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 4 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,656 1,841 2,123
As % of all contract jobs in London 18.04% 13.64% 13.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.64% 51.25% 52.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,837 1,305 1,425
10th Percentile £400 £400 £374
25th Percentile £465 £454 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £725
England median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 45 18
10th Percentile £19.50 £25.04 £20.84
25th Percentile £35.00 - £24.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +118.69% -44.11% -25.00%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £69.56
90th Percentile £78.75 £33.31 £112.00
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 5,745 3,592 4,041
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.35% 26.61% 24.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,160 2,414 2,590
10th Percentile £363 £356 £350
25th Percentile £456 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £728 £738 £774
England median daily rate £533 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.43% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 84 62
10th Percentile £19.50 £19.05 £18.13
25th Percentile £24.47 - £25.81
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -31.38% -18.56%
75th Percentile £78.75 £35.94 £57.50
90th Percentile £155.00 £65.00 £74.63
England median hourly rate £50.74 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +101.76% -52.10% -

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 4 October 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 +10 398 £550 +4.76% 183
South London +1 104 £550 +2.80% 13
West London -32 24 £650 +62.30% 47
East London +5 6 £750 +3.45% 26
North London +4 6 £538 +5.39%
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
1 150 (4.10%) Confluence
2 91 (2.49%) SharePoint
3 48 (1.31%) SAS
4 32 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
5 28 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
5 28 (0.77%) Apache Spark
6 25 (0.68%) Apache
6 25 (0.68%) nginx
7 12 (0.33%) CMS
8 11 (0.30%) WebLogic
9 10 (0.27%) JBoss
9 10 (0.27%) Tomcat
10 8 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 6 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
12 5 (0.14%) Camunda
13 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
14 3 (0.082%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2013
14 3 (0.082%) Skype for Business
14 3 (0.082%) Traefik
Applications
1 46 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.49%) AutoCAD
4 18 (0.49%) Revit
4 18 (0.49%) SOLIDWORKS
5 15 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.22%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.11%) Windchill
10 3 (0.082%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.082%) Sketch
11 2 (0.055%) Gliffy
12 1 (0.027%) InDesign
12 1 (0.027%) PrintSoft PReS
12 1 (0.027%) Simulink
12 1 (0.027%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 25 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
3 19 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 16 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
5 15 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
6 13 (0.36%) NetSuite
7 11 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
8 7 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
8 7 (0.19%) SAP GRC
9 6 (0.16%) Findur
9 6 (0.16%) Maximo
9 6 (0.16%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.14%) Exchequer
10 5 (0.14%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.14%) SAP QM
11 4 (0.11%) Changepoint
11 4 (0.11%) SAP ERP
11 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
11 4 (0.11%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 799 (21.85%) Azure
2 781 (21.36%) AWS
3 258 (7.06%) GitHub
4 206 (5.63%) Power Platform
5 203 (5.55%) Azure DevOps
6 194 (5.31%) GCP
7 182 (4.98%) GitHub Actions
8 124 (3.39%) Amazon S3
9 123 (3.36%) Serverless
10 99 (2.71%) Amazon EKS
11 95 (2.60%) Entra ID
12 93 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
12 93 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
13 81 (2.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 76 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
15 71 (1.94%) PowerApps
16 64 (1.75%) Power Automate
17 63 (1.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 62 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
19 60 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 81 (2.22%) Firewall
2 68 (1.86%) DNS
