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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 11
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,516 1,721 2,020
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.67% 12.69% 11.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.86% 49.57% 49.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,697 1,252 1,466
10th Percentile £400 £368 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.48% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £649
90th Percentile £713 £700 £750
England median daily rate £530 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -1.40% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 35 34
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £15.73
25th Percentile £25.77 - £17.94
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +118.69% +14.32% -63.33%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £28.55
90th Percentile £95.00 £46.50 £71.38
England median hourly rate £63.50 £25.15 £57.47
% change year-on-year +152.49% -56.24% -4.22%

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 5,506 3,472 4,086
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.68% 25.60% 23.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,973 2,360 2,819
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £435 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £537
% change year-on-year - -2.28% -2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 81 92
10th Percentile £19.48 £18.82 £16.31
25th Percentile £26.19 £25.04 £20.98
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £26.49
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -5.04% -50.95%
75th Percentile £73.00 £45.00 £43.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £63.75 £68.68
England median hourly rate £54.00 £26.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +103.77% -38.37% -22.17%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 18 July 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 +13 450 £550 - 81
South London 0 144 £521 -4.28% 5
West London -36 14 £675 +68.75% 27
East London +10 11 £750 - 18
North London +2 4 - - 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
1 158 (4.49%) Confluence
2 95 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 37 (1.05%) nginx
4 33 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 31 (0.88%) Apache Spark
6 29 (0.82%) Apache
6 29 (0.82%) SAS
7 22 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
8 15 (0.43%) Tomcat
9 10 (0.28%) WebLogic
10 8 (0.23%) CMS
11 6 (0.17%) JBoss
12 4 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
12 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
12 4 (0.11%) WordPress
13 3 (0.085%) Drupal
13 3 (0.085%) Oracle Workflow
14 2 (0.057%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.057%) Documentum
14 2 (0.057%) MQSeries
Applications
1 44 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (0.31%) AutoCAD
3 11 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.31%) Revit
3 11 (0.31%) SOLIDWORKS
4 8 (0.23%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.085%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.085%) Sketch
7 1 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.028%) InDesign
7 1 (0.028%) Maya
7 1 (0.028%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 20 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
4 15 (0.43%) Findur
4 15 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
5 14 (0.40%) Temenos T24
6 13 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 9 (0.26%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 8 (0.23%) SAP HR
9 7 (0.20%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
10 6 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
10 6 (0.17%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.14%) SAP QM
12 4 (0.11%) iTrent
12 4 (0.11%) SAP HCM
12 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
13 3 (0.085%) Changepoint
13 3 (0.085%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 3 (0.085%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 799 (22.72%) Azure
2 749 (21.30%) AWS
3 250 (7.11%) GitHub
4 205 (5.83%) Azure DevOps
5 198 (5.63%) Power Platform
6 172 (4.89%) GCP
7 155 (4.41%) GitHub Actions
8 137 (3.90%) Amazon S3
9 134 (3.81%) Serverless
10 106 (3.01%) AWS Lambda
11 92 (2.62%) Amazon EC2
12 88 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
13 82 (2.33%) Entra ID
14 77 (2.19%) Amazon EKS
15 71 (2.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 67 (1.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 66 (1.88%) Power Automate
18 62 (1.76%) Azure AKS
