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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 14 31
Rank change year-on-year +3 +17 -10
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 2,067 2,779 2,697
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 11.80% 10.93% 6.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.04% 49.74% 39.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,496 1,897 1,976
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £441 £468 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.02% +1.82% +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 40 44
10th Percentile £14.69 £20.14 £39.43
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% -10.69%
75th Percentile £32.19 £76.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £80.00 £90.00 £56.31
England median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -5.83% +20.00% +25.00%

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 4,131 5,587 6,805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.59% 21.96% 17.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,824 3,835 4,698
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 85 146
10th Percentile £14.49 £18.89 £23.84
25th Percentile £20.22 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.50 £50.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.00% +12.36% +18.67%
75th Percentile £42.75 £70.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.60 £87.50 £65.71
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.75
% change year-on-year -27.27% +38.36% +8.90%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -3 196 £525 -4.55% 35
South London +1 106 £500 -9.09% 30
West London +23 28 £500 -16.67% 13
East London - 12 £537 - 12
North London -3 1 £385 -4.64%
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 83 (4.02%) SharePoint
2 65 (3.14%) Confluence
3 44 (2.13%) Apache
4 34 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 20 (0.97%) nginx
6 19 (0.92%) Exchange Server 2013
7 17 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2010
8 11 (0.53%) Apache Spark
8 11 (0.53%) Skype for Business
9 8 (0.39%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 7 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
10 7 (0.34%) OpenStack
11 6 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2003
11 6 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2007
12 5 (0.24%) CMS
12 5 (0.24%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 5 (0.24%) SAS
12 5 (0.24%) WildFly
13 4 (0.19%) Camunda
13 4 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 38 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (0.82%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.24%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.097%) SPSS
7 2 (0.097%) 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 (1.21%) 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 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.15%) Siebel CRM
6 3 (0.15%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.097%) Maximo
7 2 (0.097%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.097%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 2 (0.097%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.097%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.048%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.048%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.048%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.048%) Oracle Utilities
Cloud Services
1 500 (24.19%) AWS
2 280 (13.55%) Azure
3 94 (4.55%) Serverless
4 91 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
5 79 (3.82%) AWS Lambda
6 73 (3.53%) Amazon S3
7 56 (2.71%) Power Platform
8 48 (2.32%) GCP
9 46 (2.23%) GitHub
10 44 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
11 41 (1.98%) Amazon EC2
12 39 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
13 36 (1.74%) OCI
14 33 (1.60%) PaaS
14 33 (1.60%) SaaS
15 32 (1.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 30 (1.45%) Amazon EKS
17 29 (1.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 28 (1.35%) Amazon Kinesis
19 25 (1.21%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 110 (5.32%) Firewall
