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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 11
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 +3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,318 1,590 2,062
As % of all contract jobs in London 18.04% 13.16% 11.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 64.00% 51.08% 50.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,523 1,156 1,492
10th Percentile £405 £383 £350
25th Percentile £463 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -4.02%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £700 £750
England median daily rate £525 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 17 36
10th Percentile £25.35 £24.66 £14.69
25th Percentile £43.75 £25.04 £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 £38.75 £32.19
90th Percentile £94.50 £48.50 £80.00
England median hourly rate £57.35 £38.00 £56.50
% change year-on-year +50.92% -32.74% -5.84%

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 5,184 3,113 4,115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.19% 25.77% 23.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,708 2,080 2,812
10th Percentile £374 £359 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £527 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.32% +0.32% -7.81%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 62 113
10th Percentile £19.15 £20.02 £14.49
25th Percentile £27.13 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £55.00 £28.28 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +94.48% +10.90% -49.00%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.19 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £67.50 £68.60
England median hourly rate £48.28 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +48.54% -18.75% -27.27%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +13 425 £550 - 110
South London 0 147 £516 -1.81% 6
East London +5 13 £750 - 13
West London -33 13 £675 +125.00% 22
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
1 133 (4.01%) Confluence
2 77 (2.32%) SharePoint
3 41 (1.24%) Apache Spark
4 30 (0.90%) Apache
4 30 (0.90%) nginx
5 28 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
6 25 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
7 14 (0.42%) Tomcat
8 9 (0.27%) SAS
9 6 (0.18%) CMS
9 6 (0.18%) WebLogic
10 5 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
11 4 (0.12%) Camunda
12 3 (0.090%) Drupal
12 3 (0.090%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.090%) Palantir Foundry
12 3 (0.090%) WordPress
13 2 (0.060%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.060%) JBoss
13 2 (0.060%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
5 12 (0.36%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.21%) AutoCAD
6 7 (0.21%) Revit
6 7 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
7 3 (0.090%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.060%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.060%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.030%) Maya
9 1 (0.030%) PrintSoft PReS
9 1 (0.030%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.030%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
3 17 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
4 14 (0.42%) Findur
5 13 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 11 (0.33%) Temenos T24
7 9 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 7 (0.21%) SAP HR
8 7 (0.21%) Workday HCM
9 6 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
9 6 (0.18%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.18%) SAP HCM
10 5 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
10 5 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
11 4 (0.12%) iTrent
11 4 (0.12%) Teamcenter
12 3 (0.090%) Exchequer
13 2 (0.060%) Oracle iProcurement
13 2 (0.060%) Oracle Payables
13 2 (0.060%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 783 (23.60%) Azure
2 730 (22.00%) AWS
3 220 (6.63%) GitHub
4 183 (5.52%) Azure DevOps
5 170 (5.12%) Power Platform
6 169 (5.09%) GCP
7 136 (4.10%) Serverless
8 121 (3.65%) Amazon S3
9 120 (3.62%) GitHub Actions
10 106 (3.19%) AWS Lambda
11 87 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
12 86 (2.59%) Entra ID
13 82 (2.47%) Amazon EC2
14 67 (2.02%) OCI
14 67 (2.02%) PaaS
15 66 (1.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 65 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 64 (1.93%) Amazon EKS
18 63 (1.90%) Power Automate
