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

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 14 30
Rank change year-on-year +3 +16 -9
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 2,078 2,710 2,683
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 11.84% 10.77% 6.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.11% 49.54% 39.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,504 1,843 1,957
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £441 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +7.32%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £745 £707
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 44 43
10th Percentile £14.69 £20.22 £39.38
25th Percentile £17.88 £45.00 £39.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £60.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.33% +34.83% -7.92%
75th Percentile £32.19 £75.25 £49.25
90th Percentile £80.00 £90.00 £52.10
England median hourly rate £56.89 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -5.19% +20.00% +26.58%

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 4,147 5,470 6,780
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.62% 21.75% 17.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,844 3,752 4,688
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £564 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +2.50% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £650
90th Percentile £770 £800 £750
England median daily rate £536 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 89 150
10th Percentile £14.49 £19.23 £24.52
25th Percentile £20.22 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.00 £51.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.46% +15.73% +18.67%
75th Percentile £42.75 £70.00 £49.63
90th Percentile £68.60 £87.50 £64.94
England median hourly rate £40.13 £55.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -27.05% +35.80% +15.71%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 0 203 £525 -4.55% 35
South London 0 103 £500 -9.09% 19
West London +28 28 £500 -9.09% 17
East London - 14 £537 - 9
North London -2 2 £593 +46.75%
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 82 (3.95%) SharePoint
2 73 (3.51%) Confluence
3 45 (2.17%) Apache
4 33 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 19 (0.91%) Exchange Server 2013
5 19 (0.91%) nginx
6 17 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2010
7 11 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 11 (0.53%) Skype for Business
8 8 (0.38%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 7 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.34%) OpenStack
10 6 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2003
10 6 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2007
11 5 (0.24%) CMS
11 5 (0.24%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 5 (0.24%) SAS
11 5 (0.24%) WildFly
12 4 (0.19%) Camunda
12 4 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 42 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (0.96%) MS Visio
4 18 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.24%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.096%) SPSS
7 2 (0.096%) Trello
8 1 (0.048%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.048%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.048%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.048%) InVision
8 1 (0.048%) Sketch
8 1 (0.048%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 25 (1.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (0.53%) Distributed Ledger
3 7 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.24%) Dynamics 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%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.14%) Siebel CRM
6 3 (0.14%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.096%) Maximo
7 2 (0.096%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.096%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 2 (0.096%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.096%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.048%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.048%) Primavera
8 1 (0.048%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.048%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 496 (23.87%) AWS
2 282 (13.57%) Azure
3 92 (4.43%) Serverless
4 90 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
5 75 (3.61%) AWS Lambda
6 72 (3.46%) Amazon S3
7 56 (2.69%) Power Platform
8 49 (2.36%) GitHub
9 47 (2.26%) GCP
10 43 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
