SC Cleared Contracts in Central London

Security Check (SC) Clearance
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 22 39
Rank change year-on-year -7 +17 -3
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 163 290 271
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 6.76% 7.69% 6.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.47% 38.41% 31.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 174 180
10th Percentile £420 £383 £363
25th Percentile £463 £463 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £659
90th Percentile £775 £772 £725
London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.22 £20.22 £66.25
Median hourly rate £20.82 £20.71 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% -71.44% -
75th Percentile £43.20 £21.19 £78.75
90th Percentile £56.28 - -
London median hourly rate £22.00 £54.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -59.26% +21.35% -16.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

SC Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 487 755 854
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 20.19% 20.02% 18.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 448 564
10th Percentile £363 £323 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +5.26%
75th Percentile £641 £700 £638
90th Percentile £775 £820 £725
London median daily rate £538 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.43% +4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 18
10th Percentile £20.22 £18.06 £18.50
25th Percentile £21.41 £20.22 £28.56
Median hourly rate £25.99 £51.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.54% +15.73% +122.50%
75th Percentile £39.56 £53.75 £57.88
90th Percentile £54.38 £71.75 £67.55
London median hourly rate £25.00 £48.75 £44.50
% change year-on-year -48.72% +9.55% +21.92%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Central London.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in Central London

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Central London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in Central London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in Central London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in Central London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC 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 SC Cleared within the Central London region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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 -4 143 £515 -6.36% 24
Lambeth - 2 - -
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London

