Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in West End of London

Security Clearance
Central London > West End of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West End of 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 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 11 5
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 +6
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 2 9 8
As % of all contract jobs in West End of London 6.06% 11.11% 14.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.00% 47.37% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £388 £174
25th Percentile £505 £425 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £520 £185
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +181.08% -69.17%
75th Percentile £515 £613 £193
90th Percentile - £650 -
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -10.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West End of 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 West End of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 10 19 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London 30.30% 23.46% 29.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 4
10th Percentile - £375 £174
25th Percentile £350 £448 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £185
Median % change year-on-year - +143.24% -69.17%
75th Percentile £575 £487 £198
90th Percentile £588 £596 £208
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £530
% change year-on-year - -0.94% -10.92%

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Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London.

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in West End of London

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Daily Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Security Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Security Cleared

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Hourly Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Security Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Security Cleared

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Contract Job Locations in West End of 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 West End of London region over the 6 months to 9 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
Westminster -2 2 £510 -0.49% 2
Security Cleared
Central London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
1 1 (50.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Architect
1 1 (50.00%) DBA
1 1 (50.00%) GCP Architect
1 1 (50.00%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (50.00%) Edge Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google