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 3 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 11
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,425 1,718 2,054
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.73% 13.11% 11.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.76% 50.75% 49.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,629 1,240 1,496
10th Percentile £402 £374 £350
25th Percentile £463 £453 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% -0.47% -4.09%
75th Percentile £633 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £700 £750
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 31 36
10th Percentile £25.18 £18.87 £14.69
25th Percentile £25.89 £25.04 £17.88
Median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +138.57% +14.32% -63.33%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £32.19
90th Percentile £95.25 £50.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £63.14 £25.15 £57.50
% change year-on-year +151.03% -56.26% -4.17%

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 5,372 3,385 4,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.81% 25.83% 23.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,875 2,279 2,857
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.25%
75th Percentile £638 £662 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £770
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 76 107
10th Percentile £19.15 £18.40 £14.96
25th Percentile £25.89 £25.00 £20.36
Median hourly rate £54.00 £26.41 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +104.47% +3.57% -52.78%
75th Percentile £73.00 £50.54 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £66.54 £68.30
England median hourly rate £53.00 £28.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +85.96% -32.94% -22.73%

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 3 July 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 +13 445 £550 - 151
South London 0 143 £519 -2.39% 6
East London +11 15 £750 - 15
West London -35 13 £675 +100.00% 40
Security Cleared
England

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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
1 148 (4.32%) Confluence
2 83 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 35 (1.02%) Apache Spark
4 33 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 32 (0.93%) nginx
6 29 (0.85%) Apache
7 24 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
8 15 (0.44%) Tomcat
9 13 (0.38%) SAS
10 10 (0.29%) WebLogic
11 7 (0.20%) CMS
12 5 (0.15%) JBoss
13 4 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
13 4 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
13 4 (0.12%) WordPress
14 3 (0.088%) Drupal
14 3 (0.088%) Jupyter
14 3 (0.088%) Oracle Workflow
15 2 (0.058%) MQSeries
15 2 (0.058%) WebSphere
Applications
1 36 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (0.32%) AutoCAD
4 11 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.32%) Revit
4 11 (0.32%) SOLIDWORKS
5 9 (0.26%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.23%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.088%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.058%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.029%) Maya
9 1 (0.029%) PrintSoft PReS
9 1 (0.029%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
2 18 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (0.44%) Findur
4 14 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
4 14 (0.41%) Temenos T24
5 13 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 9 (0.26%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 8 (0.23%) SAP HR
8 6 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 6 (0.18%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.15%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.12%) iTrent
10 4 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.12%) SAP HCM
10 4 (0.12%) SAP PM
10 4 (0.12%) SAP QM
11 3 (0.088%) Oracle iProcurement
11 3 (0.088%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 769 (22.45%) Azure
2 742 (21.66%) AWS
3 233 (6.80%) GitHub
4 188 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
5 182 (5.31%) Power Platform
6 155 (4.53%) GCP
7 147 (4.29%) GitHub Actions
8 138 (4.03%) Serverless
9 134 (3.91%) Amazon S3
10 107 (3.12%) AWS Lambda
11 88 (2.57%) Amazon EC2
12 85 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
13 83 (2.42%) Entra ID
14 76 (2.22%) Amazon EKS
15 70 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 66 (1.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 64 (1.87%) AWS CloudFormation
18 63 (1.84%) Azure AKS
19 62 (1.81%) Power Automate
