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

6 months to
10 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 3,491 1,735 2,062
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.67% 12.84% 11.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.72% 49.90% 49.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,681 1,260 1,505
10th Percentile £402 £375 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £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 38 35 36
10th Percentile £25.23 £18.87 £14.69
25th Percentile £28.50 £25.09 £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 £95.38 £49.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £63.50 £25.15 £56.89
% change year-on-year +152.49% -55.79% -5.19%

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 5,479 3,477 4,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.73% 25.73% 23.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,950 2,349 2,878
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% - -5.41%
75th Percentile £638 £659 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £771
England median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 81 102
10th Percentile £19.42 £18.82 £15.58
25th Percentile £27.56 £25.04 £20.62
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -2.33% -52.31%
75th Percentile £73.19 £50.00 £42.38
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.57 £68.68
England median hourly rate £53.90 £27.85 £42.50
% change year-on-year +93.54% -34.47% -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 10 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 10 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 10 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 +12 445 £550 - 151
South London 0 146 £521 -1.33% 7
East London +12 15 £750 - 18
West London -35 13 £675 +68.75% 35
North London 0 3 - - 1
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 (4.47%) Confluence
2 88 (2.52%) SharePoint
3 34 (0.97%) Apache Spark
4 33 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
5 32 (0.92%) nginx
6 30 (0.86%) Apache
7 24 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
8 17 (0.49%) SAS
9 15 (0.43%) Tomcat
10 10 (0.29%) WebLogic
11 7 (0.20%) CMS
12 5 (0.14%) JBoss
13 4 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
13 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
13 4 (0.11%) WordPress
14 3 (0.086%) Drupal
14 3 (0.086%) Oracle Workflow
15 2 (0.057%) ArcGIS
15 2 (0.057%) Documentum
15 2 (0.057%) MQSeries
Applications
1 41 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (0.32%) AutoCAD
3 11 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.32%) Revit
3 11 (0.32%) SOLIDWORKS
4 8 (0.23%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.086%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.086%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.057%) Sketch
7 1 (0.029%) Maya
7 1 (0.029%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 20 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
4 15 (0.43%) Findur
4 15 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
5 14 (0.40%) Temenos T24
6 13 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 9 (0.26%) 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%) NetSuite
10 5 (0.14%) SAP QM
11 4 (0.11%) iTrent
11 4 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
11 4 (0.11%) SAP HCM
11 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
11 4 (0.11%) Workday HCM
12 3 (0.086%) Changepoint
12 3 (0.086%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 799 (22.89%) Azure
2 758 (21.71%) AWS
3 241 (6.90%) GitHub
4 193 (5.53%) Azure DevOps
4 193 (5.53%) Power Platform
5 158 (4.53%) GCP
6 153 (4.38%) GitHub Actions
7 138 (3.95%) Serverless
8 137 (3.92%) Amazon S3
9 107 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
10 90 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
11 88 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
11 88 (2.52%) Entra ID
12 79 (2.26%) Amazon EKS
13 70 (2.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 67 (1.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 64 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
16 63 (1.80%) Azure AKS
17 62 (1.78%) Power Automate
18 60 (1.72%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 97 (2.78%) Firewall
2 86 (2.46%) DNS
3 64 (1.83%) Network Security
4 53 (1.52%) VPN
5 28 (0.80%) WAN
6 25 (0.72%) DHCP
6 25 (0.72%) LAN
7 21 (0.60%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.40%) HTTP
