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 2 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 12
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,545 1,757 1,934
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.57% 12.80% 11.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.68% 49.30% 49.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,712 1,269 1,423
10th Percentile £403 £364 £360
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £644
90th Percentile £725 £700 £750
England median daily rate £537 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -0.09% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 39 23
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £16.58
25th Percentile £26.00 - £19.18
Median hourly rate £59.50 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +136.58% +14.32% -63.33%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £24.18
90th Percentile £94.00 £45.50 £59.50
England median hourly rate £64.55 £25.15 £57.77
% change year-on-year +156.64% -56.47% -3.71%

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 5,567 3,564 3,892
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.60% 25.97% 23.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,023 2,417 2,701
10th Percentile £375 £338 £334
25th Percentile £453 £430 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £659 £650
90th Percentile £734 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 87 65
10th Percentile £19.50 £17.62 £17.98
25th Percentile £26.00 £25.02 £22.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -6.85% -50.91%
75th Percentile £73.00 £41.88 £43.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £63.45 £68.45
England median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £46.03
% change year-on-year +114.71% -45.36% -16.31%

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 2 August 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 2 August 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 2 August 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 +4.76% 133
South London 0 140 £525 -1.41% 10
West London -36 17 £675 +68.75% 42
East London +11 12 £750 +7.14% 27
North London +1 4 - -
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
1 156 (4.40%) Confluence
2 101 (2.85%) SharePoint
3 43 (1.21%) SAS
4 34 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 34 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 31 (0.87%) Apache
6 30 (0.85%) nginx
7 23 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
8 15 (0.42%) Tomcat
9 9 (0.25%) JBoss
9 9 (0.25%) WebLogic
10 8 (0.23%) CMS
11 5 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
12 4 (0.11%) Anypoint
12 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
13 3 (0.085%) Mule
13 3 (0.085%) Oracle Workflow
14 2 (0.056%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.056%) WebSphere
14 2 (0.056%) WordPress
Applications
1 46 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
3 13 (0.37%) AutoCAD
3 13 (0.37%) Revit
3 13 (0.37%) SOLIDWORKS
4 10 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.23%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.085%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.085%) Sketch
9 1 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.028%) InDesign
9 1 (0.028%) Maya
9 1 (0.028%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 23 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
1 23 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.42%) Findur
3 14 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 13 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.37%) Temenos T24
5 11 (0.31%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 10 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
7 9 (0.25%) 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%) SAP QM
11 4 (0.11%) iTrent
11 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
11 4 (0.11%) SAP HCM
11 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
12 3 (0.085%) Oracle Assets
12 3 (0.085%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 816 (23.02%) Azure
2 761 (21.47%) AWS
3 265 (7.48%) GitHub
4 220 (6.21%) Azure DevOps
5 210 (5.92%) Power Platform
6 191 (5.39%) GCP
7 165 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
8 140 (3.95%) Amazon S3
9 131 (3.70%) Serverless
10 102 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
11 93 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
12 87 (2.45%) Amazon EC2
13 80 (2.26%) Entra ID
14 78 (2.20%) Amazon EKS
15 71 (2.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 70 (1.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 66 (1.86%) Power Automate
18 65 (1.83%) PowerApps
19 64 (1.81%) Azure AKS
20 56 (1.58%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 91 (2.57%) Firewall
2 82 (2.31%) DNS
3 60 (1.69%) Network Security
4 47 (1.33%) VPN
5 25 (0.71%) WAN
6 23 (0.65%) LAN
7 20 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 19 (0.54%) DHCP
9 14 (0.39%) HTTP
10 13 (0.37%) Internet
11 11 (0.31%) DKIM
11 11 (0.31%) DMARC
12 9 (0.25%) 4G
12 9 (0.25%) OpenVPN
12 9 (0.25%) SSL
12 9 (0.25%) VSAN
12 9 (0.25%) WebEx
13 8 (0.23%) SAN
13 8 (0.23%) SMTP
13 8 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (4.20%) Power BI
2 92 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
3 76 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
4 63 (1.78%) Data Lake
4 63 (1.78%) SQL Server
5 53 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
6 42 (1.18%) Metadata
7 39 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
8 38 (1.07%) NoSQL
8 38 (1.07%) Relational Database
9 37 (1.04%) Amazon Athena
10 30 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
11 29 (0.82%) Delta Lake
12 27 (0.76%) Tableau
13 24 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
13 24 (0.68%) MongoDB
14 23 (0.65%) Big Data
15 16 (0.45%) MySQL
15 16 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
15 16 (0.45%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 215 (6.06%) JIRA
2 205 (5.78%) Git
3 187 (5.28%) Jenkins
4 133 (3.75%) GitLab
5 34 (0.96%) Selenium
6 24 (0.68%) JMeter
7 21 (0.59%) Cypress.io
7 21 (0.59%) Gradle
8 20 (0.56%) JUnit
8 20 (0.56%) Mockito
9 19 (0.54%) Visual Studio
10 17 (0.48%) Maven
10 17 (0.48%) SonarQube
11 14 (0.39%) Postman
12 12 (0.34%) Artifactory
12 12 (0.34%) REST Assured
13 11 (0.31%) Liquibase
14 10 (0.28%) CircleCI
15 8 (0.23%) Bitbucket
16 7 (0.20%) Gatling
General
1 1,005 (28.35%) Public Sector
2 684 (19.29%) Social Skills
3 340 (9.59%) Finance
4 241 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
5 97 (2.74%) Banking
6 90 (2.54%) Military
7 68 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
8 67 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
9 49 (1.38%) Police
10 47 (1.33%) Telecoms
11 41 (1.16%) Law
12 37 (1.04%) Legal
13 33 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
14 29 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 29 (0.82%) Marketing
15 26 (0.73%) Retail
16 25 (0.71%) Manufacturing
17 22 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
18 17 (0.48%) Aerospace
19 15 (0.42%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 672 (18.96%) Architect
2 459 (12.95%) Developer
3 328 (9.25%) Lead
4 302 (8.52%) Senior
5 240 (6.77%) DevOps Engineer
6 195 (5.50%) Analyst
7 192 (5.42%) Data Engineer
8 159 (4.49%) Consultant
9 125 (3.53%) Solutions Architect
10 104 (2.93%) Azure Engineer
11 103 (2.91%) AWS Engineer
12 101 (2.85%) Security Architect
13 97 (2.74%) Designer
14 96 (2.71%) Software Engineer
15 94 (2.65%) Java Developer
16 91 (2.57%) Data Architect
17 90 (2.54%) Technical Architect
18 85 (2.40%) Business Analyst
19 84 (2.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
20 80 (2.26%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (4.43%) REST
2 115 (3.24%) Spring
3 93 (2.62%) Spring Boot
4 91 (2.57%) React
5 83 (2.34%) RESTful
6 82 (2.31%) .NET
7 80 (2.26%) Kafka
8 67 (1.89%) PySpark
9 65 (1.83%) Node.js
10 64 (1.81%) JSON
11 63 (1.78%) SOAP
12 54 (1.52%) AngularJS
13 51 (1.44%) HTML
14 43 (1.21%) Django
14 43 (1.21%) Web Services
15 40 (1.13%) XML
16 35 (0.99%) OAuth
17 34 (0.96%) Middleware
17 34 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
18 30 (0.85%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 210 (5.92%) Cloud Native
2 115 (3.24%) Onboarding
3 100 (2.82%) Product Ownership
4 71 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
5 61 (1.72%) Data Centre
5 61 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
6 53 (1.50%) Management Information System
7 52 (1.47%) CMDB
8 46 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
9 36 (1.02%) AI Agents
10 33 (0.93%) Clustering
10 33 (0.93%) Data Structures
11 30 (0.85%) Security Posture
12 29 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
13 27 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
14 26 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
15 25 (0.71%) Private Cloud
15 25 (0.71%) Public Cloud
16 24 (0.68%) PKI
16 24 (0.68%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 173 (4.88%) Linux
2 161 (4.54%) Windows
3 63 (1.78%) Windows Server
4 39 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 28 (0.79%) Android
6 27 (0.76%) Unix
7 19 (0.54%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.39%) Solaris
