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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +7 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,624 1,753 2,055
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.82% 13.08% 12.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.48% 49.84% 51.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,786 1,251 1,434
10th Percentile £404 £388 £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 £713 £700 £738
England median daily rate £549 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.14% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 43 19
10th Percentile £19.50 £25.04 £17.88
25th Percentile £35.00 - £21.11
Median hourly rate £59.50 £25.15 £24.15
Median % change year-on-year +136.58% +4.14% -59.75%
75th Percentile £78.75 - £58.75
90th Percentile £83.70 £47.00 £66.85
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 5,709 3,517 3,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.08% 26.24% 24.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,103 2,360 2,616
10th Percentile £367 £350 £350
25th Percentile £456 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -0.93% -2.27%
75th Percentile £639 £653 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 81 60
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £17.88
25th Percentile £25.63 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £53.00 £25.15 £30.81
Median % change year-on-year +110.74% -18.37% -43.98%
75th Percentile £78.75 £45.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £93.25 £65.00 £65.30
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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +11 427 £550 +4.76% 113
South London +1 111 £538 -2.23% 26
West London -32 22 £663 +65.42% 59
East London +12 13 £750 - 36
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
1 161 (4.44%) Confluence
2 102 (2.81%) SharePoint
3 48 (1.32%) SAS
4 35 (0.97%) Apache
5 34 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
6 33 (0.91%) Apache Spark
7 26 (0.72%) nginx
8 22 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
9 13 (0.36%) Tomcat
10 12 (0.33%) JBoss
11 11 (0.30%) WebLogic
12 10 (0.28%) CMS
13 7 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 7 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
14 4 (0.11%) Anypoint
14 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
15 3 (0.083%) Camunda
15 3 (0.083%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.083%) Mule
15 3 (0.083%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 54 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.44%) AutoCAD
4 16 (0.44%) Revit
4 16 (0.44%) SOLIDWORKS
5 15 (0.41%) 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 24 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
2 23 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 15 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
5 13 (0.36%) Findur
5 13 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
5 13 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
6 11 (0.30%) NetSuite
6 11 (0.30%) Temenos T24
7 8 (0.22%) SAP HR
8 7 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
8 7 (0.19%) SAP GRC
9 5 (0.14%) SAP QM
10 4 (0.11%) Changepoint
10 4 (0.11%) iTrent
10 4 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 4 (0.11%) SAP ERP
10 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
10 4 (0.11%) SAP HCM
10 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 821 (22.65%) Azure
2 771 (21.27%) AWS
3 269 (7.42%) GitHub
4 222 (6.13%) Azure DevOps
5 209 (5.77%) Power Platform
6 196 (5.41%) GCP
7 175 (4.83%) GitHub Actions
8 130 (3.59%) Amazon S3
9 129 (3.56%) Serverless
10 101 (2.79%) AWS Lambda
11 92 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
12 84 (2.32%) Entra ID
13 82 (2.26%) Amazon EKS
14 77 (2.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 76 (2.10%) Amazon EC2
16 63 (1.74%) PowerApps
17 62 (1.71%) Power Automate
17 62 (1.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 61 (1.68%) Azure Data Factory
19 60 (1.66%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 92 (2.54%) Firewall
2 70 (1.93%) DNS
3 60 (1.66%) Network Security
4 45 (1.24%) VPN
5 35 (0.97%) WAN
6 25 (0.69%) LAN
7 19 (0.52%) DHCP
8 17 (0.47%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.36%) Internet
10 12 (0.33%) BGP
10 12 (0.33%) HTTP
