SC Cleared Jobs in London

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 131 82
Rank change year-on-year -13 -49 +253
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 327 575 1,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 2.49% 2.57% 3.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.00% 9.24% 14.40%
Number of salaries quoted 232 388 678
10th Percentile £43,950 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,188 £52,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +4.48% -0.74%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £92,250 £92,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +13.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

SC 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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,087 6,220 7,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 31.18% 27.85% 26.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,971 3,584 5,063
10th Percentile £40,584 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,000 £47,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £88,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £101,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for SC Cleared in London

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in London over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in London

SC 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 SC Cleared within the London region over the 6 months to 20 July 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
South London -6 30 £65,000 -11.86% 13
Central London -36 23 £67,000 -0.74% 53
West London +10 1 £36,500 -2.67% 32
East London -16 1 - - 9
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 10 (3.06%) JBoss
1 10 (3.06%) Red Hat Fuse
2 8 (2.45%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.14%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.53%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (0.92%) Apache
5 3 (0.92%) CMS
5 3 (0.92%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.61%) WinCC
7 1 (0.31%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.31%) Camunda
7 1 (0.31%) Confluence
7 1 (0.31%) Drupal
7 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (4.28%) Adobe XD
2 7 (2.14%) InVision
2 7 (2.14%) Sketch
3 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.61%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 2 (0.61%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.53%) Maximo
2 4 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.61%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.61%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.61%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.61%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.31%) Lorenzo
4 1 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP LE
4 1 (0.31%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.31%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 107 (32.72%) AWS
2 93 (28.44%) Azure
3 38 (11.62%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (11.01%) Serverless
5 32 (9.79%) Power Platform
6 24 (7.34%) Azure Data Factory
7 23 (7.03%) Amazon ECS
8 21 (6.42%) GCP
9 19 (5.81%) Amazon EKS
9 19 (5.81%) AWS CloudFormation
9 19 (5.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 18 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
11 17 (5.20%) Figma
12 16 (4.89%) AWS KMS
13 12 (3.67%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (3.06%) Power Automate
15 9 (2.75%) OCI
16 8 (2.45%) Amazon EC2
17 7 (2.14%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.98%) Firewall
1 13 (3.98%) Network Security
2 6 (1.83%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.92%) Ethernet
3 3 (0.92%) LAN
3 3 (0.92%) SSL
3 3 (0.92%) VPN
4 2 (0.61%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (0.61%) Modbus
4 2 (0.61%) Profibus
4 2 (0.61%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.61%) WAN
5 1 (0.31%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.31%) Junos
5 1 (0.31%) NAS
5 1 (0.31%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.31%) SNMP
5 1 (0.31%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.31%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (10.09%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (7.03%) Relational Database
3 21 (6.42%) Power BI
4 8 (2.45%) MongoDB
4 8 (2.45%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.45%) RDBMS
5 7 (2.14%) Big Data
6 6 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (1.83%) Metadata
6 6 (1.83%) MySQL
6 6 (1.83%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.53%) Delta Lake
8 4 (1.22%) DB2
8 4 (1.22%) GIS
9 3 (0.92%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.92%) Redis
10 2 (0.61%) Spark SQL
10 2 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (10.09%) Jenkins
2 28 (8.56%) Git
3 18 (5.50%) JMeter
3 18 (5.50%) JUnit
4 13 (3.98%) Axure RP
5 11 (3.36%) Selenium
6 9 (2.75%) GitLab
7 8 (2.45%) Postman
8 7 (2.14%) Balsamiq
8 7 (2.14%) JIRA
8 7 (2.14%) Mockito
9 6 (1.83%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.83%) Locust
10 5 (1.53%) Gatling
10 5 (1.53%) Robot Framework
11 4 (1.22%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.92%) Storybook
12 3 (0.92%) TestRail
13 2 (0.61%) Bitbucket Server
13 2 (0.61%) WebDriver
General
1 111 (33.94%) Public Sector
2 93 (28.44%) Social Skills
3 45 (13.76%) Finance
4 44 (13.46%) Law
5 31 (9.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.06%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.45%) Military
9 7 (2.14%) Marketing
10 6 (1.83%) Electronics
10 6 (1.83%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.53%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.92%) Digital Economy
12 3 (0.92%) Fire and Rescue
12 3 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.92%) Legal
12 3 (0.92%) Police
13 2 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (18.96%) Developer
