Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in London

Security Clearance
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +7 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,598 1,732 2,047
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.84% 13.01% 12.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.51% 49.63% 51.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,767 1,235 1,443
10th Percentile £405 £386 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -1.40% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £738
England median daily rate £549 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.14% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 43 20
10th Percentile £19.50 £25.04 £17.88
25th Percentile £35.00 - £21.56
Median hourly rate £59.50 £25.15 £23.08
Median % change year-on-year +136.58% +8.99% -61.54%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £58.13
90th Percentile £83.70 £47.00 £65.68
England median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £61.60
% change year-on-year +158.45% -59.17% +2.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

Security 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 5,665 3,490 3,941
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.08% 26.22% 24.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,076 2,346 2,629
10th Percentile £375 £350 £350
25th Percentile £456 £428 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -1.40% -2.27%
75th Percentile £639 £653 £650
90th Percentile £737 £738 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 81 63
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £17.93
25th Percentile £25.24 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £52.75 £25.15 £31.62
Median % change year-on-year +109.74% -20.46% -42.51%
75th Percentile £74.44 £45.00 £51.25
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.00 £64.90
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -52.55% -2.86%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in London

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Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in London over the 6 months to 5 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in London

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in London over the 6 months to 5 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in London

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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 Security Cleared within the London region over the 6 months to 5 September 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 +10 423 £550 +4.76% 131
South London +1 108 £538 -2.27% 28
West London -30 22 £663 +65.42% 84
East London +11 13 £750 - 24
North London +3 6 £538 - 1
Security Cleared
England

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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
1 161 (4.47%) Confluence
2 101 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 48 (1.33%) SAS
4 35 (0.97%) Apache
5 33 (0.92%) Apache Spark
5 33 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
6 26 (0.72%) nginx
7 22 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
8 13 (0.36%) Tomcat
9 12 (0.33%) JBoss
10 11 (0.31%) WebLogic
11 10 (0.28%) CMS
12 7 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
13 6 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 4 (0.11%) Anypoint
14 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
15 3 (0.083%) Camunda
15 3 (0.083%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.083%) Mule
15 3 (0.083%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 52 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.44%) AutoCAD
4 16 (0.44%) Revit
4 16 (0.44%) SOLIDWORKS
5 14 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.083%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.083%) Sketch
9 1 (0.028%) Gliffy
9 1 (0.028%) InDesign
9 1 (0.028%) PrintSoft PReS
9 1 (0.028%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
2 23 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 15 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
5 13 (0.36%) Findur
5 13 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
5 13 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
6 11 (0.31%) NetSuite
6 11 (0.31%) Temenos T24
7 8 (0.22%) SAP HR
8 7 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
8 7 (0.19%) SAP GRC
9 5 (0.14%) SAP QM
10 4 (0.11%) iTrent
10 4 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 4 (0.11%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
10 4 (0.11%) SAP HCM
10 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
11 3 (0.083%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 814 (22.62%) Azure
2 765 (21.26%) AWS
3 264 (7.34%) GitHub
4 222 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
5 207 (5.75%) Power Platform
6 194 (5.39%) GCP
7 171 (4.75%) GitHub Actions
8 126 (3.50%) Amazon S3
8 126 (3.50%) Serverless
9 98 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
10 91 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
11 83 (2.31%) Entra ID
12 79 (2.20%) Amazon EKS
13 75 (2.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 72 (2.00%) Amazon EC2
15 63 (1.75%) PowerApps
16 62 (1.72%) Power Automate
16 62 (1.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 60 (1.67%) AWS CloudFormation
17 60 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 92 (2.56%) Firewall
2 70 (1.95%) DNS
3 60 (1.67%) Network Security
4 45 (1.25%) VPN
5 36 (1.00%) WAN
6 26 (0.72%) LAN
7 19 (0.53%) DHCP
8 17 (0.47%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.36%) Internet
10 12 (0.33%) BGP
10 12 (0.33%) HTTP
10 12 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.31%) MPLS
12 10 (0.28%) SSL
13 9 (0.25%) WebEx
14 8 (0.22%) 4G
14 8 (0.22%) DKIM
14 8 (0.22%) DMARC
14 8 (0.22%) VSAN
14 8 (0.22%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (3.97%) Power BI
2 110 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
3 73 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
4 67 (1.86%) SQL Server
5 62 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
5 62 (1.72%) Data Lake
6 56 (1.56%) Metadata
7 44 (1.22%) MongoDB
7 44 (1.22%) NoSQL
8 42 (1.17%) Relational Database
9 38 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
10 35 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
11 29 (0.81%) Amazon Aurora
11 29 (0.81%) Oracle Database
12 28 (0.78%) MySQL
13 26 (0.72%) Tableau
14 24 (0.67%) Big Data
15 23 (0.64%) Delta Lake
16 22 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
17 21 (0.58%) Redis
Development Applications
1 227 (6.31%) Git
2 221 (6.14%) JIRA
3 207 (5.75%) Jenkins
4 142 (3.95%) GitLab
5 50 (1.39%) Selenium
6 32 (0.89%) JMeter
7 28 (0.78%) Gradle
8 26 (0.72%) JUnit
9 24 (0.67%) Visual Studio
10 23 (0.64%) Cypress.io
10 23 (0.64%) Postman
11 21 (0.58%) Maven
11 21 (0.58%) Mockito
12 19 (0.53%) SonarQube
13 13 (0.36%) REST Assured
14 12 (0.33%) Cucumber
14 12 (0.33%) LoadRunner
15 11 (0.31%) Liquibase
16 10 (0.28%) Gatling
17 9 (0.25%) eggPlant
General
1 948 (26.35%) Public Sector
2 786 (21.85%) Social Skills
3 337 (9.37%) Finance
4 272 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
5 111 (3.09%) Military
6 110 (3.06%) Banking
7 84 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
8 65 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
9 60 (1.67%) Telecoms
10 55 (1.53%) Law
11 52 (1.45%) Police
12 38 (1.06%) Legal
13 37 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 36 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
15 32 (0.89%) Marketing
16 30 (0.83%) Retail
17 28 (0.78%) Manufacturing
18 23 (0.64%) Local Government
19 20 (0.56%) Aerospace
20 16 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 663 (18.43%) Architect
2 433 (12.03%) Developer
3 348 (9.67%) Lead
4 321 (8.92%) Senior
5 248 (6.89%) DevOps Engineer
6 193 (5.36%) Data Engineer
7 179 (4.97%) Analyst
8 160 (4.45%) Consultant
9 118 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
10 110 (3.06%) Data Architect
11 105 (2.92%) Azure Engineer
12 99 (2.75%) Software Engineer
13 95 (2.64%) AWS Engineer
14 94 (2.61%) Security Architect
15 93 (2.58%) Designer
15 93 (2.58%) Java Developer
16 86 (2.39%) Technical Architect
17 78 (2.17%) Cloud Engineer
18 74 (2.06%) Business Analyst
19 73 (2.03%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 432 (12.01%) Terraform
2 178 (4.95%) REST
3 118 (3.28%) Spring
4 103 (2.86%) Spring Boot
5 102 (2.83%) Kafka
5 102 (2.83%) React
6 91 (2.53%) RESTful
7 82 (2.28%) .NET
8 70 (1.95%) JSON
9 68 (1.89%) SOAP
10 65 (1.81%) Node.js
11 61 (1.70%) PySpark
12 55 (1.53%) XML
13 54 (1.50%) HTML
14 50 (1.39%) Django
15 49 (1.36%) Web Services
