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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,647 1,785 2,041
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.91% 13.35% 12.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.35% 50.31% 52.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,829 1,285 1,397
10th Percentile £405 £400 £363
25th Percentile £465 £455 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £725
England median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 41 16
10th Percentile £19.50 £25.04 £18.00
25th Percentile £35.00 - £23.61
Median hourly rate £57.25 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +127.63% -40.82% -26.09%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £67.44
90th Percentile £78.75 £38.75 £112.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £61.60
% change year-on-year +158.45% -59.17% +2.94%

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 5,757 3,548 3,924
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.28% 26.53% 24.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,155 2,385 2,546
10th Percentile £369 £357 £350
25th Percentile £457 £442 £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 £734 £738 £765
England median daily rate £530 £525 £535
% change year-on-year +0.95% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 80 58
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.05
25th Percentile £26.25 - £24.16
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £34.38
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -26.84% -31.25%
75th Percentile £83.44 £35.94 £56.00
90th Percentile £155.00 £65.00 £70.63
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £55.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -54.27% +1.85%

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 23 September 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 23 September 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 23 September 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 +10 409 £550 +4.76% 219
South London +1 111 £538 +1.03% 11
West London -35 23 £663 +65.42% 82
East London +6 7 £750 - 28
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
1 155 (4.25%) Confluence
2 94 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 48 (1.32%) SAS
4 33 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 31 (0.85%) Apache
6 30 (0.82%) Apache Spark
7 27 (0.74%) nginx
8 26 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
9 12 (0.33%) CMS
9 12 (0.33%) Tomcat
9 12 (0.33%) WebLogic
10 10 (0.27%) JBoss
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%) Mule
15 3 (0.082%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 48 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.47%) AutoCAD
4 17 (0.47%) Revit
4 17 (0.47%) SOLIDWORKS
5 15 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.19%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.14%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.11%) Sketch
10 4 (0.11%) Windchill
11 3 (0.082%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.055%) Gliffy
13 1 (0.027%) InDesign
13 1 (0.027%) PrintSoft PReS
13 1 (0.027%) Trello
Business Applications
1 26 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
3 19 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 15 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.41%) 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%) SAP HR
9 5 (0.14%) Exchequer
9 5 (0.14%) Maximo
9 5 (0.14%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.14%) SAP QM
9 5 (0.14%) Temenos T24
10 4 (0.11%) Changepoint
10 4 (0.11%) SAP CO
10 4 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
10 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 819 (22.46%) Azure
2 779 (21.36%) AWS
3 257 (7.05%) GitHub
4 209 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
5 204 (5.59%) Power Platform
6 198 (5.43%) GCP
7 175 (4.80%) GitHub Actions
8 127 (3.48%) Serverless
9 124 (3.40%) Amazon S3
10 100 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
11 95 (2.60%) Entra ID
12 93 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
13 91 (2.50%) Amazon EKS
14 81 (2.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 75 (2.06%) Amazon EC2
16 66 (1.81%) PowerApps
17 62 (1.70%) Power Automate
18 61 (1.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 60 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
20 59 (1.62%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 90 (2.47%) Firewall
