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

6 months to
13 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 3,501 1,752 2,041
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.70% 12.87% 11.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.78% 49.96% 49.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,688 1,269 1,485
10th Percentile £400 £375 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
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 £701 £750
England median daily rate £528 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -1.86% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 36 37
10th Percentile £21.15 £18.87 £14.85
25th Percentile £25.77 £25.12 £17.88
Median hourly rate £57.00 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +126.64% +14.32% -63.33%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £38.75
90th Percentile £95.13 £48.75 £83.75
England median hourly rate £63.50 £25.15 £57.50
% change year-on-year +152.49% -56.26% -4.17%

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 5,489 3,507 4,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.75% 25.77% 23.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,960 2,369 2,850
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% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £770
England median daily rate £525 £525 £537
% change year-on-year - -2.23% -2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 82 100
10th Percentile £19.45 £18.82 £16.25
25th Percentile £26.06 £25.04 £20.86
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.74 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +109.83% -1.02% -51.85%
75th Percentile £73.00 £49.38 £43.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.39 £68.75
England median hourly rate £54.00 £28.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year +92.86% -34.88% -21.82%

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

Security Cleared
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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +12 443 £550 - 154
South London 0 148 £521 -1.79% 7
East London +14 15 £750 - 20
West London -36 13 £675 +68.75% 74
North London -1 3 - - 1
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
1 158 (4.51%) Confluence
2 91 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 33 (0.94%) Apache Spark
3 33 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 32 (0.91%) nginx
5 29 (0.83%) Apache
6 23 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
7 20 (0.57%) SAS
8 15 (0.43%) Tomcat
9 10 (0.29%) WebLogic
10 7 (0.20%) CMS
11 5 (0.14%) JBoss
12 4 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
12 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
12 4 (0.11%) WordPress
13 3 (0.086%) Drupal
13 3 (0.086%) Oracle Workflow
14 2 (0.057%) Documentum
14 2 (0.057%) MQSeries
14 2 (0.057%) WebSphere
Applications
1 43 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
4 12 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.31%) AutoCAD
5 11 (0.31%) Revit
5 11 (0.31%) SOLIDWORKS
6 9 (0.26%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.23%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.086%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.086%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.057%) Sketch
10 1 (0.029%) Maya
10 1 (0.029%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 20 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (0.51%) 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
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%) Oracle iProcurement
12 3 (0.086%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
12 3 (0.086%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 798 (22.79%) Azure
2 762 (21.77%) AWS
3 244 (6.97%) GitHub
4 196 (5.60%) Azure DevOps
4 196 (5.60%) Power Platform
5 161 (4.60%) GCP
6 154 (4.40%) GitHub Actions
7 139 (3.97%) Serverless
8 136 (3.88%) Amazon S3
9 108 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
10 91 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
11 89 (2.54%) Amazon EC2
12 88 (2.51%) Entra ID
13 80 (2.29%) Amazon EKS
14 71 (2.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 67 (1.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 64 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
17 63 (1.80%) Azure AKS
18 62 (1.77%) Power Automate
