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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 10 9
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,760 1,859 2,128
As % of all contract jobs in London 18.34% 13.89% 13.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.41% 52.10% 52.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,916 1,307 1,410
10th Percentile £400 £400 £375
25th Percentile £465 £455 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £541
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +0.74% -1.64%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £700 £725
England median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 48 18
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £20.84
25th Percentile £32.75 - £24.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +118.69% -25.48% -43.75%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £69.56
90th Percentile £78.75 £40.63 £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 5,930 3,568 4,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.92% 26.65% 25.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,294 2,417 2,572
10th Percentile £363 £358 £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 £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £731 £738 £775
England median daily rate £535 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 83 65
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.99 £18.13
25th Percentile £24.38 - £25.99
Median hourly rate £53.50 £25.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +112.72% -32.93% -30.56%
75th Percentile £78.75 £36.88 £57.50
90th Percentile £155.00 £65.00 £75.75
England median hourly rate £47.54 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +89.03% -52.10% -2.17%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 16 October 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 +9 404 £550 - 94
South London +1 106 £550 +3.77% 3
West London -35 22 £650 +62.30% 24
North London +3 8 £600 +17.65% 1
East London +5 6 £750 +3.45% 16
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
1 149 (3.96%) Confluence
2 83 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 51 (1.36%) SAS
4 29 (0.77%) Apache Spark
4 29 (0.77%) nginx
5 28 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
6 27 (0.72%) Apache
6 27 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
7 17 (0.45%) CMS
8 11 (0.29%) WebLogic
9 10 (0.27%) JBoss
10 9 (0.24%) Tomcat
11 8 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 5 (0.13%) Camunda
12 5 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
12 5 (0.13%) Traefik
13 4 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
13 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
14 3 (0.080%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.080%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 47 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.48%) AutoCAD
4 18 (0.48%) Revit
4 18 (0.48%) SOLIDWORKS
5 12 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.21%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.21%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.11%) Windchill
9 3 (0.080%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.080%) Sketch
10 2 (0.053%) Gliffy
11 1 (0.027%) InDesign
11 1 (0.027%) PrintSoft PReS
11 1 (0.027%) Simulink
11 1 (0.027%) SPSS
11 1 (0.027%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 25 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
3 20 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 16 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
5 13 (0.35%) NetSuite
6 11 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
7 7 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.19%) SAP GRC
8 6 (0.16%) Maximo
8 6 (0.16%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.13%) Exchequer
9 5 (0.13%) SAP CO
9 5 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
9 5 (0.13%) SAP QM
10 4 (0.11%) Changepoint
10 4 (0.11%) Findur
10 4 (0.11%) iTrent
10 4 (0.11%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 832 (22.13%) Azure
2 804 (21.38%) AWS
3 273 (7.26%) GitHub
4 218 (5.80%) Power Platform
5 214 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
6 196 (5.21%) GCP
7 185 (4.92%) GitHub Actions
8 123 (3.27%) Amazon S3
9 121 (3.22%) Serverless
10 101 (2.69%) Entra ID
11 100 (2.66%) Amazon EKS
12 93 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
13 85 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
14 79 (2.10%) Amazon EC2
15 78 (2.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 73 (1.94%) PowerApps
