SC Cleared Jobs in London

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 106 326
Rank change year-on-year -13 +220 -151
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 603 1,117 870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 2.55% 3.26% 1.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.95% 12.54% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 407 756 464
10th Percentile £41,833 £42,631 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,751 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +8.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £93,850 £97,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.11% +0.91%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

SC 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 6,734 8,910 14,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.50% 25.97% 21.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4,260 5,606 6,710
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,510
25th Percentile £48,831 £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 £112,500 £105,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.72% +8.36% -

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 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 +5 120 £65,000 -4.41% 23
South London +36 63 £82,500 +3.13% 13
West London -33 9 £37,500 -53.13% 18
East London -4 1 £28,000 -51.30% 3
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 28 (4.64%) SharePoint
2 27 (4.48%) ArcGIS
2 27 (4.48%) GeoServer
3 23 (3.81%) OpenStack
4 10 (1.66%) Red Hat Fuse
5 9 (1.49%) JBoss
6 8 (1.33%) Apache
7 7 (1.16%) Confluence
7 7 (1.16%) Drupal
8 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.66%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.50%) nginx
9 3 (0.50%) WordPress
10 2 (0.33%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.17%) CMS
11 1 (0.17%) Documentum
11 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.66%) Sketch
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.17%) Blender
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (2.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 7 (1.16%) Elite 3E
3 5 (0.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.50%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.50%) SAP CX
4 3 (0.50%) SAP GTS
4 3 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.50%) SAP SD
4 3 (0.50%) SAP WM
5 2 (0.33%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.33%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.17%) HFM
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 171 (28.36%) AWS
2 166 (27.53%) Azure
3 48 (7.96%) Power Platform
4 46 (7.63%) Amazon EKS
5 40 (6.63%) Azure DevOps
6 38 (6.30%) Serverless
7 37 (6.14%) Amazon ECS
8 29 (4.81%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
10 23 (3.81%) SaaS
11 22 (3.65%) GCP
12 20 (3.32%) Power Automate
12 20 (3.32%) PowerApps
13 16 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
14 14 (2.32%) GitHub
15 13 (2.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 13 (2.16%) Cloud Computing
16 11 (1.82%) PaaS
17 10 (1.66%) Amazon EC2
17 10 (1.66%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.99%) Firewall
2 11 (1.82%) DNS
3 10 (1.66%) SSL
4 8 (1.33%) Structured Cabling
5 7 (1.16%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.00%) BGP
6 6 (1.00%) Network Security
6 6 (1.00%) VPN
7 4 (0.66%) IPv4
7 4 (0.66%) IPv6
7 4 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (0.50%) Wireless
9 2 (0.33%) Cisco IPT
9 2 (0.33%) DHCP
9 2 (0.33%) HTTP
9 2 (0.33%) IPsec
9 2 (0.33%) OSPF
9 2 (0.33%) SAN
9 2 (0.33%) VRRP
9 2 (0.33%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (10.12%) PostgreSQL
2 51 (8.46%) Relational Database
3 31 (5.14%) Power BI
4 28 (4.64%) GIS
5 27 (4.48%) QGIS
6 26 (4.31%) NoSQL
7 19 (3.15%) SQL Server
8 13 (2.16%) Metadata
9 12 (1.99%) MongoDB
10 11 (1.82%) Big Data
11 8 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (1.33%) MySQL
11 8 (1.33%) Tableau
12 7 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.16%) Oracle Database
12 7 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (1.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 5 (0.83%) Looker
14 5 (0.83%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 73 (12.11%) Jenkins
2 49 (8.13%) Git
3 23 (3.81%) JIRA
4 17 (2.82%) JUnit
5 16 (2.65%) GitLab
6 12 (1.99%) Cucumber
6 12 (1.99%) Selenium
7 10 (1.66%) Bitbucket
8 8 (1.33%) TestNG
9 7 (1.16%) REST Assured
10 5 (0.83%) Maven
10 5 (0.83%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.66%) Terragrunt
12 3 (0.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (0.50%) Bitbucket Server
12 3 (0.50%) JMeter
12 3 (0.50%) Serenity BDD
12 3 (0.50%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.50%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.50%) TeamCity
General
1 169 (28.03%) Social Skills
2 168 (27.86%) Public Sector
3 72 (11.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 44 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (7.13%) Finance
6 27 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
7 25 (4.15%) Law
8 24 (3.98%) Police
9 16 (2.65%) Marketing
10 11 (1.82%) Legal
11 9 (1.49%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.49%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.00%) Electronics
12 6 (1.00%) Retail
13 5 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.66%) Banking
14 4 (0.66%) Military
14 4 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 128 (21.23%) Architect
2 120 (19.90%) Senior
