Security Cleared Jobs in Central London

Security Clearance
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 53 61
Rank change year-on-year -19 +8 +59
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 100 174 253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 3.94% 4.60% 4.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.75% 16.01% 21.31%
Number of salaries quoted 80 74 136
10th Percentile £44,590 £45,375 £48,375
25th Percentile £58,444 £53,702 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -4.06% -3.21%
75th Percentile £92,500 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £91,125
London median annual salary £65,000 £72,150 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.91% +11.00% -3.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central 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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Central London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 851 1,087 1,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 33.50% 28.73% 22.40%
Number of salaries quoted 489 688 851
10th Percentile £40,467 £36,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £49,000 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £108,250 £117,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Central London

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in Central London

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Central London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Central London

Security Cleared
Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
City of London -6 98 £70,000 +7.69% 43
City of Westminster +1 15 £52,964 -24.34% 1
Southwark -5 2 - -
Security Cleared
London

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 9 (9.00%) OpenEdge
2 7 (7.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (3.00%) SharePoint
5 2 (2.00%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (2.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (1.00%) Alfresco
6 1 (1.00%) Apache
6 1 (1.00%) Camunda
6 1 (1.00%) CMS
6 1 (1.00%) Confluence
6 1 (1.00%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 4 (4.00%) Adobe XD
1 4 (4.00%) InVision
1 4 (4.00%) Sketch
2 2 (2.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 12 (12.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (4.00%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (3.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.00%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.00%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.00%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.00%) SAP LE
Cloud Services
1 23 (23.00%) Azure
2 14 (14.00%) Dynamics 365
3 13 (13.00%) Power Platform
4 10 (10.00%) AWS
5 8 (8.00%) GCP
6 7 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (6.00%) SaaS
8 5 (5.00%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (5.00%) Figma
8 5 (5.00%) IaaS
8 5 (5.00%) PaaS
9 4 (4.00%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (4.00%) OCI
10 2 (2.00%) Canva
10 2 (2.00%) Google Analytics
11 1 (1.00%) Power Automate
11 1 (1.00%) Pulumi
11 1 (1.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.00%) Firewall
2 5 (5.00%) Cisco ISE
2 5 (5.00%) Ethernet
2 5 (5.00%) LAN
2 5 (5.00%) SD-WAN
2 5 (5.00%) WAN
3 1 (1.00%) Intranet
3 1 (1.00%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.00%) Wireless
3 1 (1.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (2.00%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.00%) Oracle ODI
3 2 (2.00%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.00%) MySQL
4 1 (1.00%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.00%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (8.00%) Git
2 4 (4.00%) Axure RP
3 2 (2.00%) JIRA
4 1 (1.00%) CircleCI
4 1 (1.00%) GitLab
4 1 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.00%) Storybook
4 1 (1.00%) Vagrant
4 1 (1.00%) Vite
General
1 31 (31.00%) Law
2 23 (23.00%) Social Skills
3 18 (18.00%) Finance
4 17 (17.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (9.00%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.00%) Marketing
8 1 (1.00%) Legal
8 1 (1.00%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.00%) Retail
8 1 (1.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (29.00%) Developer
2 22 (22.00%) Architect
3 19 (19.00%) Consultant
4 15 (15.00%) Lead
5 14 (14.00%) Senior
6 10 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (9.00%) Analyst
7 9 (9.00%) Lead Architect
7 9 (9.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 8 (8.00%) Senior Developer
8 8 (8.00%) SOC Analyst
9 5 (5.00%) 1st Line Support
9 5 (5.00%) Network Architect
9 5 (5.00%) Oracle Consultant
9 5 (5.00%) SOC Engineer
10 4 (4.00%) Designer
10 4 (4.00%) Java Developer
10 4 (4.00%) Software Developer
10 4 (4.00%) User Experience Consultant
10 4 (4.00%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (16.00%) HTML
2 15 (15.00%) .NET
2 15 (15.00%) CSS
3 11 (11.00%) AngularJS
4 10 (10.00%) React
5 9 (9.00%) HTML5
6 8 (8.00%) .NET Core
6 8 (8.00%) ASP.NET Web API
6 8 (8.00%) RESTful
6 8 (8.00%) Vue
7 7 (7.00%) .NET Framework
7 7 (7.00%) Sass
8 6 (6.00%) JSON
9 5 (5.00%) Node.js
10 4 (4.00%) Pandas
11 2 (2.00%) Apache NiFi
11 2 (2.00%) CSS3
11 2 (2.00%) Lightning Web Components
11 2 (2.00%) OpenTelemetry
11 2 (2.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.00%) Management Information System
2 11 (11.00%) Virtual Team
3 10 (10.00%) CSOC
3 10 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 6 (6.00%) Cyberattack
4 6 (6.00%) Public Cloud
5 5 (5.00%) Data Centre
5 5 (5.00%) Product Ownership
6 3 (3.00%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.00%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (3.00%) Freedom of Information
7 2 (2.00%) CMDB
7 2 (2.00%) Social Media
8 1 (1.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.00%) Driving Licence
8 1 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 1 (1.00%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.00%) Windows
2 7 (7.00%) Linux
3 5 (5.00%) Windows 7
3 5 (5.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (5.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (4.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (30.00%) Mentoring
2 29 (29.00%) Agile
2 29 (29.00%) DevOps
3 17 (17.00%) Collaborative Working
4 16 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (15.00%) User Research
6 13 (13.00%) Incident Response
7 12 (12.00%) CRM
7 12 (12.00%) Security Operations
8 11 (11.00%) Architectural Design
8 11 (11.00%) Business Strategy
8 11 (11.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (11.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 11 (11.00%) SIEM
8 11 (11.00%) Threat Intelligence
9 10 (10.00%) CI/CD
9 10 (10.00%) Decision-Making
9 10 (10.00%) Open Source
9 10 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 19 (19.00%) JavaScript
2 13 (13.00%) Java
3 10 (10.00%) C#
3 10 (10.00%) Python
3 10 (10.00%) SQL
3 10 (10.00%) TypeScript
4 5 (5.00%) C++
4 5 (5.00%) Go
5 4 (4.00%) C
5 4 (4.00%) Rust
6 2 (2.00%) Apex Code
6 2 (2.00%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.00%) ABAP
7 1 (1.00%) Bash
7 1 (1.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 41 (41.00%) SC Cleared
2 22 (22.00%) DV Cleared
3 6 (6.00%) Degree
4 2 (2.00%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.00%) CIPD
5 1 (1.00%) CISA
5 1 (1.00%) CISM
5 1 (1.00%) CISSP
5 1 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.00%) CREST Certified
5 1 (1.00%) CRISC
5 1 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.00%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.00%) PMP
5 1 (1.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.00%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.00%) WCAG
3 3 (3.00%) GRC
4 2 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.00%) NIST
4 2 (2.00%) PMBOK
5 1 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.00%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.00%) GDPR
5 1 (1.00%) ISO 22301
5 1 (1.00%) NCSC
5 1 (1.00%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (9.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (8.00%) Docker
3 5 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.00%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.00%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 10 (10.00%) Ansible
1 10 (10.00%) QRadar
1 10 (10.00%) Terraform
2 9 (9.00%) Kubernetes
3 5 (5.00%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.00%) Prometheus
4 2 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.00%) Consul
5 1 (1.00%) Istio
5 1 (1.00%) Packer
5 1 (1.00%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.00%) Puppet
5 1 (1.00%) Salt
Vendors
1 30 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.00%) Google
2 10 (10.00%) VMware
3 8 (8.00%) Oracle
4 6 (6.00%) Adobe
4 6 (6.00%) Cisco
5 5 (5.00%) Blue Coat
5 5 (5.00%) CheckPoint
5 5 (5.00%) F5
6 3 (3.00%) SAP
7 2 (2.00%) Bloomberg
7 2 (2.00%) Dynatrace
7 2 (2.00%) Facebook
7 2 (2.00%) Instagram
7 2 (2.00%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.00%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.00%) Twitter
8 1 (1.00%) Meraki
8 1 (1.00%) Ruckus Wireless
8 1 (1.00%) Workday