17 67 (1.78%) Power Automate
18 66 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
19 61 (1.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
20 60 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 82 (2.18%) Firewall
2 69 (1.84%) DNS
3 61 (1.62%) Network Security
4 44 (1.17%) VPN
5 30 (0.80%) WAN
6 19 (0.51%) DHCP
6 19 (0.51%) LAN
7 16 (0.43%) TCP/IP
8 13 (0.35%) BGP
8 13 (0.35%) MPLS
9 12 (0.32%) Internet
10 11 (0.29%) 4G
10 11 (0.29%) HTTP
10 11 (0.29%) VoIP
10 11 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (0.27%) SSL
11 10 (0.27%) WebEx
12 9 (0.24%) 5G
12 9 (0.24%) SAN
13 8 (0.21%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (3.86%) Power BI
2 130 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
3 76 (2.02%) SQL Server
4 67 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
5 63 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
6 60 (1.60%) Metadata
7 51 (1.36%) Data Lake
8 49 (1.30%) MongoDB
9 46 (1.22%) Relational Database
10 42 (1.12%) NoSQL
11 41 (1.09%) MySQL
12 40 (1.06%) Oracle Database
13 38 (1.01%) Amazon Aurora
14 30 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
15 27 (0.72%) Amazon Athena
15 27 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 24 (0.64%) Redis
17 21 (0.56%) Big Data
18 19 (0.51%) Delta Lake
19 18 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 244 (6.49%) Git
1 244 (6.49%) Jenkins
2 201 (5.35%) JIRA
3 154 (4.10%) GitLab
4 59 (1.57%) Selenium
5 40 (1.06%) JMeter
6 35 (0.93%) JUnit
6 35 (0.93%) Postman
7 34 (0.90%) Gradle
8 31 (0.82%) Maven
9 30 (0.80%) Cucumber
10 26 (0.69%) SonarQube
10 26 (0.69%) Visual Studio
11 24 (0.64%) Mockito
12 23 (0.61%) Cypress.io
13 16 (0.43%) LoadRunner
13 16 (0.43%) REST Assured
14 13 (0.35%) Artifactory
14 13 (0.35%) SoapUI
14 13 (0.35%) TestNG
General
1 1,013 (26.94%) Public Sector
2 845 (22.47%) Social Skills
3 339 (9.02%) Finance
4 279 (7.42%) Analytical Skills
5 127 (3.38%) Military
6 99 (2.63%) Banking
7 94 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
8 68 (1.81%) Police
9 62 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
10 59 (1.57%) Telecoms
11 58 (1.54%) Law
12 46 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 42 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
14 39 (1.04%) Legal
14 39 (1.04%) Manufacturing
15 35 (0.93%) Local Government
16 29 (0.77%) Marketing
17 26 (0.69%) Aerospace
18 20 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
19 15 (0.40%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 705 (18.75%) Architect
2 416 (11.06%) Developer
3 381 (10.13%) Senior
4 360 (9.57%) Lead
5 265 (7.05%) DevOps Engineer
6 199 (5.29%) Data Engineer
7 187 (4.97%) Analyst
8 166 (4.41%) Consultant
9 129 (3.43%) Solutions Architect
10 123 (3.27%) Data Architect
11 119 (3.16%) Security Architect
12 113 (3.01%) Designer
13 101 (2.69%) AWS Engineer
14 94 (2.50%) Azure Engineer
15 93 (2.47%) Software Engineer
16 89 (2.37%) User Researcher
17 88 (2.34%) Technical Architect
18 85 (2.26%) Java Developer
19 77 (2.05%) Cloud Engineer
20 76 (2.02%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 450 (11.97%) Terraform
2 214 (5.69%) REST
3 119 (3.16%) Kafka
4 106 (2.82%) Spring
5 104 (2.77%) React
6 94 (2.50%) RESTful
7 92 (2.45%) Spring Boot
8 84 (2.23%) .NET
9 83 (2.21%) SOAP
10 64 (1.70%) JSON
10 64 (1.70%) Middleware
11 62 (1.65%) XML
12 56 (1.49%) HTML
12 56 (1.49%) Node.js
13 51 (1.36%) PySpark
14 48 (1.28%) Django
15 43 (1.14%) AngularJS
15 43 (1.14%) Web Services
16 42 (1.12%) OAuth
17 38 (1.01%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 237 (6.30%) Cloud Native
2 139 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 125 (3.32%) Product Ownership
4 67 (1.78%) Management Information System
5 65 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
6 63 (1.68%) Data Centre
7 61 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
8 59 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
9 53 (1.41%) AI Agents
10 49 (1.30%) Replication
11 43 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
11 43 (1.14%) Data Structures
12 39 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
13 37 (0.98%) CMDB
14 36 (0.96%) PKI
15 35 (0.93%) Security Posture
16 30 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
17 28 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
18 27 (0.72%) Clustering
18 27 (0.72%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 211 (5.61%) Linux
2 170 (4.52%) Windows
3 61 (1.62%) Windows Server
4 40 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 35 (0.93%) Unix
6 30 (0.80%) Android
7 26 (0.69%) macOS