19 60 (1.71%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 95 (2.71%) Firewall
2 86 (2.46%) DNS
3 63 (1.80%) Network Security
4 53 (1.51%) VPN
5 26 (0.74%) WAN
6 25 (0.71%) DHCP
7 23 (0.66%) LAN
8 21 (0.60%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.40%) HTTP
10 13 (0.37%) DKIM
10 13 (0.37%) DMARC
10 13 (0.37%) Kerberos
11 12 (0.34%) SAN
12 11 (0.31%) NAS
13 10 (0.29%) Internet
13 10 (0.29%) OpenVPN
14 9 (0.26%) SMTP
14 9 (0.26%) Software-Defined Networking
15 8 (0.23%) NGFW
15 8 (0.23%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (3.94%) Power BI
2 96 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
3 75 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
4 65 (1.86%) Data Lake
5 60 (1.71%) SQL Server
6 53 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
7 49 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
8 45 (1.29%) Metadata
9 43 (1.23%) Relational Database
10 40 (1.14%) Amazon Athena
11 35 (1.00%) NoSQL
12 33 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
13 28 (0.80%) Tableau
14 26 (0.74%) MongoDB
15 24 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
15 24 (0.69%) Delta Lake
16 21 (0.60%) Big Data
17 18 (0.51%) Oracle Database
18 14 (0.40%) BigQuery
18 14 (0.40%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 223 (6.37%) JIRA
2 201 (5.74%) Git
3 185 (5.28%) Jenkins
4 133 (3.80%) 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
7 21 (0.60%) SonarQube
8 20 (0.57%) Postman
9 19 (0.54%) Gradle
10 17 (0.49%) Artifactory
11 16 (0.46%) Maven
12 14 (0.40%) Bitbucket
13 13 (0.37%) REST Assured
13 13 (0.37%) Visual Studio
14 10 (0.29%) Liquibase
15 9 (0.26%) CircleCI
16 8 (0.23%) Snyk
General
1 999 (28.53%) Public Sector
2 656 (18.74%) Social Skills
3 331 (9.45%) Finance
4 217 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
5 100 (2.86%) Banking
6 89 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
7 84 (2.40%) Military
8 72 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
9 47 (1.34%) Police
10 44 (1.26%) Telecoms
11 37 (1.06%) Legal
12 36 (1.03%) Law
13 29 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
14 27 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 27 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
15 25 (0.71%) Retail
16 24 (0.69%) Marketing
17 18 (0.51%) Manufacturing
18 13 (0.37%) Publishing
19 12 (0.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 637 (18.19%) Architect
2 461 (13.17%) Developer
3 310 (8.85%) Lead
4 278 (7.94%) Senior
5 262 (7.48%) DevOps Engineer
6 199 (5.68%) Analyst
7 188 (5.37%) Data Engineer
8 161 (4.60%) Consultant
9 116 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
10 112 (3.20%) AWS Engineer
11 110 (3.14%) Azure Engineer
12 97 (2.77%) Technical Architect
13 94 (2.68%) Java Developer
14 93 (2.66%) Business Analyst
15 92 (2.63%) Security Architect
16 91 (2.60%) Designer
17 87 (2.49%) Software Engineer
18 80 (2.29%) Cloud Engineer
19 77 (2.20%) Data Architect
19 77 (2.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (3.83%) REST
2 129 (3.68%) Spring
3 100 (2.86%) Spring Boot
4 91 (2.60%) React
5 82 (2.34%) RESTful
6 79 (2.26%) Kafka
7 77 (2.20%) .NET
8 72 (2.06%) Node.js
9 70 (2.00%) PySpark
10 56 (1.60%) JSON
11 52 (1.49%) SOAP
12 51 (1.46%) HTML
13 47 (1.34%) AngularJS
14 44 (1.26%) OAuth
15 41 (1.17%) Web Services
16 40 (1.14%) Django
17 38 (1.09%) LDAP
18 37 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
19 35 (1.00%) OpenID
20 32 (0.91%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 219 (6.26%) Cloud Native
2 121 (3.46%) Onboarding
3 106 (3.03%) Product Ownership
4 69 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
5 55 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
6 54 (1.54%) Data Centre
7 47 (1.34%) CMDB
8 45 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
9 44 (1.26%) Management Information System
10 39 (1.11%) Replication
11 34 (0.97%) Security Posture
12 31 (0.89%) AI Agents
13 29 (0.83%) Public Cloud
14 27 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
15 26 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
15 26 (0.74%) Data Structures
16 24 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
16 24 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
17 23 (0.66%) PKI
18 20 (0.57%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 170 (4.86%) Linux
2 155 (4.43%) Windows
