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 22 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 77 73
Rank change year-on-year +47 -4 -16
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,422 496 785
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.92% 4.11% 4.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.71% 14.09% 14.70%
Number of salaries quoted 903 338 497
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £51,250 £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 £91,250 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +3.45% -3.33%

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 4,787 3,521 5,341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 19.94% 29.15% 27.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,851 1,934 2,813
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -1.46% -2.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,500 £102,500
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 22 August 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 22 August 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 +40 128 £75,000 +15.38% 90
South London -19 29 £55,000 -15.38% 11
West London -16 11 £62,500 +72.41% 65
East London -14 1 £110,000 - 26
North London - 1 £45,000 -
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 17 (1.20%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.13%) Apache
3 14 (0.98%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.91%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.91%) Mule
5 12 (0.84%) Confluence
6 11 (0.77%) Palantir Foundry
7 8 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.42%) Camunda
8 6 (0.42%) SAS
9 4 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.21%) IIS
10 3 (0.21%) JBoss
11 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.070%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.070%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.070%) R Markdown
Applications
1 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.56%) Adobe XD
3 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) InVision
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.14%) Sketch
6 1 (0.070%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.070%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.070%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.070%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.070%) Houdini
6 1 (0.070%) NUKE
6 1 (0.070%) Trello
6 1 (0.070%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 6 (0.42%) Maximo
1 6 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.14%) Primavera
3 1 (0.070%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.070%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 440 (30.94%) AWS
2 259 (18.21%) Azure
3 108 (7.59%) GCP
4 80 (5.63%) Serverless
5 76 (5.34%) AWS CloudFormation
5 76 (5.34%) Cloud Computing
6 50 (3.52%) AWS Lambda
7 49 (3.45%) Power Platform
8 47 (3.31%) Amazon S3
9 41 (2.88%) Entra ID
10 38 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
11 35 (2.46%) GitHub
12 27 (1.90%) Amazon EKS
13 26 (1.83%) Amazon ECS
14 25 (1.76%) Amazon EMR
15 22 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
15 22 (1.55%) OCI
16 20 (1.41%) SaaS
17 16 (1.13%) Amazon EventBridge
18 15 (1.05%) AWS Control Tower
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.59%) Network Security
2 34 (2.39%) Firewall
3 17 (1.20%) WAN
4 16 (1.13%) SSL
5 13 (0.91%) TCP/IP
6 11 (0.77%) LAN
7 10 (0.70%) DNS
7 10 (0.70%) SD-WAN
7 10 (0.70%) VPN
8 9 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (0.63%) NGN
9 8 (0.56%) DHCP
10 6 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
11 5 (0.35%) MPLS
11 5 (0.35%) NAS
11 5 (0.35%) VSAN
11 5 (0.35%) Wireshark
12 4 (0.28%) BGP
12 4 (0.28%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.28%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.81%) Power BI
2 33 (2.32%) Data Lake
3 31 (2.18%) Metadata
4 30 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
5 28 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
7 24 (1.69%) Big Data
8 22 (1.55%) DynamoDB
9 20 (1.41%) NoSQL
10 18 (1.27%) Tableau
11 14 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
11 14 (0.98%) MongoDB
11 14 (0.98%) MySQL
12 11 (0.77%) Relational Database
13 10 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
14 9 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
14 9 (0.63%) SQL Server
15 7 (0.49%) Pinecone
16 6 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
16 6 (0.42%) Db2
Development Applications
1 64 (4.50%) Jenkins
2 62 (4.36%) Git
3 49 (3.45%) GitLab
4 33 (2.32%) JIRA
5 9 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 8 (0.56%) Maven
6 8 (0.56%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.49%) Axure RP
7 7 (0.49%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.49%) Vite
8 6 (0.42%) Balsamiq
8 6 (0.42%) Gradle
9 5 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.28%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.28%) JUnit
10 4 (0.28%) Metasploit
10 4 (0.28%) Mockito
11 3 (0.21%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.21%) JMeter
11 3 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 361 (25.39%) Public Sector
2 286 (20.11%) Social Skills
3 182 (12.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 140 (9.85%) Law
5 138 (9.70%) Finance
6 129 (9.07%) Analytical Skills
7 49 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
8 26 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
9 23 (1.62%) Legal
10 19 (1.34%) Aerospace
11 15 (1.05%) Military
12 11 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (0.70%) Marketing
13 10 (0.70%) Telecoms
14 9 (0.63%) Retail
15 8 (0.56%) Electronics
15 8 (0.56%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.49%) Advertising
16 7 (0.49%) Banking
16 7 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 278 (19.55%) Senior
