Government Security Classifications Contract Job Trends in South London

Government Security Classifications (GSC)
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring Government Security Classifications skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Government Security Classifications 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in South London 1.48% - 0.36%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.26% - 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £525
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £513 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -10.87% +9.52% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South London

Government Security Classifications falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 39 40 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 14.39% 18.52% 7.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 14 14
10th Percentile £394 £243 £380
25th Percentile £438 £358 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £488
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -3.59% +39.29%
75th Percentile £541 £524 £566
90th Percentile £643 £596 £600
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £73.60 £83.25
Median % change year-on-year - -11.59% -
London median hourly rate £26.11 £39.00 £31.50
% change year-on-year -33.05% +23.81% -10.00%

Government Security Classifications
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Government Security Classifications relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South London.

Government Security Classifications job vacancy trend in South London

Government Security Classifications
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Government Security Classifications.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Government Security Classifications

Government Security Classifications
Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Government Security Classifications within the South London region over the 6 months to 14 February 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
Croydon - 4 £500 - 1
Government Security Classifications
London

Government Security Classifications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South 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 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 4 (100.00%) Kanban
1 4 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 4 (100.00%) Security Management
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (50.00%) Presales
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (75.00%) CISM
2 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 3 (75.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 3 (75.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow