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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 16 21
Rank change year-on-year +12 +5 -4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 437 213 194
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 16.87% 10.37% 8.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 65.42% 41.85% 37.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 147 121
10th Percentile £425 £350 £405
25th Percentile £465 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £534 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -0.74% +1.42%
75th Percentile £638 £626 £638
90th Percentile £700 £717 £738
London median daily rate £548 £525 £537
% change year-on-year +4.38% -2.32% -2.28%
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% +15.64%
75th Percentile £70.88 £45.34 £21.41
90th Percentile £74.40 £57.48 -
London median hourly rate £59.50 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +136.58% +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 668 509 518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 25.78% 24.78% 22.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 341 326
10th Percentile £405 £315 £377
25th Percentile £463 £456 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year - -2.65% +2.73%
75th Percentile £639 £675 £675
90th Percentile £734 £763 £775
London median daily rate £538 £525 £530
% change year-on-year +2.38% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 6
10th Percentile £19.45 £25.11 £20.22
25th Percentile £26.63 £26.13 £20.29
Median hourly rate £42.53 £31.78 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.86% +32.40% -31.91%
75th Percentile £60.31 £55.06 £27.00
90th Percentile £68.53 £65.39 £35.38
London median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £26.99
% change year-on-year +114.71% -6.80% -50.94%

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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 29 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 29 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 29 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 +11 390 £550 +3.92% 88
City of Westminster +3 32 £600 -4.00% 9
West End of London +5 29 £604 +0.21% 6
Southwark - 9 £600 -
Lambeth - 2 £475 - 1
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 16 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 14 (3.20%) Confluence
3 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.69%) Apache
5 2 (0.46%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.46%) nginx
5 2 (0.46%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.23%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.46%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
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
3 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.37%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.46%) Exchequer
3 2 (0.46%) iTrent
3 2 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.46%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.46%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.23%) Findur
4 1 (0.23%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.23%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.23%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 111 (25.40%) Azure
2 67 (15.33%) AWS
3 40 (9.15%) GCP
4 34 (7.78%) GitHub
5 27 (6.18%) Power Platform
6 26 (5.95%) GitHub Actions
7 17 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (2.97%) Azure AKS
8 13 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (2.75%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 11 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
10 11 (2.52%) SaaS
11 10 (2.29%) PaaS
12 9 (2.06%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.83%) OCI
14 7 (1.60%) Power Automate
14 7 (1.60%) PowerApps
14 7 (1.60%) Serverless
15 6 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
16 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.66%) Firewall
2 15 (3.43%) DNS
3 12 (2.75%) Network Security
4 10 (2.29%) VPN
5 5 (1.14%) DHCP
6 4 (0.92%) Internet
6 4 (0.92%) LAN
7 3 (0.69%) NGFW
7 3 (0.69%) SMTP
8 2 (0.46%) FTP
8 2 (0.46%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.46%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.46%) SAN
8 2 (0.46%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.46%) VSAN
8 2 (0.46%) WAN
9 1 (0.23%) 5G
9 1 (0.23%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.23%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.23%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.89%) Power BI
2 12 (2.75%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.60%) NoSQL
3 7 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
4 6 (1.37%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.14%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.92%) Big Data
6 4 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.92%) Metadata
7 3 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.69%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.46%) OLAP
8 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (6.18%) Git
2 20 (4.58%) JIRA
3 18 (4.12%) Jenkins
4 12 (2.75%) GitLab
5 6 (1.37%) Cypress.io
6 5 (1.14%) JUnit
6 5 (1.14%) Mockito
7 4 (0.92%) JMeter
7 4 (0.92%) Postman
7 4 (0.92%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.92%) Selenium
8 3 (0.69%) Liquibase
8 3 (0.69%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.46%) Ant
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%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.23%) Gradle
10 1 (0.23%) MLflow
General
1 111 (25.40%) Public Sector
2 94 (21.51%) Social Skills
3 42 (9.61%) Finance
4 28 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (6.18%) Military
6 14 (3.20%) Law
7 13 (2.97%) Banking
8 12 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (2.29%) Police
10 7 (1.60%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.37%) Retail
12 5 (1.14%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.92%) Legal
14 3 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.69%) Local Government
14 3 (0.69%) Publishing
15 2 (0.46%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.46%) Marketing
15 2 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 98 (22.43%) Architect
2 47 (10.76%) Developer
3 41 (9.38%) Lead
4 37 (8.47%) Senior
5 28 (6.41%) Analyst
6 27 (6.18%) Cloud Engineer
7 22 (5.03%) Consultant
8 21 (4.81%) Solutions Architect
9 20 (4.58%) Data Architect
