Government Security Classifications Contracts in London

Government Security Classifications (GSC)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Government Security Classifications skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Government Security Classifications over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 394 480 603
Rank change year-on-year +86 +123 -104
Contract jobs citing Government Security Classifications 6 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.034% 0.008% 0.003%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.25% 0.059% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £606 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £613 £371
Median % change year-on-year -22.45% +65.09% -15.20%
75th Percentile £514 £619 £382
90th Percentile £523 - -
England median daily rate £495 £569 £730
% change year-on-year -12.97% -22.09% +66.86%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

Government Security Classifications falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,435 3,374 4,857
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.77% 13.42% 12.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,709 2,468 3,429
10th Percentile £350 £355 £353
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 39 85
10th Percentile £13.29 £19.39 £20.00
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.24 £24.71
Median hourly rate £24.18 £26.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -41.57% +121.89%
75th Percentile £43.75 £61.88 £49.25
90th Percentile £56.00 £80.50 £68.25
England median hourly rate £24.18 £42.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -43.11% +54.55% +33.92%

Government Security Classifications
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Government Security Classifications as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Government Security Classifications in London

Government Security Classifications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Government Security Classifications in London.

Daily rate trend for Government Security Classifications in London

Government Security Classifications
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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (16.67%) Google Workspace
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Data Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) ICT Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Business Case
2 3 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (50.00%) DRM
2 3 (50.00%) Use Case
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Contract Management
3 2 (33.33%) Document Management
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) Product Breakdown Structure
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Data Management
4 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft