Security Cleared Jobs in the City of London

Security Clearance
Central London > City of London

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 42 49
Rank change year-on-year -30 +7 +42
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 71 168 255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 3.65% 5.04% 5.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.07% 17.63% 24.93%
Number of salaries quoted 59 70 134
10th Percentile £44,590 £46,250 £47,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,688 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,500 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% -9.56% -2.86%
75th Percentile £86,250 £74,375 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,000 £99,250
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £61,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.69% -12.14% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 588 953 1,023
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.20% 28.57% 23.27%
Number of salaries quoted 377 615 726
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £90,750 £93,125 £97,500
90th Percentile £117,500 £107,000 £121,250
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - -3.57%

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 6 June 2025.

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 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.23%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (4.23%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (2.82%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (2.82%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.41%) Alfresco
4 1 (1.41%) Apache
4 1 (1.41%) Camunda
4 1 (1.41%) CMS
4 1 (1.41%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 6 (8.45%) Adobe XD
1 6 (8.45%) InVision
1 6 (8.45%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (4.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.41%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.41%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.41%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.41%) SAP LE
Cloud Services
1 20 (28.17%) Azure
2 12 (16.90%) AWS
3 7 (9.86%) Figma
3 7 (9.86%) GCP
4 6 (8.45%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (5.63%) AWS CloudFormation
5 4 (5.63%) SaaS
6 3 (4.23%) Amazon EKS
6 3 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.23%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (4.23%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (4.23%) IaaS
6 3 (4.23%) PaaS
7 2 (2.82%) Azure Machine Learning
7 2 (2.82%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.41%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (1.41%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.41%) GitHub
8 1 (1.41%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.41%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.63%) Firewall
2 3 (4.23%) Cisco ISE
2 3 (4.23%) Ethernet
2 3 (4.23%) LAN
2 3 (4.23%) SD-WAN
2 3 (4.23%) WAN
3 1 (1.41%) Intranet
3 1 (1.41%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.41%) Wireless
3 1 (1.41%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.04%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.23%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (2.82%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.41%) MySQL
4 1 (1.41%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.41%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (8.45%) Axure RP
2 3 (4.23%) Git
3 1 (1.41%) CircleCI
3 1 (1.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.41%) JIRA
3 1 (1.41%) Storybook
3 1 (1.41%) Vagrant
General
1 19 (26.76%) Law
2 17 (23.94%) Social Skills
3 14 (19.72%) Public Sector
4 13 (18.31%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (9.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (7.04%) Finance
7 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Legal
8 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (33.80%) Developer
2 23 (32.39%) Consultant
3 9 (12.68%) Senior
4 8 (11.27%) Lead
5 7 (9.86%) Architect
6 6 (8.45%) Designer
6 6 (8.45%) Service Designer
6 6 (8.45%) User Experience Consultant
6 6 (8.45%) UX Developer
7 5 (7.04%) Oracle Consultant
7 5 (7.04%) Senior Developer
8 4 (5.63%) Java Developer
8 4 (5.63%) Software Developer
8 4 (5.63%) Technical Leader
9 3 (4.23%) 1st Line Support
9 3 (4.23%) Analyst
9 3 (4.23%) DV Cleared Java Developer
9 3 (4.23%) Network Architect
9 3 (4.23%) Salesforce Developer
10 2 (2.82%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (15.49%) HTML
2 10 (14.08%) CSS
3 7 (9.86%) .NET
4 5 (7.04%) AngularJS
4 5 (7.04%) React
5 4 (5.63%) HTML5
5 4 (5.63%) Node.js
5 4 (5.63%) Vue
6 3 (4.23%) .NET Core
6 3 (4.23%) .NET Framework
6 3 (4.23%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (4.23%) JSON
6 3 (4.23%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (4.23%) Pandas
6 3 (4.23%) RESTful
6 3 (4.23%) Sass
7 2 (2.82%) OpenTelemetry
7 2 (2.82%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (2.82%) REST
7 2 (2.82%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.86%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.63%) Cyberattack
2 4 (5.63%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.63%) Public Cloud
3 3 (4.23%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (4.23%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.23%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (4.23%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.82%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.82%) CSOC
4 2 (2.82%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.41%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.41%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (1.41%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.41%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.45%) Windows
2 5 (7.04%) Linux
3 3 (4.23%) Android
3 3 (4.23%) Windows 7
3 3 (4.23%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.23%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (4.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (36.62%) Agile
2 16 (22.54%) DevOps
3 15 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (21.13%) User Research
4 14 (19.72%) Workshop Facilitation
5 13 (18.31%) Mentoring
6 12 (16.90%) Inclusive Design
6 12 (16.90%) User Experience
6 12 (16.90%) User Stories
6 12 (16.90%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 11 (15.49%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (11.27%) Coaching
8 8 (11.27%) Presales
8 8 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (9.86%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (9.86%) Scrum
9 7 (9.86%) Service Management
9 7 (9.86%) Sprint Planning
10 6 (8.45%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 13 (18.31%) Java
1 13 (18.31%) JavaScript
2 10 (14.08%) Python
3 6 (8.45%) C++
3 6 (8.45%) TypeScript
4 5 (7.04%) C#
4 5 (7.04%) SQL
5 4 (5.63%) Go
6 3 (4.23%) Apex Code
6 3 (4.23%) Rust
7 2 (2.82%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.41%) ABAP
8 1 (1.41%) Bash
8 1 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 29 (40.85%) SC Cleared
2 19 (26.76%) DV Cleared
3 6 (8.45%) Degree
4 2 (2.82%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.82%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.82%) PMP
5 1 (1.41%) CIPD
5 1 (1.41%) CISA
5 1 (1.41%) CISM
5 1 (1.41%) CISSP
5 1 (1.41%) CREST Certified
5 1 (1.41%) CRISC
5 1 (1.41%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.90%) Accessibility
2 6 (8.45%) WCAG
3 2 (2.82%) GDPR
3 2 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.82%) NIST
4 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.41%) GRC
4 1 (1.41%) ISO 22301
4 1 (1.41%) NCSC
4 1 (1.41%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.41%) PMBOK
4 1 (1.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (9.86%) Active Directory
1 7 (9.86%) Docker
2 3 (4.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.23%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.41%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 9 (12.68%) Kubernetes
2 8 (11.27%) Terraform
3 7 (9.86%) Ansible
4 3 (4.23%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.82%) Prometheus
5 2 (2.82%) QRadar
6 1 (1.41%) Consul
6 1 (1.41%) Istio
6 1 (1.41%) Packer
6 1 (1.41%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.41%) Puppet
6 1 (1.41%) Salt
Vendors
1 11 (15.49%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.45%) Adobe
2 6 (8.45%) VMware
3 5 (7.04%) Google
3 5 (7.04%) Oracle
4 4 (5.63%) Cisco
4 4 (5.63%) SAP
5 3 (4.23%) Blue Coat
5 3 (4.23%) CheckPoint
5 3 (4.23%) F5
5 3 (4.23%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.82%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.41%) Aruba
7 1 (1.41%) Databricks
7 1 (1.41%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.41%) Juniper
7 1 (1.41%) Meraki
7 1 (1.41%) Progress
7 1 (1.41%) Ruckus Wireless
7 1 (1.41%) Workday