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 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 53 60
Rank change year-on-year -17 +7 +74
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 494 888 824
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.75% 5.10% 4.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.50% 17.62% 16.82%
Number of salaries quoted 342 403 558
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,500 £44,925
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £97,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

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 3,951 5,040 4,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.03% 28.93% 26.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,102 2,210 3,600
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,175 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £113,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +2.68%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025. 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 -45 71 £60,000 -20.00% 53
South London +18 40 £65,000 +5.44% 22
West London -19 5 £35,000 -28.57% 16
East London -18 2 - - 12
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 19 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.82%) Confluence
3 5 (1.01%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.40%) CMS
6 2 (0.40%) JBoss
6 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.20%) Apache
7 1 (0.20%) Camunda
7 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.20%) IIS
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 20 (4.05%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) InVision
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (3.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.01%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.81%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.81%) SAP SCM
4 3 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.61%) Maximo
4 3 (0.61%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.40%) Primavera
5 2 (0.40%) SAP APO
5 2 (0.40%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.40%) SAP QM
5 2 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.20%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 131 (26.52%) AWS
2 123 (24.90%) Azure
3 50 (10.12%) Serverless
4 34 (6.88%) GCP
4 34 (6.88%) Power Platform
5 29 (5.87%) Amazon EKS
6 27 (5.47%) Amazon ECS
7 24 (4.86%) Power Automate
7 24 (4.86%) PowerApps
8 22 (4.45%) Amazon EC2
8 22 (4.45%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (4.25%) AWS CloudFormation
9 21 (4.25%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (4.25%) Figma
10 16 (3.24%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (3.04%) Azure Monitor
12 14 (2.83%) PaaS
13 13 (2.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 13 (2.63%) Azure Functions
13 13 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.25%) Firewall
2 14 (2.83%) Network Security
3 13 (2.63%) TCP/IP
4 12 (2.43%) VPN
5 11 (2.23%) Structured Cabling
6 9 (1.82%) DNS
7 7 (1.42%) WAN
7 7 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.21%) LAN
9 5 (1.01%) Wireless
10 4 (0.81%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.61%) Cisco Firepower
11 3 (0.61%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.61%) HTTP
11 3 (0.61%) Modbus
11 3 (0.61%) Profibus
11 3 (0.61%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.61%) SSH
11 3 (0.61%) VoIP
11 3 (0.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (9.51%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (5.67%) Power BI
3 27 (5.47%) Relational Database
4 16 (3.24%) RDBMS
5 15 (3.04%) MongoDB
6 13 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (2.23%) MySQL
8 9 (1.82%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.62%) NoSQL
10 7 (1.42%) SQL Server
11 6 (1.21%) Metadata
12 5 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (1.01%) Redis
13 4 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.81%) Neo4j
14 3 (0.61%) DB2
14 3 (0.61%) Power Query
15 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
15 2 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (8.10%) Jenkins
2 25 (5.06%) Git
3 20 (4.05%) Axure RP
4 19 (3.85%) Balsamiq
4 19 (3.85%) JIRA
5 18 (3.64%) JMeter
6 17 (3.44%) JUnit
7 15 (3.04%) Mockito
8 10 (2.02%) GitLab
9 8 (1.62%) Cypress.io
9 8 (1.62%) Selenium
10 5 (1.01%) gulp
10 5 (1.01%) MLflow
10 5 (1.01%) webpack
11 4 (0.81%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.61%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.61%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.61%) Subversion
13 2 (0.40%) Robot Framework
13 2 (0.40%) Vagrant
General
1 175 (35.43%) Public Sector
2 107 (21.66%) Social Skills
3 80 (16.19%) Law
4 78 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (13.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 45 (9.11%) Finance
7 24 (4.86%) Telecoms
8 21 (4.25%) Manufacturing
9 19 (3.85%) Electronics
9 19 (3.85%) Marketing
10 10 (2.02%) Legal
11 9 (1.82%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.42%) Advertising
12 7 (1.42%) Military
12 7 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.01%) Retail
15 4 (0.81%) Fire and Rescue
15 4 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 84 (17.00%) Developer
2 61 (12.35%) Consultant
3 53 (10.73%) Senior
4 46 (9.31%) Architect
5 39 (7.89%) Designer
6 33 (6.68%) Software Engineer
7 29 (5.87%) Lead
8 26 (5.26%) Service Designer
9 25 (5.06%) Analyst
10 23 (4.66%) Full-Stack Developer
11 20 (4.05%) Java Developer
12 19 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
13 18 (3.64%) Power Platform Developer
14 16 (3.24%) Administrator
