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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 68 64
Rank change year-on-year +33 -4 +16
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,026 539 937
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.15% 4.22% 4.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.65% 12.46% 14.19%
Number of salaries quoted 696 356 687
10th Percentile £46,939 £43,227 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £53,751
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -10.34% +11.54%
75th Percentile £85,313 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,375 £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 4,529 4,327 6,603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 22.75% 33.88% 28.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,462 2,026 4,280
10th Percentile £39,877 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £49,219
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 £108,625 £116,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -5.17%

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 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 29 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 +2 112 £80,000 +14.29% 79
West London -19 16 £85,000 +47.39% 14
South London -20 16 £55,000 -12.00% 7
North London -3 1 £45,000 -32.08%
East London -18 1 £110,000 - 24
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 22 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 21 (2.05%) Confluence
3 14 (1.36%) Apache
4 12 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.17%) Palantir Foundry
5 9 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.88%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.29%) Camunda
8 2 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.19%) IIS
8 2 (0.19%) JBoss
9 1 (0.097%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.097%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (2.24%) Adobe XD
2 7 (0.68%) InVision
2 7 (0.68%) Sketch
3 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.19%) Weka
6 1 (0.097%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.097%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 13 (1.27%) Maximo
2 8 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.19%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.19%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.097%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.097%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.097%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.097%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.097%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 237 (23.10%) AWS
2 196 (19.10%) Azure
3 76 (7.41%) GCP
4 40 (3.90%) Serverless
5 37 (3.61%) Power Platform
6 34 (3.31%) AWS CloudFormation
7 31 (3.02%) Entra ID
8 30 (2.92%) GitHub
8 30 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
9 27 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
10 23 (2.24%) Figma
11 21 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
12 15 (1.46%) Amazon S3
12 15 (1.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 14 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
14 13 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (1.27%) OCI
14 13 (1.27%) Power Automate
14 13 (1.27%) PowerApps
15 12 (1.17%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.34%) Firewall
2 22 (2.14%) Network Security
3 17 (1.66%) WAN
4 16 (1.56%) DNS
5 14 (1.36%) SD-WAN
6 13 (1.27%) VPN
7 12 (1.17%) SAN
8 10 (0.97%) LAN
8 10 (0.97%) Software-Defined Networking
9 9 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
10 8 (0.78%) DHCP
11 7 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.68%) VSAN
11 7 (0.68%) Wireless
12 6 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (0.49%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (0.49%) MPLS
13 5 (0.49%) SMTP
13 5 (0.49%) TCP/IP
13 5 (0.49%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (3.22%) Power BI
2 24 (2.34%) NoSQL
2 24 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (1.66%) MongoDB
4 13 (1.27%) DB2
5 12 (1.17%) Metadata
6 11 (1.07%) DynamoDB
6 11 (1.07%) MySQL
7 10 (0.97%) DTS
7 10 (0.97%) Pinecone
8 8 (0.78%) SQL Server
9 7 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (0.68%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (0.68%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.58%) Tableau
11 5 (0.49%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.39%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 54 (5.26%) Git
2 51 (4.97%) Jenkins
3 31 (3.02%) JIRA
4 27 (2.63%) GitLab
5 19 (1.85%) Axure RP
6 16 (1.56%) Balsamiq
7 11 (1.07%) Vite
8 10 (0.97%) Maven
9 8 (0.78%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.58%) Gradle
11 5 (0.49%) JMeter
11 5 (0.49%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.49%) Subversion
12 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.39%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.29%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.29%) JUnit
13 3 (0.29%) Zephyr
14 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.19%) Eclipse
General
1 259 (25.24%) Public Sector
2 192 (18.71%) Social Skills
3 144 (14.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 88 (8.58%) Finance
5 86 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
6 85 (8.28%) Law
7 29 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (2.24%) Legal
9 19 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
11 17 (1.66%) Aerospace
12 12 (1.17%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.07%) Games
14 9 (0.88%) Advertising
14 9 (0.88%) Electronics
15 8 (0.78%) Marketing
15 8 (0.78%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.68%) Cyber-Physical System
17 5 (0.49%) Military
17 5 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 180 (17.54%) Senior
2 151 (14.72%) Architect
3 130 (12.67%) Consultant
4 105 (10.23%) Developer
