Security Cleared Contracts 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 10 14
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +17
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 1,669 2,159 2,852
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 13.29% 12.10% 10.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.95% 50.07% 48.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,226 1,544 1,919
10th Percentile £363 £350 £400
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £700 £760 £750
England median daily rate £537 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.36% - +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 35 30
10th Percentile £22.27 £14.52 £20.14
25th Percentile £24.66 £17.88 £39.26
Median hourly rate £37.25 £22.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.32% -61.74% +29.21%
75th Percentile £41.16 £49.38 £73.13
90th Percentile £49.75 £76.25 £83.00
England median hourly rate £55.52 £57.33 £60.00
% change year-on-year -3.15% -4.46% +20.00%

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 3,213 4,312 5,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.59% 24.17% 21.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,171 2,915 3,922
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £651 £660 £688
90th Percentile £753 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 113 80
10th Percentile £20.02 £14.49 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.50 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.54 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +13.60% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £56.00 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £68.63 £69.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £46.30 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +15.75% -23.66% +39.73%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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 +4 238 £534 +4.61% 55
South London -2 53 £500 -1.96% 10
West London +1 13 £375 -25.00% 19
North London 0 4 £405 +5.06% 1
East London +4 3 £750 +39.55% 8
Security Cleared
England

Security 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 52 (3.12%) Confluence
2 50 (3.00%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.80%) Apache
4 25 (1.50%) Apache Spark
5 22 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
6 18 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
7 14 (0.84%) nginx
7 14 (0.84%) SAS
8 9 (0.54%) CMS
9 8 (0.48%) WebLogic
10 7 (0.42%) Jupyter
11 5 (0.30%) Camunda
11 5 (0.30%) SharePoint 2010
11 5 (0.30%) Traefik
12 4 (0.24%) JBoss
12 4 (0.24%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.18%) IIS
13 3 (0.18%) MTS
14 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.12%) MQSeries
Applications
1 21 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.84%) Oracle Smart View
4 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.30%) InfoPath
6 5 (0.30%) Sketch
7 4 (0.24%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.18%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.060%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.060%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.060%) Revit
9 1 (0.060%) SPSS
9 1 (0.060%) Stata
9 1 (0.060%) Trello
Business Applications
1 23 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
3 7 (0.42%) Oracle Cash Management
3 7 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (0.42%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (0.42%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (0.24%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 4 (0.24%) Primavera
4 4 (0.24%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.18%) SAP GRC
5 3 (0.18%) SAP PS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.12%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 514 (30.80%) AWS
2 296 (17.74%) Azure
3 135 (8.09%) Power Platform
4 107 (6.41%) Serverless
5 88 (5.27%) Amazon S3
6 83 (4.97%) AWS Lambda
7 60 (3.59%) GCP
7 60 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
8 59 (3.54%) GitHub
9 58 (3.48%) AWS CloudFormation
10 54 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
11 47 (2.82%) Amazon EKS
12 39 (2.34%) Azure Data Factory
12 39 (2.34%) OCI
12 39 (2.34%) Power Automate
13 37 (2.22%) PowerApps
14 34 (2.04%) Entra ID
