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 26 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 16 13
Rank change year-on-year +10 -3 +3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 406 205 228
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 16.49% 10.60% 9.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.24% 42.36% 42.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 147 141
10th Percentile £418 £382 £363
25th Percentile £468 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £623
90th Percentile £700 £675 £701
London median daily rate £550 £538 £538
% change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £23.05 £18.67 -
25th Percentile £28.38 £21.06 -
Median hourly rate £40.50 £25.08 £112.00
Median % change year-on-year +61.52% -77.61% +140.86%
75th Percentile £54.38 £45.34 -
90th Percentile £60.75 £57.48 -
London median hourly rate £57.25 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +127.63% -28.14% -39.13%

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 642 484 539
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 26.08% 25.03% 23.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 458 322 333
10th Percentile £400 £315 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% - -
75th Percentile £638 £660 £650
90th Percentile £736 £726 £751
London median daily rate £550 £538 £538
% change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 5
10th Percentile £29.00 £24.24 £23.10
25th Percentile £37.89 £25.88 -
Median hourly rate £54.50 £31.32 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.04% +15.98% +50.00%
75th Percentile £110.17 £47.74 £112.00
90th Percentile £155.34 £69.02 -
London median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +114.71% -28.14% -24.32%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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 +10 364 £538 +2.38% 165
West End of London +2 29 £600 +4.35% 12
City of Westminster +2 26 £584 +1.52% 17
Southwark - 9 £600 - 1
Lambeth - 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 (4.19%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.71%) Confluence
3 6 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.74%) Apache
5 2 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.49%) nginx
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.25%) CMS
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.25%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.49%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.49%) Revit
3 2 (0.49%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.74%) Exchequer
3 3 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.49%) iTrent
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle SCM
4 2 (0.49%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.49%) SAP Travel Management
4 2 (0.49%) SAP WM
5 1 (0.25%) Maximo
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.25%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.25%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.25%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.25%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.25%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 119 (29.31%) Azure
2 56 (13.79%) AWS
3 35 (8.62%) Power Platform
4 34 (8.37%) GCP
5 33 (8.13%) GitHub
6 26 (6.40%) GitHub Actions
7 23 (5.67%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (3.69%) Azure AKS
9 13 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (2.96%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 11 (2.71%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (2.71%) PowerApps
12 10 (2.46%) SaaS
12 10 (2.46%) Serverless
13 9 (2.22%) Azure Databricks
13 9 (2.22%) PaaS
13 9 (2.22%) Power Automate
14 8 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (1.72%) Azure Functions
15 7 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.43%) DNS
2 16 (3.94%) Firewall
3 9 (2.22%) VPN
4 7 (1.72%) Network Security
5 6 (1.48%) Internet
6 5 (1.23%) DHCP
7 3 (0.74%) LAN
7 3 (0.74%) SMTP
8 2 (0.49%) FTP
8 2 (0.49%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.49%) NGFW
8 2 (0.49%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.49%) SAN
8 2 (0.49%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.49%) WAN
9 1 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.25%) NAS
9 1 (0.25%) OpenVPN
9 1 (0.25%) SSH
9 1 (0.25%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.68%) Power BI
2 17 (4.19%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.72%) Metadata
3 7 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (1.48%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.48%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.23%) Amazon Athena
5 5 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.23%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.99%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.99%) Tableau
7 3 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.74%) Big Data
7 3 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.49%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 26 (6.40%) Git
2 22 (5.42%) Jenkins
3 16 (3.94%) JIRA
4 13 (3.20%) GitLab
5 10 (2.46%) Postman
6 7 (1.72%) Selenium
6 7 (1.72%) Visual Studio
7 6 (1.48%) JMeter
8 5 (1.23%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.99%) JUnit
9 4 (0.99%) Mockito
9 4 (0.99%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.74%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.74%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.74%) eggPlant
10 3 (0.74%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.74%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.49%) Gradle
11 2 (0.49%) SonarQube
General
1 111 (27.34%) Public Sector
2 91 (22.41%) Social Skills
3 42 (10.34%) Finance
4 34 (8.37%) Military
5 23 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (3.94%) Banking
6 16 (3.94%) Law
7 15 (3.69%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (1.72%) Legal
8 7 (1.72%) Police
9 6 (1.48%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.23%) Local Government
10 5 (1.23%) Retail
11 4 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.99%) Marketing
11 4 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.74%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.74%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 83 (20.44%) Architect
2 43 (10.59%) Lead
3 41 (10.10%) Developer
4 36 (8.87%) Senior
5 25 (6.16%) Data Architect
6 22 (5.42%) Consultant
7 21 (5.17%) Cloud Engineer
8 20 (4.93%) Analyst
9 19 (4.68%) Solutions Architect
10 17 (4.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
12 12 (2.96%) Data Engineer
12 12 (2.96%) Technical Architect
13 11 (2.71%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (2.71%) Tester
14 10 (2.46%) Designer
14 10 (2.46%) Senior Developer
14 10 (2.46%) Support Engineer
15 8 (1.97%) Enterprise Architect
15 8 (1.97%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (10.59%) Terraform
2 25 (6.16%) REST
3 18 (4.43%) .NET
4 15 (3.69%) SOAP
5 12 (2.96%) Kafka
6 11 (2.71%) Middleware
6 11 (2.71%) Spring
6 11 (2.71%) Spring Boot
7 10 (2.46%) HTML
7 10 (2.46%) XML
8 8 (1.97%) JSON
8 8 (1.97%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (1.97%) RESTful
8 8 (1.97%) Web Services
9 7 (1.72%) PySpark
10 6 (1.48%) Swagger
11 5 (1.23%) ASP.NET Web API
11 5 (1.23%) Node.js
11 5 (1.23%) Playwright
12 4 (0.99%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.90%) Cloud Native
2 13 (3.20%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.96%) Data Centre
3 12 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.46%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.72%) AI Agents
7 6 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (1.48%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.48%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.23%) Clustering
8 5 (1.23%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.23%) Replication
9 4 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.99%) PKI
9 4 (0.99%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.74%) CMDB
10 3 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.74%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.74%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 30 (7.39%) Windows
2 21 (5.17%) Linux
3 16 (3.94%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.74%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.74%) Unix
4 3 (0.74%) VMS
5 2 (0.49%) Android
5 2 (0.49%) OpenVMS
5 2 (0.49%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.49%) zOS
6 1 (0.25%) AIX
6 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.25%) CentOS
6 1 (0.25%) MVS
6 1 (0.25%) Solaris
6 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (21.92%) CI/CD
2 86 (21.18%) DevOps
3 69 (17.00%) Agile
4 54 (13.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (13.05%) Infrastructure as Code
6 52 (12.81%) Migration
7 51 (12.56%) AI
8 50 (12.32%) Containerisation
9 42 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
10 38 (9.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 37 (9.11%) Problem-Solving
12 30 (7.39%) Test Automation
13 29 (7.14%) Data Modelling
14 27 (6.65%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 27 (6.65%) Microservices
15 26 (6.40%) Cybersecurity
16 25 (6.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 25 (6.16%) Roadmaps
17 24 (5.91%) Observability
18 23 (5.67%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 48 (11.82%) Python
2 42 (10.34%) SQL
3 30 (7.39%) Java
4 25 (6.16%) PowerShell
5 24 (5.91%) C#
6 19 (4.68%) JavaScript
7 13 (3.20%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.71%) Bash
9 7 (1.72%) Bicep
10 5 (1.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.74%) R
11 3 (0.74%) Ruby
12 2 (0.49%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.49%) ActionScript 2.0
12 2 (0.49%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.49%) JCL
12 2 (0.49%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.25%) C++
13 1 (0.25%) REXX
13 1 (0.25%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 326 (80.30%) SC Cleared
2 55 (13.55%) DV Cleared
3 14 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (2.96%) Degree
5 7 (1.72%) CISSP
6 5 (1.23%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.23%) CISM
6 5 (1.23%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.74%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.49%) CEH
8 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.49%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.49%) GIAC
8 2 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.49%) OSCP
8 2 (0.49%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.49%) PMP
8 2 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.25%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.64%) QA
2 17 (4.19%) NCSC
3 16 (3.94%) Data Quality
4 14 (3.45%) NIST
5 12 (2.96%) Accessibility
5 12 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.48%) GDPR
7 5 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.23%) Government Security Classifications
7 5 (1.23%) SLA
8 4 (0.99%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.74%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.49%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.49%) GRC
10 2 (0.49%) GxP
10 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (0.49%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (6.40%) Docker
2 19 (4.68%) Active Directory
3 17 (4.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.97%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.23%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.74%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.74%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (0.74%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.74%) vSphere
8 2 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.25%) UAG
9 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 65 (16.01%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.68%) Ansible
3 12 (2.96%) Grafana
3 12 (2.96%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.72%) vCenter Server
5 6 (1.48%) Puppet
5 6 (1.48%) SCCM
6 4 (0.99%) Istio
6 4 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.74%) Nagios
7 3 (0.74%) SCOM
7 3 (0.74%) vMotion
7 3 (0.74%) WSUS
8 2 (0.49%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.49%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.49%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.25%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 78 (19.21%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.14%) Oracle
3 25 (6.16%) Google
4 23 (5.67%) ServiceNow
5 22 (5.42%) VMware
6 17 (4.19%) Databricks
7 12 (2.96%) SAP
8 9 (2.22%) IBM
9 8 (1.97%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.72%) Splunk
11 6 (1.48%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.48%) webMethods
12 4 (0.99%) Citrix
12 4 (0.99%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.99%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.99%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.99%) Remedy
13 3 (0.74%) AppDynamics
13 3 (0.74%) Foundry
13 3 (0.74%) MuleSoft