Security Cleared Jobs in London

Security Clearance
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 6 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 53 128 181
Rank change year-on-year +75 +53 -71
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 906 1,315 1,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.85% 2.78% 2.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.26% 12.37% 11.29%
Number of salaries quoted 555 738 788
10th Percentile £44,750 £30,985 £42,849
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £54,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £101,625 £95,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

Security Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,963 10,634 10,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 26.57% 22.50% 19.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3,592 6,155 6,490
10th Percentile £39,085 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £88,391 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £107,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,480 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.81% +2.69% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in London

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in London.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in London

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in London over the 6 months to 6 December 2023.

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 6 December 2023. 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 +97 201 £65,000 -4.06% 46
South London +6 46 £70,000 +29.63% 34
West London +48 19 £37,500 +94.30% 22
North London +20 13 £55,000 +184.97% 1
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (1.66%) Confluence
2 10 (1.10%) MS Exchange
2 10 (1.10%) WinCC
3 9 (0.99%) JBoss
4 8 (0.88%) Red Hat Fuse
5 7 (0.77%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.66%) Apache
7 4 (0.44%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (0.33%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 2 (0.22%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.22%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.22%) nginx
9 2 (0.22%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.11%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 28 (3.09%) Remedy ITSM
2 11 (1.21%) Elite 3E
3 8 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.55%) SAP CO
4 5 (0.55%) SAP FI
4 5 (0.55%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.44%) SAP CRM
5 4 (0.44%) SAP CX
5 4 (0.44%) SAP GTS
5 4 (0.44%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.44%) SAP WM
6 3 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.33%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.33%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.22%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.22%) SAP PS
8 1 (0.11%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 1 (0.11%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 193 (21.30%) AWS
2 177 (19.54%) Azure
3 50 (5.52%) GCP
4 48 (5.30%) Serverless
5 47 (5.19%) Power Platform
6 45 (4.97%) SaaS
7 33 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
8 28 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
9 24 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (2.43%) AWS CloudFormation
11 18 (1.99%) Amazon ECS
11 18 (1.99%) PaaS
12 17 (1.88%) dbt
13 13 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
13 13 (1.43%) Entra ID
13 13 (1.43%) OpenShift
14 12 (1.32%) GitHub
15 11 (1.21%) Oracle Service Cloud
16 10 (1.10%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 41 (4.53%) Firewall
2 32 (3.53%) VPN
3 27 (2.98%) Network Security
4 21 (2.32%) SSL
5 14 (1.55%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.43%) DNS
7 9 (0.99%) HTTP
8 7 (0.77%) Internet
8 7 (0.77%) OSPF
9 6 (0.66%) BGP
9 6 (0.66%) LAN
9 6 (0.66%) MPLS
9 6 (0.66%) WAN
10 5 (0.55%) DHCP
11 3 (0.33%) ATM
11 3 (0.33%) FTP
11 3 (0.33%) SMTP
12 2 (0.22%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.22%) IPv4
12 2 (0.22%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (4.86%) Elasticsearch
2 36 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (3.86%) Metadata
4 32 (3.53%) SQL Server
5 31 (3.42%) Relational Database
6 28 (3.09%) Hadoop
6 28 (3.09%) MongoDB
7 27 (2.98%) Power BI
8 21 (2.32%) Redis
9 19 (2.10%) MySQL
10 15 (1.66%) NoSQL
10 15 (1.66%) Oracle Reports
11 13 (1.43%) Big Data
12 10 (1.10%) Oracle Database
13 9 (0.99%) RDBMS
14 7 (0.77%) Qlik Sense
15 6 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
16 5 (0.55%) GIS
Development Applications
1 58 (6.40%) Jenkins
2 47 (5.19%) Git
3 44 (4.86%) JIRA
4 17 (1.88%) Cucumber
4 17 (1.88%) Selenium
5 16 (1.77%) Maven
6 13 (1.43%) GitLab
6 13 (1.43%) JUnit
7 12 (1.32%) IntelliJ
8 11 (1.21%) Bitbucket
8 11 (1.21%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (0.77%) Serenity BDD
9 7 (0.77%) SoapUI
10 6 (0.66%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.55%) Gradle
11 5 (0.55%) JMeter
11 5 (0.55%) Mocha
11 5 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
11 5 (0.55%) Subversion
11 5 (0.55%) WebDriver
General
1 231 (25.50%) Social Skills
2 180 (19.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 175 (19.32%) Public Sector
4 98 (10.82%) Finance
5 74 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
6 59 (6.51%) Aerospace
7 47 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
8 36 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
8 36 (3.97%) Law
9 33 (3.64%) Police
10 23 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (2.43%) Retail
12 19 (2.10%) Legal
12 19 (2.10%) Marketing
13 12 (1.32%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.10%) Military
15 8 (0.88%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.77%) Games
17 6 (0.66%) Banking
Job Titles
1 134 (14.79%) Senior
2 126 (13.91%) Consultant
3 118 (13.02%) Architect
