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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 10
Rank change year-on-year +7 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,571 1,724 2,043
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.81% 13.00% 12.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.41% 49.60% 51.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,747 1,232 1,446
10th Percentile £406 £381 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £455
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 £738
England median daily rate £549 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.14% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 42 20
10th Percentile £19.50 £25.04 £17.88
25th Percentile £35.00 - £21.56
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £23.08
Median % change year-on-year +118.69% +8.99% -61.54%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £58.13
90th Percentile £83.70 £47.25 £65.68
England median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £60.00
% change year-on-year +158.45% -58.08% -

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 5,632 3,476 3,958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.08% 26.21% 24.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,050 2,343 2,659
10th Percentile £375 £350 £350
25th Percentile £456 £430 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -1.40% -2.27%
75th Percentile £639 £655 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 82 63
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £17.93
25th Percentile £25.24 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £31.62
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -20.46% -42.51%
75th Percentile £73.00 £46.88 £51.25
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.00 £64.90
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £50.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -49.70% -8.36%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 +11 422 £550 +4.76% 123
South London 0 108 £538 -2.27% 27
West London -33 22 £663 +65.52% 84
East London +11 13 £750 - 27
North London +5 5 £550 - 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
1 163 (4.56%) Confluence
2 103 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 48 (1.34%) SAS
4 35 (0.98%) Apache
5 34 (0.95%) Apache Spark
6 33 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
7 26 (0.73%) nginx
8 22 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
9 13 (0.36%) Tomcat
10 12 (0.34%) JBoss
11 10 (0.28%) WebLogic
12 9 (0.25%) CMS
13 7 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
14 5 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 4 (0.11%) Anypoint
15 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
16 3 (0.084%) Exchange Server 2013
16 3 (0.084%) Mule
16 3 (0.084%) Skype for Business
17 2 (0.056%) WordPress
Applications
1 52 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.45%) AutoCAD
4 16 (0.45%) Revit
4 16 (0.45%) SOLIDWORKS
5 14 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.084%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.084%) Sketch
9 1 (0.028%) Gliffy
9 1 (0.028%) InDesign
9 1 (0.028%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 23 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
1 23 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 13 (0.36%) Findur
4 13 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
4 13 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
5 11 (0.31%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.31%) Temenos T24
6 8 (0.22%) SAP HR
7 7 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.20%) SAP GRC
8 5 (0.14%) SAP QM
9 4 (0.11%) iTrent
9 4 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.11%) SAP ERP
9 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.11%) SAP HCM
9 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
10 3 (0.084%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 815 (22.82%) Azure
2 761 (21.31%) AWS
3 263 (7.36%) GitHub
4 222 (6.22%) Azure DevOps
5 210 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 194 (5.43%) GCP
7 170 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
8 126 (3.53%) Amazon S3
8 126 (3.53%) Serverless
9 98 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
10 89 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
11 83 (2.32%) Entra ID
12 80 (2.24%) Amazon EKS
13 75 (2.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 72 (2.02%) Amazon EC2
15 65 (1.82%) PowerApps
15 65 (1.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 64 (1.79%) Power Automate