9 13 (0.37%) DKIM
9 13 (0.37%) DMARC
9 13 (0.37%) Kerberos
10 12 (0.34%) SAN
11 11 (0.32%) NAS
12 10 (0.29%) Internet
12 10 (0.29%) OpenVPN
13 9 (0.26%) MPLS
13 9 (0.26%) SMTP
13 9 (0.26%) Software-Defined Networking
14 8 (0.23%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (3.92%) Power BI
2 95 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
3 76 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
4 65 (1.86%) Data Lake
5 58 (1.66%) SQL Server
6 53 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
7 50 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
8 45 (1.29%) Metadata
9 40 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
9 40 (1.15%) Relational Database
10 36 (1.03%) NoSQL
11 34 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
12 28 (0.80%) Tableau
13 27 (0.77%) MongoDB
14 24 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
14 24 (0.69%) Delta Lake
15 21 (0.60%) Big Data
16 19 (0.54%) Oracle Database
17 15 (0.43%) BigQuery
18 14 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 221 (6.33%) JIRA
2 194 (5.56%) Git
3 181 (5.18%) Jenkins
4 132 (3.78%) GitLab
5 34 (0.97%) Selenium
6 24 (0.69%) Cypress.io
6 24 (0.69%) JMeter
6 24 (0.69%) JUnit
7 21 (0.60%) Mockito
8 20 (0.57%) Postman
9 19 (0.54%) SonarQube
10 17 (0.49%) Artifactory
11 16 (0.46%) Gradle
12 14 (0.40%) Bitbucket
13 13 (0.37%) REST Assured
14 11 (0.32%) Maven
14 11 (0.32%) Visual Studio
15 10 (0.29%) Liquibase
16 9 (0.26%) CircleCI
17 8 (0.23%) Snyk
General
1 998 (28.59%) Public Sector
2 653 (18.71%) Social Skills
3 328 (9.40%) Finance
4 213 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
5 101 (2.89%) Banking
6 89 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
7 83 (2.38%) Military
8 72 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
9 46 (1.32%) Police
9 46 (1.32%) Telecoms
10 38 (1.09%) Law
11 37 (1.06%) Legal
12 28 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
12 28 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 25 (0.72%) Retail
15 23 (0.66%) Marketing
16 18 (0.52%) Manufacturing
17 13 (0.37%) Aerospace
17 13 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 634 (18.16%) Architect
2 455 (13.03%) Developer
3 304 (8.71%) Lead
4 278 (7.96%) Senior
5 261 (7.48%) DevOps Engineer
6 199 (5.70%) Analyst
7 188 (5.39%) Data Engineer
8 162 (4.64%) Consultant
9 117 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
10 112 (3.21%) AWS Engineer
11 110 (3.15%) Azure Engineer
12 98 (2.81%) Technical Architect
13 94 (2.69%) Business Analyst
14 92 (2.64%) Security Architect
15 90 (2.58%) Designer
15 90 (2.58%) Java Developer
16 86 (2.46%) Software Engineer
17 80 (2.29%) Cloud Engineer
18 76 (2.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 74 (2.12%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (3.81%) REST
2 124 (3.55%) Spring
3 94 (2.69%) Spring Boot
4 89 (2.55%) React
5 78 (2.23%) Kafka
5 78 (2.23%) RESTful
6 75 (2.15%) .NET
7 71 (2.03%) Node.js
8 70 (2.01%) PySpark
9 55 (1.58%) JSON
10 52 (1.49%) SOAP
11 47 (1.35%) AngularJS
11 47 (1.35%) HTML
12 44 (1.26%) OAuth
13 42 (1.20%) Web Services
14 40 (1.15%) Django
15 38 (1.09%) LDAP
16 37 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
17 35 (1.00%) OpenID
18 32 (0.92%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 218 (6.24%) Cloud Native
2 123 (3.52%) Onboarding
3 105 (3.01%) Product Ownership
4 68 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
5 57 (1.63%) Data Centre
6 55 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
7 47 (1.35%) CMDB
8 46 (1.32%) Management Information System
9 44 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
10 38 (1.09%) Replication
11 34 (0.97%) Security Posture
12 30 (0.86%) AI Agents
13 29 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
13 29 (0.83%) Public Cloud
14 28 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
15 26 (0.74%) Data Structures
16 24 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
16 24 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
16 24 (0.69%) PKI
17 22 (0.63%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 170 (4.87%) Linux
2 153 (4.38%) Windows
3 61 (1.75%) Windows Server
4 31 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 26 (0.74%) Android
6 25 (0.72%) Unix
7 21 (0.60%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.40%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.40%) Solaris
9 9 (0.26%) Windows 10
9 9 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (0.23%) VMS
