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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,673 1,816 2,124
As % of all contract jobs in London 18.05% 13.47% 13.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.65% 50.95% 52.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,854 1,288 1,432
10th Percentile £400 £400 £369
25th Percentile £463 £455 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +0.47% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £701 £725
England median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 45 18
10th Percentile £19.50 £25.04 £20.84
25th Percentile £35.00 - £24.18
Median hourly rate £57.25 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +127.63% -44.11% -25.00%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £69.56
90th Percentile £78.75 £33.31 £112.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £61.75
% change year-on-year +158.45% -59.27% +2.92%

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 5,771 3,564 4,026
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.35% 26.45% 24.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,181 2,395 2,585
10th Percentile £363 £350 £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 £653 £650
90th Percentile £726 £738 £775
England median daily rate £530 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 84 61
10th Percentile £19.50 £19.05 £18.13
25th Percentile £24.47 - £25.75
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -31.10% -18.89%
75th Percentile £78.75 £35.94 £57.50
90th Percentile £155.00 £65.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £51.00 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +102.78% -52.10% -

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +10 401 £550 +4.76% 178
South London 0 104 £546 +2.58% 15
West London -34 24 £650 +62.30% 57
East London +5 7 £750 +3.45% 24
North London +4 6 £538 +5.39%
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
1 150 (4.08%) Confluence
2 91 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 48 (1.31%) SAS
4 33 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 31 (0.84%) Apache Spark
6 28 (0.76%) Apache
6 28 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
7 25 (0.68%) nginx
8 12 (0.33%) CMS
9 11 (0.30%) WebLogic
10 10 (0.27%) JBoss
10 10 (0.27%) Tomcat
11 8 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 6 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
13 5 (0.14%) Camunda
14 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
15 3 (0.082%) Anypoint
15 3 (0.082%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.082%) Skype for Business
15 3 (0.082%) Traefik
Applications
1 46 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.49%) AutoCAD
4 18 (0.49%) Revit
4 18 (0.49%) SOLIDWORKS
5 15 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.22%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
9 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.11%) Windchill
10 3 (0.082%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.082%) Sketch
11 2 (0.054%) Gliffy
12 1 (0.027%) InDesign
12 1 (0.027%) PrintSoft PReS
12 1 (0.027%) Simulink
12 1 (0.027%) Trello
Business Applications
1 27 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
3 19 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 16 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (0.44%) 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 (0.16%) Findur
8 6 (0.16%) Maximo
9 5 (0.14%) Exchequer
9 5 (0.14%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.14%) SAP QM
10 4 (0.11%) Changepoint
10 4 (0.11%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.11%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
10 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
10 4 (0.11%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 811 (22.08%) Azure
2 787 (21.43%) AWS
3 260 (7.08%) GitHub
4 209 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
5 207 (5.64%) Power Platform
6 196 (5.34%) GCP
7 182 (4.96%) GitHub Actions
8 128 (3.48%) Amazon S3
9 127 (3.46%) Serverless
10 100 (2.72%) Amazon EKS
11 98 (2.67%) AWS Lambda
12 96 (2.61%) Entra ID
13 94 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
14 84 (2.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 78 (2.12%) Amazon EC2
16 72 (1.96%) PowerApps
17 65 (1.77%) Power Automate
18 63 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
19 62 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
19 62 (1.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 82 (2.23%) Firewall
2 70 (1.91%) DNS