15 32 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
16 30 (1.80%) Amazon EC2
17 28 (1.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 83 (4.97%) Firewall
2 43 (2.58%) Network Security
3 37 (2.22%) DNS
4 29 (1.74%) VPN
5 27 (1.62%) TCP/IP
6 18 (1.08%) WAN
7 16 (0.96%) HTTP
8 15 (0.90%) LAN
9 13 (0.78%) DHCP
10 12 (0.72%) Wireless
11 10 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
12 9 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
13 8 (0.48%) SSH
14 7 (0.42%) Internet
15 6 (0.36%) Cisco Nexus
16 5 (0.30%) BGP
16 5 (0.30%) OSPF
16 5 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
17 4 (0.24%) Unified Communications
17 4 (0.24%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (5.93%) PostgreSQL
2 92 (5.51%) Power BI
3 50 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
4 48 (2.88%) Amazon RDS
5 47 (2.82%) SQL Server
6 45 (2.70%) Data Lake
7 44 (2.64%) MongoDB
8 43 (2.58%) Relational Database
9 42 (2.52%) Tableau
10 36 (2.16%) Oracle Database
11 31 (1.86%) Oracle Reports
12 27 (1.62%) Amazon Athena
12 27 (1.62%) MySQL
13 26 (1.56%) Metadata
14 23 (1.38%) Neo4j
14 23 (1.38%) NoSQL
15 22 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
16 21 (1.26%) Redis
17 19 (1.14%) Big Data
18 17 (1.02%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 105 (6.29%) JIRA
2 101 (6.05%) Jenkins
3 88 (5.27%) Git
4 66 (3.95%) GitLab
5 33 (1.98%) JUnit
6 32 (1.92%) Selenium
7 30 (1.80%) SonarQube
8 28 (1.68%) Cypress.io
9 21 (1.26%) JMeter
10 19 (1.14%) Cucumber
11 17 (1.02%) Postman
12 16 (0.96%) Gradle
13 15 (0.90%) Bitbucket
13 15 (0.90%) CircleCI
14 14 (0.84%) Liquibase
15 12 (0.72%) Maven
15 12 (0.72%) Mockito
15 12 (0.72%) REST Assured
16 8 (0.48%) Jasmine
16 8 (0.48%) WinRunner
General
1 589 (35.29%) Public Sector
2 375 (22.47%) Social Skills
3 178 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (8.69%) Finance
5 43 (2.58%) Military
6 34 (2.04%) Law
7 32 (1.92%) Telecoms
8 31 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 31 (1.86%) Legal
9 25 (1.50%) Marketing
9 25 (1.50%) Police
10 22 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (1.26%) Manufacturing
12 20 (1.20%) Banking
13 19 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (1.08%) Electronics
15 16 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
17 11 (0.66%) General Ledger
18 7 (0.42%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 287 (17.20%) Architect
2 236 (14.14%) Developer
3 156 (9.35%) Senior
4 131 (7.85%) Analyst
5 125 (7.49%) Lead
6 115 (6.89%) Data Engineer
7 91 (5.45%) Consultant
8 85 (5.09%) DevOps Engineer
9 68 (4.07%) AWS Engineer
10 62 (3.71%) Solutions Architect
11 58 (3.48%) Business Analyst
12 55 (3.30%) Java Developer
13 49 (2.94%) AWS Architect
14 48 (2.88%) Data Architect
15 45 (2.70%) Security Architect
16 41 (2.46%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 35 (2.10%) AWS DevOps
17 35 (2.10%) Azure Engineer
17 35 (2.10%) Software Developer
18 33 (1.98%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (6.11%) React
2 99 (5.93%) Kafka
3 69 (4.13%) Spring
4 66 (3.95%) Spring Boot
5 55 (3.30%) HTML
6 45 (2.70%) REST
7 44 (2.64%) .NET
8 43 (2.58%) CSS
9 35 (2.10%) RESTful
10 34 (2.04%) Node.js
10 34 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
11 28 (1.68%) Web Services
12 26 (1.56%) Swagger
13 24 (1.44%) OpenAPI
14 22 (1.32%) Plotly
15 20 (1.20%) PySpark
15 20 (1.20%) SOAP
15 20 (1.20%) XML
16 19 (1.14%) AngularJS
17 18 (1.08%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 64 (3.83%) Onboarding
2 36 (2.16%) Management Information System
3 25 (1.50%) Data Centre
4 24 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
4 24 (1.44%) PKI
5 21 (1.26%) Public Cloud
5 21 (1.26%) Security Posture
6 20 (1.20%) Product Ownership
7 16 (0.96%) CMDB
8 15 (0.90%) Cloud Native
9 13 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
10 12 (0.72%) Data Structures
10 12 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
10 12 (0.72%) Private Cloud
11 10 (0.60%) Freedom of Information
12 9 (0.54%) Algorithms
12 9 (0.54%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (0.54%) Operational Technology
12 9 (0.54%) Reference Data
13 8 (0.48%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 108 (6.47%) Linux
2 107 (6.41%) Windows
3 37 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 35 (2.10%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.26%) Windows 10
