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 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 9 13
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +19
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 1,753 2,040 2,442
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 13.24% 12.68% 10.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.06% 51.96% 47.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,261 1,419 1,640
10th Percentile £390 £363 £400
25th Percentile £450 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.09% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £743
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 16 51
10th Percentile £25.04 £18.00 £19.99
25th Percentile - £21.56 £42.34
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% -59.70% +20.19%
75th Percentile - £60.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £38.75 £70.38 £90.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -59.17% +2.67% +7.14%

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 3,502 3,926 5,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.45% 24.41% 22.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,350 2,573 3,523
10th Percentile £350 £350 £355
25th Percentile £431 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.09% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £759 £788
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 57 87
10th Percentile £18.87 £18.03 £19.34
25th Percentile - £22.00 £25.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.29 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.11% -41.29% +22.22%
75th Percentile £35.00 £53.75 £66.30
90th Percentile £65.00 £66.20 £81.20
England median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.78
% change year-on-year -53.43% -1.42% +21.73%

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

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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 0 202 £525 -2.33% 127
South London -1 69 £544 +8.75% 9
West London +15 39 £401 -19.90% 13
East London +5 4 £750 +239.09% 5
North London -7 2 £510 +9.68% 4
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 90 (5.13%) Confluence
2 44 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 40 (2.28%) Apache
4 30 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
5 29 (1.65%) nginx
6 20 (1.14%) Apache Spark
7 15 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (0.51%) IIS
8 9 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 8 (0.46%) CMS
10 6 (0.34%) SAS
11 5 (0.29%) SharePoint 2010
12 4 (0.23%) Jupyter
12 4 (0.23%) MQSeries
13 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.17%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.17%) Traefik
14 2 (0.11%) Drupal
14 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
14 2 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.51%) Mozilla Thunderbird
6 8 (0.46%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.29%) InfoPath
7 5 (0.29%) Sketch
7 5 (0.29%) Trello
8 3 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
9 2 (0.11%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.057%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.057%) Revit
Business Applications
1 35 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.03%) Oracle ERP
3 17 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.86%) SAP PS
5 14 (0.80%) Remedy ITSM
6 10 (0.57%) Oracle General Ledger
7 7 (0.40%) SAP HCM
7 7 (0.40%) SAP WM
8 6 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
8 6 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
8 6 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
8 6 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
8 6 (0.34%) SAP EWM
9 4 (0.23%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle FAH
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 3 (0.17%) SAP GTS
10 3 (0.17%) SAP PP
11 2 (0.11%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 454 (25.90%) AWS
2 347 (19.79%) Azure
3 113 (6.45%) Power Platform
4 109 (6.22%) GitHub
5 107 (6.10%) Amazon S3
6 97 (5.53%) Serverless
7 93 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
8 76 (4.34%) GCP
9 72 (4.11%) AWS CloudFormation
10 71 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
11 67 (3.82%) GitHub Actions
12 64 (3.65%) AWS Lambda
13 59 (3.37%) Amazon EC2