11 40 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
12 39 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
13 38 (1.83%) OCI
14 36 (1.73%) PaaS
14 36 (1.73%) SaaS
15 30 (1.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 30 (1.44%) Amazon EKS
16 29 (1.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 28 (1.35%) Amazon Kinesis
18 24 (1.15%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 103 (4.96%) Firewall
2 24 (1.15%) DNS
2 24 (1.15%) WAN
3 21 (1.01%) LAN
4 19 (0.91%) Network Security
4 19 (0.91%) VoIP
4 19 (0.91%) Wireless
5 16 (0.77%) TCP/IP
6 15 (0.72%) HTTP
7 13 (0.63%) VPN
8 12 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
8 12 (0.58%) Skype
9 11 (0.53%) SSL
10 10 (0.48%) Internet
11 8 (0.38%) BGP
11 8 (0.38%) OSPF
11 8 (0.38%) SD-WAN
12 7 (0.34%) WLAN
13 6 (0.29%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (4.57%) PostgreSQL
2 70 (3.37%) SQL Server
3 65 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
4 64 (3.08%) NoSQL
5 43 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
6 40 (1.92%) Relational Database
7 38 (1.83%) Metadata
8 36 (1.73%) Power BI
9 33 (1.59%) Data Vault
10 32 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
10 32 (1.54%) Flink
11 31 (1.49%) Data Lake
12 27 (1.30%) Oracle Database
13 24 (1.15%) Big Data
13 24 (1.15%) MongoDB
14 21 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
14 21 (1.01%) Metadata Repository
15 20 (0.96%) DynamoDB
16 19 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
16 19 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 119 (5.73%) JIRA
2 111 (5.34%) Jenkins
3 105 (5.05%) Git
4 64 (3.08%) GitLab
5 33 (1.59%) Selenium
6 31 (1.49%) JUnit
7 25 (1.20%) Cucumber
8 16 (0.77%) Postman
9 15 (0.72%) TestNG
10 13 (0.63%) JMeter
10 13 (0.63%) REST Assured
10 13 (0.63%) WebDriver
11 12 (0.58%) SoapUI
12 11 (0.53%) Appium
13 10 (0.48%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.48%) eggPlant
13 10 (0.48%) Mockito
13 10 (0.48%) SOAtest
14 9 (0.43%) Maven
15 8 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 602 (28.97%) Public Sector
2 330 (15.88%) Social Skills
3 245 (11.79%) Finance
4 114 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (2.98%) Telecoms
6 49 (2.36%) Marketing
7 48 (2.31%) Manufacturing
8 45 (2.17%) Electronics
9 44 (2.12%) Banking
10 37 (1.78%) Law
11 33 (1.59%) Military
12 32 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
13 28 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
14 24 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
15 23 (1.11%) Police
16 15 (0.72%) Legal
17 13 (0.63%) Publishing
18 12 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
19 11 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 10 (0.48%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 307 (14.77%) Architect
2 267 (12.85%) Developer
3 199 (9.58%) Senior
4 161 (7.75%) DevOps Engineer
5 137 (6.59%) Analyst
6 115 (5.53%) Consultant
7 93 (4.48%) Data Engineer
8 84 (4.04%) Lead
9 80 (3.85%) Java Developer
10 76 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
11 67 (3.22%) AWS Engineer
12 64 (3.08%) Business Analyst
12 64 (3.08%) Technical Architect
13 57 (2.74%) Project Manager
14 56 (2.69%) Support Engineer
15 55 (2.65%) Network Engineer
16 52 (2.50%) Data Architect
17 48 (2.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 47 (2.26%) Full Stack Developer
19 46 (2.21%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (3.90%) React
2 79 (3.80%) Kafka
3 74 (3.56%) Spring
4 72 (3.46%) Spring Boot
5 63 (3.03%) REST
6 57 (2.74%) HTML
7 52 (2.50%) CSS
8 41 (1.97%) .NET
9 40 (1.92%) JSON
10 38 (1.83%) Node.js
11 33 (1.59%) RESTful
12 28 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
13 22 (1.06%) Web Services
14 21 (1.01%) Hibernate
14 21 (1.01%) JPA
15 20 (0.96%) SailPoint
16 18 (0.87%) Apache Avro
16 18 (0.87%) OpenID
16 18 (0.87%) XML
17 16 (0.77%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (3.27%) Data Centre
2 66 (3.18%) Onboarding
3 33 (1.59%) Cloud Native
4 27 (1.30%) Reference Data
5 26 (1.25%) Product Ownership
6 24 (1.15%) Replication
7 21 (1.01%) Management Information System
8 20 (0.96%) Data Structures
9 18 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
9 18 (0.87%) Video Conferencing
10 16 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (0.77%) Virtual Team
11 15 (0.72%) Security Posture
12 13 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (0.63%) Public Cloud
13 12 (0.58%) Blockchain
13 12 (0.58%) Clustering
14 11 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
15 9 (0.43%) Low-Code
