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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 50 59
Rank change year-on-year -28 +9 +93
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 476 883 887
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.87% 5.11% 4.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.87% 18.25% 17.48%
Number of salaries quoted 331 393 572
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £96,250 £97,500
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 3,699 4,839 5,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.04% 28.03% 26.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,038 2,126 3,697
10th Percentile £33,175 £38,875 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - +3.70%
75th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £108,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +4.55%

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 9 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 9 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 -42 58 £60,000 -14.29% 314
South London +24 43 £65,000 +6.56% 19
West London -17 4 £35,319 -27.92% 22
East London -19 2 - - 14
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 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.68%) Confluence
3 5 (1.05%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (0.84%) JBoss
4 4 (0.84%) Red Hat Fuse
5 2 (0.42%) Apache
5 2 (0.42%) CMS
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.21%) Camunda
6 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.21%) IIS
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 19 (3.99%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.21%) InVision
5 1 (0.21%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (3.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.05%) Maximo
3 4 (0.84%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.84%) SAP SCM
4 3 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.63%) Primavera
4 3 (0.63%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.63%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.42%) SAP APO
5 2 (0.42%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.42%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.21%) Lorenzo
6 1 (0.21%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.21%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.21%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.21%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.21%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.21%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 134 (28.15%) AWS
2 121 (25.42%) Azure
3 55 (11.55%) Serverless
4 34 (7.14%) Power Platform
5 32 (6.72%) Amazon EKS
5 32 (6.72%) GCP
6 31 (6.51%) Amazon ECS
7 24 (5.04%) Amazon EC2
8 22 (4.62%) Power Automate
8 22 (4.62%) PowerApps
9 21 (4.41%) AWS CloudFormation
10 20 (4.20%) Dynamics 365
10 20 (4.20%) Figma
10 20 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (3.78%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (2.94%) Azure Functions
13 14 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
13 14 (2.94%) PaaS
14 13 (2.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.62%) Firewall
2 14 (2.94%) Network Security
3 13 (2.73%) TCP/IP
4 12 (2.52%) VPN
5 9 (1.89%) DNS
6 7 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (1.26%) LAN
7 6 (1.26%) Structured Cabling
7 6 (1.26%) WAN
8 5 (1.05%) Wireless
9 4 (0.84%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (0.63%) Cisco Firepower
10 3 (0.63%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.63%) HTTP
10 3 (0.63%) Modbus
10 3 (0.63%) Profibus
10 3 (0.63%) SSH
10 3 (0.63%) VoIP
10 3 (0.63%) WLAN
11 2 (0.42%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (9.87%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (6.09%) Relational Database
3 27 (5.67%) Power BI
4 17 (3.57%) RDBMS
5 14 (2.94%) MongoDB
6 13 (2.73%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (1.89%) MySQL
9 7 (1.47%) SQL Server
10 6 (1.26%) Metadata
11 5 (1.05%) NoSQL
11 5 (1.05%) Redis
12 4 (0.84%) DB2
13 3 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.63%) Neo4j
13 3 (0.63%) Power Query
14 2 (0.42%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.42%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 39 (8.19%) Jenkins
2 23 (4.83%) Git
3 21 (4.41%) JUnit
4 19 (3.99%) Axure RP
5 18 (3.78%) Balsamiq
5 18 (3.78%) JMeter
6 16 (3.36%) JIRA
6 16 (3.36%) Mockito
7 11 (2.31%) GitLab
8 8 (1.68%) Cypress.io
8 8 (1.68%) Selenium
9 5 (1.05%) gulp
9 5 (1.05%) WebDriver
9 5 (1.05%) webpack
10 4 (0.84%) MLflow
10 4 (0.84%) Subversion
11 3 (0.63%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.42%) Gradle
12 2 (0.42%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.42%) Vagrant
General
1 186 (39.08%) Public Sector
2 112 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 81 (17.02%) Law
4 80 (16.81%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (15.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 50 (10.50%) Finance
7 27 (5.67%) Telecoms
8 24 (5.04%) Manufacturing
9 22 (4.62%) Electronics
9 22 (4.62%) Marketing
10 9 (1.89%) Aerospace
11 8 (1.68%) Legal
11 8 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (1.68%) Retail
12 7 (1.47%) Military
13 6 (1.26%) Advertising
14 5 (1.05%) Aviation
14 5 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (18.49%) Developer
2 63 (13.24%) Consultant
3 58 (12.18%) Senior
4 47 (9.87%) Architect
5 38 (7.98%) Designer
6 31 (6.51%) Software Engineer
7 28 (5.88%) Analyst
8 27 (5.67%) Service Designer
9 26 (5.46%) Java Developer
9 26 (5.46%) Lead
10 20 (4.20%) Data Engineer
11 19 (3.99%) Full-Stack Developer
