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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 11 10
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,600 1,773 2,070
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.71% 13.14% 12.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.16% 49.96% 51.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,772 1,276 1,442
10th Percentile £405 £390 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -0.93% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £711 £700 £738
England median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 42 16
10th Percentile £19.50 £25.04 £18.00
25th Percentile £35.00 - £21.56
Median hourly rate £59.50 £25.15 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +136.58% +4.01% -59.70%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £60.00
90th Percentile £83.70 £44.38 £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 5,700 3,549 3,996
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.04% 26.31% 24.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,093 2,386 2,629
10th Percentile £367 £350 £350
25th Percentile £456 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -0.84% -2.27%
75th Percentile £644 £653 £650
90th Percentile £731 £738 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 82 57
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.03
25th Percentile £25.19 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £32.29
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -22.11% -41.29%
75th Percentile £78.75 £37.81 £53.75
90th Percentile £92.50 £65.00 £66.20
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £55.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -54.27% -

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 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 12 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 12 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 +11 422 £550 +3.09% 152
South London +1 106 £538 -1.10% 12
West London -36 22 £663 +65.42% 73
East London +10 12 £750 - 37
North London +3 6 £538 - 1
Security Cleared
England

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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
1 158 (4.39%) Confluence
2 102 (2.83%) SharePoint
3 48 (1.33%) SAS
4 34 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 31 (0.86%) Apache
6 29 (0.81%) Apache Spark
7 27 (0.75%) nginx
8 21 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
9 13 (0.36%) Tomcat
10 11 (0.31%) JBoss
10 11 (0.31%) WebLogic
11 10 (0.28%) CMS
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 (0.083%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.083%) Mule
15 3 (0.083%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 51 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.44%) AutoCAD
4 16 (0.44%) Revit
4 16 (0.44%) SOLIDWORKS
5 15 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.083%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.083%) Sketch
9 1 (0.028%) Gliffy
9 1 (0.028%) InDesign
9 1 (0.028%) PrintSoft PReS
9 1 (0.028%) Trello
Business Applications
1 23 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
1 23 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 15 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
5 13 (0.36%) Findur
5 13 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
6 11 (0.31%) NetSuite
7 9 (0.25%) Temenos T24
8 8 (0.22%) SAP HR
9 7 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
9 7 (0.19%) SAP GRC
10 5 (0.14%) SAP QM
11 4 (0.11%) Changepoint
11 4 (0.11%) iTrent
11 4 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 4 (0.11%) SAP ERP
11 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
11 4 (0.11%) SAP HCM
11 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 817 (22.69%) Azure
2 768 (21.33%) AWS
3 269 (7.47%) GitHub
4 220 (6.11%) Azure DevOps
5 208 (5.78%) Power Platform
6 197 (5.47%) GCP
7 179 (4.97%) GitHub Actions
8 132 (3.67%) Serverless
9 126 (3.50%) Amazon S3
10 103 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
11 93 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
12 89 (2.47%) Amazon EKS
13 85 (2.36%) Entra ID
14 79 (2.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 76 (2.11%) Amazon EC2
16 65 (1.81%) PowerApps
17 64 (1.78%) Power Automate
18 63 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 60 (1.67%) AWS CloudFormation
19 60 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 92 (2.56%) Firewall
2 71 (1.97%) DNS
3 60 (1.67%) Network Security
