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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 11
Rank change year-on-year +7 0 +2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3,528 1,755 1,956
As % of all contract jobs in London 17.56% 12.97% 12.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 63.36% 49.38% 50.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,699 1,246 1,426
10th Percentile £400 £366 £363
25th Percentile £463 £451 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -1.44% -2.23%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £642
90th Percentile £713 £700 £743
England median daily rate £538 £538 £550
% change year-on-year - -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 42 24
10th Percentile £19.50 £25.04 £16.74
25th Percentile £26.00 - £19.70
Median hourly rate £59.50 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +136.58% +14.32% -63.33%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £36.88
90th Percentile £87.00 £47.25 £63.15
England median hourly rate £65.00 £25.15 £59.00
% change year-on-year +158.45% -57.37% -1.68%

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 5,568 3,554 3,903
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.72% 26.27% 24.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,012 2,390 2,682
10th Percentile £375 £338 £350
25th Percentile £455 £430 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -1.40% -2.27%
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 85 89 71
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.65 £17.88
25th Percentile £25.25 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £31.62
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -20.46% -42.51%
75th Percentile £73.00 £45.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.00 £68.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +118.69% -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

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 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 14 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 14 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 +11 436 £550 +4.76% 102
South London 0 124 £525 -0.94% 13
West London -34 19 £675 +68.54% 46
East London +9 12 £750 - 18
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
1 156 (4.42%) Confluence
2 107 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 44 (1.25%) SAS
4 33 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 32 (0.91%) Apache Spark
6 31 (0.88%) Apache
7 26 (0.74%) nginx
8 22 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
9 13 (0.37%) Tomcat
10 11 (0.31%) JBoss
11 9 (0.26%) CMS
12 8 (0.23%) WebLogic
13 5 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
14 4 (0.11%) Anypoint
14 4 (0.11%) SharePoint 2013
15 3 (0.085%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.085%) Mule
15 3 (0.085%) Oracle SOA Suite
16 2 (0.057%) Oracle Workflow
16 2 (0.057%) WordPress
Applications
1 49 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (0.43%) AutoCAD
4 15 (0.43%) Revit
4 15 (0.43%) SOLIDWORKS
5 14 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 7 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.085%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.085%) Sketch
9 1 (0.028%) Gliffy
9 1 (0.028%) InDesign
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 16 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 15 (0.43%) Findur
6 13 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
6 13 (0.37%) Temenos T24
7 11 (0.31%) NetSuite
8 10 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
9 9 (0.26%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 8 (0.23%) SAP HR
11 7 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
12 6 (0.17%) SAP ERP
13 5 (0.14%) SAP QM
14 4 (0.11%) iTrent
14 4 (0.11%) SAP FI
14 4 (0.11%) SAP GRC
14 4 (0.11%) SAP HCM
14 4 (0.11%) SAP PM
15 3 (0.085%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 813 (23.04%) Azure
2 753 (21.34%) AWS
3 268 (7.60%) GitHub
4 221 (6.26%) Azure DevOps
5 213 (6.04%) Power Platform
6 190 (5.39%) GCP
7 168 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
8 125 (3.54%) Amazon S3
9 123 (3.49%) Serverless
10 93 (2.64%) AWS Lambda
10 93 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
11 85 (2.41%) Entra ID
12 77 (2.18%) Amazon EC2
13 73 (2.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 73 (2.07%) Amazon EKS
14 69 (1.96%) Power Automate
15 67 (1.90%) PowerApps
15 67 (1.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 65 (1.84%) Azure AKS
17 62 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 89 (2.52%) Firewall