3 61 (1.74%) Windows Server
4 31 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 27 (0.77%) Android
6 26 (0.74%) Unix
7 21 (0.60%) Mac OS
8 15 (0.43%) Apple iOS
9 14 (0.40%) Solaris
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 2016
14 5 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.11%) AIX
16 3 (0.086%) SUSE
16 3 (0.086%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 791 (22.59%) DevOps
2 771 (22.02%) Agile
3 668 (19.08%) CI/CD
4 422 (12.05%) Infrastructure as Code
5 408 (11.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 319 (9.11%) Problem-Solving
7 313 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 301 (8.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 292 (8.34%) Migration
10 268 (7.65%) Containerisation
11 265 (7.57%) AI
12 227 (6.48%) Data Modelling
13 224 (6.40%) Decision-Making
14 222 (6.34%) Analytics
15 215 (6.14%) Roadmaps
16 202 (5.77%) Test Automation
17 194 (5.54%) Cybersecurity
17 194 (5.54%) Software Engineering
18 187 (5.34%) Microservices
19 173 (4.94%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 440 (12.57%) Python
2 358 (10.23%) SQL
3 283 (8.08%) Java
4 132 (3.77%) JavaScript
5 127 (3.63%) PowerShell
6 100 (2.86%) C#
7 96 (2.74%) Bash
8 72 (2.06%) TypeScript
9 41 (1.17%) Bicep
10 35 (1.00%) 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
15 21 (0.60%) Scala
16 20 (0.57%) Groovy
16 20 (0.57%) R
17 14 (0.40%) Go
18 9 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2,866 (81.86%) SC Cleared
2 444 (12.68%) DV Cleared
3 97 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
4 73 (2.09%) Degree
5 62 (1.77%) AWS Certification
6 61 (1.74%) Azure Certification
7 57 (1.63%) CISSP
8 37 (1.06%) CISM
9 28 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (0.66%) PMP
12 20 (0.57%) CTC Cleared
12 20 (0.57%) GIAC
13 17 (0.49%) PMI Certification
14 15 (0.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 14 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
16 13 (0.37%) CEH
17 12 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 12 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
18 11 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (3.88%) Data Quality
2 133 (3.80%) QA
3 87 (2.49%) NCSC
4 84 (2.40%) Accessibility
5 81 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 68 (1.94%) NIST
7 67 (1.91%) GDPR
8 66 (1.89%) PMO
9 34 (0.97%) GRC
10 25 (0.71%) WCAG
11 14 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
12 13 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
12 13 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 13 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 12 (0.34%) SLA
14 11 (0.31%) COBIT
15 9 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 8 (0.23%) NIST 800
16 8 (0.23%) P3O
17 7 (0.20%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 305 (8.71%) Docker
2 90 (2.57%) Active Directory
3 62 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
5 24 (0.69%) 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%) Postfix
11 8 (0.23%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
12 7 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
13 6 (0.17%) Varnish
14 4 (0.11%) Sendmail
14 4 (0.11%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.11%) UAG
15 3 (0.086%) Firmware
15 3 (0.086%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 452 (12.91%) Terraform
2 387 (11.05%) Kubernetes
3 121 (3.46%) Ansible
4 106 (3.03%) Grafana
5 95 (2.71%) Prometheus
6 37 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
7 27 (0.77%) Puppet
8 22 (0.63%) vCenter Server
9 15 (0.43%) Argo
9 15 (0.43%) vMotion
10 14 (0.40%) Progress Chef
11 13 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 13 (0.37%) SCCM
12 12 (0.34%) Consul
12 12 (0.34%) FortiGate
12 12 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
13 11 (0.31%) Control-M
13 11 (0.31%) Kibana
13 11 (0.31%) Packer
14 9 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 376 (10.74%) Microsoft
2 200 (5.71%) Oracle
3 148 (4.23%) ServiceNow
4 108 (3.08%) Databricks
5 99 (2.83%) Salesforce
6 93 (2.66%) VMware
7 78 (2.23%) Google
8 72 (2.06%) Splunk
9 61 (1.74%) SAP
10 38 (1.09%) IBM
11 36 (1.03%) Dynatrace
12 35 (1.00%) Cisco
13 29 (0.83%) Red Hat
14 27 (0.77%) Okta
15 25 (0.71%) Informatica
16 23 (0.66%) MuleSoft
16 23 (0.66%) Tenable
17 19 (0.54%) CyberArk
18 18 (0.51%) Fortinet
19 17 (0.49%) Palo Alto