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (6.13%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.45%) nginx
3 3 (1.84%) Confluence
4 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.23%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.61%) Camunda
5 1 (0.61%) Gunicorn
5 1 (0.61%) JBoss
5 1 (0.61%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.61%) Moodle
5 1 (0.61%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.61%) WebSphere
Applications
1 8 (4.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.07%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.61%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.61%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.61%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 46 (28.22%) AWS
2 15 (9.20%) Amazon S3
3 14 (8.59%) AWS Lambda
3 14 (8.59%) Serverless
4 12 (7.36%) Azure
5 8 (4.91%) Amazon EC2
6 7 (4.29%) Amazon MSK
6 7 (4.29%) AWS Step Functions
7 5 (3.07%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (2.45%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.45%) GitHub
8 4 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.84%) Amazon SQS
9 3 (1.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.23%) Amazon ElastiCache
10 2 (1.23%) GCP
10 2 (1.23%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.23%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.23%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.84%) WAN
2 2 (1.23%) CTI
2 2 (1.23%) Firewall
2 2 (1.23%) H.323
2 2 (1.23%) SD-WAN
2 2 (1.23%) VLAN
2 2 (1.23%) VPN
3 1 (0.61%) DHCP
3 1 (0.61%) DNS
3 1 (0.61%) Internet
3 1 (0.61%) IPv4
3 1 (0.61%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.61%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.98%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (5.52%) Amazon Redshift
3 8 (4.91%) DynamoDB
3 8 (4.91%) NoSQL
3 8 (4.91%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (4.29%) Parquet
5 6 (3.68%) Metadata
6 5 (3.07%) Data Vault
6 5 (3.07%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.45%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.84%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (1.84%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.84%) Tableau
9 2 (1.23%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (1.23%) Amazon QuickSight
9 2 (1.23%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.23%) Siebel EIM
10 1 (0.61%) GIS
10 1 (0.61%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (6.75%) Selenium
2 9 (5.52%) Cucumber
2 9 (5.52%) Git
3 8 (4.91%) Jenkins
4 7 (4.29%) JUnit
5 6 (3.68%) JIRA
6 5 (3.07%) GitLab
6 5 (3.07%) Maven
6 5 (3.07%) Postman
6 5 (3.07%) SonarQube
6 5 (3.07%) TestNG
7 4 (2.45%) Bitbucket
7 4 (2.45%) REST Assured
7 4 (2.45%) WebDriver
8 3 (1.84%) JMeter
8 3 (1.84%) Mockito
8 3 (1.84%) SoapUI
9 2 (1.23%) Appium
9 2 (1.23%) eggPlant
9 2 (1.23%) SOAtest
General
1 58 (35.58%) Public Sector
2 35 (21.47%) Social Skills
3 27 (16.56%) Finance
4 9 (5.52%) Law
5 8 (4.91%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.29%) Banking
7 6 (3.68%) Police
8 5 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.07%) Publishing
9 3 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.84%) Legal
10 2 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.23%) Military
10 2 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.23%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.61%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.61%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.61%) Marketing
11 1 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (15.95%) Architect
2 24 (14.72%) Developer
3 14 (8.59%) Data Engineer
4 13 (7.98%) Consultant
5 11 (6.75%) Analyst
6 10 (6.13%) DevOps Engineer
6 10 (6.13%) Senior
7 8 (4.91%) Data Architect
7 8 (4.91%) Security Architect
8 7 (4.29%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.07%) AWS Engineer
9 5 (3.07%) Cloud Engineer
9 5 (3.07%) Designer
9 5 (3.07%) Java Developer
9 5 (3.07%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
10 4 (2.45%) Full Stack Developer
10 4 (2.45%) IT Consultant
11 3 (1.84%) Project Manager
11 3 (1.84%) Senior Developer
11 3 (1.84%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.98%) Kafka
2 10 (6.13%) Spring
3 9 (5.52%) JSON
3 9 (5.52%) Spring Boot
4 8 (4.91%) CSS
4 8 (4.91%) HTML
4 8 (4.91%) OpenID
4 8 (4.91%) SAML
5 7 (4.29%) Apache Avro
6 6 (3.68%) XACML
7 5 (3.07%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (3.07%) React
7 5 (3.07%) REST
8 4 (2.45%) .NET
8 4 (2.45%) Gherkin
8 4 (2.45%) JAX-RS
8 4 (2.45%) Node.js
8 4 (2.45%) RESTful
9 3 (1.84%) jQuery
9 3 (1.84%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.07%) Reference Data
2 4 (2.45%) Social Media
3 3 (1.84%) Data Centre
3 3 (1.84%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.84%) Product Ownership
3 3 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.23%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.23%) CBDC
4 2 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.23%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.23%) PKI
4 2 (1.23%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.61%) Blockchain
5 1 (0.61%) CMDB
5 1 (0.61%) Digital Currency
5 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.61%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.91%) Linux
2 5 (3.07%) Windows
3 3 (1.84%) Unix
4 2 (1.23%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (18.40%) Agile
2 19 (11.66%) DevOps
3 16 (9.82%) Test Automation
4 15 (9.20%) CI/CD
4 15 (9.20%) Data Modelling
5 13 (7.98%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (7.36%) ETL
7 10 (6.13%) Data Ingestion
8 9 (5.52%) Roadmaps
8 9 (5.52%) Security Architecture
8 9 (5.52%) SFIA
9 8 (4.91%) Data Pipeline
9 8 (4.91%) Decision-Making
9 8 (4.91%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (4.91%) ITIL
9 8 (4.91%) Microservices
9 8 (4.91%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (4.91%) Project Delivery
10 7 (4.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (4.29%) Data Lineage
Programming Languages
1 27 (16.56%) Python
2 23 (14.11%) Java
3 19 (11.66%) SQL
4 10 (6.13%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.45%) C#
6 3 (1.84%) Bash
7 2 (1.23%) C++
7 2 (1.23%) PHP
7 2 (1.23%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.23%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.61%) C
8 1 (0.61%) Go
8 1 (0.61%) Rust
8 1 (0.61%) VC++
Qualifications
1 163 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (6.75%) Degree
3 8 (4.91%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (4.29%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.45%) ACCA
6 3 (1.84%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.23%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.23%) CCNA
7 2 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.23%) CISM
7 2 (1.23%) CISSP
8 1 (0.61%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.61%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.61%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.61%) MBA
8 1 (0.61%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.61%) PMP
8 1 (0.61%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.75%) QA
2 5 (3.07%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.45%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.45%) PMO
4 3 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.84%) NIST
5 2 (1.23%) GDPR
5 2 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.23%) WCAG
6 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.61%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 15 (9.20%) Docker
2 4 (2.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (11.04%) Kubernetes
2 17 (10.43%) Terraform
3 11 (6.75%) Ansible
4 9 (5.52%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (2.45%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.84%) Consul
6 3 (1.84%) Packer
7 2 (1.23%) Kustomize
7 2 (1.23%) Puppet
8 1 (0.61%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.61%) Grafana
8 1 (0.61%) Kibana
8 1 (0.61%) logstash
8 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.61%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 13 (7.98%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.75%) Oracle
3 6 (3.68%) IBM
3 6 (3.68%) Okta
4 5 (3.07%) Sparx
5 3 (1.84%) Avaya
5 3 (1.84%) Brandwatch
5 3 (1.84%) Google
5 3 (1.84%) Red Hat
5 3 (1.84%) SAP
6 2 (1.23%) Cisco
6 2 (1.23%) MKS
6 2 (1.23%) Proofpoint
6 2 (1.23%) Siebel
7 1 (0.61%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (0.61%) BT
7 1 (0.61%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.61%) ESRI
7 1 (0.61%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.61%) VMware