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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 75 65
Rank change year-on-year +46 -10 -7
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,529 486 841
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.95% 4.12% 4.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.65% 14.24% 15.65%
Number of salaries quoted 969 342 426
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £93,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -

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 4,831 3,413 5,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 18.81% 28.93% 28.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,843 1,895 2,424
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £91,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -3.51% -5.00%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 +42 127 £72,500 +20.83% 181
South London -16 27 £55,000 -15.38% 11
West London -2 12 £90,000 +146.58% 59
East London -7 3 £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 20 (1.31%) Apache Spark
2 14 (0.92%) Apache
3 13 (0.85%) Anypoint
3 13 (0.85%) Mule
4 12 (0.78%) Confluence
4 12 (0.78%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.52%) Camunda
5 8 (0.52%) Palantir Foundry
6 6 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.33%) SAS
8 4 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.26%) JBoss
8 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.20%) IIS
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.13%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.13%) WebLogic Portal
11 1 (0.065%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.065%) nginx
11 1 (0.065%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.20%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.065%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.065%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.065%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.065%) Houdini
6 1 (0.065%) NUKE
6 1 (0.065%) Trello
6 1 (0.065%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 6 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.20%) Maximo
2 3 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.13%) Primavera
4 1 (0.065%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.065%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.065%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 468 (30.61%) AWS
2 279 (18.25%) Azure
3 120 (7.85%) GCP
4 92 (6.02%) Serverless
5 78 (5.10%) AWS CloudFormation
5 78 (5.10%) Cloud Computing
6 57 (3.73%) AWS Lambda
7 56 (3.66%) Power Platform
8 51 (3.34%) Entra ID
9 50 (3.27%) Amazon S3
10 43 (2.81%) GitHub
11 42 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
12 36 (2.35%) Amazon EKS
13 35 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
14 27 (1.77%) SaaS
15 25 (1.64%) Amazon EMR
16 24 (1.57%) Amazon ECS
17 19 (1.24%) OCI
18 18 (1.18%) Amazon EventBridge
18 18 (1.18%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 53 (3.47%) Network Security
2 36 (2.35%) Firewall
3 15 (0.98%) SSL
3 15 (0.98%) WAN
4 13 (0.85%) TCP/IP
4 13 (0.85%) VPN
5 10 (0.65%) DNS
6 9 (0.59%) LAN
6 9 (0.59%) NGN
7 8 (0.52%) DHCP
7 8 (0.52%) Wireshark
8 7 (0.46%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.46%) Software-Defined Networking
9 6 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.26%) BGP
10 4 (0.26%) IPv4
10 4 (0.26%) Kerberos
10 4 (0.26%) NAS
10 4 (0.26%) OSPF
10 4 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (3.07%) Power BI
2 42 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
4 35 (2.29%) Metadata
5 34 (2.22%) Data Lake
6 28 (1.83%) Tableau
7 27 (1.77%) Amazon Redshift
7 27 (1.77%) Big Data
8 23 (1.50%) NoSQL
9 21 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
10 20 (1.31%) DynamoDB
11 18 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
12 16 (1.05%) Amazon Aurora
12 16 (1.05%) Relational Database
13 15 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
13 15 (0.98%) MySQL
14 13 (0.85%) MongoDB
14 13 (0.85%) SQL Server
15 12 (0.78%) Redis
16 7 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 81 (5.30%) Git
1 81 (5.30%) Jenkins
2 48 (3.14%) GitLab
3 34 (2.22%) JIRA
4 11 (0.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (0.59%) Burp Suite
5 9 (0.59%) Metasploit
6 8 (0.52%) Maven
7 7 (0.46%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.46%) JUnit
7 7 (0.46%) TeamCity
8 6 (0.39%) Gradle
8 6 (0.39%) Mockito
8 6 (0.39%) Vite
9 5 (0.33%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.33%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.26%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.26%) Selenium
11 3 (0.20%) Subversion
11 3 (0.20%) Taiga
General
1 366 (23.94%) Public Sector
2 325 (21.26%) Social Skills
3 182 (11.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 174 (11.38%) Finance
5 134 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
6 133 (8.70%) Law
7 50 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
8 29 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (1.57%) Military
10 20 (1.31%) Legal
11 17 (1.11%) Aerospace
12 15 (0.98%) Marketing
12 15 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (0.92%) Police
13 14 (0.92%) Telecoms
14 12 (0.78%) Retail
15 9 (0.59%) Banking
15 9 (0.59%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.52%) Electronics
17 7 (0.46%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 293 (19.16%) Architect
2 286 (18.71%) Senior
3 225 (14.72%) Consultant
4 131 (8.57%) Developer
5 121 (7.91%) Lead
6 102 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
7 82 (5.36%) Analyst
8 76 (4.97%) Senior Consultant
