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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 11
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,567 1,757 1,957
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.70% 12.92% 12.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.70% 49.27% 49.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,731 1,256 1,428
10th Percentile £400 £368 £363
25th Percentile £463 £453 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -1.40% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £744
England median daily rate £537 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -0.09% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 42 23
10th Percentile £19.50 £19.49 £16.58
25th Percentile £25.94 - £19.18
Median hourly rate £59.75 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +137.57% +14.32% -63.33%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £24.18
90th Percentile £94.25 £47.25 £59.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £58.49
% change year-on-year +158.45% -57.00% -2.52%

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 5,600 3,566 3,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.79% 26.23% 24.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,045 2,415 2,693
10th Percentile £371 £338 £346
25th Percentile £455 £431 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £530 £537
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -1.39% -2.28%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £734 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 88 69
10th Percentile £19.50 £17.71 £17.88
25th Percentile £25.89 £25.04 £22.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -6.85% -50.91%
75th Percentile £73.38 £40.31 £43.75
90th Percentile £90.25 £64.13 £68.15
England median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +118.69% -47.05% -13.64%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 12 August 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 +11 444 £550 +4.76% 102
South London 0 145 £525 -1.41% 30
West London -35 19 £675 +68.54% 46
East London +12 12 £750 - 16
North London +1 4 - -
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
1 162 (4.54%) Confluence
2 105 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 44 (1.23%) SAS
4 33 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 32 (0.90%) Apache Spark
6 31 (0.87%) Apache
7 28 (0.78%) nginx
8 23 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
9 15 (0.42%) Tomcat
10 11 (0.31%) JBoss
11 9 (0.25%) WebLogic
12 8 (0.22%) CMS
13 5 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
14 4 (0.11%) Anypoint
14 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
15 3 (0.084%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.084%) Mule
16 2 (0.056%) Oracle Workflow
16 2 (0.056%) WebSphere
16 2 (0.056%) WordPress
Applications
1 50 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (0.39%) AutoCAD
4 14 (0.39%) Revit
4 14 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
5 11 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.084%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.084%) Sketch
9 1 (0.028%) Gliffy
9 1 (0.028%) InDesign
9 1 (0.028%) Maya
9 1 (0.028%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 23 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
2 20 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 16 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 15 (0.42%) Findur
6 13 (0.36%) Temenos T24
7 12 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
8 11 (0.31%) NetSuite
9 10 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
10 9 (0.25%) Integrated Workplace Management System
11 8 (0.22%) SAP HR
12 7 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
13 6 (0.17%) SAP ERP
14 5 (0.14%) SAP QM
15 4 (0.11%) iTrent
15 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
15 4 (0.11%) SAP HCM
15 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
16 3 (0.084%) Oracle Assets
16 3 (0.084%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 823 (23.07%) Azure
2 773 (21.67%) AWS
3 271 (7.60%) GitHub
4 224 (6.28%) Azure DevOps
5 214 (6.00%) Power Platform
6 195 (5.47%) GCP
7 172 (4.82%) GitHub Actions
8 135 (3.78%) Amazon S3
9 129 (3.62%) Serverless
10 100 (2.80%) AWS Lambda
11 91 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
12 86 (2.41%) Amazon EC2
13 85 (2.38%) Entra ID
14 80 (2.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 76 (2.13%) Amazon EKS
16 75 (2.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 68 (1.91%) Power Automate
18 66 (1.85%) PowerApps
19 65 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
