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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 10
Rank change year-on-year +7 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,548 1,757 1,957
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.63% 12.96% 12.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.55% 49.37% 50.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,715 1,251 1,429
10th Percentile £400 £364 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -1.40% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £743
England median daily rate £537 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -0.09% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 43 23
10th Percentile £19.50 £20.10 £16.58
25th Percentile £25.94 - £19.18
Median hourly rate £59.75 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +137.57% +14.32% -63.33%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £24.18
90th Percentile £94.25 £47.00 £59.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £59.50
% change year-on-year +158.45% -57.73% -0.83%

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 5,583 3,559 3,910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.74% 26.25% 24.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,027 2,402 2,689
10th Percentile £375 £338 £349
25th Percentile £456 £430 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £529 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% -1.63% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £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 88 90 70
10th Percentile £19.50 £17.89 £17.88
25th Percentile £25.64 £25.07 £22.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -11.75% -48.18%
75th Percentile £73.19 £43.44 £43.75
90th Percentile £89.88 £65.00 £68.08
England median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +118.69% -47.05% -13.64%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +12 441 £550 +4.76% 104
South London 0 129 £525 -1.18% 31
West London -34 19 £675 +68.54% 49
East London +9 12 £750 - 18
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
1 160 (4.51%) Confluence
2 107 (3.02%) SharePoint
3 44 (1.24%) SAS
4 33 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 32 (0.90%) Apache Spark
6 31 (0.87%) Apache
7 28 (0.79%) nginx
8 23 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
9 15 (0.42%) Tomcat
10 11 (0.31%) JBoss
11 9 (0.25%) WebLogic
12 8 (0.23%) CMS
13 5 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
14 4 (0.11%) Anypoint
14 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
15 3 (0.085%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.085%) Mule
15 3 (0.085%) Oracle SOA Suite
16 2 (0.056%) WebSphere
16 2 (0.056%) WordPress
Applications
1 48 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (0.42%) AutoCAD
4 15 (0.42%) Revit
4 15 (0.42%) SOLIDWORKS
5 14 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.085%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.085%) Sketch
9 1 (0.028%) Gliffy
9 1 (0.028%) InDesign
9 1 (0.028%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 23 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
2 20 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 15 (0.42%) Findur
6 13 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
6 13 (0.37%) Temenos T24
7 11 (0.31%) NetSuite
8 10 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
9 9 (0.25%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 8 (0.23%) SAP HR
11 7 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
12 6 (0.17%) SAP ERP
13 5 (0.14%) SAP QM
14 4 (0.11%) iTrent
14 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
14 4 (0.11%) SAP HCM
14 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
15 3 (0.085%) Oracle Assets
15 3 (0.085%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 824 (23.22%) Azure
2 761 (21.45%) AWS
3 270 (7.61%) GitHub
4 225 (6.34%) Azure DevOps
5 213 (6.00%) Power Platform
6 196 (5.52%) GCP
7 170 (4.79%) GitHub Actions
8 126 (3.55%) Amazon S3
9 124 (3.49%) Serverless
10 94 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
11 92 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
12 85 (2.40%) Entra ID
13 77 (2.17%) Amazon EC2
14 74 (2.09%) Amazon EKS
15 72 (2.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 69 (1.94%) Power Automate
17 67 (1.89%) PowerApps
18 66 (1.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 65 (1.83%) Azure AKS
20 62 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 90 (2.54%) Firewall
2 79 (2.23%) DNS
3 61 (1.72%) Network Security