9 75 (4.91%) DevOps Engineer
10 66 (4.32%) Data Engineer
10 66 (4.32%) Software Engineer
11 62 (4.05%) AWS Architect
12 59 (3.86%) Data Architect
13 55 (3.60%) Security Consultant
14 53 (3.47%) Security Architect
15 50 (3.27%) Cloud Engineer
16 47 (3.07%) Business Analyst
17 46 (3.01%) IAM Consultant
18 44 (2.88%) AWS Solution Architect
19 43 (2.81%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (9.94%) Terraform
2 47 (3.07%) Kafka
3 40 (2.62%) React
4 27 (1.77%) REST
4 27 (1.77%) Spring
5 25 (1.64%) .NET
6 22 (1.44%) PySpark
7 20 (1.31%) Node.js
7 20 (1.31%) OAuth
7 20 (1.31%) Spring Boot
8 18 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
9 17 (1.11%) AWS CDK
10 16 (1.05%) HTML
10 16 (1.05%) YAML
11 15 (0.98%) JSON
11 15 (0.98%) JWT
11 15 (0.98%) OAuth2
12 14 (0.92%) SailPoint
13 13 (0.85%) AngularJS
13 13 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 144 (9.42%) Cloud Native
2 83 (5.43%) Onboarding
3 58 (3.79%) Product Ownership
4 46 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
5 45 (2.94%) Enterprise Cloud
5 45 (2.94%) Management Information System
6 44 (2.88%) Data Centre
7 28 (1.83%) Operational Technology
8 27 (1.77%) AI Agents
9 26 (1.70%) Distributed Computing
10 24 (1.57%) Cyber Defence
11 23 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
12 21 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.18%) Public Cloud
13 18 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
14 17 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
14 17 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
15 14 (0.92%) Blog
15 14 (0.92%) Security Posture
16 13 (0.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 97 (6.34%) Linux
2 80 (5.23%) Windows
3 31 (2.03%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (0.78%) CentOS
6 9 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.52%) Unix
8 6 (0.39%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.26%) Rocky
10 3 (0.20%) Android
11 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.13%) VMS
11 2 (0.13%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (21.98%) Agile
2 233 (15.24%) DevOps
3 228 (14.91%) AI
4 214 (14.00%) Mentoring
5 212 (13.87%) CI/CD
6 207 (13.54%) Cybersecurity
7 177 (11.58%) Problem-Solving
8 167 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
9 166 (10.86%) Software Engineering
10 153 (10.01%) Infrastructure as Code
11 149 (9.74%) Stakeholder Management
12 138 (9.03%) Roadmaps
13 135 (8.83%) Analytics
14 120 (7.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 114 (7.46%) Migration
16 110 (7.19%) Project Delivery
17 105 (6.87%) Community of Practice
18 100 (6.54%) Scrum
19 99 (6.47%) Decision-Making
20 98 (6.41%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 229 (14.98%) Python
2 135 (8.83%) Java
3 79 (5.17%) SQL
4 67 (4.38%) JavaScript
5 65 (4.25%) Bash
6 30 (1.96%) TypeScript
7 27 (1.77%) C#
7 27 (1.77%) PowerShell
8 24 (1.57%) C++
9 23 (1.50%) Scala
10 17 (1.11%) Perl
10 17 (1.11%) Ruby
11 14 (0.92%) Groovy
11 14 (0.92%) PHP
12 13 (0.85%) Bicep
12 13 (0.85%) DataWeave
12 13 (0.85%) Go
13 12 (0.78%) C
14 10 (0.65%) Rust
15 8 (0.52%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1,041 (68.08%) SC Cleared
2 318 (20.80%) DV Cleared
3 164 (10.73%) Degree
4 67 (4.38%) AWS Certification
5 59 (3.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 54 (3.53%) CISSP
7 37 (2.42%) CISM
8 34 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (1.77%) Azure Certification
10 24 (1.57%) DBS Check
11 22 (1.44%) OSCP
12 21 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.37%) CREST Certified
13 17 (1.11%) CHECK Team Member
14 11 (0.72%) Master's Degree
15 10 (0.65%) CISA
15 10 (0.65%) PhD
16 9 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (0.59%) CRISC
16 9 (0.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 60 (3.92%) Data Quality
3 59 (3.86%) NIST
4 49 (3.20%) QA
5 46 (3.01%) NCSC
6 27 (1.77%) Accessibility
7 26 (1.70%) GDPR
8 18 (1.18%) GRC
8 18 (1.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 11 (0.72%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 8 (0.52%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.46%) PMO
13 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.26%) RMADS
14 4 (0.26%) WCAG
15 3 (0.20%) COBIT
15 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 2 (0.13%) Def Stans
System Software
1 101 (6.61%) Docker
2 39 (2.55%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.65%) VMware NSX
4 10 (0.65%) vSphere
5 7 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.26%) KVM
8 4 (0.26%) Squid
9 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.065%) Firmware
10 1 (0.065%) IAG
10 1 (0.065%) NFS
10 1 (0.065%) Samba
Systems Management
1 132 (8.63%) Kubernetes
2 56 (3.66%) Ansible
3 41 (2.68%) Grafana
4 30 (1.96%) Prometheus
5 25 (1.64%) Puppet
6 22 (1.44%) Progress Chef
7 13 (0.85%) CloudHub
8 12 (0.78%) Rancher
9 11 (0.72%) Argo
10 10 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
11 9 (0.59%) Nmap
11 9 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (0.46%) Nessus
13 6 (0.39%) Kibana
14 5 (0.33%) Packer
14 5 (0.33%) SCOM
15 4 (0.26%) Istio
15 4 (0.26%) linkerd
15 4 (0.26%) QRadar
15 4 (0.26%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 145 (9.48%) Microsoft
2 73 (4.77%) ServiceNow
3 63 (4.12%) Oracle
4 52 (3.40%) Google
5 48 (3.14%) Salesforce
6 43 (2.81%) Databricks
7 29 (1.90%) VMware
8 27 (1.77%) SAP
9 22 (1.44%) Splunk
10 21 (1.37%) Dynatrace
11 17 (1.11%) Okta
12 15 (0.98%) CyberArk
12 15 (0.98%) MuleSoft
12 15 (0.98%) OpenAI
12 15 (0.98%) Red Hat
13 12 (0.78%) Cisco
14 10 (0.65%) Adobe
14 10 (0.65%) BeyondTrust
14 10 (0.65%) Palantir
14 10 (0.65%) Remedy