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 11 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 16 20
Rank change year-on-year +12 +4 -3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 446 218 201
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 17.25% 10.59% 8.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 65.88% 42.41% 38.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 152 129
10th Percentile £425 £351 £406
25th Percentile £465 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.27%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £714 £738
London median daily rate £550 £530 £538
% change year-on-year +3.77% -1.40% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
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 £59.75 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +137.57% +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 677 514 527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 26.19% 24.96% 22.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 494 345 335
10th Percentile £404 £313 £374
25th Percentile £463 £453 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £547 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £663
90th Percentile £734 £763 £775
London median daily rate £540 £530 £537
% change year-on-year +1.89% -1.39% -2.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 5
10th Percentile £19.45 £25.11 £20.33
25th Percentile £26.63 £26.13 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.53 £31.78 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.86% +17.69% +50.00%
75th Percentile £60.31 £55.06 -
90th Percentile £68.53 £65.39 £37.05
London median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £27.00
% change year-on-year +114.71% -6.85% -50.91%

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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 11 August 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 11 August 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 11 August 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 +12 398 £544 +3.57% 104
City of Westminster +3 33 £588 -2.08% 11
West End of London +3 30 £607 +4.74% 5
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 17 (3.81%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.36%) Confluence
3 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.67%) Apache
5 2 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.45%) nginx
5 2 (0.45%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.22%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.22%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.45%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.45%) Revit
2 2 (0.45%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.22%) Maya
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.45%) Exchequer
4 2 (0.45%) iTrent
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle SCM
4 2 (0.45%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.45%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.22%) Findur
5 1 (0.22%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.22%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.22%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.22%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.22%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 119 (26.68%) Azure
2 71 (15.92%) AWS
3 44 (9.87%) GCP
4 37 (8.30%) GitHub
5 29 (6.50%) GitHub Actions
5 29 (6.50%) Power Platform
6 22 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (3.36%) Azure AKS
8 13 (2.91%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 12 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (2.69%) SaaS
10 11 (2.47%) PaaS
11 10 (2.24%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (2.24%) OCI
12 9 (2.02%) Serverless
13 8 (1.79%) Amazon S3
13 8 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (1.79%) Power Automate
13 8 (1.79%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.04%) DNS
1 18 (4.04%) Firewall
2 10 (2.24%) Network Security
2 10 (2.24%) VPN
3 6 (1.35%) Internet
4 5 (1.12%) DHCP
5 4 (0.90%) LAN
6 3 (0.67%) NGFW
6 3 (0.67%) SMTP
7 2 (0.45%) FTP
7 2 (0.45%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.45%) SAN
7 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.45%) VSAN
7 2 (0.45%) WAN
8 1 (0.22%) 5G
8 1 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.22%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.59%) Power BI
2 15 (3.36%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.57%) NoSQL
3 7 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.35%) Amazon Athena
4 6 (1.35%) Data Lake
5 5 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.12%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.90%) Big Data
6 4 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.90%) Metadata
6 4 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.67%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.67%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.45%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (6.50%) Git
2 22 (4.93%) Jenkins
3 20 (4.48%) JIRA
4 15 (3.36%) GitLab
5 7 (1.57%) Postman
6 5 (1.12%) Cypress.io
6 5 (1.12%) JMeter
6 5 (1.12%) JUnit
6 5 (1.12%) Mockito
6 5 (1.12%) Selenium
6 5 (1.12%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.67%) Liquibase
8 3 (0.67%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.45%) Ant
9 2 (0.45%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.45%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.45%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 109 (24.44%) Public Sector
2 96 (21.52%) Social Skills
3 42 (9.42%) Finance
4 27 (6.05%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (6.05%) Military
5 17 (3.81%) Law
6 15 (3.36%) Banking
7 12 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.24%) Police
9 7 (1.57%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.35%) Retail
11 4 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.90%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.90%) Legal
12 3 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.67%) Local Government
12 3 (0.67%) Marketing
12 3 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.45%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 100 (22.42%) Architect
2 51 (11.43%) Developer
3 42 (9.42%) Lead
4 40 (8.97%) Senior
5 29 (6.50%) Cloud Engineer
