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 17 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 11 14
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 +18
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 1,614 2,087 2,683
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 13.05% 11.84% 10.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.66% 50.08% 49.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,169 1,514 1,808
10th Percentile £380 £350 £400
25th Percentile £456 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
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 23 36 43
10th Percentile £20.03 £14.69 £20.22
25th Percentile £24.85 £17.88 £45.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.32% -63.33% +34.83%
75th Percentile £31.95 £32.19 £75.50
90th Percentile £49.50 £80.00 £90.00
England median hourly rate £28.91 £57.29 £60.00
% change year-on-year -49.53% -4.53% +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 3,186 4,167 5,423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.75% 23.64% 21.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,140 2,855 3,718
10th Percentile £356 £325 £363
25th Percentile £445 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year +0.32% -6.67% +2.27%
75th Percentile £659 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £765 £800
England median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 113 86
10th Percentile £18.51 £14.49 £19.70
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £21.26
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -51.69% +18.97%
75th Percentile £55.25 £42.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £68.60 £87.50
England median hourly rate £30.31 £41.27 £55.00
% change year-on-year -26.56% -24.97% +32.99%

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

Security Cleared
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 17 June 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 17 June 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 17 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
Central London +4 206 £550 +4.76% 339
South London 0 65 £538 +7.50% 34
West London +11 25 £250 -50.00% 156
East London +3 2 - - 69
North London -3 1 - - 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 55 (3.41%) Confluence
2 33 (2.04%) Apache
3 32 (1.98%) SharePoint
4 24 (1.49%) nginx
5 22 (1.36%) Apache Spark
6 20 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (0.56%) CMS
9 8 (0.50%) WebLogic
10 7 (0.43%) SAS
11 5 (0.31%) Camunda
11 5 (0.31%) JBoss
11 5 (0.31%) Jupyter
11 5 (0.31%) SharePoint 2010
12 4 (0.25%) MQSeries
12 4 (0.25%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.19%) IIS
13 3 (0.19%) MTS
14 2 (0.12%) Alfresco
Applications
1 21 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (0.87%) Oracle Smart View
5 6 (0.37%) Sketch
6 5 (0.31%) InfoPath
7 4 (0.25%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.12%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.12%) Revit
9 2 (0.12%) Trello
10 1 (0.062%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.062%) SPSS
10 1 (0.062%) Stata
Business Applications
1 22 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
3 8 (0.50%) Oracle General Ledger
3 8 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
3 8 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
4 7 (0.43%) Oracle Cash Management
4 7 (0.43%) SAP PS
5 6 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.31%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.25%) Cognos Business Intelligence
7 4 (0.25%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.25%) SAP HCM
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.19%) Primavera
8 3 (0.19%) SAP GRC
8 3 (0.19%) SAP GTS
8 3 (0.19%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 509 (31.54%) AWS
2 301 (18.65%) Azure
3 111 (6.88%) Power Platform
4 103 (6.38%) Serverless
5 97 (6.01%) Amazon S3
6 81 (5.02%) GitHub
7 78 (4.83%) AWS Lambda
7 78 (4.83%) GCP
8 74 (4.58%) AWS CloudFormation
9 54 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
10 53 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
11 49 (3.04%) SaaS
12 48 (2.97%) Amazon EC2
13 42 (2.60%) OCI
14 41 (2.54%) Amazon EKS
15 35 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
16 34 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
17 32 (1.98%) Amazon SQS
18 29 (1.80%) Entra ID
