SC Cleared Contracts in London

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 18 18
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +23
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 1,430 1,573 2,223
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 10.91% 8.93% 8.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.20% 37.83% 40.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,039 1,191 1,551
10th Percentile £367 £350 £400
25th Percentile £455 £431 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £628 £630 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £745
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 23 25
10th Percentile £24.66 £13.87 £20.22
25th Percentile - £17.88 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.32% -60.00% +23.60%
75th Percentile - - £72.50
90th Percentile £53.12 £24.17 £82.90
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.10 £57.50
% change year-on-year -51.72% -9.40% +6.48%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

SC 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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,389 4,158 5,453
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.86% 23.59% 21.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,282 2,857 3,756
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.82%
75th Percentile £661 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £770 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 107 82
10th Percentile £18.40 £14.96 £19.46
25th Percentile £25.00 £20.36 £24.94
Median hourly rate £26.41 £25.50 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -52.78% +27.06%
75th Percentile £50.54 £42.75 £71.88
90th Percentile £66.54 £68.30 £87.50
England median hourly rate £28.50 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -32.94% -22.73% +32.76%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in London

SC Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in London.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in London

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in London over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in London

SC Cleared
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in London.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in London

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in London over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in London

SC Cleared
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 SC Cleared within the London region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Central London +7 169 £550 +4.76% 122
South London 0 65 £530 +6.00% 24
West London +14 25 £250 -50.00% 31
East London +5 2 - - 10
North London -3 1 - -
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 59 (4.13%) Confluence
2 31 (2.17%) Apache
3 26 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
4 22 (1.54%) Apache Spark
4 22 (1.54%) nginx
5 20 (1.40%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.56%) CMS
6 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.56%) WebLogic
7 6 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (0.42%) SAS
8 5 (0.35%) JBoss
8 5 (0.35%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.35%) SharePoint 2010
9 4 (0.28%) Camunda
9 4 (0.28%) MQSeries
9 4 (0.28%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.21%) IIS
10 3 (0.21%) MTS
11 2 (0.14%) Alfresco
Applications
1 22 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
3 14 (0.98%) Oracle Smart View
4 5 (0.35%) InfoPath
5 4 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.21%) Sketch
7 1 (0.070%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.070%) ProjectWise
7 1 (0.070%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.070%) SPSS
7 1 (0.070%) Stata
7 1 (0.070%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
3 8 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
3 8 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
3 8 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
4 7 (0.49%) SAP PS
5 6 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.35%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.35%) SAP HCM
7 4 (0.28%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 4 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.28%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.21%) Primavera
8 3 (0.21%) SAP GRC
8 3 (0.21%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 453 (31.68%) AWS
2 262 (18.32%) Azure
3 92 (6.43%) Power Platform
4 91 (6.36%) Serverless
5 89 (6.22%) Amazon S3
6 85 (5.94%) GitHub
7 72 (5.03%) AWS CloudFormation
8 69 (4.83%) AWS Lambda
9 67 (4.69%) GCP
10 53 (3.71%) SaaS
11 49 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
12 47 (3.29%) Amazon EC2
12 47 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
13 41 (2.87%) Amazon EKS
14 40 (2.80%) GitHub Actions
14 40 (2.80%) OCI
15 34 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
16 30 (2.10%) Amazon SQS
17 27 (1.89%) Entra ID
18 24 (1.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 79 (5.52%) Firewall
2 31 (2.17%) DNS
3 30 (2.10%) Network Security
4 25 (1.75%) VPN
5 20 (1.40%) WAN
6 18 (1.26%) LAN
7 17 (1.19%) TCP/IP
8 15 (1.05%) Wireless
9 13 (0.91%) HTTP
10 12 (0.84%) Cisco Nexus
11 11 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
11 11 (0.77%) SAN
11 11 (0.77%) SSL
12 9 (0.63%) Internet
12 9 (0.63%) SD-WAN
13 8 (0.56%) SSH
13 8 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.49%) BGP
14 7 (0.49%) DHCP
14 7 (0.49%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (5.31%) PostgreSQL
2 70 (4.90%) Power BI
3 49 (3.43%) Amazon RDS
4 43 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
5 36 (2.52%) Relational Database
6 32 (2.24%) Oracle Reports
6 32 (2.24%) Tableau
7 31 (2.17%) SQL Server
8 28 (1.96%) Data Lake
9 24 (1.68%) Big Data
10 23 (1.61%) MongoDB
10 23 (1.61%) Oracle ODI
11 21 (1.47%) Redis
12 20 (1.40%) MySQL
13 19 (1.33%) Amazon Athena
13 19 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
13 19 (1.33%) Metadata
14 18 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
15 16 (1.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
16 15 (1.05%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 103 (7.20%) JIRA
2 90 (6.29%) Jenkins
3 76 (5.31%) Git
4 64 (4.48%) GitLab
5 37 (2.59%) SonarQube
6 27 (1.89%) Selenium
7 24 (1.68%) JUnit
8 19 (1.33%) Liquibase
9 18 (1.26%) CircleCI
10 17 (1.19%) Cypress.io
10 17 (1.19%) JMeter
11 16 (1.12%) Gradle
12 14 (0.98%) Mockito
13 13 (0.91%) Maven
14 11 (0.77%) Burp Suite
14 11 (0.77%) Metasploit
15 10 (0.70%) Postman
16 9 (0.63%) Cucumber
17 8 (0.56%) Bitbucket
17 8 (0.56%) QARun
General
1 441 (30.84%) Public Sector
2 335 (23.43%) Social Skills
3 153 (10.70%) Finance
4 130 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (3.01%) Military
6 39 (2.73%) Law
7 34 (2.38%) Legal
8 26 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 25 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
9 25 (1.75%) Telecoms
10 20 (1.40%) Banking
11 19 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
12 18 (1.26%) Manufacturing
12 18 (1.26%) Police
13 15 (1.05%) Marketing
13 15 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (0.98%) Electronics
15 12 (0.84%) Aerospace
16 10 (0.70%) General Ledger
16 10 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 282 (19.72%) Architect
2 160 (11.19%) Developer
3 130 (9.09%) Senior
4 114 (7.97%) Analyst
4 114 (7.97%) Lead
5 103 (7.20%) Data Engineer
6 97 (6.78%) Consultant
7 78 (5.45%) DevOps Engineer
8 58 (4.06%) Security Architect
9 53 (3.71%) AWS Engineer
10 50 (3.50%) Java Developer
10 50 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
11 47 (3.29%) AWS Architect
11 47 (3.29%) Business Analyst
12 35 (2.45%) Technical Architect
13 34 (2.38%) Data Architect
14 33 (2.31%) AWS DevOps
14 33 (2.31%) SC Cleared Java Developer
15 29 (2.03%) Project Manager
15 29 (2.03%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (6.43%) Kafka
2 73 (5.10%) React
3 61 (4.27%) Spring
4 56 (3.92%) Spring Boot
5 43 (3.01%) REST
6 38 (2.66%) HTML
7 37 (2.59%) Oracle Fusion
8 33 (2.31%) Node.js
9 24 (1.68%) CSS
10 23 (1.61%) Web Services
11 22 (1.54%) .NET
11 22 (1.54%) PySpark
11 22 (1.54%) XML
12 20 (1.40%) RESTful
13 19 (1.33%) AngularJS
14 18 (1.26%) JSON
14 18 (1.26%) Swagger
15 17 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
16 16 (1.12%) EntireX
16 16 (1.12%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 67 (4.69%) Onboarding
2 40 (2.80%) Management Information System
3 33 (2.31%) Data Centre
4 25 (1.75%) Cloud Native
5 24 (1.68%) Product Ownership
6 22 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
7 21 (1.47%) CSOC
8 19 (1.33%) PKI
8 19 (1.33%) Security Posture
9 17 (1.19%) Public Cloud
10 16 (1.12%) CMDB
11 14 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (0.77%) Freedom of Information
13 11 (0.77%) Linux Command Line
14 10 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
