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 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 380 413
Rank change year-on-year +16 +33 -
Contract jobs citing Government Security Classifications 3 7 13
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.022% 0.045% 0.063%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.12% 0.34% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 10
10th Percentile - £510 -
25th Percentile - £518 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £533 £575
Median % change year-on-year +31.41% -7.36% -
75th Percentile - £552 £588
90th Percentile - £569 £600
England median daily rate £700 £523 £575
% change year-on-year +33.75% -8.98% -19.01%

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 2,428 2,065 2,871
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.94% 13.20% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,621 1,280 2,147
10th Percentile £325 £324 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -0.88%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £700
90th Percentile £750 £800 £798
England median daily rate £500 £513 £540
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 27 43
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.13 £17.11
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.80 £21.13
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% +31.10%
75th Percentile £44.75 £63.44 £49.92
90th Percentile £67.00 £88.92 £64.90
England median hourly rate £30.75 £33.50 £35.82
% change year-on-year -8.22% -6.46% +44.47%

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
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) GitLab
1 2 (66.67%) Jenkins
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Chief Information Security Officer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 3 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISM
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) NCSC
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) RMADS
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (66.67%) Saba