4 99 (10.93%) Developer
5 81 (8.94%) Analyst
6 58 (6.40%) Software Engineer
7 52 (5.74%) Solutions Architect
8 50 (5.52%) Project Manager
9 45 (4.97%) DevOps Engineer
10 42 (4.64%) Lead
11 41 (4.53%) Systems Engineer
12 39 (4.30%) Business Analyst
13 36 (3.97%) Java Developer
14 35 (3.86%) Senior Consultant
15 31 (3.42%) Security Consultant
16 29 (3.20%) Security Architect
17 26 (2.87%) Technical Consultant
18 24 (2.65%) Control Systems Engineer
19 23 (2.54%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 23 (2.54%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (7.84%) HTML
2 57 (6.29%) Web Services
3 55 (6.07%) React
4 47 (5.19%) SOAP
4 47 (5.19%) XML
5 37 (4.08%) Spring
6 36 (3.97%) REST
7 35 (3.86%) CSS
8 28 (3.09%) .NET
9 27 (2.98%) Node.js
10 26 (2.87%) Velocity
11 23 (2.54%) JSON
12 22 (2.43%) Kafka
13 20 (2.21%) RESTful
14 18 (1.99%) LDAP
15 17 (1.88%) Ajax
15 17 (1.88%) AngularJS
16 15 (1.66%) .NET Framework
16 15 (1.66%) Django
17 12 (1.32%) ATL
Miscellaneous
1 70 (7.73%) Product Ownership
2 43 (4.75%) Cloud Native
3 42 (4.64%) Management Information System
4 32 (3.53%) Cyberattack
5 22 (2.43%) PKI
6 17 (1.88%) CMDB
7 14 (1.55%) Operational Technology
8 13 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
9 12 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.32%) SCADA
10 10 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (1.10%) Onboarding
11 9 (0.99%) Blog
11 9 (0.99%) Public Cloud
11 9 (0.99%) Virtual Team
12 8 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
13 7 (0.77%) Driving Licence
13 7 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.66%) Data Centre
14 6 (0.66%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 78 (8.61%) Linux
2 63 (6.95%) Windows
3 20 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.99%) Unix
5 9 (0.99%) Android
6 8 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.88%) Solaris
7 7 (0.77%) VMS
7 7 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.55%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.33%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.22%) AIX
11 2 (0.22%) Debian
11 2 (0.22%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (32.45%) Agile
2 125 (13.80%) DevOps
3 121 (13.36%) Problem-Solving
4 117 (12.91%) Cybersecurity
5 116 (12.80%) Software Engineering
6 108 (11.92%) Mentoring
7 106 (11.70%) Actionable Insight
8 98 (10.82%) Project Management
9 95 (10.49%) CI/CD
10 91 (10.04%) Project Delivery
11 80 (8.83%) Continuous Integration
12 78 (8.61%) Stakeholder Management
13 77 (8.50%) Presales
14 75 (8.28%) Business Case
15 70 (7.73%) Design Patterns
16 68 (7.51%) Coaching
17 63 (6.95%) Workshop Facilitation
18 58 (6.40%) Analytics
18 58 (6.40%) Microservices
19 57 (6.29%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 126 (13.91%) Python
2 115 (12.69%) Java
3 80 (8.83%) JavaScript
4 62 (6.84%) SQL
5 46 (5.08%) C#
6 28 (3.09%) Bash
7 25 (2.76%) Ruby
8 23 (2.54%) Perl
9 22 (2.43%) C++
10 18 (1.99%) PowerShell
11 16 (1.77%) Go
12 11 (1.21%) TypeScript
13 10 (1.10%) Groovy
14 9 (0.99%) VB
15 7 (0.77%) X++
16 6 (0.66%) ABAP
16 6 (0.66%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.66%) R
17 5 (0.55%) COBOL
18 4 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 512 (56.51%) SC Cleared
2 207 (22.85%) DV Cleared
3 180 (19.87%) Degree
4 44 (4.86%) CISSP
5 25 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 23 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (2.10%) Master's Degree
9 16 (1.77%) CISM
9 16 (1.77%) HNC
9 16 (1.77%) HND
10 14 (1.55%) CCNA
10 14 (1.55%) CTC Cleared
11 13 (1.43%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.43%) CESG Certified Professional
12 12 (1.32%) CREST Certified
12 12 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
13 10 (1.10%) DBS Check
13 10 (1.10%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (5.19%) QA
2 43 (4.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (2.54%) Accessibility
3 23 (2.54%) NIST
4 20 (2.21%) Data Quality
5 17 (1.88%) NCSC
6 15 (1.66%) GRC
7 13 (1.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 11 (1.21%) RMADS
9 10 (1.10%) JSP 440
10 9 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.55%) ISO 22301
11 5 (0.55%) NIST 800
11 5 (0.55%) SLA
12 3 (0.33%) COBIT
12 3 (0.33%) PMO
12 3 (0.33%) WCAG
13 2 (0.22%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.22%) IEC 61508
13 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 60 (6.62%) Docker
2 37 (4.08%) Active Directory
3 24 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.99%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.88%) vSphere
6 7 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.44%) Squid
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.22%) XenApp
10 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.11%) Firmware
10 1 (0.11%) Forefront TMG
10 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 70 (7.73%) Kubernetes
2 69 (7.62%) Terraform
3 32 (3.53%) Ansible
4 17 (1.88%) HP UCMDB
5 11 (1.21%) Functional Safety
6 8 (0.88%) Consul
6 8 (0.88%) Grafana
7 7 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (0.66%) Kibana
8 6 (0.66%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.55%) NetBackup
9 5 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 3 (0.33%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.33%) Wonderware InTouch
11 2 (0.22%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.22%) Nagios
11 2 (0.22%) Packer
11 2 (0.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 106 (11.70%) Oracle
2 94 (10.38%) Microsoft
3 40 (4.42%) VMware
4 34 (3.75%) ServiceNow
5 31 (3.42%) HP
5 31 (3.42%) Remedy
6 28 (3.09%) BMC
7 27 (2.98%) Google
8 18 (1.99%) SAP
9 17 (1.88%) Siemens
10 14 (1.55%) F5
11 13 (1.43%) Cisco
12 12 (1.32%) Juniper
13 10 (1.10%) Rockwell
14 8 (0.88%) Veeam
15 7 (0.77%) Palo Alto
16 6 (0.66%) Infoblox
16 6 (0.66%) Mellanox
17 5 (0.55%) Atlassian
17 5 (0.55%) Databricks