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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 15 14
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 416 206 224
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 16.70% 10.61% 9.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.90% 42.39% 41.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 306 145 138
10th Percentile £419 £362 £371
25th Percentile £468 £435 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £526
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -0.14% -4.41%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £623
90th Percentile £700 £681 £712
London median daily rate £550 £538 £538
% change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £23.05 £18.67 -
25th Percentile £28.38 £21.06 -
Median hourly rate £40.50 £25.08 -
Median % change year-on-year +61.52% - -
75th Percentile £54.38 £45.34 -
90th Percentile £60.75 £57.48 -
London median hourly rate £57.25 £25.15 £27.09
% change year-on-year +127.63% -7.16% -54.85%

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 651 486 537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 26.13% 25.03% 23.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 321 332
10th Percentile £400 £313 £350
25th Percentile £463 £440 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £542 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% - -
75th Percentile £638 £661 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £750
London median daily rate £550 £537 £538
% change year-on-year +2.42% -0.09% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 3
10th Percentile £28.05 £25.04 £21.80
25th Percentile £34.46 £26.00 £23.75
Median hourly rate £56.00 £34.48 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.41% +27.70% +50.00%
75th Percentile £132.76 £57.96 -
90th Percentile £155.34 £65.57 -
London median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £33.50
% change year-on-year +114.71% -24.93% -37.96%

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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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +8 370 £544 +3.57% 174
West End of London +3 31 £600 - 14
City of Westminster +4 30 £538 -10.42% 26
Southwark - 9 £600 - 1
Lambeth - 1 - -
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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 17 (4.09%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.64%) Confluence
3 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.72%) Apache
5 2 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (0.48%) nginx
6 1 (0.24%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.24%) CMS
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.24%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.48%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.48%) Revit
3 2 (0.48%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.72%) Exchequer
3 3 (0.72%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.48%) iTrent
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle SCM
4 2 (0.48%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.24%) Maximo
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.24%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.24%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.24%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (0.24%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 124 (29.81%) Azure
2 59 (14.18%) AWS
3 40 (9.62%) GCP
4 34 (8.17%) GitHub
4 34 (8.17%) Power Platform
5 28 (6.73%) GitHub Actions
6 23 (5.53%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (3.37%) Azure AKS
8 12 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
8 12 (2.88%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 12 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (2.40%) Azure Databricks
9 10 (2.40%) PowerApps
9 10 (2.40%) SaaS
10 9 (2.16%) PaaS
10 9 (2.16%) Power Automate
10 9 (2.16%) Serverless
11 8 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (1.68%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.33%) DNS
2 17 (4.09%) Firewall
3 10 (2.40%) VPN
4 8 (1.92%) Network Security
5 6 (1.44%) Internet
6 5 (1.20%) DHCP
7 4 (0.96%) LAN
8 3 (0.72%) SMTP
9 2 (0.48%) FTP
9 2 (0.48%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.48%) NGFW
9 2 (0.48%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.48%) SAN
9 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.48%) WAN
10 1 (0.24%) NAS
10 1 (0.24%) OpenVPN
10 1 (0.24%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.24%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.57%) Power BI
2 17 (4.09%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (1.44%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.44%) Metadata
4 6 (1.44%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.20%) Amazon Athena
5 5 (1.20%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.96%) BigQuery
6 4 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.96%) Tableau
7 3 (0.72%) Big Data
7 3 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.72%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 27 (6.49%) Git
2 23 (5.53%) Jenkins
3 16 (3.85%) JIRA
4 14 (3.37%) GitLab
5 9 (2.16%) Postman
6 7 (1.68%) Selenium
6 7 (1.68%) Visual Studio
7 6 (1.44%) JMeter
8 5 (1.20%) JUnit
8 5 (1.20%) Mockito
8 5 (1.20%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.96%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.72%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
10 3 (0.72%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.72%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.48%) eggPlant
11 2 (0.48%) Gradle
11 2 (0.48%) LoadRunner
General
1 116 (27.88%) Public Sector
2 91 (21.88%) Social Skills
3 43 (10.34%) Finance
4 34 (8.17%) Military
5 22 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (4.33%) Law
7 16 (3.85%) Banking
8 13 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.16%) Police
10 7 (1.68%) Legal
10 7 (1.68%) Retail
11 6 (1.44%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.20%) Local Government
12 5 (1.20%) Marketing
13 4 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.72%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.72%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.24%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 86 (20.67%) Architect
2 46 (11.06%) Developer
