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 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 76 60
Rank change year-on-year +43 -16 +8
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,157 492 993
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.48% 4.03% 4.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.41% 12.93% 14.84%
Number of salaries quoted 793 318 689
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £53,751
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,938 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £66,149 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.56% +6.96% -4.17%

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 4,221 3,806 6,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.00% 31.16% 27.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,630 1,814 4,136
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,903 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £47,543
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,800
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.36% -8.67%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +34 126 £80,000 +23.08% 100
South London -11 23 £55,000 -15.38% 5
West London -9 14 £85,000 +47.39% 20
North London +4 1 £45,000 -32.08% 3
East London -9 1 £110,000 - 16
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 26 (2.25%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.47%) Confluence
3 16 (1.38%) Apache
4 11 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.95%) Palantir Foundry
5 10 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.78%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.26%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.26%) IIS
9 3 (0.26%) JBoss
9 3 (0.26%) Mule
10 2 (0.17%) Camunda
10 2 (0.17%) SAS
11 1 (0.086%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.086%) OpenStack
Applications
1 16 (1.38%) Adobe XD
2 6 (0.52%) InVision
2 6 (0.52%) Sketch
3 5 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.17%) Weka
6 1 (0.086%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.086%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.086%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.95%) Maximo
2 6 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.086%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.086%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.086%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 302 (26.10%) AWS
2 228 (19.71%) Azure
3 88 (7.61%) GCP
4 54 (4.67%) Serverless
5 47 (4.06%) Power Platform
6 42 (3.63%) AWS CloudFormation
7 38 (3.28%) Entra ID
8 34 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
8 34 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (2.42%) GitHub
10 24 (2.07%) Amazon S3
11 21 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (1.38%) Figma
14 15 (1.30%) Google Analytics
15 13 (1.12%) OCI
16 12 (1.04%) PaaS
16 12 (1.04%) Power Automate
16 12 (1.04%) PowerApps
16 12 (1.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.25%) Network Security
2 25 (2.16%) Firewall
3 17 (1.47%) WAN
4 16 (1.38%) DNS
5 13 (1.12%) SD-WAN
6 12 (1.04%) SAN
6 12 (1.04%) VPN
7 11 (0.95%) LAN
8 9 (0.78%) DHCP
9 8 (0.69%) Software-Defined Networking
9 8 (0.69%) VSAN
10 7 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.43%) MPLS
11 5 (0.43%) SMTP
11 5 (0.43%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.43%) Wireless
12 4 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (0.35%) IPv4
12 4 (0.35%) SSL
12 4 (0.35%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (3.37%) Power BI
2 22 (1.90%) NoSQL
2 22 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (1.30%) Metadata
3 15 (1.30%) MongoDB
4 14 (1.21%) Data Lake
5 11 (0.95%) Db2
5 11 (0.95%) DynamoDB
6 10 (0.86%) DTS
6 10 (0.86%) Relational Database
6 10 (0.86%) Tableau
7 9 (0.78%) MySQL
8 8 (0.69%) Big Data
9 7 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (0.61%) Pinecone
9 7 (0.61%) SQL Server
10 6 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.43%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.43%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 62 (5.36%) Jenkins
2 56 (4.84%) Git
3 33 (2.85%) GitLab
4 28 (2.42%) JIRA
5 12 (1.04%) Axure RP
6 10 (0.86%) Balsamiq
6 10 (0.86%) Maven
7 8 (0.69%) Vite
8 7 (0.61%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.52%) Gradle
9 6 (0.52%) JMeter
10 5 (0.43%) JUnit
11 4 (0.35%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.35%) Subversion
11 4 (0.35%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.26%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.26%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.26%) Zephyr
13 2 (0.17%) Selenium
General
1 297 (25.67%) Public Sector
2 222 (19.19%) Social Skills
3 161 (13.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 103 (8.90%) Law
5 95 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
6 87 (7.52%) Finance
7 38 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (1.82%) Legal
10 17 (1.47%) Aerospace
11 15 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (0.95%) Games
13 8 (0.69%) Military
14 7 (0.61%) Cyber-Physical System
14 7 (0.61%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.52%) Advertising
15 6 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.35%) Automotive
17 4 (0.35%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 221 (19.10%) Senior
2 201 (17.37%) Architect
3 154 (13.31%) Consultant
4 122 (10.54%) Developer
5 94 (8.12%) Solutions Architect
6 74 (6.40%) Lead
7 67 (5.79%) Data Engineer
8 62 (5.36%) Analyst
9 53 (4.58%) Senior Consultant
10 48 (4.15%) AWS Architect