6 18 (1.08%) Unix
7 14 (0.84%) Mac OS
8 13 (0.78%) Android
9 10 (0.60%) CentOS
10 9 (0.54%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.24%) AIX
11 4 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
11 4 (0.24%) Windows 7
11 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.12%) VMS
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.060%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.060%) Solaris
13 1 (0.060%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (20.37%) Agile
2 311 (18.63%) DevOps
3 295 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
4 227 (13.60%) CI/CD
5 157 (9.41%) Microservices
6 147 (8.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 126 (7.55%) Containerisation
8 112 (6.71%) Analytics
9 111 (6.65%) Test Automation
10 106 (6.35%) Migration
11 103 (6.17%) Mentoring
12 99 (5.93%) Data Modelling
13 96 (5.75%) Business Intelligence
14 95 (5.69%) Software Engineering
15 91 (5.45%) Infrastructure as Code
16 86 (5.15%) ITIL
17 81 (4.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 78 (4.67%) Cybersecurity
19 75 (4.49%) Technical Leadership
19 75 (4.49%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 267 (16.00%) Python
2 241 (14.44%) SQL
3 185 (11.08%) Java
4 156 (9.35%) JavaScript
5 76 (4.55%) PowerShell
6 61 (3.65%) TypeScript
7 59 (3.54%) C#
8 54 (3.24%) Bash
9 33 (1.98%) PL/SQL
10 22 (1.32%) Go
11 18 (1.08%) Scala
12 15 (0.90%) R
13 10 (0.60%) Bicep
14 9 (0.54%) Ruby
15 8 (0.48%) C++
15 8 (0.48%) Groovy
16 6 (0.36%) PHP
16 6 (0.36%) VB
17 5 (0.30%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.24%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,404 (84.12%) SC Cleared
2 192 (11.50%) DV Cleared
3 87 (5.21%) Degree
4 47 (2.82%) AWS Certification
5 35 (2.10%) CISSP
6 30 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (1.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 29 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 28 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (1.14%) CISM
10 16 (0.96%) AWS Certified Developer
10 16 (0.96%) CCNP
11 14 (0.84%) CTC Cleared
12 11 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
12 11 (0.66%) OCP
12 11 (0.66%) Oracle Certification
13 8 (0.48%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.48%) CCNA
14 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.36%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (4.13%) QA
2 38 (2.28%) NIST
3 37 (2.22%) Data Quality
4 33 (1.98%) GDPR
5 31 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.02%) Accessibility
6 17 (1.02%) PMO
7 16 (0.96%) NCSC
8 15 (0.90%) GRC
9 7 (0.42%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
10 6 (0.36%) HIPAA
10 6 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (0.30%) SLA
12 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 143 (8.57%) Docker
2 53 (3.18%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (0.54%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
6 7 (0.42%) vSphere
7 5 (0.30%) BitLocker
7 5 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.30%) VMware Workstation
8 4 (0.24%) IAG
9 3 (0.18%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 3 (0.18%) Firmware
9 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
9 3 (0.18%) vCloud
10 2 (0.12%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.060%) NFS
Systems Management
1 218 (13.06%) Kubernetes
2 150 (8.99%) Terraform
3 85 (5.09%) Ansible
4 38 (2.28%) Grafana
5 37 (2.22%) Prometheus
6 29 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
7 25 (1.50%) SCCM
8 19 (1.14%) Progress Chef
8 19 (1.14%) Puppet
9 11 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
10 10 (0.60%) FortiGate
11 9 (0.54%) Kibana
12 8 (0.48%) Istio
12 8 (0.48%) Rancher
13 7 (0.42%) Data Guard
13 7 (0.42%) HAProxy
13 7 (0.42%) Packer
14 6 (0.36%) Consul
15 5 (0.30%) PowerCLI
15 5 (0.30%) vRealize
Vendors
1 194 (11.62%) Microsoft
2 136 (8.15%) Oracle
3 79 (4.73%) ServiceNow
4 60 (3.59%) SAP
5 56 (3.36%) Cisco
6 55 (3.30%) Databricks
7 45 (2.70%) VMware
8 29 (1.74%) Splunk
9 27 (1.62%) Google
10 22 (1.32%) Apple
11 18 (1.08%) Palantir
11 18 (1.08%) Red Hat
12 15 (0.90%) Citrix
13 14 (0.84%) Virgin Media
14 13 (0.78%) Atlassian
14 13 (0.78%) Dell
14 13 (0.78%) Dynatrace
14 13 (0.78%) HP
14 13 (0.78%) Informatica
15 11 (0.66%) IBM