Government Security Classifications Contract Job Trends in London

Government Security Classifications (GSC)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Government Security Classifications skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 352 380
Rank change year-on-year -20 +28 -
Contract jobs citing Government Security Classifications 2 12 13
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.014% 0.084% 0.072%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.077% 0.61% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 10
10th Percentile £489 £450 -
25th Percentile £520 £490 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £558 £575
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% -2.87% -
75th Percentile £670 £588 £588
90th Percentile £703 £606 £600
England median daily rate £550 £523 £550
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.94% -22.54%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,614 1,971 2,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.27% 13.78% 13.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,751 1,195 1,859
10th Percentile £343 £300 £363
25th Percentile £415 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £565
Median % change year-on-year - -7.08% +2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £700
90th Percentile £750 £775 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 30 48
10th Percentile £18.25 £19.81 £18.75
25th Percentile £25.15 £22.65 £24.79
Median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% - +10.24%
75th Percentile £39.87 £78.40 £52.50
90th Percentile £74.48 £95.25 £64.65
England median hourly rate £26.11 £30.21 £33.75
% change year-on-year -13.57% -10.49% +40.63%

Government Security Classifications
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Government Security Classifications job vacancy trend in London

Government Security Classifications
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Government Security Classifications
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Government Security Classifications in London over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Government Security Classifications in London

Government Security Classifications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) EDRMS
1 1 (50.00%) Metadata
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Architect
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Data Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (50.00%) Information Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Information Management
1 1 (50.00%) Records Management
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Meridio
1 1 (50.00%) OpenText