6 25 (5.61%) Analyst
7 23 (5.16%) Data Architect
8 21 (4.71%) Consultant
8 21 (4.71%) Solutions Architect
9 19 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (3.81%) DevOps Engineer
11 15 (3.36%) Azure Engineer
12 13 (2.91%) Applications Architect
12 13 (2.91%) Business Analyst
12 13 (2.91%) Technical Architect
13 12 (2.69%) Data Engineer
13 12 (2.69%) Platform Engineer
13 12 (2.69%) Security Architect
14 11 (2.47%) Senior Developer
14 11 (2.47%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.26%) REST
2 15 (3.36%) .NET
3 12 (2.69%) Spring
4 11 (2.47%) Spring Boot
5 10 (2.24%) Kafka
5 10 (2.24%) RESTful
5 10 (2.24%) SOAP
6 9 (2.02%) HTML
6 9 (2.02%) React
7 8 (1.79%) JSON
7 8 (1.79%) Node.js
7 8 (1.79%) PySpark
8 7 (1.57%) XML
9 6 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (1.35%) Swagger
10 5 (1.12%) Middleware
10 5 (1.12%) Playwright
10 5 (1.12%) Web Services
11 4 (0.90%) CSS
11 4 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.95%) Cloud Native
2 15 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (3.14%) Data Centre
4 12 (2.69%) Onboarding
5 8 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.57%) AI Agents
6 7 (1.57%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.57%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.35%) Clustering
7 6 (1.35%) LIMS
8 5 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.12%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.12%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.12%) PKI
9 4 (0.90%) CMDB
9 4 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.90%) Private Cloud
9 4 (0.90%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.50%) Windows
2 23 (5.16%) Linux
3 17 (3.81%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.12%) VMS
5 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.45%) OpenVMS
6 2 (0.45%) Unix
6 2 (0.45%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.22%) AIX
7 1 (0.22%) Android
7 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.22%) CentOS
7 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.22%) Solaris
7 1 (0.22%) SUSE
7 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (20.63%) DevOps
2 91 (20.40%) CI/CD
3 66 (14.80%) Infrastructure as Code
4 64 (14.35%) Agile
5 57 (12.78%) Migration
6 53 (11.88%) AI
6 53 (11.88%) Containerisation
7 50 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
8 38 (8.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 35 (7.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 33 (7.40%) Problem-Solving
11 31 (6.95%) Data Modelling
11 31 (6.95%) Platform Engineering
12 30 (6.73%) Microservices
12 30 (6.73%) Test Automation
13 26 (5.83%) Observability
14 25 (5.61%) Analytics
14 25 (5.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 24 (5.38%) Event-Driven
16 22 (4.93%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 50 (11.21%) Python
2 36 (8.07%) SQL
3 33 (7.40%) Java
4 25 (5.61%) C#
5 23 (5.16%) PowerShell
6 21 (4.71%) JavaScript
7 14 (3.14%) TypeScript
8 13 (2.91%) Bash
9 6 (1.35%) Bicep
10 5 (1.12%) Ruby
11 4 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.67%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.45%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.45%) ActionScript 2.0
13 2 (0.45%) R
13 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.22%) Go
14 1 (0.22%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.22%) SOQL
14 1 (0.22%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 370 (82.96%) SC Cleared
2 53 (11.88%) DV Cleared
3 16 (3.59%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (1.79%) Degree
5 7 (1.57%) CISSP
6 5 (1.12%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.12%) CISM
6 5 (1.12%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.90%) CTC Cleared
7 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.67%) GIAC
9 2 (0.45%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.45%) CEH
9 2 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.45%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.45%) OSCP
9 2 (0.45%) PMP
9 2 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.61%) QA
2 15 (3.36%) NCSC
3 14 (3.14%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.69%) NIST
5 8 (1.79%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.12%) GDPR
7 5 (1.12%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.67%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.67%) SLA
10 2 (0.45%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.45%) GMP
10 2 (0.45%) GRC
10 2 (0.45%) GxP
10 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 30 (6.73%) Docker
2 19 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.04%) Active Directory
4 10 (2.24%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.12%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.12%) vSphere
7 3 (0.67%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.67%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.67%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.45%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.22%) Firmware
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.22%) UAG
9 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 68 (15.25%) Kubernetes
2 50 (11.21%) Terraform
3 22 (4.93%) Ansible
4 14 (3.14%) Prometheus
5 12 (2.69%) Grafana
6 9 (2.02%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.35%) Puppet
7 6 (1.35%) SCCM
8 5 (1.12%) Istio
9 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Clustering
10 3 (0.67%) Nagios
10 3 (0.67%) vMotion
10 3 (0.67%) WSUS
11 2 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.45%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.45%) SCOM
12 1 (0.22%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.22%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 69 (15.47%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.50%) Oracle
3 28 (6.28%) Google
4 23 (5.16%) VMware
5 20 (4.48%) Databricks
5 20 (4.48%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.02%) SAP
7 8 (1.79%) Dynatrace
7 8 (1.79%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.35%) webMethods
9 5 (1.12%) IBM
9 5 (1.12%) Splunk
10 4 (0.90%) Citrix
10 4 (0.90%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.90%) MuleSoft
10 4 (0.90%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.90%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.90%) Remedy
11 3 (0.67%) Foundry
11 3 (0.67%) Pure Storage