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 9 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 11
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,492 1,743 2,069
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.72% 12.91% 11.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.85% 50.20% 49.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,679 1,261 1,506
10th Percentile £402 £375 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £700 £750
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 35 36
10th Percentile £25.18 £18.87 £14.69
25th Percentile £25.89 £25.09 £17.88
Median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +138.57% +14.32% -63.33%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £32.19
90th Percentile £95.25 £49.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £63.50 £25.15 £56.89
% change year-on-year +152.49% -55.79% -5.19%

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 5,469 3,472 4,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.76% 25.72% 23.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,940 2,337 2,881
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% - -6.21%
75th Percentile £638 £659 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £537
% change year-on-year - -2.23% -2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 81 107
10th Percentile £19.44 £18.82 £14.96
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.04 £20.50
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -1.37% -52.78%
75th Percentile £73.00 £50.00 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.57 £68.75
England median hourly rate £53.00 £27.76 £42.50
% change year-on-year +90.92% -34.68% -22.73%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 +13 444 £550 - 125
South London 0 145 £520 -1.51% 6
East London +12 15 £750 - 17
West London -35 14 £675 +74.19% 38
North London 0 3 - - 2
Security Cleared
England

Security 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
1 155 (4.44%) Confluence
2 88 (2.52%) SharePoint
3 34 (0.97%) Apache Spark
4 33 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
5 32 (0.92%) nginx
6 30 (0.86%) Apache
7 24 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
8 16 (0.46%) SAS
9 15 (0.43%) Tomcat
10 10 (0.29%) WebLogic
11 7 (0.20%) CMS
12 5 (0.14%) JBoss
13 4 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
13 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
13 4 (0.11%) WordPress
14 3 (0.086%) Drupal
14 3 (0.086%) Oracle Workflow
15 2 (0.057%) ArcGIS
15 2 (0.057%) Documentum
15 2 (0.057%) WebSphere
Applications
1 41 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (0.32%) AutoCAD
3 11 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.32%) Revit
3 11 (0.32%) SOLIDWORKS
4 8 (0.23%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.086%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.086%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.057%) Sketch
7 1 (0.029%) Maya
7 1 (0.029%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 20 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
4 15 (0.43%) Findur
4 15 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
5 14 (0.40%) Temenos T24
6 13 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 9 (0.26%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 8 (0.23%) SAP HR
9 6 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.17%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.14%) NetSuite
10 5 (0.14%) SAP QM
10 5 (0.14%) Workday HCM
11 4 (0.11%) iTrent
11 4 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
11 4 (0.11%) SAP HCM
11 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
12 3 (0.086%) Changepoint
12 3 (0.086%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 795 (22.77%) Azure
2 755 (21.62%) AWS
3 241 (6.90%) GitHub
4 194 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
5 192 (5.50%) Power Platform
6 157 (4.50%) GCP
7 153 (4.38%) GitHub Actions
8 138 (3.95%) Serverless
9 137 (3.92%) Amazon S3
10 107 (3.06%) AWS Lambda
11 88 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
11 88 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
12 87 (2.49%) Entra ID
13 79 (2.26%) Amazon EKS
14 70 (2.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 67 (1.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 64 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
17 63 (1.80%) Azure AKS
18 62 (1.78%) PaaS
18 62 (1.78%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 98 (2.81%) Firewall
2 86 (2.46%) DNS
3 65 (1.86%) Network Security
4 54 (1.55%) VPN
5 28 (0.80%) WAN