4 44 (1.24%) VPN
5 26 (0.73%) WAN
6 23 (0.65%) LAN
7 19 (0.54%) DHCP
8 18 (0.51%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.39%) HTTP
9 14 (0.39%) Internet
10 9 (0.25%) 4G
10 9 (0.25%) DKIM
10 9 (0.25%) DMARC
10 9 (0.25%) SSL
10 9 (0.25%) VSAN
10 9 (0.25%) WebEx
10 9 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.20%) 5G
11 7 (0.20%) Kerberos
11 7 (0.20%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (4.14%) Power BI
2 104 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
3 79 (2.23%) SQL Server
4 77 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
5 62 (1.75%) Data Lake
6 59 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
7 45 (1.27%) Metadata
8 41 (1.16%) Relational Database
9 39 (1.10%) NoSQL
10 35 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
11 34 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
12 32 (0.90%) MongoDB
13 28 (0.79%) Tableau
14 26 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
14 26 (0.73%) Delta Lake
15 25 (0.70%) Amazon Aurora
16 24 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
17 23 (0.65%) Big Data
17 23 (0.65%) MySQL
18 22 (0.62%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 216 (6.09%) JIRA
2 214 (6.03%) Git
3 197 (5.55%) Jenkins
4 131 (3.69%) GitLab
5 41 (1.16%) Selenium
6 30 (0.85%) JMeter
7 23 (0.65%) Gradle
7 23 (0.65%) Visual Studio
8 22 (0.62%) Cypress.io
9 21 (0.59%) SonarQube
10 20 (0.56%) JUnit
10 20 (0.56%) Maven
10 20 (0.56%) Mockito
11 19 (0.54%) Postman
12 12 (0.34%) REST Assured
13 11 (0.31%) Artifactory
13 11 (0.31%) Liquibase
13 11 (0.31%) LoadRunner
14 10 (0.28%) CircleCI
15 9 (0.25%) Gatling
General
1 981 (27.65%) Public Sector
2 715 (20.15%) Social Skills
3 335 (9.44%) Finance
4 248 (6.99%) Analytical Skills
5 104 (2.93%) Banking
6 93 (2.62%) Military
7 67 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
8 66 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
9 53 (1.49%) Telecoms
10 52 (1.47%) Police
11 47 (1.32%) Law
12 37 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
13 36 (1.01%) Legal
14 31 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 30 (0.85%) Marketing
16 28 (0.79%) Manufacturing
16 28 (0.79%) Retail
17 20 (0.56%) Aerospace
18 17 (0.48%) Local Government
19 16 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 657 (18.52%) Architect
2 458 (12.91%) Developer
3 340 (9.58%) Lead
4 315 (8.88%) Senior
5 238 (6.71%) DevOps Engineer
6 190 (5.36%) Data Engineer
7 178 (5.02%) Analyst
8 154 (4.34%) Consultant
9 121 (3.41%) Solutions Architect
10 104 (2.93%) Azure Engineer
11 101 (2.85%) AWS Engineer
12 100 (2.82%) Software Engineer
13 96 (2.71%) Designer
13 96 (2.71%) Security Architect
14 94 (2.65%) Data Architect
14 94 (2.65%) Java Developer
15 87 (2.45%) Technical Architect
16 84 (2.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 83 (2.34%) Cloud Engineer
18 81 (2.28%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (4.62%) REST
2 117 (3.30%) Spring
3 96 (2.71%) Spring Boot
4 92 (2.59%) React
5 90 (2.54%) .NET
5 90 (2.54%) Kafka
6 86 (2.42%) RESTful
7 67 (1.89%) JSON
8 66 (1.86%) SOAP
9 63 (1.78%) Node.js
9 63 (1.78%) PySpark
10 57 (1.61%) HTML
11 56 (1.58%) AngularJS
12 49 (1.38%) XML
13 48 (1.35%) Web Services
14 44 (1.24%) Django
15 38 (1.07%) Middleware
16 37 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
17 35 (0.99%) OAuth
18 30 (0.85%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 208 (5.86%) Cloud Native
2 116 (3.27%) Onboarding
3 107 (3.02%) Product Ownership
4 66 (1.86%) Data Centre
4 66 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
5 61 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
6 56 (1.58%) Management Information System
7 53 (1.49%) CMDB
8 49 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
9 37 (1.04%) Clustering
10 36 (1.01%) AI Agents
10 36 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
11 35 (0.99%) Replication
12 34 (0.96%) Data Structures
13 31 (0.87%) Security Posture
14 26 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
14 26 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
15 25 (0.70%) Low-Code
15 25 (0.70%) Private Cloud
15 25 (0.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 188 (5.30%) Linux
2 166 (4.68%) Windows
3 66 (1.86%) Windows Server
4 42 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 30 (0.85%) Unix
6 29 (0.82%) Android
7 17 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.39%) Solaris
9 13 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 13 (0.37%) VMS
9 13 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