20 61 (1.78%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 97 (2.83%) Firewall
2 83 (2.42%) DNS
3 65 (1.90%) Network Security
4 53 (1.55%) VPN
5 30 (0.88%) WAN
6 28 (0.82%) LAN
7 27 (0.79%) DHCP
8 20 (0.58%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.41%) Kerberos
10 13 (0.38%) DKIM
10 13 (0.38%) DMARC
11 12 (0.35%) HTTP
11 12 (0.35%) SAN
12 11 (0.32%) NAS
13 10 (0.29%) Internet
13 10 (0.29%) MPLS
13 10 (0.29%) OpenVPN
13 10 (0.29%) SMTP
14 9 (0.26%) Software-Defined Networking
14 9 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (3.71%) Power BI
2 91 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
3 75 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
4 63 (1.84%) Data Lake
5 57 (1.66%) SQL Server
6 51 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
6 51 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
7 45 (1.31%) Metadata
8 40 (1.17%) Amazon Athena
9 38 (1.11%) Relational Database
10 37 (1.08%) NoSQL
11 34 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
12 28 (0.82%) Tableau
13 27 (0.79%) MongoDB
14 25 (0.73%) Delta Lake
15 23 (0.67%) Oracle Database
16 22 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
17 21 (0.61%) Big Data
18 15 (0.44%) BigQuery
19 14 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 211 (6.16%) JIRA
2 188 (5.49%) Git
3 175 (5.11%) Jenkins
4 135 (3.94%) GitLab
5 33 (0.96%) Selenium
6 24 (0.70%) JMeter
6 24 (0.70%) JUnit
7 22 (0.64%) Cypress.io
8 21 (0.61%) Mockito
9 20 (0.58%) Postman
10 19 (0.55%) SonarQube
11 18 (0.53%) Artifactory
12 14 (0.41%) Bitbucket
12 14 (0.41%) Gradle
13 12 (0.35%) REST Assured
13 12 (0.35%) Visual Studio
14 10 (0.29%) Liquibase
14 10 (0.29%) Maven
15 9 (0.26%) CircleCI
16 8 (0.23%) Cucumber
General
1 972 (28.38%) Public Sector
2 638 (18.63%) Social Skills
3 315 (9.20%) Finance
4 203 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
5 99 (2.89%) Banking
6 90 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
7 81 (2.36%) Military
8 70 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
9 44 (1.28%) Police
10 40 (1.17%) Telecoms
11 37 (1.08%) Legal
12 33 (0.96%) Law
13 29 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
14 25 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (0.73%) Retail
15 24 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 23 (0.67%) Marketing
17 17 (0.50%) Manufacturing
18 13 (0.38%) Publishing
19 10 (0.29%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 629 (18.36%) Architect
2 446 (13.02%) Developer
3 291 (8.50%) Lead
4 269 (7.85%) Senior
5 257 (7.50%) DevOps Engineer
6 198 (5.78%) Analyst
7 183 (5.34%) Data Engineer
8 153 (4.47%) Consultant
9 118 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
10 113 (3.30%) AWS Engineer
11 105 (3.07%) Azure Engineer
12 98 (2.86%) Technical Architect
13 97 (2.83%) Business Analyst
14 92 (2.69%) Security Architect
15 88 (2.57%) Java Developer
16 85 (2.48%) Designer
17 81 (2.36%) Software Engineer
18 77 (2.25%) Cloud Engineer
19 75 (2.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
20 71 (2.07%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (3.59%) REST
2 120 (3.50%) Spring
3 91 (2.66%) Spring Boot
4 84 (2.45%) React
5 76 (2.22%) RESTful
6 75 (2.19%) Kafka
7 70 (2.04%) .NET
7 70 (2.04%) PySpark
8 67 (1.96%) Node.js
9 55 (1.61%) JSON
10 49 (1.43%) SOAP
11 45 (1.31%) AngularJS
12 44 (1.28%) HTML
13 43 (1.26%) LDAP
13 43 (1.26%) OAuth
14 40 (1.17%) Web Services
15 37 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
16 36 (1.05%) Django
17 35 (1.02%) OpenID
18 33 (0.96%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 207 (6.04%) Cloud Native
2 121 (3.53%) Onboarding
3 100 (2.92%) Product Ownership
4 60 (1.75%) Data Centre
5 58 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 52 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
7 45 (1.31%) Management Information System
8 43 (1.26%) CMDB
9 41 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
10 38 (1.11%) Replication
11 36 (1.05%) Security Posture
12 30 (0.88%) AI Agents
13 29 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
13 29 (0.85%) Public Cloud
14 28 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
15 27 (0.79%) Data Structures
15 27 (0.79%) PKI
16 24 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
17 23 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
18 21 (0.61%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 165 (4.82%) Linux
2 152 (4.44%) Windows
3 60 (1.75%) Windows Server
4 28 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 24 (0.70%) Android
5 24 (0.70%) Unix
6 18 (0.53%) Mac OS
7 15 (0.44%) Solaris
8 14 (0.41%) Apple iOS
9 9 (0.26%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