12 16 (3.36%) DevOps Engineer
12 16 (3.36%) Power Platform Developer
13 15 (3.15%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 15 (3.15%) Mid-Level Java Developer
14 14 (2.94%) Administrator
15 13 (2.73%) Azure Engineer
15 13 (2.73%) Senior Developer
15 13 (2.73%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (8.61%) HTML
2 39 (8.19%) Spring
3 37 (7.77%) React
4 33 (6.93%) Spring Boot
5 30 (6.30%) REST
5 30 (6.30%) Web Services
6 26 (5.46%) CSS
7 22 (4.62%) AngularJS
8 21 (4.41%) Hibernate
9 20 (4.20%) Apache Camel
10 17 (3.57%) ActiveMQ
10 17 (3.57%) XML
11 16 (3.36%) jQuery
11 16 (3.36%) WireMock
12 15 (3.15%) .NET
12 15 (3.15%) JSON
12 15 (3.15%) Node.js
13 14 (2.94%) HTML5 Canvas
13 14 (2.94%) RESTful
14 11 (2.31%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.82%) Cloud Native
2 36 (7.56%) Product Ownership
3 24 (5.04%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.31%) Data Structures
5 11 (2.31%) Driving Licence
6 10 (2.10%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.10%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.89%) PKI
8 7 (1.47%) Private Cloud
9 6 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.05%) SCADA
10 5 (1.05%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 4 (0.84%) AI Agents
11 4 (0.84%) CMDB
11 4 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.84%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.14%) Linux
2 26 (5.46%) Windows
3 16 (3.36%) Unix
4 10 (2.10%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.47%) CentOS
7 6 (1.26%) VMS
8 5 (1.05%) HPUX
8 5 (1.05%) Solaris
9 4 (0.84%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (0.84%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.21%) Android
11 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.21%) Debian
11 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.21%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (37.39%) Agile
2 103 (21.64%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (17.86%) CI/CD
4 77 (16.18%) DevOps
5 72 (15.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 69 (14.50%) Analytics
7 63 (13.24%) Software Engineering
8 62 (13.03%) Mentoring
9 57 (11.97%) AI
10 56 (11.76%) Workflow
11 55 (11.55%) Community of Practice
12 51 (10.71%) User Experience
13 50 (10.50%) Technology Strategy
14 49 (10.29%) Business Intelligence
15 47 (9.87%) Infrastructure as Code
16 42 (8.82%) Full-Stack Development
17 39 (8.19%) Scrum
18 38 (7.98%) SDLC
19 37 (7.77%) Microservices
20 35 (7.35%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 127 (26.68%) Python
2 92 (19.33%) JavaScript
3 91 (19.12%) Java
4 51 (10.71%) SQL
5 44 (9.24%) C#
6 37 (7.77%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.99%) Bash
7 19 (3.99%) C++
7 19 (3.99%) Shell Script
8 18 (3.78%) PowerShell
9 10 (2.10%) Go
9 10 (2.10%) R
10 8 (1.68%) Bicep
10 8 (1.68%) Kusto Query Language
11 6 (1.26%) MATLAB
11 6 (1.26%) Ruby
12 5 (1.05%) ABAP
13 4 (0.84%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.84%) C
13 4 (0.84%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 319 (67.02%) SC Cleared
2 116 (24.37%) DV Cleared
3 97 (20.38%) Degree
4 31 (6.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (4.83%) Azure Certification
7 17 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (3.15%) AWS Certification
9 12 (2.52%) SAP Certification
10 9 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.26%) CISSP
11 6 (1.26%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.26%) NVQ Level 3
12 5 (1.05%) CCNP
12 5 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.84%) APMG
13 4 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.84%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.63%) CISM
14 3 (0.63%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (12.39%) Accessibility
2 22 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (4.41%) WCAG
4 17 (3.57%) NIST
5 13 (2.73%) QA
6 11 (2.31%) GDPR
7 10 (2.10%) SLA
8 9 (1.89%) GRC
8 9 (1.89%) NCSC
9 5 (1.05%) PMO
10 4 (0.84%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.84%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.63%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.63%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (0.63%) NEBOSH
11 3 (0.63%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 62 (13.03%) Docker
2 15 (3.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.31%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.47%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.47%) KVM
5 4 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.42%) pfSense
7 1 (0.21%) IAG
Systems Management
1 68 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 50 (10.50%) Terraform
3 24 (5.04%) Ansible
4 21 (4.41%) Kibana
5 16 (3.36%) Grafana
6 8 (1.68%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.05%) Nagios
7 5 (1.05%) SCOM
8 4 (0.84%) Argo
8 4 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.42%) AWS Copilot
9 2 (0.42%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.42%) Nessus
9 2 (0.42%) SCCM
10 1 (0.21%) Ambari
10 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.21%) Mesos
10 1 (0.21%) Puppet
10 1 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 76 (15.97%) Microsoft
2 40 (8.40%) SAP
3 32 (6.72%) Palantir
4 31 (6.51%) Splunk
5 26 (5.46%) Google
6 22 (4.62%) Foundry
6 22 (4.62%) VMware
7 21 (4.41%) Oracle
8 19 (3.99%) Adobe
9 16 (3.36%) Dynatrace
9 16 (3.36%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.89%) Atlassian
11 8 (1.68%) Cisco
11 8 (1.68%) MuleSoft
12 7 (1.47%) Salesforce
13 6 (1.26%) Databricks
13 6 (1.26%) Red Hat
14 5 (1.05%) IBM
15 4 (0.84%) Juniper
15 4 (0.84%) Zscaler