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 28 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,627 1,788 2,102
As % of all contract jobs in London 18.02% 13.38% 12.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.60% 50.67% 52.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,813 1,280 1,422
10th Percentile £400 £400 £365
25th Percentile £465 £455 £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 £712 £700 £725
England median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 44 19
10th Percentile £19.50 £25.04 £18.08
25th Percentile £26.00 - £24.17
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +118.69% -28.14% -41.67%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £67.88
90th Percentile £78.75 £34.67 £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 5,703 3,529 4,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.33% 26.41% 24.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,126 2,379 2,585
10th Percentile £363 £351 £350
25th Percentile £456 £442 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £650
90th Percentile £730 £738 £775
England median daily rate £530 £525 £528
% change year-on-year +0.95% -0.57% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 80 61
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.13
25th Percentile £25.44 - £24.18
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -31.10% -21.08%
75th Percentile £78.75 £34.48 £57.50
90th Percentile £155.00 £63.43 £71.25
England median hourly rate £52.25 £25.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +107.75% -52.55% -0.93%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 28 September 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 +10 404 £550 +4.76% 186
South London 0 108 £540 +1.46% 6
West London -37 21 £638 +59.18% 61
East London +6 7 £750 - 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
1 149 (4.11%) Confluence
2 93 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 48 (1.32%) SAS
4 33 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
5 30 (0.83%) Apache
5 30 (0.83%) Apache Spark
6 26 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
6 26 (0.72%) nginx
7 12 (0.33%) CMS
8 11 (0.30%) Tomcat
8 11 (0.30%) WebLogic
9 10 (0.28%) JBoss
10 8 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 6 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
12 5 (0.14%) Camunda
13 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
14 3 (0.083%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.083%) Exchange Server 2013
14 3 (0.083%) Skype for Business
14 3 (0.083%) Traefik
Applications
1 46 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.50%) AutoCAD
4 18 (0.50%) Revit
4 18 (0.50%) SOLIDWORKS
5 15 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.19%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.11%) Windchill
10 3 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.083%) Sketch
11 2 (0.055%) Gliffy
12 1 (0.028%) InDesign
12 1 (0.028%) PrintSoft PReS
12 1 (0.028%) Trello
Business Applications
1 27 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
3 19 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 15 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 11 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
7 7 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.19%) SAP GRC
8 6 (0.17%) Findur
9 5 (0.14%) Exchequer
9 5 (0.14%) Maximo
9 5 (0.14%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.14%) SAP QM
10 4 (0.11%) Changepoint
10 4 (0.11%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.11%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
10 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
10 4 (0.11%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 803 (22.14%) Azure
2 767 (21.15%) AWS
3 250 (6.89%) GitHub
4 203 (5.60%) Azure DevOps
5 201 (5.54%) Power Platform
6 191 (5.27%) GCP
7 173 (4.77%) GitHub Actions
8 125 (3.45%) Serverless
9 123 (3.39%) Amazon S3
10 97 (2.67%) AWS Lambda
11 96 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
12 93 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
12 93 (2.56%) Entra ID
13 80 (2.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 75 (2.07%) Amazon EC2
15 67 (1.85%) PowerApps
16 62 (1.71%) Power Automate
17 60 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
17 60 (1.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 58 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 86 (2.37%) Firewall
2 73 (2.01%) DNS