19 61 (1.84%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 102 (3.07%) Firewall
2 80 (2.41%) DNS
3 59 (1.78%) Network Security
4 48 (1.45%) VPN
5 38 (1.15%) LAN
6 36 (1.08%) WAN
7 27 (0.81%) DHCP
8 25 (0.75%) TCP/IP
9 17 (0.51%) SAN
10 16 (0.48%) Kerberos
10 16 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
11 15 (0.45%) NAS
12 13 (0.39%) DKIM
12 13 (0.39%) DMARC
13 12 (0.36%) BGP
13 12 (0.36%) MPLS
14 11 (0.33%) HTTP
15 10 (0.30%) NGFW
15 10 (0.30%) OpenVPN
16 9 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (3.47%) Power BI
2 88 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
3 82 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
4 68 (2.05%) Data Lake
5 62 (1.87%) SQL Server
6 51 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
7 47 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
7 47 (1.42%) Metadata
8 41 (1.24%) NoSQL
9 38 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
10 35 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
11 32 (0.96%) Relational Database
12 29 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
13 28 (0.84%) MongoDB
13 28 (0.84%) Tableau
14 27 (0.81%) Delta Lake
15 20 (0.60%) Oracle Database
16 19 (0.57%) Big Data
17 14 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
18 13 (0.39%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 193 (5.82%) JIRA
2 170 (5.12%) Git
3 153 (4.61%) Jenkins
4 108 (3.25%) GitLab
5 34 (1.02%) Selenium
6 25 (0.75%) Artifactory
6 25 (0.75%) Postman
7 24 (0.72%) JUnit
8 21 (0.63%) Cypress.io
8 21 (0.63%) JMeter
8 21 (0.63%) Mockito
9 17 (0.51%) SonarQube
10 15 (0.45%) Gradle
11 14 (0.42%) Bitbucket
12 12 (0.36%) Visual Studio
13 10 (0.30%) Liquibase
13 10 (0.30%) Maven
14 9 (0.27%) Cucumber
15 8 (0.24%) CircleCI
15 8 (0.24%) REST Assured
General
1 945 (28.48%) Public Sector
2 631 (19.02%) Social Skills
3 305 (9.19%) Finance
4 197 (5.94%) Analytical Skills
5 92 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
6 90 (2.71%) Banking
7 78 (2.35%) Military
8 51 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
9 43 (1.30%) Telecoms
10 39 (1.18%) Legal
11 37 (1.12%) Police
12 33 (0.99%) Law
13 31 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (0.84%) Retail
15 25 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
16 21 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 21 (0.63%) Marketing
17 18 (0.54%) Manufacturing
18 10 (0.30%) Publishing
19 7 (0.21%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 640 (19.29%) Architect
2 402 (12.12%) Developer
3 272 (8.20%) Senior
4 257 (7.75%) Lead
5 252 (7.59%) DevOps Engineer
6 202 (6.09%) Analyst
7 200 (6.03%) Data Engineer
8 148 (4.46%) Consultant
9 125 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
10 120 (3.62%) Azure Engineer
11 114 (3.44%) Business Analyst
12 101 (3.04%) AWS Engineer
12 101 (3.04%) Technical Architect
13 87 (2.62%) Security Architect
14 77 (2.32%) Designer
15 72 (2.17%) Cloud Engineer
16 70 (2.11%) Delivery Manager
16 70 (2.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 65 (1.96%) Java Developer
18 62 (1.87%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (4.04%) REST
2 104 (3.13%) Spring
3 84 (2.53%) Spring Boot
4 80 (2.41%) React
5 77 (2.32%) LDAP
6 74 (2.23%) SOAP
7 72 (2.17%) Kafka
8 70 (2.11%) PySpark
9 68 (2.05%) .NET
9 68 (2.05%) RESTful
10 64 (1.93%) Node.js
11 53 (1.60%) HTML
12 51 (1.54%) AngularJS
13 49 (1.48%) Web Services
14 48 (1.45%) Oracle Fusion
15 47 (1.42%) JSON
16 46 (1.39%) OAuth
17 37 (1.12%) OpenID
17 37 (1.12%) SAML
18 35 (1.05%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 196 (5.91%) Cloud Native
2 109 (3.29%) Onboarding
3 96 (2.89%) Product Ownership
4 69 (2.08%) Security Posture
5 56 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 51 (1.54%) Data Centre
7 50 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
8 48 (1.45%) Management Information System
9 46 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
10 42 (1.27%) Replication
11 32 (0.96%) CMDB
11 32 (0.96%) PKI
11 32 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
12 29 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
12 29 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
12 29 (0.87%) Public Cloud
13 26 (0.78%) AI Agents
14 24 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
15 23 (0.69%) Data Structures
16 18 (0.54%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 157 (4.73%) Linux
2 136 (4.10%) Windows
3 55 (1.66%) Windows Server
4 27 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 20 (0.60%) Unix
6 18 (0.54%) Android
