Security Cleared Contracts in London

Security Clearance
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 14 32
Rank change year-on-year +3 +18 -13
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 2,052 2,779 2,689
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 11.77% 10.79% 6.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 49.79% 49.37% 39.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,475 1,884 1,961
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £470 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £569 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +3.36% +7.32%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £706
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 32 46
10th Percentile £14.52 £20.22 £39.52
25th Percentile £17.88 £43.09 £39.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £60.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.33% +34.83% -7.92%
75th Percentile £27.09 £76.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.25 £89.75 £62.28
England median hourly rate £55.80 £60.00 £50.39
% change year-on-year -7.00% +19.08% +25.96%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

Security Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,121 5,629 6,781
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.63% 21.85% 17.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,801 3,828 4,665
10th Percentile £325 £363 £369
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% +5.77%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 80 152
10th Percentile £14.19 £19.32 £24.77
25th Percentile £19.98 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.00 £42.25 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -5.06% +21.92%
75th Percentile £41.63 £64.63 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.23 £87.50 £66.57
England median hourly rate £40.00 £53.61 £41.36
% change year-on-year -25.39% +29.63% +10.28%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in London

Security Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in London.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in London

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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 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in London

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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 May 2024.

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 May 2024. 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 +1 204 £515 -6.36% 38
South London +1 114 £510 -7.27% 30
West London +21 28 £500 -16.67% 13
East London - 13 £537 - 45
North London -4 1 £385 -4.64% 1
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 81 (3.95%) SharePoint
2 71 (3.46%) Confluence
3 49 (2.39%) Apache
4 38 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 26 (1.27%) nginx
6 20 (0.97%) Exchange Server 2013
7 18 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2010
8 12 (0.58%) Apache Spark
8 12 (0.58%) Skype for Business
9 7 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.34%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 7 (0.34%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2003
10 6 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2007
11 5 (0.24%) CMS
11 5 (0.24%) JBoss
11 5 (0.24%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 4 (0.19%) Camunda
12 4 (0.19%) SAS
12 4 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 40 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (0.83%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.15%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.097%) Trello
9 1 (0.049%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.049%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.049%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.049%) InVision
9 1 (0.049%) Simulink
9 1 (0.049%) Sketch
9 1 (0.049%) SPSS
9 1 (0.049%) Weka
9 1 (0.049%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 25 (1.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (0.54%) Distributed Ledger
3 6 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (0.19%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.19%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.19%) Siebel CRM
6 3 (0.15%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.097%) Maximo
7 2 (0.097%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.097%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.097%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.097%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.049%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.049%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.049%) Oracle Internet Expenses
8 1 (0.049%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.049%) Oracle Utilities
Cloud Services
1 520 (25.34%) AWS
2 270 (13.16%) Azure
3 94 (4.58%) Serverless
4 90 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
5 80 (3.90%) AWS Lambda
6 73 (3.56%) Amazon S3
7 59 (2.88%) Power Platform
8 48 (2.34%) GCP
9 43 (2.10%) AWS CloudFormation
10 42 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
11 39 (1.90%) GitHub
12 35 (1.71%) Amazon EKS
13 34 (1.66%) OCI
14 33 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
15 32 (1.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 32 (1.56%) PaaS
16 30 (1.46%) Amazon Kinesis
16 30 (1.46%) SaaS
16 30 (1.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 25 (1.22%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 116 (5.65%) Firewall
2 29 (1.41%) WAN
3 25 (1.22%) LAN
4 24 (1.17%) DNS
5 22 (1.07%) VPN
5 22 (1.07%) Wireless
6 18 (0.88%) VoIP
7 17 (0.83%) Network Security
7 17 (0.83%) TCP/IP
8 15 (0.73%) HTTP
9 14 (0.68%) Skype
10 13 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
11 12 (0.58%) BGP
11 12 (0.58%) OSPF
12 11 (0.54%) SSL
12 11 (0.54%) WLAN
13 9 (0.44%) IPsec
14 8 (0.39%) Internet
15 7 (0.34%) Cisco IOS
16 6 (0.29%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (4.34%) PostgreSQL
2 70 (3.41%) SQL Server
3 63 (3.07%) NoSQL
4 60 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
5 42 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
6 40 (1.95%) Power BI
7 39 (1.90%) Relational Database
8 38 (1.85%) Flink
8 38 (1.85%) Metadata
9 33 (1.61%) Amazon Redshift
9 33 (1.61%) Data Vault
10 28 (1.36%) Data Lake
11 25 (1.22%) MongoDB
12 24 (1.17%) Big Data
12 24 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
13 21 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
13 21 (1.02%) Metadata Repository
14 20 (0.97%) DynamoDB
15 19 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 18 (0.88%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 119 (5.80%) JIRA
2 114 (5.56%) Jenkins
3 107 (5.21%) Git
4 63 (3.07%) GitLab
5 39 (1.90%) Selenium
6 35 (1.71%) JUnit
7 33 (1.61%) Cucumber
8 18 (0.88%) TestNG
9 16 (0.78%) JMeter
9 16 (0.78%) Postman
10 15 (0.73%) REST Assured
11 14 (0.68%) WebDriver
12 13 (0.63%) SoapUI
13 12 (0.58%) Mockito
14 11 (0.54%) Appium
14 11 (0.54%) Maven
15 10 (0.49%) Cypress.io
15 10 (0.49%) eggPlant
15 10 (0.49%) SOAtest
16 7 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 603 (29.39%) Public Sector
2 333 (16.23%) Social Skills
3 243 (11.84%) Finance
4 120 (5.85%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (3.02%) Telecoms
6 47 (2.29%) Manufacturing
6 47 (2.29%) Marketing
7 44 (2.14%) Electronics
8 42 (2.05%) Banking
9 38 (1.85%) Law
10 34 (1.66%) Military
10 34 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
12 25 (1.22%) Police
13 16 (0.78%) Legal
14 14 (0.68%) Publishing
15 13 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 10 (0.49%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 314 (15.30%) Architect
2 250 (12.18%) Developer
3 173 (8.43%) Senior
4 150 (7.31%) DevOps Engineer
5 131 (6.38%) Analyst
6 106 (5.17%) Consultant
7 95 (4.63%) Data Engineer
8 90 (4.39%) Lead
9 79 (3.85%) Java Developer
10 75 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
11 62 (3.02%) AWS Engineer
11 62 (3.02%) Project Manager
12 61 (2.97%) Data Architect
13 59 (2.88%) Network Engineer
14 58 (2.83%) Business Analyst
14 58 (2.83%) Full Stack Developer
15 55 (2.68%) Technical Architect
16 47 (2.29%) Support Engineer
17 44 (2.14%) Delivery Manager
17 44 (2.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (4.34%) Kafka
2 85 (4.14%) React
3 72 (3.51%) Spring Boot
4 71 (3.46%) Spring
5 63 (3.07%) REST
6 61 (2.97%) HTML
7 56 (2.73%) CSS
8 41 (2.00%) JSON
9 39 (1.90%) Node.js
10 37 (1.80%) .NET
11 27 (1.32%) RESTful
12 26 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
13 21 (1.02%) Hibernate
13 21 (1.02%) JPA
13 21 (1.02%) Laravel
14 20 (0.97%) Web Services
15 19 (0.93%) OpenID
16 18 (0.88%) Apache Avro
16 18 (0.88%) Elastic Stack
17 17 (0.83%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 67 (3.27%) Data Centre
2 62 (3.02%) Onboarding
3 29 (1.41%) Cloud Native
4 27 (1.32%) Reference Data
5 26 (1.27%) Replication
6 24 (1.17%) Management Information System
6 24 (1.17%) Product Ownership
7 18 (0.88%) Data Structures
7 18 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
8 17 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
9 16 (0.78%) PKI
9 16 (0.78%) Virtual Team
10 14 (0.68%) Security Posture
10 14 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
12 12 (0.58%) Blockchain
12 12 (0.58%) Clustering
12 12 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (0.54%) Public Cloud
