Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Hillingdon

Security Clearance
West London > Hillingdon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hillingdon with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 10 6
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 28 1 10
As % of all contract jobs in Hillingdon 35.90% 2.86% 13.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 68.29% 16.67% 43.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 6
10th Percentile £400 - £488
25th Percentile £400 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% +212.50%
75th Percentile £441 - £519
90th Percentile £450 - £563
West London median daily rate £425 £255 £575
% change year-on-year +66.67% -55.65% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 0
10th Percentile £19.54 - -
25th Percentile £21.46 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West London median hourly rate £25.15 - £60.00

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 41 6 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon 52.56% 17.14% 30.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 3 14
10th Percentile £385 £360 £281
25th Percentile £400 £375 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £490
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -18.37% +30.67%
75th Percentile £450 £475 £500
90th Percentile - £520 £525
West London median daily rate £400 £375 £550
% change year-on-year +6.67% -31.82% +17.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 0
10th Percentile £19.54 - -
25th Percentile £21.46 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -74.85% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West London median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £60.00
% change year-on-year +12.93% -62.88% +78.52%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon.

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Hillingdon

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Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing Security Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing Security Cleared

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Hourly Rate Trend in Hillingdon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing Security Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing Security Cleared

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Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 15 December 2025. 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
Northwood +1 12 - -
Uxbridge - 9 £425 -
Stockley Park - 4 £400 -
Ruislip - 3 - -
West Drayton - 2 £407 -
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (46.43%) Firewall
1 13 (46.43%) LAN
1 13 (46.43%) SD-WAN
2 11 (39.29%) Cisco Nexus
2 11 (39.29%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (25.00%) WAN
4 6 (21.43%) VPN
5 2 (7.14%) BGP
5 2 (7.14%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (7.14%) DHCP
5 2 (7.14%) DMVPN
5 2 (7.14%) DNS
5 2 (7.14%) EIGRP
5 2 (7.14%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (7.14%) Network Security
5 2 (7.14%) OSPF
5 2 (7.14%) SSL
5 2 (7.14%) VLAN
5 2 (7.14%) Wireless
5 2 (7.14%) WLAN
General
1 6 (21.43%) Telecoms
2 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
2 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (32.14%) Architect
2 8 (28.57%) Network Architect
3 7 (25.00%) Network Design Architect
4 4 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Desktop Migration Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Desktop Support
4 4 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Migration Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Windows Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Windows Support Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Network Engineer
6 2 (7.14%) Cisco Architect
6 2 (7.14%) Cisco Network Architect
7 1 (3.57%) Design Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Network Design Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Network Security Administrator
7 1 (3.57%) Network Security Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Technical Architect
7 1 (3.57%) Technical Design Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Windows
2 4 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) Migration
1 15 (53.57%) Workflow
1 15 (53.57%) Workflow Management
2 10 (35.71%) Inventory Management
3 8 (28.57%) Network Design
4 2 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (7.14%) Patch Management
4 2 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (3.57%) Logistics
Qualifications
1 26 (92.86%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) CCNP
2 2 (7.14%) CCSA
2 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 13 (46.43%) Cisco
2 11 (39.29%) Fortinet
3 2 (7.14%) CheckPoint
3 2 (7.14%) F5
3 2 (7.14%) Juniper
3 2 (7.14%) Meraki
3 2 (7.14%) SolarWinds