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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 16 21
Rank change year-on-year +13 +5 -4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 444 212 194
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 16.77% 10.34% 8.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 65.68% 41.81% 37.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 142 119
10th Percentile £425 £413 £404
25th Percentile £466 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £654
90th Percentile £701 £725 £753
London median daily rate £538 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £21.38 £18.67 -
25th Percentile £24.20 £21.06 £20.22
Median hourly rate £42.89 £25.08 £20.82
Median % change year-on-year +71.03% +20.47% +7.56%
75th Percentile £67.94 £45.34 £21.41
90th Percentile £73.23 £57.48 -
London median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +138.57% +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 676 507 518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 25.53% 24.72% 21.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 338 325
10th Percentile £405 £350 £363
25th Percentile £463 £462 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £542 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £646 £675 £675
90th Percentile £734 £763 £775
London median daily rate £528 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.48% - -6.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 6
10th Percentile £19.48 £25.04 £20.22
25th Percentile £26.58 £26.57 £20.29
Median hourly rate £41.75 £34.48 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.09% +43.67% -33.52%
75th Percentile £57.69 £57.96 £27.00
90th Percentile £66.18 £65.57 £35.38
London median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £25.50
% change year-on-year +114.71% -1.37% -52.78%

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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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +13 404 £550 - 104
City of Westminster +2 23 £604 -1.43% 10
West End of London +4 22 £607 +4.74% 10
Southwark - 6 £600 - 2
Lambeth - 2 £475 -
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 14 (3.15%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.93%) Confluence
3 3 (0.68%) Apache
3 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.45%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.45%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.23%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.23%) nginx
5 1 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.68%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.45%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.45%) Revit
3 2 (0.45%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.23%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.23%) Maya
Business Applications
1 6 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.45%) Exchequer
2 2 (0.45%) iTrent
2 2 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.45%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.45%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) Findur
3 1 (0.23%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.23%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.23%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.23%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.23%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 111 (25.00%) Azure
2 69 (15.54%) AWS
3 37 (8.33%) GCP
4 32 (7.21%) GitHub
5 26 (5.86%) GitHub Actions
5 26 (5.86%) Power Platform
6 15 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (2.93%) Azure AKS
7 13 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (2.48%) SaaS
9 10 (2.25%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (2.25%) PaaS
10 9 (2.03%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 9 (2.03%) PowerApps
11 8 (1.80%) Amazon S3
11 8 (1.80%) Power Automate
11 8 (1.80%) Serverless
12 7 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (1.58%) OCI
13 6 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.60%) Firewall
2 12 (2.70%) Network Security
3 11 (2.48%) DNS
4 8 (1.80%) VPN
5 4 (0.90%) DHCP
5 4 (0.90%) LAN
6 3 (0.68%) NGFW
6 3 (0.68%) SMTP
6 3 (0.68%) WAN
7 2 (0.45%) FTP
7 2 (0.45%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.45%) Internet
7 2 (0.45%) NAS
7 2 (0.45%) SAN
7 2 (0.45%) VSAN
8 1 (0.23%) 3G
8 1 (0.23%) BGP
8 1 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.23%) VLAN
8 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.38%) Power BI
2 12 (2.70%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.58%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.35%) Amazon Athena
4 6 (1.35%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.13%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.90%) Big Data
6 4 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.90%) Metadata
7 3 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.45%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.45%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (0.45%) Spatial Data
8 2 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (5.63%) Git
2 22 (4.95%) JIRA
3 18 (4.05%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.48%) GitLab
5 7 (1.58%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.35%) Selenium
7 5 (1.13%) JUnit
7 5 (1.13%) Mockito
7 5 (1.13%) Postman
7 5 (1.13%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.90%) JMeter
9 3 (0.68%) Liquibase
9 3 (0.68%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.45%) Ant
10 2 (0.45%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.23%) ERwin
11 1 (0.23%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.23%) Subversion
General
1 99 (22.30%) Public Sector
2 93 (20.95%) Social Skills
3 41 (9.23%) Finance
4 28 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (4.95%) Military
6 16 (3.60%) Banking
7 9 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (2.03%) Law
8 7 (1.58%) Police
8 7 (1.58%) Retail
9 6 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.35%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.68%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.68%) Legal
10 3 (0.68%) Local Government
10 3 (0.68%) Publishing
11 2 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.45%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.45%) Marketing
11 2 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 100 (22.52%) Architect
