SC Cleared Job Trends 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 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 134 141
Rank change year-on-year +87 +7 -45
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 882 331 540
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.97% 2.66% 2.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.65% 8.97% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 612 235 407
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £59,688 £51,250 £52,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -10.71% +4.48%
75th Percentile £87,500 £79,375 £83,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,500 £92,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +9.09% -12.00%

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 4,489 3,690 6,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.20% 29.63% 27.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,704 1,970 3,787
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,557 £35,750
25th Percentile £55,938 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.05% -2.96%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £110,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -9.51%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SC Cleared relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in London

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in London over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

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 16 July 2026. 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 +59 83 £90,000 +38.46% 65
South London 0 21 £55,000 -15.38% 5
West London -10 5 £46,421 +27.18% 22
East London -2 1 £110,000 - 12
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 14 (1.59%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.47%) Apache
3 10 (1.13%) Apache Spark
4 9 (1.02%) Anypoint
4 9 (1.02%) Mule
5 7 (0.79%) Confluence
5 7 (0.79%) Palantir Foundry
6 6 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.68%) SAS
7 3 (0.34%) Camunda
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) JBoss
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (0.91%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.34%) InVision
2 3 (0.34%) Sketch
3 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.11%) Houdini
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.11%) NUKE
4 1 (0.11%) Trello
4 1 (0.11%) Weka
Business Applications
1 10 (1.13%) Maximo
2 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.11%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 245 (27.78%) AWS
2 183 (20.75%) Azure
3 66 (7.48%) GCP
4 43 (4.88%) Serverless
5 37 (4.20%) Power Platform
6 30 (3.40%) AWS CloudFormation
7 27 (3.06%) AWS Lambda
8 25 (2.83%) GitHub
9 22 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (2.27%) Entra ID
11 19 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
12 17 (1.93%) Amazon S3
13 15 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
13 15 (1.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 12 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (1.36%) Google Analytics
15 10 (1.13%) Amazon EC2
16 9 (1.02%) Amazon EMR
16 9 (1.02%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.74%) Network Security
2 14 (1.59%) Firewall
3 11 (1.25%) SSL
4 9 (1.02%) WAN
5 7 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
5 7 (0.79%) LAN
6 6 (0.68%) SD-WAN
6 6 (0.68%) VPN
7 5 (0.57%) SMTP
7 5 (0.57%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.45%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.45%) NAS
9 3 (0.34%) MPLS
9 3 (0.34%) VSAN
10 2 (0.23%) ATM
10 2 (0.23%) DNS
10 2 (0.23%) SAN
10 2 (0.23%) SNMP
10 2 (0.23%) VoIP
10 2 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.40%) Power BI
2 19 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (1.70%) Data Lake
3 15 (1.70%) NoSQL
4 13 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (1.36%) Metadata
5 12 (1.36%) Tableau
6 11 (1.25%) DynamoDB
7 10 (1.13%) Db2
8 9 (1.02%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (0.91%) Big Data
9 8 (0.91%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
10 5 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.57%) MySQL
10 5 (0.57%) Pinecone
11 4 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.34%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.34%) Redis
Development Applications
1 45 (5.10%) Jenkins
2 38 (4.31%) Git
3 29 (3.29%) GitLab
4 19 (2.15%) JIRA
5 9 (1.02%) Maven
6 6 (0.68%) Axure RP
6 6 (0.68%) Gradle
7 5 (0.57%) Balsamiq
7 5 (0.57%) Vite
8 4 (0.45%) JMeter
8 4 (0.45%) JUnit
9 3 (0.34%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.23%) Mockito
10 2 (0.23%) Postman
10 2 (0.23%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.23%) Selenium
10 2 (0.23%) Subversion
10 2 (0.23%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
General
1 262 (29.71%) Public Sector
2 172 (19.50%) Social Skills
3 144 (16.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 95 (10.77%) Law
5 88 (9.98%) Analytical Skills
6 57 (6.46%) Finance
7 40 (4.54%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (1.13%) Legal
11 7 (0.79%) Advertising
11 7 (0.79%) Cyber-Physical System
12 6 (0.68%) Retail
13 5 (0.57%) Military
14 4 (0.45%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.45%) Police
15 3 (0.34%) Marketing
15 3 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.34%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.23%) Banking