19 65 (1.82%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 90 (2.52%) Firewall
2 79 (2.21%) DNS
3 61 (1.71%) Network Security
4 44 (1.23%) VPN
5 26 (0.73%) WAN
6 23 (0.64%) LAN
7 19 (0.53%) DHCP
8 18 (0.50%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.39%) HTTP
9 14 (0.39%) Internet
10 9 (0.25%) 4G
10 9 (0.25%) DKIM
10 9 (0.25%) DMARC
10 9 (0.25%) SSL
10 9 (0.25%) VSAN
10 9 (0.25%) WebEx
10 9 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.20%) 5G
11 7 (0.20%) Kerberos
11 7 (0.20%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (4.18%) Power BI
2 104 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
3 78 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
4 77 (2.16%) SQL Server
5 66 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
6 62 (1.74%) Data Lake
7 44 (1.23%) Metadata
8 39 (1.09%) NoSQL
8 39 (1.09%) Relational Database
9 35 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
9 35 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
10 32 (0.90%) MongoDB
11 31 (0.87%) Tableau
12 27 (0.76%) Delta Lake
13 26 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
14 24 (0.67%) Amazon Aurora
14 24 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
15 23 (0.64%) Big Data
15 23 (0.64%) MySQL
16 21 (0.59%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 218 (6.11%) JIRA
2 217 (6.08%) Git
3 198 (5.55%) Jenkins
4 135 (3.78%) GitLab
5 40 (1.12%) Selenium
6 29 (0.81%) JMeter
7 22 (0.62%) Cypress.io
7 22 (0.62%) Gradle
7 22 (0.62%) Visual Studio
8 20 (0.56%) JUnit
8 20 (0.56%) Mockito
8 20 (0.56%) SonarQube
9 19 (0.53%) Maven
10 18 (0.50%) Postman
11 12 (0.34%) REST Assured
12 11 (0.31%) Artifactory
12 11 (0.31%) Liquibase
13 10 (0.28%) Bitbucket
13 10 (0.28%) CircleCI
13 10 (0.28%) LoadRunner
General
1 993 (27.84%) Public Sector
2 719 (20.16%) Social Skills
3 342 (9.59%) Finance
4 248 (6.95%) Analytical Skills
5 103 (2.89%) Banking
6 93 (2.61%) Military
7 67 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
8 63 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
9 53 (1.49%) Telecoms
10 51 (1.43%) Police
11 47 (1.32%) Law
12 38 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
13 36 (1.01%) Legal
14 31 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 30 (0.84%) Marketing
16 28 (0.78%) Retail
17 27 (0.76%) Manufacturing
18 20 (0.56%) Aerospace
18 20 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
19 17 (0.48%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 662 (18.56%) Architect
2 457 (12.81%) Developer
3 339 (9.50%) Lead
4 315 (8.83%) Senior
5 240 (6.73%) DevOps Engineer
6 192 (5.38%) Data Engineer
7 182 (5.10%) Analyst
8 154 (4.32%) Consultant
9 123 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
10 105 (2.94%) Azure Engineer
11 101 (2.83%) AWS Engineer
11 101 (2.83%) Software Engineer
12 97 (2.72%) Security Architect
13 96 (2.69%) Designer
14 94 (2.64%) Data Architect
15 93 (2.61%) Java Developer
16 87 (2.44%) Technical Architect
17 85 (2.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 84 (2.35%) Cloud Engineer
19 79 (2.21%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (4.60%) REST
2 117 (3.28%) Spring
3 95 (2.66%) Spring Boot
4 93 (2.61%) React
5 91 (2.55%) Kafka
6 88 (2.47%) .NET
7 85 (2.38%) RESTful
8 67 (1.88%) JSON
9 65 (1.82%) SOAP
10 64 (1.79%) PySpark
11 63 (1.77%) Node.js
12 56 (1.57%) AngularJS
12 56 (1.57%) HTML
13 48 (1.35%) XML
14 47 (1.32%) Web Services
15 43 (1.21%) Django
16 38 (1.07%) Middleware
17 37 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
18 35 (0.98%) OAuth
19 30 (0.84%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 212 (5.94%) Cloud Native
2 116 (3.25%) Onboarding
3 104 (2.92%) Product Ownership
4 68 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
5 64 (1.79%) Data Centre
6 61 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
7 56 (1.57%) Management Information System
8 53 (1.49%) CMDB
9 49 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
10 36 (1.01%) AI Agents
10 36 (1.01%) Clustering
11 35 (0.98%) Replication
12 34 (0.95%) Data Structures
12 34 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
13 30 (0.84%) Security Posture
14 27 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
15 26 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
16 25 (0.70%) Private Cloud
16 25 (0.70%) Public Cloud
17 24 (0.67%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 188 (5.27%) Linux
2 165 (4.63%) Windows
3 66 (1.85%) Windows Server
4 42 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 29 (0.81%) Unix
6 28 (0.78%) Android
7 17 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.39%) Solaris
9 13 (0.36%) VMS