10 18 (4.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 17 (3.89%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (3.43%) Business Analyst
13 14 (3.20%) Azure Engineer
14 13 (2.97%) Applications Architect
14 13 (2.97%) Data Engineer
14 13 (2.97%) Platform Engineer
14 13 (2.97%) Technical Architect
15 11 (2.52%) GCP Engineer
15 11 (2.52%) Senior Developer
15 11 (2.52%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.66%) REST
2 12 (2.75%) Spring
3 11 (2.52%) .NET
3 11 (2.52%) Spring Boot
4 9 (2.06%) React
4 9 (2.06%) RESTful
5 8 (1.83%) Kafka
5 8 (1.83%) Node.js
5 8 (1.83%) PySpark
5 8 (1.83%) SOAP
6 7 (1.60%) HTML
7 6 (1.37%) JSON
7 6 (1.37%) Swagger
8 5 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (1.14%) Playwright
8 5 (1.14%) scikit-learn
9 4 (0.92%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.92%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (0.92%) Web Services
9 4 (0.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.09%) Cloud Native
2 16 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (3.20%) Data Centre
4 9 (2.06%) Onboarding
5 8 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (1.60%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.60%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.37%) LIMS
8 5 (1.14%) Clustering
8 5 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.14%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.14%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.14%) PKI
8 5 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.92%) AI Agents
9 4 (0.92%) CMDB
9 4 (0.92%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (0.92%) NHS
9 4 (0.92%) Private Cloud
9 4 (0.92%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.49%) Windows
2 20 (4.58%) Linux
3 13 (2.97%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.69%) VMS
5 2 (0.46%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.46%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.23%) AIX
6 1 (0.23%) Android
6 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.23%) CentOS
6 1 (0.23%) OpenVMS
6 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.23%) Solaris
6 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.23%) Unix
6 1 (0.23%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (19.91%) DevOps
2 83 (18.99%) CI/CD
3 63 (14.42%) Infrastructure as Code
4 62 (14.19%) Agile
5 51 (11.67%) Migration
6 50 (11.44%) Containerisation
6 50 (11.44%) Stakeholder Management
7 48 (10.98%) AI
8 34 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (7.55%) Problem-Solving
10 32 (7.32%) Platform Engineering
10 32 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 31 (7.09%) Data Modelling
12 27 (6.18%) Microservices
13 26 (5.95%) Test Automation
14 24 (5.49%) Analytics
15 23 (5.26%) Event-Driven
15 23 (5.26%) Observability
16 21 (4.81%) Decision-Making
16 21 (4.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 47 (10.76%) Python
2 31 (7.09%) SQL
3 29 (6.64%) Java
4 19 (4.35%) C#
5 18 (4.12%) PowerShell
6 17 (3.89%) JavaScript
7 11 (2.52%) Bash
8 9 (2.06%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.14%) Ruby
10 4 (0.92%) Bicep
10 4 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.69%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.46%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.46%) ActionScript 2.0
12 2 (0.46%) R
12 2 (0.46%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.23%) C++
13 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.23%) X++
Qualifications
1 362 (82.84%) SC Cleared
2 52 (11.90%) DV Cleared
3 17 (3.89%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (2.06%) Degree
5 6 (1.37%) Azure Certification
5 6 (1.37%) CISSP
6 5 (1.14%) CISM
6 5 (1.14%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.92%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (0.69%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.69%) GIAC
8 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.46%) CEH
9 2 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.46%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.46%) OSCP
9 2 (0.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.26%) QA
2 17 (3.89%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.43%) NCSC
4 12 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.29%) NIST
6 8 (1.83%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.14%) Government Security Classifications
9 4 (0.92%) GDPR
9 4 (0.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.69%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.46%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 2 (0.46%) GMP
11 2 (0.46%) GRC
11 2 (0.46%) GxP
11 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.46%) SLA
12 1 (0.23%) GLP
System Software
1 26 (5.95%) Docker
2 18 (4.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.43%) Active Directory
4 10 (2.29%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.37%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.14%) vSphere
7 3 (0.69%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.69%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.69%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.46%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.23%) Firmware
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.23%) UAG
9 1 (0.23%) XenApp
9 1 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 62 (14.19%) Kubernetes
2 45 (10.30%) Terraform
3 20 (4.58%) Ansible
4 14 (3.20%) Prometheus
5 12 (2.75%) Grafana
6 9 (2.06%) vCenter Server
7 7 (1.60%) SCCM
8 6 (1.37%) Puppet
9 5 (1.14%) Istio
10 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.69%) Nagios
11 3 (0.69%) vMotion
12 2 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (0.46%) WSUS
13 1 (0.23%) Consul
13 1 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
13 1 (0.23%) PowerCLI
13 1 (0.23%) vRealize
Vendors
1 63 (14.42%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.49%) Oracle
3 23 (5.26%) Google
4 22 (5.03%) VMware
5 20 (4.58%) Databricks
6 16 (3.66%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.06%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.83%) SAP
9 6 (1.37%) webMethods
10 5 (1.14%) Citrix
10 5 (1.14%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.14%) Splunk
11 4 (0.92%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.92%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.92%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.92%) Pure Storage
12 3 (0.69%) Cisco
12 3 (0.69%) Foundry
12 3 (0.69%) HP
12 3 (0.69%) IBM