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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 12
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,551 1,763 1,945
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.63% 12.89% 12.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.64% 49.37% 49.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,718 1,266 1,427
10th Percentile £400 £368 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -1.40% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £639
90th Percentile £721 £700 £744
England median daily rate £538 £538 £550
% change year-on-year - -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 5,580 3,571 3,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.70% 26.12% 24.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,030 2,420 2,694
10th Percentile £371 £341 £347
25th Percentile £455 £431 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £530 £536
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -1.12% -2.55%
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 £25.03 £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 £35.94 £43.75
90th Percentile £90.25 £63.40 £68.15
England median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +114.71% -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 10 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 10 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 10 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 +12 445 £550 +4.76% 131
South London 0 142 £525 -1.41% 31
West London -35 19 £675 +68.54% 44
East London +10 12 £750 - 21
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
1 161 (4.53%) Confluence
2 103 (2.90%) SharePoint
3 44 (1.24%) SAS
4 34 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 34 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 31 (0.87%) Apache
6 29 (0.82%) nginx
7 23 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
8 15 (0.42%) Tomcat
9 11 (0.31%) JBoss
10 9 (0.25%) WebLogic
11 8 (0.23%) CMS
12 5 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
13 4 (0.11%) Anypoint
13 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
14 3 (0.084%) Exchange Server 2013
14 3 (0.084%) Mule
15 2 (0.056%) Documentum
15 2 (0.056%) OpenStack
15 2 (0.056%) WordPress
Applications
1 49 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (0.39%) AutoCAD
4 14 (0.39%) Revit
4 14 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
5 10 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.084%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.084%) Sketch
9 1 (0.028%) Adobe Creative Suite
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 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
2 22 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.42%) Findur
4 15 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 13 (0.37%) Temenos T24
6 12 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
7 11 (0.31%) NetSuite
8 9 (0.25%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 9 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
9 8 (0.23%) SAP HR
10 7 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
11 6 (0.17%) SAP ERP
12 5 (0.14%) SAP QM
13 4 (0.11%) iTrent
13 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
13 4 (0.11%) SAP HCM
13 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
14 3 (0.084%) Oracle Assets
14 3 (0.084%) Oracle iProcurement
Cloud Services
1 827 (23.29%) Azure
2 766 (21.57%) AWS
3 269 (7.58%) GitHub
4 223 (6.28%) Azure DevOps
5 212 (5.97%) Power Platform
6 198 (5.58%) GCP
7 168 (4.73%) GitHub Actions
8 134 (3.77%) Amazon S3
9 128 (3.60%) Serverless
10 99 (2.79%) AWS Lambda
11 93 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
12 86 (2.42%) Amazon EC2
13 83 (2.34%) Entra ID
14 78 (2.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 78 (2.20%) Amazon EKS
15 74 (2.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 68 (1.91%) Power Automate
17 66 (1.86%) PowerApps
18 65 (1.83%) Azure AKS
19 63 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 90 (2.53%) Firewall
2 80 (2.25%) DNS
3 61 (1.72%) Network Security
4 46 (1.30%) VPN
5 26 (0.73%) WAN
6 24 (0.68%) LAN
7 19 (0.54%) DHCP
7 19 (0.54%) TCP/IP
8 15 (0.42%) Internet
9 14 (0.39%) HTTP
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 8 (0.23%) OpenVPN
12 7 (0.20%) 5G