19 60 (1.71%) AWS CloudFormation
19 60 (1.71%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 95 (2.70%) Firewall
2 82 (2.33%) DNS
3 64 (1.82%) Network Security
4 55 (1.56%) VPN
5 27 (0.77%) WAN
6 25 (0.71%) TCP/IP
7 24 (0.68%) LAN
8 20 (0.57%) DHCP
9 14 (0.40%) HTTP
9 14 (0.40%) OpenVPN
10 13 (0.37%) DKIM
10 13 (0.37%) DMARC
11 12 (0.34%) SAN
12 11 (0.31%) Internet
12 11 (0.31%) NAS
13 9 (0.26%) SMTP
13 9 (0.26%) Software-Defined Networking
13 9 (0.26%) VSAN
13 9 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (0.23%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (3.92%) Power BI
2 95 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
3 76 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
4 62 (1.76%) Data Lake
5 60 (1.71%) SQL Server
6 53 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
7 47 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
8 45 (1.28%) Metadata
9 41 (1.17%) Relational Database
10 38 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
11 31 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
12 30 (0.85%) NoSQL
13 27 (0.77%) Tableau
14 23 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
14 23 (0.65%) Delta Lake
14 23 (0.65%) MongoDB
15 20 (0.57%) Big Data
16 19 (0.54%) Oracle Database
17 14 (0.40%) BigQuery
17 14 (0.40%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 222 (6.31%) JIRA
2 202 (5.75%) Git
3 180 (5.12%) Jenkins
4 129 (3.67%) GitLab
5 32 (0.91%) Selenium
6 24 (0.68%) JMeter
7 22 (0.63%) SonarQube
8 21 (0.60%) Cypress.io
8 21 (0.60%) JUnit
9 19 (0.54%) Gradle
9 19 (0.54%) Mockito
10 18 (0.51%) Postman
11 16 (0.46%) Artifactory
11 16 (0.46%) Maven
12 14 (0.40%) Visual Studio
13 13 (0.37%) Bitbucket
13 13 (0.37%) REST Assured
14 10 (0.28%) Liquibase
15 9 (0.26%) CircleCI
16 8 (0.23%) Snyk
General
1 1,001 (28.47%) Public Sector
2 662 (18.83%) Social Skills
3 328 (9.33%) Finance
4 221 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
5 97 (2.76%) Banking
6 86 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
7 84 (2.39%) Military
8 73 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
9 49 (1.39%) Police
10 46 (1.31%) Telecoms
11 37 (1.05%) Law
11 37 (1.05%) Legal
12 30 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
13 29 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 26 (0.74%) Marketing
15 24 (0.68%) Retail
16 23 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
17 18 (0.51%) Manufacturing
18 14 (0.40%) Aerospace
19 13 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 644 (18.32%) Architect
2 456 (12.97%) Developer
3 315 (8.96%) Lead
4 286 (8.13%) Senior
5 253 (7.20%) DevOps Engineer
6 196 (5.57%) Analyst
7 185 (5.26%) Data Engineer
8 160 (4.55%) Consultant
9 121 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
10 113 (3.21%) Azure Engineer
11 112 (3.19%) AWS Engineer
12 96 (2.73%) Designer
13 95 (2.70%) Security Architect
14 93 (2.65%) Java Developer
14 93 (2.65%) Technical Architect
15 89 (2.53%) Business Analyst
15 89 (2.53%) Software Engineer
16 82 (2.33%) Cloud Engineer
17 77 (2.19%) Data Architect
17 77 (2.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (3.98%) REST
2 120 (3.41%) Spring
3 94 (2.67%) Spring Boot
4 86 (2.45%) React
5 81 (2.30%) RESTful
6 79 (2.25%) .NET
7 74 (2.10%) Kafka
8 66 (1.88%) Node.js
8 66 (1.88%) PySpark
9 55 (1.56%) JSON
9 55 (1.56%) SOAP
10 51 (1.45%) HTML
11 49 (1.39%) AngularJS
12 42 (1.19%) Web Services
13 41 (1.17%) Django
14 37 (1.05%) OAuth
15 35 (1.00%) OpenID
15 35 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
16 31 (0.88%) LDAP
16 31 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 214 (6.09%) Cloud Native
2 121 (3.44%) Onboarding
3 107 (3.04%) Product Ownership
4 69 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
5 57 (1.62%) Data Centre
6 56 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
7 48 (1.37%) CMDB
7 48 (1.37%) Management Information System
8 44 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
9 35 (1.00%) AI Agents
10 34 (0.97%) Replication
11 33 (0.94%) Security Posture
12 29 (0.82%) Data Structures
13 28 (0.80%) Public Cloud
14 27 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
15 24 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
16 23 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
16 23 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
16 23 (0.65%) PKI
17 21 (0.60%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 171 (4.86%) Linux
2 147 (4.18%) Windows
3 56 (1.59%) Windows Server
4 35 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 29 (0.82%) Android
6 28 (0.80%) Unix
7 21 (0.60%) Mac OS
8 15 (0.43%) Apple iOS
