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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,624 1,770 2,056
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.92% 13.33% 12.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.40% 50.34% 52.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,805 1,274 1,409
10th Percentile £405 £400 £363
25th Percentile £465 £455 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £725
England median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 41 16
10th Percentile £19.50 £25.04 £18.00
25th Percentile £35.00 - £23.61
Median hourly rate £57.25 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +127.63% -40.82% -29.17%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £67.44
90th Percentile £78.75 £38.75 £112.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £61.60
% change year-on-year +158.45% -59.17% +2.67%

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 5,716 3,516 3,949
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.26% 26.49% 24.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,122 2,362 2,563
10th Percentile £369 £356 £350
25th Percentile £456 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £649 £653 £650
90th Percentile £731 £738 £767
England median daily rate £530 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +0.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 81 57
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.03
25th Percentile £26.13 - £24.15
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -25.48% -35.71%
75th Percentile £78.75 £35.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £98.50 £65.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £54.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -53.43% +0.12%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +10 410 £550 +4.76% 206
South London +1 111 £538 +1.03% 7
West London -35 23 £663 +65.42% 80
East London +7 7 £750 - 26
North London +4 6 £538 +5.39% 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
1 152 (4.19%) Confluence
2 94 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 48 (1.32%) SAS
4 33 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
5 31 (0.86%) Apache
6 30 (0.83%) Apache Spark
7 26 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
7 26 (0.72%) nginx
8 12 (0.33%) CMS
8 12 (0.33%) Tomcat
8 12 (0.33%) WebLogic
9 10 (0.28%) JBoss
10 8 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 6 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
12 5 (0.14%) Camunda
13 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
14 3 (0.083%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.083%) Exchange Server 2013
14 3 (0.083%) Mule
14 3 (0.083%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 48 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.47%) AutoCAD
4 17 (0.47%) Revit
4 17 (0.47%) SOLIDWORKS
5 15 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.19%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.14%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.11%) Sketch
10 4 (0.11%) Windchill
11 3 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.028%) Gliffy
12 1 (0.028%) InDesign
12 1 (0.028%) PrintSoft PReS
12 1 (0.028%) Trello
Business Applications
1 26 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
3 18 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 15 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 11 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
7 7 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.19%) SAP GRC
8 6 (0.17%) Findur
8 6 (0.17%) SAP HR
9 5 (0.14%) Exchequer
9 5 (0.14%) Maximo
9 5 (0.14%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.14%) SAP QM
9 5 (0.14%) Temenos T24
10 4 (0.11%) Changepoint
10 4 (0.11%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.11%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 812 (22.41%) Azure
2 772 (21.30%) AWS
3 255 (7.04%) GitHub
4 208 (5.74%) Azure DevOps
5 203 (5.60%) Power Platform
6 196 (5.41%) GCP
7 174 (4.80%) GitHub Actions
8 127 (3.50%) Serverless
9 122 (3.37%) Amazon S3
10 100 (2.76%) AWS Lambda
11 93 (2.57%) Entra ID
12 92 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
13 90 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
14 80 (2.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 75 (2.07%) Amazon EC2
16 65 (1.79%) PowerApps
17 62 (1.71%) Power Automate
18 61 (1.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 59 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