3 57 (1.56%) Network Security
4 38 (1.04%) VPN
5 30 (0.82%) WAN
6 18 (0.49%) LAN
7 17 (0.46%) DHCP
8 16 (0.44%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.36%) BGP
9 13 (0.36%) Internet
10 12 (0.33%) MPLS
11 11 (0.30%) HTTP
11 11 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.27%) SSL
12 10 (0.27%) WebEx
13 9 (0.25%) 4G
14 8 (0.22%) Kerberos
14 8 (0.22%) SAN
14 8 (0.22%) VoIP
14 8 (0.22%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (3.77%) Power BI
2 123 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
3 69 (1.89%) SQL Server
4 64 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
5 60 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
6 58 (1.59%) Metadata
7 50 (1.37%) Data Lake
8 49 (1.34%) MongoDB
9 42 (1.15%) NoSQL
10 40 (1.09%) Relational Database
11 37 (1.01%) Amazon Aurora
12 36 (0.98%) MySQL
13 35 (0.96%) Oracle Database
14 33 (0.90%) Amazon Athena
14 33 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
15 24 (0.66%) Redis
16 22 (0.60%) Big Data
17 19 (0.52%) Delta Lake
17 19 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 18 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 235 (6.43%) Git
2 230 (6.29%) Jenkins
3 208 (5.69%) JIRA
4 149 (4.08%) GitLab
5 56 (1.53%) Selenium
6 37 (1.01%) JMeter
7 33 (0.90%) Postman
8 32 (0.88%) Gradle
9 31 (0.85%) JUnit
10 29 (0.79%) Maven
11 26 (0.71%) Cucumber
12 25 (0.68%) SonarQube
12 25 (0.68%) Visual Studio
13 22 (0.60%) Cypress.io
13 22 (0.60%) Mockito
14 15 (0.41%) Artifactory
14 15 (0.41%) LoadRunner
14 15 (0.41%) REST Assured
15 13 (0.36%) eggPlant
15 13 (0.36%) SoapUI
General
1 962 (26.31%) Public Sector
2 811 (22.18%) Social Skills
3 325 (8.89%) Finance
4 267 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
5 123 (3.36%) Military
6 102 (2.79%) Banking
7 89 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
8 59 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
9 57 (1.56%) Law
9 57 (1.56%) Telecoms
10 56 (1.53%) Police
11 43 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 40 (1.09%) Manufacturing
13 39 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
14 32 (0.88%) Legal
15 29 (0.79%) Local Government
15 29 (0.79%) Marketing
16 25 (0.68%) Aerospace
17 21 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
18 19 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 687 (18.79%) Architect
2 400 (10.94%) Developer
3 354 (9.68%) Senior
4 352 (9.63%) Lead
5 259 (7.08%) DevOps Engineer
6 186 (5.09%) Data Engineer
7 176 (4.81%) Analyst
8 158 (4.32%) Consultant
9 121 (3.31%) Data Architect
10 120 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
11 113 (3.09%) Security Architect
12 109 (2.98%) Designer
13 101 (2.76%) AWS Engineer
14 96 (2.63%) Software Engineer
15 91 (2.49%) Azure Engineer
16 88 (2.41%) Java Developer
17 86 (2.35%) Technical Architect
17 86 (2.35%) User Researcher
18 79 (2.16%) Cloud Engineer
19 72 (1.97%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 432 (11.82%) Terraform
2 196 (5.36%) REST
3 117 (3.20%) Kafka
4 113 (3.09%) Spring
5 97 (2.65%) Spring Boot
6 96 (2.63%) React
7 87 (2.38%) RESTful
8 82 (2.24%) .NET
9 75 (2.05%) SOAP
10 66 (1.81%) JSON
11 60 (1.64%) XML
12 56 (1.53%) HTML
12 56 (1.53%) Middleware
13 53 (1.45%) Node.js
13 53 (1.45%) PySpark
14 46 (1.26%) Django
15 44 (1.20%) OAuth
16 41 (1.12%) Web Services
17 40 (1.09%) AngularJS
18 37 (1.01%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 235 (6.43%) Cloud Native
2 139 (3.80%) Onboarding
3 120 (3.28%) Product Ownership
4 62 (1.70%) Data Centre
4 62 (1.70%) Management Information System
5 59 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
6 57 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
7 55 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
8 50 (1.37%) AI Agents
9 45 (1.23%) Replication
10 42 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
11 41 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
12 40 (1.09%) CMDB
13 38 (1.04%) Data Structures
14 33 (0.90%) PKI
15 31 (0.85%) Security Posture
16 29 (0.79%) Clustering
17 28 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
17 28 (0.77%) Security Operations Centre
18 26 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 203 (5.55%) Linux
2 165 (4.51%) Windows
3 61 (1.67%) Windows Server
4 42 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 33 (0.90%) Unix
6 31 (0.85%) Android
7 22 (0.60%) Mac OS
8 15 (0.41%) Apple iOS
9 13 (0.36%) VMS
10 11 (0.30%) Windows 10
11 10 (0.27%) Solaris
11 10 (0.27%) Ubuntu
12 9 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