3 57 (1.55%) Network Security
4 38 (1.03%) VPN
5 31 (0.84%) WAN
6 18 (0.49%) DHCP
6 18 (0.49%) LAN
7 16 (0.44%) TCP/IP
8 13 (0.35%) BGP
8 13 (0.35%) Internet
9 12 (0.33%) MPLS
10 11 (0.30%) HTTP
10 11 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (0.27%) SSL
11 10 (0.27%) WebEx
12 9 (0.25%) 4G
13 8 (0.22%) DKIM
13 8 (0.22%) DMARC
13 8 (0.22%) SAN
13 8 (0.22%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (3.76%) Power BI
2 121 (3.29%) PostgreSQL
3 68 (1.85%) SQL Server
4 64 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
5 61 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
6 57 (1.55%) Metadata
7 51 (1.39%) Data Lake
8 47 (1.28%) MongoDB
9 43 (1.17%) NoSQL
10 40 (1.09%) Relational Database
11 36 (0.98%) Amazon Aurora
11 36 (0.98%) MySQL
12 35 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
12 35 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
12 35 (0.95%) Oracle Database
13 23 (0.63%) Redis
14 22 (0.60%) Big Data
15 20 (0.54%) Delta Lake
15 20 (0.54%) Tableau
16 19 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 236 (6.43%) Git
2 231 (6.29%) Jenkins
3 210 (5.72%) JIRA
4 150 (4.08%) GitLab
5 56 (1.52%) Selenium
6 37 (1.01%) JMeter
7 33 (0.90%) Postman
8 32 (0.87%) Gradle
9 31 (0.84%) JUnit
10 29 (0.79%) Maven
11 26 (0.71%) Cucumber
12 25 (0.68%) SonarQube
12 25 (0.68%) Visual Studio
13 22 (0.60%) Cypress.io
13 22 (0.60%) Mockito
14 15 (0.41%) Artifactory
14 15 (0.41%) LoadRunner
14 15 (0.41%) REST Assured
15 13 (0.35%) eggPlant
15 13 (0.35%) SoapUI
General
1 957 (26.05%) Public Sector
2 813 (22.13%) Social Skills
3 326 (8.88%) Finance
4 269 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
5 121 (3.29%) Military
6 102 (2.78%) Banking
7 89 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
8 60 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
9 59 (1.61%) Telecoms
10 58 (1.58%) Law
11 57 (1.55%) Police
12 43 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 40 (1.09%) Manufacturing
14 39 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
15 33 (0.90%) Legal
16 29 (0.79%) Local Government
16 29 (0.79%) Marketing
17 26 (0.71%) Aerospace
18 24 (0.65%) Retail
19 21 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 694 (18.89%) Architect
2 406 (11.05%) Developer
3 352 (9.58%) Lead
4 348 (9.47%) Senior
5 259 (7.05%) DevOps Engineer
6 190 (5.17%) Data Engineer
7 176 (4.79%) Analyst
8 155 (4.22%) Consultant
9 120 (3.27%) Solutions Architect
10 119 (3.24%) Data Architect
11 113 (3.08%) Security Architect
12 107 (2.91%) Designer
13 101 (2.75%) AWS Engineer
14 96 (2.61%) Software Engineer
15 94 (2.56%) Azure Engineer
16 91 (2.48%) Java Developer
17 87 (2.37%) Technical Architect
18 86 (2.34%) User Researcher
19 80 (2.18%) Cloud Engineer
20 73 (1.99%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 445 (12.12%) Terraform
2 195 (5.31%) REST
3 118 (3.21%) Kafka
4 116 (3.16%) Spring
5 100 (2.72%) Spring Boot
6 95 (2.59%) React
7 88 (2.40%) RESTful
8 83 (2.26%) .NET
9 74 (2.01%) SOAP
10 66 (1.80%) JSON
11 59 (1.61%) XML
12 57 (1.55%) HTML
13 55 (1.50%) Middleware
13 55 (1.50%) PySpark
14 53 (1.44%) Node.js
15 46 (1.25%) Django
16 44 (1.20%) OAuth
17 40 (1.09%) AngularJS
17 40 (1.09%) Web Services
18 36 (0.98%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 235 (6.40%) Cloud Native
2 136 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 120 (3.27%) Product Ownership
4 63 (1.72%) Data Centre
5 61 (1.66%) Management Information System
6 57 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
7 56 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
7 56 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
8 50 (1.36%) AI Agents
9 44 (1.20%) Replication
10 42 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
11 41 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
12 40 (1.09%) CMDB
13 39 (1.06%) Data Structures
14 32 (0.87%) PKI
15 31 (0.84%) Security Posture
16 29 (0.79%) Clustering
16 29 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
17 28 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
18 26 (0.71%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 204 (5.55%) Linux
2 168 (4.57%) Windows
3 62 (1.69%) Windows Server
4 42 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 33 (0.90%) Unix
6 31 (0.84%) Android
7 22 (0.60%) Mac OS
8 15 (0.41%) Apple iOS
9 13 (0.35%) VMS
10 11 (0.30%) Windows 10
11 10 (0.27%) Solaris
11 10 (0.27%) Ubuntu
12 9 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
13 8 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
14 7 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
