Security Cleared Jobs in the City of London

Security Clearance
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 55 98
Rank change year-on-year +5 +43 +72
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 158 239 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 4.75% 5.21% 3.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.77% 22.91% 15.52%
Number of salaries quoted 62 129 75
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £47,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £68,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% -2.86% +3.70%
75th Percentile £74,375 £78,750 £94,375
90th Percentile £87,000 £97,500 £101,250
Central London median annual salary £62,000 £68,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.82% -2.86% +3.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 942 1,043 1,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 28.30% 22.72% 20.02%
Number of salaries quoted 619 752 1,008
10th Percentile £38,084 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,750 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.48% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,125 £96,563 £92,500
90th Percentile £106,500 £120,000 £107,500
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £67,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.75% -4.29% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the City of London

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the City of London.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the City of London

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the City of London

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 27 (17.09%) ArcGIS
1 27 (17.09%) GeoServer
2 5 (3.16%) Confluence
3 4 (2.53%) WebLogic
4 2 (1.27%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.63%) CMS
5 1 (0.63%) Drupal
5 1 (0.63%) JBoss
5 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (2.53%) Sketch
2 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (5.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (3.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 67 (42.41%) Azure
2 51 (32.28%) AWS
3 20 (12.66%) Power Platform
4 17 (10.76%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (10.13%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (8.23%) Entra ID
7 12 (7.59%) Power Automate
7 12 (7.59%) PowerApps
8 10 (6.33%) Azure Functions
8 10 (6.33%) Azure Logic Apps
8 10 (6.33%) Azure Service Bus
8 10 (6.33%) Azure WebJobs
8 10 (6.33%) Serverless
9 9 (5.70%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (4.43%) PaaS
11 6 (3.80%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (3.80%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (3.80%) Azure Storage
11 6 (3.80%) Miro
12 5 (3.16%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.53%) BGP
1 4 (2.53%) DNS
1 4 (2.53%) SSL
1 4 (2.53%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.27%) Network Security
3 1 (0.63%) Junos
3 1 (0.63%) NetScaler
3 1 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (18.35%) GIS
1 29 (18.35%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (17.09%) QGIS
3 15 (9.49%) Power BI
4 6 (3.80%) MongoDB
4 6 (3.80%) NoSQL
5 5 (3.16%) RDBMS
5 5 (3.16%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (2.53%) Big Data
6 4 (2.53%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.90%) Looker
7 3 (1.90%) Tableau
8 2 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.27%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.63%) Metadata
9 1 (0.63%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (6.96%) JIRA
2 10 (6.33%) Git
3 6 (3.80%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.90%) GitLab
5 2 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.63%) IntelliJ
General
1 39 (24.68%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.92%) Public Sector
3 20 (12.66%) Law
4 11 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.33%) Automotive
6 7 (4.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.53%) Finance
7 4 (2.53%) Police
8 3 (1.90%) Marketing
9 2 (1.27%) Local Government
9 2 (1.27%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.63%) Games
10 1 (0.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 46 (29.11%) Senior
2 34 (21.52%) Architect
3 28 (17.72%) Software Engineer
4 21 (13.29%) Developer
5 18 (11.39%) Senior Software Engineer
6 14 (8.86%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (8.23%) Analyst
8 11 (6.96%) Lead
9 8 (5.06%) Designer
9 8 (5.06%) Project Manager
10 7 (4.43%) Consultant
10 7 (4.43%) Presales Solution Architect
10 7 (4.43%) Senior Manager
10 7 (4.43%) Senior Project Manager
11 6 (3.80%) Azure Engineer
11 6 (3.80%) Business Analyst
12 5 (3.16%) Applications Developer
12 5 (3.16%) Product Manager
12 5 (3.16%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (3.16%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (20.89%) .NET
2 30 (18.99%) React
3 27 (17.09%) Leaflet
3 27 (17.09%) OpenLayers
3 27 (17.09%) PostGIS
4 23 (14.56%) .NET Core
4 23 (14.56%) CSS
5 10 (6.33%) HTML
5 10 (6.33%) JSON
6 6 (3.80%) REST
6 6 (3.80%) RESTful
6 6 (3.80%) Spring Boot
7 5 (3.16%) .NET Framework
7 5 (3.16%) HTML5 Canvas
7 5 (3.16%) Spring
8 4 (2.53%) AngularJS
8 4 (2.53%) Django
8 4 (2.53%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (1.90%) Express.js
9 3 (1.90%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.33%) Public Cloud
2 7 (4.43%) Low-Code
3 6 (3.80%) Linux Command Line
3 6 (3.80%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.16%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.16%) IoT
4 5 (3.16%) PKI
5 4 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.53%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.27%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.27%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.27%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.27%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.63%) CCTV
7 1 (0.63%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.63%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.63%) SCADA
7 1 (0.63%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (12.66%) Linux
2 13 (8.23%) Windows
3 4 (2.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (2.53%) Ubuntu
4 2 (1.27%) Unix
5 1 (0.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (55.70%) Agile
2 86 (54.43%) Actionable Insight
3 61 (38.61%) DevOps
4 30 (18.99%) Scrum
4 30 (18.99%) Software Engineering
5 27 (17.09%) Web Development
6 24 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (14.56%) Project Delivery
8 20 (12.66%) Project Management
9 17 (10.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (10.13%) Analytics
10 16 (10.13%) Customer Service
10 16 (10.13%) User Research
11 15 (9.49%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (9.49%) Presales
11 15 (9.49%) Workshop Facilitation
12 13 (8.23%) Artificial Intelligence
12 13 (8.23%) Service Design
12 13 (8.23%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 12 (7.59%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 44 (27.85%) JavaScript
2 38 (24.05%) Python
3 20 (12.66%) C#
4 13 (8.23%) PowerShell
5 9 (5.70%) Bash
6 6 (3.80%) Java
7 5 (3.16%) SQL
8 4 (2.53%) Scala
9 2 (1.27%) Bicep
10 1 (0.63%) C++
10 1 (0.63%) PHP
10 1 (0.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 112 (70.89%) SC Cleared
2 17 (10.76%) Azure Certification
3 15 (9.49%) Degree
4 13 (8.23%) DV Cleared
5 8 (5.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.53%) AWS Certification
6 4 (2.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (2.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.63%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.96%) Accessibility
2 8 (5.06%) QA
3 5 (3.16%) WCAG
4 4 (2.53%) COBIT
5 3 (1.90%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.63%) GDPR
6 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.63%) PMO
6 1 (0.63%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (5.06%) Active Directory
1 8 (5.06%) Docker
2 1 (0.63%) KVM
Systems Management
1 6 (3.80%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.16%) Terraform
3 3 (1.90%) OpenView
4 2 (1.27%) Ansible
4 2 (1.27%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.27%) Puppet
5 1 (0.63%) QRadar
5 1 (0.63%) SCCM
5 1 (0.63%) WSUS
Vendors
1 27 (17.09%) ESRI
2 26 (16.46%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.70%) BMC
3 9 (5.70%) Remedy
4 6 (3.80%) Oracle
5 5 (3.16%) Automation Anywhere
5 5 (3.16%) Blue Prism
5 5 (3.16%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.16%) Sparx
5 5 (3.16%) UiPath
6 3 (1.90%) HP
7 2 (1.27%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.63%) Apple
8 1 (0.63%) Cadence
8 1 (0.63%) Citrix
8 1 (0.63%) Dell
8 1 (0.63%) Juniper
8 1 (0.63%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.63%) Splunk
8 1 (0.63%) VMware