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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 75 72
Rank change year-on-year +45 -3 -16
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,425 497 801
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.92% 4.12% 4.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.82% 14.20% 14.91%
Number of salaries quoted 902 343 494
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £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 4,778 3,500 5,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 19.86% 29.05% 27.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,843 1,938 2,797
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £49,607
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 £89,688 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,000 £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 25 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 25 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 +39 128 £75,000 +15.38% 84
South London -22 29 £55,000 -15.38% 32
West London -20 12 £76,250 +110.34% 85
East London -10 1 £110,000 - 24
North London - 1 £45,000 - 1
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 (1.19%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.05%) Apache
3 14 (0.98%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.91%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.91%) Confluence
4 13 (0.91%) Mule
5 11 (0.77%) Palantir Foundry
6 7 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.42%) Camunda
7 6 (0.42%) SAS
8 4 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.21%) IIS
9 3 (0.21%) JBoss
10 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.070%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.070%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.070%) R Markdown
Applications
1 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.42%) Adobe XD
3 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.28%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.070%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.070%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.070%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.070%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.070%) Houdini
5 1 (0.070%) InVision
5 1 (0.070%) NUKE
5 1 (0.070%) Sketch
5 1 (0.070%) Trello
5 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
1 436 (30.60%) AWS
2 256 (17.96%) Azure
3 107 (7.51%) GCP
4 78 (5.47%) Serverless
5 76 (5.33%) AWS CloudFormation
5 76 (5.33%) Cloud Computing
6 49 (3.44%) AWS Lambda
6 49 (3.44%) Power Platform
7 46 (3.23%) Amazon S3
8 41 (2.88%) Entra ID
9 37 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
10 34 (2.39%) GitHub
11 27 (1.89%) Amazon EKS
12 26 (1.82%) Amazon ECS
13 25 (1.75%) Amazon EMR
14 22 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
14 22 (1.54%) OCI
15 19 (1.33%) SaaS
16 16 (1.12%) Amazon EventBridge
17 15 (1.05%) AWS Control Tower
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.58%) Network Security
2 35 (2.46%) Firewall
3 17 (1.19%) WAN
4 16 (1.12%) SSL
5 13 (0.91%) TCP/IP
6 10 (0.70%) DNS
6 10 (0.70%) LAN
6 10 (0.70%) SD-WAN
7 9 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
7 9 (0.63%) NGN
7 9 (0.63%) VPN
8 8 (0.56%) DHCP
9 6 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
9 6 (0.42%) Wireshark
10 5 (0.35%) MPLS
10 5 (0.35%) NAS
10 5 (0.35%) VSAN
11 4 (0.28%) BGP
11 4 (0.28%) IPv4
11 4 (0.28%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.81%) Power BI
2 34 (2.39%) Data Lake
3 31 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (2.18%) Metadata
4 25 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
4 25 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (1.68%) Big Data
6 21 (1.47%) DynamoDB
7 18 (1.26%) NoSQL
7 18 (1.26%) Tableau
8 14 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
8 14 (0.98%) MySQL
9 12 (0.84%) MongoDB
10 11 (0.77%) Relational Database
11 10 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (0.63%) SQL Server
13 8 (0.56%) Amazon Aurora
14 6 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (0.42%) Db2
14 6 (0.42%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 64 (4.49%) Jenkins
2 61 (4.28%) Git
3 49 (3.44%) GitLab
4 33 (2.32%) JIRA
5 10 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 8 (0.56%) Maven
6 8 (0.56%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.49%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.42%) Gradle
8 6 (0.42%) Vite
9 5 (0.35%) Axure RP
9 5 (0.35%) Balsamiq
9 5 (0.35%) Burp Suite
9 5 (0.35%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.28%) JUnit
10 4 (0.28%) Mockito
11 3 (0.21%) JMeter
11 3 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 353 (24.77%) Public Sector
2 285 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 180 (12.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 140 (9.82%) Finance
5 138 (9.68%) Law
6 129 (9.05%) Analytical Skills
7 49 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
8 27 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
9 23 (1.61%) Legal
10 19 (1.33%) Aerospace
11 16 (1.12%) Military
12 12 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (0.77%) Marketing
