SC Cleared Contract Job Trends 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 6 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 16 17
Rank change year-on-year +10 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 2,750 1,338 1,575
As % of all contract jobs in London 14.81% 11.02% 8.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 52.57% 42.77% 38.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,135 983 1,188
10th Percentile £409 £386 £356
25th Percentile £463 £463 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £747
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 13 23
10th Percentile £25.17 £24.66 £13.87
25th Percentile £30.89 £25.04 £17.88
Median hourly rate £63.50 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +152.49% +14.32% -59.26%
75th Percentile £76.58 - -
90th Percentile £78.35 £36.26 £24.17
England median hourly rate £55.00 £29.27 £50.00
% change year-on-year +87.91% -41.46% -13.04%

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 5,231 3,128 4,132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.17% 25.77% 23.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,738 2,088 2,830
10th Percentile £370 £358 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £527 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.32% +0.32% -7.89%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 63 113
10th Percentile £19.22 £20.05 £14.49
25th Percentile £28.00 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £55.00 £28.41 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +93.59% +13.64% -50.74%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.25 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £68.50 £68.60
England median hourly rate £51.44 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +58.28% -18.75% -27.27%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in London

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SC Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in London over the 6 months to 6 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in London

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SC Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in London over the 6 months to 6 June 2026.

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 6 June 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 +15 369 £550 - 84
South London 0 142 £513 -2.38% 3
East London +6 12 £750 - 9
West London -36 3 £600 +191.26% 18
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
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
1 121 (4.40%) Confluence
2 61 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.38%) Apache Spark
4 30 (1.09%) nginx
5 26 (0.95%) Apache
6 23 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
7 20 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
8 13 (0.47%) Tomcat
9 10 (0.36%) SAS
10 6 (0.22%) CMS
11 5 (0.18%) WebLogic
12 4 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
13 3 (0.11%) Camunda
13 3 (0.11%) Drupal
14 2 (0.073%) Appian
14 2 (0.073%) Jupyter
14 2 (0.073%) MQSeries
14 2 (0.073%) Palantir Foundry
14 2 (0.073%) WebSphere
14 2 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 34 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.11%) Revit
6 3 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.036%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.036%) Maya
7 1 (0.036%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.036%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
2 15 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (0.51%) Findur
4 12 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.33%) Temenos T24
6 8 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 7 (0.25%) SAP HR
8 6 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
10 4 (0.15%) iTrent
10 4 (0.15%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.15%) Teamcenter
10 4 (0.15%) Workday HCM
11 3 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
11 3 (0.11%) SAP HCM
11 3 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
12 2 (0.073%) Oracle Cash Management
12 2 (0.073%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 2 (0.073%) Oracle Receivables
12 2 (0.073%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 698 (25.38%) Azure
2 664 (24.15%) AWS
3 196 (7.13%) GitHub
4 164 (5.96%) Azure DevOps
5 151 (5.49%) Power Platform
6 145 (5.27%) GCP
7 118 (4.29%) Serverless
8 113 (4.11%) GitHub Actions
9 108 (3.93%) Amazon S3
10 97 (3.53%) AWS Lambda
11 76 (2.76%) Amazon EC2
12 73 (2.65%) Entra ID