5 68 (6.63%) Solutions Architect
6 60 (5.85%) Lead
7 53 (5.17%) Analyst
8 51 (4.97%) Data Engineer
9 48 (4.68%) Designer
10 47 (4.58%) Senior Consultant
11 42 (4.09%) Software Engineer
12 41 (4.00%) Full-Stack Developer
13 38 (3.70%) Business Analyst
14 37 (3.61%) DevOps Engineer
15 36 (3.51%) UX Designer
16 34 (3.31%) Senior Manager
17 33 (3.22%) AWS Architect
17 33 (3.22%) Cloud Engineer
18 32 (3.12%) Java Developer
19 28 (2.73%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (4.09%) React
2 28 (2.73%) CSS
2 28 (2.73%) HTML
3 24 (2.34%) Spring
4 22 (2.14%) REST
5 21 (2.05%) .NET
6 20 (1.95%) Node.js
7 19 (1.85%) Web Services
8 17 (1.66%) AngularJS
9 15 (1.46%) LangChain
9 15 (1.46%) PyTorch
10 14 (1.36%) FastAPI
11 13 (1.27%) LangGraph
11 13 (1.27%) SOAP
11 13 (1.27%) Spring Boot
12 12 (1.17%) CrewAI
12 12 (1.17%) Kafka
12 12 (1.17%) Middleware
12 12 (1.17%) Next.js
13 11 (1.07%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 62 (6.04%) Cloud Native
2 51 (4.97%) Product Ownership
3 32 (3.12%) Management Information System
4 26 (2.53%) Data Centre
5 24 (2.34%) PKI
6 23 (2.24%) Onboarding
7 22 (2.14%) AI Agents
8 16 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (1.46%) Blog
9 15 (1.46%) Security Posture
10 14 (1.36%) Operational Technology
11 13 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
12 12 (1.17%) Cyber Defence
12 12 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
13 11 (1.07%) Public Cloud
14 10 (0.97%) Algorithms
14 10 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
14 10 (0.97%) Driving Licence
15 8 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (0.78%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 64 (6.24%) Linux
2 55 (5.36%) Windows
3 25 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (0.78%) VMS
6 7 (0.68%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.58%) Android
8 3 (0.29%) CentOS
8 3 (0.29%) Unix
8 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.097%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.097%) Rocky
9 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (22.81%) Agile
2 157 (15.30%) AI
3 142 (13.84%) DevOps
4 115 (11.21%) CI/CD
5 108 (10.53%) Software Engineering
6 107 (10.43%) Infrastructure as Code
7 104 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
8 93 (9.06%) Community of Practice
8 93 (9.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 89 (8.67%) Mentoring
10 87 (8.48%) Full-Stack Development
11 79 (7.70%) Computer Science
11 79 (7.70%) Cybersecurity
12 78 (7.60%) Technology Strategy
13 77 (7.50%) Analytics
13 77 (7.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 70 (6.82%) Collaborative Culture
15 68 (6.63%) Containerisation
16 65 (6.34%) User Experience
17 62 (6.04%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 189 (18.42%) Python
2 135 (13.16%) Java
3 92 (8.97%) JavaScript
4 83 (8.09%) SQL
5 48 (4.68%) TypeScript
6 42 (4.09%) PowerShell
7 38 (3.70%) C#
8 28 (2.73%) Bash
9 20 (1.95%) C++
10 11 (1.07%) Apex Code
11 10 (0.97%) C
11 10 (0.97%) Kotlin
12 9 (0.88%) Go
12 9 (0.88%) Rust
13 7 (0.68%) Google Apps Script
14 5 (0.49%) Bicep
14 5 (0.49%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.39%) Scala
15 4 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 715 (69.69%) SC Cleared
2 274 (26.71%) DV Cleared
3 184 (17.93%) Degree
4 32 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.83%) CISSP
6 28 (2.73%) PhD
7 24 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
7 24 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (1.95%) CISM
9 19 (1.85%) AWS Certification
10 17 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (1.66%) DBS Check
11 13 (1.27%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.17%) Master's Degree
13 9 (0.88%) CRISC
14 7 (0.68%) GSEC
15 6 (0.58%) CCIE
15 6 (0.58%) GIAC
15 6 (0.58%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.58%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (3.51%) Accessibility
2 31 (3.02%) NIST
3 30 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (2.14%) WCAG
5 21 (2.05%) Data Quality
6 16 (1.56%) QA
7 14 (1.36%) NCSC
8 11 (1.07%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 10 (0.97%) GRC
10 8 (0.78%) JSP 440
10 8 (0.78%) SLA
11 7 (0.68%) Government Security Classifications
12 5 (0.49%) GDPR
12 5 (0.49%) PMO
13 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.19%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.19%) RMADS
14 1 (0.097%) COBIT
14 1 (0.097%) GAAP
System Software
1 82 (7.99%) Docker
2 37 (3.61%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.75%) vSphere
5 8 (0.78%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.68%) KVM
7 6 (0.58%) Firmware
8 4 (0.39%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.39%) Squid
9 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.097%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.097%) OpenDJ
10 1 (0.097%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.097%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.097%) Xen
Systems Management
1 103 (10.04%) Terraform
2 98 (9.55%) Kubernetes
3 37 (3.61%) Ansible
4 16 (1.56%) Grafana
5 13 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (1.07%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.78%) Argo
9 7 (0.68%) SCCM
9 7 (0.68%) ZABBIX
10 6 (0.58%) WSUS
11 5 (0.49%) CASB
11 5 (0.49%) Puppet
11 5 (0.49%) VxRail
12 4 (0.39%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.39%) Istio
12 4 (0.39%) linkerd
12 4 (0.39%) Mesos
12 4 (0.39%) Packer
13 3 (0.29%) Kibana
Vendors
1 86 (8.38%) Microsoft
2 44 (4.29%) Google
3 41 (4.00%) VMware
4 31 (3.02%) Cisco
5 30 (2.92%) Oracle
6 25 (2.44%) Adobe
7 21 (2.05%) Palantir
7 21 (2.05%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.95%) Dell
9 19 (1.85%) Red Hat
10 18 (1.75%) ServiceNow
11 16 (1.56%) Databricks
11 16 (1.56%) OpenAI
11 16 (1.56%) SAP
12 13 (1.27%) Foundry
12 13 (1.27%) IBM
13 12 (1.17%) Atlassian
14 10 (0.97%) MuleSoft
15 9 (0.88%) Okta
15 9 (0.88%) Splunk