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

6 months to
16 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 3,582 1,782 2,043
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.74% 13.27% 12.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.14% 50.41% 51.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,755 1,285 1,415
10th Percentile £405 £397 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £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 £738
England median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 41 16
10th Percentile £19.50 £25.04 £18.00
25th Percentile £30.50 - £21.56
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +118.69% +4.01% -59.70%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £38.75 £70.38
England median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £61.60
% change year-on-year +158.45% -59.17% +2.67%

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 5,673 3,535 3,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.10% 26.32% 24.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,065 2,380 2,571
10th Percentile £370 £354 £350
25th Percentile £456 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £645 £653 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £760
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 81 57
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.03
25th Percentile £25.24 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £53.00 £25.15 £32.29
Median % change year-on-year +110.74% -22.11% -40.20%
75th Percentile £78.75 £35.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £98.38 £65.00 £66.20
England median hourly rate £52.52 £25.15 £54.00
% change year-on-year +108.82% -53.43% -0.81%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +11 416 £550 +4.76% 215
South London +1 110 £538 +0.56% 27
West London -36 22 £663 +65.42% 76
East London +10 12 £750 - 29
North London +4 6 £538 +5.39% 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
1 157 (4.38%) Confluence
2 100 (2.79%) SharePoint
3 48 (1.34%) SAS
4 33 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 30 (0.84%) Apache
6 29 (0.81%) Apache Spark
7 27 (0.75%) nginx
8 20 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
9 13 (0.36%) Tomcat
10 11 (0.31%) WebLogic
11 10 (0.28%) CMS
11 10 (0.28%) JBoss
12 8 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 6 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
14 4 (0.11%) Anypoint
14 4 (0.11%) Camunda
14 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
15 3 (0.084%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.084%) Mule
15 3 (0.084%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 49 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.45%) AutoCAD
4 16 (0.45%) Revit
4 16 (0.45%) SOLIDWORKS
5 15 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 3 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.084%) Sketch
10 1 (0.028%) Gliffy
10 1 (0.028%) InDesign
10 1 (0.028%) PrintSoft PReS
10 1 (0.028%) Trello
10 1 (0.028%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 23 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
1 23 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 15 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
5 13 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
6 12 (0.34%) Findur
6 12 (0.34%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.22%) SAP HR
8 7 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
8 7 (0.20%) SAP GRC
9 6 (0.17%) Temenos T24
10 5 (0.14%) SAP QM
11 4 (0.11%) Changepoint
11 4 (0.11%) iTrent
11 4 (0.11%) SAP ERP
11 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
11 4 (0.11%) SAP HCM
11 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
12 3 (0.084%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 803 (22.42%) Azure
2 766 (21.38%) AWS
3 258 (7.20%) GitHub
4 207 (5.78%) Azure DevOps
4 207 (5.78%) Power Platform
5 197 (5.50%) GCP
6 175 (4.89%) GitHub Actions
7 129 (3.60%) Serverless
8 124 (3.46%) Amazon S3
9 100 (2.79%) AWS Lambda
10 93 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
11 87 (2.43%) Amazon EKS
12 86 (2.40%) Entra ID
13 78 (2.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 75 (2.09%) Amazon EC2
15 66 (1.84%) PowerApps
16 64 (1.79%) Power Automate
17 63 (1.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 59 (1.65%) AWS CloudFormation
18 59 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 91 (2.54%) Firewall
2 70 (1.95%) DNS