10 12 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.30%) MPLS
12 10 (0.28%) SSL
13 9 (0.25%) 4G
13 9 (0.25%) WebEx
14 8 (0.22%) DKIM
14 8 (0.22%) DMARC
14 8 (0.22%) VSAN
14 8 (0.22%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (3.97%) Power BI
2 112 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
3 74 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
4 67 (1.85%) SQL Server
5 63 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
6 62 (1.71%) Data Lake
7 56 (1.55%) Metadata
8 46 (1.27%) NoSQL
9 45 (1.24%) MongoDB
10 43 (1.19%) Relational Database
11 39 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
12 35 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
13 29 (0.80%) Amazon Aurora
13 29 (0.80%) Oracle Database
14 28 (0.77%) MySQL
15 25 (0.69%) Tableau
16 24 (0.66%) Big Data
17 23 (0.63%) Delta Lake
18 22 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
19 21 (0.58%) Redis
Development Applications
1 230 (6.35%) Git
2 222 (6.13%) JIRA
3 212 (5.85%) Jenkins
4 143 (3.95%) GitLab
5 53 (1.46%) Selenium
6 32 (0.88%) JMeter
7 29 (0.80%) Gradle
7 29 (0.80%) JUnit
8 25 (0.69%) Postman
9 24 (0.66%) Visual Studio
10 23 (0.63%) Cypress.io
11 22 (0.61%) Maven
11 22 (0.61%) Mockito
12 19 (0.52%) SonarQube
13 15 (0.41%) Cucumber
14 14 (0.39%) REST Assured
15 12 (0.33%) LoadRunner
16 11 (0.30%) Liquibase
17 10 (0.28%) eggPlant
17 10 (0.28%) Gatling
General
1 961 (26.52%) Public Sector
2 794 (21.91%) Social Skills
3 340 (9.38%) Finance
4 275 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
5 113 (3.12%) Banking
6 112 (3.09%) Military
7 85 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
8 65 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
9 61 (1.68%) Telecoms
10 57 (1.57%) Law
11 53 (1.46%) Police
12 39 (1.08%) Legal
13 38 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 38 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
14 32 (0.88%) Marketing
15 30 (0.83%) Manufacturing
15 30 (0.83%) Retail
16 24 (0.66%) Local Government
17 20 (0.55%) Aerospace
18 16 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 663 (18.29%) Architect
2 437 (12.06%) Developer
3 351 (9.69%) Lead
4 323 (8.91%) Senior
5 248 (6.84%) DevOps Engineer
6 196 (5.41%) Data Engineer
7 180 (4.97%) Analyst
8 159 (4.39%) Consultant
9 118 (3.26%) Solutions Architect
10 111 (3.06%) Data Architect
11 107 (2.95%) Azure Engineer
12 101 (2.79%) Software Engineer
13 96 (2.65%) AWS Engineer
13 96 (2.65%) Designer
14 94 (2.59%) Java Developer
14 94 (2.59%) Security Architect
15 86 (2.37%) Technical Architect
16 80 (2.21%) Cloud Engineer
17 75 (2.07%) Business Analyst
18 74 (2.04%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 434 (11.98%) Terraform
2 181 (4.99%) REST
3 121 (3.34%) Spring
4 106 (2.92%) Spring Boot
5 104 (2.87%) React
6 103 (2.84%) Kafka
7 94 (2.59%) RESTful
8 83 (2.29%) .NET
9 72 (1.99%) JSON
10 70 (1.93%) SOAP
11 66 (1.82%) Node.js
12 62 (1.71%) PySpark
13 57 (1.57%) XML
14 54 (1.49%) HTML
15 50 (1.38%) Django
15 50 (1.38%) Web Services
16 47 (1.30%) Middleware
17 46 (1.27%) AngularJS
18 38 (1.05%) OAuth
19 36 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 227 (6.26%) Cloud Native
2 125 (3.45%) Onboarding
3 106 (2.92%) Product Ownership
4 71 (1.96%) Data Centre
5 65 (1.79%) Management Information System
6 60 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
7 58 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
8 53 (1.46%) CMDB
9 47 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
10 43 (1.19%) AI Agents
10 43 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
11 39 (1.08%) Replication
12 37 (1.02%) Data Structures
13 34 (0.94%) Clustering
14 32 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
14 32 (0.88%) Security Posture
15 29 (0.80%) Security Operations Centre
16 28 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
17 27 (0.75%) Low-Code
18 26 (0.72%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 197 (5.44%) Linux
2 165 (4.55%) Windows
3 67 (1.85%) Windows Server
4 43 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 36 (0.99%) Unix
6 28 (0.77%) Android
7 21 (0.58%) Mac OS
8 14 (0.39%) VMS
9 13 (0.36%) Apple iOS
10 12 (0.33%) Windows 10
11 11 (0.30%) Solaris
12 10 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
12 10 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
13 9 (0.25%) Ubuntu
14 8 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
15 7 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
15 7 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
16 4 (0.11%) AIX
17 3 (0.083%) OpenVMS
17 3 (0.083%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 865 (23.87%) Agile
2 762 (21.03%) DevOps
3 703 (19.40%) CI/CD
4 548 (15.12%) Stakeholder Management
5 442 (12.20%) Infrastructure as Code
6 387 (10.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 365 (10.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 362 (9.99%) AI
9 360 (9.93%) Problem-Solving
10 310 (8.55%) Migration
11 284 (7.84%) Containerisation
12 250 (6.90%) Test Automation
13 246 (6.79%) Decision-Making
14 243 (6.71%) Data Modelling
15 237 (6.54%) Analytics
16 234 (6.46%) Roadmaps
17 229 (6.32%) Software Engineering
18 217 (5.99%) Cybersecurity
19 201 (5.55%) Observability
19 201 (5.55%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 519 (14.32%) Python
2 385 (10.62%) SQL
3 322 (8.89%) Java
4 172 (4.75%) JavaScript
5 137 (3.78%) PowerShell
6 114 (3.15%) Bash
7 102 (2.81%) TypeScript
8 100 (2.76%) C#
9 49 (1.35%) Bicep
10 40 (1.10%) PL/SQL
11 35 (0.97%) Groovy
12 25 (0.69%) Apex Code
12 25 (0.69%) Kotlin
13 23 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 22 (0.61%) Ruby
15 21 (0.58%) Shell Script
16 19 (0.52%) Go
16 19 (0.52%) Scala
17 18 (0.50%) R
18 10 (0.28%) X++
Qualifications
1 2,978 (82.17%) SC Cleared
2 477 (13.16%) DV Cleared
3 123 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
4 102 (2.81%) Degree
5 81 (2.24%) AWS Certification
6 71 (1.96%) CISSP
7 66 (1.82%) Azure Certification
8 53 (1.46%) CISM
9 37 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 34 (0.94%) PMP
11 29 (0.80%) PMI Certification
12 27 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
13 25 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 20 (0.55%) CTC Cleared
14 20 (0.55%) ISTQB
15 18 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
15 18 (0.50%) GIAC
16 15 (0.41%) CRISC
17 14 (0.39%) CCNP
17 14 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 193 (5.33%) QA
2 144 (3.97%) Data Quality
3 89 (2.46%) NCSC
4 82 (2.26%) Accessibility
5 77 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 74 (2.04%) NIST
7 73 (2.01%) PMO
8 63 (1.74%) GRC
9 50 (1.38%) GDPR
10 25 (0.69%) WCAG
11 24 (0.66%) SLA
12 20 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 18 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
14 17 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
15 13 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 12 (0.33%) COBIT
16 12 (0.33%) ISO 20022
17 10 (0.28%) P3O
18 9 (0.25%) NIST 800
19 8 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 321 (8.86%) Docker
2 103 (2.84%) Active Directory
3 78 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (0.63%) Hyper-V
5 23 (0.63%) vSphere
6 19 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.28%) VMware NSX
8 9 (0.25%) Squid
9 6 (0.17%) BitLocker
9 6 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
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%) NFS
11 4 (0.11%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.11%) UAG
11 4 (0.11%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 392 (10.82%) Kubernetes
2 122 (3.37%) Ansible
3 113 (3.12%) Grafana
4 94 (2.59%) Prometheus
5 33 (0.91%) Puppet
6 24 (0.66%) vCenter Server
7 23 (0.63%) SCCM
8 21 (0.58%) Control-M
8 21 (0.58%) Kibana
8 21 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
9 20 (0.55%) Argo
10 18 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
11 17 (0.47%) Istio
12 14 (0.39%) Progress Chef
13 13 (0.36%) Microsoft Clustering
14 11 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
15 10 (0.28%) SCOM
16 8 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
16 8 (0.22%) Packer
17 7 (0.19%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 434 (11.98%) Microsoft
2 246 (6.79%) Oracle
3 156 (4.30%) ServiceNow
4 116 (3.20%) Google
5 115 (3.17%) VMware
6 112 (3.09%) Databricks
7 96 (2.65%) Salesforce
8 88 (2.43%) Splunk
9 69 (1.90%) SAP
10 46 (1.27%) IBM
11 45 (1.24%) Cisco
12 37 (1.02%) Dynatrace
13 36 (0.99%) Informatica
14 32 (0.88%) Red Hat
15 22 (0.61%) MuleSoft
16 21 (0.58%) Palo Alto
17 20 (0.55%) Foundry
18 19 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
18 19 (0.52%) Fortinet
19 18 (0.50%) OpenAI