Security Cleared Jobs in London

Security Clearance
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 68 226
Rank change year-on-year +11 +158 -113
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,056 1,555 1,288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.48% 4.42% 1.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.69% 17.00% 9.10%
Number of salaries quoted 687 988 729
10th Percentile £46,250 £44,275 £37,510
25th Percentile £53,136 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £84,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,731 9,148 14,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.56% 26.01% 21.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4,278 5,731 6,808
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,507
25th Percentile £49,725 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% +8.23% -

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

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in London

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in London

Security Cleared
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the London region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +5 173 £65,000 -3.70% 47
South London +34 69 £77,500 +19.23% 20
North London +20 42 £55,000 - 3
West London -45 11 £37,500 -42.31% 20
East London -6 1 £28,000 -51.30% 4
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 34 (3.22%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.56%) ArcGIS
2 27 (2.56%) GeoServer
3 23 (2.18%) OpenStack
4 19 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (1.33%) JBoss
6 13 (1.23%) Apache
7 12 (1.14%) Red Hat Fuse
8 11 (1.04%) Confluence
9 10 (0.95%) IIS
10 8 (0.76%) Drupal
10 8 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2013
11 7 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2010
12 5 (0.47%) Tomcat
13 4 (0.38%) nginx
13 4 (0.38%) WebLogic
13 4 (0.38%) WordPress
14 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
14 2 (0.19%) CMS
14 2 (0.19%) WinCC
Applications
1 23 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.38%) Sketch
5 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.095%) Blender
6 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (2.18%) Remedy ITSM
2 13 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.04%) SAP HR
4 9 (0.85%) NEC Housing
4 9 (0.85%) SAP SCM
5 8 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.76%) Elite 3E
5 8 (0.76%) SAP EWM
5 8 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 6 (0.57%) SAP CO
6 6 (0.57%) SAP FI
6 6 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.38%) Oracle Payroll
7 4 (0.38%) SAP BPC
7 4 (0.38%) SAP CRM
7 4 (0.38%) SAP CX
7 4 (0.38%) SAP GTS
7 4 (0.38%) SAP SD
7 4 (0.38%) SAP WM
8 2 (0.19%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 249 (23.58%) Azure
2 220 (20.83%) AWS
3 73 (6.91%) Power Platform
4 71 (6.72%) Azure DevOps
5 52 (4.92%) Serverless
6 47 (4.45%) Amazon EKS
7 43 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
8 42 (3.98%) Amazon ECS
8 42 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
9 37 (3.50%) GCP
10 32 (3.03%) SaaS
11 30 (2.84%) PowerApps
12 29 (2.75%) Power Automate
13 20 (1.89%) Entra ID
14 18 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
15 17 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
15 17 (1.61%) PaaS
16 14 (1.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 14 (1.33%) GitHub
17 12 (1.14%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 75 (7.10%) Firewall
2 42 (3.98%) VPN
3 40 (3.79%) WAN
4 39 (3.69%) Internet
4 39 (3.69%) LAN
5 23 (2.18%) Network Security
6 15 (1.42%) DNS
6 15 (1.42%) TCP/IP
7 12 (1.14%) SSL
8 8 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
9 7 (0.66%) BGP
10 4 (0.38%) 5G
10 4 (0.38%) GSM
10 4 (0.38%) IPv4
10 4 (0.38%) IPv6
10 4 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
10 4 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (0.38%) Wireless
11 3 (0.28%) NetScaler
11 3 (0.28%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (6.53%) Relational Database