9 13 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
9 13 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (0.34%) Apple iOS
11 11 (0.31%) Windows 10
12 7 (0.20%) Amazon Linux
12 7 (0.20%) Ubuntu
12 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.11%) AIX
13 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (0.084%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 815 (22.85%) Agile
2 777 (21.78%) DevOps
3 687 (19.26%) CI/CD
4 474 (13.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 429 (12.03%) Infrastructure as Code
6 358 (10.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 338 (9.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 315 (8.83%) Migration
9 312 (8.75%) AI
10 306 (8.58%) Problem-Solving
11 276 (7.74%) Containerisation
12 249 (6.98%) Analytics
13 241 (6.76%) Data Modelling
14 227 (6.36%) Roadmaps
15 224 (6.28%) Decision-Making
16 219 (6.14%) Test Automation
17 216 (6.06%) Software Engineering
18 194 (5.44%) Microservices
19 191 (5.35%) Cybersecurity
20 185 (5.19%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 462 (12.95%) Python
2 405 (11.35%) SQL
3 304 (8.52%) Java
4 169 (4.74%) JavaScript
5 137 (3.84%) PowerShell
6 114 (3.20%) C#
7 103 (2.89%) Bash
8 81 (2.27%) TypeScript
9 46 (1.29%) Bicep
10 42 (1.18%) PL/SQL
11 31 (0.87%) Groovy
12 30 (0.84%) Apex Code
13 29 (0.81%) Ruby
14 28 (0.78%) Shell Script
15 25 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 25 (0.70%) Kotlin
16 17 (0.48%) Scala
17 16 (0.45%) R
18 11 (0.31%) C++
18 11 (0.31%) Go
Qualifications
1 2,940 (82.42%) SC Cleared
2 451 (12.64%) DV Cleared
3 112 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
4 84 (2.35%) Degree
5 71 (1.99%) AWS Certification
6 67 (1.88%) CISSP
7 63 (1.77%) Azure Certification
8 50 (1.40%) CISM
9 39 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 33 (0.93%) PMP
11 28 (0.78%) PMI Certification
12 26 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
13 21 (0.59%) CTC Cleared
14 19 (0.53%) GIAC
15 16 (0.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 16 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 14 (0.39%) CEH
16 14 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
17 13 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
18 11 (0.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (4.18%) QA
2 140 (3.92%) Data Quality
3 85 (2.38%) NCSC
4 80 (2.24%) Accessibility
5 76 (2.13%) PMO
6 74 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 63 (1.77%) NIST
8 55 (1.54%) GDPR
8 55 (1.54%) GRC
9 25 (0.70%) WCAG
10 21 (0.59%) Government Security Classifications
11 19 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 19 (0.53%) SLA
12 17 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
13 13 (0.36%) COBIT
14 11 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 10 (0.28%) ISO 20022
16 9 (0.25%) P3O
17 8 (0.22%) NIST 800
18 7 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 305 (8.55%) Docker
2 98 (2.75%) Active Directory
3 75 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (0.64%) Hyper-V
5 23 (0.64%) vSphere
6 19 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.34%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.28%) Squid
9 8 (0.22%) Postfix
10 7 (0.20%) BitLocker
10 7 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
10 7 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
11 6 (0.17%) NFS
12 5 (0.14%) Varnish
12 5 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
13 4 (0.11%) Firmware
13 4 (0.11%) Sendmail
13 4 (0.11%) UAG
13 4 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 446 (12.50%) Terraform
2 371 (10.40%) Kubernetes
3 126 (3.53%) Ansible
4 108 (3.03%) Grafana
5 92 (2.58%) Prometheus
6 33 (0.93%) Puppet
7 24 (0.67%) vCenter Server
8 22 (0.62%) SCCM
9 19 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
10 18 (0.50%) Argo
10 18 (0.50%) Control-M
11 17 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
12 15 (0.42%) Progress Chef
13 14 (0.39%) Kibana
14 13 (0.36%) Istio
15 12 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
16 11 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
16 11 (0.31%) Packer
17 8 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
17 8 (0.22%) vMotion
Vendors
1 404 (11.33%) Microsoft
2 231 (6.48%) Oracle
3 164 (4.60%) ServiceNow
4 112 (3.14%) Databricks
5 110 (3.08%) VMware
6 107 (3.00%) Google
7 105 (2.94%) Salesforce
8 65 (1.82%) Splunk
9 63 (1.77%) SAP
10 46 (1.29%) IBM
11 35 (0.98%) Cisco
12 34 (0.95%) Dynatrace
13 33 (0.93%) Informatica
13 33 (0.93%) Red Hat
14 28 (0.78%) MuleSoft
15 21 (0.59%) Tenable
16 18 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
17 17 (0.48%) Fortinet
17 17 (0.48%) Okta
17 17 (0.48%) Palo Alto