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 20 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 76 62
Rank change year-on-year +45 -14 -5
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,289 508 913
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.74% 4.09% 4.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.45% 13.89% 14.96%
Number of salaries quoted 822 337 623
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.90% +7.83% -4.17%

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 4,531 3,658 6,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.16% 29.44% 27.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,745 1,976 3,577
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,312 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,938 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £103,750 £110,000 £101,100
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 20 July 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 20 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 +37 124 £75,000 +15.38% 79
South London -17 27 £55,000 -15.38% 5
West London -8 12 £85,000 +136.11% 25
North London +8 1 £45,000 -35.71% 1
East London -8 1 £110,000 - 16
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 23 (1.78%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.47%) Apache
3 14 (1.09%) Confluence
4 13 (1.01%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.93%) Palantir Foundry
6 11 (0.85%) Anypoint
6 11 (0.85%) Mule
7 7 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.47%) SAS
9 4 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.31%) Camunda
10 3 (0.23%) IIS
10 3 (0.23%) JBoss
11 1 (0.078%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.078%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.078%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.62%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.23%) InVision
3 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.23%) Sketch
4 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.078%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.078%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.078%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.078%) Houdini
5 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.078%) NUKE
5 1 (0.078%) Trello
5 1 (0.078%) Weka
Business Applications
1 10 (0.78%) Maximo
2 6 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.078%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.078%) Primavera
3 1 (0.078%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.078%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 406 (31.50%) AWS
2 250 (19.39%) Azure
3 99 (7.68%) GCP
4 79 (6.13%) Serverless
5 77 (5.97%) AWS CloudFormation
6 72 (5.59%) Cloud Computing
7 49 (3.80%) AWS Lambda
8 45 (3.49%) Power Platform
9 43 (3.34%) Entra ID
10 37 (2.87%) Amazon S3
11 36 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
12 29 (2.25%) Amazon EKS
12 29 (2.25%) GitHub
13 28 (2.17%) Amazon ECS
14 23 (1.78%) Amazon EMR
14 23 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (1.55%) OCI
16 19 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
17 16 (1.24%) AWS Control Tower
17 16 (1.24%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.88%) Network Security
2 32 (2.48%) Firewall
3 18 (1.40%) DNS
4 15 (1.16%) WAN
5 13 (1.01%) SSL
6 12 (0.93%) DHCP
6 12 (0.93%) VPN
7 10 (0.78%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.70%) NGN
9 8 (0.62%) LAN
9 8 (0.62%) SAN
10 7 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
11 6 (0.47%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.47%) VSAN
12 5 (0.39%) MPLS
12 5 (0.39%) NAS
12 5 (0.39%) SMTP
13 4 (0.31%) IPv4
13 4 (0.31%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.79%) Power BI
2 29 (2.25%) Data Lake
3 27 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (1.94%) Metadata
5 22 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
6 21 (1.63%) Big Data
7 18 (1.40%) DynamoDB
8 16 (1.24%) NoSQL
9 14 (1.09%) MySQL
10 12 (0.93%) Tableau
11 11 (0.85%) MongoDB
12 10 (0.78%) Amazon Aurora
12 10 (0.78%) Db2
12 10 (0.78%) DTS
12 10 (0.78%) Relational Database
13 9 (0.70%) SQL Server
14 7 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
15 6 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
16 5 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 62 (4.81%) Jenkins
2 58 (4.50%) Git
3 43 (3.34%) GitLab
4 32 (2.48%) JIRA
5 8 (0.62%) Maven
6 7 (0.54%) Vite
7 6 (0.47%) Axure RP
7 6 (0.47%) Gradle
8 5 (0.39%) Balsamiq
8 5 (0.39%) Subversion
8 5 (0.39%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.31%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.31%) JMeter
10 3 (0.23%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.23%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.23%) Metasploit
10 3 (0.23%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.23%) Taiga
10 3 (0.23%) VersionOne
General
1 321 (24.90%) Public Sector
2 257 (19.94%) Social Skills
3 162 (12.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 117 (9.08%) Law
5 112 (8.69%) Finance
6 105 (8.15%) Analytical Skills
7 43 (3.34%) Presentation Skills
8 26 (2.02%) Legal
9 25 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (1.40%) Aerospace
11 14 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
12 13 (1.01%) Games
13 10 (0.78%) Military
14 9 (0.70%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.62%) Advertising
16 7 (0.54%) Cyber-Physical System
16 7 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (0.54%) Retail
17 6 (0.47%) Banking
17 6 (0.47%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 270 (20.95%) Senior
2 227 (17.61%) Architect
3 220 (17.07%) Consultant
4 125 (9.70%) Developer
5 102 (7.91%) Lead
6 99 (7.68%) Solutions Architect
7 88 (6.83%) Senior Consultant
8 69 (5.35%) Data Engineer
9 66 (5.12%) Analyst
10 57 (4.42%) DevOps Engineer
11 55 (4.27%) Software Engineer
12 54 (4.19%) AWS Architect
13 49 (3.80%) Senior Manager
14 47 (3.65%) Cloud Engineer
15 43 (3.34%) AWS Solution Architect
16 41 (3.18%) Data Architect
17 40 (3.10%) Security Consultant
18 39 (3.03%) Business Analyst
19 36 (2.79%) Professional Services Consultant
20 35 (2.72%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.10%) React
2 27 (2.09%) Spring
3 26 (2.02%) Kafka
4 23 (1.78%) .NET
5 21 (1.63%) Node.js
6 20 (1.55%) REST
6 20 (1.55%) Spring Boot
7 19 (1.47%) AWS CDK
7 19 (1.47%) HTML
7 19 (1.47%) OAuth
8 17 (1.32%) CSS
9 15 (1.16%) Web Services
10 14 (1.09%) JSON
10 14 (1.09%) PySpark
11 13 (1.01%) AngularJS
11 13 (1.01%) SAML
11 13 (1.01%) YAML
12 12 (0.93%) Middleware
12 12 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
13 11 (0.85%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 117 (9.08%) Cloud Native
2 75 (5.82%) Onboarding
3 56 (4.34%) Data Centre
4 47 (3.65%) Product Ownership
5 46 (3.57%) Enterprise Cloud
6 40 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
7 35 (2.72%) Management Information System
8 26 (2.02%) Distributed Computing
9 25 (1.94%) Operational Technology
10 18 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
10 18 (1.40%) Security Posture
11 17 (1.32%) AI Agents
11 17 (1.32%) Blog
11 17 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
12 16 (1.24%) PKI
13 15 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.09%) Public Cloud
15 13 (1.01%) Mainframe
16 9 (0.70%) Algorithms
16 9 (0.70%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 88 (6.83%) Linux
2 75 (5.82%) Windows
3 33 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.47%) CentOS
7 5 (0.39%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.39%) VMS
8 4 (0.31%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.23%) Unix
10 2 (0.16%) Android
10 2 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.078%) Rocky
11 1 (0.078%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (23.51%) Agile
2 194 (15.05%) DevOps
3 181 (14.04%) Mentoring
4 173 (13.42%) AI
5 167 (12.96%) CI/CD
6 136 (10.55%) Problem-Solving
7 133 (10.32%) Cybersecurity
8 131 (10.16%) Infrastructure as Code
9 126 (9.78%) Software Engineering
10 123 (9.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 106 (8.22%) Analytics
11 106 (8.22%) Community of Practice
12 101 (7.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 97 (7.53%) Migration
13 97 (7.53%) Roadmaps
13 97 (7.53%) Technology Strategy
14 96 (7.45%) Project Delivery
15 87 (6.75%) Full-Stack Development
16 83 (6.44%) Scrum
17 80 (6.21%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 208 (16.14%) Python
2 144 (11.17%) Java
3 80 (6.21%) SQL
4 74 (5.74%) JavaScript
5 49 (3.80%) Bash
6 33 (2.56%) TypeScript
7 28 (2.17%) PowerShell
8 26 (2.02%) C#
9 23 (1.78%) C++
10 16 (1.24%) Perl
11 15 (1.16%) Ruby
12 14 (1.09%) PHP
13 12 (0.93%) Rust
14 11 (0.85%) DataWeave
15 10 (0.78%) Go
16 9 (0.70%) Kotlin
17 8 (0.62%) Apex Code
18 7 (0.54%) Scala
19 6 (0.47%) C
19 6 (0.47%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 898 (69.67%) SC Cleared
2 306 (23.74%) DV Cleared
3 165 (12.80%) Degree
4 58 (4.50%) AWS Certification
5 40 (3.10%) CISSP
6 35 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 30 (2.33%) CISM
9 23 (1.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 16 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.16%) DBS Check
12 14 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
13 13 (1.01%) OSCP
14 12 (0.93%) Azure Certification
14 12 (0.93%) CRISC
14 12 (0.93%) Master's Degree
15 9 (0.70%) PhD
16 7 (0.54%) CREST Certified
16 7 (0.54%) GIAC
16 7 (0.54%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (4.42%) NIST
2 50 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (2.72%) Data Quality
4 32 (2.48%) QA
5 26 (2.02%) NCSC
6 22 (1.71%) Accessibility
7 21 (1.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 20 (1.55%) GDPR
9 12 (0.93%) GRC
10 9 (0.70%) WCAG
11 8 (0.62%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.54%) Government Security Classifications
13 6 (0.47%) SOC 2
14 5 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
14 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 5 (0.39%) PMO
15 4 (0.31%) PCI DSS
15 4 (0.31%) RMADS
16 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 2 (0.16%) Def Stans
System Software
1 76 (5.90%) Docker
2 50 (3.88%) Active Directory
3 32 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.40%) vSphere
5 9 (0.70%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.47%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.47%) KVM
7 5 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.31%) Squid
9 3 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.078%) IAG
11 1 (0.078%) Xen
Systems Management
1 134 (10.40%) Terraform
2 98 (7.60%) Kubernetes
3 49 (3.80%) Ansible
4 24 (1.86%) Puppet
5 23 (1.78%) Grafana
6 22 (1.71%) Progress Chef
7 19 (1.47%) Prometheus
8 11 (0.85%) CloudHub
8 11 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (0.70%) Argo
9 9 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.47%) CASB
10 6 (0.47%) Kibana
10 6 (0.47%) ZABBIX
11 5 (0.39%) Packer
11 5 (0.39%) SCOM
11 5 (0.39%) WSUS
12 4 (0.31%) Nagios
13 3 (0.23%) Nessus
13 3 (0.23%) Nmap
Vendors
1 120 (9.31%) Microsoft
2 53 (4.11%) Oracle
3 46 (3.57%) Google
4 42 (3.26%) VMware
5 40 (3.10%) Salesforce
6 36 (2.79%) ServiceNow
7 29 (2.25%) Databricks
8 22 (1.71%) SAP
9 19 (1.47%) MuleSoft
10 17 (1.32%) Palantir
10 17 (1.32%) Red Hat
10 17 (1.32%) Splunk
11 16 (1.24%) Dell
12 15 (1.16%) Cisco
12 15 (1.16%) CyberArk
12 15 (1.16%) Okta
13 14 (1.09%) Adobe
13 14 (1.09%) Foundry
13 14 (1.09%) OpenAI
14 10 (0.78%) IBM