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 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 11 14 31
Rank change year-on-year +3 +17 -9
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 2,109 2,698 2,658
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 11.93% 10.73% 6.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.41% 49.45% 39.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,533 1,831 1,950
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% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £745 £706
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 44 42
10th Percentile £14.69 £20.22 £39.34
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 £49.98
England median hourly rate £56.69 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -5.51% +20.00% +26.06%

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 4,184 5,456 6,739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.67% 21.69% 17.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,872 3,745 4,671
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £767 £800 £750
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 89 148
10th Percentile £14.49 £19.23 £24.18
25th Percentile £20.22 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.00 £51.50 £44.13
Median % change year-on-year -51.46% +16.71% +17.67%
75th Percentile £42.75 £70.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.60 £87.50 £65.32
England median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -2 207 £525 -4.55% 39
South London 0 104 £500 -9.09% 15
West London +24 28 £500 -9.09% 13
East London - 14 £537 - 7
North London -2 2 £593 +46.75%
Security Cleared
England

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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 81 (3.84%) SharePoint
2 76 (3.60%) Confluence
3 47 (2.23%) Apache
4 32 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 19 (0.90%) nginx
6 18 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
7 16 (0.76%) Apache Spark
7 16 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2010
8 11 (0.52%) Skype for Business
9 8 (0.38%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 7 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
10 7 (0.33%) OpenStack
11 6 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2003
11 6 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
11 6 (0.28%) Oracle Self-Service HR
12 5 (0.24%) CMS
12 5 (0.24%) SAS
12 5 (0.24%) WildFly
13 4 (0.19%) Camunda
13 4 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 42 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (0.95%) MS Visio
4 18 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.24%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.095%) SPSS
7 2 (0.095%) Trello
8 1 (0.047%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.047%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.047%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.047%) InVision
8 1 (0.047%) Sketch
8 1 (0.047%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 25 (1.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (0.52%) Distributed Ledger
3 7 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.19%) SAP BPC
5 4 (0.19%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.19%) Siebel CRM
6 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.14%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.095%) Maximo
7 2 (0.095%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.095%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 2 (0.095%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.095%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.095%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.047%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.047%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.047%) Oracle Utilities
8 1 (0.047%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 503 (23.85%) AWS
2 295 (13.99%) Azure
3 91 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
4 90 (4.27%) Serverless
5 73 (3.46%) AWS Lambda
6 71 (3.37%) Amazon S3
7 56 (2.66%) Power Platform
8 52 (2.47%) GitHub
9 48 (2.28%) GCP
10 43 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
11 41 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
12 39 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
13 38 (1.80%) OCI
14 37 (1.75%) SaaS
15 36 (1.71%) PaaS
16 30 (1.42%) Amazon EKS
17 29 (1.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 29 (1.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 28 (1.33%) Amazon Kinesis
19 25 (1.19%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 103 (4.88%) Firewall
2 23 (1.09%) DNS
2 23 (1.09%) WAN
3 20 (0.95%) LAN
4 19 (0.90%) VoIP
5 18 (0.85%) Network Security
5 18 (0.85%) Wireless
6 16 (0.76%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.71%) HTTP
8 12 (0.57%) Cisco ASA
8 12 (0.57%) Skype
8 12 (0.57%) VPN
9 11 (0.52%) SSL
10 10 (0.47%) Internet
11 8 (0.38%) SD-WAN
12 7 (0.33%) BGP
12 7 (0.33%) OSPF
13 6 (0.28%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
13 6 (0.28%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
2 71 (3.37%) SQL Server
3 69 (3.27%) NoSQL
4 65 (3.08%) Amazon RDS
5 48 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
6 40 (1.90%) Relational Database
7 39 (1.85%) Metadata
8 36 (1.71%) Power BI
9 33 (1.56%) Data Vault
10 32 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
10 32 (1.52%) Data Lake
10 32 (1.52%) Flink
11 27 (1.28%) Oracle Database
12 25 (1.19%) Big Data
13 24 (1.14%) MongoDB
14 22 (1.04%) Metadata Repository
15 20 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
15 20 (0.95%) DynamoDB
15 20 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 19 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 124 (5.88%) JIRA
2 116 (5.50%) Jenkins
3 104 (4.93%) Git
4 66 (3.13%) GitLab
5 35 (1.66%) Selenium
6 32 (1.52%) JUnit
7 26 (1.23%) Cucumber
8 16 (0.76%) Postman
9 15 (0.71%) TestNG
10 14 (0.66%) REST Assured
11 13 (0.62%) JMeter
11 13 (0.62%) WebDriver
12 12 (0.57%) SoapUI
13 11 (0.52%) Appium
14 10 (0.47%) Cypress.io
14 10 (0.47%) eggPlant
14 10 (0.47%) Maven
14 10 (0.47%) Mockito
14 10 (0.47%) SOAtest
15 8 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 605 (28.69%) Public Sector
2 332 (15.74%) Social Skills
3 247 (11.71%) Finance
4 114 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (2.89%) Telecoms
6 48 (2.28%) Marketing
7 47 (2.23%) Banking
7 47 (2.23%) Manufacturing
8 44 (2.09%) Electronics
9 36 (1.71%) Law
10 33 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
12 28 (1.33%) Military
13 23 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.04%) Police
15 15 (0.71%) Legal
16 13 (0.62%) Publishing
17 11 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 10 (0.47%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 316 (14.98%) Architect
2 273 (12.94%) Developer
3 199 (9.44%) Senior
4 159 (7.54%) DevOps Engineer
5 136 (6.45%) Analyst
6 116 (5.50%) Consultant
7 96 (4.55%) Data Engineer
8 83 (3.94%) Lead
9 82 (3.89%) Java Developer
10 77 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
11 67 (3.18%) AWS Engineer
11 67 (3.18%) Technical Architect
12 63 (2.99%) Business Analyst
13 56 (2.66%) Support Engineer
14 55 (2.61%) Data Architect
14 55 (2.61%) Network Engineer
14 55 (2.61%) Project Manager
15 49 (2.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 47 (2.23%) Full Stack Developer
17 46 (2.18%) AWS DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (3.98%) React
2 80 (3.79%) Kafka
3 76 (3.60%) Spring Boot
4 75 (3.56%) Spring
5 64 (3.03%) REST
6 57 (2.70%) HTML
7 52 (2.47%) CSS
8 40 (1.90%) JSON
9 39 (1.85%) .NET
10 38 (1.80%) Node.js
11 33 (1.56%) RESTful
12 27 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
13 22 (1.04%) Web Services
14 21 (1.00%) Hibernate
14 21 (1.00%) JPA
14 21 (1.00%) SailPoint
15 18 (0.85%) Apache Avro
15 18 (0.85%) XML
16 17 (0.81%) OpenID
17 16 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 69 (3.27%) Data Centre
2 63 (2.99%) Onboarding
3 33 (1.56%) Cloud Native
4 27 (1.28%) Reference Data
5 26 (1.23%) Product Ownership
6 24 (1.14%) Replication
7 21 (1.00%) Management Information System
8 20 (0.95%) Data Structures
9 19 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
10 18 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
11 17 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (0.76%) Virtual Team
13 15 (0.71%) Security Posture
14 13 (0.62%) Clustering
14 13 (0.62%) Public Cloud
15 12 (0.57%) Blockchain
15 12 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
16 11 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
17 9 (0.43%) Low-Code
17 9 (0.43%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 172 (8.16%) Windows
2 170 (8.06%) Linux
3 52 (2.47%) Windows Server
4 40 (1.90%) Unix
5 32 (1.52%) Windows 10
