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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 12
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,495 1,718 1,985
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.67% 12.67% 11.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.86% 49.51% 49.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,678 1,248 1,446
10th Percentile £400 £368 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £642
90th Percentile £714 £700 £744
England median daily rate £531 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -1.19% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 36 29
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £17.55
25th Percentile £25.77 - £20.22
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +118.69% +14.32% -63.33%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £38.75
90th Percentile £94.50 £46.25 £77.75
England median hourly rate £63.50 £25.15 £57.50
% change year-on-year +152.49% -56.26% -4.17%

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 5,473 3,470 4,025
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.67% 25.60% 23.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,943 2,354 2,785
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £435 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £659 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £772
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 82 82
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.82 £17.90
25th Percentile £26.06 £25.04 £22.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £26.99
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -6.80% -50.94%
75th Percentile £73.00 £44.19 £43.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £63.70 £68.75
England median hourly rate £54.00 £25.32 £43.00
% change year-on-year +113.27% -41.12% -23.76%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 21 July 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 +13 449 £550 - 109
South London 0 142 £521 -4.28% 7
West London -36 14 £675 +68.75% 29
East London +9 11 £750 - 18
North London +2 4 - - 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 (4.49%) Confluence
2 96 (2.75%) SharePoint
3 35 (1.00%) nginx
4 33 (0.94%) SAS
5 32 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
6 30 (0.86%) Apache Spark
7 29 (0.83%) Apache
8 22 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
9 15 (0.43%) Tomcat
10 10 (0.29%) WebLogic
11 8 (0.23%) CMS
12 6 (0.17%) JBoss
13 4 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
13 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
13 4 (0.11%) WordPress
14 3 (0.086%) Drupal
14 3 (0.086%) Oracle Workflow
15 2 (0.057%) ArcGIS
15 2 (0.057%) Documentum
15 2 (0.057%) MQSeries
Applications
1 44 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (0.31%) AutoCAD
3 11 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (0.31%) Revit
3 11 (0.31%) SOLIDWORKS
4 8 (0.23%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.23%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.086%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.086%) Sketch
7 1 (0.029%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.029%) InDesign
7 1 (0.029%) Maya
7 1 (0.029%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 20 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 15 (0.43%) Findur
3 15 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
4 13 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 13 (0.37%) Temenos T24
5 9 (0.26%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 8 (0.23%) SAP HR
7 7 (0.20%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
8 6 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.14%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.14%) SAP QM
10 4 (0.11%) iTrent
10 4 (0.11%) SAP HCM
10 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
11 3 (0.086%) Changepoint
11 3 (0.086%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 3 (0.086%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 791 (22.63%) Azure
2 739 (21.14%) AWS
3 250 (7.15%) GitHub
4 200 (5.72%) Azure DevOps
5 194 (5.55%) Power Platform
6 171 (4.89%) GCP
7 155 (4.43%) GitHub Actions
8 136 (3.89%) Amazon S3
9 132 (3.78%) Serverless
10 104 (2.98%) AWS Lambda
11 91 (2.60%) Amazon EC2
12 89 (2.55%) Microsoft 365
13 79 (2.26%) Entra ID
14 78 (2.23%) Amazon EKS
15 71 (2.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 67 (1.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 62 (1.77%) Azure AKS
17 62 (1.77%) Power Automate
18 61 (1.75%) PowerApps