14 9 (0.44%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 179 (8.72%) Linux
2 175 (8.53%) Windows
3 59 (2.88%) Windows Server
4 45 (2.19%) Unix
5 32 (1.56%) Windows 10
6 28 (1.36%) Windows 7
7 24 (1.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 21 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
9 20 (0.97%) Android
9 20 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 20 (0.97%) Windows Server 2008
9 20 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (0.58%) Mac OS X
11 9 (0.44%) VMS
12 6 (0.29%) Apple iOS
12 6 (0.29%) CentOS
12 6 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.15%) Kali Linux
13 3 (0.15%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.097%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (18.96%) Agile
2 271 (13.21%) DevOps
3 212 (10.33%) CI/CD
4 173 (8.43%) Problem-Solving
5 146 (7.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 140 (6.82%) Migration
7 104 (5.07%) Roadmaps
8 103 (5.02%) ITIL
9 102 (4.97%) Project Management
10 101 (4.92%) Cybersecurity
10 101 (4.92%) Microservices
11 99 (4.82%) Data Modelling
12 94 (4.58%) Test Automation
13 92 (4.48%) Business Intelligence
14 91 (4.43%) Analytics
14 91 (4.43%) Scrum
15 86 (4.19%) Continuous Improvement
16 84 (4.09%) Service Management
17 82 (4.00%) Change Management
18 77 (3.75%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 246 (11.99%) Python
2 227 (11.06%) Java
3 193 (9.41%) SQL
4 138 (6.73%) JavaScript
5 60 (2.92%) PowerShell
6 55 (2.68%) C#
7 50 (2.44%) Bash
8 48 (2.34%) TypeScript
9 27 (1.32%) Go
10 21 (1.02%) PHP
11 17 (0.83%) PL/SQL
12 12 (0.58%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.49%) Ruby
14 9 (0.44%) C++
14 9 (0.44%) Perl
15 8 (0.39%) C
16 7 (0.34%) ABAP
16 7 (0.34%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.34%) XPath
16 7 (0.34%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 1,570 (76.51%) SC Cleared
2 441 (21.49%) DV Cleared
3 97 (4.73%) Degree
4 53 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
5 44 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (1.32%) CTC Cleared
7 21 (1.02%) AWS Certification
8 19 (0.93%) PMP
9 18 (0.88%) PMI Certification
10 16 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (0.63%) Azure Certification
11 13 (0.63%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 9 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.39%) CCNA
14 8 (0.39%) ISTQB
15 7 (0.34%) CCNP
15 7 (0.34%) CISSP
15 7 (0.34%) Six Sigma Black Belt
15 7 (0.34%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (2.78%) QA
2 48 (2.34%) Data Quality
3 35 (1.71%) Accessibility
4 29 (1.41%) SLA
5 28 (1.36%) PMO
6 18 (0.88%) NIST
7 17 (0.83%) NCSC
8 12 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (0.54%) GDPR
10 6 (0.29%) WCAG
11 4 (0.19%) GRC
11 4 (0.19%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.15%) COBIT
12 3 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.097%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.097%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.049%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.049%) ISO 20022
14 1 (0.049%) ISO 31000
14 1 (0.049%) SOC 2
System Software
1 141 (6.87%) Docker
2 97 (4.73%) Active Directory
3 42 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (0.83%) VMware NSX
6 10 (0.49%) vSphere
7 5 (0.24%) Firmware
8 4 (0.19%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.097%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.049%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.049%) Lustre
11 1 (0.049%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.049%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.049%) UAG
Systems Management
1 203 (9.89%) Terraform
2 187 (9.11%) Kubernetes
3 108 (5.26%) Ansible
4 30 (1.46%) Grafana
5 28 (1.36%) Puppet
6 26 (1.27%) Prometheus
7 25 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
8 24 (1.17%) SCCM
9 21 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 18 (0.88%) Progress Chef
11 15 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
12 14 (0.68%) Packer
13 12 (0.58%) FortiGate
14 9 (0.44%) Consul
14 9 (0.44%) VxRail
15 8 (0.39%) vCenter Server
16 7 (0.34%) Nagios
17 6 (0.29%) Kibana
18 5 (0.24%) Data Guard
18 5 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 186 (9.06%) Microsoft
2 135 (6.58%) Oracle
3 72 (3.51%) SAP
4 65 (3.17%) VMware
5 54 (2.63%) Cisco
6 37 (1.80%) ServiceNow
7 30 (1.46%) Dell
8 29 (1.41%) Sparx
9 23 (1.12%) Splunk
10 21 (1.02%) Palo Alto
11 20 (0.97%) Databricks
11 20 (0.97%) IBM
12 19 (0.93%) CyberArk
12 19 (0.93%) Juniper
12 19 (0.93%) NetApp
12 19 (0.93%) Veeam
13 15 (0.73%) Apple
13 15 (0.73%) Salesforce
14 14 (0.68%) F5
14 14 (0.68%) Okta