2 68 (6.44%) PostgreSQL
3 49 (4.64%) Power BI
4 36 (3.41%) SQL Server
5 30 (2.84%) GIS
6 27 (2.56%) NoSQL
6 27 (2.56%) QGIS
7 16 (1.52%) Oracle Database
8 15 (1.42%) Big Data
9 13 (1.23%) Metadata
9 13 (1.23%) MongoDB
10 9 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.85%) MySQL
10 9 (0.85%) Tableau
11 8 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.57%) Hadoop
13 6 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 5 (0.47%) Looker
Development Applications
1 78 (7.39%) Jenkins
2 60 (5.68%) Git
3 28 (2.65%) JIRA
4 18 (1.70%) GitLab
4 18 (1.70%) JUnit
5 13 (1.23%) Bitbucket
6 12 (1.14%) Cucumber
6 12 (1.14%) Selenium
7 8 (0.76%) TestNG
8 7 (0.66%) Maven
8 7 (0.66%) REST Assured
9 6 (0.57%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.47%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.38%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.38%) Terragrunt
12 3 (0.28%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.28%) JMeter
12 3 (0.28%) Serenity BDD
12 3 (0.28%) SoapUI
General
1 300 (28.41%) Social Skills
2 254 (24.05%) Public Sector
3 105 (9.94%) Finance
4 102 (9.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 72 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (3.98%) Law
6 42 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
7 41 (3.88%) Retail
8 38 (3.60%) Police
9 28 (2.65%) Military
10 24 (2.27%) Aerospace
11 21 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (1.99%) Marketing
12 20 (1.89%) Legal
12 20 (1.89%) Manufacturing
13 17 (1.61%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
16 11 (1.04%) Local Government
17 10 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 197 (18.66%) Architect
1 197 (18.66%) Senior
2 151 (14.30%) Developer
3 139 (13.16%) Consultant
4 71 (6.72%) Analyst
5 70 (6.63%) Lead
6 59 (5.59%) DevOps Engineer
6 59 (5.59%) Solutions Architect
7 58 (5.49%) Software Engineer
8 54 (5.11%) Technical Architect
9 46 (4.36%) Security Consultant
10 42 (3.98%) Java Developer
11 38 (3.60%) SAP Consultant
12 37 (3.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 36 (3.41%) Senior Consultant
14 35 (3.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 32 (3.03%) Full Stack Developer
15 32 (3.03%) Project Manager
16 30 (2.84%) Business Analyst
17 26 (2.46%) Senior SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (6.25%) HTML
2 64 (6.06%) .NET
3 54 (5.11%) CSS
3 54 (5.11%) Web Services
4 53 (5.02%) REST
5 49 (4.64%) Spring
6 48 (4.55%) Elastic Stack
7 47 (4.45%) React
8 42 (3.98%) Spring Boot
9 37 (3.50%) JSON
9 37 (3.50%) XML
10 33 (3.13%) Node.js
11 32 (3.03%) AngularJS
12 30 (2.84%) SOAP
13 27 (2.56%) .NET Core
13 27 (2.56%) Leaflet
13 27 (2.56%) OpenLayers
13 27 (2.56%) PostGIS
14 24 (2.27%) Apache Camel
15 23 (2.18%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 59 (5.59%) Product Ownership
2 32 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 31 (2.94%) PKI
4 30 (2.84%) Cyberattack
5 26 (2.46%) Public Cloud
6 24 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
7 21 (1.99%) Onboarding
7 21 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
8 20 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
9 19 (1.80%) Mainframe
10 18 (1.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 16 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
11 16 (1.52%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.42%) Operational Technology
13 13 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
14 12 (1.14%) Driving Licence
14 12 (1.14%) IoT
15 11 (1.04%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.85%) CMDB
16 9 (0.85%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 138 (13.07%) Windows
2 135 (12.78%) Linux
3 41 (3.88%) Ubuntu
4 39 (3.69%) Windows Server
5 38 (3.60%) VMS
6 16 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (1.42%) Unix
8 10 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
8 10 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.47%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.38%) CentOS