13 66 (2.40%) Microsoft 365
14 62 (2.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 59 (2.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 56 (2.04%) Amazon EKS
16 56 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
17 55 (2.00%) OCI
18 52 (1.89%) Azure Data Factory
19 51 (1.85%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 82 (2.98%) Firewall
2 63 (2.29%) DNS
3 42 (1.53%) Network Security
4 35 (1.27%) VPN
5 34 (1.24%) LAN
6 29 (1.05%) WAN
7 19 (0.69%) TCP/IP
8 16 (0.58%) DHCP
9 15 (0.55%) Kerberos
9 15 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (0.47%) DKIM
10 13 (0.47%) DMARC
11 12 (0.44%) BGP
11 12 (0.44%) MPLS
11 12 (0.44%) SAN
12 10 (0.36%) HTTP
12 10 (0.36%) NAS
12 10 (0.36%) NGFW
12 10 (0.36%) OpenVPN
13 8 (0.29%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (3.75%) Power BI
2 74 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
3 71 (2.58%) Data Warehouse
4 59 (2.15%) Data Lake
5 46 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
5 46 (1.67%) SQL Server
6 40 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
6 40 (1.45%) Metadata
7 36 (1.31%) Amazon Athena
8 31 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
9 29 (1.05%) NoSQL
10 28 (1.02%) Relational Database
11 26 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
11 26 (0.95%) Tableau
12 21 (0.76%) Delta Lake
13 17 (0.62%) Big Data
13 17 (0.62%) Oracle Database
14 14 (0.51%) MongoDB
14 14 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
15 11 (0.40%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 175 (6.36%) JIRA
2 155 (5.64%) Git
3 142 (5.16%) Jenkins
4 96 (3.49%) GitLab
5 28 (1.02%) Selenium
6 23 (0.84%) JUnit
7 22 (0.80%) Artifactory
8 21 (0.76%) Postman
9 19 (0.69%) Mockito
10 17 (0.62%) Cypress.io
10 17 (0.62%) JMeter
10 17 (0.62%) SonarQube
11 13 (0.47%) Bitbucket
11 13 (0.47%) Gradle
12 10 (0.36%) Liquibase
13 9 (0.33%) CircleCI
13 9 (0.33%) Visual Studio
14 7 (0.25%) Cucumber
14 7 (0.25%) Maven
14 7 (0.25%) Snyk
General
1 749 (27.24%) Public Sector
2 518 (18.84%) Social Skills
3 244 (8.87%) Finance
4 135 (4.91%) Analytical Skills
5 80 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
6 71 (2.58%) Banking
7 53 (1.93%) Military
8 43 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
9 35 (1.27%) Police
10 30 (1.09%) Telecoms
11 27 (0.98%) Law
12 26 (0.95%) Legal
12 26 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (0.87%) Retail
14 20 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 16 (0.58%) Marketing
17 12 (0.44%) Manufacturing
18 6 (0.22%) Back Office
19 5 (0.18%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 548 (19.93%) Architect
2 341 (12.40%) Developer
3 238 (8.65%) DevOps Engineer
4 229 (8.33%) Lead
4 229 (8.33%) Senior
5 188 (6.84%) Data Engineer
6 177 (6.44%) Analyst
7 115 (4.18%) Consultant
8 114 (4.15%) Azure Engineer
9 103 (3.75%) Solutions Architect
10 97 (3.53%) AWS Engineer
10 97 (3.53%) Business Analyst
11 91 (3.31%) Technical Architect
12 70 (2.55%) Security Architect
13 65 (2.36%) Delivery Manager
14 62 (2.25%) Designer
14 62 (2.25%) Java Developer
15 61 (2.22%) Cloud Engineer
16 60 (2.18%) AWS DevOps
17 56 (2.04%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (4.25%) REST
2 94 (3.42%) Spring
3 75 (2.73%) LDAP
3 75 (2.73%) Spring Boot
4 73 (2.65%) React
5 66 (2.40%) SOAP
6 62 (2.25%) PySpark
7 58 (2.11%) Kafka
8 53 (1.93%) .NET
9 51 (1.85%) Node.js
10 50 (1.82%) RESTful
11 44 (1.60%) AngularJS
11 44 (1.60%) Web Services
12 42 (1.53%) HTML
13 40 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
14 34 (1.24%) JSON
14 34 (1.24%) OAuth
15 32 (1.16%) SAML
16 30 (1.09%) Lightning Web Components
16 30 (1.09%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 178 (6.47%) Cloud Native
2 84 (3.05%) Product Ownership
3 82 (2.98%) Onboarding
4 66 (2.40%) Security Posture
5 46 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
5 46 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
6 42 (1.53%) Management Information System
7 41 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
8 36 (1.31%) Replication
9 35 (1.27%) Data Centre
10 29 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
11 27 (0.98%) Public Cloud
12 26 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
13 24 (0.87%) CMDB
14 23 (0.84%) AI Agents
15 22 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
16 21 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
17 15 (0.55%) Data Structures
17 15 (0.55%) PKI
18 14 (0.51%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 117 (4.25%) Linux
