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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 54 61
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 +67
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 649 765 863
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.50% 4.95% 4.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.90% 15.20% 16.43%
Number of salaries quoted 448 343 608
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,832 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,495 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.72% -0.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,863 £88,750
90th Percentile £98,600 £97,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £61,419 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.31% +6.82% +1.79%

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 4,083 5,032 5,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.31% 32.57% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,152 2,006 3,821
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,563 £37,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.71%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £116,875 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 21 January 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 21 January 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 -22 102 £70,000 -8.50% 106
South London +3 24 £64,290 +4.29% 17
West London -18 7 £40,138 -29.07% 16
East London -14 1 - - 14
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 20 (3.08%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.47%) Confluence
3 9 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.23%) Jupyter
5 7 (1.08%) Apache
5 7 (1.08%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.31%) Camunda
6 2 (0.31%) CMS
6 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.15%) IIS
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 25 (3.85%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.62%) InVision
2 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.62%) Sketch
3 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.15%) Weka
Business Applications
1 12 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.77%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.62%) Maximo
3 4 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.62%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.62%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.31%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.15%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 160 (24.65%) AWS
2 141 (21.73%) Azure
3 48 (7.40%) GCP
4 45 (6.93%) Serverless
5 40 (6.16%) Power Platform
6 31 (4.78%) AWS CloudFormation
6 31 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (4.16%) Power Automate
7 27 (4.16%) PowerApps
8 26 (4.01%) Figma
9 23 (3.54%) AWS Lambda
9 23 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (3.39%) Amazon EKS
11 21 (3.24%) GitHub
12 20 (3.08%) Amazon ECS
13 19 (2.93%) Entra ID
14 17 (2.62%) Amazon EC2
15 16 (2.47%) PaaS
16 15 (2.31%) Amazon S3
17 11 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.24%) Firewall
2 16 (2.47%) VPN
3 15 (2.31%) Network Security
4 11 (1.69%) Structured Cabling
4 11 (1.69%) WAN
5 10 (1.54%) DNS
5 10 (1.54%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (1.23%) Software-Defined Networking
8 7 (1.08%) LAN
8 7 (1.08%) Wireless
9 6 (0.92%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.77%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.77%) SAN
10 5 (0.77%) WAAS
11 4 (0.62%) VoIP
12 3 (0.46%) HTTP
12 3 (0.46%) SSH
12 3 (0.46%) VSAN
12 3 (0.46%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (6.93%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (5.24%) Power BI
3 21 (3.24%) MongoDB
4 20 (3.08%) NoSQL
4 20 (3.08%) Relational Database
5 13 (2.00%) MySQL
5 13 (2.00%) SQL Server
6 12 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
6 12 (1.85%) Metadata
7 11 (1.69%) RDBMS
8 10 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (1.08%) BigQuery
10 7 (1.08%) Pinecone
11 6 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.77%) Redis
13 4 (0.62%) DB2
13 4 (0.62%) Neo4j
14 3 (0.46%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 48 (7.40%) Jenkins
2 38 (5.86%) Git
3 29 (4.47%) JIRA
4 23 (3.54%) Axure RP
5 21 (3.24%) Balsamiq
6 16 (2.47%) JMeter
7 14 (2.16%) GitLab
8 13 (2.00%) JUnit
9 11 (1.69%) Mockito
10 9 (1.39%) Selenium
11 8 (1.23%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.92%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.92%) Vite
13 5 (0.77%) MLflow
14 4 (0.62%) gulp
14 4 (0.62%) Maven
14 4 (0.62%) Subversion
14 4 (0.62%) WebDriver
14 4 (0.62%) webpack
15 3 (0.46%) Eclipse
General
1 194 (29.89%) Public Sector
2 145 (22.34%) Social Skills
3 86 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (12.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 75 (11.56%) Law
6 58 (8.94%) Finance
7 23 (3.54%) Marketing
8 22 (3.39%) Telecoms
9 20 (3.08%) Electronics
9 20 (3.08%) Manufacturing
10 11 (1.69%) Legal
11 8 (1.23%) Advertising
11 8 (1.23%) Aerospace
11 8 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.77%) Military
15 3 (0.46%) Banking
16 2 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 107 (16.49%) Developer
2 78 (12.02%) Senior
3 70 (10.79%) Architect
4 68 (10.48%) Consultant
5 42 (6.47%) Designer
6 40 (6.16%) Software Engineer
7 32 (4.93%) Full-Stack Developer
8 30 (4.62%) Lead
9 28 (4.31%) Java Developer
10 27 (4.16%) Analyst
10 27 (4.16%) Data Engineer
11 26 (4.01%) DevOps Engineer
12 20 (3.08%) Service Designer
13 19 (2.93%) Administrator
13 19 (2.93%) User Researcher
14 17 (2.62%) Business Analyst
14 17 (2.62%) Cloud Engineer