4 44 (1.22%) VPN
5 35 (0.97%) WAN
6 24 (0.67%) LAN
7 20 (0.56%) DHCP
8 17 (0.47%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.39%) Internet
10 12 (0.33%) BGP
10 12 (0.33%) HTTP
11 11 (0.31%) MPLS
11 11 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.28%) SSL
12 10 (0.28%) WebEx
13 9 (0.25%) 4G
14 8 (0.22%) DKIM
14 8 (0.22%) DMARC
14 8 (0.22%) Kerberos
14 8 (0.22%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (3.92%) Power BI
2 114 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
3 72 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
4 67 (1.86%) SQL Server
5 63 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
6 60 (1.67%) Data Lake
7 55 (1.53%) Metadata
8 45 (1.25%) NoSQL
8 45 (1.25%) Relational Database
9 44 (1.22%) MongoDB
10 40 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
11 34 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
12 30 (0.83%) Amazon Aurora
12 30 (0.83%) MySQL
13 29 (0.81%) Oracle Database
14 22 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
14 22 (0.61%) Big Data
14 22 (0.61%) Delta Lake
14 22 (0.61%) Redis
14 22 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 229 (6.36%) Git
2 219 (6.08%) JIRA
3 218 (6.06%) Jenkins
4 145 (4.03%) GitLab
5 50 (1.39%) Selenium
6 30 (0.83%) Gradle
6 30 (0.83%) JMeter
7 29 (0.81%) JUnit
8 25 (0.69%) Postman
8 25 (0.69%) Visual Studio
9 24 (0.67%) SonarQube
10 23 (0.64%) Maven
11 22 (0.61%) Cypress.io
11 22 (0.61%) Mockito
12 16 (0.44%) Cucumber
13 14 (0.39%) REST Assured
14 13 (0.36%) Artifactory
15 12 (0.33%) LoadRunner
16 11 (0.31%) Liquibase
17 10 (0.28%) eggPlant
General
1 961 (26.69%) Public Sector
2 794 (22.06%) Social Skills
3 338 (9.39%) Finance
4 268 (7.44%) Analytical Skills
5 115 (3.19%) Military
6 109 (3.03%) Banking
7 86 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
8 61 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
9 59 (1.64%) Law
10 57 (1.58%) Telecoms
11 53 (1.47%) Police
12 39 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 37 (1.03%) Legal
13 37 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
14 32 (0.89%) Marketing
15 30 (0.83%) Manufacturing
15 30 (0.83%) Retail
16 24 (0.67%) Local Government
17 20 (0.56%) Aerospace
18 18 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 663 (18.42%) Architect
2 428 (11.89%) Developer
3 343 (9.53%) Lead
4 320 (8.89%) Senior
5 250 (6.94%) DevOps Engineer
6 190 (5.28%) Data Engineer
7 178 (4.94%) Analyst
8 157 (4.36%) Consultant
9 120 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
10 111 (3.08%) Data Architect
11 105 (2.92%) Azure Engineer
12 101 (2.81%) Software Engineer
13 97 (2.69%) Designer
14 96 (2.67%) AWS Engineer
15 94 (2.61%) Security Architect
16 90 (2.50%) Java Developer
17 84 (2.33%) Technical Architect
18 82 (2.28%) Cloud Engineer
19 76 (2.11%) Delivery Manager
20 74 (2.06%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 440 (12.22%) Terraform
2 175 (4.86%) REST
3 121 (3.36%) Spring
4 106 (2.94%) Kafka
4 106 (2.94%) Spring Boot
5 103 (2.86%) React
6 94 (2.61%) RESTful
7 84 (2.33%) .NET
8 69 (1.92%) JSON
9 67 (1.86%) SOAP
10 65 (1.81%) Node.js
11 60 (1.67%) PySpark
12 59 (1.64%) XML
13 55 (1.53%) HTML
14 51 (1.42%) Django
15 48 (1.33%) Middleware
16 47 (1.31%) AngularJS
17 45 (1.25%) Web Services
18 40 (1.11%) OAuth
19 37 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 228 (6.33%) Cloud Native
2 123 (3.42%) Onboarding
3 105 (2.92%) Product Ownership
4 69 (1.92%) Data Centre
5 64 (1.78%) Management Information System
6 59 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
7 56 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
8 47 (1.31%) CMDB
8 47 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
9 44 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
10 43 (1.19%) AI Agents
11 41 (1.14%) Replication
12 38 (1.06%) Data Structures
13 34 (0.94%) Clustering
14 33 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
15 31 (0.86%) Security Posture
16 29 (0.81%) Security Operations Centre
17 28 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
18 27 (0.75%) Low-Code
18 27 (0.75%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 205 (5.69%) Linux
2 172 (4.78%) Windows
3 68 (1.89%) Windows Server
4 43 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 37 (1.03%) Unix
6 30 (0.83%) Android
7 22 (0.61%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.39%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.39%) VMS
9 12 (0.33%) Windows 10
10 11 (0.31%) Solaris