20 58 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 89 (2.46%) Firewall
2 72 (1.99%) DNS
3 58 (1.60%) Network Security
4 41 (1.13%) VPN
5 34 (0.94%) WAN
6 22 (0.61%) LAN
7 19 (0.52%) DHCP
8 15 (0.41%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.36%) HTTP
9 13 (0.36%) Internet
10 12 (0.33%) BGP
11 11 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.28%) MPLS
12 10 (0.28%) WebEx
13 9 (0.25%) 4G
14 8 (0.22%) DKIM
14 8 (0.22%) DMARC
14 8 (0.22%) SAN
14 8 (0.22%) SSL
14 8 (0.22%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (3.78%) Power BI
2 116 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
3 69 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
4 65 (1.79%) SQL Server
5 60 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
6 58 (1.60%) Metadata
7 55 (1.52%) Data Lake
8 45 (1.24%) MongoDB
9 44 (1.21%) NoSQL
10 43 (1.19%) Relational Database
11 40 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
12 34 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
13 33 (0.91%) Oracle Database
14 32 (0.88%) Amazon Aurora
14 32 (0.88%) MySQL
15 23 (0.63%) Redis
16 22 (0.61%) Big Data
17 21 (0.58%) Tableau
18 19 (0.52%) Delta Lake
18 19 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 235 (6.48%) Git
2 227 (6.26%) Jenkins
3 214 (5.91%) JIRA
4 144 (3.97%) GitLab
5 52 (1.43%) Selenium
6 34 (0.94%) JMeter
7 32 (0.88%) JUnit
8 31 (0.86%) Gradle
9 28 (0.77%) Postman
10 27 (0.75%) Maven
11 25 (0.69%) SonarQube
11 25 (0.69%) Visual Studio
12 23 (0.63%) Cucumber
12 23 (0.63%) Mockito
13 22 (0.61%) Cypress.io
14 14 (0.39%) LoadRunner
14 14 (0.39%) REST Assured
15 13 (0.36%) Artifactory
16 12 (0.33%) eggPlant
16 12 (0.33%) Gatling
General
1 944 (26.05%) Public Sector
2 795 (21.94%) Social Skills
3 325 (8.97%) Finance
4 262 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
5 115 (3.17%) Military
6 98 (2.70%) Banking
7 87 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
8 62 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
9 60 (1.66%) Law
10 57 (1.57%) Telecoms
11 56 (1.55%) Police
12 43 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 38 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
14 37 (1.02%) Manufacturing
15 36 (0.99%) Legal
16 31 (0.86%) Marketing
17 30 (0.83%) Retail
18 27 (0.75%) Local Government
19 22 (0.61%) Aerospace
20 20 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 686 (18.93%) Architect
2 412 (11.37%) Developer
3 342 (9.44%) Lead
4 336 (9.27%) Senior
5 256 (7.06%) DevOps Engineer
6 180 (4.97%) Data Engineer
7 173 (4.77%) Analyst
8 158 (4.36%) Consultant
9 117 (3.23%) Data Architect
9 117 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
10 108 (2.98%) Azure Engineer
10 108 (2.98%) Security Architect
11 105 (2.90%) Designer
12 100 (2.76%) AWS Engineer
13 96 (2.65%) Software Engineer
14 93 (2.57%) Java Developer
15 86 (2.37%) Technical Architect
16 82 (2.26%) Cloud Engineer
17 78 (2.15%) User Researcher
18 70 (1.93%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 437 (12.06%) Terraform
2 188 (5.19%) REST
3 122 (3.37%) Spring
4 111 (3.06%) Kafka
5 106 (2.92%) Spring Boot
6 95 (2.62%) React
7 91 (2.51%) RESTful
8 80 (2.21%) .NET
9 73 (2.01%) SOAP
10 66 (1.82%) JSON
11 64 (1.77%) Node.js
12 58 (1.60%) XML
13 57 (1.57%) PySpark
14 55 (1.52%) HTML
15 54 (1.49%) Middleware
16 49 (1.35%) Django
17 46 (1.27%) Web Services
18 44 (1.21%) AngularJS
19 42 (1.16%) OAuth
20 36 (0.99%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 229 (6.32%) Cloud Native
2 131 (3.61%) Onboarding
3 113 (3.12%) Product Ownership
4 65 (1.79%) Management Information System
5 63 (1.74%) Data Centre
6 57 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
6 57 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
7 50 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
8 46 (1.27%) AI Agents
9 45 (1.24%) CMDB
10 43 (1.19%) Replication
11 40 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
12 39 (1.08%) Data Structures
12 39 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
13 31 (0.86%) Clustering
14 30 (0.83%) Security Posture
15 29 (0.80%) Security Operations Centre
16 28 (0.77%) PKI
17 27 (0.75%) Low-Code
18 26 (0.72%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 204 (5.63%) Linux
2 170 (4.69%) Windows
3 65 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 44 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 35 (0.97%) Unix
6 31 (0.86%) Android
7 22 (0.61%) Mac OS
8 15 (0.41%) Apple iOS
8 15 (0.41%) VMS
9 12 (0.33%) Solaris
10 11 (0.30%) Windows 10