2 96 (3.49%) Windows
3 35 (1.27%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (0.69%) Unix
5 15 (0.55%) Android
6 14 (0.51%) VMS
7 13 (0.47%) Solaris
8 12 (0.44%) Apple iOS
9 11 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (0.36%) Mac OS
11 9 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
13 6 (0.22%) Ubuntu
13 6 (0.22%) Windows 10
14 5 (0.18%) Amazon Linux
15 3 (0.11%) AIX
16 2 (0.073%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 662 (24.07%) DevOps
2 578 (21.02%) Agile
3 516 (18.76%) CI/CD
4 365 (13.27%) Infrastructure as Code
5 315 (11.45%) Stakeholder Management
6 270 (9.82%) Migration
7 250 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 226 (8.22%) Containerisation
9 220 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 206 (7.49%) Problem-Solving
11 191 (6.95%) AI
12 183 (6.65%) Data Modelling
13 175 (6.36%) Analytics
14 173 (6.29%) Decision-Making
15 157 (5.71%) Test Automation
16 156 (5.67%) Roadmaps
17 154 (5.60%) Technical Leadership
18 148 (5.38%) Microservices
19 146 (5.31%) Cybersecurity
20 143 (5.20%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 365 (13.27%) Python
2 303 (11.02%) SQL
3 203 (7.38%) Java
4 147 (5.35%) PowerShell
5 97 (3.53%) JavaScript
6 84 (3.05%) C#
7 71 (2.58%) Bash
8 56 (2.04%) TypeScript
9 30 (1.09%) Apex Code
10 28 (1.02%) Ruby
10 28 (1.02%) Scala
11 26 (0.95%) Bicep
12 24 (0.87%) PL/SQL
12 24 (0.87%) Shell Script
13 19 (0.69%) R
14 17 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 15 (0.55%) Go
16 14 (0.51%) Groovy
17 12 (0.44%) Kotlin
18 7 (0.25%) Perl
Qualifications
1 2,750 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 149 (5.42%) DV Cleared
3 64 (2.33%) Degree
4 57 (2.07%) Azure Certification
4 57 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 54 (1.96%) AWS Certification
6 41 (1.49%) CISSP
7 27 (0.98%) CISM
8 25 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (0.62%) GIAC
10 17 (0.62%) PMP
11 14 (0.51%) PMI Certification
12 12 (0.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 12 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
13 10 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 10 (0.36%) CTC Cleared
13 10 (0.36%) ISTQB
14 9 (0.33%) CompTIA Security+
14 9 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (4.25%) Data Quality
2 92 (3.35%) QA
3 72 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 64 (2.33%) NCSC
5 57 (2.07%) Accessibility
6 52 (1.89%) GDPR
7 51 (1.85%) NIST
8 46 (1.67%) PMO
9 17 (0.62%) WCAG
10 15 (0.55%) GRC
11 14 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 11 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
13 10 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 10 (0.36%) SLA
14 6 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.22%) COBIT
14 6 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.18%) ISO 20022
15 5 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 230 (8.36%) Docker
2 95 (3.45%) Active Directory
3 35 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (0.58%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.47%) Squid
7 12 (0.44%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.36%) NFS
9 9 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (0.33%) vSphere
10 8 (0.29%) Postfix
11 7 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
12 6 (0.22%) Varnish
13 4 (0.15%) Sendmail
13 4 (0.15%) XenApp
13 4 (0.15%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.036%) Firmware
14 1 (0.036%) NLBS
14 1 (0.036%) UAG
14 1 (0.036%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 371 (13.49%) Terraform
2 307 (11.16%) Kubernetes
3 102 (3.71%) Ansible
4 79 (2.87%) Grafana
4 79 (2.87%) Prometheus
5 44 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
6 21 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 16 (0.58%) Puppet
8 14 (0.51%) FortiGate
8 14 (0.51%) Progress Chef
9 12 (0.44%) Consul
10 10 (0.36%) Packer
11 8 (0.29%) Kustomize
12 7 (0.25%) Kibana
12 7 (0.25%) SCCM
13 6 (0.22%) HAProxy
14 5 (0.18%) EMC VPLEX
14 5 (0.18%) Istio
14 5 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
14 5 (0.18%) vMotion
Vendors
1 290 (10.55%) Microsoft
2 150 (5.45%) Oracle
3 105 (3.82%) Databricks
4 94 (3.42%) ServiceNow
5 75 (2.73%) Salesforce
6 59 (2.15%) VMware
7 58 (2.11%) Google
8 54 (1.96%) CyberArk
9 51 (1.85%) SAP
10 49 (1.78%) Splunk
11 34 (1.24%) BeyondTrust
11 34 (1.24%) Centrify
12 32 (1.16%) IBM
13 31 (1.13%) Cisco
14 30 (1.09%) Dynatrace
15 26 (0.95%) Okta
16 23 (0.84%) MuleSoft
16 23 (0.84%) Red Hat
17 22 (0.80%) Fortinet
17 22 (0.80%) Palo Alto