SC Cleared Contracts in London

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for SC 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 17 18 41
Rank change year-on-year +1 +23 -5
Contract jobs citing SC Cleared 1,589 2,256 2,254
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 9.05% 8.97% 5.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.32% 41.24% 33.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,576 1,685
10th Percentile £356 £400 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £744 £745 £713
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 24 42
10th Percentile £13.87 £20.22 -
25th Percentile £17.88 £36.76 £39.75
Median hourly rate £22.00 £54.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.26% +21.35% -18.84%
75th Percentile - £72.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £24.17 £84.05 £52.37
England median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 £51.43
% change year-on-year -13.04% +11.81% +21.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

SC 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%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in London

SC Cleared
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in London.

Daily rate trend for SC Cleared in London

SC Cleared
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SC Cleared in London

SC Cleared
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in London.

Hourly rate trend for SC Cleared in London

SC Cleared
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SC Cleared in London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SC Cleared in London

SC Cleared
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 SC 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 -11 152 £525 -2.33% 22
South London +1 91 £510 -4.23% 16
West London +35 21 £500 +11.11% 10
East London - 9 £500 - 5
North London -1 1 £800 +106.45%
SC Cleared
England

SC 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 75 (4.72%) SharePoint
2 72 (4.53%) Confluence
3 38 (2.39%) Apache
4 19 (1.20%) nginx
5 18 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (0.63%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.57%) Skype for Business
8 8 (0.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 6 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2003
9 6 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
9 6 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
9 6 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
9 6 (0.38%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.31%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 4 (0.25%) Camunda
11 4 (0.25%) SAS
11 4 (0.25%) SharePoint 2013
11 4 (0.25%) WildFly
12 3 (0.19%) CMS
12 3 (0.19%) JBoss
Applications
1 35 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.26%) MS Visio
4 16 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
6 5 (0.31%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.13%) SPSS
7 2 (0.13%) Trello
8 1 (0.063%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.063%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 25 (1.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 11 (0.69%) Distributed Ledger
3 7 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (0.25%) SAP BPC
4 4 (0.25%) SAP SD
5 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.19%) Siebel CRM
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Internet Expenses
6 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.063%) Changepoint
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.063%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 427 (26.87%) AWS
2 241 (15.17%) Azure
3 86 (5.41%) Serverless
4 77 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (4.41%) AWS Lambda
6 65 (4.09%) Amazon S3
7 45 (2.83%) GCP
7 45 (2.83%) Power Platform
8 44 (2.77%) GitHub
9 36 (2.27%) Amazon EC2
10 35 (2.20%) OCI
11 34 (2.14%) AWS CloudFormation
12 29 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
12 29 (1.83%) PaaS
12 29 (1.83%) SaaS
13 28 (1.76%) Amazon EKS
13 28 (1.76%) Amazon Kinesis
13 28 (1.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 27 (1.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 23 (1.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.33%) Firewall