8 16 (0.43%) Apple iOS
9 14 (0.37%) VMS
10 11 (0.29%) Windows 10
11 9 (0.24%) Ubuntu
11 9 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
12 7 (0.19%) Solaris
12 7 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
13 6 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
14 5 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
15 4 (0.11%) OpenVMS
16 3 (0.080%) AIX
16 3 (0.080%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 900 (23.94%) Agile
2 776 (20.64%) DevOps
3 755 (20.08%) CI/CD
4 619 (16.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 469 (12.47%) Infrastructure as Code
6 428 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 421 (11.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 400 (10.64%) AI
9 368 (9.79%) Problem-Solving
10 305 (8.11%) Migration
11 295 (7.85%) Containerisation
12 276 (7.34%) Test Automation
13 269 (7.15%) Decision-Making
14 267 (7.10%) Roadmaps
15 244 (6.49%) Software Engineering
16 239 (6.36%) Analytics
16 239 (6.36%) Cybersecurity
17 237 (6.30%) Data Modelling
18 234 (6.22%) Observability
19 218 (5.80%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 553 (14.71%) Python
2 390 (10.37%) SQL
3 296 (7.87%) Java
4 192 (5.11%) JavaScript
5 143 (3.80%) PowerShell
6 125 (3.32%) Bash
7 107 (2.85%) TypeScript
8 101 (2.69%) C#
9 51 (1.36%) Bicep
10 44 (1.17%) Groovy
11 36 (0.96%) PL/SQL
12 25 (0.66%) Kotlin
13 24 (0.64%) Go
13 24 (0.64%) Scala
14 20 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 16 (0.43%) Shell Script
16 14 (0.37%) Apex Code
16 14 (0.37%) R
17 11 (0.29%) C++
17 11 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3,097 (82.37%) SC Cleared
2 488 (12.98%) DV Cleared
3 160 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
4 105 (2.79%) Degree
5 93 (2.47%) AWS Certification
6 71 (1.89%) CISSP
7 68 (1.81%) Azure Certification
8 61 (1.62%) CISM
9 37 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 32 (0.85%) PMP
11 28 (0.74%) PMI Certification
12 27 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 26 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
14 24 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
15 20 (0.53%) ISTQB
16 18 (0.48%) CRISC
17 16 (0.43%) GIAC
17 16 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
18 15 (0.40%) CTC Cleared
19 14 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (5.51%) QA
2 144 (3.83%) Data Quality
3 108 (2.87%) NCSC
4 99 (2.63%) Accessibility
5 84 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 80 (2.13%) NIST
7 69 (1.84%) GRC
8 58 (1.54%) PMO
9 57 (1.52%) GDPR
10 27 (0.72%) SLA
11 26 (0.69%) WCAG
12 17 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
13 16 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
14 15 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
14 15 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 12 (0.32%) ISO 20022
16 11 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 8 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 8 (0.21%) P3O
18 7 (0.19%) NIST 800
System Software
1 338 (8.99%) Docker
2 102 (2.71%) Active Directory
3 68 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (0.48%) vSphere
6 17 (0.45%) Hyper-V
7 10 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.21%) Squid
9 7 (0.19%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
11 4 (0.11%) Postfix
12 3 (0.080%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.080%) Firmware
12 3 (0.080%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.080%) NFS
12 3 (0.080%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.080%) UAG
13 2 (0.053%) KVM
Systems Management
1 416 (11.06%) Kubernetes
2 135 (3.59%) Grafana
3 115 (3.06%) Ansible
4 93 (2.47%) Prometheus
5 32 (0.85%) Kibana
6 27 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
6 27 (0.72%) Puppet
7 26 (0.69%) SCCM
8 25 (0.66%) Argo
9 21 (0.56%) Control-M
10 20 (0.53%) Istio
11 17 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
11 17 (0.45%) vCenter Server
12 11 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
12 11 (0.29%) Microsoft Clustering
13 10 (0.27%) Progress Chef
13 10 (0.27%) SCOM
14 8 (0.21%) Karpenter
14 8 (0.21%) Nagios
15 7 (0.19%) Cilium
Vendors
1 474 (12.61%) Microsoft
2 258 (6.86%) Oracle
3 156 (4.15%) ServiceNow
4 125 (3.32%) Google
5 97 (2.58%) Databricks
5 97 (2.58%) VMware
6 89 (2.37%) Splunk
7 79 (2.10%) Salesforce
8 71 (1.89%) SAP
9 46 (1.22%) Dynatrace
10 43 (1.14%) IBM
11 38 (1.01%) Cisco
12 31 (0.82%) Informatica
13 27 (0.72%) OpenAI
13 27 (0.72%) Red Hat
14 24 (0.64%) Pega
15 21 (0.56%) MuleSoft
16 20 (0.53%) Palo Alto
16 20 (0.53%) Sparx
17 19 (0.51%) Foundry