3 39 (9.38%) Lead
4 37 (8.89%) Senior
5 25 (6.01%) Data Architect
6 24 (5.77%) Cloud Engineer
7 23 (5.53%) Consultant
8 21 (5.05%) Analyst
9 19 (4.57%) Solutions Architect
10 17 (4.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (3.61%) DevOps Engineer
12 13 (3.13%) Azure Engineer
13 12 (2.88%) Technical Architect
14 11 (2.64%) Senior Developer
14 11 (2.64%) Tester
15 10 (2.40%) Data Engineer
15 10 (2.40%) GCP Engineer
15 10 (2.40%) Support Engineer
16 9 (2.16%) Designer
17 8 (1.92%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (10.34%) Terraform
2 25 (6.01%) REST
3 19 (4.57%) .NET
4 14 (3.37%) SOAP
5 12 (2.88%) Spring
5 12 (2.88%) Spring Boot
6 11 (2.64%) Kafka
7 10 (2.40%) HTML
7 10 (2.40%) Middleware
7 10 (2.40%) RESTful
7 10 (2.40%) XML
8 9 (2.16%) JSON
9 8 (1.92%) Web Services
10 7 (1.68%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (1.68%) PySpark
10 7 (1.68%) Swagger
11 6 (1.44%) Node.js
11 6 (1.44%) React
12 5 (1.20%) ASP.NET Web API
12 5 (1.20%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.73%) Cloud Native
2 13 (3.13%) Data Centre
2 13 (3.13%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.40%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.68%) AI Agents
6 7 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (1.44%) Clustering
7 6 (1.44%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.44%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.44%) Replication
8 5 (1.20%) PKI
8 5 (1.20%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.96%) Private Cloud
9 4 (0.96%) Taxonomies
10 3 (0.72%) CMDB
10 3 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (7.45%) Windows
2 23 (5.53%) Linux
3 17 (4.09%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.96%) Unix
4 4 (0.96%) VMS
5 3 (0.72%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.48%) Android
6 2 (0.48%) OpenVMS
6 2 (0.48%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.48%) zOS
7 1 (0.24%) AIX
7 1 (0.24%) CentOS
7 1 (0.24%) MVS
7 1 (0.24%) Solaris
7 1 (0.24%) SUSE
7 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (21.88%) CI/CD
2 87 (20.91%) DevOps
3 72 (17.31%) Agile
4 55 (13.22%) Infrastructure as Code
5 54 (12.98%) AI
5 54 (12.98%) Migration
6 53 (12.74%) Containerisation
6 53 (12.74%) Stakeholder Management
7 44 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (8.65%) Problem-Solving
8 36 (8.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 31 (7.45%) Test Automation
10 30 (7.21%) Data Modelling
11 29 (6.97%) Microservices
12 27 (6.49%) Cybersecurity
13 26 (6.25%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 25 (6.01%) Analytics
14 25 (6.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 25 (6.01%) Observability
15 24 (5.77%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 49 (11.78%) Python
2 41 (9.86%) SQL
3 32 (7.69%) Java
4 26 (6.25%) PowerShell
5 25 (6.01%) C#
6 19 (4.57%) JavaScript
7 14 (3.37%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.64%) Bash
9 7 (1.68%) Bicep
10 5 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.72%) R
11 3 (0.72%) Ruby
12 2 (0.48%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.48%) ActionScript 2.0
12 2 (0.48%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.48%) JCL
12 2 (0.48%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.24%) C++
13 1 (0.24%) SOQL
13 1 (0.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 330 (79.33%) SC Cleared
2 56 (13.46%) DV Cleared
3 14 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (2.88%) Degree
5 7 (1.68%) CISSP
6 6 (1.44%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.20%) CISM
7 5 (1.20%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.72%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.72%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.48%) CEH
9 2 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.48%) GIAC
9 2 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.48%) OSCP
9 2 (0.48%) PMP
9 2 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.24%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (0.24%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.45%) QA
2 17 (4.09%) NCSC
3 16 (3.85%) Data Quality
4 14 (3.37%) NIST
5 13 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.88%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.20%) GDPR
8 5 (1.20%) Government Security Classifications
9 4 (0.96%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 4 (0.96%) SLA
10 3 (0.72%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.48%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 2 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.48%) GRC
11 2 (0.48%) GxP
11 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 29 (6.97%) Docker
2 20 (4.81%) Active Directory
3 18 (4.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.16%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.68%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.44%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.96%) vSphere
8 3 (0.72%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.72%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.72%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.24%) Firmware
10 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.24%) UAG
10 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 66 (15.87%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.81%) Ansible
3 12 (2.88%) Grafana
3 12 (2.88%) Prometheus
4 8 (1.92%) vCenter Server
5 7 (1.68%) SCCM
6 6 (1.44%) Puppet
7 4 (0.96%) Istio
7 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.72%) Nagios
8 3 (0.72%) SCOM
8 3 (0.72%) vMotion
8 3 (0.72%) WSUS
9 2 (0.48%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.48%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.24%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.24%) Packer
Vendors
1 78 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.49%) Google
2 27 (6.49%) Oracle
3 23 (5.53%) ServiceNow
3 23 (5.53%) VMware
4 21 (5.05%) Databricks
5 12 (2.88%) SAP
6 9 (2.16%) IBM
7 8 (1.92%) Dynatrace
8 7 (1.68%) Splunk
9 6 (1.44%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.44%) webMethods
10 4 (0.96%) Citrix
10 4 (0.96%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.96%) MuleSoft
10 4 (0.96%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.96%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.96%) Remedy
11 3 (0.72%) AppDynamics
11 3 (0.72%) Foundry