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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 11 18
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 +20
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 250 277 257
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 12.76% 11.45% 8.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 45.13% 45.56% 42.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 167 149
10th Percentile £353 £343 £404
25th Percentile £425 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £663
90th Percentile £700 £700 £740
London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £21.55 £47.40 £18.37
25th Percentile £28.27 £71.63 £18.93
Median hourly rate £40.43 £112.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.90% +86.67% +61.07%
75th Percentile £53.49 - £65.00
90th Percentile £60.74 - £72.50
London median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -58.08% +9.09% -

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 554 608 604
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 28.27% 25.13% 20.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 408 360 371
10th Percentile £342 £312 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% -3.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £684
90th Percentile £738 £744 £788
London median daily rate £527 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.18% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 8
10th Percentile - £23.10 £16.28
25th Percentile £25.47 £27.00 £18.70
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £42.49
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -23.50% -15.87%
75th Percentile £34.48 £112.00 £67.19
90th Percentile £52.16 - £74.88
London median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -35.51% -25.71% +6.06%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 0 232 £525 - 38
West End of London +9 7 £543 +9.60% 1
City of Westminster +1 7 £543 +19.63% 2
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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 18 (7.20%) Confluence
2 17 (6.80%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.80%) Apache
4 2 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.40%) CMS
5 1 (0.40%) Mattermost
5 1 (0.40%) nginx
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.40%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.40%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.80%) Maximo
4 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.40%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.40%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.40%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.40%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.40%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 55 (22.00%) Azure
2 46 (18.40%) AWS
3 23 (9.20%) Power Platform
4 18 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (6.80%) GitHub
6 13 (5.20%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (5.20%) Serverless
7 12 (4.80%) Amazon S3
7 12 (4.80%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (4.40%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (4.40%) Power Automate
9 10 (4.00%) GCP
9 10 (4.00%) PowerApps
10 9 (3.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 9 (3.60%) SaaS
11 7 (2.80%) Azure Machine Learning
11 7 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (2.40%) Apigee
12 6 (2.40%) Entra ID
12 6 (2.40%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.80%) Firewall
2 6 (2.40%) SSL
3 5 (2.00%) DNS
3 5 (2.00%) VPN
4 3 (1.20%) SAN
4 3 (1.20%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.80%) DKIM
5 2 (0.80%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.80%) Internet
5 2 (0.80%) Network Security
5 2 (0.80%) WAN
6 1 (0.40%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.40%) DHCP
6 1 (0.40%) HTTP
6 1 (0.40%) Junos
6 1 (0.40%) NAS
6 1 (0.40%) NX-OS
6 1 (0.40%) OpenLDAP
6 1 (0.40%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.80%) Power BI
2 8 (3.20%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (2.80%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.00%) Metadata
5 4 (1.60%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.20%) Amazon QuickSight
6 3 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.20%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.20%) DataStage
7 2 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.80%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.80%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.80%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.80%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.80%) Power Query
7 2 (0.80%) Redis
7 2 (0.80%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.80%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (9.60%) JIRA
2 13 (5.20%) Git
3 7 (2.80%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.60%) Selenium
5 3 (1.20%) GitLab
5 3 (1.20%) Postman
6 2 (0.80%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.80%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.80%) JUnit
6 2 (0.80%) MLflow
6 2 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.40%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.40%) Gatling
7 1 (0.40%) Hamcrest
7 1 (0.40%) jMock
7 1 (0.40%) Maven
7 1 (0.40%) Mockito
7 1 (0.40%) MSTest
7 1 (0.40%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.40%) TeamCity
General
1 90 (36.00%) Public Sector
2 49 (19.60%) Social Skills
3 31 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.20%) Finance
5 10 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.40%) Legal
7 5 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.60%) Banking
8 4 (1.60%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.20%) Law