3 55 (1.52%) Network Security
4 39 (1.08%) VPN
5 29 (0.80%) WAN
6 19 (0.52%) DHCP
7 18 (0.50%) LAN
8 15 (0.41%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.36%) Internet
10 12 (0.33%) BGP
10 12 (0.33%) HTTP
11 11 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.28%) MPLS
12 10 (0.28%) WebEx
13 9 (0.25%) 4G
13 9 (0.25%) SSL
14 8 (0.22%) DKIM
14 8 (0.22%) Kerberos
14 8 (0.22%) SAN
14 8 (0.22%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (3.67%) Power BI
2 116 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
3 66 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
4 65 (1.79%) SQL Server
5 57 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
6 56 (1.54%) Metadata
7 52 (1.43%) Data Lake
8 45 (1.24%) MongoDB
9 44 (1.21%) NoSQL
10 40 (1.10%) Relational Database
11 37 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
12 35 (0.96%) MySQL
12 35 (0.96%) Oracle Database
13 34 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
14 33 (0.91%) Amazon Aurora
15 23 (0.63%) Redis
16 22 (0.61%) Big Data
17 20 (0.55%) Tableau
18 19 (0.52%) Delta Lake
18 19 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 227 (6.26%) Git
2 225 (6.20%) Jenkins
3 209 (5.76%) JIRA
4 144 (3.97%) GitLab
5 55 (1.52%) Selenium
6 37 (1.02%) JMeter
7 32 (0.88%) Postman
8 31 (0.85%) Gradle
8 31 (0.85%) JUnit
9 27 (0.74%) Maven
10 25 (0.69%) Cucumber
10 25 (0.69%) SonarQube
10 25 (0.69%) Visual Studio
11 22 (0.61%) Cypress.io
11 22 (0.61%) Mockito
12 15 (0.41%) LoadRunner
12 15 (0.41%) REST Assured
13 14 (0.39%) Artifactory
14 13 (0.36%) eggPlant
15 12 (0.33%) Gatling
General
1 947 (26.11%) Public Sector
2 802 (22.11%) Social Skills
3 322 (8.88%) Finance
4 264 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
5 122 (3.36%) Military
6 103 (2.84%) Banking
7 87 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
8 60 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
9 59 (1.63%) Law
10 57 (1.57%) Telecoms
11 54 (1.49%) Police
12 43 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 38 (1.05%) Manufacturing
13 38 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (0.96%) Legal
15 29 (0.80%) Marketing
16 27 (0.74%) Local Government
17 26 (0.72%) Retail
18 22 (0.61%) Aerospace
19 21 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 690 (19.02%) Architect
2 403 (11.11%) Developer
3 349 (9.62%) Lead
4 341 (9.40%) Senior
5 258 (7.11%) DevOps Engineer
6 183 (5.05%) Data Engineer
7 173 (4.77%) Analyst
8 152 (4.19%) Consultant
9 119 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
10 117 (3.23%) Data Architect
11 113 (3.12%) Security Architect
12 108 (2.98%) Designer
13 98 (2.70%) AWS Engineer
13 98 (2.70%) Azure Engineer
14 94 (2.59%) Software Engineer
15 90 (2.48%) Java Developer
16 85 (2.34%) Technical Architect
17 81 (2.23%) Cloud Engineer
17 81 (2.23%) User Researcher
18 70 (1.93%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 432 (11.91%) Terraform
2 188 (5.18%) REST
3 116 (3.20%) Spring
4 113 (3.12%) Kafka
5 100 (2.76%) Spring Boot
6 93 (2.56%) React
7 87 (2.40%) RESTful
8 83 (2.29%) .NET
9 75 (2.07%) SOAP
10 64 (1.76%) JSON
11 59 (1.63%) XML
12 56 (1.54%) PySpark
13 55 (1.52%) HTML
13 55 (1.52%) Middleware
14 54 (1.49%) Node.js
15 48 (1.32%) Django
16 42 (1.16%) OAuth
17 40 (1.10%) Web Services
18 39 (1.08%) AngularJS
19 35 (0.96%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 227 (6.26%) Cloud Native
2 132 (3.64%) Onboarding
3 116 (3.20%) Product Ownership
4 63 (1.74%) Data Centre
5 62 (1.71%) Management Information System
6 56 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
6 56 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
7 55 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
8 47 (1.30%) AI Agents
9 42 (1.16%) CMDB
9 42 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
9 42 (1.16%) Replication
10 41 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
11 39 (1.08%) Data Structures
12 31 (0.85%) Security Posture
13 30 (0.83%) Clustering
13 30 (0.83%) PKI
14 28 (0.77%) Security Operations Centre
15 27 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
15 27 (0.74%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 203 (5.60%) Linux
2 169 (4.66%) Windows
3 63 (1.74%) Windows Server
4 41 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 35 (0.96%) Unix
6 31 (0.85%) Android
7 22 (0.61%) Mac OS
8 15 (0.41%) Apple iOS
9 12 (0.33%) VMS
10 11 (0.30%) Solaris
10 11 (0.30%) Windows 10
11 9 (0.25%) Ubuntu
11 9 (0.25%) Windows Server 2008