19 25 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 89 (5.51%) Firewall
2 31 (1.92%) Network Security
3 30 (1.86%) VPN
4 29 (1.80%) DNS
5 21 (1.30%) WAN
6 17 (1.05%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.05%) Wireless
7 16 (0.99%) LAN
8 14 (0.87%) HTTP
9 12 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
10 11 (0.68%) SSL
11 10 (0.62%) Software-Defined Networking
12 9 (0.56%) Cisco Nexus
12 9 (0.56%) DHCP
13 8 (0.50%) Internet
13 8 (0.50%) SAN
13 8 (0.50%) SSH
14 7 (0.43%) BGP
14 7 (0.43%) OSPF
15 6 (0.37%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (5.14%) Power BI
2 81 (5.02%) PostgreSQL
3 54 (3.35%) Amazon RDS
4 52 (3.22%) Data Warehouse
5 38 (2.35%) SQL Server
5 38 (2.35%) Tableau
6 36 (2.23%) Relational Database
7 33 (2.04%) Oracle Reports
8 28 (1.73%) Data Lake
9 26 (1.61%) MongoDB
10 23 (1.43%) Big Data
11 22 (1.36%) Amazon Redshift
11 22 (1.36%) Metadata
11 22 (1.36%) Redis
12 21 (1.30%) Amazon Athena
12 21 (1.30%) MySQL
12 21 (1.30%) Oracle Database
13 19 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
14 18 (1.12%) NoSQL
14 18 (1.12%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 104 (6.44%) JIRA
2 98 (6.07%) Jenkins
3 82 (5.08%) Git
4 68 (4.21%) GitLab
5 44 (2.73%) SonarQube
6 30 (1.86%) Selenium
7 27 (1.67%) JUnit
8 25 (1.55%) Cypress.io
9 19 (1.18%) CircleCI
9 19 (1.18%) JMeter
10 16 (0.99%) Bitbucket
10 16 (0.99%) Gradle
10 16 (0.99%) Liquibase
11 14 (0.87%) Maven
11 14 (0.87%) Mockito
12 11 (0.68%) Postman
13 8 (0.50%) Burp Suite
13 8 (0.50%) REST Assured
13 8 (0.50%) ScriptRunner
13 8 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 522 (32.34%) Public Sector
2 394 (24.41%) Social Skills
3 166 (10.29%) Finance
4 160 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (2.73%) Military
6 39 (2.42%) Law
7 36 (2.23%) Legal
8 30 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (1.80%) Telecoms
10 27 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
10 27 (1.67%) Police
11 24 (1.49%) Banking
11 24 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (1.30%) Manufacturing
13 20 (1.24%) Marketing
14 17 (1.05%) Electronics
14 17 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (0.74%) General Ledger
16 11 (0.68%) Aerospace
17 9 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 314 (19.45%) Architect
2 192 (11.90%) Developer
3 139 (8.61%) Senior
4 131 (8.12%) Lead
5 119 (7.37%) Analyst
6 109 (6.75%) Consultant
7 105 (6.51%) Data Engineer
8 74 (4.58%) DevOps Engineer
9 64 (3.97%) Security Architect
10 59 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
11 57 (3.53%) AWS Engineer
12 53 (3.28%) Business Analyst
12 53 (3.28%) Java Developer
13 47 (2.91%) AWS Architect
14 44 (2.73%) Data Architect
15 38 (2.35%) Technical Architect
16 34 (2.11%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 32 (1.98%) AWS DevOps
17 32 (1.98%) Project Manager
18 31 (1.92%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (6.13%) Kafka
2 84 (5.20%) React
3 65 (4.03%) Spring
4 59 (3.66%) Spring Boot
5 51 (3.16%) REST
6 50 (3.10%) HTML
7 39 (2.42%) CSS
8 38 (2.35%) Node.js
9 35 (2.17%) Oracle Fusion
10 31 (1.92%) .NET
11 24 (1.49%) Web Services
11 24 (1.49%) XML
12 23 (1.43%) RESTful
13 21 (1.30%) PySpark
14 19 (1.18%) Elastic Stack
14 19 (1.18%) JSON
15 18 (1.12%) Swagger
16 17 (1.05%) AngularJS
17 16 (0.99%) EntireX
17 16 (0.99%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 79 (4.89%) Onboarding
2 44 (2.73%) Management Information System
3 32 (1.98%) Product Ownership
4 31 (1.92%) Data Centre
5 30 (1.86%) Cloud Native
6 27 (1.67%) Public Cloud
7 23 (1.43%) PKI
8 20 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
8 20 (1.24%) Security Posture
9 19 (1.18%) CSOC
10 18 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (0.87%) Algorithms
11 14 (0.87%) CMDB
12 12 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (0.74%) Private Cloud
13 11 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (0.62%) Freedom of Information
15 9 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 106 (6.57%) Windows
2 98 (6.07%) Linux
3 27 (1.67%) Windows Server
4 26 (1.61%) Windows 10
5 21 (1.30%) Mac OS
6 18 (1.12%) Android
7 16 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (0.81%) Unix
9 10 (0.62%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.37%) Windows 7
11 5 (0.31%) CentOS
12 4 (0.25%) AIX
