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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 367 385
Rank change year-on-year -59 +18 +76
Contract jobs citing Government Security Classifications 19 5 6
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.095% 0.037% 0.037%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.50% 0.22% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 6
10th Percentile £501 - -
25th Percentile £578 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £643 £700 £499
Median % change year-on-year -8.14% +40.23% -16.80%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £523
90th Percentile - - £533
England median daily rate £593 £700 £475
% change year-on-year -15.29% +47.37% -20.83%

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 3,778 2,307 2,215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.81% 17.05% 13.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,554 1,549 1,512
10th Percentile £350 £319 £350
25th Percentile £430 £413 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £794
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 44 43
10th Percentile £18.35 - £16.99
25th Percentile £24.81 £25.15 £21.13
Median hourly rate £34.06 £34.48 £26.68
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% +29.24% -2.98%
75th Percentile £44.75 £44.75 £46.25
90th Percentile £66.71 £54.63 £59.00
England median hourly rate £38.72 £31.64 £27.50
% change year-on-year +22.38% +15.05% -28.50%

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 14 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Government Security Classifications in London

Government Security Classifications
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Government Security Classifications within the London region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
Central London - 5 £625 - 2
South London - 1 £500 -
Government Security Classifications
England

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 3 (15.79%) Apache
1 3 (15.79%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) SAP GRC
1 2 (10.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Azure
2 4 (21.05%) AWS
3 2 (10.53%) Amazon S3
3 2 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (10.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (10.53%) dbt
3 2 (10.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (5.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (5.26%) Amazon EventBridge
4 1 (5.26%) Amazon Kinesis
4 1 (5.26%) Azure AKS
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Storage
4 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) DHCP
1 2 (10.53%) DNS
1 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) Delta Lake
2 2 (10.53%) NoSQL
2 2 (10.53%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.26%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Git
General
1 9 (47.37%) Public Sector
2 7 (36.84%) Police
3 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
4 4 (21.05%) Law
5 2 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Legal
6 1 (5.26%) Finance
6 1 (5.26%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Architect
2 8 (42.11%) Security Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Applications Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) SAP Security Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Security Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Data Architect
4 1 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Information Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Platform Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Product Architect
4 1 (5.26%) SAP HANA Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) .NET
1 2 (10.53%) .NET Core
1 2 (10.53%) ASP.NET
1 2 (10.53%) Blazor
1 2 (10.53%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (5.26%) PySpark
2 1 (5.26%) REST
2 1 (5.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Private Cloud
1 3 (15.79%) Public Cloud
2 2 (10.53%) Cloud Native
2 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.53%) PKI
2 2 (10.53%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
1 2 (10.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Information Security
2 8 (42.11%) Data Protection
3 5 (26.32%) Migration
4 4 (21.05%) DevOps
5 3 (15.79%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
5 3 (15.79%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (15.79%) Security Architecture
5 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (10.53%) Agile
6 2 (10.53%) AI
6 2 (10.53%) Data Architecture
6 2 (10.53%) Data Governance
6 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (10.53%) High Availability
6 2 (10.53%) Information Assurance
6 2 (10.53%) Information Management
6 2 (10.53%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (10.53%) TOGAF
6 2 (10.53%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) Python
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) Bicep
2 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (94.74%) Security Cleared
2 12 (63.16%) DV Cleared
3 10 (52.63%) CISM
3 10 (52.63%) CISSP
4 8 (42.11%) SC Cleared
5 2 (10.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (5.26%) CRISC
6 1 (5.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (5.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (47.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 4 (21.05%) NCSC
3 3 (15.79%) GDPR
3 3 (15.79%) GRC
4 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (10.53%) QA
5 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (5.26%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
1 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (10.53%) Terraform
2 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Databricks
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco
3 2 (10.53%) SAP
3 2 (10.53%) VMware