2 29 (1.40%) WAN
3 26 (1.26%) LAN
4 24 (1.16%) DNS
5 23 (1.11%) Wireless
6 19 (0.92%) VoIP
7 18 (0.87%) Network Security
7 18 (0.87%) VPN
8 17 (0.82%) TCP/IP
9 15 (0.73%) HTTP
10 14 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
11 13 (0.63%) Skype
12 12 (0.58%) BGP
12 12 (0.58%) OSPF
13 11 (0.53%) SSL
13 11 (0.53%) WLAN
14 10 (0.48%) Internet
15 9 (0.44%) IPsec
16 7 (0.34%) SD-WAN
17 6 (0.29%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (4.60%) PostgreSQL
2 69 (3.34%) SQL Server
3 66 (3.19%) Amazon RDS
4 62 (3.00%) NoSQL
5 40 (1.94%) Relational Database
6 39 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
6 39 (1.89%) Metadata
7 37 (1.79%) Power BI
8 33 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
8 33 (1.60%) Data Vault
9 32 (1.55%) Flink
10 31 (1.50%) Data Lake
11 26 (1.26%) Oracle Database
12 25 (1.21%) Big Data
12 25 (1.21%) MongoDB
13 21 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
13 21 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
13 21 (1.02%) Metadata Repository
14 20 (0.97%) DynamoDB
15 19 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 113 (5.47%) Jenkins
2 111 (5.37%) JIRA
3 104 (5.03%) Git
4 64 (3.10%) GitLab
5 34 (1.64%) Selenium
6 32 (1.55%) JUnit
7 26 (1.26%) Cucumber
8 16 (0.77%) Postman
8 16 (0.77%) TestNG
9 13 (0.63%) JMeter
9 13 (0.63%) REST Assured
9 13 (0.63%) WebDriver
10 12 (0.58%) SoapUI
11 11 (0.53%) Appium
11 11 (0.53%) Mockito
12 10 (0.48%) Cypress.io
12 10 (0.48%) eggPlant
12 10 (0.48%) Maven
12 10 (0.48%) SOAtest
13 8 (0.39%) SonarQube
General
1 602 (29.12%) Public Sector
2 334 (16.16%) Social Skills
3 244 (11.80%) Finance
4 116 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (3.00%) Telecoms
6 48 (2.32%) Manufacturing
6 48 (2.32%) Marketing
7 45 (2.18%) Electronics
8 44 (2.13%) Banking
9 37 (1.79%) Law
10 33 (1.60%) Military
10 33 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
11 28 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
13 23 (1.11%) Police
14 15 (0.73%) Legal
15 13 (0.63%) Publishing
16 12 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 10 (0.48%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 302 (14.61%) Architect
2 259 (12.53%) Developer
3 189 (9.14%) Senior
4 159 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
5 139 (6.72%) Analyst
6 113 (5.47%) Consultant
7 92 (4.45%) Data Engineer
8 85 (4.11%) Lead
9 82 (3.97%) Java Developer
10 77 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
11 66 (3.19%) AWS Engineer
11 66 (3.19%) Business Analyst
12 61 (2.95%) Project Manager
13 56 (2.71%) Network Engineer
13 56 (2.71%) Technical Architect
14 54 (2.61%) Data Architect
15 52 (2.52%) Support Engineer
16 47 (2.27%) Full Stack Developer
17 45 (2.18%) AWS DevOps
18 44 (2.13%) AWS DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (3.97%) React
2 80 (3.87%) Kafka
3 72 (3.48%) Spring
3 72 (3.48%) Spring Boot
4 61 (2.95%) REST
5 57 (2.76%) HTML
6 51 (2.47%) CSS
7 40 (1.94%) .NET
8 39 (1.89%) JSON
9 37 (1.79%) Node.js
10 32 (1.55%) RESTful
11 27 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
12 21 (1.02%) Hibernate
12 21 (1.02%) JPA
12 21 (1.02%) Web Services
13 20 (0.97%) SailPoint
14 19 (0.92%) OpenID
15 18 (0.87%) Apache Avro
15 18 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
15 18 (0.87%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (3.24%) Data Centre
2 66 (3.19%) Onboarding
3 31 (1.50%) Cloud Native
4 27 (1.31%) Product Ownership
4 27 (1.31%) Reference Data
5 25 (1.21%) Replication
6 22 (1.06%) Management Information System
7 19 (0.92%) Data Structures
8 18 (0.87%) Video Conferencing
9 17 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
10 16 (0.77%) Virtual Team
11 14 (0.68%) PKI
12 13 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (0.63%) Security Posture
12 13 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (0.58%) Blockchain
13 12 (0.58%) Clustering
13 12 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (0.58%) Public Cloud
14 9 (0.44%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 170 (8.22%) Linux
2 169 (8.18%) Windows
3 54 (2.61%) Windows Server
4 38 (1.84%) Unix
5 32 (1.55%) Windows 10
