%) Security Architect
6 12 (5.83%) Java Developer
7 11 (5.34%) Data Engineer
8 10 (4.85%) Business Analyst
8 10 (4.85%) SC Cleared Java Developer
9 7 (3.40%) Full-Stack Developer
10 6 (2.91%) Change Manager
10 6 (2.91%) Consultant
10 6 (2.91%) Network Architect
11 5 (2.43%) DevOps Engineer
11 5 (2.43%) JavaScript Engineer
11 5 (2.43%) Senior Analyst
11 5 (2.43%) Senior Architect
11 5 (2.43%) Technical Architect
12 4 (1.94%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.74%) React
2 15 (7.28%) Kafka
3 12 (5.83%) Spring
3 12 (5.83%) Spring Boot
4 10 (4.85%) Node.js
5 9 (4.37%) HTML
6 7 (3.40%) CSS
6 7 (3.40%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (2.91%) REST
8 5 (2.43%) XML
9 4 (1.94%) OAuth
9 4 (1.94%) Pandas
9 4 (1.94%) scikit-learn
9 4 (1.94%) TensorFlow
10 3 (1.46%) .NET
10 3 (1.46%) JSON
10 3 (1.46%) OpenID
10 3 (1.46%) SAML
10 3 (1.46%) Web Services
10 3 (1.46%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.88%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.40%) Algorithms
2 7 (3.40%) Onboarding
2 7 (3.40%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.91%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.43%) Freedom of Information
5 4 (1.94%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.94%) PKI
6 3 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.46%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.97%) Clustering
7 2 (0.97%) CMDB
7 2 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.97%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.97%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.28%) Linux
1 15 (7.28%) Windows
2 6 (2.91%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.46%) AIX
3 3 (1.46%) Oracle Linux
3 3 (1.46%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.97%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.97%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.49%) Android
5 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.49%) VMS
5 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (22.82%) Agile
2 34 (16.50%) DevOps
3 31 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (12.14%) Microservices
5 22 (10.68%) CI/CD
6 18 (8.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 16 (7.77%) Project Management
8 15 (7.28%) Migration
9 14 (6.80%) Analytics
9 14 (6.80%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (6.31%) Decision-Making
10 13 (6.31%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (5.83%) Business Intelligence
11 12 (5.83%) Mentoring
11 12 (5.83%) SOLID
12 11 (5.34%) API Development
12 11 (5.34%) Clean Code
12 11 (5.34%) Infrastructure as Code
12 11 (5.34%) ITIL
13 10 (4.85%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 32 (15.53%) Python
2 28 (13.59%) Java
2 28 (13.59%) SQL
3 25 (12.14%) JavaScript
4 9 (4.37%) Bash
5 6 (2.91%) PowerShell
6 5 (2.43%) R
7 4 (1.94%) C#
7 4 (1.94%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.46%) Go
8 3 (1.46%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.97%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.97%) Groovy
9 2 (0.97%) Ruby
9 2 (0.97%) Scala
10 1 (0.49%) C
10 1 (0.49%) C++
10 1 (0.49%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.49%) Perl
10 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 169 (82.04%) SC Cleared
2 19 (9.22%) Degree
3 16 (7.77%) DV Cleared
4 11 (5.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (4.37%) AWS Certified Developer
5 9 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.40%) CISSP
7 5 (2.43%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.94%) CCNP
8 4 (1.94%) CISM
9 3 (1.46%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.46%) OCP
9 3 (1.46%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.97%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.97%) CCIE
10 2 (0.97%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.97%) VCAP
10 2 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.49%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.91%) GDPR
1 6 (2.91%) NIST
2 5 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.94%) QA
4 3 (1.46%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (1.46%) PMO
4 3 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.49%) GRC
6 1 (0.49%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 1 (0.49%) SLA
6 1 (0.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (5.83%) Docker
2 8 (3.88%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.97%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.49%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.49%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.49%) Firmware
5 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (12.62%) Kubernetes
2 18 (8.74%) Terraform
3 12 (5.83%) Ansible
4 5 (2.43%) SCCM
5 3 (1.46%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.46%) Grafana
5 3 (1.46%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.46%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.46%) Puppet
6 2 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.97%) Kibana
6 2 (0.97%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.97%) WSUS
7 1 (0.49%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.49%) Cisco LMS
7 1 (0.49%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (0.49%) Cisco UCCE
7 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.49%) Nessus
7 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (10.19%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.28%) Oracle
3 11 (5.34%) Cisco
4 6 (2.91%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.43%) Databricks
5 5 (2.43%) SAP
5 5 (2.43%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.94%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.46%) Blue Prism
7 3 (1.46%) Citrix
7 3 (1.46%) F5
7 3 (1.46%) Google
7 3 (1.46%) Juniper
7 3 (1.46%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.46%) UiPath
7 3 (1.46%) VMware
8 2 (0.97%) Mellanox
8 2 (0.97%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.97%) Sparx
8 2 (0.97%) Splunk