14 17 (2.62%) Power Platform Developer
14 17 (2.62%) Solutions Architect
14 17 (2.62%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (6.63%) React
2 41 (6.32%) HTML
3 33 (5.08%) Spring
4 30 (4.62%) CSS
5 25 (3.85%) Spring Boot
6 24 (3.70%) REST
7 22 (3.39%) AngularJS
8 20 (3.08%) Web Services
9 18 (2.77%) Node.js
10 17 (2.62%) XML
11 15 (2.31%) HTML5 Canvas
12 14 (2.16%) FastAPI
12 14 (2.16%) Hibernate
12 14 (2.16%) JSON
13 13 (2.00%) .NET
13 13 (2.00%) PyTorch
14 12 (1.85%) ActiveMQ
14 12 (1.85%) Elastic Stack
15 11 (1.69%) jQuery
15 11 (1.69%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.24%) Cloud Native
2 45 (6.93%) Product Ownership
3 23 (3.54%) Onboarding
4 20 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (2.77%) PKI
6 17 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (2.62%) Hybrid Cloud
7 15 (2.31%) Management Information System
8 13 (2.00%) Data Structures
8 13 (2.00%) Driving Licence
9 12 (1.85%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.39%) CMDB
10 9 (1.39%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.23%) Data Centre
12 7 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (1.08%) Public Cloud
13 6 (0.92%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.92%) Private Cloud
14 5 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 42 (6.47%) Linux
2 40 (6.16%) Windows
3 13 (2.00%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.54%) Unix
5 9 (1.39%) VMS
6 8 (1.23%) Ubuntu
7 7 (1.08%) Android
8 4 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.46%) CentOS
10 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.15%) Debian
11 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.15%) Rocky
11 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (28.04%) Agile
2 119 (18.34%) Problem-Solving
3 108 (16.64%) CI/CD
4 103 (15.87%) AI
5 99 (15.25%) DevOps
6 85 (13.10%) Software Engineering
7 79 (12.17%) Analytics
8 77 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 77 (11.86%) Infrastructure as Code
9 67 (10.32%) Full-Stack Development
10 65 (10.02%) Mentoring
11 64 (9.86%) User Experience
12 60 (9.24%) Community of Practice
13 56 (8.63%) Business Intelligence
13 56 (8.63%) Workflow
14 55 (8.47%) User Research
15 52 (8.01%) Technology Strategy
15 52 (8.01%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 48 (7.40%) Containerisation
16 48 (7.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 158 (24.35%) Python
2 106 (16.33%) Java
3 103 (15.87%) JavaScript
4 70 (10.79%) SQL
5 53 (8.17%) C#
6 47 (7.24%) TypeScript
7 34 (5.24%) PowerShell
8 24 (3.70%) Bash
9 19 (2.93%) C++
10 14 (2.16%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.23%) Ruby
12 7 (1.08%) Bicep
12 7 (1.08%) Go
12 7 (1.08%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.92%) MATLAB
13 6 (0.92%) Scala
14 5 (0.77%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.77%) C
14 5 (0.77%) R
15 4 (0.62%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 437 (67.33%) SC Cleared
2 176 (27.12%) DV Cleared
3 125 (19.26%) Degree
4 28 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (3.39%) PhD
6 18 (2.77%) Azure Certification
6 18 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (2.16%) CISSP
8 13 (2.00%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.39%) CISM
10 8 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (0.92%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.92%) NVQ Level 3
11 6 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.77%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.77%) SAP Certification
13 4 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.62%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.46%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (9.09%) Accessibility
2 27 (4.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (4.01%) WCAG
4 17 (2.62%) NIST
5 16 (2.47%) Data Quality
6 15 (2.31%) QA
7 12 (1.85%) GRC
8 10 (1.54%) NCSC
8 10 (1.54%) SLA
9 8 (1.23%) GDPR
10 5 (0.77%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.62%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.46%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.46%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (0.46%) NEBOSH
13 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 75 (11.56%) Docker
2 20 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.77%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.23%) KVM
5 7 (1.08%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.92%) Firmware
7 4 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.62%) vSphere
8 1 (0.15%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.15%) OpenDJ
8 1 (0.15%) OpenIDM
8 1 (0.15%) pfSense
8 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 83 (12.79%) Kubernetes
2 77 (11.86%) Terraform
3 30 (4.62%) Ansible
4 18 (2.77%) Grafana
5 14 (2.16%) Kibana
6 12 (1.85%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.54%) Argo
8 8 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.92%) SCCM
11 5 (0.77%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.77%) SCOM
12 4 (0.62%) Istio
12 4 (0.62%) linkerd
12 4 (0.62%) Mesos
12 4 (0.62%) Nagios
13 3 (0.46%) Puppet
13 3 (0.46%) VxRail
14 2 (0.31%) AWS Copilot
14 2 (0.31%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 68 (10.48%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.24%) Palantir
2 34 (5.24%) SAP
3 28 (4.31%) Google
4 25 (3.85%) Adobe
4 25 (3.85%) VMware
5 24 (3.70%) Foundry
6 22 (3.39%) Cisco
7 20 (3.08%) Oracle
8 19 (2.93%) ServiceNow
9 17 (2.62%) Atlassian
10 16 (2.47%) Splunk
11 14 (2.16%) Salesforce
12 11 (1.69%) Dynatrace
13 10 (1.54%) Red Hat
14 8 (1.23%) OpenAI
15 7 (1.08%) Databricks
16 5 (0.77%) Dell
16 5 (0.77%) IBM
16 5 (0.77%) MuleSoft