6 26 (0.74%) DHCP
7 25 (0.72%) LAN
8 20 (0.57%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.37%) DKIM
9 13 (0.37%) DMARC
9 13 (0.37%) HTTP
9 13 (0.37%) Kerberos
10 12 (0.34%) SAN
11 11 (0.32%) NAS
12 10 (0.29%) Internet
12 10 (0.29%) OpenVPN
12 10 (0.29%) SMTP
13 9 (0.26%) MPLS
13 9 (0.26%) Software-Defined Networking
14 8 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (3.92%) Power BI
2 94 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
3 76 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
4 65 (1.86%) Data Lake
5 58 (1.66%) SQL Server
6 53 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
7 51 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
8 44 (1.26%) Metadata
9 40 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
10 39 (1.12%) Relational Database
11 36 (1.03%) NoSQL
12 34 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
13 28 (0.80%) Tableau
14 27 (0.77%) MongoDB
15 24 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
15 24 (0.69%) Delta Lake
16 21 (0.60%) Big Data
17 20 (0.57%) Oracle Database
18 15 (0.43%) BigQuery
19 14 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 220 (6.30%) JIRA
2 192 (5.50%) Git
3 181 (5.18%) Jenkins
4 132 (3.78%) GitLab
5 34 (0.97%) Selenium
6 24 (0.69%) Cypress.io
6 24 (0.69%) JMeter
6 24 (0.69%) JUnit
7 21 (0.60%) Mockito
8 20 (0.57%) Postman
9 19 (0.54%) SonarQube
10 17 (0.49%) Artifactory
11 15 (0.43%) Gradle
12 14 (0.40%) Bitbucket
13 13 (0.37%) REST Assured
14 11 (0.32%) Visual Studio
15 10 (0.29%) Liquibase
15 10 (0.29%) Maven
16 9 (0.26%) CircleCI
17 8 (0.23%) Snyk
General
1 995 (28.49%) Public Sector
2 652 (18.67%) Social Skills
3 328 (9.39%) Finance
4 212 (6.07%) Analytical Skills
5 101 (2.89%) Banking
6 89 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
7 82 (2.35%) Military
8 72 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
9 46 (1.32%) Police
9 46 (1.32%) Telecoms
10 37 (1.06%) Law
10 37 (1.06%) Legal
11 28 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
11 28 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
12 25 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 25 (0.72%) Retail
13 23 (0.66%) Marketing
14 18 (0.52%) Manufacturing
15 13 (0.37%) Aerospace
15 13 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 635 (18.18%) Architect
2 455 (13.03%) Developer
3 302 (8.65%) Lead
4 278 (7.96%) Senior
5 260 (7.45%) DevOps Engineer
6 198 (5.67%) Analyst
7 189 (5.41%) Data Engineer
8 162 (4.64%) Consultant
9 118 (3.38%) Solutions Architect
10 112 (3.21%) AWS Engineer
11 110 (3.15%) Azure Engineer
12 100 (2.86%) Technical Architect
13 94 (2.69%) Business Analyst
14 92 (2.63%) Security Architect
15 90 (2.58%) Designer
15 90 (2.58%) Java Developer
16 85 (2.43%) Software Engineer
17 80 (2.29%) Cloud Engineer
18 77 (2.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 73 (2.09%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (3.78%) REST
2 123 (3.52%) Spring
3 94 (2.69%) Spring Boot
4 89 (2.55%) React
5 78 (2.23%) Kafka
6 76 (2.18%) RESTful
7 74 (2.12%) .NET
8 71 (2.03%) Node.js
9 70 (2.00%) PySpark
10 55 (1.58%) JSON
11 52 (1.49%) SOAP
12 47 (1.35%) AngularJS
13 46 (1.32%) HTML
14 44 (1.26%) OAuth
15 42 (1.20%) Web Services
16 40 (1.15%) Django
17 38 (1.09%) LDAP
18 37 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
19 35 (1.00%) OpenID
20 32 (0.92%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 214 (6.13%) Cloud Native
2 122 (3.49%) Onboarding
3 104 (2.98%) Product Ownership
4 66 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
5 57 (1.63%) Data Centre
6 54 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
7 46 (1.32%) CMDB
7 46 (1.32%) Management Information System
8 44 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
9 38 (1.09%) Replication
10 34 (0.97%) Security Posture
11 31 (0.89%) AI Agents
12 29 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
13 28 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
13 28 (0.80%) Public Cloud
14 26 (0.74%) Data Structures
14 26 (0.74%) PKI
15 24 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
15 24 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
16 22 (0.63%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 171 (4.90%) Linux
2 154 (4.41%) Windows
3 62 (1.78%) Windows Server
4 30 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 26 (0.74%) Android
6 25 (0.72%) Unix
7 21 (0.60%) Mac OS
8 15 (0.43%) Solaris
9 14 (0.40%) Apple iOS
10 9 (0.26%) Windows 10
10 9 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
11 8 (0.23%) VMS
11 8 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (0.20%) Ubuntu
13 6 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
13 6 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
13 6 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
14 4 (0.11%) AIX
15 3 (0.086%) SUSE
15 3 (0.086%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 785 (22.48%) DevOps
2 762 (21.82%) Agile
3 660 (18.90%) CI/CD
4 417 (11.94%) Infrastructure as Code
5 409 (11.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 313 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
7 308 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 303 (8.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 295 (8.45%) Migration
10 268 (7.67%) AI
11 267 (7.65%) Containerisation
12 224 (6.41%) Decision-Making
13 223 (6.39%) Data Modelling
14 218 (6.24%) Analytics
15 213 (6.10%) Roadmaps
16 200 (5.73%) Test Automation
17 192 (5.50%) Software Engineering
18 191 (5.47%) Cybersecurity
19 180 (5.15%) Microservices
20 172 (4.93%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 436 (12.49%) Python
2 352 (10.08%) SQL
3 276 (7.90%) Java
4 128 (3.67%) PowerShell
5 127 (3.64%) JavaScript
6 99 (2.84%) C#
7 97 (2.78%) Bash
8 72 (2.06%) TypeScript
9 41 (1.17%) Bicep
10 34 (0.97%) PL/SQL
11 31 (0.89%) Apex Code
11 31 (0.89%) Ruby
12 27 (0.77%) Shell Script
13 23 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 22 (0.63%) Kotlin
14 22 (0.63%) Scala
15 20 (0.57%) Groovy
15 20 (0.57%) R
16 13 (0.37%) Go
17 8 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2,857 (81.82%) SC Cleared
2 436 (12.49%) DV Cleared
3 93 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
4 76 (2.18%) Degree
5 61 (1.75%) AWS Certification
6 59 (1.69%) Azure Certification
7 57 (1.63%) CISSP
8 38 (1.09%) CISM
9 28 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 27 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (0.66%) PMP
12 20 (0.57%) GIAC
13 19 (0.54%) CTC Cleared
14 17 (0.49%) PMI Certification
15 15 (0.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 14 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
16 14 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
17 13 (0.37%) CEH
18 12 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 11 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (3.89%) Data Quality
2 130 (3.72%) QA
3 84 (2.41%) NCSC
4 83 (2.38%) Accessibility
5 82 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 66 (1.89%) GDPR
6 66 (1.89%) NIST
7 64 (1.83%) PMO
8 29 (0.83%) GRC
9 25 (0.72%) WCAG
10 14 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
10 14 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 13 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
11 13 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 11 (0.32%) COBIT
12 11 (0.32%) SLA
13 9 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.23%) P3O
15 7 (0.20%) ISO 20022
15 7 (0.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 303 (8.68%) Docker
2 91 (2.61%) Active Directory
3 63 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
5 25 (0.72%) Hyper-V
6 22 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (0.49%) Squid
7 17 (0.49%) VMware NSX
8 16 (0.46%) vSphere
9 13 (0.37%) NFS
10 9 (0.26%) BitLocker
10 9 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
10 9 (0.26%) Postfix
11 8 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
12 6 (0.17%) Varnish
13 4 (0.11%) Sendmail
13 4 (0.11%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.11%) UAG
14 3 (0.086%) Firmware
14 3 (0.086%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 453 (12.97%) Terraform
2 386 (11.05%) Kubernetes
3 122 (3.49%) Ansible
4 106 (3.04%) Grafana
5 95 (2.72%) Prometheus
6 37 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
7 28 (0.80%) Puppet
8 23 (0.66%) vCenter Server
9 16 (0.46%) vMotion
10 15 (0.43%) Argo
11 14 (0.40%) Progress Chef
12 13 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 13 (0.37%) SCCM
13 12 (0.34%) Consul
13 12 (0.34%) FortiGate
13 12 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
14 11 (0.32%) Kibana
14 11 (0.32%) Packer
15 10 (0.29%) Control-M
16 9 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 369 (10.57%) Microsoft
2 196 (5.61%) Oracle
3 146 (4.18%) ServiceNow
4 111 (3.18%) Databricks
5 98 (2.81%) Salesforce
6 94 (2.69%) VMware
7 75 (2.15%) Google
8 71 (2.03%) Splunk
9 61 (1.75%) SAP
10 38 (1.09%) IBM
11 37 (1.06%) Cisco
12 36 (1.03%) Dynatrace
13 29 (0.83%) Red Hat
14 27 (0.77%) Okta
15 25 (0.72%) Informatica
16 23 (0.66%) MuleSoft
16 23 (0.66%) Tenable
17 19 (0.54%) CyberArk
17 19 (0.54%) Fortinet
17 19 (0.54%) Palo Alto