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 14 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 60 66
Rank change year-on-year +22 +6 +14
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 930 598 921
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.90% 4.63% 4.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.88% 13.57% 14.55%
Number of salaries quoted 626 357 675
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,251 £55,500 £53,751
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £72,150
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -9.91% +11.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £95,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -

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 4,455 4,407 6,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.48% 34.09% 27.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,399 2,039 4,223
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,500 £105,000
England median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -4.35%

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 14 April 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 14 April 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 -13 96 £77,500 +7.45% 116
West London -29 16 £85,000 +47.39% 9
South London -24 15 £69,445 +12.65% 7
North London -2 1 £45,000 -32.08%
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 24 (2.58%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.94%) Confluence
3 15 (1.61%) Apache
4 13 (1.40%) Palantir Foundry
5 12 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.97%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.86%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.32%) Camunda
10 1 (0.11%) CMS
10 1 (0.11%) IIS
10 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (2.69%) Adobe XD
2 7 (0.75%) InVision
2 7 (0.75%) Sketch
3 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.22%) Weka
6 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 13 (1.40%) Maximo
2 6 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.32%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.22%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.22%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.11%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 223 (23.98%) AWS
2 188 (20.22%) Azure
3 74 (7.96%) GCP
4 43 (4.62%) Power Platform
4 43 (4.62%) Serverless
5 34 (3.66%) AWS CloudFormation
6 31 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (3.12%) Entra ID
8 25 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
8 25 (2.69%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (2.69%) Figma
9 24 (2.58%) GitHub
10 20 (2.15%) Power Automate
10 20 (2.15%) PowerApps
11 16 (1.72%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (1.61%) Amazon S3
12 15 (1.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 13 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
13 13 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (1.40%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.90%) Firewall
2 18 (1.94%) DNS
3 17 (1.83%) Network Security
3 17 (1.83%) VPN
3 17 (1.83%) WAN
4 12 (1.29%) LAN
4 12 (1.29%) SAN
4 12 (1.29%) SD-WAN
5 11 (1.18%) Software-Defined Networking
6 9 (0.97%) DHCP
6 9 (0.97%) Structured Cabling
6 9 (0.97%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.97%) Wireless
7 8 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.75%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (0.65%) VSAN
10 5 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.54%) SMTP
10 5 (0.54%) VoIP
10 5 (0.54%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (3.98%) Power BI
2 32 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (2.37%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.83%) MongoDB
5 13 (1.40%) DB2
6 11 (1.18%) DynamoDB
6 11 (1.18%) Metadata
6 11 (1.18%) MySQL
6 11 (1.18%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.08%) DTS
7 10 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (1.08%) SQL Server
8 9 (0.97%) Pinecone
9 7 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.65%) Tableau
11 5 (0.54%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.54%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 51 (5.48%) Git
1 51 (5.48%) Jenkins
2 27 (2.90%) JIRA
3 23 (2.47%) GitLab
4 21 (2.26%) Axure RP
5 18 (1.94%) Balsamiq
6 10 (1.08%) JMeter
7 8 (0.86%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.86%) Maven
7 8 (0.86%) Vite
8 6 (0.65%) JUnit
8 6 (0.65%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.54%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.54%) Subversion
10 4 (0.43%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.43%) Gradle
10 4 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.43%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.32%) Mockito
11 3 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 262 (28.17%) Public Sector
2 186 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 118 (12.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 87 (9.35%) Law
5 81 (8.71%) Analytical Skills
6 79 (8.49%) Finance
7 24 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
8 20 (2.15%) Legal
9 18 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (1.94%) Pharmaceutical
10 16 (1.72%) Aerospace
11 13 (1.40%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.29%) Marketing
13 11 (1.18%) Games
14 10 (1.08%) Electronics
14 10 (1.08%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.97%) Advertising
16 4 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.43%) Military
16 4 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 163 (17.53%) Senior
2 122 (13.12%) Architect
3 112 (12.04%) Developer
4 107 (11.51%) Consultant
5 52 (5.59%) Lead
6 50 (5.38%) Analyst