7 16 (0.48%) VMS
8 14 (0.42%) Solaris
9 13 (0.39%) Apple iOS
10 11 (0.33%) Mac OS
10 11 (0.33%) Windows 10
10 11 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
11 9 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
12 8 (0.24%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.21%) Windows Server 2003
14 5 (0.15%) Amazon Linux
15 3 (0.090%) AIX
15 3 (0.090%) Windows Server 2012
16 2 (0.060%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 731 (22.03%) DevOps
2 661 (19.92%) Agile
3 571 (17.21%) CI/CD
4 383 (11.54%) Infrastructure as Code
5 374 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 321 (9.67%) Problem-Solving
7 319 (9.61%) Migration
8 276 (8.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 263 (7.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 242 (7.29%) Containerisation
11 232 (6.99%) AI
12 223 (6.72%) Data Modelling
13 211 (6.36%) Decision-Making
14 205 (6.18%) Analytics
15 184 (5.55%) Roadmaps
16 182 (5.49%) Test Automation
17 180 (5.42%) Cybersecurity
18 172 (5.18%) Microservices
19 165 (4.97%) Technical Leadership
20 160 (4.82%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 421 (12.69%) Python
2 357 (10.76%) SQL
3 232 (6.99%) Java
4 169 (5.09%) PowerShell
5 120 (3.62%) JavaScript
6 98 (2.95%) C#
7 77 (2.32%) Bash
8 62 (1.87%) TypeScript
9 37 (1.12%) Scala
10 36 (1.08%) Apex Code
11 35 (1.05%) Ruby
12 31 (0.93%) Bicep
13 27 (0.81%) PL/SQL
14 26 (0.78%) Shell Script
15 19 (0.57%) R
16 17 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 16 (0.48%) Go
18 15 (0.45%) Kotlin
19 14 (0.42%) Groovy
20 8 (0.24%) X++
Qualifications
1 2,718 (81.92%) SC Cleared
2 380 (11.45%) DV Cleared
3 82 (2.47%) Degree
4 75 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 58 (1.75%) Azure Certification
6 55 (1.66%) CISSP
7 54 (1.63%) AWS Certification
8 38 (1.15%) CISM
9 28 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
10 26 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (0.69%) PMP
12 22 (0.66%) GIAC
13 18 (0.54%) CTC Cleared
14 16 (0.48%) PMI Certification
15 15 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
16 14 (0.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 14 (0.42%) CEH
17 13 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
18 11 (0.33%) CCNP
18 11 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (4.16%) Data Quality
2 128 (3.86%) QA
3 85 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 77 (2.32%) NCSC
5 68 (2.05%) Accessibility
6 64 (1.93%) NIST
7 61 (1.84%) GDPR
8 54 (1.63%) PMO
9 19 (0.57%) GRC
9 19 (0.57%) WCAG
10 15 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 13 (0.39%) SLA
12 12 (0.36%) COBIT
12 12 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
12 12 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 6 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.18%) IFRS
13 6 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 264 (7.96%) Docker
2 114 (3.44%) Active Directory
3 56 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (0.81%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (0.45%) Squid
7 12 (0.36%) NFS
7 12 (0.36%) VMware NSX
7 12 (0.36%) vSphere
8 9 (0.27%) Postfix
9 8 (0.24%) BitLocker
9 8 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
10 7 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
11 6 (0.18%) Varnish
12 4 (0.12%) Firmware
12 4 (0.12%) Sendmail
12 4 (0.12%) XenApp
12 4 (0.12%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.030%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 407 (12.27%) Terraform
2 342 (10.31%) Kubernetes
3 112 (3.38%) Ansible
4 89 (2.68%) Grafana
5 86 (2.59%) Prometheus
6 47 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
7 23 (0.69%) Puppet
8 21 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 15 (0.45%) SCCM
9 15 (0.45%) vMotion
10 14 (0.42%) Progress Chef
10 14 (0.42%) vCenter Server
11 13 (0.39%) FortiGate
12 12 (0.36%) Consul
13 10 (0.30%) Packer
14 8 (0.24%) Kibana
14 8 (0.24%) Kustomize
15 7 (0.21%) EMC VPLEX
15 7 (0.21%) Istio
16 6 (0.18%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 354 (10.67%) Microsoft
2 180 (5.42%) Oracle
3 118 (3.56%) Databricks
3 118 (3.56%) ServiceNow
4 89 (2.68%) Salesforce
5 84 (2.53%) VMware
6 68 (2.05%) Google
7 63 (1.90%) SAP
7 63 (1.90%) Splunk
8 57 (1.72%) CyberArk
9 40 (1.21%) Cisco
10 37 (1.12%) IBM
11 36 (1.08%) Dynatrace
12 34 (1.02%) BeyondTrust
12 34 (1.02%) Centrify
13 31 (0.93%) Red Hat
14 29 (0.87%) Okta
15 27 (0.81%) MuleSoft
16 24 (0.72%) Fortinet
17 22 (0.66%) Palo Alto