9 3 (1.20%) Military
10 1 (0.40%) Billing
10 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Police
Job Titles
1 35 (14.00%) Developer
2 33 (13.20%) Senior
3 32 (12.80%) Analyst
4 19 (7.60%) Architect
5 18 (7.20%) Consultant
6 17 (6.80%) DevOps Engineer
7 15 (6.00%) Business Analyst
8 12 (4.80%) Data Engineer
8 12 (4.80%) Lead
9 8 (3.20%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 8 (3.20%) AWS Engineer
10 6 (2.40%) AWS DevOps
10 6 (2.40%) AWS DevOps Engineer
10 6 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (2.40%) Support Analyst
11 5 (2.00%) Delivery Manager
11 5 (2.00%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
11 5 (2.00%) Fraud Analyst
11 5 (2.00%) Security Engineer
11 5 (2.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.80%) REST
2 13 (5.20%) HTML
3 11 (4.40%) Node.js
4 10 (4.00%) CSS
5 9 (3.60%) JSON
5 9 (3.60%) SOAP
6 8 (3.20%) OAuth
6 8 (3.20%) XML
7 7 (2.80%) .NET
8 6 (2.40%) Lightning Web Components
9 5 (2.00%) AngularJS
9 5 (2.00%) HTML5
9 5 (2.00%) jQuery
9 5 (2.00%) JWT
9 5 (2.00%) Web Services
10 4 (1.60%) LDAP
10 4 (1.60%) Oracle Fusion
10 4 (1.60%) React
11 3 (1.20%) SAML
11 3 (1.20%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.20%) Cloud Native
2 9 (3.60%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.40%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.60%) AI Agents
5 4 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (1.60%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.20%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.80%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.80%) Handset
7 2 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.80%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.80%) PKI
7 2 (0.80%) Replication
8 1 (0.40%) SCADA
8 1 (0.40%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.20%) Linux
2 9 (3.60%) Windows
3 3 (1.20%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.80%) Android
4 2 (0.80%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.40%) Unix
5 1 (0.40%) VMS
5 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (26.40%) Agile
2 47 (18.80%) DevOps
3 33 (13.20%) CI/CD
4 28 (11.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 26 (10.40%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (9.60%) Stakeholder Management
7 22 (8.80%) Migration
8 21 (8.40%) AI
9 18 (7.20%) Roadmaps
10 16 (6.40%) Decision-Making
11 15 (6.00%) Analytics
11 15 (6.00%) Cybersecurity
11 15 (6.00%) Data Science
11 15 (6.00%) User Experience
12 14 (5.60%) Machine Learning
13 13 (5.20%) Data Pipeline
13 13 (5.20%) Infrastructure as Code
13 13 (5.20%) Workshop Facilitation
14 12 (4.80%) Continuous Improvement
14 12 (4.80%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 39 (15.60%) Python
2 24 (9.60%) JavaScript
3 23 (9.20%) SQL
4 14 (5.60%) PowerShell
5 10 (4.00%) Java
6 8 (3.20%) C#
7 7 (2.80%) Apex Code
8 6 (2.40%) Bash
9 4 (1.60%) Go
10 3 (1.20%) R
11 2 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.80%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.80%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.40%) C++
12 1 (0.40%) Ruby
12 1 (0.40%) Scala
12 1 (0.40%) SOQL
12 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 213 (85.20%) SC Cleared
2 23 (9.20%) DV Cleared
3 8 (3.20%) Degree
3 8 (3.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 6 (2.40%) AWS Certification
4 6 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.00%) CISSP
6 4 (1.60%) CTC Cleared
6 4 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.80%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.80%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (0.80%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.80%) GIAC
7 2 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.80%) MCITP
7 2 (0.80%) VCAP
8 1 (0.40%) RIBA
8 1 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.60%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.80%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.40%) WCAG
4 5 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.00%) NIST
5 4 (1.60%) NCSC
6 3 (1.20%) QA
7 2 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.80%) GDPR
7 2 (0.80%) SLA
8 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.40%) COBIT
8 1 (0.40%) GRC
8 1 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.40%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.40%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (7.20%) Docker
2 10 (4.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.20%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.80%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (8.40%) Terraform
2 19 (7.60%) Kubernetes
3 13 (5.20%) Ansible
4 5 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.00%) vRealize
5 4 (1.60%) Argo
5 4 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.80%) NetBackup
6 2 (0.80%) PowerCLI
6 2 (0.80%) SCCM
6 2 (0.80%) SCOM
6 2 (0.80%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.40%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.40%) Ambari
7 1 (0.40%) Consul
7 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.40%) Grafana
7 1 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.40%) Puppet
7 1 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 44 (17.60%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.40%) Oracle
2 11 (4.40%) Salesforce
3 10 (4.00%) Databricks
3 10 (4.00%) VMware
4 9 (3.60%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.80%) Axway
6 6 (2.40%) Google
6 6 (2.40%) SAP
7 5 (2.00%) Cisco
7 5 (2.00%) HP
7 5 (2.00%) Palo Alto
8 4 (1.60%) Dell
8 4 (1.60%) Foundry
8 4 (1.60%) Remedy
9 3 (1.20%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.20%) F5
9 3 (1.20%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.20%) Splunk
9 3 (1.20%) webMethods