2 18 (1.13%) Network Security
3 16 (1.01%) Wireless
4 15 (0.94%) VoIP
5 12 (0.76%) WAN
6 11 (0.69%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (0.69%) VPN
7 9 (0.57%) Skype
8 8 (0.50%) DNS
8 8 (0.50%) Internet
8 8 (0.50%) LAN
8 8 (0.50%) OSPF
8 8 (0.50%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.44%) BGP
10 6 (0.38%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (0.31%) Asterisk PBX
11 5 (0.31%) IPsec
11 5 (0.31%) MPLS
11 5 (0.31%) SSH
11 5 (0.31%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (4.91%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (3.59%) Amazon RDS
2 57 (3.59%) NoSQL
3 41 (2.58%) SQL Server
4 38 (2.39%) Metadata
4 38 (2.39%) Relational Database
5 35 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (2.08%) Data Vault
7 32 (2.01%) Amazon Redshift
7 32 (2.01%) Flink
8 30 (1.89%) Data Lake
9 26 (1.64%) Power BI
10 25 (1.57%) Oracle Database
11 23 (1.45%) Big Data
12 21 (1.32%) Metadata Repository
12 21 (1.32%) MongoDB
13 20 (1.26%) DynamoDB
14 18 (1.13%) Parquet
15 17 (1.07%) Amazon Athena
16 14 (0.88%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 113 (7.11%) JIRA
2 96 (6.04%) Git
3 86 (5.41%) Jenkins
4 58 (3.65%) GitLab
5 31 (1.95%) Selenium
6 29 (1.83%) JUnit
7 20 (1.26%) Cucumber
8 14 (0.88%) Postman
8 14 (0.88%) TestNG
9 13 (0.82%) JMeter
10 12 (0.76%) REST Assured
10 12 (0.76%) WebDriver
11 11 (0.69%) SoapUI
12 10 (0.63%) Appium
13 9 (0.57%) eggPlant
13 9 (0.57%) Maven
13 9 (0.57%) SOAtest
14 8 (0.50%) Mockito
14 8 (0.50%) SonarQube
15 7 (0.44%) Cypress.io
General
1 473 (29.77%) Public Sector
2 262 (16.49%) Social Skills
3 199 (12.52%) Finance
4 79 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (2.71%) Banking
6 35 (2.20%) Law
7 33 (2.08%) Telecoms
8 29 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
9 28 (1.76%) Manufacturing
10 27 (1.70%) Marketing
11 26 (1.64%) Military
12 25 (1.57%) Electronics
13 23 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (0.94%) Police
16 14 (0.88%) Legal
17 12 (0.76%) Publishing
18 10 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
19 9 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 7 (0.44%) Billing
Job Titles
1 260 (16.36%) Architect
2 244 (15.36%) Developer
3 165 (10.38%) Senior
4 136 (8.56%) DevOps Engineer
5 115 (7.24%) Analyst
6 94 (5.92%) Consultant
7 81 (5.10%) Lead
8 77 (4.85%) Data Engineer
9 75 (4.72%) Java Developer
10 64 (4.03%) AWS Engineer
11 61 (3.84%) Solutions Architect
12 58 (3.65%) Business Analyst
13 57 (3.59%) Technical Architect
14 48 (3.02%) Data Architect
15 46 (2.89%) AWS DevOps
15 46 (2.89%) AWS DevOps Engineer
15 46 (2.89%) Project Manager
16 44 (2.77%) Full Stack Developer
17 43 (2.71%) Support Engineer
18 41 (2.58%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (4.78%) Kafka
2 70 (4.41%) Spring
3 68 (4.28%) Spring Boot
4 63 (3.96%) React
5 54 (3.40%) REST
6 52 (3.27%) HTML
7 48 (3.02%) CSS
8 34 (2.14%) .NET
8 34 (2.14%) JSON
9 33 (2.08%) RESTful
10 28 (1.76%) Node.js
11 25 (1.57%) Oracle Fusion
12 21 (1.32%) Hibernate
12 21 (1.32%) JPA
13 19 (1.20%) SailPoint
14 18 (1.13%) Apache Avro
14 18 (1.13%) OpenID
15 17 (1.07%) Web Services
16 16 (1.01%) SAML
17 14 (0.88%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 58 (3.65%) Onboarding
2 41 (2.58%) Data Centre
3 32 (2.01%) Cloud Native
4 27 (1.70%) Reference Data
5 23 (1.45%) Product Ownership
6 20 (1.26%) Data Structures
7 19 (1.20%) Management Information System
8 18 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
9 16 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (0.94%) Security Posture
11 13 (0.82%) Public Cloud
12 12 (0.76%) Blockchain
13 9 (0.57%) Clustering
13 9 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
14 8 (0.50%) Linux Command Line
14 8 (0.50%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.50%) Private Cloud
14 8 (0.50%) Replication
14 8 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 122 (7.68%) Linux
2 96 (6.04%) Windows
3 36 (2.27%) Unix
4 21 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 20 (1.26%) Windows Server
6 17 (1.07%) Android
7 16 (1.01%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.69%) Windows 7
9 8 (0.50%) Mac OS X
10 7 (0.44%) VMS
11 6 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
