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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 10 9
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,730 1,855 2,112
As % of all contract jobs in London 18.19% 13.85% 13.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.47% 51.96% 52.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,895 1,308 1,400
10th Percentile £400 £400 £375
25th Percentile £470 £453 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +0.37% -2.18%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £718 £700 £725
England median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 48 18
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £20.84
25th Percentile £32.75 - £24.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +118.69% -25.48% -43.75%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £69.56
90th Percentile £78.75 £40.63 £112.00
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 5,877 3,570 4,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.66% 26.65% 25.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,262 2,408 2,558
10th Percentile £369 £357 £350
25th Percentile £457 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £765
England median daily rate £535 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 85 64
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.13
25th Percentile £24.38 - £25.93
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -31.38% -32.13%
75th Percentile £78.75 £35.00 £56.38
90th Percentile £155.00 £65.00 £75.88
England median hourly rate £48.83 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +94.14% -52.10% -2.17%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 14 October 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 +10 398 £550 - 206
South London +1 106 £550 +3.77% 4
West London -35 22 £650 +62.30% 35
North London +3 7 £550 +7.84% 3
East London +5 6 £750 +3.45% 21
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
1 150 (4.02%) Confluence
2 87 (2.33%) SharePoint
3 51 (1.37%) SAS
4 32 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 30 (0.80%) Apache Spark
5 30 (0.80%) nginx
6 29 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
7 26 (0.70%) Apache
8 16 (0.43%) CMS
9 11 (0.29%) WebLogic
10 10 (0.27%) JBoss
10 10 (0.27%) Tomcat
11 8 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 5 (0.13%) Camunda
12 5 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
13 4 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2013
13 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
14 3 (0.080%) Anypoint
14 3 (0.080%) Skype for Business
14 3 (0.080%) Traefik
Applications
1 47 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.48%) AutoCAD
4 18 (0.48%) Revit
4 18 (0.48%) SOLIDWORKS
5 12 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.21%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.21%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.11%) Windchill
9 3 (0.080%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.080%) Sketch
10 2 (0.054%) Gliffy
11 1 (0.027%) InDesign
11 1 (0.027%) PrintSoft PReS
11 1 (0.027%) Simulink
11 1 (0.027%) SPSS
11 1 (0.027%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 25 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
3 20 (0.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 17 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
5 15 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
6 13 (0.35%) NetSuite
7 11 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
8 7 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
8 7 (0.19%) SAP GRC
9 6 (0.16%) Maximo
9 6 (0.16%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.13%) Exchequer
10 5 (0.13%) SAP CO
10 5 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.13%) SAP QM
11 4 (0.11%) Changepoint
11 4 (0.11%) Findur
11 4 (0.11%) iTrent
11 4 (0.11%) SAP ERP
11 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 821 (22.01%) Azure
2 794 (21.29%) AWS
3 271 (7.27%) GitHub
4 216 (5.79%) Power Platform
5 213 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
6 195 (5.23%) GCP
7 187 (5.01%) GitHub Actions
8 121 (3.24%) Serverless
9 120 (3.22%) Amazon S3
10 101 (2.71%) Entra ID
11 100 (2.68%) Amazon EKS
12 95 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
13 86 (2.31%) AWS Lambda
14 78 (2.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 78 (2.09%) Amazon EC2
15 74 (1.98%) PowerApps
16 68 (1.82%) Power Automate
17 66 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
18 61 (1.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
19 60 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 83 (2.23%) Firewall
2 73 (1.96%) DNS
3 61 (1.64%) Network Security
4 44 (1.18%) VPN
5 31 (0.83%) WAN
6 20 (0.54%) DHCP
7 19 (0.51%) LAN
8 16 (0.43%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.35%) BGP
10 12 (0.32%) HTTP
10 12 (0.32%) Internet
10 12 (0.32%) MPLS
11 11 (0.29%) 4G
11 11 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (0.27%) SSL
12 10 (0.27%) WebEx
13 9 (0.24%) 5G
13 9 (0.24%) SAN
14 8 (0.21%) Kerberos
14 8 (0.21%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (3.86%) Power BI
2 127 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
3 72 (1.93%) SQL Server
4 65 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
5 63 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
6 59 (1.58%) Metadata
7 50 (1.34%) Data Lake
7 50 (1.34%) MongoDB
8 44 (1.18%) Relational Database
9 43 (1.15%) NoSQL
10 41 (1.10%) Oracle Database
11 38 (1.02%) Amazon Aurora
12 37 (0.99%) MySQL
13 31 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
14 28 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
15 25 (0.67%) Redis
15 25 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 22 (0.59%) Big Data
17 19 (0.51%) Delta Lake
18 18 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 246 (6.60%) Jenkins
2 243 (6.51%) Git
3 205 (5.50%) JIRA
4 153 (4.10%) GitLab
5 59 (1.58%) Selenium
6 39 (1.05%) JMeter
7 35 (0.94%) JUnit
7 35 (0.94%) Postman
8 34 (0.91%) Gradle
9 31 (0.83%) Maven
10 30 (0.80%) Cucumber
11 27 (0.72%) SonarQube
12 26 (0.70%) Visual Studio
13 24 (0.64%) Mockito
14 23 (0.62%) Cypress.io
15 16 (0.43%) REST Assured
16 15 (0.40%) LoadRunner
17 13 (0.35%) Artifactory
17 13 (0.35%) SoapUI
17 13 (0.35%) TestNG
General
1 999 (26.78%) Public Sector
2 838 (22.47%) Social Skills
3 335 (8.98%) Finance
4 273 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
5 126 (3.38%) Military
6 99 (2.65%) Banking
7 91 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
8 68 (1.82%) Police
9 62 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
10 59 (1.58%) Telecoms
11 58 (1.55%) Law
12 45 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 41 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
14 40 (1.07%) Manufacturing
15 37 (0.99%) Legal
16 33 (0.88%) Local Government
17 29 (0.78%) Marketing
18 26 (0.70%) Aerospace
19 20 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
20 15 (0.40%) Retail
Job Titles
1 702 (18.82%) Architect
2 419 (11.23%) Developer
3 378 (10.13%) Senior
4 355 (9.52%) Lead
5 264 (7.08%) DevOps Engineer
6 196 (5.25%) Data Engineer
7 184 (4.93%) Analyst
8 165 (4.42%) Consultant
9 127 (3.40%) Solutions Architect
10 123 (3.30%) Data Architect
11 119 (3.19%) Security Architect
12 114 (3.06%) Designer
13 102 (2.73%) AWS Engineer
14 93 (2.49%) Azure Engineer
14 93 (2.49%) Software Engineer
15 91 (2.44%) User Researcher
16 88 (2.36%) Technical Architect
17 85 (2.28%) Java Developer
18 78 (2.09%) Cloud Engineer
19 75 (2.01%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 448 (12.01%) Terraform
2 213 (5.71%) REST
3 119 (3.19%) Kafka
4 107 (2.87%) Spring
5 102 (2.73%) React
6 92 (2.47%) Spring Boot
7 91 (2.44%) RESTful
8 84 (2.25%) .NET
9 80 (2.14%) SOAP
10 66 (1.77%) JSON
11 63 (1.69%) Middleware
12 62 (1.66%) XML
13 59 (1.58%) HTML
14 55 (1.47%) Node.js
15 51 (1.37%) PySpark
16 47 (1.26%) Django
17 45 (1.21%) OAuth
18 43 (1.15%) Web Services
19 42 (1.13%) AngularJS
20 38 (1.02%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 234 (6.27%) Cloud Native
2 140 (3.75%) Onboarding
3 122 (3.27%) Product Ownership
4 68 (1.82%) Management Information System
5 64 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
6 63 (1.69%) Data Centre
7 61 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
8 59 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
9 51 (1.37%) AI Agents
10 49 (1.31%) Replication
11 43 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
12 41 (1.10%) Data Structures
13 39 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
14 37 (0.99%) CMDB
15 36 (0.97%) PKI
16 33 (0.88%) Security Posture
17 31 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
18 28 (0.75%) Security Operations Centre
19 27 (0.72%) Clustering
19 27 (0.72%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 211 (5.66%) Linux
2 171 (4.58%) Windows
3 64 (1.72%) Windows Server
4 41 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 35 (0.94%) Unix
6 29 (0.78%) Android
7 25 (0.67%) macOS
8 14 (0.38%) Apple iOS
8 14 (0.38%) VMS
9 11 (0.29%) Windows 10