16 46 (1.28%) Middleware
17 45 (1.25%) AngularJS
18 38 (1.06%) OAuth
19 36 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 224 (6.23%) Cloud Native
2 125 (3.47%) Onboarding
3 103 (2.86%) Product Ownership
4 71 (1.97%) Data Centre
5 64 (1.78%) Management Information System
6 59 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
7 58 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
8 53 (1.47%) CMDB
9 47 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
10 42 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
11 41 (1.14%) AI Agents
12 39 (1.08%) Replication
13 37 (1.03%) Data Structures
14 34 (0.94%) Clustering
15 32 (0.89%) Security Posture
16 31 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
17 29 (0.81%) Security Operations Centre
18 28 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
19 27 (0.75%) Low-Code
20 26 (0.72%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 198 (5.50%) Linux
2 165 (4.59%) Windows
3 66 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 42 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 36 (1.00%) Unix
6 28 (0.78%) Android
7 21 (0.58%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.39%) VMS
9 13 (0.36%) Apple iOS
10 12 (0.33%) Windows 10
11 11 (0.31%) Solaris
12 10 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
12 10 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
13 9 (0.25%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
15 7 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
15 7 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
16 4 (0.11%) AIX
17 3 (0.083%) OpenVMS
17 3 (0.083%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 855 (23.76%) Agile
2 755 (20.98%) DevOps
3 696 (19.34%) CI/CD
4 540 (15.01%) Stakeholder Management
5 439 (12.20%) Infrastructure as Code
6 380 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 363 (10.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 358 (9.95%) Problem-Solving
9 356 (9.89%) AI
10 310 (8.62%) Migration
11 278 (7.73%) Containerisation
12 245 (6.81%) Test Automation
13 242 (6.73%) Decision-Making
14 240 (6.67%) Data Modelling
15 237 (6.59%) Analytics
16 230 (6.39%) Roadmaps
17 223 (6.20%) Software Engineering
18 214 (5.95%) Cybersecurity
19 198 (5.50%) Microservices
19 198 (5.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 512 (14.23%) Python
2 379 (10.53%) SQL
3 315 (8.75%) Java
4 167 (4.64%) JavaScript
5 135 (3.75%) PowerShell
6 112 (3.11%) Bash
7 99 (2.75%) C#
7 99 (2.75%) TypeScript
8 49 (1.36%) Bicep
9 40 (1.11%) PL/SQL
10 34 (0.94%) Groovy
11 25 (0.69%) Apex Code
12 24 (0.67%) Kotlin
13 23 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 22 (0.61%) Ruby
15 21 (0.58%) Shell Script
16 18 (0.50%) Scala
17 17 (0.47%) R
18 16 (0.44%) Go
19 11 (0.31%) C++
Qualifications
1 2,958 (82.21%) SC Cleared
2 475 (13.20%) DV Cleared
3 122 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
4 99 (2.75%) Degree
5 79 (2.20%) AWS Certification
6 69 (1.92%) CISSP
7 66 (1.83%) Azure Certification
8 51 (1.42%) CISM
9 37 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
10 33 (0.92%) PMP
11 28 (0.78%) PMI Certification
12 26 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
13 25 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 20 (0.56%) CTC Cleared
15 19 (0.53%) ISTQB
16 18 (0.50%) GIAC
17 17 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
18 14 (0.39%) CCNP
18 14 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
18 14 (0.39%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 187 (5.20%) QA
2 142 (3.95%) Data Quality
3 88 (2.45%) NCSC
4 80 (2.22%) Accessibility
5 74 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 72 (2.00%) PMO
7 71 (1.97%) NIST
8 63 (1.75%) GRC
9 50 (1.39%) GDPR
10 25 (0.69%) WCAG
11 24 (0.67%) SLA
12 20 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 18 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
14 17 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
15 13 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 12 (0.33%) COBIT
16 12 (0.33%) ISO 20022
17 9 (0.25%) P3O
18 8 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
18 8 (0.22%) NIST 800
System Software
1 315 (8.75%) Docker
2 101 (2.81%) Active Directory
3 78 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (0.64%) Hyper-V
5 23 (0.64%) vSphere
6 19 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.28%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.25%) Squid
9 6 (0.17%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
9 6 (0.17%) Postfix
10 5 (0.14%) Firmware
10 5 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.11%) NFS
11 4 (0.11%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.11%) UAG
11 4 (0.11%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 387 (10.76%) Kubernetes
2 121 (3.36%) Ansible
3 112 (3.11%) Grafana
4 93 (2.58%) Prometheus
5 33 (0.92%) Puppet
6 24 (0.67%) vCenter Server
7 23 (0.64%) SCCM
8 21 (0.58%) Control-M
8 21 (0.58%) Kibana
8 21 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
9 20 (0.56%) Argo
10 18 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
11 17 (0.47%) Istio
12 15 (0.42%) Progress Chef
13 13 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
14 11 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
15 10 (0.28%) SCOM
16 8 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
16 8 (0.22%) Packer
17 7 (0.19%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 429 (11.92%) Microsoft
2 243 (6.75%) Oracle
3 155 (4.31%) ServiceNow
4 117 (3.25%) VMware
5 115 (3.20%) Google
6 112 (3.11%) Databricks
7 96 (2.67%) Salesforce
8 87 (2.42%) Splunk
9 68 (1.89%) SAP
10 47 (1.31%) IBM
11 45 (1.25%) Cisco
12 36 (1.00%) Dynatrace
12 36 (1.00%) Informatica
13 31 (0.86%) Red Hat
14 22 (0.61%) MuleSoft
15 21 (0.58%) Palo Alto
16 20 (0.56%) Foundry
17 19 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
17 19 (0.53%) Fortinet
18 17 (0.47%) OpenAI