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

6 months to
3 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 3,308 1,594 2,069
As % of all contract jobs in London 18.04% 13.21% 11.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 64.02% 51.06% 50.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,520 1,159 1,498
10th Percentile £405 £387 £350
25th Percentile £462 £456 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -4.02%
75th Percentile £625 £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 £40.00 £56.69
% change year-on-year +43.38% -29.44% -5.51%

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 5,167 3,122 4,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.17% 25.87% 23.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,703 2,091 2,826
10th Percentile £374 £361 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +0.95% -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 £47.54 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +46.28% -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 3 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 3 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 3 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 - 107
South London 0 148 £519 -1.23% 6
East London +5 13 £750 - 12
West London -34 13 £675 +125.00% 23
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
1 132 (3.99%) Confluence
2 76 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 42 (1.27%) Apache Spark
4 31 (0.94%) Apache
5 29 (0.88%) nginx
6 27 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
7 25 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
8 13 (0.39%) Tomcat
9 8 (0.24%) SAS
10 5 (0.15%) CMS
11 4 (0.12%) Camunda
11 4 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
11 4 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.091%) Drupal
12 3 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.091%) Palantir Foundry
12 3 (0.091%) WordPress
13 2 (0.060%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.060%) Documentum
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 14 (0.42%) 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 (0.091%) 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
11 4 (0.12%) iTrent
11 4 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
11 4 (0.12%) Teamcenter
12 3 (0.091%) Exchequer
13 2 (0.060%) Oracle iProcurement
13 2 (0.060%) Oracle Payables
13 2 (0.060%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 785 (23.73%) Azure
2 730 (22.07%) AWS
3 218 (6.59%) GitHub
4 182 (5.50%) Azure DevOps
5 171 (5.17%) GCP
6 170 (5.14%) Power Platform
7 138 (4.17%) Serverless
8 122 (3.69%) Amazon S3
9 118 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
10 106 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
11 87 (2.63%) Entra ID
12 86 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
13 83 (2.51%) Amazon EC2
14 68 (2.06%) OCI
15 67 (2.03%) PaaS
15 67 (2.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 65 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 63 (1.90%) Amazon EKS
18 62 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
18 62 (1.87%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 101 (3.05%) Firewall
2 79 (2.39%) DNS
3 59 (1.78%) Network Security
4 46 (1.39%) VPN
5 39 (1.18%) LAN
6 37 (1.12%) WAN
7 27 (0.82%) DHCP
8 25 (0.76%) TCP/IP
9 17 (0.51%) Kerberos
9 17 (0.51%) SAN
10 16 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
11 15 (0.45%) NAS
12 13 (0.39%) BGP
12 13 (0.39%) DKIM
12 13 (0.39%) DMARC
13 12 (0.36%) MPLS
14 10 (0.30%) HTTP
14 10 (0.30%) NGFW
14 10 (0.30%) OpenVPN
15 9 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (3.48%) Power BI
2 88 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
3 82 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
4 70 (2.12%) Data Lake
5 63 (1.90%) SQL Server
6 51 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
7 46 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
7 46 (1.39%) Metadata
8 42 (1.27%) NoSQL
9 38 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
10 36 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
11 32 (0.97%) Relational Database
12 30 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
13 29 (0.88%) Delta Lake
14 28 (0.85%) MongoDB
14 28 (0.85%) Tableau
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 (5.83%) JIRA
2 172 (5.20%) Git
3 150 (4.53%) Jenkins
4 107 (3.23%) GitLab
5 34 (1.03%) Selenium
6 25 (0.76%) Artifactory
6 25 (0.76%) Postman
7 24 (0.73%) JUnit
8 21 (0.63%) Cypress.io
8 21 (0.63%) JMeter
8 21 (0.63%) Mockito
9 17 (0.51%) SonarQube
10 14 (0.42%) Bitbucket
10 14 (0.42%) Gradle
11 12 (0.36%) Visual Studio
12 10 (0.30%) Liquibase
12 10 (0.30%) Maven
13 9 (0.27%) Cucumber
14 8 (0.24%) CircleCI
14 8 (0.24%) REST Assured
General
1 938 (28.36%) Public Sector
2 628 (18.98%) Social Skills
3 304 (9.19%) Finance
4 195 (5.89%) Analytical Skills
5 91 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
6 87 (2.63%) Banking
7 76 (2.30%) Military
8 50 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
9 43 (1.30%) Telecoms
10 39 (1.18%) Legal
11 37 (1.12%) Police
12 33 (1.00%) Law
13 31 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (0.85%) Retail
15 24 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
16 19 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 19 (0.57%) Marketing
17 18 (0.54%) Manufacturing
18 10 (0.30%) Publishing