10 10 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (0.24%) Ubuntu
12 8 (0.21%) Solaris
12 8 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
13 7 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
13 7 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
14 4 (0.11%) OpenVMS
15 3 (0.080%) Embedded Linux
15 3 (0.080%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 889 (23.83%) Agile
2 773 (20.72%) DevOps
3 751 (20.13%) CI/CD
4 610 (16.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 468 (12.55%) Infrastructure as Code
6 425 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 413 (11.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 395 (10.59%) AI
9 365 (9.79%) Problem-Solving
10 302 (8.10%) Migration
11 291 (7.80%) Containerisation
12 274 (7.35%) Test Automation
13 265 (7.10%) Roadmaps
14 263 (7.05%) Decision-Making
15 242 (6.49%) Software Engineering
16 239 (6.41%) Cybersecurity
17 235 (6.30%) Analytics
18 234 (6.27%) Data Modelling
19 232 (6.22%) Observability
20 216 (5.79%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 550 (14.75%) Python
2 381 (10.21%) SQL
3 298 (7.99%) Java
4 192 (5.15%) JavaScript
5 143 (3.83%) PowerShell
6 125 (3.35%) Bash
7 106 (2.84%) TypeScript
8 100 (2.68%) C#
9 51 (1.37%) Bicep
10 43 (1.15%) Groovy
11 36 (0.97%) PL/SQL
12 26 (0.70%) Scala
13 25 (0.67%) Kotlin
14 24 (0.64%) Go
15 21 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 17 (0.46%) Shell Script
17 15 (0.40%) Apex Code
18 13 (0.35%) R
19 11 (0.29%) C++
19 11 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3,064 (82.14%) SC Cleared
2 491 (13.16%) DV Cleared
3 161 (4.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 105 (2.82%) Degree
5 92 (2.47%) AWS Certification
6 71 (1.90%) CISSP
7 67 (1.80%) Azure Certification
8 60 (1.61%) CISM
9 37 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
10 32 (0.86%) PMP
11 28 (0.75%) PMI Certification
12 27 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 26 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
14 23 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
15 19 (0.51%) ISTQB
16 18 (0.48%) CRISC
17 16 (0.43%) GIAC
17 16 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
18 15 (0.40%) CTC Cleared
19 14 (0.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (5.44%) QA
2 140 (3.75%) Data Quality
3 109 (2.92%) NCSC
4 98 (2.63%) Accessibility
5 86 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 82 (2.20%) NIST
7 69 (1.85%) GRC
8 57 (1.53%) GDPR
9 55 (1.47%) PMO
10 27 (0.72%) SLA
11 26 (0.70%) WCAG
12 17 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
12 17 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 16 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
14 15 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
15 12 (0.32%) ISO 20022
16 11 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 8 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 8 (0.21%) NIST 800
17 8 (0.21%) P3O
System Software
1 335 (8.98%) Docker
2 107 (2.87%) Active Directory
3 70 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (0.51%) vSphere
6 18 (0.48%) Hyper-V
7 10 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (0.21%) Squid
9 7 (0.19%) VMware NSX
10 6 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
11 4 (0.11%) Postfix
12 3 (0.080%) BitLocker
12 3 (0.080%) Firmware
12 3 (0.080%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.080%) NFS
12 3 (0.080%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.080%) UAG
13 2 (0.054%) KVM
Systems Management
1 410 (10.99%) Kubernetes
2 137 (3.67%) Grafana
3 116 (3.11%) Ansible
4 94 (2.52%) Prometheus
5 34 (0.91%) Kibana
6 27 (0.72%) Puppet
6 27 (0.72%) SCCM
7 25 (0.67%) Argo
7 25 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
8 21 (0.56%) Control-M
9 19 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
10 18 (0.48%) Istio
11 17 (0.46%) vCenter Server
12 11 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
12 11 (0.29%) Microsoft Clustering
12 11 (0.29%) SCOM
13 10 (0.27%) Progress Chef
14 8 (0.21%) Karpenter
14 8 (0.21%) Nagios
15 7 (0.19%) Cilium
Vendors
1 471 (12.63%) Microsoft
2 255 (6.84%) Oracle
3 155 (4.16%) ServiceNow
4 127 (3.40%) Google
5 99 (2.65%) VMware
6 96 (2.57%) Databricks
7 90 (2.41%) Splunk
8 80 (2.14%) Salesforce
9 71 (1.90%) SAP
10 45 (1.21%) Dynatrace
11 44 (1.18%) IBM
12 39 (1.05%) Cisco
13 31 (0.83%) Informatica
14 28 (0.75%) Red Hat
15 26 (0.70%) OpenAI
16 23 (0.62%) Pega
17 21 (0.56%) MuleSoft
18 20 (0.54%) Palo Alto
18 20 (0.54%) Sparx
19 19 (0.51%) Foundry