2 267 (18.78%) Architect
3 224 (15.75%) Consultant
4 121 (8.51%) Developer
5 120 (8.44%) Lead
6 109 (7.67%) Solutions Architect
7 83 (5.84%) Analyst
8 80 (5.63%) Senior Consultant
9 68 (4.78%) AWS Architect
10 67 (4.71%) Data Engineer
11 60 (4.22%) DevOps Engineer
11 60 (4.22%) Software Engineer
12 51 (3.59%) Data Architect
13 50 (3.52%) Business Analyst
14 49 (3.45%) AWS Solution Architect
15 48 (3.38%) Cloud Engineer
16 45 (3.16%) Security Consultant
17 43 (3.02%) Senior Manager
18 42 (2.95%) Security Architect
19 41 (2.88%) IAM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (9.77%) Terraform
2 41 (2.88%) React
3 33 (2.32%) Kafka
4 29 (2.04%) Spring
5 25 (1.76%) .NET
6 21 (1.48%) HTML
7 20 (1.41%) Node.js
7 20 (1.41%) Spring Boot
8 19 (1.34%) CSS
9 18 (1.27%) AWS CDK
9 18 (1.27%) OAuth
10 15 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
10 15 (1.05%) PySpark
10 15 (1.05%) REST
11 14 (0.98%) AngularJS
12 13 (0.91%) JWT
12 13 (0.91%) MUnit
12 13 (0.91%) OAuth2
12 13 (0.91%) RAML
12 13 (0.91%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 139 (9.77%) Cloud Native
2 77 (5.41%) Onboarding
3 58 (4.08%) Product Ownership
4 52 (3.66%) Data Centre
5 46 (3.23%) Enterprise Cloud
6 43 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
7 38 (2.67%) Management Information System
8 26 (1.83%) Cyber Defence
8 26 (1.83%) Distributed Computing
9 25 (1.76%) Operational Technology
10 24 (1.69%) AI Agents
11 22 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
12 19 (1.34%) Public Cloud
13 16 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
14 14 (0.98%) Blog
14 14 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
14 14 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (0.98%) Security Posture
15 13 (0.91%) Mainframe
16 12 (0.84%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 91 (6.40%) Linux
2 68 (4.78%) Windows
3 29 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (0.77%) CentOS
6 7 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.42%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.28%) Rocky
8 4 (0.28%) Unix
9 3 (0.21%) Android
9 3 (0.21%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.14%) VMS
11 1 (0.070%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (22.36%) Agile
2 212 (14.91%) AI
3 209 (14.70%) DevOps
4 199 (13.99%) Mentoring
5 180 (12.66%) CI/CD
6 159 (11.18%) Problem-Solving
7 155 (10.90%) Cybersecurity
8 147 (10.34%) Software Engineering
9 138 (9.70%) Infrastructure as Code
10 133 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 127 (8.93%) Analytics
12 114 (8.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 113 (7.95%) Community of Practice
14 109 (7.67%) Technology Strategy
15 108 (7.59%) Migration
15 108 (7.59%) Project Delivery
16 106 (7.45%) Roadmaps
17 102 (7.17%) Scrum
18 98 (6.89%) Stakeholder Management
19 89 (6.26%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 212 (14.91%) Python
2 138 (9.70%) Java
3 76 (5.34%) SQL
4 71 (4.99%) JavaScript
5 56 (3.94%) Bash
6 33 (2.32%) TypeScript
7 26 (1.83%) PowerShell
8 25 (1.76%) C#
9 23 (1.62%) C++
10 18 (1.27%) Scala
11 16 (1.13%) Perl
11 16 (1.13%) Ruby
12 14 (0.98%) Go
12 14 (0.98%) PHP
13 13 (0.91%) DataWeave
14 11 (0.77%) C
15 10 (0.70%) Kotlin
15 10 (0.70%) Rust
16 6 (0.42%) Bicep
16 6 (0.42%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 979 (68.85%) SC Cleared
2 312 (21.94%) DV Cleared
3 187 (13.15%) Degree
4 68 (4.78%) AWS Certification
5 55 (3.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 44 (3.09%) CISSP
7 43 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (2.39%) CISM
9 23 (1.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 20 (1.41%) DBS Check
11 17 (1.20%) OSCP
12 16 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (0.98%) Azure Certification
14 12 (0.84%) Master's Degree
14 12 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (0.77%) CREST Certified
15 11 (0.77%) CRISC
16 9 (0.63%) CISA
17 7 (0.49%) CCIE
17 7 (0.49%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 57 (4.01%) NIST
3 50 (3.52%) Data Quality
4 41 (2.88%) QA
5 35 (2.46%) NCSC
6 32 (2.25%) Accessibility
7 21 (1.48%) GDPR
8 20 (1.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 13 (0.91%) GRC
10 8 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 8 (0.56%) SOC 2
10 8 (0.56%) WCAG
11 7 (0.49%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.35%) PMO
14 4 (0.28%) RMADS
15 3 (0.21%) COBIT
15 3 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
15 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 3 (0.21%) JSP 440
System Software
1 85 (5.98%) Docker
2 38 (2.67%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.84%) vSphere
5 9 (0.63%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.49%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.42%) KVM
8 5 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.28%) Squid
10 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.070%) Firmware
11 1 (0.070%) IAG
11 1 (0.070%) NFS
11 1 (0.070%) Samba
Systems Management
1 111 (7.81%) Kubernetes
2 54 (3.80%) Ansible
3 25 (1.76%) Grafana
3 25 (1.76%) Puppet
4 22 (1.55%) Progress Chef
4 22 (1.55%) Prometheus
5 13 (0.91%) CloudHub
6 10 (0.70%) Argo
6 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.35%) CASB
7 5 (0.35%) Kibana
7 5 (0.35%) Packer
7 5 (0.35%) ZABBIX
8 4 (0.28%) Istio
8 4 (0.28%) linkerd
8 4 (0.28%) Nessus
8 4 (0.28%) Nmap
8 4 (0.28%) SCOM
9 3 (0.21%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 129 (9.07%) Microsoft
2 57 (4.01%) Oracle
3 54 (3.80%) Google
4 44 (3.09%) ServiceNow
5 43 (3.02%) Salesforce
6 38 (2.67%) Databricks
7 37 (2.60%) VMware
8 28 (1.97%) SAP
9 19 (1.34%) Red Hat
10 17 (1.20%) Cisco
10 17 (1.20%) MuleSoft
10 17 (1.20%) OpenAI
10 17 (1.20%) Splunk
11 15 (1.05%) Palantir
12 14 (0.98%) Adobe
13 13 (0.91%) Foundry
13 13 (0.91%) Okta
14 12 (0.84%) CyberArk
15 9 (0.63%) Remedy
16 8 (0.56%) Dell