2 79 (2.24%) DNS
3 59 (1.67%) Network Security
4 45 (1.28%) VPN
5 27 (0.77%) WAN
6 23 (0.65%) LAN
7 19 (0.54%) DHCP
8 18 (0.51%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.40%) Internet
10 12 (0.34%) HTTP
11 9 (0.26%) DKIM
11 9 (0.26%) DMARC
11 9 (0.26%) SSL
11 9 (0.26%) VSAN
11 9 (0.26%) WebEx
11 9 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (0.23%) 4G
12 8 (0.23%) MPLS
13 7 (0.20%) Kerberos
13 7 (0.20%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (4.17%) Power BI
2 104 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
3 80 (2.27%) SQL Server
4 73 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
5 60 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
6 59 (1.67%) Data Lake
7 44 (1.25%) Metadata
8 41 (1.16%) Relational Database
9 38 (1.08%) NoSQL
10 36 (1.02%) MongoDB
11 35 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
12 33 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
13 28 (0.79%) Tableau
14 26 (0.74%) Amazon Aurora
15 25 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
16 24 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
16 24 (0.68%) Delta Lake
16 24 (0.68%) MySQL
17 23 (0.65%) Big Data
18 21 (0.60%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 212 (6.01%) Git
2 209 (5.92%) JIRA
3 194 (5.50%) Jenkins
4 130 (3.68%) GitLab
5 40 (1.13%) Selenium
6 29 (0.82%) JMeter
7 23 (0.65%) Gradle
7 23 (0.65%) Visual Studio
8 21 (0.60%) Cypress.io
8 21 (0.60%) SonarQube
9 20 (0.57%) JUnit
9 20 (0.57%) Maven
9 20 (0.57%) Mockito
10 19 (0.54%) Postman
11 11 (0.31%) Artifactory
11 11 (0.31%) LoadRunner
11 11 (0.31%) REST Assured
12 10 (0.28%) CircleCI
13 9 (0.26%) Gatling
13 9 (0.26%) Liquibase
General
1 969 (27.47%) Public Sector
2 715 (20.27%) Social Skills
3 335 (9.50%) Finance
4 251 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
5 103 (2.92%) Banking
6 93 (2.64%) Military
7 66 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
7 66 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
8 54 (1.53%) Telecoms
9 52 (1.47%) Police
10 47 (1.33%) Law
11 37 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
12 35 (0.99%) Legal
13 31 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 30 (0.85%) Marketing
15 28 (0.79%) Manufacturing
15 28 (0.79%) Retail
16 20 (0.57%) Aerospace
17 17 (0.48%) Local Government
18 15 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 643 (18.23%) Architect
2 456 (12.93%) Developer
3 342 (9.69%) Lead
4 312 (8.84%) Senior
5 235 (6.66%) DevOps Engineer
6 187 (5.30%) Data Engineer
7 178 (5.05%) Analyst
8 155 (4.39%) Consultant
9 122 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
10 104 (2.95%) Azure Engineer
11 100 (2.83%) AWS Engineer
12 99 (2.81%) Software Engineer
13 97 (2.75%) Designer
14 94 (2.66%) Java Developer
15 93 (2.64%) Data Architect
16 91 (2.58%) Security Architect
17 86 (2.44%) Technical Architect
18 84 (2.38%) Cloud Engineer
18 84 (2.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 81 (2.30%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (4.59%) REST
2 116 (3.29%) Spring
3 96 (2.72%) Spring Boot
4 92 (2.61%) React
5 90 (2.55%) .NET
6 89 (2.52%) Kafka
7 86 (2.44%) RESTful
8 66 (1.87%) JSON
9 65 (1.84%) SOAP
10 63 (1.79%) Node.js
11 61 (1.73%) PySpark
12 56 (1.59%) AngularJS
12 56 (1.59%) HTML
13 48 (1.36%) Web Services
13 48 (1.36%) XML
14 44 (1.25%) Django
15 37 (1.05%) Middleware
16 36 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
17 34 (0.96%) OAuth
18 29 (0.82%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 207 (5.87%) Cloud Native
2 119 (3.37%) Onboarding
3 105 (2.98%) Product Ownership
4 65 (1.84%) Data Centre
5 61 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
6 59 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
7 55 (1.56%) Management Information System
8 54 (1.53%) CMDB
9 48 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
10 37 (1.05%) Clustering
11 36 (1.02%) AI Agents
11 36 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
12 35 (0.99%) Replication
13 34 (0.96%) Data Structures
14 32 (0.91%) Security Posture
15 26 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
15 26 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
16 25 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
16 25 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
16 25 (0.71%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 186 (5.27%) Linux
2 164 (4.65%) Windows
3 64 (1.81%) Windows Server
4 40 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 30 (0.85%) Android
5 30 (0.85%) Unix
6 17 (0.48%) Mac OS
7 14 (0.40%) Apple iOS
8 12 (0.34%) Solaris
8 12 (0.34%) VMS
9 11 (0.31%) Windows 10
