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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 76 62
Rank change year-on-year +44 -14 +11
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,124 496 944
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.41% 4.11% 4.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.96% 12.56% 14.24%
Number of salaries quoted 767 332 682
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,251 £51,250 £52,500
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 £82,500 £86,188
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -2.54%

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 4,329 3,950 6,631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.85% 32.73% 28.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,552 1,829 4,220
10th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £35,502
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £47,906
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,125
90th Percentile £102,725 £112,500 £103,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,967
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.06% -8.39%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 +16 119 £80,000 +23.08% 81
South London -16 21 £55,000 -15.38% 8
West London -15 15 £85,000 +47.39% 29
North London +3 1 £45,000 -32.08% 2
East London -13 1 £110,000 - 22
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 25 (2.22%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.87%) Confluence
3 16 (1.42%) Apache
4 14 (1.25%) Palantir Foundry
5 10 (0.89%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.80%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.27%) IIS
9 3 (0.27%) JBoss
10 2 (0.18%) Camunda
10 2 (0.18%) SAS
11 1 (0.089%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.089%) Mule
11 1 (0.089%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 19 (1.69%) Adobe XD
2 7 (0.62%) InVision
2 7 (0.62%) Sketch
3 5 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.18%) Weka
7 1 (0.089%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.089%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.089%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 11 (0.98%) Maximo
2 7 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.089%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.089%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.089%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.089%) SAP PSCD
4 1 (0.089%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 281 (25.00%) AWS
2 217 (19.31%) Azure
3 83 (7.38%) GCP
4 55 (4.89%) Serverless
5 45 (4.00%) Power Platform
6 38 (3.38%) AWS CloudFormation
7 37 (3.29%) Entra ID
8 34 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
8 34 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (2.67%) GitHub
10 21 (1.87%) Amazon S3
10 21 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (1.69%) Figma
12 15 (1.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 14 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (1.25%) Google Analytics
14 13 (1.16%) SaaS
15 12 (1.07%) Power Automate
15 12 (1.07%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.05%) Firewall
1 23 (2.05%) Network Security
2 15 (1.33%) DNS
2 15 (1.33%) WAN
3 13 (1.16%) SD-WAN
4 12 (1.07%) SAN
4 12 (1.07%) VPN
5 9 (0.80%) LAN
5 9 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
6 8 (0.71%) DHCP
7 7 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (0.62%) VSAN
8 5 (0.44%) Cisco IOS
8 5 (0.44%) SMTP
8 5 (0.44%) WAAS
8 5 (0.44%) Wireless
9 4 (0.36%) IPv4
9 4 (0.36%) MPLS
9 4 (0.36%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.27%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.38%) Power BI
2 24 (2.14%) NoSQL
3 22 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (1.33%) Metadata
4 15 (1.33%) MongoDB
5 11 (0.98%) Data Lake
5 11 (0.98%) DB2
5 11 (0.98%) DynamoDB
6 10 (0.89%) DTS
6 10 (0.89%) MySQL
7 9 (0.80%) Tableau
8 8 (0.71%) Pinecone
8 8 (0.71%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.71%) SQL Server
9 7 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (0.62%) Big Data
9 7 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.44%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 61 (5.43%) Jenkins
2 55 (4.89%) Git
3 30 (2.67%) JIRA
4 29 (2.58%) GitLab
5 15 (1.33%) Axure RP
6 12 (1.07%) Balsamiq
7 10 (0.89%) Maven
8 9 (0.80%) Vite
9 7 (0.62%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.53%) Gradle
10 6 (0.53%) JMeter
11 5 (0.44%) JUnit
12 4 (0.36%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.36%) Subversion
12 4 (0.36%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.27%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.27%) Zephyr
14 2 (0.18%) Mockito
14 2 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 281 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 216 (19.22%) Social Skills
3 150 (13.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 96 (8.54%) Law
5 90 (8.01%) Analytical Skills
6 88 (7.83%) Finance
7 36 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (1.78%) Legal
10 17 (1.51%) Aerospace
11 16 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (0.98%) Games
13 9 (0.80%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.62%) Cyber-Physical System
14 7 (0.62%) Military
15 6 (0.53%) Advertising
15 6 (0.53%) Electronics
15 6 (0.53%) Marketing
15 6 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 204 (18.15%) Senior
2 189 (16.81%) Architect
3 147 (13.08%) Consultant
4 123 (10.94%) Developer
5 89 (7.92%) Solutions Architect
6 69 (6.14%) Lead
7 58 (5.16%) Analyst
8 56 (4.98%) Data Engineer
9 52 (4.63%) Senior Consultant
10 46 (4.09%) AWS Architect
11 43 (3.83%) Designer
11 43 (3.83%) Software Engineer
12 42 (3.74%) DevOps Engineer