9 13 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (0.31%) Windows 10
11 7 (0.20%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
13 4 (0.11%) AIX
13 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (0.085%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 810 (22.83%) Agile
2 774 (21.82%) DevOps
3 684 (19.28%) CI/CD
4 477 (13.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 425 (11.98%) Infrastructure as Code
6 352 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 339 (9.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 312 (8.79%) AI
9 310 (8.74%) Migration
10 307 (8.65%) Problem-Solving
11 274 (7.72%) Containerisation
12 248 (6.99%) Analytics
13 239 (6.74%) Data Modelling
14 227 (6.40%) Roadmaps
15 221 (6.23%) Test Automation
16 217 (6.12%) Decision-Making
17 214 (6.03%) Software Engineering
18 194 (5.47%) Microservices
19 191 (5.38%) Cybersecurity
20 185 (5.21%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 459 (12.94%) Python
2 402 (11.33%) SQL
3 305 (8.60%) Java
4 169 (4.76%) JavaScript
5 138 (3.89%) PowerShell
6 115 (3.24%) C#
7 103 (2.90%) Bash
8 81 (2.28%) TypeScript
9 46 (1.30%) Bicep
10 42 (1.18%) PL/SQL
11 31 (0.87%) Groovy
12 30 (0.85%) Apex Code
13 29 (0.82%) Ruby
14 26 (0.73%) Shell Script
15 25 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 25 (0.70%) Kotlin
16 17 (0.48%) Scala
17 16 (0.45%) R
18 11 (0.31%) C++
18 11 (0.31%) Go
Qualifications
1 2,924 (82.41%) SC Cleared
2 450 (12.68%) DV Cleared
3 111 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 85 (2.40%) Degree
5 70 (1.97%) AWS Certification
6 65 (1.83%) CISSP
7 62 (1.75%) Azure Certification
8 48 (1.35%) CISM
9 39 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 33 (0.93%) PMP
11 28 (0.79%) PMI Certification
12 24 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
13 21 (0.59%) CTC Cleared
14 19 (0.54%) GIAC
15 16 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 14 (0.39%) CEH
16 14 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
17 13 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 13 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
18 12 (0.34%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (4.28%) QA
2 136 (3.83%) Data Quality
3 85 (2.40%) NCSC
4 81 (2.28%) Accessibility
5 71 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 71 (2.00%) PMO
6 64 (1.80%) NIST
7 55 (1.55%) GRC
8 52 (1.47%) GDPR
9 25 (0.70%) WCAG
10 20 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 19 (0.54%) Government Security Classifications
12 18 (0.51%) SLA
13 17 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
14 13 (0.37%) COBIT
15 11 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 10 (0.28%) ISO 20022
17 9 (0.25%) P3O
18 8 (0.23%) NIST 800
19 7 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 302 (8.51%) Docker
2 99 (2.79%) Active Directory
3 76 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (0.65%) vSphere
6 22 (0.62%) Hyper-V
7 19 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.34%) VMware NSX
9 10 (0.28%) Squid
10 8 (0.23%) Postfix
11 7 (0.20%) BitLocker
11 7 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
11 7 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
12 6 (0.17%) NFS
13 5 (0.14%) Varnish
13 5 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
14 4 (0.11%) Firmware
14 4 (0.11%) Sendmail
14 4 (0.11%) UAG
14 4 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 440 (12.40%) Terraform
2 371 (10.46%) Kubernetes
3 126 (3.55%) Ansible
4 107 (3.02%) Grafana
5 91 (2.56%) Prometheus
6 33 (0.93%) Puppet
7 24 (0.68%) vCenter Server
8 22 (0.62%) SCCM
9 19 (0.54%) Control-M
9 19 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
10 18 (0.51%) Argo
10 18 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
11 15 (0.42%) Progress Chef
12 14 (0.39%) Kibana
13 13 (0.37%) Istio
13 13 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
14 11 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
14 11 (0.31%) Packer
15 8 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
15 8 (0.23%) vMotion
Vendors
1 409 (11.53%) Microsoft
2 232 (6.54%) Oracle
3 160 (4.51%) ServiceNow
4 111 (3.13%) Databricks
5 110 (3.10%) VMware
6 108 (3.04%) Google
7 103 (2.90%) Salesforce
8 66 (1.86%) Splunk
9 64 (1.80%) SAP
10 47 (1.32%) IBM
11 36 (1.01%) Cisco
12 33 (0.93%) Dynatrace
12 33 (0.93%) Informatica
12 33 (0.93%) Red Hat
13 27 (0.76%) MuleSoft
14 20 (0.56%) Tenable
15 18 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
16 17 (0.48%) Fortinet
16 17 (0.48%) Okta
16 17 (0.48%) Palo Alto