19 58 (1.66%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 94 (2.69%) Firewall
2 77 (2.20%) DNS
3 62 (1.77%) Network Security
4 55 (1.57%) VPN
5 26 (0.74%) TCP/IP
6 25 (0.72%) WAN
7 23 (0.66%) LAN
8 16 (0.46%) DHCP
9 14 (0.40%) HTTP
9 14 (0.40%) OpenVPN
10 12 (0.34%) DKIM
10 12 (0.34%) DMARC
10 12 (0.34%) Internet
10 12 (0.34%) SAN
11 11 (0.31%) NAS
12 9 (0.26%) SMTP
12 9 (0.26%) Software-Defined Networking
12 9 (0.26%) VSAN
12 9 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.20%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (3.95%) Power BI
2 93 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
3 76 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
4 62 (1.77%) Data Lake
5 60 (1.72%) SQL Server
6 51 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
7 46 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
8 45 (1.29%) Metadata
9 41 (1.17%) Relational Database
10 37 (1.06%) Amazon Athena
11 31 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
12 30 (0.86%) NoSQL
13 27 (0.77%) Tableau
14 24 (0.69%) Delta Lake
15 22 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
15 22 (0.63%) MongoDB
16 19 (0.54%) Big Data
16 19 (0.54%) Oracle Database
17 14 (0.40%) BigQuery
17 14 (0.40%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 219 (6.27%) JIRA
2 198 (5.67%) Git
3 178 (5.09%) Jenkins
4 126 (3.61%) GitLab
5 30 (0.86%) Selenium
6 23 (0.66%) JMeter
7 22 (0.63%) SonarQube
8 21 (0.60%) JUnit
9 20 (0.57%) Cypress.io
10 19 (0.54%) Mockito
11 18 (0.52%) Gradle
12 16 (0.46%) Artifactory
12 16 (0.46%) Postman
13 15 (0.43%) Maven
14 14 (0.40%) Visual Studio
15 12 (0.34%) Bitbucket
16 11 (0.31%) REST Assured
17 10 (0.29%) Liquibase
18 9 (0.26%) CircleCI
19 8 (0.23%) Snyk
General
1 998 (28.56%) Public Sector
2 658 (18.83%) Social Skills
3 324 (9.27%) Finance
4 220 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
5 95 (2.72%) Banking
6 83 (2.37%) Military
7 82 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
8 72 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
9 49 (1.40%) Police
10 45 (1.29%) Telecoms
11 37 (1.06%) Law
12 36 (1.03%) Legal
13 31 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
14 28 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 26 (0.74%) Marketing
16 24 (0.69%) Retail
17 22 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
18 18 (0.52%) Manufacturing
19 14 (0.40%) Aerospace
20 13 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 650 (18.60%) Architect
2 450 (12.88%) Developer
3 317 (9.07%) Lead
4 285 (8.15%) Senior
5 248 (7.10%) DevOps Engineer
6 192 (5.49%) Analyst
7 185 (5.29%) Data Engineer
8 159 (4.55%) Consultant
9 120 (3.43%) Solutions Architect
10 114 (3.26%) Azure Engineer
11 108 (3.09%) AWS Engineer
12 98 (2.80%) Security Architect
13 97 (2.78%) Designer
14 94 (2.69%) Java Developer
14 94 (2.69%) Technical Architect
15 88 (2.52%) Software Engineer
16 87 (2.49%) Business Analyst
17 81 (2.32%) Cloud Engineer
18 80 (2.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 78 (2.23%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (3.95%) REST
2 118 (3.38%) Spring
3 93 (2.66%) Spring Boot
4 83 (2.37%) React
5 80 (2.29%) RESTful
6 79 (2.26%) .NET
7 72 (2.06%) Kafka
8 66 (1.89%) PySpark
9 65 (1.86%) Node.js
10 56 (1.60%) SOAP
11 55 (1.57%) JSON
12 50 (1.43%) HTML
13 48 (1.37%) AngularJS
14 42 (1.20%) Web Services
15 41 (1.17%) Django
16 34 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
17 32 (0.92%) OAuth
17 32 (0.92%) OpenID
18 31 (0.89%) Middleware
18 31 (0.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 211 (6.04%) Cloud Native
2 116 (3.32%) Onboarding
3 101 (2.89%) Product Ownership
4 69 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
5 56 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
6 55 (1.57%) Data Centre
7 49 (1.40%) Management Information System
8 48 (1.37%) CMDB
9 45 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
10 35 (1.00%) AI Agents
11 33 (0.94%) Security Posture
12 29 (0.83%) Data Structures
12 29 (0.83%) Replication
13 28 (0.80%) Public Cloud
14 27 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
15 25 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
16 23 (0.66%) PKI
17 22 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
17 22 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
18 21 (0.60%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 168 (4.81%) Linux
2 144 (4.12%) Windows
3 53 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 35 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 29 (0.83%) Android
6 28 (0.80%) Unix
7 21 (0.60%) Mac OS
8 15 (0.43%) Apple iOS
9 14 (0.40%) Solaris
10 9 (0.26%) VMS
10 9 (0.26%) Windows 10
10 9 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
10 9 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (0.20%) Ubuntu
11 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
13 5 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (0.11%) AIX
15 3 (0.086%) SUSE
15 3 (0.086%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 768 (21.97%) Agile
2 767 (21.95%) DevOps
3 649 (18.57%) CI/CD
4 414 (11.85%) Infrastructure as Code
5 411 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 324 (9.27%) Problem-Solving
7 322 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 312 (8.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 295 (8.44%) Migration
10 277 (7.93%) AI
11 265 (7.58%) Containerisation
12 233 (6.67%) Analytics
13 227 (6.49%) Data Modelling
14 225 (6.44%) Decision-Making
15 213 (6.09%) Roadmaps
16 197 (5.64%) Software Engineering
16 197 (5.64%) Test Automation
17 195 (5.58%) Cybersecurity
18 184 (5.26%) Microservices
19 173 (4.95%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 432 (12.36%) Python
2 355 (10.16%) SQL
3 280 (8.01%) Java
4 129 (3.69%) JavaScript
5 123 (3.52%) PowerShell
6 102 (2.92%) C#
7 99 (2.83%) Bash
8 68 (1.95%) TypeScript
9 44 (1.26%) Bicep
10 38 (1.09%) PL/SQL
11 32 (0.92%) Apex Code
12 31 (0.89%) Ruby
13 29 (0.83%) Shell Script
14 24 (0.69%) Groovy
14 24 (0.69%) Kotlin
15 23 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 19 (0.54%) Scala
17 18 (0.52%) R
18 12 (0.34%) Go
19 9 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2,861 (81.86%) SC Cleared
2 456 (13.05%) DV Cleared
3 101 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
4 73 (2.09%) Degree
5 65 (1.86%) AWS Certification
6 63 (1.80%) Azure Certification
7 59 (1.69%) CISSP
8 40 (1.14%) CISM
9 30 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (0.72%) PMP
11 24 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
12 23 (0.66%) CTC Cleared
13 21 (0.60%) GIAC
13 21 (0.60%) PMI Certification
14 15 (0.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 14 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
16 13 (0.37%) CEH
16 13 (0.37%) CompTIA Security+
17 12 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 12 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (3.81%) Data Quality
2 127 (3.63%) QA
3 87 (2.49%) NCSC
4 78 (2.23%) Accessibility
5 77 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 69 (1.97%) PMO
7 64 (1.83%) NIST
8 52 (1.49%) GDPR
9 44 (1.26%) GRC
10 25 (0.72%) WCAG
11 15 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
11 15 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
11 15 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 12 (0.34%) SLA
13 11 (0.31%) COBIT
14 9 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.23%) NIST 800
15 8 (0.23%) P3O
16 6 (0.17%) ISO 20022
17 5 (0.14%) IFRS
System Software
1 288 (8.24%) Docker
2 84 (2.40%) Active Directory
3 66 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
5 25 (0.72%) Hyper-V
6 21 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (0.52%) vSphere
8 17 (0.49%) Squid
9 16 (0.46%) VMware NSX
10 13 (0.37%) NFS
11 8 (0.23%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
11 8 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
11 8 (0.23%) Postfix
12 5 (0.14%) Varnish
13 4 (0.11%) Sendmail
13 4 (0.11%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.11%) UAG
14 3 (0.086%) Firmware
14 3 (0.086%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 449 (12.85%) Terraform
2 370 (10.59%) Kubernetes
3 123 (3.52%) Ansible
4 109 (3.12%) Grafana
5 94 (2.69%) Prometheus
6 28 (0.80%) Puppet
6 28 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
7 24 (0.69%) vCenter Server
8 16 (0.46%) Argo
9 15 (0.43%) SCCM
9 15 (0.43%) vMotion
10 14 (0.40%) Control-M
10 14 (0.40%) Progress Chef
11 12 (0.34%) FortiGate
11 12 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
12 11 (0.31%) Kibana
12 11 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
13 10 (0.29%) Consul
14 9 (0.26%) Istio
14 9 (0.26%) Packer
Vendors
1 377 (10.79%) Microsoft
2 207 (5.92%) Oracle
3 155 (4.43%) ServiceNow
4 107 (3.06%) Databricks
5 99 (2.83%) Salesforce
5 99 (2.83%) VMware
6 90 (2.58%) Google
7 71 (2.03%) Splunk
8 60 (1.72%) SAP
9 37 (1.06%) IBM
10 36 (1.03%) Dynatrace
11 34 (0.97%) Cisco
11 34 (0.97%) Red Hat
12 30 (0.86%) Informatica
13 24 (0.69%) MuleSoft
14 23 (0.66%) Tenable
15 18 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
15 18 (0.52%) OpenAI
16 17 (0.49%) Foundry
16 17 (0.49%) Palo Alto