6 50 (5.38%) Solutions Architect
7 49 (5.27%) Designer
8 48 (5.16%) Data Engineer
9 47 (5.05%) Software Engineer
10 42 (4.52%) Full-Stack Developer
11 38 (4.09%) Senior Consultant
12 36 (3.87%) Business Analyst
12 36 (3.87%) UX Designer
13 35 (3.76%) Java Developer
14 34 (3.66%) DevOps Engineer
15 32 (3.44%) Senior Manager
16 26 (2.80%) User Researcher
17 25 (2.69%) AWS Architect
18 24 (2.58%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (4.62%) React
2 31 (3.33%) HTML
3 30 (3.23%) Spring
4 28 (3.01%) CSS
5 25 (2.69%) REST
6 21 (2.26%) .NET
7 20 (2.15%) Web Services
8 19 (2.04%) Spring Boot
9 18 (1.94%) AngularJS
10 14 (1.51%) PyTorch
11 13 (1.40%) Node.js
12 12 (1.29%) HTML5 Canvas
12 12 (1.29%) Kafka
12 12 (1.29%) LangChain
12 12 (1.29%) Middleware
12 12 (1.29%) SAML
12 12 (1.29%) SOAP
13 11 (1.18%) FastAPI
13 11 (1.18%) Lightning Web Components
14 10 (1.08%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 66 (7.10%) Cloud Native
2 53 (5.70%) Product Ownership
3 27 (2.90%) Management Information System
4 26 (2.80%) Data Centre
5 23 (2.47%) PKI
6 21 (2.26%) Onboarding
7 17 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (1.51%) AI Agents
8 14 (1.51%) Security Posture
9 13 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (1.29%) Cyber Defence
11 10 (1.08%) Driving Licence
12 9 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
12 9 (0.97%) Data Structures
12 9 (0.97%) Public Cloud
13 7 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (0.75%) Blog
13 7 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 62 (6.67%) Linux
2 49 (5.27%) Windows
3 17 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.08%) Ubuntu
5 9 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.97%) VMS
6 7 (0.75%) Android
7 6 (0.65%) Unix
8 4 (0.43%) CentOS
9 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.11%) Debian
11 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.11%) Rocky
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (25.38%) Agile
2 142 (15.27%) DevOps
3 129 (13.87%) AI
4 121 (13.01%) CI/CD
5 105 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
5 105 (11.29%) Software Engineering
6 101 (10.86%) Infrastructure as Code
7 93 (10.00%) Community of Practice
8 92 (9.89%) Full-Stack Development
9 88 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
10 84 (9.03%) Mentoring
11 77 (8.28%) Technology Strategy
12 75 (8.06%) Analytics
13 73 (7.85%) Computer Science
14 66 (7.10%) Collaborative Culture
15 64 (6.88%) Containerisation
15 64 (6.88%) User Experience
16 62 (6.67%) User Research
17 61 (6.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 58 (6.24%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 170 (18.28%) Python
2 142 (15.27%) Java
3 98 (10.54%) JavaScript
4 83 (8.92%) SQL
5 47 (5.05%) TypeScript
6 46 (4.95%) C#
7 42 (4.52%) PowerShell
8 29 (3.12%) Bash
9 20 (2.15%) C++
10 11 (1.18%) Apex Code
11 10 (1.08%) Kotlin
12 8 (0.86%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.75%) Go
13 7 (0.75%) Google Apps Script
14 6 (0.65%) C
15 5 (0.54%) Bicep
15 5 (0.54%) Rust
16 4 (0.43%) ABAP
16 4 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 648 (69.68%) SC Cleared
2 256 (27.53%) DV Cleared
3 170 (18.28%) Degree
4 35 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (2.58%) PhD
7 23 (2.47%) CISSP
8 18 (1.94%) AWS Certification
8 18 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.61%) CISM
10 14 (1.51%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (0.75%) CRISC
11 7 (0.75%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.75%) GSEC
12 6 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.65%) CCIE
12 6 (0.65%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (0.54%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (4.52%) Accessibility
2 25 (2.69%) WCAG
3 24 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (2.58%) NIST
4 19 (2.04%) Data Quality
5 17 (1.83%) QA
6 9 (0.97%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 9 (0.97%) JSP 440
7 8 (0.86%) GRC
7 8 (0.86%) NCSC
7 8 (0.86%) SLA
8 7 (0.75%) Government Security Classifications
9 6 (0.65%) GDPR
10 4 (0.43%) PMO
11 2 (0.22%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.22%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.22%) NEBOSH
11 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.11%) COBIT
12 1 (0.11%) RMADS
System Software
1 87 (9.35%) Docker
2 32 (3.44%) Active Directory
3 24 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.61%) vSphere
5 10 (1.08%) KVM
6 6 (0.65%) Firmware
7 5 (0.54%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.22%) Squid
8 2 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.11%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.11%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.11%) OpenIDM
9 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 102 (10.97%) Kubernetes
2 100 (10.75%) Terraform
3 36 (3.87%) Ansible
4 19 (2.04%) Grafana
5 12 (1.29%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.97%) Argo
7 9 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.86%) Kibana
9 6 (0.65%) Puppet
9 6 (0.65%) SCCM
9 6 (0.65%) WSUS
9 6 (0.65%) ZABBIX
10 5 (0.54%) CASB
10 5 (0.54%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (0.54%) Istio
10 5 (0.54%) linkerd
10 5 (0.54%) Mesos
10 5 (0.54%) VxRail
11 3 (0.32%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 83 (8.92%) Microsoft
2 47 (5.05%) Google
3 36 (3.87%) VMware
4 31 (3.33%) Cisco
5 25 (2.69%) Adobe
6 24 (2.58%) Palantir
7 22 (2.37%) Oracle
7 22 (2.37%) Salesforce
8 20 (2.15%) Dell
9 18 (1.94%) SAP
10 16 (1.72%) Red Hat
11 15 (1.61%) ServiceNow
12 14 (1.51%) Foundry
13 13 (1.40%) Atlassian
13 13 (1.40%) Databricks
13 13 (1.40%) IBM
13 13 (1.40%) OpenAI
14 11 (1.18%) Splunk
15 10 (1.08%) MuleSoft
15 10 (1.08%) Okta