19 7 (0.21%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 640 (19.35%) Architect
2 401 (12.12%) Developer
3 272 (8.22%) Senior
4 252 (7.62%) Lead
5 250 (7.56%) DevOps Engineer
6 201 (6.08%) Analyst
7 200 (6.05%) Data Engineer
8 150 (4.53%) Consultant
9 125 (3.78%) Solutions Architect
10 120 (3.63%) Azure Engineer
11 114 (3.45%) Business Analyst
12 101 (3.05%) Technical Architect
13 100 (3.02%) AWS Engineer
14 88 (2.66%) Security Architect
15 76 (2.30%) Designer
16 71 (2.15%) Cloud Engineer
17 69 (2.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 68 (2.06%) Delivery Manager
19 63 (1.90%) Java Developer
20 62 (1.87%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (3.99%) REST
2 101 (3.05%) Spring
3 81 (2.45%) Spring Boot
4 79 (2.39%) React
5 78 (2.36%) LDAP
6 73 (2.21%) PySpark
6 73 (2.21%) SOAP
7 70 (2.12%) Kafka
8 68 (2.06%) .NET
8 68 (2.06%) RESTful
9 63 (1.90%) Node.js
10 53 (1.60%) HTML
11 50 (1.51%) AngularJS
12 49 (1.48%) Oracle Fusion
13 48 (1.45%) JSON
13 48 (1.45%) Web Services
14 46 (1.39%) OAuth
15 37 (1.12%) OpenID
15 37 (1.12%) SAML
16 35 (1.06%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 194 (5.86%) Cloud Native
2 109 (3.30%) Onboarding
3 95 (2.87%) Product Ownership
4 70 (2.12%) Security Posture
5 55 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
6 52 (1.57%) Data Centre
7 51 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
8 48 (1.45%) Management Information System
9 44 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
10 42 (1.27%) Replication
11 33 (1.00%) CMDB
12 32 (0.97%) PKI
13 31 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
14 29 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
14 29 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
14 29 (0.88%) Public Cloud
15 26 (0.79%) AI Agents
16 24 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
17 23 (0.70%) Data Structures
18 18 (0.54%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 157 (4.75%) Linux
2 134 (4.05%) Windows
3 54 (1.63%) Windows Server
4 27 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (0.57%) 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 (0.091%) AIX
15 3 (0.091%) Windows Server 2012
16 2 (0.060%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 729 (22.04%) DevOps
2 657 (19.86%) Agile
3 571 (17.26%) CI/CD
4 383 (11.58%) Infrastructure as Code
5 373 (11.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 321 (9.70%) Problem-Solving
7 318 (9.61%) Migration
8 272 (8.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 258 (7.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 243 (7.35%) Containerisation
11 228 (6.89%) AI
12 222 (6.71%) Data Modelling
13 208 (6.29%) Decision-Making
14 205 (6.20%) Analytics
15 183 (5.53%) Roadmaps
16 179 (5.41%) Cybersecurity
16 179 (5.41%) Test Automation
17 170 (5.14%) Microservices
18 165 (4.99%) Technical Leadership
19 162 (4.90%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 423 (12.79%) Python
2 354 (10.70%) SQL
3 227 (6.86%) Java
4 168 (5.08%) PowerShell
5 120 (3.63%) JavaScript
6 97 (2.93%) C#
7 79 (2.39%) Bash
8 61 (1.84%) TypeScript
9 38 (1.15%) Scala
10 36 (1.09%) Apex Code
10 36 (1.09%) Ruby
11 31 (0.94%) Bicep
12 26 (0.79%) Shell Script
13 25 (0.76%) PL/SQL
14 18 (0.54%) R
15 17 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 17 (0.51%) Go
16 14 (0.42%) Groovy
16 14 (0.42%) Kotlin
17 8 (0.24%) X++
Qualifications
1 2,706 (81.80%) SC Cleared
2 379 (11.46%) DV Cleared
3 83 (2.51%) Degree
4 75 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 57 (1.72%) Azure Certification
6 55 (1.66%) AWS Certification
6 55 (1.66%) CISSP
7 38 (1.15%) CISM
8 28 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (0.70%) PMP
10 22 (0.67%) GIAC
11 18 (0.54%) CTC Cleared
12 16 (0.48%) PMI Certification
13 15 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
14 14 (0.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 14 (0.42%) CEH
15 13 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
16 12 (0.36%) CCNP
17 11 (0.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (4.20%) Data Quality
2 126 (3.81%) QA
3 86 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 79 (2.39%) NCSC
5 68 (2.06%) Accessibility
6 65 (1.96%) NIST
7 60 (1.81%) GDPR
8 55 (1.66%) PMO
9 19 (0.57%) GRC
9 19 (0.57%) WCAG
10 15 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 12 (0.36%) COBIT
11 12 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
11 12 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 12 (0.36%) SLA
12 6 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.18%) IFRS
12 6 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 266 (8.04%) Docker
2 114 (3.45%) Active Directory
3 55 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (0.79%) 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
1 406 (12.27%) Terraform
2 340 (10.28%) Kubernetes
3 113 (3.42%) Ansible
4 89 (2.69%) Grafana
5 86 (2.60%) Prometheus
6 47 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
7 23 (0.70%) 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
1 352 (10.64%) Microsoft
2 180 (5.44%) Oracle
3 120 (3.63%) Databricks
4 119 (3.60%) ServiceNow
5 87 (2.63%) Salesforce
6 84 (2.54%) VMware
7 68 (2.06%) Google
8 63 (1.90%) SAP
9 61 (1.84%) Splunk
10 57 (1.72%) CyberArk
11 42 (1.27%) Cisco
12 36 (1.09%) IBM
13 34 (1.03%) BeyondTrust
13 34 (1.03%) Centrify
13 34 (1.03%) Dynatrace
14 31 (0.94%) Red Hat
15 29 (0.88%) Okta
16 27 (0.82%) MuleSoft
17 24 (0.73%) Fortinet
18 23 (0.70%) Palo Alto