6 26 (1.26%) Windows 7
7 25 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 21 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
9 19 (0.92%) Android
9 19 (0.92%) 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 9 (0.44%) VMS
14 7 (0.34%) CentOS
15 6 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.19%) Apple iOS
16 4 (0.19%) Mac OS
17 3 (0.15%) Kali Linux
18 2 (0.097%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 400 (19.35%) Agile
2 287 (13.88%) DevOps
3 210 (10.16%) CI/CD
4 181 (8.76%) Problem-Solving
5 152 (7.35%) Migration
6 145 (7.01%) Stakeholder Management
7 106 (5.13%) Roadmaps
8 103 (4.98%) ITIL
8 103 (4.98%) Project Management
9 102 (4.93%) Cybersecurity
10 98 (4.74%) Data Modelling
11 97 (4.69%) Continuous Improvement
12 96 (4.64%) Microservices
13 92 (4.45%) Scrum
14 90 (4.35%) Business Intelligence
15 86 (4.16%) Analytics
16 85 (4.11%) Service Management
17 83 (4.02%) Change Management
18 82 (3.97%) Test Automation
19 76 (3.68%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 240 (11.61%) Python
2 223 (10.79%) Java
3 180 (8.71%) SQL
4 134 (6.48%) JavaScript
5 75 (3.63%) PowerShell
6 53 (2.56%) Bash
7 52 (2.52%) C#
8 48 (2.32%) TypeScript
9 29 (1.40%) Go
10 17 (0.82%) PL/SQL
11 16 (0.77%) PHP
12 12 (0.58%) Shell Script
12 12 (0.58%) T-SQL
13 11 (0.53%) Ruby
14 10 (0.48%) C
15 8 (0.39%) ABAP
15 8 (0.39%) C++
15 8 (0.39%) Perl
16 7 (0.34%) XPath
16 7 (0.34%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 1,580 (76.44%) SC Cleared
2 442 (21.38%) DV Cleared
3 100 (4.84%) Degree
4 52 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 46 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (1.16%) CTC Cleared
7 22 (1.06%) AWS Certification
8 20 (0.97%) Azure Certification
9 19 (0.92%) PMP
10 18 (0.87%) PMI Certification
11 17 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (0.68%) CISSP
13 13 (0.63%) Master's Degree
14 12 (0.58%) CISM
15 11 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 9 (0.44%) CCNA
17 8 (0.39%) CCNP
17 8 (0.39%) ISTQB
18 7 (0.34%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (2.47%) QA
2 50 (2.42%) Data Quality
3 31 (1.50%) SLA
4 27 (1.31%) Accessibility
5 26 (1.26%) PMO
6 23 (1.11%) NIST
7 19 (0.92%) NCSC
8 12 (0.58%) GDPR
9 11 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.29%) WCAG
11 4 (0.19%) GRC
11 4 (0.19%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.15%) COBIT
12 3 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.097%) Government Security Classifications
13 2 (0.097%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.048%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.048%) ISO 20022
14 1 (0.048%) ISO 31000
14 1 (0.048%) NIST 800
System Software
1 148 (7.16%) Docker
2 96 (4.64%) Active Directory
3 43 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.87%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.53%) vSphere
7 5 (0.24%) Firmware
7 5 (0.24%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.097%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.097%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.048%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.048%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 211 (10.21%) Terraform
2 193 (9.34%) Kubernetes
3 111 (5.37%) Ansible
4 32 (1.55%) Grafana
5 28 (1.35%) Puppet
6 26 (1.26%) Prometheus
7 23 (1.11%) SCCM
8 22 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
9 18 (0.87%) Progress Chef
10 16 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 13 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
11 13 (0.63%) Packer
12 9 (0.44%) Consul
12 9 (0.44%) FortiGate
12 9 (0.44%) VxRail
13 8 (0.39%) vCenter Server
14 5 (0.24%) Data Guard
14 5 (0.24%) Nagios
14 5 (0.24%) WSUS
15 4 (0.19%) Kibana
Vendors
1 192 (9.29%) Microsoft
2 146 (7.06%) Oracle
3 75 (3.63%) SAP
4 64 (3.10%) VMware
5 53 (2.56%) Cisco
6 40 (1.94%) ServiceNow
7 29 (1.40%) Dell
7 29 (1.40%) Sparx
8 24 (1.16%) CyberArk
9 23 (1.11%) Databricks
10 21 (1.02%) Palo Alto
11 20 (0.97%) Juniper
11 20 (0.97%) NetApp
11 20 (0.97%) Splunk
12 17 (0.82%) IBM
12 17 (0.82%) Veeam
13 16 (0.77%) Salesforce
14 15 (0.73%) Apple
14 15 (0.73%) Google
14 15 (0.73%) Okta