12 42 (3.74%) Full-Stack Developer
13 38 (3.38%) Senior Manager
14 37 (3.29%) AWS Solution Architect
15 36 (3.20%) Business Analyst
16 34 (3.02%) Java Developer
16 34 (3.02%) UX Designer
17 33 (2.94%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.74%) React
2 29 (2.58%) Spring
3 24 (2.14%) .NET
4 23 (2.05%) HTML
4 23 (2.05%) Node.js
4 23 (2.05%) REST
5 21 (1.87%) CSS
5 21 (1.87%) Spring Boot
6 20 (1.78%) Kafka
7 18 (1.60%) Web Services
8 15 (1.33%) AngularJS
8 15 (1.33%) JSON
9 14 (1.25%) PyTorch
9 14 (1.25%) SOAP
10 13 (1.16%) PySpark
11 12 (1.07%) FastAPI
11 12 (1.07%) LangChain
11 12 (1.07%) Middleware
12 11 (0.98%) LangGraph
12 11 (0.98%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 75 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 47 (4.18%) Product Ownership
3 34 (3.02%) Management Information System
4 24 (2.14%) PKI
5 23 (2.05%) Data Centre
5 23 (2.05%) Onboarding
6 19 (1.69%) AI Agents
7 17 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.51%) Operational Technology
7 17 (1.51%) Security Posture
8 16 (1.42%) Blog
9 14 (1.25%) Cyber Defence
9 14 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (1.16%) Public Cloud
11 11 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
12 10 (0.89%) CMDB
12 10 (0.89%) Data Structures
12 10 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (0.80%) Algorithms
13 9 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 72 (6.41%) Linux
2 59 (5.25%) Windows
3 29 (2.58%) Windows Server
4 15 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (0.71%) VMS
6 7 (0.62%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.53%) Android
8 3 (0.27%) CentOS
8 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.18%) Unix
10 1 (0.089%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.089%) Rocky
10 1 (0.089%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.089%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (22.15%) Agile
2 160 (14.23%) DevOps
3 157 (13.97%) AI
4 130 (11.57%) CI/CD
5 116 (10.32%) Software Engineering
6 115 (10.23%) Infrastructure as Code
7 114 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
8 111 (9.88%) Mentoring
9 104 (9.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 97 (8.63%) Community of Practice
11 92 (8.19%) Cybersecurity
11 92 (8.19%) Full-Stack Development
12 89 (7.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 85 (7.56%) Analytics
14 83 (7.38%) Technology Strategy
15 77 (6.85%) Computer Science
16 76 (6.76%) Roadmaps
17 75 (6.67%) Collaborative Culture
18 74 (6.58%) User Experience
19 72 (6.41%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 203 (18.06%) Python
2 134 (11.92%) Java
3 89 (7.92%) SQL
4 86 (7.65%) JavaScript
5 44 (3.91%) TypeScript
6 38 (3.38%) PowerShell
7 35 (3.11%) C#
8 26 (2.31%) Bash
9 20 (1.78%) C++
10 11 (0.98%) Apex Code
10 11 (0.98%) Rust
11 8 (0.71%) C
11 8 (0.71%) Go
12 7 (0.62%) Google Apps Script
12 7 (0.62%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.53%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.44%) Bicep
14 5 (0.44%) Groovy
14 5 (0.44%) Scala
14 5 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 803 (71.44%) SC Cleared
2 293 (26.07%) DV Cleared
3 179 (15.93%) Degree
4 32 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 32 (2.85%) CISSP
5 29 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (2.49%) PhD
7 23 (2.05%) CISM
7 23 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 19 (1.69%) AWS Certification
9 16 (1.42%) DBS Check
10 15 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (1.16%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.07%) Master's Degree
13 9 (0.80%) CRISC
14 8 (0.71%) OSCP
15 7 (0.62%) GIAC
15 7 (0.62%) GSEC
16 6 (0.53%) RHCE
17 5 (0.44%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (3.20%) NIST
2 35 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (2.94%) Accessibility
4 25 (2.22%) Data Quality
5 18 (1.60%) NCSC
5 18 (1.60%) WCAG
6 17 (1.51%) QA
7 14 (1.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 9 (0.80%) GRC
8 9 (0.80%) SLA
9 8 (0.71%) JSP 440
10 7 (0.62%) GDPR
10 7 (0.62%) Government Security Classifications
11 5 (0.44%) PMO
12 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.18%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.18%) RMADS
13 1 (0.089%) COBIT
System Software
1 71 (6.32%) Docker
2 41 (3.65%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.60%) vSphere
5 8 (0.71%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.53%) Firmware
6 6 (0.53%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.44%) KVM
8 4 (0.36%) Squid
9 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.089%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.089%) OpenDJ
10 1 (0.089%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.089%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.089%) Xen
Systems Management
1 109 (9.70%) Terraform
2 88 (7.83%) Kubernetes
3 38 (3.38%) Ansible
4 17 (1.51%) Grafana
5 14 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.25%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.71%) SCCM
8 7 (0.62%) ZABBIX
9 6 (0.53%) Argo
9 6 (0.53%) WSUS
10 5 (0.44%) CASB
10 5 (0.44%) Kibana
10 5 (0.44%) Puppet
10 5 (0.44%) VxRail
11 4 (0.36%) Docker Swarm
11 4 (0.36%) Istio
11 4 (0.36%) Mesos
11 4 (0.36%) Packer
11 4 (0.36%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 105 (9.34%) Microsoft
2 43 (3.83%) Google
3 40 (3.56%) VMware
4 33 (2.94%) Oracle
5 27 (2.40%) Cisco
6 26 (2.31%) ServiceNow
7 23 (2.05%) Adobe
7 23 (2.05%) Databricks
8 22 (1.96%) Salesforce
9 20 (1.78%) Dell
9 20 (1.78%) Palantir
10 19 (1.69%) Red Hat
11 17 (1.51%) OpenAI
12 15 (1.33%) Foundry
13 14 (1.25%) Splunk
14 12 (1.07%) Atlassian
14 12 (1.07%) SAP
15 11 (0.98%) CyberArk
15 11 (0.98%) IBM
15 11 (0.98%) MuleSoft