13 11 (0.77%) 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
1 276 (19.37%) Senior
2 271 (19.02%) Architect
3 225 (15.79%) Consultant
4 122 (8.56%) Developer
5 118 (8.28%) Lead
6 109 (7.65%) Solutions Architect
7 83 (5.82%) Analyst
8 80 (5.61%) Senior Consultant
9 68 (4.77%) AWS Architect
10 66 (4.63%) Data Engineer
11 61 (4.28%) DevOps Engineer
12 58 (4.07%) Software Engineer
13 53 (3.72%) Data Architect
14 51 (3.58%) Business Analyst
15 49 (3.44%) AWS Solution Architect
16 48 (3.37%) Cloud Engineer
17 45 (3.16%) Security Consultant
18 43 (3.02%) Senior Manager
19 42 (2.95%) IAM Consultant
19 42 (2.95%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (9.54%) Terraform
2 39 (2.74%) React
3 33 (2.32%) Kafka
4 26 (1.82%) Spring
5 24 (1.68%) .NET
6 19 (1.33%) Node.js
7 18 (1.26%) AWS CDK
7 18 (1.26%) HTML
7 18 (1.26%) OAuth
8 17 (1.19%) Spring Boot
9 16 (1.12%) CSS
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
1 140 (9.82%) Cloud Native
2 77 (5.40%) Onboarding
3 58 (4.07%) Product Ownership
4 52 (3.65%) Data Centre
5 46 (3.23%) Enterprise Cloud
6 43 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
7 39 (2.74%) Management Information System
8 26 (1.82%) Distributed Computing
8 26 (1.82%) Operational Technology
9 25 (1.75%) Cyber Defence
10 23 (1.61%) AI Agents
10 23 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (1.33%) Public Cloud
12 17 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (0.98%) Blog
13 14 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (0.98%) Security Posture
14 13 (0.91%) Mainframe
15 12 (0.84%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 93 (6.53%) Linux
2 69 (4.84%) Windows
3 29 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (0.84%) CentOS
6 7 (0.49%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.49%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.28%) Rocky
7 4 (0.28%) Unix
8 3 (0.21%) Android
9 2 (0.14%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.14%) VMS
10 1 (0.070%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (21.75%) Agile
2 211 (14.81%) AI
3 204 (14.32%) DevOps
4 199 (13.96%) Mentoring
5 177 (12.42%) CI/CD
6 162 (11.37%) Problem-Solving
7 156 (10.95%) Cybersecurity
8 147 (10.32%) Software Engineering
9 135 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 135 (9.47%) Infrastructure as Code
10 128 (8.98%) Analytics
11 114 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 110 (7.72%) Community of Practice
12 110 (7.72%) Migration
13 109 (7.65%) Project Delivery
14 107 (7.51%) Roadmaps
14 107 (7.51%) Technology Strategy
15 102 (7.16%) Scrum
16 100 (7.02%) Stakeholder Management
17 88 (6.18%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 208 (14.60%) Python
2 135 (9.47%) Java
3 73 (5.12%) SQL
4 67 (4.70%) JavaScript
5 57 (4.00%) Bash
6 31 (2.18%) TypeScript
7 26 (1.82%) PowerShell
8 25 (1.75%) C#
9 24 (1.68%) C++
10 18 (1.26%) Scala
11 17 (1.19%) Perl
11 17 (1.19%) Ruby
12 14 (0.98%) Go
12 14 (0.98%) PHP
13 13 (0.91%) DataWeave
14 12 (0.84%) C
15 10 (0.70%) Rust
16 9 (0.63%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.42%) Bicep
18 5 (0.35%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 973 (68.28%) SC Cleared
2 318 (22.32%) DV Cleared
3 183 (12.84%) Degree
4 68 (4.77%) AWS Certification
5 55 (3.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 45 (3.16%) CISSP
7 43 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
8 34 (2.39%) CISM
9 23 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 20 (1.40%) DBS Check
11 19 (1.33%) OSCP
12 16 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (0.98%) Azure Certification
14 13 (0.91%) CREST Certified
15 12 (0.84%) Master's Degree
15 12 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
16 11 (0.77%) CRISC
17 10 (0.70%) CISA
18 8 (0.56%) CEH
18 8 (0.56%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 57 (4.00%) NIST
3 50 (3.51%) Data Quality
4 40 (2.81%) QA
5 35 (2.46%) NCSC
6 29 (2.04%) Accessibility
7 21 (1.47%) GDPR
8 20 (1.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 13 (0.91%) GRC
10 8 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 8 (0.56%) SOC 2
11 7 (0.49%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.42%) WCAG
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 82 (5.75%) Docker
2 38 (2.67%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.96%) 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
1 109 (7.65%) Kubernetes
2 54 (3.79%) Ansible
3 25 (1.75%) Grafana
3 25 (1.75%) Puppet
4 22 (1.54%) Progress Chef
4 22 (1.54%) Prometheus
5 13 (0.91%) CloudHub
6 10 (0.70%) Argo
6 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.35%) Kibana
8 5 (0.35%) Nessus
8 5 (0.35%) Nmap
8 5 (0.35%) Packer
8 5 (0.35%) ZABBIX
9 4 (0.28%) CASB
9 4 (0.28%) Istio
9 4 (0.28%) linkerd
9 4 (0.28%) SCOM
10 3 (0.21%) Rancher
Vendors
1 128 (8.98%) Microsoft
2 57 (4.00%) Oracle
3 52 (3.65%) Google
4 48 (3.37%) ServiceNow
5 41 (2.88%) Salesforce
6 37 (2.60%) Databricks
6 37 (2.60%) VMware
7 28 (1.96%) SAP
8 20 (1.40%) Red Hat
9 17 (1.19%) Cisco
9 17 (1.19%) Splunk
10 16 (1.12%) MuleSoft
10 16 (1.12%) OpenAI
11 15 (1.05%) Palantir
12 13 (0.91%) Foundry
12 13 (0.91%) Okta
13 12 (0.84%) Adobe
13 12 (0.84%) CyberArk
14 9 (0.63%) Remedy
15 8 (0.56%) Dell