9 11 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
9 11 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.20%) Ubuntu
10 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
11 6 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.11%) AIX
12 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.085%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 807 (22.87%) Agile
2 761 (21.57%) DevOps
3 674 (19.10%) CI/CD
4 478 (13.55%) Stakeholder Management
5 422 (11.96%) Infrastructure as Code
6 350 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 338 (9.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 314 (8.90%) AI
9 308 (8.73%) Problem-Solving
10 306 (8.67%) Migration
11 273 (7.74%) Containerisation
12 245 (6.94%) Analytics
13 237 (6.72%) Data Modelling
14 229 (6.49%) Roadmaps
15 222 (6.29%) Test Automation
16 216 (6.12%) Decision-Making
17 212 (6.01%) Software Engineering
18 192 (5.44%) Microservices
19 191 (5.41%) Cybersecurity
20 182 (5.16%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 459 (13.01%) Python
2 397 (11.25%) SQL
3 304 (8.62%) Java
4 168 (4.76%) JavaScript
5 140 (3.97%) PowerShell
6 114 (3.23%) C#
7 101 (2.86%) Bash
8 82 (2.32%) TypeScript
9 46 (1.30%) Bicep
10 40 (1.13%) PL/SQL
11 31 (0.88%) Groovy
12 30 (0.85%) Apex Code
13 28 (0.79%) Ruby
14 26 (0.74%) Kotlin
15 25 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 25 (0.71%) Shell Script
16 17 (0.48%) Scala
17 16 (0.45%) R
18 11 (0.31%) C++
18 11 (0.31%) Go
Qualifications
1 2,901 (82.23%) SC Cleared
2 448 (12.70%) DV Cleared
3 111 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
4 86 (2.44%) Degree
5 68 (1.93%) AWS Certification
6 67 (1.90%) CISSP
7 61 (1.73%) Azure Certification
8 51 (1.45%) CISM
9 39 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
10 33 (0.94%) PMP
11 26 (0.74%) PMI Certification
12 23 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
13 21 (0.60%) CTC Cleared
14 20 (0.57%) GIAC
15 17 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 14 (0.40%) CEH
16 14 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
17 13 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
17 13 (0.37%) ISTQB
18 12 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (4.39%) QA
2 134 (3.80%) Data Quality
3 88 (2.49%) NCSC
4 82 (2.32%) Accessibility
5 72 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 71 (2.01%) PMO
7 65 (1.84%) NIST
8 57 (1.62%) GRC
9 51 (1.45%) GDPR
10 25 (0.71%) WCAG
11 20 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 18 (0.51%) Government Security Classifications
13 17 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
13 17 (0.48%) SLA
14 13 (0.37%) COBIT
15 11 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 10 (0.28%) ISO 20022
17 9 (0.26%) P3O
18 8 (0.23%) NIST 800
19 7 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 295 (8.36%) Docker
2 99 (2.81%) Active Directory
3 74 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
5 23 (0.65%) vSphere
6 22 (0.62%) Hyper-V
7 19 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (0.34%) VMware NSX
9 10 (0.28%) Squid
10 8 (0.23%) Postfix
11 7 (0.20%) BitLocker
11 7 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
12 6 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
13 5 (0.14%) NFS
13 5 (0.14%) Varnish
13 5 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
14 4 (0.11%) Firmware
14 4 (0.11%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.11%) UAG
14 4 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 433 (12.27%) Terraform
2 372 (10.54%) Kubernetes
3 125 (3.54%) Ansible
4 107 (3.03%) Grafana
5 91 (2.58%) Prometheus
6 33 (0.94%) Puppet
7 24 (0.68%) vCenter Server
8 22 (0.62%) SCCM
9 19 (0.54%) Control-M
9 19 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
10 18 (0.51%) Argo
10 18 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
11 15 (0.43%) Istio
11 15 (0.43%) Progress Chef
12 14 (0.40%) Kibana
13 13 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
14 11 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
14 11 (0.31%) Packer
15 8 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
15 8 (0.23%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 410 (11.62%) Microsoft
2 227 (6.43%) Oracle
3 160 (4.54%) ServiceNow
4 110 (3.12%) Databricks
4 110 (3.12%) VMware
5 108 (3.06%) Google
6 103 (2.92%) Salesforce
7 67 (1.90%) Splunk
8 66 (1.87%) SAP
9 41 (1.16%) IBM
10 36 (1.02%) Cisco
11 33 (0.94%) Dynatrace
11 33 (0.94%) Informatica
12 31 (0.88%) Red Hat
13 25 (0.71%) MuleSoft
14 20 (0.57%) Tenable
15 18 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
16 17 (0.48%) Fortinet
16 17 (0.48%) Okta
16 17 (0.48%) Palo Alto