13 59 (3.37%) Entra ID
14 56 (3.19%) SaaS
15 48 (2.74%) Amazon EKS
16 36 (2.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 36 (2.05%) Power Automate
17 34 (1.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 33 (1.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 107 (6.10%) Firewall
2 52 (2.97%) DNS
3 45 (2.57%) VPN
4 38 (2.17%) LAN
4 38 (2.17%) Network Security
5 34 (1.94%) SSL
5 34 (1.94%) WAN
6 27 (1.54%) TCP/IP
7 22 (1.25%) Cisco Nexus
7 22 (1.25%) SD-WAN
8 21 (1.20%) Wireless
9 19 (1.08%) HTTP
10 18 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (0.97%) SSH
12 13 (0.74%) BGP
12 13 (0.74%) DHCP
12 13 (0.74%) OSPF
13 12 (0.68%) OpenLDAP
13 12 (0.68%) SMTP
14 11 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (4.85%) PostgreSQL
2 71 (4.05%) Power BI
3 51 (2.91%) Amazon RDS
4 34 (1.94%) SQL Server
5 31 (1.77%) Big Data
6 28 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
7 26 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
8 23 (1.31%) Metadata
9 22 (1.25%) Data Lake
9 22 (1.25%) Oracle Database
10 21 (1.20%) Relational Database
11 20 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
12 19 (1.08%) Amazon Aurora
12 19 (1.08%) Hadoop
13 17 (0.97%) Redis
14 16 (0.91%) Amazon Athena
15 15 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
16 13 (0.74%) NoSQL
16 13 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
17 12 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 144 (8.21%) JIRA
2 105 (5.99%) Git
2 105 (5.99%) Jenkins
3 66 (3.76%) GitLab
4 32 (1.83%) SonarQube
5 22 (1.25%) Liquibase
5 22 (1.25%) Selenium
6 20 (1.14%) JUnit
7 18 (1.03%) Bitbucket
8 15 (0.86%) Mockito
9 14 (0.80%) CircleCI
9 14 (0.80%) Metasploit
10 13 (0.74%) Burp Suite
10 13 (0.74%) Gradle
11 12 (0.68%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.57%) Postman
12 10 (0.57%) Vagrant
13 8 (0.46%) JMeter
13 8 (0.46%) Maven
13 8 (0.46%) ScriptRunner
General
1 595 (33.94%) Public Sector
2 443 (25.27%) Social Skills
3 184 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
4 183 (10.44%) Finance
5 53 (3.02%) Military
6 52 (2.97%) Telecoms
7 40 (2.28%) Law
8 38 (2.17%) Banking
9 33 (1.88%) Legal
10 31 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 29 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
12 27 (1.54%) Manufacturing
13 26 (1.48%) Police
13 26 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
14 24 (1.37%) Marketing
15 23 (1.31%) Electronics
15 23 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
16 16 (0.91%) Aerospace
17 10 (0.57%) Billing
17 10 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 278 (15.86%) Architect
2 175 (9.98%) Developer
3 159 (9.07%) Consultant
4 143 (8.16%) Senior
5 125 (7.13%) Analyst
6 124 (7.07%) Lead
7 104 (5.93%) DevOps Engineer
8 96 (5.48%) Data Engineer
9 54 (3.08%) Business Analyst
10 53 (3.02%) Solutions Architect
11 52 (2.97%) AWS Engineer
12 43 (2.45%) Security Architect
12 43 (2.45%) Tester
13 40 (2.28%) Java Developer
13 40 (2.28%) Security Engineer
14 37 (2.11%) Technical Architect
15 36 (2.05%) Project Manager
16 34 (1.94%) AWS Architect
16 34 (1.94%) Designer
17 33 (1.88%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (5.31%) Kafka
2 80 (4.56%) REST
3 68 (3.88%) React
4 48 (2.74%) Node.js
4 48 (2.74%) Spring
5 41 (2.34%) HTML
6 39 (2.22%) JSON
7 38 (2.17%) Spring Boot
8 36 (2.05%) SOAP
9 32 (1.83%) Oracle Fusion
10 31 (1.77%) .NET
11 30 (1.71%) Web Services
12 29 (1.65%) CSS
12 29 (1.65%) LDAP
13 28 (1.60%) PySpark
14 27 (1.54%) RESTful
15 23 (1.31%) Apache NiFi
16 22 (1.25%) OAuth
16 22 (1.25%) RabbitMQ
16 22 (1.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (3.71%) Onboarding
2 51 (2.91%) Data Centre
3 50 (2.85%) Cloud Native
4 44 (2.51%) Management Information System
5 41 (2.34%) Product Ownership
6 32 (1.83%) Security Operations Centre
7 23 (1.31%) PKI
8 21 (1.20%) CSOC
8 21 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
9 19 (1.08%) CMDB
10 18 (1.03%) Replication
10 18 (1.03%) Security Posture
11 16 (0.91%) Public Cloud
12 15 (0.86%) Driving Licence
12 15 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
12 15 (0.86%) Virtual Team
13 14 (0.80%) Algorithms
13 14 (0.80%) Private Cloud
14 13 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 108 (6.16%) Linux
1 108 (6.16%) Windows
2 29 (1.65%) Mac OS
3 22 (1.25%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.08%) Android