6 27 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 26 (1.23%) Windows 7
8 24 (1.14%) Android
9 21 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
10 18 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
11 17 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
12 16 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
13 11 (0.52%) Mac OS X
13 11 (0.52%) VMS
14 8 (0.38%) CentOS
15 6 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.19%) Apple iOS
16 4 (0.19%) Mac OS
17 3 (0.14%) Solaris
18 2 (0.095%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (19.77%) Agile
2 300 (14.22%) DevOps
3 224 (10.62%) CI/CD
4 185 (8.77%) Problem-Solving
5 149 (7.06%) Migration
6 146 (6.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 113 (5.36%) ITIL
8 107 (5.07%) Data Modelling
9 104 (4.93%) Cybersecurity
10 101 (4.79%) Microservices
11 99 (4.69%) Roadmaps
12 98 (4.65%) Project Management
13 97 (4.60%) Analytics
13 97 (4.60%) Continuous Improvement
14 94 (4.46%) Service Management
15 93 (4.41%) Scrum
16 91 (4.31%) Change Management
17 89 (4.22%) Business Intelligence
18 84 (3.98%) Test Automation
19 79 (3.75%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 253 (12.00%) Python
2 231 (10.95%) Java
3 188 (8.91%) SQL
4 136 (6.45%) JavaScript
5 82 (3.89%) PowerShell
6 53 (2.51%) Bash
7 52 (2.47%) TypeScript
8 49 (2.32%) C#
9 28 (1.33%) Go
10 23 (1.09%) PL/SQL
11 16 (0.76%) PHP
12 15 (0.71%) Shell Script
13 14 (0.66%) C
14 12 (0.57%) T-SQL
15 11 (0.52%) Ruby
16 9 (0.43%) C++
16 9 (0.43%) Kotlin
17 8 (0.38%) ABAP
18 7 (0.33%) XPath
18 7 (0.33%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 1,608 (76.24%) SC Cleared
2 443 (21.01%) DV Cleared
3 101 (4.79%) Degree
4 47 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 46 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (1.19%) Azure Certification
7 23 (1.09%) CTC Cleared
8 21 (1.00%) AWS Certification
9 18 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (0.81%) CISSP
11 15 (0.71%) Master's Degree
12 13 (0.62%) CISM
13 12 (0.57%) PMP
14 11 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (0.52%) PMI Certification
15 10 (0.47%) CCNA
15 10 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 9 (0.43%) CCNP
17 8 (0.38%) ISTQB
17 8 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (2.47%) Data Quality
2 50 (2.37%) QA
3 31 (1.47%) SLA
4 25 (1.19%) Accessibility
5 24 (1.14%) NIST
6 23 (1.09%) PMO
7 20 (0.95%) NCSC
8 12 (0.57%) GDPR
9 11 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.28%) GRC
10 6 (0.28%) WCAG
11 3 (0.14%) COBIT
11 3 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.095%) Government Security Classifications
12 2 (0.095%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.095%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.047%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.047%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.047%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.047%) NIST 800
System Software
1 148 (7.02%) Docker
2 95 (4.50%) Active Directory
3 42 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.85%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.52%) vSphere
7 8 (0.38%) Firmware
8 5 (0.24%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.047%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.047%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.047%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.047%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 218 (10.34%) Terraform
2 196 (9.29%) Kubernetes
3 114 (5.41%) Ansible
4 30 (1.42%) Grafana
5 28 (1.33%) Puppet
6 26 (1.23%) Prometheus
7 23 (1.09%) SCCM
8 20 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
9 18 (0.85%) Progress Chef
10 14 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 14 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
11 13 (0.62%) Packer
12 9 (0.43%) Consul
12 9 (0.43%) VxRail
13 8 (0.38%) vCenter Server
14 6 (0.28%) Data Guard
15 5 (0.24%) FortiGate
15 5 (0.24%) Nagios
15 5 (0.24%) WSUS
16 4 (0.19%) Kibana
Vendors
1 203 (9.63%) Microsoft
2 152 (7.21%) Oracle
3 72 (3.41%) SAP
4 64 (3.03%) VMware
5 48 (2.28%) Cisco
6 46 (2.18%) ServiceNow
7 30 (1.42%) Databricks
8 29 (1.38%) Dell
9 28 (1.33%) Sparx
10 25 (1.19%) CyberArk
11 21 (1.00%) NetApp
12 19 (0.90%) Atlassian
13 18 (0.85%) Google
14 17 (0.81%) IBM
14 17 (0.81%) Palo Alto
14 17 (0.81%) Splunk
15 16 (0.76%) Veeam
16 15 (0.71%) Apple
16 15 (0.71%) Juniper
16 15 (0.71%) Red Hat