9 9 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (0.23%) VMS
11 7 (0.20%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (0.18%) Windows Server 2003
13 5 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
14 4 (0.12%) AIX
15 3 (0.088%) SUSE
15 3 (0.088%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 767 (22.39%) DevOps
2 732 (21.37%) Agile
3 635 (18.54%) CI/CD
4 406 (11.85%) Infrastructure as Code
5 398 (11.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 311 (9.08%) Problem-Solving
7 299 (8.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 299 (8.73%) Migration
8 296 (8.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 262 (7.65%) Containerisation
10 261 (7.62%) AI
11 221 (6.45%) Decision-Making
12 215 (6.28%) Data Modelling
13 206 (6.01%) Analytics
13 206 (6.01%) Roadmaps
14 193 (5.64%) Test Automation
15 188 (5.49%) Cybersecurity
16 186 (5.43%) Software Engineering
17 178 (5.20%) Microservices
18 160 (4.67%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 425 (12.41%) Python
2 341 (9.96%) SQL
3 268 (7.82%) Java
4 130 (3.80%) PowerShell
5 124 (3.62%) JavaScript
6 100 (2.92%) C#
7 95 (2.77%) Bash
8 70 (2.04%) TypeScript
9 40 (1.17%) Bicep
10 33 (0.96%) PL/SQL
11 31 (0.91%) Apex Code
12 30 (0.88%) Ruby
13 27 (0.79%) Shell Script
14 22 (0.64%) Scala
15 21 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 20 (0.58%) Kotlin
16 20 (0.58%) R
17 19 (0.55%) Groovy
18 13 (0.38%) Go
19 7 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2,798 (81.69%) SC Cleared
2 426 (12.44%) DV Cleared
3 87 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
4 76 (2.22%) Degree
5 59 (1.72%) AWS Certification
6 56 (1.64%) CISSP
7 54 (1.58%) Azure Certification
8 37 (1.08%) CISM
9 26 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
9 26 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (0.61%) PMP
11 20 (0.58%) GIAC
12 19 (0.55%) CTC Cleared
13 15 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
13 15 (0.44%) PMI Certification
14 14 (0.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 13 (0.38%) CEH
15 13 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
16 12 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 11 (0.32%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (3.88%) Data Quality
2 130 (3.80%) QA
3 86 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 81 (2.36%) NCSC
5 79 (2.31%) Accessibility
6 69 (2.01%) GDPR
7 65 (1.90%) NIST
8 59 (1.72%) PMO
9 25 (0.73%) GRC
10 23 (0.67%) WCAG
11 14 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 14 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 13 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
12 13 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
13 12 (0.35%) SLA
14 11 (0.32%) COBIT
15 8 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 7 (0.20%) PCI DSS
17 6 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.18%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 295 (8.61%) Docker
2 87 (2.54%) Active Directory
3 64 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (0.76%) Hyper-V
4 26 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (0.50%) Squid
7 15 (0.44%) VMware NSX
8 14 (0.41%) vSphere
9 13 (0.38%) NFS
10 9 (0.26%) BitLocker
10 9 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
10 9 (0.26%) Postfix
11 7 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
12 6 (0.18%) Varnish
13 4 (0.12%) Sendmail
13 4 (0.12%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.088%) Firmware
14 3 (0.088%) Virtual Desktop
15 2 (0.058%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 446 (13.02%) Terraform
2 379 (11.07%) Kubernetes
3 121 (3.53%) Ansible
4 101 (2.95%) Grafana
5 91 (2.66%) Prometheus
6 38 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
7 28 (0.82%) Puppet
8 21 (0.61%) vCenter Server
9 16 (0.47%) vMotion
10 14 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 14 (0.41%) Progress Chef
10 14 (0.41%) SCCM
11 13 (0.38%) Argo
12 12 (0.35%) Consul
12 12 (0.35%) FortiGate
13 11 (0.32%) Kibana
13 11 (0.32%) Packer
14 9 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
14 9 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
15 8 (0.23%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 349 (10.19%) Microsoft
2 188 (5.49%) Oracle
3 136 (3.97%) ServiceNow
4 108 (3.15%) Databricks
5 97 (2.83%) Salesforce
6 92 (2.69%) VMware
7 72 (2.10%) Google
8 65 (1.90%) Splunk
9 60 (1.75%) SAP
10 38 (1.11%) IBM
11 37 (1.08%) Cisco
12 36 (1.05%) Dynatrace
13 29 (0.85%) Red Hat
14 28 (0.82%) Okta
15 25 (0.73%) Informatica
16 23 (0.67%) CyberArk
16 23 (0.67%) MuleSoft
16 23 (0.67%) Tenable
17 19 (0.55%) Fortinet
17 19 (0.55%) Palo Alto