5 17 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (0.97%) VMS
6 15 (0.86%) Windows 10
7 12 (0.68%) Unix
8 11 (0.63%) Amazon Linux
9 9 (0.51%) Ubuntu
10 7 (0.40%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.23%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.17%) CentOS
13 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.057%) AIX
14 1 (0.057%) VME
14 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (26.13%) Agile
2 308 (17.57%) DevOps
3 270 (15.40%) CI/CD
4 239 (13.63%) Problem-Solving
5 165 (9.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 155 (8.84%) Migration
7 147 (8.39%) Infrastructure as Code
8 144 (8.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 142 (8.10%) Cybersecurity
10 115 (6.56%) Microservices
11 109 (6.22%) Analytics
12 106 (6.05%) Containerisation
13 104 (5.93%) Business Intelligence
14 99 (5.65%) Scrum
15 98 (5.59%) Continuous Improvement
16 93 (5.31%) Roadmaps
17 90 (5.13%) Software Engineering
18 85 (4.85%) Mentoring
19 82 (4.68%) Cloud Security
19 82 (4.68%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 279 (15.92%) Python
2 172 (9.81%) SQL
3 155 (8.84%) Java
4 123 (7.02%) JavaScript
5 87 (4.96%) PowerShell
6 77 (4.39%) Bash
7 62 (3.54%) TypeScript
8 47 (2.68%) C#
9 31 (1.77%) Go
10 18 (1.03%) Groovy
11 15 (0.86%) C++
11 15 (0.86%) PL/SQL
12 12 (0.68%) Bicep
12 12 (0.68%) Perl
13 11 (0.63%) Apex Code
14 10 (0.57%) R
15 8 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
16 7 (0.40%) C
16 7 (0.40%) Scala
16 7 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,442 (82.26%) SC Cleared
2 198 (11.29%) DV Cleared
3 79 (4.51%) Degree
4 44 (2.51%) AWS Certification
5 41 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
6 35 (2.00%) Azure Certification
7 31 (1.77%) CHECK Team Member
8 26 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
9 24 (1.37%) CISSP
10 21 (1.20%) CHECK Team Leader
11 20 (1.14%) CREST Certified
12 18 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 18 (1.03%) CCNP
12 18 (1.03%) OSCP
13 16 (0.91%) CISM
14 15 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
15 13 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
15 13 (0.74%) SAP Certification
16 12 (0.68%) Tigerscheme
17 11 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (3.14%) QA
2 34 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (1.88%) Data Quality
4 30 (1.71%) NCSC
4 30 (1.71%) NIST
5 29 (1.65%) GDPR
6 26 (1.48%) Accessibility
7 19 (1.08%) SLA
8 17 (0.97%) PMO
9 8 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.46%) GRC
10 6 (0.34%) Def Stans
10 6 (0.34%) WCAG
11 4 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.23%) EU AI Act
11 4 (0.23%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 170 (9.70%) Docker
2 76 (4.34%) Active Directory
3 17 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.51%) DFS Replication
6 9 (0.51%) Dovecot
6 9 (0.51%) Postfix
6 9 (0.51%) Squid
7 8 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
8 5 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.23%) Firmware
9 4 (0.23%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.23%) vSphere
10 3 (0.17%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.11%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.11%) vCloud
11 2 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 204 (11.64%) Kubernetes
2 197 (11.24%) Terraform
3 74 (4.22%) Ansible
4 47 (2.68%) Prometheus
5 46 (2.62%) Grafana
6 29 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
7 26 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (0.97%) Packer
9 15 (0.86%) Nessus
10 14 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
10 14 (0.80%) Kibana
11 13 (0.74%) Consul
11 13 (0.74%) Nmap
11 13 (0.74%) SCCM
12 12 (0.68%) Progress Chef
12 12 (0.68%) Puppet
13 10 (0.57%) Argo
14 9 (0.51%) Proxmox
15 8 (0.46%) AirWatch
15 8 (0.46%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 198 (11.29%) Microsoft
2 109 (6.22%) Oracle
3 101 (5.76%) SAP
4 85 (4.85%) ServiceNow
5 83 (4.73%) Cisco
6 46 (2.62%) Splunk
7 41 (2.34%) VMware
8 31 (1.77%) Databricks
8 31 (1.77%) IBM
9 30 (1.71%) Palantir
10 28 (1.60%) Palo Alto
11 25 (1.43%) Fortinet
11 25 (1.43%) Google
11 25 (1.43%) HP
12 23 (1.31%) Apple
13 22 (1.25%) Foundry
14 21 (1.20%) Dell
14 21 (1.20%) F5
14 21 (1.20%) Salesforce
15 20 (1.14%) Remedy