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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 11
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,368 1,647 2,059
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.64% 13.13% 11.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.60% 50.79% 49.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,586 1,192 1,493
10th Percentile £403 £380 £350
25th Percentile £463 £455 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £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 38 27 36
10th Percentile £25.61 £18.87 £14.69
25th Percentile £39.88 £24.85 £17.88
Median hourly rate £67.00 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +166.40% +14.32% -63.33%
75th Percentile £76.58 - £32.19
90th Percentile £95.38 £48.50 £80.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £27.13 £57.39
% change year-on-year +130.41% -52.73% -4.36%

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 5,296 3,243 4,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.74% 25.85% 23.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,824 2,178 2,820
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.25%
75th Percentile £638 £659 £650
90th Percentile £728 £750 £768
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 71 112
10th Percentile £19.15 £18.82 £14.37
25th Percentile £28.00 £24.83 £20.22
Median hourly rate £54.00 £26.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +103.77% +6.00% -52.38%
75th Percentile £76.58 £53.58 £43.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £67.50 £68.68
England median hourly rate £52.50 £30.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year +75.00% -27.71% -24.55%

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 23 June 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 23 June 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 23 June 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 +13 436 £550 - 65
South London 0 136 £513 -3.53% 6
East London +11 14 £750 - 16
West London -37 13 £675 +170.00% 21
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
1 138 (4.10%) Confluence
2 77 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 35 (1.04%) Apache Spark
4 34 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 32 (0.95%) nginx
6 28 (0.83%) Apache
7 23 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
8 15 (0.45%) Tomcat
9 10 (0.30%) WebLogic
10 9 (0.27%) SAS
11 6 (0.18%) CMS
12 4 (0.12%) Camunda
12 4 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
13 3 (0.089%) Drupal
13 3 (0.089%) Jupyter
13 3 (0.089%) Oracle Workflow
13 3 (0.089%) WordPress
14 2 (0.059%) Anypoint
14 2 (0.059%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.059%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
3 13 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.27%) AutoCAD
5 9 (0.27%) Revit
5 9 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
6 7 (0.21%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.089%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.059%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.030%) Maya
9 1 (0.030%) PrintSoft PReS
9 1 (0.030%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 21 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.50%) Oracle ERP
2 17 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (0.45%) Findur
4 12 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 11 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
5 11 (0.33%) Temenos T24
6 9 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 8 (0.24%) SAP HR
8 6 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.18%) SAP ERP
8 6 (0.18%) SAP HCM
8 6 (0.18%) Workday HCM
9 4 (0.12%) iTrent
9 4 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
10 3 (0.089%) Exchequer
10 3 (0.089%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.089%) SAP PM
10 3 (0.089%) SAP QM
10 3 (0.089%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 770 (22.86%) Azure
2 751 (22.30%) AWS
3 219 (6.50%) GitHub
4 193 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
5 186 (5.52%) Power Platform
6 160 (4.75%) GCP
7 140 (4.16%) Serverless
8 131 (3.89%) GitHub Actions
9 129 (3.83%) Amazon S3
10 110 (3.27%) AWS Lambda
11 88 (2.61%) Amazon EC2
12 87 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
13 80 (2.38%) Entra ID
14 72 (2.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 69 (2.05%) Amazon EKS
16 67 (1.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 61 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
17 61 (1.81%) Azure AKS
17 61 (1.81%) Power Automate