12 4 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
13 3 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
13 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.12%) VMS
14 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.062%) Solaris
15 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (22.74%) Agile
2 282 (17.47%) DevOps
3 266 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
4 216 (13.38%) CI/CD
5 156 (9.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 150 (9.29%) Microservices
7 124 (7.68%) Containerisation
8 121 (7.50%) Migration
9 114 (7.06%) Analytics
10 112 (6.94%) Infrastructure as Code
11 103 (6.38%) Business Intelligence
12 102 (6.32%) Cybersecurity
13 97 (6.01%) Data Modelling
14 90 (5.58%) Test Automation
15 88 (5.45%) Mentoring
15 88 (5.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 85 (5.27%) Technical Leadership
17 82 (5.08%) Cloud Security
18 80 (4.96%) Software Engineering
19 77 (4.77%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 262 (16.23%) Python
2 196 (12.14%) SQL
3 189 (11.71%) Java
4 127 (7.87%) JavaScript
5 75 (4.65%) PowerShell
6 65 (4.03%) TypeScript
7 59 (3.66%) Bash
8 53 (3.28%) C#
9 27 (1.67%) PL/SQL
10 17 (1.05%) Go
11 16 (0.99%) R
12 15 (0.93%) Scala
13 11 (0.68%) C++
14 10 (0.62%) Kotlin
15 9 (0.56%) Bicep
15 9 (0.56%) Groovy
15 9 (0.56%) Perl
15 9 (0.56%) Ruby
16 6 (0.37%) PHP
17 5 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 1,359 (84.20%) SC Cleared
2 161 (9.98%) DV Cleared
3 70 (4.34%) Degree
4 42 (2.60%) AWS Certification
5 39 (2.42%) CISSP
6 36 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 29 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (1.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 22 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (1.36%) CISM
10 21 (1.30%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.05%) CCNP
12 14 (0.87%) CREST Certified
13 13 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (0.68%) AWS Certified Developer
14 11 (0.68%) OSCP
15 10 (0.62%) OCP
15 10 (0.62%) Oracle Certification
16 8 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
16 8 (0.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (4.28%) QA
2 35 (2.17%) NIST
3 34 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (2.04%) Data Quality
5 32 (1.98%) GDPR
6 27 (1.67%) NCSC
7 18 (1.12%) Accessibility
8 17 (1.05%) PMO
9 9 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (0.56%) GRC
10 8 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.50%) SLA
11 7 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.37%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 5 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
14 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 17025
14 3 (0.19%) RMADS
System Software
1 158 (9.79%) Docker
2 52 (3.22%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.50%) Microsoft App-V
7 7 (0.43%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.31%) BitLocker
8 5 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.31%) vSphere
9 4 (0.25%) Firmware
9 4 (0.25%) IAG
9 4 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
10 3 (0.19%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.19%) vCloud
11 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
11 2 (0.12%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 220 (13.63%) Kubernetes
2 172 (10.66%) Terraform
3 90 (5.58%) Ansible
4 40 (2.48%) Prometheus
5 39 (2.42%) Grafana
6 24 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 20 (1.24%) Progress Chef
7 20 (1.24%) Puppet
8 17 (1.05%) SCCM
9 15 (0.93%) Packer
10 12 (0.74%) Consul
11 11 (0.68%) FortiGate
12 10 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
12 10 (0.62%) Kibana
13 8 (0.50%) Data Guard
13 8 (0.50%) Nmap
14 6 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
15 5 (0.31%) NetBackup
15 5 (0.31%) PowerCLI
16 4 (0.25%) Nessus
Vendors
1 170 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 124 (7.68%) Oracle
3 71 (4.40%) SAP
4 57 (3.53%) ServiceNow
5 56 (3.47%) Cisco
6 40 (2.48%) Splunk
6 40 (2.48%) VMware
7 35 (2.17%) Databricks
8 31 (1.92%) Google
9 25 (1.55%) IBM
10 22 (1.36%) Palantir
11 20 (1.24%) Apple
12 19 (1.18%) Dell
13 16 (0.99%) Citrix
13 16 (0.99%) Software AG
14 15 (0.93%) Atlassian
14 15 (0.93%) Palo Alto
15 13 (0.81%) Foundry
15 13 (0.81%) HP
16 12 (0.74%) Juniper
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