Security Cleared Job Trends in London

Security Clearance
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 62 64
Rank change year-on-year +21 +2 +17
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 865 569 934
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.77% 4.43% 4.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.69% 13.10% 15.17%
Number of salaries quoted 584 348 671
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -10.34% +11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,393 4,343 6,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 24.24% 33.82% 27.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,372 2,013 4,226
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,375 £118,500 £105,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -4.35%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in London

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in London over the 6 months to 2 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in London

Security 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 Security Cleared within the London region over the 6 months to 2 April 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 -1 92 £72,500 - 111
South London -9 16 £69,445 +12.65% 10
West London -31 15 £85,000 +47.39% 21
North London 0 1 £45,000 -32.08%
Security Cleared
England

Security 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 26 (3.01%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.97%) Confluence
3 15 (1.73%) Palantir Foundry
4 14 (1.62%) Apache
5 12 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.04%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.92%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.35%) Camunda
10 1 (0.12%) CMS
10 1 (0.12%) IIS
10 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (3.01%) Adobe XD
2 7 (0.81%) InVision
2 7 (0.81%) Sketch
3 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.23%) Weka
6 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 12 (1.39%) Maximo
2 6 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.23%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.23%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.23%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.12%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 206 (23.82%) AWS
2 183 (21.16%) Azure
3 71 (8.21%) GCP
4 47 (5.43%) Power Platform
5 43 (4.97%) Serverless
6 34 (3.93%) AWS CloudFormation
7 32 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
8 27 (3.12%) Entra ID
9 26 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
9 26 (3.01%) Figma
10 24 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
10 24 (2.77%) Power Automate
10 24 (2.77%) PowerApps
11 23 (2.66%) GitHub
12 17 (1.97%) Amazon EKS
13 15 (1.73%) Amazon ECS
13 15 (1.73%) Amazon S3
13 15 (1.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 13 (1.50%) Google Analytics
14 13 (1.50%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.35%) Firewall
2 18 (2.08%) Network Security
2 18 (2.08%) WAN
3 17 (1.97%) DNS
3 17 (1.97%) VPN
4 13 (1.50%) LAN
5 12 (1.39%) SAN
5 12 (1.39%) SD-WAN
5 12 (1.39%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.04%) Software-Defined Networking
6 9 (1.04%) Structured Cabling
6 9 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (1.04%) Wireless
7 8 (0.92%) DHCP
8 7 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (0.58%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.58%) SMTP
9 5 (0.58%) VoIP
9 5 (0.58%) WAAS
9 5 (0.58%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.51%) Power BI
2 38 (4.39%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (2.43%) NoSQL
4 18 (2.08%) MongoDB
5 12 (1.39%) DB2
5 12 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
5 12 (1.39%) MySQL
5 12 (1.39%) Relational Database
6 11 (1.27%) Metadata
6 11 (1.27%) SQL Server
7 10 (1.16%) DTS
8 9 (1.04%) DynamoDB
9 8 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.92%) Pinecone
10 6 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.69%) Tableau
11 5 (0.58%) Neo4j
11 5 (0.58%) Redis
Development Applications
1 47 (5.43%) Git
2 46 (5.32%) Jenkins
3 27 (3.12%) JIRA
4 22 (2.54%) Axure RP
5 19 (2.20%) Balsamiq
5 19 (2.20%) GitLab
6 11 (1.27%) JMeter
7 7 (0.81%) JUnit
7 7 (0.81%) Maven
7 7 (0.81%) Vite
8 6 (0.69%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.69%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.69%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.46%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.46%) Mockito
9 4 (0.46%) Selenium
9 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.46%) Subversion
10 3 (0.35%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.35%) TeamCity
General
1 248 (28.67%) Public Sector
2 188 (21.73%) Social Skills
3 111 (12.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 86 (9.94%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (9.94%) Law
5 78 (9.02%) Finance
6 20 (2.31%) Legal
6 20 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
7 17 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
8 14 (1.62%) Aerospace
8 14 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (1.50%) Marketing
10 12 (1.39%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.39%) Telecoms
11 11 (1.27%) Games
12 9 (1.04%) Advertising
12 9 (1.04%) Electronics
13 5 (0.58%) Military
13 5 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 151 (17.46%) Senior
2 112 (12.95%) Developer
3 100 (11.56%) Architect
4 99 (11.45%) Consultant
5 48 (5.55%) Analyst
5 48 (5.55%) Designer
6 46 (5.32%) Data Engineer
7 43 (4.97%) Software Engineer
8 39 (4.51%) Full-Stack Developer
8 39 (4.51%) Lead
9 38 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
10 35 (4.05%) Java Developer
11 33 (3.82%) Business Analyst
11 33 (3.82%) Senior Consultant
11 33 (3.82%) UX Designer
12 32 (3.70%) Senior Manager
13 28 (3.24%) DevOps Engineer
14 27 (3.12%) User Researcher
15 20 (2.31%) Cloud Engineer
15 20 (2.31%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (4.62%) React
2 34 (3.93%) HTML
3 33 (3.82%) Spring
4 30 (3.47%) CSS
5 26 (3.01%) REST
6 21 (2.43%) Spring Boot
6 21 (2.43%) Web Services
7 20 (2.31%) AngularJS
8 19 (2.20%) .NET
9 16 (1.85%) Node.js
10 14 (1.62%) PyTorch
11 13 (1.50%) HTML5 Canvas
12 12 (1.39%) FastAPI
12 12 (1.39%) Middleware
12 12 (1.39%) SAML
12 12 (1.39%) SOAP
13 11 (1.27%) LangChain
13 11 (1.27%) Lightning Web Components
14 10 (1.16%) OpenID
14 10 (1.16%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 64 (7.40%) Cloud Native
2 52 (6.01%) Product Ownership
3 25 (2.89%) Data Centre
4 24 (2.77%) Management Information System
4 24 (2.77%) PKI
5 21 (2.43%) Onboarding
6 18 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (1.73%) Security Posture
8 14 (1.62%) AI Agents
9 12 (1.39%) Cyber Defence
9 12 (1.39%) Driving Licence
10 11 (1.27%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
13 7 (0.81%) Blog
13 7 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
13 7 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 59 (6.82%) Linux
2 49 (5.66%) Windows
3 14 (1.62%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.16%) Ubuntu
4 10 (1.16%) VMS
5 9 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (1.04%) Unix
6 7 (0.81%) Android
7 4 (0.46%) CentOS
8 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.23%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.12%) Debian
10 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.12%) Rocky
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (26.59%) Agile
2 130 (15.03%) DevOps
3 120 (13.87%) AI
4 112 (12.95%) Problem-Solving
5 111 (12.83%) CI/CD
6 97 (11.21%) Software Engineering
7 93 (10.75%) Infrastructure as Code
8 91 (10.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 87 (10.06%) Community of Practice
10 86 (9.94%) Full-Stack Development
11 80 (9.25%) Mentoring
12 78 (9.02%) Analytics
13 74 (8.55%) Computer Science
14 71 (8.21%) Technology Strategy
15 67 (7.75%) User Experience
16 64 (7.40%) User Research
17 59 (6.82%) Data Modelling
18 58 (6.71%) Containerisation
19 57 (6.59%) Collaborative Culture
19 57 (6.59%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 165 (19.08%) Python
2 134 (15.49%) Java
3 101 (11.68%) JavaScript
4 84 (9.71%) SQL
5 48 (5.55%) C#
6 46 (5.32%) TypeScript
7 40 (4.62%) PowerShell
8 26 (3.01%) Bash
9 17 (1.97%) C++
10 11 (1.27%) Apex Code
11 9 (1.04%) Kotlin
11 9 (1.04%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.69%) Go
12 6 (0.69%) Google Apps Script
13 5 (0.58%) C
14 4 (0.46%) ABAP
14 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.46%) Groovy
14 4 (0.46%) Scala
14 4 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 598 (69.13%) SC Cleared
2 242 (27.98%) DV Cleared
3 166 (19.19%) Degree
4 37 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (2.77%) PhD
6 21 (2.43%) CISSP
7 18 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.73%) AWS Certification
9 14 (1.62%) Azure Certification
10 13 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (1.50%) CISM
11 8 (0.92%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.81%) CRISC
12 7 (0.81%) GSEC
12 7 (0.81%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.69%) CCIE
13 6 (0.69%) CCNP
13 6 (0.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (0.58%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (5.43%) Accessibility
2 26 (3.01%) WCAG
3 25 (2.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (2.66%) NIST
5 19 (2.20%) Data Quality
6 17 (1.97%) QA
7 10 (1.16%) GRC
8 9 (1.04%) JSP 440
9 8 (0.92%) SLA
10 7 (0.81%) Government Security Classifications
10 7 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 6 (0.69%) GDPR
11 6 (0.69%) NCSC
12 3 (0.35%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.35%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.35%) NEBOSH
12 3 (0.35%) PMO
13 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.12%) COBIT
14 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 84 (9.71%) Docker
2 29 (3.35%) Active Directory
3 21 (2.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.39%) vSphere
5 9 (1.04%) KVM
6 6 (0.69%) Firmware
7 2 (0.23%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.23%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.12%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.12%) OpenDJ
8 1 (0.12%) OpenIDM
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 95 (10.98%) Kubernetes
2 91 (10.52%) Terraform
3 32 (3.70%) Ansible
4 17 (1.97%) Grafana
5 11 (1.27%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (1.04%) Argo
7 9 (1.04%) Kibana
7 9 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.69%) SCCM
8 6 (0.69%) WSUS
9 5 (0.58%) CASB
9 5 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (0.58%) Istio
9 5 (0.58%) linkerd
9 5 (0.58%) Mesos
9 5 (0.58%) Puppet
9 5 (0.58%) VxRail
10 4 (0.46%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.35%) Nagios
Vendors
1 78 (9.02%) Microsoft
2 47 (5.43%) Google
3 33 (3.82%) VMware
4 31 (3.58%) Cisco
5 26 (3.01%) Adobe
5 26 (3.01%) Palantir
6 22 (2.54%) Salesforce
7 20 (2.31%) Dell
8 19 (2.20%) Oracle
8 19 (2.20%) SAP
9 16 (1.85%) Foundry
9 16 (1.85%) ServiceNow
10 15 (1.73%) Atlassian
10 15 (1.73%) Red Hat
11 13 (1.50%) IBM
12 11 (1.27%) OpenAI
13 10 (1.16%) Databricks
13 10 (1.16%) MuleSoft
13 10 (1.16%) Okta
13 10 (1.16%) Splunk