Security Cleared Contracts 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 11 14
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +17
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 1,630 2,054 2,780
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 13.30% 11.77% 10.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 51.32% 49.87% 49.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,183 1,486 1,891
10th Percentile £388 £350 £400
25th Percentile £456 £441 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -4.44% +2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £750 £745
England median daily rate £537 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.36% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 35 38
10th Percentile £24.66 £14.52 £20.22
25th Percentile £24.94 £17.88 £45.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.32% -63.33% +34.83%
75th Percentile £38.82 £27.09 £77.50
90th Percentile £48.75 £74.25 £90.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £56.49 £60.00
% change year-on-year -29.19% -5.85% +20.00%

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 3,176 4,119 5,581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.91% 23.60% 21.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,129 2,817 3,821
10th Percentile £363 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £661 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 112 82
10th Percentile £20.02 £14.37 £19.46
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £21.24
Median hourly rate £28.51 £25.25 £50.75
Median % change year-on-year +12.89% -50.25% +14.04%
75th Percentile £55.25 £42.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.63 £67.70 £87.50
England median hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.75% -27.27% +37.50%

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

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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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025. 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 +4 216 £550 +4.76% 74
South London 0 57 £525 +5.00% 14
West London +6 24 £338 -32.50% 33
East London +12 3 £750 +39.61% 15
North London 0 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 48 (2.94%) Confluence
2 42 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 33 (2.02%) Apache
4 23 (1.41%) Apache Spark
5 20 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
6 19 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
7 18 (1.10%) nginx
8 9 (0.55%) SAS
9 8 (0.49%) WebLogic
10 7 (0.43%) CMS
10 7 (0.43%) Jupyter
11 5 (0.31%) Camunda
11 5 (0.31%) JBoss
11 5 (0.31%) SharePoint 2010
12 4 (0.25%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.18%) IIS
13 3 (0.18%) MTS
14 2 (0.12%) Alfresco
14 2 (0.12%) Drupal
Applications
1 20 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (0.86%) Oracle Smart View
5 5 (0.31%) InfoPath
5 5 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.31%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.25%) Sketch
7 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.12%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.12%) Revit
8 2 (0.12%) Trello
9 1 (0.061%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.061%) SPSS
9 1 (0.061%) Stata
Business Applications
1 23 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (0.49%) Oracle Assets
3 8 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
3 8 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
3 8 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (0.43%) Oracle Cash Management
5 6 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.31%) SAP PS
7 4 (0.25%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 4 (0.25%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.18%) Primavera
8 3 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.18%) SAP GRC
8 3 (0.18%) SAP GTS
8 3 (0.18%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 510 (31.29%) AWS
2 308 (18.90%) Azure
3 129 (7.91%) Power Platform
4 106 (6.50%) Serverless
5 98 (6.01%) Amazon S3
6 80 (4.91%) AWS Lambda
7 76 (4.66%) GCP
8 72 (4.42%) GitHub
9 65 (3.99%) Microsoft 365
10 62 (3.80%) AWS CloudFormation
11 52 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
12 46 (2.82%) Amazon EC2
13 45 (2.76%) Amazon EKS
13 45 (2.76%) SaaS
14 41 (2.52%) OCI
15 40 (2.45%) Entra ID
16 35 (2.15%) Azure Data Factory
17 34 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
17 34 (2.09%) Power Automate
18 30 (1.84%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 93 (5.71%) Firewall
2 37 (2.27%) Network Security
3 33 (2.02%) DNS
4 29 (1.78%) VPN
5 22 (1.35%) TCP/IP
6 21 (1.29%) WAN
7 16 (0.98%) LAN
8 15 (0.92%) Wireless
9 13 (0.80%) HTTP
10 12 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
10 12 (0.74%) DHCP
11 10 (0.61%) Software-Defined Networking
11 10 (0.61%) SSH
11 10 (0.61%) SSL
12 8 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
12 8 (0.49%) Internet
13 7 (0.43%) BGP
13 7 (0.43%) OSPF
14 6 (0.37%) HTTPS
15 5 (0.31%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (5.58%) Power BI
2 81 (4.97%) PostgreSQL
3 52 (3.19%) Amazon RDS
4 50 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
5 45 (2.76%) SQL Server
6 41 (2.52%) Tableau
7 38 (2.33%) Relational Database
8 33 (2.02%) Oracle Reports
9 28 (1.72%) Data Lake
10 27 (1.66%) MongoDB
11 24 (1.47%) Amazon Athena
12 23 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
12 23 (1.41%) Oracle Database
13 22 (1.35%) Metadata
14 21 (1.29%) Big Data
14 21 (1.29%) MySQL
14 21 (1.29%) NoSQL
15 19 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
15 19 (1.17%) Redis
16 18 (1.10%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 101 (6.20%) JIRA
2 97 (5.95%) Jenkins
3 87 (5.34%) Git
4 65 (3.99%) GitLab
5 42 (2.58%) SonarQube
6 32 (1.96%) Selenium
7 28 (1.72%) Cypress.io
8 27 (1.66%) JUnit
9 20 (1.23%) CircleCI
10 19 (1.17%) JMeter
11 16 (0.98%) Bitbucket
11 16 (0.98%) Gradle
11 16 (0.98%) Liquibase
12 14 (0.86%) Mockito
13 13 (0.80%) Maven
13 13 (0.80%) Postman
14 10 (0.61%) REST Assured
15 9 (0.55%) Cucumber
16 8 (0.49%) Metasploit
16 8 (0.49%) QARun
General
1 533 (32.70%) Public Sector
2 393 (24.11%) Social Skills
3 172 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
4 154 (9.45%) Finance
5 45 (2.76%) Military
6 38 (2.33%) Law
7 35 (2.15%) Legal
8 33 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 30 (1.84%) Telecoms
10 28 (1.72%) Police
11 27 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
12 24 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (1.35%) Banking
14 21 (1.29%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.29%) Marketing
15 17 (1.04%) Electronics
15 17 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (0.74%) General Ledger
17 11 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
18 9 (0.55%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 319 (19.57%) Architect
2 204 (12.52%) Developer
3 145 (8.90%) Senior
4 123 (7.55%) Analyst
5 122 (7.48%) Lead
6 111 (6.81%) Data Engineer
7 104 (6.38%) Consultant
8 77 (4.72%) DevOps Engineer
9 62 (3.80%) Solutions Architect
10 61 (3.74%) Security Architect
11 59 (3.62%) AWS Engineer
12 56 (3.44%) Business Analyst
13 50 (3.07%) AWS Architect
14 49 (3.01%) Java Developer
15 45 (2.76%) Data Architect
16 37 (2.27%) Technical Architect
17 35 (2.15%) SC Cleared Java Developer
18 34 (2.09%) AWS DevOps
18 34 (2.09%) Azure Engineer
18 34 (2.09%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (5.89%) Kafka
2 87 (5.34%) React
3 60 (3.68%) Spring
4 57 (3.50%) Spring Boot
5 56 (3.44%) HTML
6 52 (3.19%) REST
7 43 (2.64%) CSS
8 41 (2.52%) Node.js
9 36 (2.21%) .NET
9 36 (2.21%) Oracle Fusion
10 27 (1.66%) RESTful
10 27 (1.66%) Web Services
11 22 (1.35%) PySpark
12 20 (1.23%) Elastic Stack
13 19 (1.17%) XML
14 18 (1.10%) AngularJS
14 18 (1.10%) Swagger
15 17 (1.04%) JSON
16 16 (0.98%) EntireX
16 16 (0.98%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 77 (4.72%) Onboarding
2 40 (2.45%) Management Information System
3 29 (1.78%) Data Centre
3 29 (1.78%) Public Cloud
4 26 (1.60%) Product Ownership
5 25 (1.53%) Cloud Native
6 24 (1.47%) PKI
7 22 (1.35%) Security Posture
8 19 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
9 18 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
10 17 (1.04%) CSOC
11 15 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
12 14 (0.86%) CMDB
12 14 (0.86%) Private Cloud
13 13 (0.80%) Algorithms
14 11 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
14 11 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
15 10 (0.61%) Data Structures
15 10 (0.61%) Freedom of Information
15 10 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 107 (6.56%) Windows
2 95 (5.83%) Linux