2 49 (11.04%) Developer
3 42 (9.46%) Senior
4 35 (7.88%) Lead
5 29 (6.53%) Analyst
6 25 (5.63%) Consultant
7 23 (5.18%) Cloud Engineer
8 21 (4.73%) Solutions Architect
9 20 (4.50%) Data Architect
9 20 (4.50%) DevOps Engineer
10 16 (3.60%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (3.60%) Business Analyst
10 16 (3.60%) Platform Engineer
11 15 (3.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (3.15%) Applications Architect
12 14 (3.15%) Data Engineer
12 14 (3.15%) Technical Architect
13 12 (2.70%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 12 (2.70%) GCP Engineer
13 12 (2.70%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.15%) REST
2 12 (2.70%) Spring
3 11 (2.48%) Spring Boot
4 9 (2.03%) .NET
4 9 (2.03%) PySpark
4 9 (2.03%) React
4 9 (2.03%) RESTful
5 8 (1.80%) Kafka
5 8 (1.80%) Node.js
6 6 (1.35%) HTML
6 6 (1.35%) JSON
6 6 (1.35%) Playwright
6 6 (1.35%) Swagger
7 5 (1.13%) SOAP
8 4 (0.90%) AngularJS
8 4 (0.90%) Pandas
8 4 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (0.90%) scikit-learn
9 3 (0.68%) GeoJSON
9 3 (0.68%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.98%) Cloud Native
2 15 (3.38%) Data Centre
3 14 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (2.03%) Onboarding
5 8 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.13%) LIMS
7 5 (1.13%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.13%) PKI
7 5 (1.13%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.90%) Clustering
8 4 (0.90%) Management Information System
8 4 (0.90%) NHS
8 4 (0.90%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.68%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.68%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (0.68%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.68%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.28%) Linux
1 19 (4.28%) Windows
2 10 (2.25%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.45%) VMS
3 2 (0.45%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.23%) AIX
4 1 (0.23%) CentOS
4 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.23%) Solaris
4 1 (0.23%) SUSE
4 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.23%) Unix
4 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (19.59%) DevOps
2 80 (18.02%) CI/CD
3 63 (14.19%) Infrastructure as Code
4 58 (13.06%) Agile
5 49 (11.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 47 (10.59%) AI
7 45 (10.14%) Migration
8 44 (9.91%) Containerisation
9 35 (7.88%) Platform Engineering
10 30 (6.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (6.53%) Data Modelling
12 28 (6.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 27 (6.08%) Problem-Solving
14 26 (5.86%) Microservices
14 26 (5.86%) Test Automation
15 21 (4.73%) Analytics
15 21 (4.73%) Cybersecurity
15 21 (4.73%) Observability
16 20 (4.50%) Software Engineering
17 19 (4.28%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 49 (11.04%) Python
2 30 (6.76%) Java
3 28 (6.31%) SQL
4 18 (4.05%) C#
4 18 (4.05%) JavaScript
5 17 (3.83%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.48%) Bash
7 9 (2.03%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.35%) Ruby
9 4 (0.90%) Bicep
9 4 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.45%) ActionScript
10 2 (0.45%) ActionScript 2.0
10 2 (0.45%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.45%) R
10 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.23%) Scala
11 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.23%) X++
Qualifications
1 374 (84.23%) SC Cleared
2 41 (9.23%) DV Cleared
3 18 (4.05%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (2.48%) Degree
5 6 (1.35%) CTC Cleared
6 5 (1.13%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.13%) CISSP
6 5 (1.13%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.90%) GIAC
8 3 (0.68%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.68%) CISM
8 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.45%) APMP
9 2 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.45%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.45%) OSCP
9 2 (0.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.18%) QA
2 15 (3.38%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.93%) NCSC
4 12 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.03%) NIST
6 8 (1.80%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.90%) GDPR
10 3 (0.68%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
11 2 (0.45%) GRC
11 2 (0.45%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.23%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.23%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.23%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (5.63%) Docker
2 17 (3.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.93%) Active Directory
4 9 (2.03%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.13%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.90%) vSphere
8 3 (0.68%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.68%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.68%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.45%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.23%) Firmware
10 1 (0.23%) NFS
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.23%) UAG
10 1 (0.23%) XenApp
10 1 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 61 (13.74%) Kubernetes
2 44 (9.91%) Terraform
3 20 (4.50%) Ansible
4 14 (3.15%) Prometheus
5 12 (2.70%) Grafana
6 9 (2.03%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.35%) Puppet
7 6 (1.35%) SCCM
8 4 (0.90%) vMotion
9 3 (0.68%) Istio
9 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.68%) Nagios
9 3 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.45%) vRealize
11 1 (0.23%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.23%) Salt
11 1 (0.23%) SCVMM
11 1 (0.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 60 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.95%) Databricks
3 21 (4.73%) Oracle
4 20 (4.50%) Google
4 20 (4.50%) VMware
5 12 (2.70%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.25%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.35%) Cisco
7 6 (1.35%) Dynatrace
7 6 (1.35%) SAP
7 6 (1.35%) Splunk
7 6 (1.35%) webMethods
8 5 (1.13%) Citrix
9 4 (0.90%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.90%) HP
9 4 (0.90%) IBM
9 4 (0.90%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.90%) Pure Storage
10 3 (0.68%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.68%) Palo Alto