15 9 (0.43%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 169 (8.13%) Linux
2 167 (8.04%) Windows
3 53 (2.55%) Windows Server
4 39 (1.88%) Unix
5 31 (1.49%) Windows 10
6 27 (1.30%) Windows 7
7 26 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 22 (1.06%) Android
8 22 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
9 19 (0.91%) Windows Server 2008
10 17 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
12 11 (0.53%) Mac OS X
13 10 (0.48%) VMS
14 8 (0.38%) CentOS
15 6 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.19%) Apple iOS
16 4 (0.19%) Mac OS
17 2 (0.096%) Solaris
17 2 (0.096%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 401 (19.30%) Agile
2 291 (14.00%) DevOps
3 213 (10.25%) CI/CD
4 182 (8.76%) Problem-Solving
5 152 (7.31%) Migration
6 143 (6.88%) Stakeholder Management
7 106 (5.10%) ITIL
8 103 (4.96%) Cybersecurity
8 103 (4.96%) Roadmaps
9 102 (4.91%) Project Management
10 100 (4.81%) Data Modelling
11 95 (4.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 95 (4.57%) Microservices
12 92 (4.43%) Scrum
13 90 (4.33%) Service Management
14 89 (4.28%) Analytics
14 89 (4.28%) Business Intelligence
15 84 (4.04%) Change Management
16 82 (3.95%) Test Automation
17 74 (3.56%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 244 (11.74%) Python
2 221 (10.64%) Java
3 181 (8.71%) SQL
4 136 (6.54%) JavaScript
5 77 (3.71%) PowerShell
6 51 (2.45%) Bash
7 50 (2.41%) TypeScript
8 49 (2.36%) C#
9 28 (1.35%) Go
10 18 (0.87%) PL/SQL
11 16 (0.77%) PHP
12 14 (0.67%) Shell Script
13 13 (0.63%) C
14 12 (0.58%) Ruby
14 12 (0.58%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.38%) ABAP
15 8 (0.38%) C++
16 7 (0.34%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.34%) Perl
16 7 (0.34%) XPath
Qualifications
1 1,589 (76.47%) SC Cleared
2 438 (21.08%) DV Cleared
3 100 (4.81%) Degree
4 52 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 46 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (1.11%) Azure Certification
6 23 (1.11%) CTC Cleared
7 22 (1.06%) AWS Certification
8 18 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (0.82%) PMP
10 16 (0.77%) CISSP
10 16 (0.77%) PMI Certification
11 14 (0.67%) Master's Degree
12 12 (0.58%) CISM
13 11 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (0.48%) CCNA
14 10 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 9 (0.43%) CCNP
16 8 (0.38%) ISTQB
16 8 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (2.41%) QA
2 49 (2.36%) Data Quality
3 31 (1.49%) SLA
4 25 (1.20%) Accessibility
5 23 (1.11%) NIST
5 23 (1.11%) PMO
6 21 (1.01%) NCSC
7 12 (0.58%) GDPR
8 11 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.29%) WCAG
10 5 (0.24%) GRC
11 3 (0.14%) COBIT
11 3 (0.14%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.096%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.096%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.048%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.048%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.048%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.048%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 144 (6.93%) Docker
2 94 (4.52%) Active Directory
3 43 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.87%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.53%) vSphere
7 8 (0.38%) Firmware
8 5 (0.24%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.048%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.048%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.048%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.048%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 214 (10.30%) Terraform
2 191 (9.19%) Kubernetes
3 111 (5.34%) Ansible
4 30 (1.44%) Grafana
5 28 (1.35%) Puppet
6 26 (1.25%) Prometheus
7 23 (1.11%) SCCM
8 21 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
9 18 (0.87%) Progress Chef
10 14 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 14 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
11 13 (0.63%) Packer
12 9 (0.43%) Consul
12 9 (0.43%) VxRail
13 8 (0.38%) vCenter Server
14 6 (0.29%) Data Guard
15 5 (0.24%) FortiGate
15 5 (0.24%) Nagios
15 5 (0.24%) WSUS
16 4 (0.19%) Kibana
Vendors
1 195 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 150 (7.22%) Oracle
3 75 (3.61%) SAP
4 64 (3.08%) VMware
5 49 (2.36%) Cisco
6 43 (2.07%) ServiceNow
7 29 (1.40%) Dell
8 28 (1.35%) Sparx
9 25 (1.20%) Databricks
10 24 (1.15%) CyberArk
11 21 (1.01%) NetApp
12 18 (0.87%) Atlassian
12 18 (0.87%) Palo Alto
13 17 (0.82%) Google
13 17 (0.82%) IBM
13 17 (0.82%) Splunk
14 16 (0.77%) Juniper
14 16 (0.77%) Veeam
15 15 (0.72%) Apple
16 14 (0.67%) Okta