11 9 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
12 7 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
13 5 (0.14%) AIX
14 3 (0.083%) OpenVMS
14 3 (0.083%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 871 (24.01%) Agile
2 763 (21.04%) DevOps
3 711 (19.60%) CI/CD
4 587 (16.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 445 (12.27%) Infrastructure as Code
6 402 (11.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 392 (10.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 385 (10.61%) AI
9 359 (9.90%) Problem-Solving
10 302 (8.33%) Migration
11 288 (7.94%) Containerisation
12 251 (6.92%) Decision-Making
12 251 (6.92%) Test Automation
13 245 (6.75%) Roadmaps
14 232 (6.40%) Cybersecurity
15 225 (6.20%) Software Engineering
16 222 (6.12%) Analytics
17 218 (6.01%) Data Modelling
17 218 (6.01%) Observability
18 207 (5.71%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 517 (14.25%) Python
2 360 (9.93%) SQL
3 304 (8.38%) Java
4 176 (4.85%) JavaScript
5 132 (3.64%) PowerShell
6 118 (3.25%) Bash
7 100 (2.76%) TypeScript
8 98 (2.70%) C#
9 44 (1.21%) Bicep
10 36 (0.99%) Groovy
10 36 (0.99%) PL/SQL
11 26 (0.72%) Kotlin
11 26 (0.72%) Scala
12 22 (0.61%) Go
13 20 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 16 (0.44%) Apex Code
14 16 (0.44%) Shell Script
15 14 (0.39%) R
16 11 (0.30%) C++
16 11 (0.30%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2,980 (82.16%) SC Cleared
2 482 (13.29%) DV Cleared
3 139 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
4 103 (2.84%) Degree
5 86 (2.37%) AWS Certification
6 70 (1.93%) CISSP
7 67 (1.85%) Azure Certification
8 55 (1.52%) CISM
9 37 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 35 (0.96%) PMP
11 31 (0.85%) PMI Certification
12 26 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 26 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
13 19 (0.52%) ISTQB
14 18 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
14 18 (0.50%) CRISC
15 17 (0.47%) CTC Cleared
16 15 (0.41%) GIAC
17 13 (0.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 13 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (5.29%) QA
2 128 (3.53%) Data Quality
3 103 (2.84%) NCSC
4 87 (2.40%) Accessibility
5 82 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 81 (2.23%) NIST
7 67 (1.85%) GRC
8 64 (1.76%) PMO
9 52 (1.43%) GDPR
10 26 (0.72%) SLA
11 24 (0.66%) WCAG
12 19 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
13 17 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
13 17 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 13 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 12 (0.33%) ISO 20022
16 11 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
17 10 (0.28%) NIST 800
17 10 (0.28%) P3O
18 9 (0.25%) COBIT
System Software
1 329 (9.07%) Docker
2 104 (2.87%) Active Directory
3 70 (1.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (0.61%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (0.52%) Hyper-V
5 19 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (0.50%) vSphere
7 8 (0.22%) Squid
8 7 (0.19%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.17%) Postfix
9 6 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
10 5 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.11%) BitLocker
11 4 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.11%) NFS
11 4 (0.11%) Varnish
12 3 (0.083%) Firmware
12 3 (0.083%) Sendmail
12 3 (0.083%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 403 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 123 (3.39%) Grafana
3 122 (3.36%) Ansible
4 94 (2.59%) Prometheus
5 29 (0.80%) Kibana
5 29 (0.80%) Puppet
6 24 (0.66%) SCCM
7 21 (0.58%) Argo
7 21 (0.58%) Control-M
8 20 (0.55%) Istio
8 20 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
9 19 (0.52%) vCenter Server
10 11 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
10 11 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
10 11 (0.30%) SCOM
11 9 (0.25%) Packer
11 9 (0.25%) Progress Chef
12 7 (0.19%) Cilium
12 7 (0.19%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 433 (11.94%) Microsoft
2 240 (6.62%) Oracle
3 154 (4.25%) ServiceNow
4 120 (3.31%) Google
5 101 (2.78%) VMware
6 90 (2.48%) Databricks
7 88 (2.43%) Splunk
8 82 (2.26%) Salesforce
9 67 (1.85%) SAP
10 45 (1.24%) IBM
11 42 (1.16%) Cisco
12 38 (1.05%) Dynatrace
13 29 (0.80%) Red Hat
14 28 (0.77%) Informatica
15 22 (0.61%) OpenAI
16 21 (0.58%) Palo Alto
16 21 (0.58%) Pega
17 20 (0.55%) MuleSoft
18 19 (0.52%) Foundry
18 19 (0.52%) Sparx