11 10 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
11 10 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
12 9 (0.25%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
14 7 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
14 7 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.14%) AIX
16 3 (0.083%) OpenVMS
16 3 (0.083%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 873 (24.09%) Agile
2 767 (21.16%) DevOps
3 710 (19.59%) CI/CD
4 578 (15.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 446 (12.31%) Infrastructure as Code
6 398 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 387 (10.68%) AI
8 386 (10.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 356 (9.82%) Problem-Solving
10 305 (8.42%) Migration
11 292 (8.06%) Containerisation
12 252 (6.95%) Decision-Making
12 252 (6.95%) Test Automation
13 243 (6.71%) Roadmaps
14 231 (6.37%) Cybersecurity
15 229 (6.32%) Software Engineering
16 228 (6.29%) Analytics
17 219 (6.04%) Data Modelling
17 219 (6.04%) Observability
18 205 (5.66%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 517 (14.27%) Python
2 360 (9.93%) SQL
3 313 (8.64%) Java
4 177 (4.88%) JavaScript
5 132 (3.64%) PowerShell
6 117 (3.23%) Bash
7 103 (2.84%) TypeScript
8 94 (2.59%) C#
9 44 (1.21%) Bicep
10 38 (1.05%) Groovy
10 38 (1.05%) PL/SQL
11 26 (0.72%) Kotlin
11 26 (0.72%) Scala
12 22 (0.61%) Go
13 21 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 20 (0.55%) Apex Code
15 17 (0.47%) Shell Script
16 13 (0.36%) R
16 13 (0.36%) Ruby
17 10 (0.28%) X++
Qualifications
1 2,976 (82.12%) SC Cleared
2 481 (13.27%) DV Cleared
3 134 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 103 (2.84%) Degree
5 86 (2.37%) AWS Certification
6 72 (1.99%) CISSP
7 70 (1.93%) Azure Certification
8 56 (1.55%) CISM
9 37 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 35 (0.97%) PMP
11 30 (0.83%) PMI Certification
12 29 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
13 28 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 20 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
15 18 (0.50%) ISTQB
16 17 (0.47%) CRISC
16 17 (0.47%) GIAC
17 16 (0.44%) CTC Cleared
18 14 (0.39%) CCNP
18 14 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (5.38%) QA
2 130 (3.59%) Data Quality
3 100 (2.76%) NCSC
4 86 (2.37%) Accessibility
5 81 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 80 (2.21%) NIST
7 67 (1.85%) PMO
8 66 (1.82%) GRC
9 52 (1.43%) GDPR
10 25 (0.69%) WCAG
11 23 (0.63%) SLA
12 18 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
13 17 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
13 17 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 13 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 12 (0.33%) ISO 20022
16 10 (0.28%) NIST 800
16 10 (0.28%) P3O
17 9 (0.25%) COBIT
18 8 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 329 (9.08%) Docker
2 103 (2.84%) Active Directory
3 75 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (0.58%) Hyper-V
5 21 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.55%) vSphere
7 8 (0.22%) Squid
8 7 (0.19%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
9 6 (0.17%) Postfix
9 6 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.14%) Firmware
10 5 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.11%) BitLocker
11 4 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.11%) NFS
11 4 (0.11%) Varnish
12 3 (0.083%) Sendmail
12 3 (0.083%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 399 (11.01%) Kubernetes
2 123 (3.39%) Grafana
3 122 (3.37%) Ansible
4 95 (2.62%) Prometheus
5 29 (0.80%) Puppet
6 27 (0.75%) Kibana
7 24 (0.66%) SCCM
8 21 (0.58%) Control-M
8 21 (0.58%) vCenter Server
9 20 (0.55%) Argo
9 20 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
10 19 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
11 18 (0.50%) Istio
12 13 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
13 11 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
13 11 (0.30%) SCOM
14 10 (0.28%) Progress Chef
15 9 (0.25%) Packer
16 8 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
17 7 (0.19%) Cilium
Vendors
1 432 (11.92%) Microsoft
2 242 (6.68%) Oracle
3 156 (4.30%) ServiceNow
4 117 (3.23%) Google
5 107 (2.95%) VMware
6 101 (2.79%) Databricks
7 88 (2.43%) Splunk
8 87 (2.40%) Salesforce
9 69 (1.90%) SAP
10 46 (1.27%) IBM
11 43 (1.19%) Cisco
12 39 (1.08%) Dynatrace
13 31 (0.86%) Informatica
14 30 (0.83%) Red Hat
15 22 (0.61%) OpenAI
16 21 (0.58%) Palo Alto
17 20 (0.55%) MuleSoft
18 19 (0.52%) Fortinet
18 19 (0.52%) Foundry
19 18 (0.50%) Pega