9 13 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 13 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
11 11 (0.31%) VMS
11 11 (0.31%) Windows 10
12 8 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
13 7 (0.20%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
14 6 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.11%) AIX
17 3 (0.085%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 800 (22.57%) Agile
2 770 (21.72%) DevOps
3 667 (18.82%) CI/CD
4 431 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 418 (11.79%) Infrastructure as Code
6 339 (9.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 334 (9.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 322 (9.08%) Problem-Solving
9 304 (8.58%) AI
10 299 (8.43%) Migration
11 276 (7.79%) Containerisation
12 253 (7.14%) Analytics
13 234 (6.60%) Data Modelling
14 230 (6.49%) Decision-Making
15 218 (6.15%) Roadmaps
16 209 (5.90%) Software Engineering
17 203 (5.73%) Test Automation
18 189 (5.33%) Cybersecurity
19 186 (5.25%) Microservices
20 182 (5.13%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 448 (12.64%) Python
2 378 (10.66%) SQL
3 287 (8.10%) Java
4 148 (4.17%) JavaScript
5 128 (3.61%) PowerShell
6 107 (3.02%) C#
7 105 (2.96%) Bash
8 75 (2.12%) TypeScript
9 47 (1.33%) Bicep
10 41 (1.16%) PL/SQL
11 33 (0.93%) Apex Code
12 29 (0.82%) Groovy
12 29 (0.82%) Ruby
12 29 (0.82%) Shell Script
13 25 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 25 (0.71%) Kotlin
14 18 (0.51%) R
14 18 (0.51%) Scala
15 11 (0.31%) Go
16 10 (0.28%) X++
Qualifications
1 2,912 (82.14%) SC Cleared
2 458 (12.92%) DV Cleared
3 103 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
4 83 (2.34%) Degree
5 64 (1.81%) AWS Certification
5 64 (1.81%) Azure Certification
6 62 (1.75%) CISSP
7 43 (1.21%) CISM
8 37 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (0.82%) PMP
10 26 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
10 26 (0.73%) PMI Certification
11 21 (0.59%) CTC Cleared
12 18 (0.51%) GIAC
13 16 (0.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 15 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
15 13 (0.37%) CEH
15 13 (0.37%) CompTIA Security+
15 13 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
16 12 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (3.92%) Data Quality
2 136 (3.84%) QA
3 81 (2.28%) Accessibility
4 79 (2.23%) NCSC
5 70 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 70 (1.97%) PMO
6 58 (1.64%) NIST
7 55 (1.55%) GDPR
8 54 (1.52%) GRC
9 26 (0.73%) WCAG
10 20 (0.56%) Government Security Classifications
11 17 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
11 17 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 16 (0.45%) SLA
13 12 (0.34%) COBIT
14 11 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 9 (0.25%) P3O
16 8 (0.23%) NIST 800
17 7 (0.20%) ISO 20022
18 6 (0.17%) GxP
System Software
1 301 (8.49%) Docker
2 94 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 75 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
5 24 (0.68%) Hyper-V
6 22 (0.62%) vSphere
7 20 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
8 14 (0.39%) VMware NSX
9 12 (0.34%) Squid
10 8 (0.23%) BitLocker
10 8 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
10 8 (0.23%) NFS
10 8 (0.23%) Postfix
11 7 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
12 5 (0.14%) Varnish
13 4 (0.11%) Sendmail
13 4 (0.11%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.11%) UAG
13 4 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
14 3 (0.085%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 442 (12.47%) Terraform
2 367 (10.35%) Kubernetes
3 125 (3.53%) Ansible
4 106 (2.99%) Grafana
5 92 (2.60%) Prometheus
6 32 (0.90%) Puppet
7 26 (0.73%) vCenter Server
8 21 (0.59%) SCCM
9 20 (0.56%) Argo
9 20 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
10 16 (0.45%) Control-M
11 15 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
11 15 (0.42%) Progress Chef
12 11 (0.31%) Istio
12 11 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
12 11 (0.31%) Kibana
12 11 (0.31%) vMotion
13 10 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
14 9 (0.25%) Packer
15 8 (0.23%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 395 (11.14%) Microsoft
2 218 (6.15%) Oracle
3 161 (4.54%) ServiceNow
4 110 (3.10%) Databricks
4 110 (3.10%) Salesforce
4 110 (3.10%) VMware
5 100 (2.82%) Google
6 66 (1.86%) Splunk
7 64 (1.81%) SAP
8 38 (1.07%) IBM
9 34 (0.96%) Dynatrace
10 33 (0.93%) Cisco
10 33 (0.93%) Red Hat
11 31 (0.87%) Informatica
12 29 (0.82%) MuleSoft
13 23 (0.65%) Tenable
14 18 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
15 17 (0.48%) Fortinet
15 17 (0.48%) Foundry
15 17 (0.48%) Palo Alto