Government Security Classifications Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Government Security Classifications (GSC)
South London > Croydon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Croydon requiring Government Security Classifications skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - 37
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Government Security Classifications 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 2.84% - 0.56%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.39% - 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £525
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £500 - £525

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Croydon

Government Security Classifications falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Croydon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 23 7 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Croydon 16.31% 6.42% 7.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 8
10th Percentile £412 £313 -
25th Percentile £475 £358 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £435 £438
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% -0.57% +6.06%
75th Percentile £538 £498 £547
90th Percentile £567 £668 £616
South London median daily rate £500 £470 £488
% change year-on-year +6.38% -3.59% +39.29%

Government Security Classifications
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Government Security Classifications relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Croydon.

Government Security Classifications job vacancy trend in Croydon

Government Security Classifications
Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Government Security Classifications.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Government Security Classifications

Government Security Classifications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 4 (100.00%) Kanban
1 4 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 4 (100.00%) Security Management
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (50.00%) Presales
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) CISM
2 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 3 (75.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 3 (75.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow