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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 14 32
Rank change year-on-year +3 +18 -14
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 2,140 2,854 2,706
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 12.02% 10.60% 6.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 49.99% 49.05% 40.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,533 1,918 1,917
10th Percentile £350 £400 £397
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +7.84%
75th Percentile £650 £662 £644
90th Percentile £760 £750 £700
England median daily rate £550 £552 £546
% change year-on-year -0.27% +1.01% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 31 48
10th Percentile £14.52 £20.22 £26.60
25th Percentile £17.88 £41.17 £39.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +23.60% -5.32%
75th Percentile £31.75 £72.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £76.25 £82.50 £60.52
England median hourly rate £57.32 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -4.47% +20.00% +17.22%

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 4,281 5,818 6,737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.05% 21.61% 17.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,893 3,922 4,568
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £659 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 80 152
10th Percentile £14.60 £19.94 £21.62
25th Percentile £20.29 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.25 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.84% +6.74% +23.34%
75th Percentile £43.50 £64.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.75 £82.55 £65.65
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.75%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +1 207 £510 -5.82% 40
South London +1 121 £510 -13.19% 19
West London +20 27 £500 -16.67% 18
East London +7 13 £537 +79.15% 4
North London -3 1 £385 -4.64% 2
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 80 (3.74%) SharePoint
2 70 (3.27%) Confluence
3 48 (2.24%) Apache
4 42 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 23 (1.07%) Exchange Server 2013
6 22 (1.03%) nginx
7 21 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2010
8 13 (0.61%) Apache Spark
9 12 (0.56%) Skype for Business
10 10 (0.47%) OpenStack
11 7 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
12 6 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2003
12 6 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
13 5 (0.23%) CMS
13 5 (0.23%) JBoss
14 4 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
14 4 (0.19%) WebSphere
15 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
15 3 (0.14%) Camunda
15 3 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 38 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (0.79%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.14%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.14%) Simulink
8 2 (0.093%) Trello
9 1 (0.047%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.047%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.047%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.047%) SPSS
9 1 (0.047%) Stateflow
9 1 (0.047%) Weka
9 1 (0.047%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 29 (1.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (0.51%) Distributed Ledger
3 9 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.23%) Siebel CRM
5 4 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (0.19%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.19%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.14%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.093%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.093%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.093%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.047%) Maximo
8 1 (0.047%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.047%) Primavera
8 1 (0.047%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.047%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.047%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 527 (24.63%) AWS
2 271 (12.66%) Azure
3 97 (4.53%) Serverless
4 87 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
5 83 (3.88%) AWS Lambda
6 81 (3.79%) Amazon S3
7 59 (2.76%) Power Platform
8 49 (2.29%) GCP
9 48 (2.24%) Amazon EC2
10 40 (1.87%) AWS CloudFormation
11 37 (1.73%) Amazon EKS
12 34 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
12 34 (1.59%) GitHub
13 33 (1.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 30 (1.40%) Amazon Kinesis
15 28 (1.31%) PaaS
16 27 (1.26%) OCI
17 26 (1.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 25 (1.17%) Amazon ECS
18 25 (1.17%) Amazon MSK
Communications & Networking
1 124 (5.79%) Firewall
2 40 (1.87%) WAN
3 34 (1.59%) VPN
4 32 (1.50%) DNS
4 32 (1.50%) LAN
5 31 (1.45%) Wireless
6 18 (0.84%) TCP/IP
6 18 (0.84%) WLAN
7 17 (0.79%) VoIP
8 16 (0.75%) Network Security
8 16 (0.75%) OSPF
9 15 (0.70%) BGP
9 15 (0.70%) Cisco ASA
10 14 (0.65%) IPsec
10 14 (0.65%) Skype
11 13 (0.61%) HTTP
12 12 (0.56%) SNA
13 11 (0.51%) SSL
14 9 (0.42%) Internet
14 9 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (4.25%) PostgreSQL
2 65 (3.04%) Amazon RDS
2 65 (3.04%) SQL Server
3 64 (2.99%) NoSQL
4 42 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (1.96%) Power BI
5 40 (1.87%) Metadata
6 39 (1.82%) Flink
6 39 (1.82%) Relational Database
7 36 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
8 35 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
9 34 (1.59%) Data Vault
10 29 (1.36%) Data Lake
11 26 (1.21%) Big Data
12 25 (1.17%) MongoDB
13 21 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
13 21 (0.98%) Metadata Repository
14 20 (0.93%) DynamoDB
15 19 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 18 (0.84%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 135 (6.31%) Jenkins
2 120 (5.61%) JIRA
3 112 (5.23%) Git
4 63 (2.94%) GitLab
5 42 (1.96%) Selenium
6 40 (1.87%) JUnit
7 36 (1.68%) Cucumber
8 19 (0.89%) TestNG
9 18 (0.84%) Postman
10 16 (0.75%) REST Assured
11 15 (0.70%) JMeter
11 15 (0.70%) Maven
12 14 (0.65%) WebDriver
13 13 (0.61%) Mockito
13 13 (0.61%) SoapUI
14 11 (0.51%) Appium
14 11 (0.51%) Cypress.io
15 10 (0.47%) Bitbucket
15 10 (0.47%) eggPlant
15 10 (0.47%) SOAtest
General
1 619 (28.93%) Public Sector
2 329 (15.37%) Social Skills
3 236 (11.03%) Finance
4 136 (6.36%) Analytical Skills
5 67 (3.13%) Telecoms
6 51 (2.38%) Marketing
7 50 (2.34%) Manufacturing
8 46 (2.15%) Electronics
9 40 (1.87%) Banking
10 39 (1.82%) Law
11 38 (1.78%) Military
12 35 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
12 35 (1.64%) Police
13 34 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (0.89%) Legal
16 15 (0.70%) Publishing
17 14 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (0.56%) Local Government
19 11 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 328 (15.33%) Architect
2 272 (12.71%) Developer
3 167 (7.80%) Senior
4 148 (6.92%) DevOps Engineer
5 133 (6.21%) Analyst
6 105 (4.91%) Consultant
7 102 (4.77%) Data Engineer
8 101 (4.72%) Lead
9 85 (3.97%) Java Developer
10 83 (3.88%) Solutions Architect
11 69 (3.22%) Data Architect
11 69 (3.22%) Project Manager
12 66 (3.08%) AWS Engineer
13 65 (3.04%) Business Analyst
13 65 (3.04%) Full Stack Developer
14 56 (2.62%) Network Engineer
15 52 (2.43%) Technical Architect
16 49 (2.29%) Support Engineer
17 48 (2.24%) Delivery Manager
18 47 (2.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (4.39%) Kafka
2 87 (4.07%) React
3 82 (3.83%) Spring
4 80 (3.74%) Spring Boot
5 70 (3.27%) REST
6 51 (2.38%) HTML
7 50 (2.34%) CSS
8 44 (2.06%) JSON
9 42 (1.96%) Node.js
10 37 (1.73%) .NET
11 29 (1.36%) RESTful
12 28 (1.31%) Hibernate
12 28 (1.31%) JPA
13 25 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
14 23 (1.07%) Web Services
15 21 (0.98%) Laravel
16 18 (0.84%) Apache Avro
16 18 (0.84%) OpenID
16 18 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
16 18 (0.84%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (3.13%) Data Centre
2 50 (2.34%) Onboarding
3 28 (1.31%) Cloud Native
3 28 (1.31%) Reference Data
3 28 (1.31%) Replication
4 24 (1.12%) Management Information System
4 24 (1.12%) PKI
5 21 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (0.93%) Product Ownership
7 17 (0.79%) Data Structures
7 17 (0.79%) Video Conferencing
8 16 (0.75%) Security Posture
8 16 (0.75%) Virtual Team
9 14 (0.65%) Public Cloud
9 14 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (0.56%) Blockchain
12 11 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 188 (8.79%) Windows
2 175 (8.18%) Linux
3 74 (3.46%) Windows Server
4 42 (1.96%) Unix
5 32 (1.50%) Windows 7
6 31 (1.45%) Windows 10
7 28 (1.31%) Windows Server 2012
8 26 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