3 92 (15.26%) Developer
4 58 (9.62%) Analyst
5 52 (8.62%) Consultant
6 50 (8.29%) Technical Architect
7 48 (7.96%) DevOps Engineer
8 43 (7.13%) Software Engineer
9 42 (6.97%) Solutions Architect
10 40 (6.63%) Lead
11 37 (6.14%) Java Developer
12 24 (3.98%) AWS Engineer
13 23 (3.81%) Full Stack Developer
14 21 (3.48%) Business Analyst
14 21 (3.48%) Full Stack Java Developer
14 21 (3.48%) Senior Software Engineer
15 20 (3.32%) Senior Architect
16 19 (3.15%) Platform Architect
16 19 (3.15%) SC Cleared Java Developer
17 18 (2.99%) Power Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (7.46%) Spring
1 45 (7.46%) Web Services
2 43 (7.13%) REST
3 40 (6.63%) .NET
3 40 (6.63%) Spring Boot
4 39 (6.47%) React
5 33 (5.47%) Elastic Stack
6 32 (5.31%) Node.js
7 31 (5.14%) CSS
7 31 (5.14%) XML
8 28 (4.64%) AngularJS
9 27 (4.48%) .NET Core
9 27 (4.48%) JSON
9 27 (4.48%) Leaflet
9 27 (4.48%) OpenLayers
9 27 (4.48%) PostGIS
10 26 (4.31%) SOAP
11 23 (3.81%) Apache Camel
12 22 (3.65%) HTML
13 21 (3.48%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.64%) Product Ownership
2 24 (3.98%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (3.65%) Management Information System
4 12 (1.99%) Data Centre
4 12 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (1.49%) Public Cloud
6 8 (1.33%) CMDB
6 8 (1.33%) Operational Technology
6 8 (1.33%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.16%) Cyberattack
7 7 (1.16%) PKI
8 6 (1.00%) CCTV
8 6 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.00%) Onboarding
9 5 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.66%) CUDA
10 4 (0.66%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 58 (9.62%) Linux
2 57 (9.45%) Windows
3 28 (4.64%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (1.16%) Ubuntu
4 7 (1.16%) Unix
5 3 (0.50%) VMS
6 2 (0.33%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.17%) Debian
7 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (42.95%) Agile
2 175 (29.02%) DevOps
3 96 (15.92%) CI/CD
4 86 (14.26%) Actionable Insight
4 86 (14.26%) Scrum
5 85 (14.10%) Cybersecurity
6 83 (13.76%) Software Engineering
7 74 (12.27%) Problem-Solving
8 62 (10.28%) Microservices
9 58 (9.62%) Project Delivery
10 56 (9.29%) Project Management
11 52 (8.62%) Mentoring
12 47 (7.79%) Kanban
13 44 (7.30%) Business Intelligence
13 44 (7.30%) Technical Leadership
14 43 (7.13%) Containerisation
15 42 (6.97%) Infrastructure as Code
16 41 (6.80%) Coaching
16 41 (6.80%) Data Modelling
17 38 (6.30%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 96 (15.92%) JavaScript
2 93 (15.42%) Python
3 84 (13.93%) Java
4 66 (10.95%) SQL
5 52 (8.62%) C#
6 24 (3.98%) Bash
7 18 (2.99%) PowerShell
8 11 (1.82%) Perl
9 10 (1.66%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.49%) C++
11 8 (1.33%) Groovy
12 7 (1.16%) PHP
13 6 (1.00%) Bicep
13 6 (1.00%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.83%) C
14 5 (0.83%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.83%) VBA
15 4 (0.66%) Scala
16 2 (0.33%) Ruby
16 2 (0.33%) X++
Qualifications
1 603 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 94 (15.59%) DV Cleared
3 86 (14.26%) Degree
4 32 (5.31%) AWS Certification
4 32 (5.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (5.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (4.48%) Azure Certification
7 25 (4.15%) BPSS Clearance
8 21 (3.48%) CISSP
9 18 (2.99%) CISM
10 17 (2.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 10 (1.66%) Master's Degree
12 9 (1.49%) AWS Certified Developer
13 8 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (1.16%) CREST Certified
14 7 (1.16%) HNC
14 7 (1.16%) HND
15 6 (1.00%) PMI Certification
15 6 (1.00%) Postgraduate
16 5 (0.83%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (2.49%) QA
3 14 (2.32%) Data Quality
3 14 (2.32%) GDPR
4 13 (2.16%) Accessibility
4 13 (2.16%) NIST
4 13 (2.16%) PMO
5 7 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.16%) NCSC
6 5 (0.83%) WCAG
7 4 (0.66%) GRC
8 3 (0.50%) COBIT
8 3 (0.50%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.50%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.50%) SLA
9 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.33%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 92 (15.26%) Docker
2 16 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.16%) Hyper-V
4 12 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.33%) KVM
6 2 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.33%) vSphere
6 2 (0.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 86 (14.26%) Kubernetes
2 79 (13.10%) Terraform
3 54 (8.96%) Ansible
4 12 (1.99%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.82%) Puppet
6 8 (1.33%) Grafana
6 8 (1.33%) Kibana
6 8 (1.33%) Progress Chef
6 8 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.00%) HP UCMDB
8 4 (0.66%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 4 (0.66%) Packer
8 4 (0.66%) QRadar
9 3 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.50%) Consul
9 3 (0.50%) OpenView
9 3 (0.50%) SCCM
10 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.17%) logstash
Vendors
1 87 (14.43%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.47%) Oracle
3 32 (5.31%) ServiceNow
4 28 (4.64%) ESRI
5 23 (3.81%) WSO2
6 21 (3.48%) Juniper
7 18 (2.99%) HP
8 16 (2.65%) BMC
8 16 (2.65%) Remedy
9 14 (2.32%) VMware
10 13 (2.16%) Google
11 11 (1.82%) Cisco
12 10 (1.66%) Splunk
13 6 (1.00%) IBM
13 6 (1.00%) SAP
14 5 (0.83%) Databricks
14 5 (0.83%) ForgeRock
14 5 (0.83%) Sparx
14 5 (0.83%) Zscaler
15 4 (0.66%) Cloudera