18 57 (1.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 98 (2.91%) Firewall
2 79 (2.35%) DNS
3 60 (1.78%) Network Security
4 49 (1.45%) VPN
5 28 (0.83%) LAN
6 27 (0.80%) DHCP
7 26 (0.77%) WAN
8 22 (0.65%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.42%) Kerberos
10 13 (0.39%) DKIM
10 13 (0.39%) DMARC
11 12 (0.36%) HTTP
11 12 (0.36%) MPLS
11 12 (0.36%) SAN
11 12 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (0.33%) NAS
13 10 (0.30%) BGP
13 10 (0.30%) Internet
13 10 (0.30%) NGFW
13 10 (0.30%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (3.95%) Power BI
2 89 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
3 82 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
4 72 (2.14%) Data Lake
5 64 (1.90%) SQL Server
6 53 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
7 51 (1.51%) Metadata
8 50 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
9 41 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
10 39 (1.16%) Relational Database
11 36 (1.07%) NoSQL
12 33 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
13 29 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
14 28 (0.83%) Tableau
15 27 (0.80%) MongoDB
16 26 (0.77%) Delta Lake
17 20 (0.59%) Oracle Database
18 18 (0.53%) Big Data
19 14 (0.42%) BigQuery
19 14 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 207 (6.15%) JIRA
2 182 (5.40%) Git
3 169 (5.02%) Jenkins
4 134 (3.98%) GitLab
5 31 (0.92%) Selenium
6 26 (0.77%) JUnit
7 24 (0.71%) JMeter
8 23 (0.68%) Cypress.io
8 23 (0.68%) Mockito
9 21 (0.62%) Postman
10 19 (0.56%) Artifactory
10 19 (0.56%) SonarQube
11 16 (0.48%) Gradle
12 14 (0.42%) Bitbucket
13 13 (0.39%) Visual Studio
14 12 (0.36%) Maven
15 10 (0.30%) Cucumber
15 10 (0.30%) Liquibase
16 9 (0.27%) CircleCI
16 9 (0.27%) REST Assured
General
1 968 (28.74%) Public Sector
2 636 (18.88%) Social Skills
3 304 (9.03%) Finance
4 195 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
5 96 (2.85%) Banking
6 88 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
7 81 (2.40%) Military
8 60 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
9 42 (1.25%) Police
10 41 (1.22%) Telecoms
11 38 (1.13%) Legal
12 34 (1.01%) Law
13 31 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
14 27 (0.80%) Retail
15 26 (0.77%) Marketing
16 25 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 25 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
17 14 (0.42%) Manufacturing
18 12 (0.36%) Publishing
19 10 (0.30%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 633 (18.79%) Architect
2 425 (12.62%) Developer
3 276 (8.19%) Senior
4 269 (7.99%) Lead
5 255 (7.57%) DevOps Engineer
6 195 (5.79%) Data Engineer
7 194 (5.76%) Analyst
8 150 (4.45%) Consultant
9 123 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
10 108 (3.21%) Azure Engineer
11 107 (3.18%) AWS Engineer
12 100 (2.97%) Technical Architect
13 98 (2.91%) Business Analyst
14 87 (2.58%) Security Architect
15 83 (2.46%) Designer
16 76 (2.26%) Java Developer
17 74 (2.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 72 (2.14%) Cloud Engineer
19 71 (2.11%) Delivery Manager
19 71 (2.11%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (3.56%) REST
2 113 (3.36%) Spring
3 92 (2.73%) Spring Boot
4 84 (2.49%) React
5 72 (2.14%) Kafka
6 71 (2.11%) RESTful
7 70 (2.08%) PySpark
8 66 (1.96%) .NET
9 64 (1.90%) Node.js
10 55 (1.63%) LDAP
10 55 (1.63%) SOAP
11 48 (1.43%) AngularJS
12 47 (1.40%) HTML
12 47 (1.40%) JSON
13 42 (1.25%) OAuth
13 42 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
13 42 (1.25%) Web Services
14 34 (1.01%) OpenID
15 33 (0.98%) SAML
16 32 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 199 (5.91%) Cloud Native
2 117 (3.47%) Onboarding
3 103 (3.06%) Product Ownership
4 57 (1.69%) Data Centre
4 57 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
5 53 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
6 50 (1.48%) Management Information System
7 43 (1.28%) Security Posture
8 39 (1.16%) CMDB
8 39 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
9 38 (1.13%) Replication
10 33 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
11 30 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
11 30 (0.89%) Public Cloud
12 29 (0.86%) AI Agents
12 29 (0.86%) PKI
13 28 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
14 25 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
15 24 (0.71%) Data Structures
16 19 (0.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 157 (4.66%) Linux
2 145 (4.31%) Windows
3 58 (1.72%) Windows Server
4 26 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (0.68%) Unix
6 19 (0.56%) Android
7 17 (0.50%) Mac OS
8 15 (0.45%) Solaris
9 14 (0.42%) Apple iOS
10 12 (0.36%) VMS
11 11 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
12 10 (0.30%) Windows 10
13 9 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
13 9 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
14 7 (0.21%) Ubuntu
15 6 (0.18%) Windows Server 2003
16 5 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
17 4 (0.12%) AIX
18 3 (0.089%) SUSE
18 3 (0.089%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 750 (22.27%) DevOps
2 700 (20.78%) Agile
3 594 (17.64%) CI/CD
4 396 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
5 390 (11.58%) Stakeholder Management
6 311 (9.23%) Problem-Solving
7 304 (9.03%) Migration
8 292 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 285 (8.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 256 (7.60%) Containerisation
11 251 (7.45%) AI
12 222 (6.59%) Data Modelling
13 216 (6.41%) Decision-Making
14 211 (6.26%) Analytics
15 185 (5.49%) Roadmaps
16 184 (5.46%) Cybersecurity
17 179 (5.31%) Microservices
17 179 (5.31%) Test Automation
18 174 (5.17%) Software Engineering
19 166 (4.93%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 416 (12.35%) Python
2 352 (10.45%) SQL
3 248 (7.36%) Java
4 138 (4.10%) PowerShell
5 118 (3.50%) JavaScript
6 98 (2.91%) C#
7 82 (2.43%) Bash
8 67 (1.99%) TypeScript
9 35 (1.04%) Bicep
10 32 (0.95%) Apex Code
10 32 (0.95%) PL/SQL
11 31 (0.92%) Ruby
12 27 (0.80%) Shell Script
13 25 (0.74%) Scala
14 21 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 19 (0.56%) R
16 17 (0.50%) Groovy
16 17 (0.50%) Kotlin
17 15 (0.45%) Go
18 7 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2,752 (81.71%) SC Cleared
2 401 (11.91%) DV Cleared
3 82 (2.43%) Degree
4 78 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 60 (1.78%) AWS Certification
6 56 (1.66%) Azure Certification
7 54 (1.60%) CISSP
8 36 (1.07%) CISM
9 29 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (0.68%) PMP
12 22 (0.65%) GIAC
13 19 (0.56%) CTC Cleared
14 17 (0.50%) PMI Certification
15 16 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
16 14 (0.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 14 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 14 (0.42%) CEH
17 13 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
18 11 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (4.07%) Data Quality
2 124 (3.68%) QA
3 84 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 82 (2.43%) NCSC
5 75 (2.23%) Accessibility
6 65 (1.93%) NIST
7 61 (1.81%) GDPR
8 59 (1.75%) PMO
9 24 (0.71%) GRC
10 22 (0.65%) WCAG
11 14 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 14 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 13 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
13 12 (0.36%) COBIT
13 12 (0.36%) SLA
14 11 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.18%) IFRS
15 6 (0.18%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 276 (8.19%) Docker
2 98 (2.91%) Active Directory
3 60 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (0.83%) Hyper-V
5 21 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
5 21 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (0.42%) Squid
7 13 (0.39%) VMware NSX
7 13 (0.39%) vSphere
8 12 (0.36%) NFS
9 9 (0.27%) BitLocker
9 9 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
9 9 (0.27%) Postfix
10 7 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
11 6 (0.18%) Varnish
12 4 (0.12%) Sendmail
12 4 (0.12%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.12%) XenApp
12 4 (0.12%) XenDesktop
13 3 (0.089%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 429 (12.74%) Terraform
2 358 (10.63%) Kubernetes
3 117 (3.47%) Ansible
4 95 (2.82%) Grafana
5 92 (2.73%) Prometheus
6 41 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
7 25 (0.74%) Puppet
8 16 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 16 (0.48%) vCenter Server
8 16 (0.48%) vMotion
9 15 (0.45%) SCCM
10 14 (0.42%) FortiGate
10 14 (0.42%) Progress Chef
11 12 (0.36%) Consul
12 10 (0.30%) Kibana
12 10 (0.30%) Packer
13 8 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
13 8 (0.24%) Kustomize
14 7 (0.21%) EMC VPLEX
14 7 (0.21%) Istio
Vendors
1 340 (10.10%) Microsoft
2 181 (5.37%) Oracle
3 132 (3.92%) ServiceNow
4 109 (3.24%) Databricks
5 97 (2.88%) Salesforce
6 87 (2.58%) VMware
7 69 (2.05%) Google
8 61 (1.81%) Splunk
9 60 (1.78%) SAP
10 37 (1.10%) Cisco
10 37 (1.10%) Dynatrace
11 35 (1.04%) CyberArk
11 35 (1.04%) IBM
12 31 (0.92%) Red Hat
13 28 (0.83%) Okta
14 24 (0.71%) MuleSoft
15 23 (0.68%) Informatica
16 22 (0.65%) Fortinet
17 20 (0.59%) Palo Alto
17 20 (0.59%) Tenable