9 24 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 23 (1.07%) Windows Server 2008
11 20 (0.93%) Android
12 12 (0.56%) Mac OS X
12 12 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 7 (0.33%) VMS
14 6 (0.28%) CentOS
14 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.23%) Apple iOS
16 3 (0.14%) Kali Linux
17 2 (0.093%) Mac OS
17 2 (0.093%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (19.11%) Agile
2 276 (12.90%) DevOps
3 231 (10.79%) CI/CD
4 191 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
5 164 (7.66%) Stakeholder Management
6 144 (6.73%) Migration
7 112 (5.23%) Project Management
8 108 (5.05%) Microservices
9 107 (5.00%) ITIL
9 107 (5.00%) Roadmaps
10 106 (4.95%) Data Modelling
11 103 (4.81%) Scrum
12 102 (4.77%) Cybersecurity
12 102 (4.77%) Test Automation
13 97 (4.53%) Business Intelligence
14 96 (4.49%) Decision-Making
15 91 (4.25%) Change Management
16 90 (4.21%) Analytics
17 89 (4.16%) Service Management
18 85 (3.97%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 252 (11.78%) Python
2 245 (11.45%) Java
3 193 (9.02%) SQL
4 133 (6.21%) JavaScript
5 67 (3.13%) PowerShell
6 58 (2.71%) Bash
6 58 (2.71%) C#
7 51 (2.38%) TypeScript
8 22 (1.03%) Go
9 20 (0.93%) PHP
10 17 (0.79%) PL/SQL
11 12 (0.56%) T-SQL
12 10 (0.47%) Ruby
13 9 (0.42%) C++
14 8 (0.37%) ABAP
14 8 (0.37%) Perl
15 7 (0.33%) C
15 7 (0.33%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.33%) XPath
15 7 (0.33%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 1,648 (77.01%) SC Cleared
2 459 (21.45%) DV Cleared
3 97 (4.53%) Degree
4 56 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
5 45 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (1.26%) CTC Cleared
7 23 (1.07%) PMP
8 22 (1.03%) AWS Certification
8 22 (1.03%) PMI Certification
9 16 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (0.65%) Master's Degree
11 13 (0.61%) Azure Certification
12 11 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 10 (0.47%) ISTQB
14 9 (0.42%) CCNA
14 9 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (0.37%) CCNP
16 7 (0.33%) Six Sigma Black Belt
16 7 (0.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
17 6 (0.28%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (2.85%) QA
2 47 (2.20%) Data Quality
3 39 (1.82%) Accessibility
4 28 (1.31%) PMO
5 26 (1.21%) SLA
6 19 (0.89%) NCSC
7 14 (0.65%) NIST
8 12 (0.56%) GDPR
9 10 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.28%) WCAG
11 4 (0.19%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.14%) COBIT
12 3 (0.14%) GRC
12 3 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.093%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.093%) IFRS
13 2 (0.093%) IFRS 9
13 2 (0.093%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.047%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.047%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 150 (7.01%) Docker
2 99 (4.63%) Active Directory
3 53 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.03%) VMware NSX
5 16 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (0.61%) vSphere
7 7 (0.33%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.23%) Firmware
10 4 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.14%) UAG
12 2 (0.093%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.047%) Lustre
13 1 (0.047%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.047%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 206 (9.63%) Terraform
2 193 (9.02%) Kubernetes
3 123 (5.75%) Ansible
4 37 (1.73%) Puppet
5 32 (1.50%) Grafana
6 30 (1.40%) Prometheus
7 25 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 25 (1.17%) SCCM
8 23 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
9 21 (0.98%) Progress Chef
10 17 (0.79%) FortiGate
11 15 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
12 12 (0.56%) VxRail
13 10 (0.47%) vCenter Server
14 9 (0.42%) Packer
15 8 (0.37%) Nagios
16 7 (0.33%) Kibana
16 7 (0.33%) vRealize
17 5 (0.23%) Consul
17 5 (0.23%) WSUS
Vendors
1 187 (8.74%) Microsoft
2 120 (5.61%) Oracle
3 85 (3.97%) VMware
4 77 (3.60%) SAP
5 58 (2.71%) Cisco
6 36 (1.68%) ServiceNow
7 34 (1.59%) Dell
8 33 (1.54%) Sparx
9 31 (1.45%) Splunk
10 27 (1.26%) Palo Alto
11 26 (1.21%) Juniper
12 21 (0.98%) Veeam
13 19 (0.89%) IBM
14 18 (0.84%) Databricks
14 18 (0.84%) NetApp
15 17 (0.79%) Salesforce
16 15 (0.70%) Fortinet
17 14 (0.65%) F5
17 14 (0.65%) Google
17 14 (0.65%) Informatica