2 54 (16.51%) Architect
3 41 (12.54%) Senior
4 40 (12.23%) Consultant
5 27 (8.26%) Data Engineer
6 26 (7.95%) Java Developer
7 22 (6.73%) Lead
8 21 (6.42%) Designer
9 19 (5.81%) Azure Engineer
10 17 (5.20%) Cloud Architect
10 17 (5.20%) DevOps Engineer
10 17 (5.20%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (4.89%) Service Designer
12 14 (4.28%) Analyst
13 11 (3.36%) AWS Architect
13 11 (3.36%) Azure Data Engineer
14 10 (3.06%) Senior Consultant
15 9 (2.75%) Test Engineer
16 8 (2.45%) Systems Engineer
16 8 (2.45%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (10.70%) HTML
2 30 (9.17%) REST
3 29 (8.87%) CSS
4 27 (8.26%) Spring
5 26 (7.95%) Web Services
6 24 (7.34%) RESTful
7 23 (7.03%) React
8 21 (6.42%) Spring Boot
9 20 (6.12%) PySpark
10 17 (5.20%) Apache Camel
10 17 (5.20%) Kafka
11 15 (4.59%) Elastic Stack
12 14 (4.28%) AngularJS
12 14 (4.28%) SOAP
13 11 (3.36%) Hibernate
14 10 (3.06%) J2EE
15 9 (2.75%) ActiveMQ
16 8 (2.45%) .NET
16 8 (2.45%) YAML
17 7 (2.14%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.73%) Distributed Systems
2 19 (5.81%) Cloud Native
3 16 (4.89%) Management Information System
4 14 (4.28%) Product Ownership
5 11 (3.36%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (1.83%) NHS
6 6 (1.83%) Security Posture
7 5 (1.53%) Enterprise Cloud
7 5 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.22%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (1.22%) Housing Association
8 4 (1.22%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.22%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.22%) SCADA
9 3 (0.92%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.61%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.73%) Linux
2 11 (3.36%) Unix
3 10 (3.06%) Windows
4 7 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.53%) CentOS
5 5 (1.53%) HPUX
5 5 (1.53%) Solaris
6 4 (1.22%) Oracle Linux
7 3 (0.92%) Android
7 3 (0.92%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.92%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.61%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (42.81%) Agile
2 97 (29.66%) DevOps
3 80 (24.46%) CI/CD
4 62 (18.96%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (16.21%) Mentoring
6 50 (15.29%) Scrum
7 40 (12.23%) Microservices
8 31 (9.48%) Software Engineering
9 29 (8.87%) Analytics
9 29 (8.87%) Computer Science
10 27 (8.26%) Data Engineering
10 27 (8.26%) Data Modelling
11 26 (7.95%) Artificial Intelligence
11 26 (7.95%) Data Pipeline
11 26 (7.95%) Infrastructure as Code
12 25 (7.65%) Business Intelligence
12 25 (7.65%) User Experience
13 24 (7.34%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (7.34%) Kanban
13 24 (7.34%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 68 (20.80%) Python
2 66 (20.18%) Java
3 57 (17.43%) JavaScript
4 50 (15.29%) SQL
5 20 (6.12%) C#
6 16 (4.89%) TypeScript
7 13 (3.98%) Shell Script
8 11 (3.36%) Bash
9 7 (2.14%) Go
9 7 (2.14%) Scala
10 6 (1.83%) Ruby
11 4 (1.22%) C++
11 4 (1.22%) SPARQL
12 3 (0.92%) C
12 3 (0.92%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.61%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.61%) Bicep
13 2 (0.61%) R
13 2 (0.61%) VB
14 1 (0.31%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 327 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 62 (18.96%) Degree
3 30 (9.17%) AWS Certification
4 27 (8.26%) DV Cleared
5 26 (7.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (4.59%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (4.28%) Azure Certification
8 12 (3.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 11 (3.36%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (2.45%) ISTQB
11 7 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.53%) Oracle Certification
13 4 (1.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (1.22%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.92%) APMG
14 3 (0.92%) CCNP
14 3 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.92%) CREST Certified
14 3 (0.92%) OSCP
14 3 (0.92%) OSWP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.73%) Accessibility
2 17 (5.20%) GDPR
3 16 (4.89%) NIST
3 16 (4.89%) WCAG
4 15 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (3.98%) Data Quality
6 12 (3.67%) SLA
7 10 (3.06%) HIPAA
7 10 (3.06%) QA
8 8 (2.45%) NCSC
9 3 (0.92%) GRC
9 3 (0.92%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.61%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.61%) P3O
11 1 (0.31%) DICOM
11 1 (0.31%) HL7
11 1 (0.31%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 65 (19.88%) Docker
2 7 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.31%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 1 (0.31%) pfSense
4 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 61 (18.65%) Kubernetes
2 46 (14.07%) Terraform
3 23 (7.03%) Ansible
4 15 (4.59%) Grafana
5 13 (3.98%) Prometheus
6 10 (3.06%) Kibana
7 4 (1.22%) Nessus
8 3 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.92%) AWS Copilot
8 3 (0.92%) Functional Safety
8 3 (0.92%) Nagios
9 2 (0.61%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.61%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.61%) Puppet
10 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.31%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.31%) HP UCMDB
10 1 (0.31%) Istio
10 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.31%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (12.84%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.42%) Oracle
3 20 (6.12%) Google
4 18 (5.50%) Splunk
5 14 (4.28%) Adobe
6 13 (3.98%) Databricks
7 10 (3.06%) SAP
8 9 (2.75%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.75%) VMware
9 7 (2.14%) Dynatrace
9 7 (2.14%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.83%) Palantir
10 6 (1.83%) Siemens
11 5 (1.53%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.22%) IBM
13 3 (0.92%) Cisco
13 3 (0.92%) Commvault
13 3 (0.92%) Juniper
13 3 (0.92%) Red Hat
13 3 (0.92%) Talend