Security Cleared Contracts in West London

Security Clearance
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West 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 28 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 18 35
Rank change year-on-year +8 +17 +18
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 28 26 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 11.81% 7.05% 4.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 32.56% 29.89% 20.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 22 18
10th Percentile £158 £272 £375
25th Percentile £174 £350 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% -11.11% +1.58%
75th Percentile £423 £650 £647
90th Percentile £504 £673 £667
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 3
10th Percentile £25.12 - £36.00
25th Percentile - - £56.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £13.85 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +81.59% -84.61% +350.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +14.32% -63.33% +34.83%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West 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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 86 87 134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 36.29% 23.58% 21.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 59 101
10th Percentile £225 £282 £315
25th Percentile £325 £409 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £625
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £438 £592 £700
90th Percentile £524 £675 £875
London median daily rate £525 £525 £560
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 7 10
10th Percentile £20.24 £16.42 £30.38
25th Percentile £25.00 £18.13 £33.44
Median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.43% +13.68% +160.27%
75th Percentile - £62.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £42.04 £70.80 £90.00
London median hourly rate £26.32 £25.50 £53.25
% change year-on-year +3.22% -52.11% +23.15%

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Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in West London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in West London

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Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in West London over the 6 months to 28 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in West London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in West London

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Contract Job Locations in West 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 London region over the 6 months to 28 June 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
Hillingdon +5 20 £375 -26.83% 12
Hounslow +13 7 £250 -46.24% 5
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London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.14%) AutoCAD
2 2 (7.14%) Revit
3 1 (3.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.14%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) Firewall
1 4 (14.29%) LAN
1 4 (14.29%) SD-WAN
1 4 (14.29%) Wireless
2 3 (10.71%) iSCSI
2 3 (10.71%) VoIP
3 2 (7.14%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (7.14%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (7.14%) Cisco Wireless
3 2 (7.14%) DHCP
3 2 (7.14%) DMVPN
3 2 (7.14%) DNS
3 2 (7.14%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 2 (7.14%) Network Security
3 2 (7.14%) SSL
3 2 (7.14%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (7.14%) VLAN
3 2 (7.14%) VPN
3 2 (7.14%) WAN
3 2 (7.14%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 8 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 7 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.57%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Administrator
2 4 (14.29%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (10.71%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Desktop Migration Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Migration Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Support Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Technical Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Technical Support
3 3 (10.71%) Technical Support Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Windows Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Deployment Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Network Administrator
5 1 (3.57%) Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Business Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) Network Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Security Administrator
5 1 (3.57%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) JSON
1 1 (3.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (7.14%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.00%) Windows
2 3 (10.71%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) Migration
2 11 (39.29%) Workflow
2 11 (39.29%) Workflow Management
3 10 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (21.43%) Inventory Management
5 5 (17.86%) ITIL
5 5 (17.86%) ITSM
5 5 (17.86%) Service Management
6 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (14.29%) Problem Management
7 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (10.71%) Time Management
8 2 (7.14%) Agile
8 2 (7.14%) Bill of Materials
8 2 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
8 2 (7.14%) Patch Management
9 1 (3.57%) Collaborative Working
9 1 (3.57%) Customer Service
9 1 (3.57%) Impact Analysis
9 1 (3.57%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 23 (82.14%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) BICSI Certification
2 2 (7.14%) CCNP
2 2 (7.14%) CCSA
2 2 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.57%) BICSI RCDD
3 1 (3.57%) Degree
3 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) SLA
2 3 (10.71%) QA
System Software
1 7 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (7.14%) Firmware
3 2 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (3.57%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Cisco
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 4 (14.29%) VMware
3 3 (10.71%) Remedy
4 2 (7.14%) CheckPoint
4 2 (7.14%) F5
4 2 (7.14%) Fortinet
4 2 (7.14%) Juniper
4 2 (7.14%) Meraki
4 2 (7.14%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.57%) Nokia