14 16 (3.24%) Data Engineer
15 15 (3.04%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 15 (3.04%) Mid-Level Java Developer
16 14 (2.83%) Senior Developer
17 13 (2.63%) Cloud Engineer
18 12 (2.43%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (8.50%) HTML
2 39 (7.89%) React
3 33 (6.68%) Spring
4 28 (5.67%) Spring Boot
5 27 (5.47%) CSS
5 27 (5.47%) REST
6 24 (4.86%) Web Services
7 23 (4.66%) AngularJS
8 18 (3.64%) Hibernate
9 17 (3.44%) Apache Camel
9 17 (3.44%) XML
10 16 (3.24%) ActiveMQ
10 16 (3.24%) HTML5 Canvas
11 15 (3.04%) jQuery
11 15 (3.04%) JSON
11 15 (3.04%) Node.js
11 15 (3.04%) WireMock
12 14 (2.83%) .NET
13 12 (2.43%) Elastic Stack
13 12 (2.43%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.30%) Cloud Native
2 37 (7.49%) Product Ownership
3 21 (4.25%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (3.44%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.83%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.23%) Data Structures
8 10 (2.02%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.82%) AI Agents
9 9 (1.82%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.82%) PKI
10 8 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.21%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.01%) SCADA
12 5 (1.01%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.01%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.81%) CMDB
13 4 (0.81%) Management Information System
13 4 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.48%) Linux
2 27 (5.47%) Windows
3 14 (2.83%) Unix
4 9 (1.82%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.01%) CentOS
6 5 (1.01%) VMS
7 4 (0.81%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.61%) HPUX
8 3 (0.61%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (0.61%) Solaris
9 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.20%) Android
10 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.20%) Debian
10 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (34.82%) Agile
2 101 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (18.02%) CI/CD
4 84 (17.00%) DevOps
5 73 (14.78%) Analytics
5 73 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 66 (13.36%) Software Engineering
7 60 (12.15%) AI
8 58 (11.74%) Community of Practice
8 58 (11.74%) Workflow
9 54 (10.93%) Infrastructure as Code
9 54 (10.93%) Mentoring
10 53 (10.73%) User Experience
11 51 (10.32%) Technology Strategy
12 49 (9.92%) Full-Stack Development
13 48 (9.72%) Business Intelligence
14 40 (8.10%) SDLC
15 38 (7.69%) Microservices
16 37 (7.49%) User Research
17 36 (7.29%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 121 (24.49%) Python
2 95 (19.23%) JavaScript
3 85 (17.21%) Java
4 50 (10.12%) SQL
5 45 (9.11%) C#
6 35 (7.09%) TypeScript
7 21 (4.25%) PowerShell
8 20 (4.05%) Bash
9 18 (3.64%) C++
9 18 (3.64%) Shell Script
10 8 (1.62%) Bicep
10 8 (1.62%) Go
10 8 (1.62%) Ruby
11 7 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (1.42%) R
12 6 (1.21%) ABAP
12 6 (1.21%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.21%) MATLAB
13 5 (1.01%) Scala
14 4 (0.81%) C
Qualifications
1 324 (65.59%) SC Cleared
2 125 (25.30%) DV Cleared
3 99 (20.04%) Degree
4 31 (6.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (4.86%) Azure Certification
7 14 (2.83%) AWS Certification
7 14 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (2.63%) SAP Certification
9 10 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.21%) CISSP
10 6 (1.21%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.21%) NVQ Level 3
11 5 (1.01%) CCNP
11 5 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.81%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.61%) APMG
13 3 (0.61%) CCIE
13 3 (0.61%) HNC
13 3 (0.61%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (11.34%) Accessibility
2 22 (4.45%) WCAG
3 20 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (3.24%) NIST
5 13 (2.63%) QA
6 9 (1.82%) GDPR
6 9 (1.82%) GRC
7 8 (1.62%) NCSC
8 7 (1.42%) SLA
9 6 (1.21%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.81%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.61%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.61%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (0.61%) NEBOSH
11 3 (0.61%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.61%) PMO
12 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 68 (13.77%) Docker
2 15 (3.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.23%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.42%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.42%) KVM
5 4 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.40%) pfSense
7 1 (0.20%) IAG
Systems Management
1 74 (14.98%) Kubernetes
2 54 (10.93%) Terraform
3 24 (4.86%) Ansible
4 18 (3.64%) Kibana
5 16 (3.24%) Grafana
6 8 (1.62%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.21%) Argo
8 5 (1.01%) SCOM
9 4 (0.81%) Nagios
9 4 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.40%) AWS Copilot
10 2 (0.40%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.40%) Nessus
10 2 (0.40%) SCCM
11 1 (0.20%) Ambari
11 1 (0.20%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.20%) Mesos
11 1 (0.20%) Puppet
11 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 73 (14.78%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.10%) SAP
3 32 (6.48%) Palantir
4 25 (5.06%) Splunk
5 24 (4.86%) Foundry
5 24 (4.86%) Google
6 21 (4.25%) VMware
7 20 (4.05%) Adobe
8 18 (3.64%) Oracle
9 16 (3.24%) ServiceNow
10 15 (3.04%) Dynatrace
11 11 (2.23%) Atlassian
12 10 (2.02%) Cisco
13 8 (1.62%) MuleSoft
13 8 (1.62%) Red Hat
14 7 (1.42%) Databricks
15 6 (1.21%) Salesforce
16 5 (1.01%) Juniper
17 4 (0.81%) IBM
17 4 (0.81%) Zscaler