2 73 (2.00%) DNS
3 60 (1.65%) Network Security
4 42 (1.15%) VPN
5 34 (0.93%) WAN
6 22 (0.60%) LAN
7 19 (0.52%) DHCP
8 15 (0.41%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.36%) HTTP
9 13 (0.36%) Internet
10 12 (0.33%) BGP
11 11 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.27%) MPLS
12 10 (0.27%) WebEx
13 9 (0.25%) 4G
13 9 (0.25%) SSL
14 8 (0.22%) DKIM
14 8 (0.22%) Kerberos
14 8 (0.22%) SAN
14 8 (0.22%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (3.76%) Power BI
2 117 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
3 68 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
4 66 (1.81%) SQL Server
5 60 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
6 57 (1.56%) Metadata
7 55 (1.51%) Data Lake
8 45 (1.23%) MongoDB
9 44 (1.21%) NoSQL
10 43 (1.18%) Relational Database
11 40 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
12 34 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
12 34 (0.93%) MySQL
13 33 (0.90%) Amazon Aurora
13 33 (0.90%) Oracle Database
14 23 (0.63%) Redis
15 22 (0.60%) Big Data
16 21 (0.58%) Tableau
17 19 (0.52%) Delta Lake
17 19 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 236 (6.47%) Git
2 229 (6.28%) Jenkins
3 217 (5.95%) JIRA
4 145 (3.98%) GitLab
5 53 (1.45%) Selenium
6 35 (0.96%) JMeter
7 32 (0.88%) JUnit
8 31 (0.85%) Gradle
8 31 (0.85%) Postman
9 27 (0.74%) Maven
10 26 (0.71%) SonarQube
11 25 (0.69%) Visual Studio
12 24 (0.66%) Cucumber
13 23 (0.63%) Mockito
14 22 (0.60%) Cypress.io
15 15 (0.41%) LoadRunner
16 14 (0.38%) Artifactory
16 14 (0.38%) REST Assured
17 13 (0.36%) eggPlant
18 12 (0.33%) SoapUI
General
1 950 (26.05%) Public Sector
2 804 (22.05%) Social Skills
3 327 (8.97%) Finance
4 262 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
5 117 (3.21%) Military
6 101 (2.77%) Banking
7 87 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
8 62 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
8 62 (1.70%) Law
9 57 (1.56%) Police
9 57 (1.56%) Telecoms
10 43 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 38 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
12 37 (1.01%) Manufacturing
13 36 (0.99%) Legal
14 31 (0.85%) Marketing
15 30 (0.82%) Retail
16 27 (0.74%) Local Government
17 22 (0.60%) Aerospace
18 21 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 694 (19.03%) Architect
2 412 (11.30%) Developer
3 348 (9.54%) Lead
4 337 (9.24%) Senior
5 258 (7.07%) DevOps Engineer
6 182 (4.99%) Data Engineer
7 174 (4.77%) Analyst
8 156 (4.28%) Consultant
9 120 (3.29%) Solutions Architect
10 118 (3.24%) Data Architect
11 111 (3.04%) Security Architect
12 107 (2.93%) Azure Engineer
13 106 (2.91%) Designer
14 100 (2.74%) AWS Engineer
15 97 (2.66%) Software Engineer
16 93 (2.55%) Java Developer
17 87 (2.39%) Technical Architect
18 81 (2.22%) Cloud Engineer
19 80 (2.19%) User Researcher
20 70 (1.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 441 (12.09%) Terraform
2 191 (5.24%) REST
3 122 (3.35%) Spring
4 115 (3.15%) Kafka
5 106 (2.91%) Spring Boot
6 95 (2.60%) React
7 91 (2.50%) RESTful
8 81 (2.22%) .NET
9 76 (2.08%) SOAP
10 66 (1.81%) JSON
11 64 (1.75%) Node.js
12 58 (1.59%) HTML
12 58 (1.59%) XML
13 57 (1.56%) PySpark
14 55 (1.51%) Middleware
15 49 (1.34%) Django
16 45 (1.23%) Web Services
17 44 (1.21%) AngularJS
18 43 (1.18%) OAuth
19 37 (1.01%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 233 (6.39%) Cloud Native
2 132 (3.62%) Onboarding
3 117 (3.21%) Product Ownership
4 65 (1.78%) Management Information System
5 63 (1.73%) Data Centre
6 58 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
7 57 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
8 52 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
9 46 (1.26%) AI Agents
10 45 (1.23%) CMDB
11 44 (1.21%) Replication
12 40 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
13 39 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
14 38 (1.04%) Data Structures
15 31 (0.85%) Clustering
15 31 (0.85%) Security Posture
16 30 (0.82%) PKI
17 29 (0.80%) Security Operations Centre
18 28 (0.77%) Low-Code
19 27 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 206 (5.65%) Linux
2 172 (4.72%) Windows
3 65 (1.78%) Windows Server
4 44 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 36 (0.99%) Unix
6 31 (0.85%) Android
7 22 (0.60%) Mac OS
8 15 (0.41%) Apple iOS
8 15 (0.41%) VMS
9 12 (0.33%) Solaris
10 11 (0.30%) Windows 10
11 10 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
11 10 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