17 60 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
18 59 (1.65%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 91 (2.55%) Firewall
2 69 (1.93%) DNS
3 60 (1.68%) Network Security
4 47 (1.32%) VPN
5 35 (0.98%) WAN
6 25 (0.70%) LAN
7 19 (0.53%) DHCP
8 17 (0.48%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.36%) Internet
10 12 (0.34%) BGP
10 12 (0.34%) HTTP
10 12 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.31%) MPLS
12 10 (0.28%) SSL
13 9 (0.25%) WebEx
14 8 (0.22%) 4G
14 8 (0.22%) DKIM
14 8 (0.22%) DMARC
14 8 (0.22%) Kerberos
14 8 (0.22%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (4.03%) Power BI
2 109 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
3 72 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
4 67 (1.88%) SQL Server
5 61 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
5 61 (1.71%) Data Lake
6 55 (1.54%) Metadata
7 44 (1.23%) MongoDB
8 43 (1.20%) NoSQL
9 42 (1.18%) Relational Database
10 38 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
11 35 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
12 28 (0.78%) Amazon Aurora
12 28 (0.78%) MySQL
12 28 (0.78%) Oracle Database
13 26 (0.73%) Tableau
14 24 (0.67%) Big Data
14 24 (0.67%) Delta Lake
15 22 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
16 21 (0.59%) Redis
Development Applications
1 226 (6.33%) Git
2 218 (6.10%) JIRA
3 207 (5.80%) Jenkins
4 143 (4.00%) GitLab
5 48 (1.34%) Selenium
6 31 (0.87%) JMeter
7 28 (0.78%) Gradle
8 25 (0.70%) JUnit
9 24 (0.67%) Visual Studio
10 23 (0.64%) Cypress.io
10 23 (0.64%) Postman
11 21 (0.59%) Maven
11 21 (0.59%) Mockito
12 19 (0.53%) SonarQube
13 13 (0.36%) REST Assured
14 12 (0.34%) LoadRunner
15 11 (0.31%) Cucumber
15 11 (0.31%) Liquibase
16 9 (0.25%) Artifactory
16 9 (0.25%) eggPlant
General
1 947 (26.52%) Public Sector
2 780 (21.84%) Social Skills
3 336 (9.41%) Finance
4 269 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
5 110 (3.08%) Banking
6 109 (3.05%) Military
7 84 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
8 67 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
9 60 (1.68%) Telecoms
10 54 (1.51%) Law
11 51 (1.43%) Police
12 37 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 36 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (0.98%) Legal
15 32 (0.90%) Marketing
16 30 (0.84%) Retail
17 28 (0.78%) Manufacturing
18 23 (0.64%) Local Government
19 20 (0.56%) Aerospace
20 17 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 660 (18.48%) Architect
2 428 (11.99%) Developer
3 350 (9.80%) Lead
4 316 (8.85%) Senior
5 247 (6.92%) DevOps Engineer
6 191 (5.35%) Data Engineer
7 176 (4.93%) Analyst
8 161 (4.51%) Consultant
9 118 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
10 108 (3.02%) Data Architect
11 103 (2.88%) Azure Engineer
12 99 (2.77%) Software Engineer
13 94 (2.63%) AWS Engineer
14 92 (2.58%) Designer
14 92 (2.58%) Java Developer
14 92 (2.58%) Security Architect
15 86 (2.41%) Technical Architect
16 77 (2.16%) Cloud Engineer
17 73 (2.04%) Business Analyst
17 73 (2.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 432 (12.10%) Terraform
2 174 (4.87%) REST
3 118 (3.30%) Spring
4 103 (2.88%) Spring Boot
5 101 (2.83%) Kafka
5 101 (2.83%) React
6 90 (2.52%) RESTful
7 81 (2.27%) .NET
8 69 (1.93%) JSON
9 67 (1.88%) SOAP
10 64 (1.79%) Node.js
11 62 (1.74%) PySpark
12 54 (1.51%) XML
13 53 (1.48%) HTML
14 50 (1.40%) Django
15 49 (1.37%) Web Services
16 45 (1.26%) AngularJS
17 43 (1.20%) Middleware
18 36 (1.01%) OAuth
19 35 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 225 (6.30%) Cloud Native
2 123 (3.44%) Onboarding
3 103 (2.88%) Product Ownership
4 70 (1.96%) Data Centre
5 65 (1.82%) Management Information System
6 59 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
7 58 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
8 53 (1.48%) CMDB
9 47 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
10 41 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
11 40 (1.12%) AI Agents
12 39 (1.09%) Replication
13 36 (1.01%) Data Structures
14 33 (0.92%) Clustering
15 32 (0.90%) Security Posture
16 31 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
17 29 (0.81%) Security Operations Centre
18 28 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
19 26 (0.73%) Low-Code
19 26 (0.73%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 197 (5.52%) Linux
2 165 (4.62%) Windows
3 66 (1.85%) Windows Server
4 42 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 35 (0.98%) Unix
6 28 (0.78%) Android
7 21 (0.59%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.39%) VMS
9 13 (0.36%) Apple iOS
10 12 (0.34%) Windows 10
11 11 (0.31%) Solaris
12 10 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
12 10 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
13 9 (0.25%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
15 7 (0.20%) Amazon Linux
15 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
16 4 (0.11%) AIX
17 3 (0.084%) OpenVMS
17 3 (0.084%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 844 (23.63%) Agile
2 754 (21.11%) DevOps
3 693 (19.41%) CI/CD
4 535 (14.98%) Stakeholder Management
5 439 (12.29%) Infrastructure as Code
6 375 (10.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 362 (10.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 353 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
9 351 (9.83%) AI
10 312 (8.74%) Migration
11 278 (7.78%) Containerisation
12 242 (6.78%) Test Automation
13 240 (6.72%) Decision-Making
14 238 (6.66%) Data Modelling
15 236 (6.61%) Analytics
16 231 (6.47%) Roadmaps
17 219 (6.13%) Software Engineering
18 214 (5.99%) Cybersecurity
19 199 (5.57%) Microservices
20 194 (5.43%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 508 (14.23%) Python
2 375 (10.50%) SQL
3 314 (8.79%) Java
4 166 (4.65%) JavaScript
5 135 (3.78%) PowerShell
6 113 (3.16%) Bash
7 98 (2.74%) C#
7 98 (2.74%) TypeScript
8 49 (1.37%) Bicep
9 39 (1.09%) PL/SQL
10 34 (0.95%) Groovy
11 26 (0.73%) Apex Code
12 25 (0.70%) Kotlin
13 23 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 22 (0.62%) Ruby
15 21 (0.59%) Shell Script
16 18 (0.50%) Scala
17 17 (0.48%) R
18 16 (0.45%) Go
19 10 (0.28%) X++
Qualifications
1 2,937 (82.25%) SC Cleared
2 471 (13.19%) DV Cleared
3 118 (3.30%) BPSS Clearance
4 97 (2.72%) Degree
5 79 (2.21%) AWS Certification
6 70 (1.96%) CISSP
7 66 (1.85%) Azure Certification
8 52 (1.46%) CISM
9 37 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
10 33 (0.92%) PMP
11 28 (0.78%) PMI Certification
12 25 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
13 24 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 20 (0.56%) CTC Cleared
15 19 (0.53%) GIAC
16 18 (0.50%) ISTQB
17 17 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
18 15 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
19 14 (0.39%) CEH
19 14 (0.39%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (5.10%) QA
2 142 (3.98%) Data Quality
3 88 (2.46%) NCSC
4 79 (2.21%) Accessibility
5 75 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 72 (2.02%) NIST
6 72 (2.02%) PMO
7 63 (1.76%) GRC
8 50 (1.40%) GDPR
9 25 (0.70%) WCAG
10 24 (0.67%) SLA
11 20 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 18 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
13 17 (0.48%) Government Security Classifications
14 13 (0.36%) COBIT
14 13 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 12 (0.34%) ISO 20022
16 9 (0.25%) P3O
17 8 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
17 8 (0.22%) NIST 800
System Software
1 315 (8.82%) Docker
2 102 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 78 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (0.64%) Hyper-V
5 23 (0.64%) vSphere
6 19 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.28%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.25%) Squid
9 6 (0.17%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
9 6 (0.17%) Postfix
10 5 (0.14%) Firmware
10 5 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.11%) NFS
11 4 (0.11%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.11%) UAG
11 4 (0.11%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 387 (10.84%) Kubernetes
2 122 (3.42%) Ansible
3 112 (3.14%) Grafana
4 93 (2.60%) Prometheus
5 33 (0.92%) Puppet
6 24 (0.67%) vCenter Server
7 23 (0.64%) SCCM
8 21 (0.59%) Control-M
8 21 (0.59%) Kibana
8 21 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
9 20 (0.56%) Argo
10 18 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
11 17 (0.48%) Istio
12 15 (0.42%) Progress Chef
13 13 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
14 11 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
15 10 (0.28%) SCOM
16 8 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
16 8 (0.22%) Packer
17 7 (0.20%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 429 (12.01%) Microsoft
2 241 (6.75%) Oracle
3 155 (4.34%) ServiceNow
4 117 (3.28%) VMware
5 115 (3.22%) Google
6 112 (3.14%) Databricks
7 96 (2.69%) Salesforce
8 88 (2.46%) Splunk
9 68 (1.90%) SAP
10 46 (1.29%) IBM
11 44 (1.23%) Cisco
12 36 (1.01%) Dynatrace
12 36 (1.01%) Informatica
13 31 (0.87%) Red Hat
14 23 (0.64%) MuleSoft
15 20 (0.56%) Foundry
15 20 (0.56%) Palo Alto
16 19 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
17 18 (0.50%) Fortinet
17 18 (0.50%) Tenable