11 10 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
11 10 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
12 9 (0.25%) Ubuntu
13 8 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
13 8 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
14 7 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
15 4 (0.11%) AIX
15 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
16 3 (0.083%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 865 (24.03%) Agile
2 771 (21.42%) DevOps
3 710 (19.72%) CI/CD
4 553 (15.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 453 (12.58%) Infrastructure as Code
6 388 (10.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 371 (10.31%) AI
8 370 (10.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 364 (10.11%) Problem-Solving
10 307 (8.53%) Migration
11 288 (8.00%) Containerisation
12 250 (6.94%) Test Automation
13 247 (6.86%) Decision-Making
14 238 (6.61%) Roadmaps
15 233 (6.47%) Data Modelling
15 233 (6.47%) Software Engineering
16 232 (6.44%) Analytics
17 219 (6.08%) Cybersecurity
18 212 (5.89%) Observability
19 203 (5.64%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 518 (14.39%) Python
2 371 (10.31%) SQL
3 317 (8.81%) Java
4 173 (4.81%) JavaScript
5 140 (3.89%) PowerShell
6 122 (3.39%) Bash
7 105 (2.92%) TypeScript
8 97 (2.69%) C#
9 48 (1.33%) Bicep
10 39 (1.08%) PL/SQL
11 36 (1.00%) Groovy
12 26 (0.72%) Kotlin
13 23 (0.64%) Apex Code
13 23 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 22 (0.61%) Go
15 21 (0.58%) Ruby
16 20 (0.56%) Shell Script
17 19 (0.53%) Scala
18 15 (0.42%) R
19 10 (0.28%) X++
Qualifications
1 2,959 (82.19%) SC Cleared
2 479 (13.31%) DV Cleared
3 124 (3.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 101 (2.81%) Degree
5 86 (2.39%) AWS Certification
6 71 (1.97%) CISSP
7 68 (1.89%) Azure Certification
8 54 (1.50%) CISM
9 38 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
10 34 (0.94%) PMP
11 29 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 29 (0.81%) PMI Certification
12 28 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
13 20 (0.56%) CTC Cleared
14 19 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
14 19 (0.53%) GIAC
15 18 (0.50%) ISTQB
16 16 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
17 15 (0.42%) CRISC
18 14 (0.39%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (5.39%) QA
2 134 (3.72%) Data Quality
3 91 (2.53%) NCSC
4 80 (2.22%) Accessibility
5 78 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 73 (2.03%) NIST
7 68 (1.89%) PMO
8 63 (1.75%) GRC
9 50 (1.39%) GDPR
10 26 (0.72%) WCAG
11 23 (0.64%) SLA
12 18 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
12 18 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 17 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
14 13 (0.36%) COBIT
14 13 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 12 (0.33%) ISO 20022
16 10 (0.28%) P3O
17 8 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
17 8 (0.22%) NIST 800
System Software
1 323 (8.97%) Docker
2 104 (2.89%) Active Directory
3 77 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (0.64%) Hyper-V
6 20 (0.56%) vSphere
7 18 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.25%) Squid
9 7 (0.19%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.17%) BitLocker
10 6 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
10 6 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
10 6 (0.17%) Postfix
11 5 (0.14%) Firmware
11 5 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
12 4 (0.11%) NFS
12 4 (0.11%) Terminal Services
12 4 (0.11%) Varnish
13 3 (0.083%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 396 (11.00%) Kubernetes
2 125 (3.47%) Ansible
3 117 (3.25%) Grafana
4 97 (2.69%) Prometheus
5 33 (0.92%) Puppet
6 23 (0.64%) SCCM
6 23 (0.64%) vCenter Server
7 21 (0.58%) Control-M
7 21 (0.58%) Kibana
7 21 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
8 20 (0.56%) Argo
9 17 (0.47%) Istio
9 17 (0.47%) 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 (0.19%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 435 (12.08%) Microsoft
2 247 (6.86%) Oracle
3 152 (4.22%) ServiceNow
4 117 (3.25%) Google
5 110 (3.06%) VMware
6 108 (3.00%) Databricks
7 91 (2.53%) Salesforce
8 86 (2.39%) Splunk
9 68 (1.89%) SAP
10 45 (1.25%) Cisco
11 44 (1.22%) IBM
12 38 (1.06%) Dynatrace
13 36 (1.00%) Informatica
14 32 (0.89%) Red Hat
15 21 (0.58%) Palo Alto
16 20 (0.56%) MuleSoft
16 20 (0.56%) OpenAI
17 19 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
17 19 (0.53%) Fortinet
17 19 (0.53%) Foundry