14 7 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
15 6 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (0.14%) AIX
17 3 (0.082%) Embedded Linux
17 3 (0.082%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 886 (24.12%) Agile
2 767 (20.88%) DevOps
3 726 (19.77%) CI/CD
4 596 (16.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 457 (12.44%) Infrastructure as Code
6 410 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 402 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 392 (10.67%) AI
9 360 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
10 304 (8.28%) Migration
11 292 (7.95%) Containerisation
12 259 (7.05%) Decision-Making
12 259 (7.05%) Test Automation
13 250 (6.81%) Roadmaps
14 234 (6.37%) Software Engineering
15 232 (6.32%) Cybersecurity
16 225 (6.13%) Analytics
17 224 (6.10%) Data Modelling
17 224 (6.10%) Observability
18 209 (5.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 534 (14.54%) Python
2 372 (10.13%) SQL
3 310 (8.44%) Java
4 181 (4.93%) JavaScript
5 133 (3.62%) PowerShell
6 122 (3.32%) Bash
7 102 (2.78%) TypeScript
8 99 (2.70%) C#
9 45 (1.23%) Bicep
10 37 (1.01%) Groovy
11 34 (0.93%) PL/SQL
12 28 (0.76%) Scala
13 25 (0.68%) Kotlin
14 23 (0.63%) Go
15 20 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 15 (0.41%) Apex Code
16 15 (0.41%) Shell Script
17 13 (0.35%) R
18 12 (0.33%) C++
19 10 (0.27%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3,015 (82.09%) SC Cleared
2 482 (13.12%) DV Cleared
3 146 (3.97%) BPSS Clearance
4 106 (2.89%) Degree
5 89 (2.42%) AWS Certification
6 70 (1.91%) CISSP
7 66 (1.80%) Azure Certification
8 55 (1.50%) CISM
9 37 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
10 35 (0.95%) PMP
11 31 (0.84%) PMI Certification
12 26 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 25 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
14 20 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
15 19 (0.52%) ISTQB
16 18 (0.49%) CRISC
16 18 (0.49%) CTC Cleared
17 15 (0.41%) GIAC
18 13 (0.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 13 (0.35%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (5.31%) QA
2 134 (3.65%) Data Quality
3 106 (2.89%) NCSC
4 89 (2.42%) Accessibility
5 83 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 82 (2.23%) NIST
7 67 (1.82%) GRC
8 63 (1.72%) PMO
9 54 (1.47%) GDPR
10 26 (0.71%) SLA
11 24 (0.65%) WCAG
12 19 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
13 17 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
13 17 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 13 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 12 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
15 12 (0.33%) ISO 20022
16 10 (0.27%) NIST 800
16 10 (0.27%) P3O
17 9 (0.25%) COBIT
System Software
1 337 (9.18%) Docker
2 104 (2.83%) Active Directory
3 69 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
4 20 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (0.52%) Hyper-V
5 19 (0.52%) vSphere
6 8 (0.22%) Squid
7 7 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.19%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 4 (0.11%) Postfix
10 3 (0.082%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.082%) Firmware
10 3 (0.082%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.082%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.082%) UAG
11 2 (0.054%) KVM
11 2 (0.054%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 413 (11.24%) Kubernetes
2 132 (3.59%) Grafana
3 123 (3.35%) Ansible
4 97 (2.64%) Prometheus
5 31 (0.84%) Kibana
6 30 (0.82%) Puppet
7 25 (0.68%) Argo
8 24 (0.65%) SCCM
9 21 (0.57%) Control-M
9 21 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
10 20 (0.54%) Istio
11 19 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
12 18 (0.49%) vCenter Server
13 11 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
13 11 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
13 11 (0.30%) SCOM
14 10 (0.27%) Progress Chef
15 9 (0.25%) Packer
16 7 (0.19%) HP Fortify
16 7 (0.19%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 448 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 246 (6.70%) Oracle
3 153 (4.17%) ServiceNow
4 125 (3.40%) Google
5 99 (2.70%) VMware
6 93 (2.53%) Databricks
7 90 (2.45%) Splunk
8 81 (2.21%) Salesforce
9 69 (1.88%) SAP
10 44 (1.20%) IBM
11 38 (1.03%) Dynatrace
12 37 (1.01%) Cisco
13 30 (0.82%) Informatica
14 28 (0.76%) Red Hat
15 25 (0.68%) OpenAI
16 21 (0.57%) Palo Alto
16 21 (0.57%) Pega
17 20 (0.54%) MuleSoft
18 19 (0.52%) Foundry
18 19 (0.52%) Sparx