Job Titles
1 167 (18.93%) Senior
2 153 (17.35%) Architect
3 125 (14.17%) Consultant
4 96 (10.88%) Developer
5 73 (8.28%) Lead
6 69 (7.82%) Solutions Architect
7 56 (6.35%) Data Engineer
8 50 (5.67%) DevOps Engineer
9 49 (5.56%) Analyst
10 41 (4.65%) AWS Architect
11 40 (4.54%) Software Engineer
12 33 (3.74%) Senior Consultant
12 33 (3.74%) Senior Manager
13 32 (3.63%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 30 (3.40%) AWS Solution Architect
15 27 (3.06%) Cloud Engineer
15 27 (3.06%) Full-Stack Developer
16 26 (2.95%) Business Analyst
17 25 (2.83%) Designer
18 24 (2.72%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.40%) React
2 21 (2.38%) Kafka
2 21 (2.38%) Spring
3 18 (2.04%) HTML
3 18 (2.04%) REST
4 17 (1.93%) .NET
5 16 (1.81%) CSS
6 15 (1.70%) JSON
6 15 (1.70%) Spring Boot
7 14 (1.59%) PySpark
8 13 (1.47%) Web Services
8 13 (1.47%) YAML
9 10 (1.13%) Middleware
9 10 (1.13%) Node.js
9 10 (1.13%) SOAP
10 9 (1.02%) Django
10 9 (1.02%) JWT
10 9 (1.02%) OAuth
10 9 (1.02%) RAML
10 9 (1.02%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 70 (7.94%) Cloud Native
2 34 (3.85%) Product Ownership
3 25 (2.83%) Management Information System
4 24 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
5 17 (1.93%) Operational Technology
6 16 (1.81%) Onboarding
7 15 (1.70%) Public Cloud
8 14 (1.59%) AI Agents
8 14 (1.59%) Security Posture
9 12 (1.36%) Data Centre
10 8 (0.91%) Blog
10 8 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
10 8 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (0.79%) Data Structures
11 7 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
14 4 (0.45%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 47 (5.33%) Linux
2 35 (3.97%) Windows
3 17 (1.93%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.23%) CentOS
6 2 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (23.92%) Agile
2 148 (16.78%) DevOps
3 138 (15.65%) CI/CD
4 107 (12.13%) Mentoring
5 98 (11.11%) Community of Practice
6 94 (10.66%) AI
6 94 (10.66%) Technology Strategy
7 89 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 88 (9.98%) Problem-Solving
9 85 (9.64%) Infrastructure as Code
10 81 (9.18%) Software Engineering
11 80 (9.07%) Cybersecurity
11 80 (9.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 77 (8.73%) Full-Stack Development
13 68 (7.71%) Roadmaps
14 60 (6.80%) Analytics
15 54 (6.12%) Project Delivery
15 54 (6.12%) Scrum
16 51 (5.78%) Machine Learning
16 51 (5.78%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 130 (14.74%) Python
2 88 (9.98%) Java
3 61 (6.92%) SQL
4 57 (6.46%) JavaScript
5 26 (2.95%) TypeScript
6 15 (1.70%) Bash
6 15 (1.70%) C#
6 15 (1.70%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.13%) C++
8 9 (1.02%) DataWeave
9 8 (0.91%) Apex Code
10 7 (0.79%) Go
11 6 (0.68%) Scala
12 5 (0.57%) Rust
13 4 (0.45%) Groovy
13 4 (0.45%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.34%) Bicep
14 3 (0.34%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.23%) Perl
Qualifications
1 882 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 134 (15.19%) Degree
3 133 (15.08%) DV Cleared
4 31 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
4 31 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.06%) CISSP
6 24 (2.72%) CISM
7 18 (2.04%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.36%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.25%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.91%) CRISC
12 7 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.79%) GSEC
13 6 (0.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 6 (0.68%) CCIE
13 6 (0.68%) CEH
13 6 (0.68%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.57%) CCNP
15 4 (0.45%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (4.08%) NIST
3 21 (2.38%) Accessibility
3 21 (2.38%) Data Quality
4 20 (2.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 20 (2.27%) NCSC
5 16 (1.81%) QA
6 11 (1.25%) GDPR
7 9 (1.02%) WCAG
8 8 (0.91%) JSP 440
9 7 (0.79%) Government Security Classifications
10 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.34%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.23%) Def Stans
11 2 (0.23%) GRC
11 2 (0.23%) PMO
12 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.11%) IFRS
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 43 (4.88%) Docker
2 19 (2.15%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.57%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.45%) vSphere
6 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 85 (9.64%) Terraform
2 57 (6.46%) Kubernetes
3 22 (2.49%) Ansible
4 9 (1.02%) CloudHub
5 8 (0.91%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.68%) Grafana
7 5 (0.57%) CASB
7 5 (0.57%) Kibana
7 5 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.34%) Argo
9 3 (0.34%) Nagios
9 3 (0.34%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.34%) SCCM
10 2 (0.23%) OpenView
10 2 (0.23%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.23%) VxRail
11 1 (0.11%) AWS Copilot
11 1 (0.11%) Cilium
Vendors
1 78 (8.84%) Microsoft
2 35 (3.97%) Salesforce
3 33 (3.74%) Google
4 26 (2.95%) ServiceNow
5 24 (2.72%) Oracle
6 23 (2.61%) Databricks
7 18 (2.04%) VMware
8 17 (1.93%) MuleSoft
9 15 (1.70%) SAP
10 12 (1.36%) CyberArk
10 12 (1.36%) OpenAI
11 11 (1.25%) Adobe
11 11 (1.25%) Palantir
12 10 (1.13%) IBM
13 8 (0.91%) Cisco
13 8 (0.91%) Foundry
13 8 (0.91%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.79%) Okta
15 6 (0.68%) BeyondTrust
16 5 (0.57%) Workday