3 32 (1.96%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.35%) Windows 10
5 17 (1.04%) Mac OS
5 17 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (0.98%) Unix
7 14 (0.86%) Android
8 8 (0.49%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.37%) CentOS
10 4 (0.25%) AIX
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
10 4 (0.25%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.18%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.12%) VMS
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.061%) Solaris
13 1 (0.061%) SUSE
13 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (22.02%) Agile
2 294 (18.04%) DevOps
3 281 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
4 213 (13.07%) CI/CD
5 151 (9.26%) Microservices
6 147 (9.02%) Stakeholder Management
7 121 (7.42%) Containerisation
8 114 (6.99%) Migration
9 112 (6.87%) Analytics
10 108 (6.63%) Infrastructure as Code
11 105 (6.44%) Cybersecurity
12 104 (6.38%) Business Intelligence
13 98 (6.01%) Test Automation
14 97 (5.95%) Data Modelling
15 95 (5.83%) Mentoring
16 86 (5.28%) Cloud Security
17 84 (5.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 82 (5.03%) ITIL
18 82 (5.03%) Software Engineering
19 78 (4.79%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 272 (16.69%) Python
2 213 (13.07%) SQL
3 180 (11.04%) Java
4 136 (8.34%) JavaScript
5 79 (4.85%) PowerShell
6 66 (4.05%) TypeScript
7 58 (3.56%) Bash
8 55 (3.37%) C#
9 30 (1.84%) PL/SQL
10 19 (1.17%) Go
11 16 (0.98%) R
11 16 (0.98%) Scala
12 10 (0.61%) Kotlin
13 9 (0.55%) Bicep
13 9 (0.55%) C++
13 9 (0.55%) Groovy
13 9 (0.55%) Perl
13 9 (0.55%) Ruby
14 6 (0.37%) PHP
14 6 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 1,366 (83.80%) SC Cleared
2 165 (10.12%) DV Cleared
3 85 (5.21%) Degree
4 43 (2.64%) AWS Certification
5 39 (2.39%) CISSP
6 32 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 30 (1.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 21 (1.29%) Azure Certification
9 21 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
10 20 (1.23%) CISM
11 17 (1.04%) CCNP
12 14 (0.86%) CREST Certified
13 13 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (0.67%) AWS Certified Developer
14 11 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (0.67%) OSCP
15 10 (0.61%) CTC Cleared
15 10 (0.61%) OCP
15 10 (0.61%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (4.17%) QA
2 39 (2.39%) NIST
3 35 (2.15%) GDPR
4 32 (1.96%) Data Quality
4 32 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (1.53%) NCSC
6 18 (1.10%) PMO
7 16 (0.98%) Accessibility
8 15 (0.92%) GRC
9 9 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (0.55%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.43%) HIPAA
10 7 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (0.37%) SLA
12 5 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.18%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 3 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 141 (8.65%) Docker
2 63 (3.87%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
6 7 (0.43%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.37%) BitLocker
8 5 (0.31%) Firmware
8 5 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
8 5 (0.31%) vSphere
9 4 (0.25%) IAG
10 3 (0.18%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.18%) vCloud
11 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.12%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 213 (13.07%) Kubernetes
2 162 (9.94%) Terraform
3 94 (5.77%) Ansible
4 41 (2.52%) Grafana
5 40 (2.45%) Prometheus
6 32 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
7 20 (1.23%) Progress Chef
7 20 (1.23%) Puppet
8 19 (1.17%) SCCM
9 11 (0.67%) FortiGate
9 11 (0.67%) Kibana
10 9 (0.55%) Packer
11 8 (0.49%) Data Guard
11 8 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
11 8 (0.49%) Nmap
12 6 (0.37%) Consul
13 5 (0.31%) HAProxy
13 5 (0.31%) PowerCLI
13 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.25%) Perfmon
Vendors
1 181 (11.10%) Microsoft
2 132 (8.10%) Oracle
3 68 (4.17%) ServiceNow
4 67 (4.11%) SAP
5 51 (3.13%) Cisco
6 40 (2.45%) Splunk
6 40 (2.45%) VMware
7 38 (2.33%) Databricks
8 29 (1.78%) Google
9 25 (1.53%) IBM
10 21 (1.29%) Palantir
11 20 (1.23%) Apple
12 17 (1.04%) Citrix
13 16 (0.98%) Software AG
14 15 (0.92%) Atlassian
14 15 (0.92%) Red Hat
15 14 (0.86%) Palo Alto
15 14 (0.86%) Salesforce
16 12 (0.74%) F5
16 12 (0.74%) Foundry