9 14 (0.40%) Solaris
10 9 (0.26%) VMS
10 9 (0.26%) Windows 10
10 9 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
10 9 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.20%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
13 5 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (0.11%) AIX
15 3 (0.085%) SUSE
15 3 (0.085%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 782 (22.24%) DevOps
2 779 (22.16%) Agile
3 656 (18.66%) CI/CD
4 417 (11.86%) Infrastructure as Code
5 414 (11.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 328 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
7 323 (9.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 313 (8.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 297 (8.45%) Migration
10 275 (7.82%) AI
11 266 (7.57%) Containerisation
12 229 (6.51%) Analytics
13 228 (6.48%) Data Modelling
14 226 (6.43%) Decision-Making
15 213 (6.06%) Roadmaps
16 201 (5.72%) Test Automation
17 197 (5.60%) Software Engineering
18 194 (5.52%) Cybersecurity
19 186 (5.29%) Microservices
20 173 (4.92%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 434 (12.34%) Python
2 360 (10.24%) SQL
3 281 (7.99%) Java
4 130 (3.70%) JavaScript
4 130 (3.70%) PowerShell
5 102 (2.90%) C#
6 100 (2.84%) Bash
7 69 (1.96%) TypeScript
8 42 (1.19%) Bicep
9 38 (1.08%) PL/SQL
10 31 (0.88%) Apex Code
10 31 (0.88%) Ruby
11 29 (0.82%) Shell Script
12 24 (0.68%) Groovy
12 24 (0.68%) Kotlin
13 23 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 19 (0.54%) R
14 19 (0.54%) Scala
15 12 (0.34%) Go
16 9 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2,884 (82.03%) SC Cleared
2 453 (12.88%) DV Cleared
3 100 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
4 72 (2.05%) Degree
5 65 (1.85%) AWS Certification
6 63 (1.79%) Azure Certification
7 59 (1.68%) CISSP
8 40 (1.14%) CISM
9 29 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (0.71%) PMP
11 24 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
12 23 (0.65%) CTC Cleared
13 21 (0.60%) GIAC
13 21 (0.60%) PMI Certification
14 15 (0.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 14 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
16 13 (0.37%) CEH
16 13 (0.37%) CompTIA Security+
17 12 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 12 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (3.78%) Data Quality
2 130 (3.70%) QA
3 89 (2.53%) NCSC
4 80 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 78 (2.22%) Accessibility
6 68 (1.93%) PMO
7 66 (1.88%) NIST
8 57 (1.62%) GDPR
9 39 (1.11%) GRC
10 25 (0.71%) WCAG
11 15 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
11 15 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
11 15 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 12 (0.34%) SLA
13 11 (0.31%) COBIT
14 9 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.23%) NIST 800
15 8 (0.23%) P3O
16 7 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 6 (0.17%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 294 (8.36%) Docker
2 87 (2.47%) Active Directory
3 64 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
5 25 (0.71%) Hyper-V
6 21 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (0.51%) vSphere
8 17 (0.48%) Squid
8 17 (0.48%) VMware NSX
9 13 (0.37%) NFS
10 8 (0.23%) BitLocker
10 8 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
10 8 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
10 8 (0.23%) Postfix
11 5 (0.14%) Varnish
12 4 (0.11%) Sendmail
12 4 (0.11%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.11%) UAG
13 3 (0.085%) Firmware
13 3 (0.085%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 453 (12.88%) Terraform
2 379 (10.78%) Kubernetes
3 123 (3.50%) Ansible
4 109 (3.10%) Grafana
5 95 (2.70%) Prometheus
6 34 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
7 28 (0.80%) Puppet
8 23 (0.65%) vCenter Server
9 15 (0.43%) Argo
9 15 (0.43%) vMotion
10 14 (0.40%) Progress Chef
10 14 (0.40%) SCCM
11 13 (0.37%) Control-M
12 12 (0.34%) Consul
12 12 (0.34%) FortiGate
12 12 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
13 11 (0.31%) Kibana
13 11 (0.31%) Packer
14 10 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
15 9 (0.26%) Istio
Vendors
1 382 (10.86%) Microsoft
2 207 (5.89%) Oracle
3 154 (4.38%) ServiceNow
4 106 (3.01%) Databricks
5 101 (2.87%) Salesforce
6 98 (2.79%) VMware
7 89 (2.53%) Google
8 75 (2.13%) Splunk
9 61 (1.73%) SAP
10 37 (1.05%) IBM
11 36 (1.02%) Dynatrace
12 35 (1.00%) Cisco
13 34 (0.97%) Red Hat
14 29 (0.82%) Informatica
15 23 (0.65%) MuleSoft
15 23 (0.65%) Tenable
16 21 (0.60%) Okta
17 19 (0.54%) Palo Alto
18 18 (0.51%) CyberArk
18 18 (0.51%) OpenAI