12 9 (0.25%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
14 7 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
14 7 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.14%) AIX
16 3 (0.082%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.082%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 882 (24.18%) Agile
2 774 (21.22%) DevOps
3 720 (19.74%) CI/CD
4 584 (16.01%) Stakeholder Management
5 450 (12.34%) Infrastructure as Code
6 402 (11.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 392 (10.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 387 (10.61%) AI
9 359 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
10 309 (8.47%) Migration
11 295 (8.09%) Containerisation
12 259 (7.10%) Test Automation
13 253 (6.94%) Decision-Making
14 245 (6.72%) Roadmaps
15 233 (6.39%) Cybersecurity
16 230 (6.31%) Software Engineering
17 227 (6.22%) Analytics
18 222 (6.09%) Observability
19 221 (6.06%) Data Modelling
20 209 (5.73%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 523 (14.34%) Python
2 362 (9.93%) SQL
3 316 (8.66%) Java
4 182 (4.99%) JavaScript
5 133 (3.65%) PowerShell
6 117 (3.21%) Bash
7 103 (2.82%) TypeScript
8 96 (2.63%) C#
9 45 (1.23%) Bicep
10 38 (1.04%) Groovy
11 37 (1.01%) PL/SQL
12 26 (0.71%) Kotlin
12 26 (0.71%) Scala
13 22 (0.60%) Go
14 21 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 20 (0.55%) Apex Code
16 17 (0.47%) Shell Script
17 15 (0.41%) R
18 13 (0.36%) Ruby
19 11 (0.30%) C++
Qualifications
1 2,998 (82.20%) SC Cleared
2 483 (13.24%) DV Cleared
3 136 (3.73%) BPSS Clearance
4 104 (2.85%) Degree
5 87 (2.39%) AWS Certification
6 73 (2.00%) CISSP
7 71 (1.95%) Azure Certification
8 57 (1.56%) CISM
9 37 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
10 35 (0.96%) PMP
11 30 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
11 30 (0.82%) PMI Certification
12 28 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 20 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
14 18 (0.49%) ISTQB
15 17 (0.47%) CRISC
15 17 (0.47%) CTC Cleared
15 17 (0.47%) GIAC
16 14 (0.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 14 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 196 (5.37%) QA
2 130 (3.56%) Data Quality
3 102 (2.80%) NCSC
4 88 (2.41%) Accessibility
5 82 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 81 (2.22%) NIST
7 67 (1.84%) GRC
7 67 (1.84%) PMO
8 52 (1.43%) GDPR
9 26 (0.71%) WCAG
10 24 (0.66%) SLA
11 18 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
12 17 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
12 17 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 13 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 12 (0.33%) ISO 20022
15 10 (0.27%) COBIT
15 10 (0.27%) NIST 800
15 10 (0.27%) P3O
16 9 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 332 (9.10%) Docker
2 104 (2.85%) Active Directory
3 75 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (0.58%) Hyper-V
5 21 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (0.55%) vSphere
7 8 (0.22%) Squid
8 7 (0.19%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
9 6 (0.16%) Postfix
9 6 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.14%) Firmware
10 5 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.11%) BitLocker
11 4 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.11%) NFS
11 4 (0.11%) Varnish
12 3 (0.082%) Sendmail
12 3 (0.082%) UAG
Systems Management
1 405 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 124 (3.40%) Ansible
2 124 (3.40%) Grafana
3 96 (2.63%) Prometheus
4 30 (0.82%) Puppet
5 27 (0.74%) Kibana
6 23 (0.63%) SCCM
7 21 (0.58%) Argo
7 21 (0.58%) Control-M
7 21 (0.58%) vCenter Server
8 20 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
9 19 (0.52%) Istio
9 19 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
10 13 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
11 11 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
11 11 (0.30%) Progress Chef
11 11 (0.30%) SCOM
12 9 (0.25%) Packer
13 8 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
14 7 (0.19%) Cilium
Vendors
1 436 (11.96%) Microsoft
2 242 (6.64%) Oracle
3 156 (4.28%) ServiceNow
4 119 (3.26%) Google
5 106 (2.91%) VMware
6 100 (2.74%) Databricks
7 89 (2.44%) Splunk
8 87 (2.39%) Salesforce
9 70 (1.92%) SAP
10 48 (1.32%) IBM
11 43 (1.18%) Cisco
12 39 (1.07%) Dynatrace
13 31 (0.85%) Informatica
14 30 (0.82%) Red Hat
15 22 (0.60%) OpenAI
16 21 (0.58%) Palo Alto
16 21 (0.58%) Pega
17 20 (0.55%) MuleSoft
18 19 (0.52%) Fortinet
18 19 (0.52%) Sparx