10 8 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.20%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
12 6 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
13 5 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (0.11%) AIX
15 3 (0.086%) SUSE
15 3 (0.086%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 785 (22.49%) DevOps
2 765 (21.91%) Agile
3 663 (18.99%) CI/CD
4 418 (11.97%) Infrastructure as Code
5 409 (11.72%) Stakeholder Management
6 314 (8.99%) Problem-Solving
7 310 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 302 (8.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 293 (8.39%) Migration
10 267 (7.65%) AI
10 267 (7.65%) Containerisation
11 224 (6.42%) Data Modelling
11 224 (6.42%) Decision-Making
12 219 (6.27%) Analytics
13 216 (6.19%) Roadmaps
14 200 (5.73%) Test Automation
15 193 (5.53%) Software Engineering
16 192 (5.50%) Cybersecurity
17 181 (5.18%) Microservices
18 172 (4.93%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 440 (12.60%) Python
2 352 (10.08%) SQL
3 277 (7.93%) Java
4 129 (3.70%) JavaScript
5 127 (3.64%) PowerShell
6 99 (2.84%) C#
7 97 (2.78%) Bash
8 72 (2.06%) TypeScript
9 41 (1.17%) Bicep
10 34 (0.97%) PL/SQL
11 31 (0.89%) Apex Code
11 31 (0.89%) Ruby
12 27 (0.77%) Shell Script
13 23 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 22 (0.63%) Kotlin
14 22 (0.63%) Scala
15 20 (0.57%) Groovy
15 20 (0.57%) R
16 14 (0.40%) Go
17 8 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2,859 (81.90%) SC Cleared
2 439 (12.58%) DV Cleared
3 93 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
4 76 (2.18%) Degree
5 61 (1.75%) AWS Certification
6 60 (1.72%) Azure Certification
7 57 (1.63%) CISSP
8 37 (1.06%) CISM
9 28 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 27 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (0.66%) PMP
12 21 (0.60%) GIAC
13 19 (0.54%) CTC Cleared
14 17 (0.49%) PMI Certification
15 15 (0.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 14 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
17 13 (0.37%) CEH
17 13 (0.37%) CompTIA Security+
18 12 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 11 (0.32%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (3.92%) Data Quality
2 131 (3.75%) QA
3 87 (2.49%) NCSC
4 83 (2.38%) Accessibility
5 82 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 68 (1.95%) NIST
7 66 (1.89%) GDPR
8 64 (1.83%) PMO
9 30 (0.86%) GRC
10 25 (0.72%) WCAG
11 14 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 13 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
12 13 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 12 (0.34%) SLA
14 11 (0.32%) COBIT
15 9 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 8 (0.23%) NIST 800
16 8 (0.23%) P3O
17 7 (0.20%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 303 (8.68%) Docker
2 90 (2.58%) Active Directory
3 62 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
5 24 (0.69%) Hyper-V
6 22 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (0.49%) Squid
7 17 (0.49%) VMware NSX
8 16 (0.46%) vSphere
9 13 (0.37%) NFS
10 9 (0.26%) Postfix
11 8 (0.23%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
12 7 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
13 6 (0.17%) Varnish
14 4 (0.11%) Sendmail
14 4 (0.11%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.11%) UAG
15 3 (0.086%) Firmware
15 3 (0.086%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 452 (12.95%) Terraform
2 386 (11.06%) Kubernetes
3 121 (3.47%) Ansible
4 106 (3.04%) Grafana
5 95 (2.72%) Prometheus
6 37 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
7 27 (0.77%) Puppet
8 22 (0.63%) vCenter Server
9 15 (0.43%) Argo
9 15 (0.43%) vMotion
10 14 (0.40%) Progress Chef
11 13 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 13 (0.37%) SCCM
12 12 (0.34%) Consul
12 12 (0.34%) FortiGate
12 12 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
13 11 (0.32%) Kibana
13 11 (0.32%) Packer
14 10 (0.29%) Control-M
15 9 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 371 (10.63%) Microsoft
2 195 (5.59%) Oracle
3 146 (4.18%) ServiceNow
4 111 (3.18%) Databricks
5 98 (2.81%) Salesforce
6 94 (2.69%) VMware
7 75 (2.15%) Google
8 72 (2.06%) Splunk
9 61 (1.75%) SAP
10 38 (1.09%) IBM
11 37 (1.06%) Cisco
12 36 (1.03%) Dynatrace
13 29 (0.83%) Red Hat
14 27 (0.77%) Okta
15 25 (0.72%) Informatica
16 23 (0.66%) MuleSoft
16 23 (0.66%) Tenable
17 19 (0.54%) CyberArk
17 19 (0.54%) Fortinet
17 19 (0.54%) Palo Alto