3 58 (1.62%) Network Security
4 42 (1.17%) VPN
5 35 (0.98%) WAN
6 24 (0.67%) LAN
7 18 (0.50%) DHCP
8 17 (0.47%) TCP/IP
9 12 (0.34%) BGP
9 12 (0.34%) HTTP
9 12 (0.34%) Internet
10 11 (0.31%) MPLS
10 11 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (0.28%) WebEx
12 9 (0.25%) 4G
13 8 (0.22%) DKIM
13 8 (0.22%) DMARC
13 8 (0.22%) Kerberos
13 8 (0.22%) SSL
13 8 (0.22%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (3.91%) Power BI
2 113 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
3 69 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
4 66 (1.84%) SQL Server
5 60 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
6 54 (1.51%) Metadata
7 53 (1.48%) Data Lake
8 44 (1.23%) MongoDB
8 44 (1.23%) NoSQL
9 43 (1.20%) Relational Database
10 39 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
11 34 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
12 31 (0.87%) Amazon Aurora
12 31 (0.87%) MySQL
13 30 (0.84%) Oracle Database
14 22 (0.61%) Big Data
14 22 (0.61%) Redis
14 22 (0.61%) Tableau
15 19 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
15 19 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 230 (6.42%) Git
2 217 (6.06%) Jenkins
2 217 (6.06%) JIRA
3 144 (4.02%) GitLab
4 50 (1.40%) Selenium
5 31 (0.87%) JMeter
6 29 (0.81%) Gradle
7 27 (0.75%) JUnit
8 25 (0.70%) Maven
8 25 (0.70%) Postman
8 25 (0.70%) Visual Studio
9 24 (0.67%) SonarQube
10 22 (0.61%) Cypress.io
11 20 (0.56%) Mockito
12 16 (0.45%) Cucumber
13 14 (0.39%) REST Assured
14 13 (0.36%) Artifactory
14 13 (0.36%) LoadRunner
15 11 (0.31%) Gatling
16 10 (0.28%) eggPlant
General
1 946 (26.41%) Public Sector
2 797 (22.25%) Social Skills
3 334 (9.32%) Finance
4 264 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
5 114 (3.18%) Military
6 104 (2.90%) Banking
7 85 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
8 62 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
9 59 (1.65%) Law
10 57 (1.59%) Telecoms
11 53 (1.48%) Police
12 39 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 37 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
14 36 (1.01%) Legal
15 32 (0.89%) Marketing
16 31 (0.87%) Manufacturing
17 30 (0.84%) Retail
18 24 (0.67%) Local Government
19 20 (0.56%) Aerospace
20 18 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 671 (18.73%) Architect
2 416 (11.61%) Developer
3 341 (9.52%) Lead
4 320 (8.93%) Senior
5 252 (7.04%) DevOps Engineer
6 182 (5.08%) Data Engineer
7 174 (4.86%) Analyst
8 158 (4.41%) Consultant
9 118 (3.29%) Solutions Architect
10 114 (3.18%) Data Architect
11 103 (2.88%) Azure Engineer
12 99 (2.76%) Designer
12 99 (2.76%) Security Architect
13 97 (2.71%) Software Engineer
14 95 (2.65%) AWS Engineer
15 90 (2.51%) Java Developer
16 83 (2.32%) Cloud Engineer
17 81 (2.26%) Technical Architect
18 75 (2.09%) Delivery Manager
19 73 (2.04%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 439 (12.26%) Terraform
2 178 (4.97%) REST
3 120 (3.35%) Spring
4 105 (2.93%) Kafka
4 105 (2.93%) Spring Boot
5 99 (2.76%) React
6 93 (2.60%) RESTful
7 83 (2.32%) .NET
8 69 (1.93%) SOAP
9 67 (1.87%) JSON
10 66 (1.84%) Node.js
11 58 (1.62%) XML
12 57 (1.59%) PySpark
13 52 (1.45%) HTML
14 50 (1.40%) Django
14 50 (1.40%) Middleware
15 46 (1.28%) Web Services
16 45 (1.26%) AngularJS
17 40 (1.12%) OAuth
18 35 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 225 (6.28%) Cloud Native
2 123 (3.43%) Onboarding
3 105 (2.93%) Product Ownership
4 67 (1.87%) Data Centre
5 64 (1.79%) Management Information System
6 61 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
7 55 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
8 49 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
9 46 (1.28%) CMDB
10 44 (1.23%) AI Agents
11 42 (1.17%) Replication
12 40 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
13 38 (1.06%) Data Structures
14 36 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
15 31 (0.87%) Clustering
16 29 (0.81%) Security Operations Centre
16 29 (0.81%) Security Posture
17 27 (0.75%) Low-Code
18 26 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
18 26 (0.73%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 203 (5.67%) Linux
2 168 (4.69%) Windows
3 65 (1.81%) Windows Server
4 43 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 35 (0.98%) Unix
6 30 (0.84%) Android
7 22 (0.61%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.39%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.39%) VMS
9 11 (0.31%) Solaris
9 11 (0.31%) Windows 10
10 10 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
10 10 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (0.25%) Ubuntu
12 8 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
13 7 (0.20%) Amazon Linux
14 4 (0.11%) AIX
15 3 (0.084%) OpenVMS
15 3 (0.084%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 860 (24.01%) Agile
2 759 (21.19%) DevOps
3 705 (19.68%) CI/CD
4 559 (15.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 449 (12.53%) Infrastructure as Code
6 389 (10.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 375 (10.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 373 (10.41%) AI
9 362 (10.11%) Problem-Solving
10 302 (8.43%) Migration
11 287 (8.01%) Containerisation
12 247 (6.90%) Decision-Making
13 246 (6.87%) Test Automation
14 239 (6.67%) Roadmaps
15 230 (6.42%) Analytics
16 228 (6.37%) Software Engineering
17 227 (6.34%) Data Modelling
18 222 (6.20%) Cybersecurity
19 213 (5.95%) Observability
20 200 (5.58%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 514 (14.35%) Python
2 356 (9.94%) SQL
3 315 (8.79%) Java
4 173 (4.83%) JavaScript
5 135 (3.77%) PowerShell
6 121 (3.38%) Bash
7 104 (2.90%) TypeScript
8 96 (2.68%) C#
9 47 (1.31%) Bicep
10 38 (1.06%) PL/SQL
11 37 (1.03%) Groovy
12 26 (0.73%) Kotlin
13 23 (0.64%) Apex Code
14 22 (0.61%) Go
15 21 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 19 (0.53%) Scala
17 17 (0.47%) Ruby
17 17 (0.47%) Shell Script
18 14 (0.39%) R
19 10 (0.28%) C++
Qualifications
1 2,945 (82.22%) SC Cleared
2 475 (13.26%) DV Cleared
3 123 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 102 (2.85%) Degree
5 84 (2.35%) AWS Certification
6 71 (1.98%) CISSP
7 70 (1.95%) Azure Certification
8 54 (1.51%) CISM
9 37 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
10 34 (0.95%) PMP
11 29 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
11 29 (0.81%) PMI Certification
12 28 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 20 (0.56%) CTC Cleared
14 18 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
14 18 (0.50%) GIAC
14 18 (0.50%) ISTQB
15 16 (0.45%) CRISC
16 15 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
17 14 (0.39%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (5.36%) QA
2 130 (3.63%) Data Quality
3 95 (2.65%) NCSC
4 81 (2.26%) Accessibility
5 78 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 73 (2.04%) NIST
7 69 (1.93%) PMO
8 63 (1.76%) GRC
9 50 (1.40%) GDPR
10 24 (0.67%) WCAG
11 23 (0.64%) SLA
12 18 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
13 17 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
13 17 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 13 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 12 (0.34%) ISO 20022
16 11 (0.31%) COBIT
17 10 (0.28%) P3O
18 9 (0.25%) NIST 800
19 8 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 321 (8.96%) Docker
2 102 (2.85%) Active Directory
3 75 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (0.56%) Hyper-V
5 20 (0.56%) vSphere
6 18 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (0.25%) Squid
8 7 (0.20%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
9 6 (0.17%) Postfix
10 5 (0.14%) Firmware
10 5 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
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 (0.084%) Sendmail
12 3 (0.084%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 398 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 124 (3.46%) Ansible
3 119 (3.32%) Grafana
4 98 (2.74%) Prometheus
5 32 (0.89%) Puppet
6 23 (0.64%) SCCM
7 21 (0.59%) Control-M
7 21 (0.59%) Kibana
7 21 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
7 21 (0.59%) vCenter Server
8 20 (0.56%) Argo
9 18 (0.50%) Istio
9 18 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
10 14 (0.39%) Progress Chef
11 13 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
12 11 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
13 10 (0.28%) SCOM
14 8 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
14 8 (0.22%) Packer
15 7 (0.20%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 428 (11.95%) Microsoft
2 247 (6.90%) Oracle
3 149 (4.16%) ServiceNow
4 116 (3.24%) Google
5 107 (2.99%) VMware
6 105 (2.93%) Databricks
7 93 (2.60%) Salesforce
8 88 (2.46%) Splunk
9 68 (1.90%) SAP
10 45 (1.26%) Cisco
11 43 (1.20%) IBM
12 39 (1.09%) Dynatrace
13 32 (0.89%) Red Hat
14 31 (0.87%) Informatica
15 21 (0.59%) Palo Alto
16 20 (0.56%) MuleSoft
16 20 (0.56%) OpenAI
17 19 (0.53%) Fortinet
17 19 (0.53%) Foundry
18 17 (0.47%) Pega