11 6 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (0.31%) CentOS
13 4 (0.25%) Apple iOS
14 2 (0.13%) Kali Linux
14 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.13%) Solaris
15 1 (0.063%) NetWare
15 1 (0.063%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (20.58%) Agile
2 238 (14.98%) DevOps
3 179 (11.26%) CI/CD
4 132 (8.31%) Problem-Solving
5 121 (7.61%) Migration
6 115 (7.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 90 (5.66%) Data Modelling
7 90 (5.66%) Microservices
8 83 (5.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 83 (5.22%) Cybersecurity
9 82 (5.16%) ITIL
10 77 (4.85%) Change Management
11 75 (4.72%) Analytics
11 75 (4.72%) Roadmaps
11 75 (4.72%) Scrum
12 71 (4.47%) Service Management
12 71 (4.47%) Test Automation
13 70 (4.41%) Project Management
14 63 (3.96%) Decision-Making
14 63 (3.96%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 211 (13.28%) Python
2 197 (12.40%) Java
3 142 (8.94%) SQL
4 103 (6.48%) JavaScript
5 62 (3.90%) PowerShell
6 42 (2.64%) C#
7 41 (2.58%) Bash
7 41 (2.58%) TypeScript
8 26 (1.64%) Go
9 14 (0.88%) Shell Script
10 13 (0.82%) PHP
11 12 (0.76%) Ruby
12 11 (0.69%) C
12 11 (0.69%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.63%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.50%) ABAP
14 8 (0.50%) C++
15 6 (0.38%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.38%) Perl
16 5 (0.31%) BeanShell
Qualifications
1 1,589 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 143 (9.00%) DV Cleared
3 81 (5.10%) Degree
4 40 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (1.32%) Azure Certification
7 19 (1.20%) AWS Certification
8 17 (1.07%) PMP
9 16 (1.01%) CISSP
9 16 (1.01%) PMI Certification
10 15 (0.94%) CTC Cleared
11 13 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (0.76%) CISM
13 10 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (0.57%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.44%) CCNP
15 7 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
15 7 (0.44%) Six Sigma Black Belt
15 7 (0.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 6 (0.38%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (2.71%) Data Quality
2 41 (2.58%) QA
3 24 (1.51%) Accessibility
4 20 (1.26%) NIST
5 19 (1.20%) PMO
5 19 (1.20%) SLA
6 16 (1.01%) NCSC
7 10 (0.63%) GDPR
7 10 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.31%) GRC
8 5 (0.31%) WCAG
9 3 (0.19%) COBIT
9 3 (0.19%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.13%) Government Security Classifications
10 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.063%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.063%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.063%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.063%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 125 (7.87%) Docker
2 46 (2.89%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.88%) VMware NSX
5 11 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.63%) vSphere
7 7 (0.44%) Firmware
8 4 (0.25%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.063%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.063%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 181 (11.39%) Terraform
2 165 (10.38%) Kubernetes
3 94 (5.92%) Ansible
4 24 (1.51%) Grafana
5 21 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (1.26%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.88%) Puppet
8 13 (0.82%) Packer
9 11 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (0.57%) Consul
10 9 (0.57%) SCCM
10 9 (0.57%) VxRail
11 8 (0.50%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.31%) Data Guard
12 5 (0.31%) Nagios
12 5 (0.31%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.25%) Kibana
14 3 (0.19%) vRealize
15 2 (0.13%) CSIRT
15 2 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 165 (10.38%) Microsoft
2 125 (7.87%) Oracle
3 45 (2.83%) SAP
4 38 (2.39%) VMware
5 37 (2.33%) Cisco
6 34 (2.14%) ServiceNow
7 28 (1.76%) Sparx
8 21 (1.32%) NetApp
9 20 (1.26%) CyberArk
10 18 (1.13%) Databricks
11 17 (1.07%) Atlassian
11 17 (1.07%) Palo Alto
11 17 (1.07%) Splunk
12 15 (0.94%) IBM
13 14 (0.88%) Apple
13 14 (0.88%) Google
14 13 (0.82%) Informatica
14 13 (0.82%) Okta
14 13 (0.82%) Salesforce
15 12 (0.76%) F5