12 7 (0.20%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (4.17%) Power BI
2 98 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
3 78 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
4 74 (2.08%) SQL Server
5 63 (1.77%) Data Lake
6 61 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
7 44 (1.24%) Metadata
8 41 (1.15%) NoSQL
9 39 (1.10%) Relational Database
10 36 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
10 36 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
11 29 (0.82%) MongoDB
12 28 (0.79%) Delta Lake
12 28 (0.79%) Tableau
13 26 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
14 24 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
14 24 (0.68%) Big Data
15 22 (0.62%) MySQL
16 20 (0.56%) Amazon Aurora
17 19 (0.54%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 217 (6.11%) Git
1 217 (6.11%) JIRA
2 190 (5.35%) Jenkins
3 132 (3.72%) GitLab
4 39 (1.10%) Selenium
5 25 (0.70%) JMeter
6 22 (0.62%) Gradle
7 21 (0.59%) Cypress.io
7 21 (0.59%) Visual Studio
8 20 (0.56%) JUnit
8 20 (0.56%) Mockito
9 19 (0.54%) Maven
9 19 (0.54%) SonarQube
10 15 (0.42%) Postman
11 11 (0.31%) Artifactory
11 11 (0.31%) Liquibase
11 11 (0.31%) REST Assured
12 10 (0.28%) CircleCI
13 9 (0.25%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.23%) Gatling
General
1 986 (27.77%) Public Sector
2 713 (20.08%) Social Skills
3 344 (9.69%) Finance
4 245 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 103 (2.90%) Banking
6 93 (2.62%) Military
7 64 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
8 62 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
9 49 (1.38%) Police
9 49 (1.38%) Telecoms
10 44 (1.24%) Law
11 36 (1.01%) Legal
11 36 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
12 31 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 30 (0.84%) Marketing
14 28 (0.79%) Manufacturing
15 26 (0.73%) Retail
16 20 (0.56%) Aerospace
16 20 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
17 17 (0.48%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 674 (18.98%) Architect
2 458 (12.90%) Developer
3 340 (9.57%) Lead
4 309 (8.70%) Senior
5 232 (6.53%) DevOps Engineer
6 194 (5.46%) Data Engineer
7 183 (5.15%) Analyst
8 154 (4.34%) Consultant
9 124 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
10 105 (2.96%) Azure Engineer
11 101 (2.84%) AWS Engineer
11 101 (2.84%) Security Architect
12 100 (2.82%) Software Engineer
13 95 (2.68%) Data Architect
14 94 (2.65%) Designer
15 93 (2.62%) Java Developer
16 91 (2.56%) Technical Architect
17 84 (2.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 82 (2.31%) Cloud Engineer
19 80 (2.25%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (4.56%) REST
2 117 (3.29%) Spring
3 95 (2.68%) Spring Boot
4 93 (2.62%) React
5 87 (2.45%) .NET
5 87 (2.45%) RESTful
6 86 (2.42%) Kafka
7 66 (1.86%) JSON
8 65 (1.83%) PySpark
9 64 (1.80%) Node.js
10 63 (1.77%) SOAP
11 56 (1.58%) AngularJS
12 55 (1.55%) HTML
13 46 (1.30%) XML
14 45 (1.27%) Web Services
15 44 (1.24%) Django
16 36 (1.01%) Middleware
17 35 (0.99%) OAuth
17 35 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
18 30 (0.84%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 206 (5.80%) Cloud Native
2 117 (3.29%) Onboarding
3 103 (2.90%) Product Ownership
4 69 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
5 65 (1.83%) Data Centre
6 60 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
7 55 (1.55%) Management Information System
8 54 (1.52%) CMDB
9 49 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
10 36 (1.01%) AI Agents
10 36 (1.01%) Clustering
11 34 (0.96%) Data Structures
12 33 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
12 33 (0.93%) Replication
13 30 (0.84%) Security Posture
14 26 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
15 25 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
15 25 (0.70%) Private Cloud
15 25 (0.70%) Public Cloud
16 24 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 177 (4.98%) Linux
2 165 (4.65%) Windows
3 65 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 41 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 28 (0.79%) Android
5 28 (0.79%) Unix
6 18 (0.51%) Mac OS
7 14 (0.39%) Solaris
8 13 (0.37%) Apple iOS
8 13 (0.37%) VMS
8 13 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
8 13 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (0.31%) Windows 10
10 7 (0.20%) Ubuntu
10 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
12 4 (0.11%) AIX
12 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.084%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 799 (22.50%) Agile
2 768 (21.63%) DevOps
3 680 (19.15%) CI/CD
4 456 (12.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 424 (11.94%) Infrastructure as Code
6 349 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 335 (9.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 310 (8.73%) Problem-Solving
9 309 (8.70%) AI
10 306 (8.62%) Migration
11 276 (7.77%) Containerisation
12 251 (7.07%) Analytics
13 240 (6.76%) Data Modelling
14 225 (6.34%) Roadmaps
15 223 (6.28%) Decision-Making
16 218 (6.14%) Test Automation
17 214 (6.03%) Software Engineering
18 195 (5.49%) Microservices
19 193 (5.44%) Cybersecurity
20 182 (5.13%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 452 (12.73%) Python
2 400 (11.26%) SQL
3 300 (8.45%) Java
4 165 (4.65%) JavaScript
5 132 (3.72%) PowerShell
6 115 (3.24%) C#
7 100 (2.82%) Bash
8 81 (2.28%) TypeScript
9 46 (1.30%) Bicep
10 42 (1.18%) PL/SQL
11 31 (0.87%) Apex Code
12 29 (0.82%) Groovy
12 29 (0.82%) Ruby
12 29 (0.82%) Shell Script
13 25 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 25 (0.70%) Kotlin
14 17 (0.48%) Scala
15 16 (0.45%) R
16 11 (0.31%) C++
17 10 (0.28%) X++
Qualifications
1 2,924 (82.34%) SC Cleared
2 454 (12.79%) DV Cleared
3 106 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
4 82 (2.31%) Degree
5 70 (1.97%) AWS Certification
6 68 (1.91%) CISSP
7 64 (1.80%) Azure Certification
8 49 (1.38%) CISM
9 39 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 33 (0.93%) PMP
11 28 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
11 28 (0.79%) PMI Certification
12 21 (0.59%) CTC Cleared
13 19 (0.54%) GIAC
14 18 (0.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 17 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 14 (0.39%) CEH
16 14 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
16 14 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
17 12 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (4.17%) QA
2 140 (3.94%) Data Quality
3 85 (2.39%) NCSC
4 77 (2.17%) Accessibility
5 74 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 74 (2.08%) PMO
6 62 (1.75%) NIST
7 55 (1.55%) GDPR
7 55 (1.55%) GRC
8 25 (0.70%) WCAG
9 21 (0.59%) Government Security Classifications
10 19 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 18 (0.51%) SLA
12 17 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
13 13 (0.37%) COBIT
14 11 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 10 (0.28%) ISO 20022
16 9 (0.25%) P3O
17 8 (0.23%) NIST 800
18 6 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 303 (8.53%) Docker
2 96 (2.70%) Active Directory
3 75 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
5 22 (0.62%) Hyper-V
5 22 (0.62%) vSphere
6 20 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (0.34%) VMware NSX
8 11 (0.31%) Squid
9 8 (0.23%) 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
13 4 (0.11%) Firmware
13 4 (0.11%) Sendmail
13 4 (0.11%) UAG
13 4 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
13 4 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 441 (12.42%) Terraform
2 365 (10.28%) Kubernetes
3 124 (3.49%) Ansible
4 102 (2.87%) Grafana
5 87 (2.45%) Prometheus
6 33 (0.93%) Puppet
7 24 (0.68%) vCenter Server
8 22 (0.62%) SCCM
9 20 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
10 17 (0.48%) Argo
10 17 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
11 16 (0.45%) Control-M
12 15 (0.42%) Progress Chef
13 12 (0.34%) Kibana
13 12 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
14 11 (0.31%) Istio
14 11 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
15 10 (0.28%) Packer
16 8 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
16 8 (0.23%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 402 (11.32%) Microsoft
2 224 (6.31%) Oracle
3 167 (4.70%) ServiceNow
4 110 (3.10%) VMware
5 109 (3.07%) Databricks
6 106 (2.99%) Salesforce
7 104 (2.93%) Google
8 64 (1.80%) Splunk
9 63 (1.77%) SAP
10 42 (1.18%) IBM
11 36 (1.01%) Cisco
12 34 (0.96%) Dynatrace
13 32 (0.90%) Red Hat
14 31 (0.87%) Informatica
15 28 (0.79%) MuleSoft
16 23 (0.65%) Tenable
17 18 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
17 18 (0.51%) Palo Alto
18 17 (0.48%) Fortinet
19 16 (0.45%) Okta