13 8 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
14 7 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
14 7 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
15 6 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (0.14%) AIX
17 3 (0.082%) OpenVMS
17 3 (0.082%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 883 (24.15%) Agile
2 758 (20.73%) DevOps
3 719 (19.67%) CI/CD
4 599 (16.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 449 (12.28%) Infrastructure as Code
6 406 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 403 (11.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 389 (10.64%) AI
9 357 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
10 299 (8.18%) Migration
11 287 (7.85%) Containerisation
12 259 (7.08%) Test Automation
13 256 (7.00%) Decision-Making
14 251 (6.87%) Roadmaps
15 231 (6.32%) Cybersecurity
16 230 (6.29%) Software Engineering
17 224 (6.13%) Data Modelling
18 222 (6.07%) Analytics
19 221 (6.04%) Observability
20 208 (5.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 528 (14.44%) Python
2 369 (10.09%) SQL
3 302 (8.26%) Java
4 181 (4.95%) JavaScript
5 131 (3.58%) PowerShell
6 123 (3.36%) Bash
7 102 (2.79%) TypeScript
8 97 (2.65%) C#
9 42 (1.15%) Bicep
10 38 (1.04%) Groovy
11 34 (0.93%) PL/SQL
12 28 (0.77%) Scala
13 25 (0.68%) Kotlin
14 23 (0.63%) Go
15 20 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 15 (0.41%) Apex Code
16 15 (0.41%) Shell Script
17 13 (0.36%) R
18 12 (0.33%) C++
19 10 (0.27%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3,001 (82.08%) SC Cleared
2 479 (13.10%) DV Cleared
3 149 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
4 106 (2.90%) Degree
5 90 (2.46%) AWS Certification
6 71 (1.94%) CISSP
7 64 (1.75%) Azure Certification
8 56 (1.53%) CISM
9 37 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
10 35 (0.96%) PMP
11 31 (0.85%) PMI Certification
12 27 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 25 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
14 20 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
15 19 (0.52%) ISTQB
16 18 (0.49%) CRISC
16 18 (0.49%) CTC Cleared
17 16 (0.44%) GIAC
18 13 (0.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 13 (0.36%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 198 (5.42%) QA
2 134 (3.67%) Data Quality
3 107 (2.93%) NCSC
4 89 (2.43%) Accessibility
5 84 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 83 (2.27%) NIST
7 67 (1.83%) GRC
8 63 (1.72%) PMO
9 55 (1.50%) GDPR
10 26 (0.71%) SLA
11 24 (0.66%) WCAG
12 19 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
13 17 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
13 17 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 13 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 12 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
15 12 (0.33%) ISO 20022
16 10 (0.27%) NIST 800
16 10 (0.27%) P3O
17 9 (0.25%) COBIT
System Software
1 333 (9.11%) Docker
2 102 (2.79%) Active Directory
3 68 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (0.49%) Hyper-V
5 18 (0.49%) vSphere
6 8 (0.22%) Squid
7 7 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.19%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 4 (0.11%) Postfix
10 3 (0.082%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.082%) Firmware
10 3 (0.082%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.082%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.082%) UAG
11 2 (0.055%) KVM
11 2 (0.055%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 405 (11.08%) Kubernetes
2 132 (3.61%) Grafana
3 120 (3.28%) Ansible
4 97 (2.65%) Prometheus
5 30 (0.82%) Kibana
5 30 (0.82%) Puppet
6 25 (0.68%) Argo
7 24 (0.66%) SCCM
8 21 (0.57%) Control-M
8 21 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
9 20 (0.55%) Istio
10 18 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
10 18 (0.49%) vCenter Server
11 11 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
11 11 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
11 11 (0.30%) SCOM
12 10 (0.27%) Progress Chef
13 8 (0.22%) Karpenter
13 8 (0.22%) Packer
14 7 (0.19%) Cilium
Vendors
1 446 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 246 (6.73%) Oracle
3 153 (4.18%) ServiceNow
4 123 (3.36%) Google
5 96 (2.63%) VMware
6 92 (2.52%) Databricks
7 89 (2.43%) Splunk
8 81 (2.22%) Salesforce
9 71 (1.94%) SAP
10 44 (1.20%) IBM
11 38 (1.04%) Dynatrace
12 37 (1.01%) Cisco
13 30 (0.82%) Informatica
14 28 (0.77%) Red Hat
15 25 (0.68%) OpenAI
16 21 (0.57%) Palo Alto
16 21 (0.57%) Pega
17 20 (0.55%) MuleSoft
18 19 (0.52%) Foundry
18 19 (0.52%) Sparx