15 8 (0.56%) Algorithms
15 8 (0.56%) Driving Licence
15 8 (0.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 100 (6.99%) Windows
2 94 (6.57%) Linux
3 24 (1.68%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.54%) Mac OS
5 19 (1.33%) Windows 10
6 17 (1.19%) Android
7 16 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (0.63%) Unix
9 8 (0.56%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.35%) CentOS
11 4 (0.28%) AIX
11 4 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
11 4 (0.28%) VMS
11 4 (0.28%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.21%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.070%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (22.87%) Agile
2 252 (17.62%) DevOps
3 217 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
4 210 (14.69%) CI/CD
5 142 (9.93%) Stakeholder Management
6 141 (9.86%) Microservices
7 119 (8.32%) Migration
8 116 (8.11%) Containerisation
9 113 (7.90%) Analytics
10 108 (7.55%) Infrastructure as Code
11 105 (7.34%) Cybersecurity
12 87 (6.08%) Business Intelligence
13 85 (5.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 77 (5.38%) Data Modelling
15 74 (5.17%) Cloud Security
16 72 (5.03%) ITIL
17 71 (4.97%) Technical Leadership
17 71 (4.97%) Test Automation
18 65 (4.55%) Mentoring
18 65 (4.55%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 235 (16.43%) Python
2 172 (12.03%) Java
3 165 (11.54%) SQL
4 102 (7.13%) JavaScript
5 68 (4.76%) Bash
6 56 (3.92%) PowerShell
7 54 (3.78%) TypeScript
8 37 (2.59%) C#
9 24 (1.68%) PL/SQL
10 16 (1.12%) Scala
11 12 (0.84%) C++
12 11 (0.77%) Go
12 11 (0.77%) R
13 10 (0.70%) Bicep
13 10 (0.70%) Ruby
14 9 (0.63%) Groovy
14 9 (0.63%) Kotlin
14 9 (0.63%) Perl
15 4 (0.28%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1,430 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 63 (4.41%) Degree
3 58 (4.06%) DV Cleared
4 36 (2.52%) AWS Certification
5 31 (2.17%) CISSP
6 26 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 22 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (1.40%) Azure Certification
9 19 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (1.19%) CCNP
10 17 (1.19%) CREST Certified
11 15 (1.05%) CISM
12 14 (0.98%) OSCP
13 10 (0.70%) Tigerscheme
14 9 (0.63%) AWS Certified Developer
14 9 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
15 8 (0.56%) CHECK Team Member
15 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (0.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (4.27%) QA
2 31 (2.17%) NIST
3 30 (2.10%) Data Quality
4 27 (1.89%) GDPR
4 27 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (1.75%) NCSC
6 14 (0.98%) PMO
7 12 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (0.77%) SLA
9 8 (0.56%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.56%) GRC
10 6 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.35%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.21%) WCAG
13 2 (0.14%) Def Stans
System Software
1 154 (10.77%) Docker
2 43 (3.01%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.35%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.28%) IAG
6 4 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
7 3 (0.21%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 3 (0.21%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.21%) vCloud
7 3 (0.21%) vSphere
8 2 (0.14%) Firmware
8 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.14%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 194 (13.57%) Kubernetes
2 170 (11.89%) Terraform
3 71 (4.97%) Ansible
4 37 (2.59%) Grafana
5 36 (2.52%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.40%) Progress Chef
7 18 (1.26%) Puppet
8 16 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
8 16 (1.12%) Packer
9 14 (0.98%) SCCM
10 13 (0.91%) Consul
11 11 (0.77%) Nmap
12 10 (0.70%) FortiGate
12 10 (0.70%) Kibana
12 10 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
13 8 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (0.49%) Data Guard
15 6 (0.42%) NetBackup
16 4 (0.28%) HAProxy
16 4 (0.28%) Nessus
Vendors
1 138 (9.65%) Microsoft
2 109 (7.62%) Oracle
3 64 (4.48%) SAP
4 59 (4.13%) ServiceNow
5 56 (3.92%) Cisco
6 41 (2.87%) Databricks
7 36 (2.52%) Splunk
8 33 (2.31%) VMware
9 28 (1.96%) IBM
10 24 (1.68%) Apple
11 22 (1.54%) Google
12 20 (1.40%) Dell
13 16 (1.12%) Palantir
13 16 (1.12%) Software AG
14 14 (0.98%) HP
15 13 (0.91%) Atlassian
15 13 (0.91%) Foundry
15 13 (0.91%) Palo Alto
16 12 (0.84%) Red Hat
17 11 (0.77%) Juniper