10 4 (0.38%) Solaris
11 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.095%) Android
13 1 (0.095%) Debian
13 1 (0.095%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.095%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 403 (38.16%) Agile
2 226 (21.40%) DevOps
3 152 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
4 143 (13.54%) Cybersecurity
5 141 (13.35%) Scrum
6 137 (12.97%) Actionable Insight
7 123 (11.65%) CI/CD
8 121 (11.46%) Project Delivery
9 112 (10.61%) Project Management
10 110 (10.42%) Software Engineering
11 106 (10.04%) Mentoring
12 83 (7.86%) Analytics
13 79 (7.48%) ITIL
14 75 (7.10%) Coaching
15 68 (6.44%) Collaborative Working
16 67 (6.34%) Microservices
17 65 (6.16%) SIEM
18 64 (6.06%) Collaborative Culture
19 63 (5.97%) Stakeholder Management
20 60 (5.68%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 147 (13.92%) JavaScript
2 133 (12.59%) Python
3 102 (9.66%) Java
4 90 (8.52%) SQL
5 67 (6.34%) C#
6 35 (3.31%) Bash
7 33 (3.13%) PowerShell
8 18 (1.70%) COBOL
9 17 (1.61%) Shell Script
10 14 (1.33%) C++
11 13 (1.23%) Perl
12 8 (0.76%) PHP
12 8 (0.76%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.57%) Bicep
13 6 (0.57%) C
13 6 (0.57%) Groovy
13 6 (0.57%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.47%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.47%) VBA
15 4 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 620 (58.71%) SC Cleared
2 279 (26.42%) DV Cleared
3 157 (14.87%) Degree
4 47 (4.45%) CISSP
5 42 (3.98%) CTC Cleared
6 37 (3.50%) Azure Certification
6 37 (3.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 36 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 36 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 32 (3.03%) AWS Certification
9 28 (2.65%) Master's Degree
10 27 (2.56%) CISM
11 17 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 14 (1.33%) CESG Certified Professional
13 12 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (1.14%) CREST Certified
14 11 (1.04%) HNC
14 11 (1.04%) HND
15 10 (0.95%) AWS Certified Developer
16 9 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (3.41%) NIST
3 34 (3.22%) QA
4 25 (2.37%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.61%) Data Quality
5 17 (1.61%) GDPR
5 17 (1.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 13 (1.23%) NCSC
6 13 (1.23%) PMO
7 10 (0.95%) SLA
8 9 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.47%) WCAG
10 4 (0.38%) COBIT
10 4 (0.38%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.38%) GRC
10 4 (0.38%) ISO 31000
10 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 4 (0.38%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.38%) RMADS
11 3 (0.28%) NIST 800
System Software
1 117 (11.08%) Docker
2 91 (8.62%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.80%) Hyper-V
5 17 (1.61%) vSphere
6 8 (0.76%) KVM
7 6 (0.57%) Forefront TMG
7 6 (0.57%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.19%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.095%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 120 (11.36%) Terraform
2 102 (9.66%) Kubernetes
3 101 (9.56%) Ansible
4 18 (1.70%) Puppet
5 14 (1.33%) Progress Chef
6 12 (1.14%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.76%) Kibana
8 8 (0.76%) WSUS
9 7 (0.66%) Grafana
9 7 (0.66%) HP UCMDB
10 6 (0.57%) SCOM
11 5 (0.47%) Packer
12 4 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 3 (0.28%) Consul
13 3 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
13 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (0.28%) OpenView
13 3 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 139 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 74 (7.01%) Oracle
3 52 (4.92%) SAP
4 46 (4.36%) VMware
5 35 (3.31%) ServiceNow
6 28 (2.65%) ESRI
7 23 (2.18%) BMC
7 23 (2.18%) Juniper
7 23 (2.18%) Remedy
7 23 (2.18%) WSO2
8 20 (1.89%) HP
9 18 (1.70%) SolarWinds
9 18 (1.70%) Unisys
10 15 (1.42%) Cisco
10 15 (1.42%) Red Hat
10 15 (1.42%) Tanium
10 15 (1.42%) Tripwire
11 14 (1.33%) Google
12 13 (1.23%) Splunk
13 11 (1.04%) Dell