10 48 (4.15%) DevOps Engineer
11 44 (3.80%) Software Engineer
12 43 (3.72%) Senior Manager
13 41 (3.54%) AWS Solution Architect
14 39 (3.37%) Full-Stack Developer
15 38 (3.28%) Designer
16 36 (3.11%) Business Analyst
17 35 (3.03%) Cloud Engineer
18 33 (2.85%) Senior Developer
19 31 (2.68%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.72%) React
2 29 (2.51%) Spring
3 24 (2.07%) REST
4 23 (1.99%) .NET
4 23 (1.99%) HTML
4 23 (1.99%) Kafka
5 21 (1.82%) CSS
5 21 (1.82%) Node.js
5 21 (1.82%) Spring Boot
6 17 (1.47%) Web Services
7 16 (1.38%) JSON
8 15 (1.30%) AngularJS
8 15 (1.30%) PyTorch
9 14 (1.21%) PySpark
9 14 (1.21%) SOAP
10 13 (1.12%) Middleware
10 13 (1.12%) YAML
11 12 (1.04%) LangChain
12 11 (0.95%) FastAPI
12 11 (0.95%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 88 (7.61%) Cloud Native
2 47 (4.06%) Product Ownership
3 34 (2.94%) Management Information System
4 25 (2.16%) Data Centre
5 24 (2.07%) PKI
6 21 (1.82%) AI Agents
6 21 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
7 20 (1.73%) Onboarding
7 20 (1.73%) Security Posture
8 18 (1.56%) Operational Technology
9 16 (1.38%) Blog
9 16 (1.38%) Cyber Defence
9 16 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.21%) Public Cloud
11 10 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
11 10 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (0.78%) Algorithms
12 9 (0.78%) CMDB
12 9 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (0.69%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 79 (6.83%) Linux
2 62 (5.36%) Windows
3 31 (2.68%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.52%) Ubuntu
5 6 (0.52%) VMS
6 5 (0.43%) Android
7 4 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.26%) CentOS
8 3 (0.26%) Unix
9 1 (0.086%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.086%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.086%) Rocky
9 1 (0.086%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (22.39%) Agile
2 173 (14.95%) DevOps
3 152 (13.14%) AI
4 144 (12.45%) CI/CD
5 124 (10.72%) Mentoring
6 121 (10.46%) Software Engineering
7 119 (10.29%) Infrastructure as Code
8 117 (10.11%) Problem-Solving
9 111 (9.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 103 (8.90%) Cybersecurity
11 102 (8.82%) Community of Practice
12 92 (7.95%) Full-Stack Development
12 92 (7.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 89 (7.69%) Technology Strategy
14 86 (7.43%) Analytics
15 80 (6.91%) Roadmaps
16 79 (6.83%) Computer Science
17 78 (6.74%) Collaborative Culture
18 74 (6.40%) Microservices
19 69 (5.96%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 212 (18.32%) Python
2 139 (12.01%) Java
3 89 (7.69%) SQL
4 82 (7.09%) JavaScript
5 39 (3.37%) PowerShell
6 36 (3.11%) TypeScript
7 33 (2.85%) C#
8 32 (2.77%) Bash
9 20 (1.73%) C++
10 11 (0.95%) Rust
11 10 (0.86%) Apex Code
11 10 (0.86%) Go
12 8 (0.69%) C
13 7 (0.61%) Google Apps Script
13 7 (0.61%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.52%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.43%) Bicep
15 5 (0.43%) Groovy
15 5 (0.43%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 833 (72.00%) SC Cleared
2 299 (25.84%) DV Cleared
3 184 (15.90%) Degree
4 36 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 35 (3.03%) CISSP
6 32 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (2.25%) PhD
8 25 (2.16%) CISM
9 22 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (1.82%) AWS Certification
11 16 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (1.38%) DBS Check
12 13 (1.12%) Master's Degree
13 12 (1.04%) Azure Certification
14 9 (0.78%) CRISC
14 9 (0.78%) OSCP
15 7 (0.61%) GIAC
15 7 (0.61%) GSEC
16 6 (0.52%) CCIE
16 6 (0.52%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (3.89%) NIST
2 44 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (2.68%) Accessibility
4 25 (2.16%) Data Quality
5 20 (1.73%) NCSC
6 19 (1.64%) QA
7 16 (1.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 15 (1.30%) WCAG
9 11 (0.95%) GDPR
10 9 (0.78%) GRC
11 8 (0.69%) JSP 440
11 8 (0.69%) SLA
12 7 (0.61%) Government Security Classifications
13 5 (0.43%) PMO
14 4 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
15 3 (0.26%) RMADS
16 2 (0.17%) Def Stans
16 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 69 (5.96%) Docker
2 42 (3.63%) Active Directory
3 31 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.64%) vSphere
5 9 (0.78%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.52%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.43%) Firmware
7 5 (0.43%) KVM
8 4 (0.35%) Squid
9 3 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.086%) OpenAM
11 1 (0.086%) OpenDJ
11 1 (0.086%) OpenIDM
11 1 (0.086%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.086%) Xen
Systems Management
1 116 (10.03%) Terraform
2 89 (7.69%) Kubernetes
3 41 (3.54%) Ansible
4 22 (1.90%) Grafana
5 19 (1.64%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.61%) Argo
8 7 (0.61%) SCCM
8 7 (0.61%) ZABBIX
9 6 (0.52%) Kibana
9 6 (0.52%) WSUS
10 5 (0.43%) CASB
10 5 (0.43%) Puppet
10 5 (0.43%) VxRail
11 4 (0.35%) Nagios
11 4 (0.35%) Packer
11 4 (0.35%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.26%) CloudHub
12 3 (0.26%) SCOM
Vendors
1 110 (9.51%) Microsoft
2 45 (3.89%) Google
3 43 (3.72%) VMware
4 33 (2.85%) Oracle
5 27 (2.33%) Cisco
5 27 (2.33%) ServiceNow
6 24 (2.07%) Databricks
7 21 (1.82%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.73%) Adobe
8 20 (1.73%) Dell
9 19 (1.64%) Red Hat
10 18 (1.56%) Splunk
11 17 (1.47%) OpenAI
12 16 (1.38%) Palantir
13 12 (1.04%) Foundry
13 12 (1.04%) MuleSoft
14 11 (0.95%) CyberArk
14 11 (0.95%) IBM
14 11 (0.95%) Okta
14 11 (0.95%) SAP