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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 61 62
Rank change year-on-year +17 +1 +29
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 790 675 926
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.76% 4.72% 4.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.69% 14.12% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 535 330 649
10th Percentile £47,500 £44,454 £48,334
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -6.90% +11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,938 £88,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% +3.60%

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 4,226 4,779 5,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 25.47% 33.40% 27.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,235 2,007 4,190
10th Percentile £34,300 £41,250 £36,480
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,125 £88,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £118,750 £107,500
England median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +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 7 March 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 7 March 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 -20 94 £70,000 -6.67% 94
South London -4 21 £64,290 +4.29% 16
West London -26 13 £85,000 +50.22% 14
North London +2 1 £45,000 -32.08% 1
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 28 (3.54%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.53%) Confluence
2 20 (2.53%) Palantir Foundry
3 12 (1.52%) Apache
3 12 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.14%) Jupyter
5 8 (1.01%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.25%) Camunda
8 1 (0.13%) CMS
8 1 (0.13%) IIS
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 25 (3.16%) Adobe XD
2 6 (0.76%) InVision
2 6 (0.76%) Sketch
3 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.25%) Weka
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 9 (1.14%) Maximo
2 7 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.25%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.25%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.25%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 182 (23.04%) AWS
2 171 (21.65%) Azure
3 64 (8.10%) GCP
4 50 (6.33%) Power Platform
5 42 (5.32%) Serverless
6 34 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (3.92%) AWS CloudFormation
8 30 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
9 29 (3.67%) Power Automate
9 29 (3.67%) PowerApps
10 26 (3.29%) Figma
11 25 (3.16%) Entra ID
12 21 (2.66%) Amazon EKS
12 21 (2.66%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (2.41%) GitHub
14 17 (2.15%) Amazon ECS
15 16 (2.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 15 (1.90%) PaaS
17 13 (1.65%) Amazon EC2
17 13 (1.65%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.54%) Firewall
2 20 (2.53%) DNS
3 19 (2.41%) VPN
4 16 (2.03%) Network Security
5 12 (1.52%) SAN
5 12 (1.52%) WAN
6 11 (1.39%) TCP/IP
7 10 (1.27%) Structured Cabling
7 10 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (1.14%) LAN
8 9 (1.14%) Software-Defined Networking
9 8 (1.01%) Wireless
10 7 (0.89%) DHCP
10 7 (0.89%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.63%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (0.63%) SMTP
11 5 (0.63%) WAAS
12 4 (0.51%) VoIP
12 4 (0.51%) VSAN
12 4 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.70%) PostgreSQL
2 42 (5.32%) Power BI
3 21 (2.66%) NoSQL
4 19 (2.41%) MongoDB
5 16 (2.03%) Relational Database
6 14 (1.77%) MySQL
7 13 (1.65%) SQL Server
8 11 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (1.27%) DTS
9 10 (1.27%) Metadata
10 9 (1.14%) DB2
11 8 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (1.01%) Pinecone
12 7 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (0.89%) BigQuery
12 7 (0.89%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.63%) Redis
14 5 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 47 (5.95%) Git
2 46 (5.82%) Jenkins
3 31 (3.92%) JIRA
4 22 (2.78%) Axure RP
5 19 (2.41%) Balsamiq
6 14 (1.77%) JMeter
7 13 (1.65%) GitLab
8 10 (1.27%) JUnit
9 7 (0.89%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.89%) Mockito
9 7 (0.89%) Selenium
9 7 (0.89%) Vite
10 6 (0.76%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.63%) Maven
12 4 (0.51%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.51%) Subversion
13 3 (0.38%) Gradle
13 3 (0.38%) Robot Framework
13 3 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 237 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 183 (23.16%) Social Skills
3 99 (12.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 89 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
5 84 (10.63%) Law
6 69 (8.73%) Finance
7 18 (2.28%) Legal
8 17 (2.15%) Telecoms
9 16 (2.03%) Marketing
10 15 (1.90%) Manufacturing
11 14 (1.77%) Aerospace
11 14 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
12 13 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.52%) Electronics
13 12 (1.52%) Games
14 11 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.14%) Advertising
16 5 (0.63%) Military
16 5 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 133 (16.84%) Senior
2 120 (15.19%) Developer
3 86 (10.89%) Consultant
4 77 (9.75%) Architect
5 48 (6.08%) Designer
6 47 (5.95%) Software Engineer
7 41 (5.19%) Data Engineer
8 38 (4.81%) Analyst
9 37 (4.68%) Full-Stack Developer
10 36 (4.56%) Java Developer
11 35 (4.43%) Lead
12 28 (3.54%) Senior Manager
12 28 (3.54%) User Researcher
13 27 (3.42%) UX Designer
14 25 (3.16%) Business Analyst
15 23 (2.91%) DevOps Engineer
16 22 (2.78%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 22 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
17 21 (2.66%) Senior Consultant
18 20 (2.53%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (5.32%) React
2 38 (4.81%) HTML
3 35 (4.43%) Spring
4 31 (3.92%) CSS
5 28 (3.54%) REST
6 25 (3.16%) Spring Boot
7 22 (2.78%) .NET
8 21 (2.66%) Web Services
9 20 (2.53%) AngularJS
10 17 (2.15%) HTML5 Canvas
11 16 (2.03%) Node.js
12 14 (1.77%) PyTorch
13 13 (1.65%) FastAPI
13 13 (1.65%) Middleware
13 13 (1.65%) SOAP
13 13 (1.65%) XML
14 12 (1.52%) Hibernate
14 12 (1.52%) LangChain
14 12 (1.52%) Lightning Web Components
14 12 (1.52%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (6.96%) Cloud Native
2 49 (6.20%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.16%) Onboarding
4 23 (2.91%) PKI
5 20 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (2.41%) Data Centre
7 18 (2.28%) Management Information System
8 14 (1.77%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (1.65%) AI Agents
9 13 (1.65%) Data Structures
9 13 (1.65%) Driving Licence
9 13 (1.65%) Security Posture
10 12 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (0.89%) CMDB
12 7 (0.89%) Cyber Defence
12 7 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
13 6 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.76%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.76%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 52 (6.58%) Linux
2 48 (6.08%) Windows
3 15 (1.90%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.39%) Unix
5 10 (1.27%) Ubuntu
5 10 (1.27%) VMS
6 7 (0.89%) Android
6 7 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.51%) CentOS
8 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.13%) Debian
9 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.13%) Rocky
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (28.86%) Agile
2 121 (15.32%) AI
3 119 (15.06%) Problem-Solving
4 117 (14.81%) DevOps
5 111 (14.05%) CI/CD
6 101 (12.78%) Software Engineering
7 89 (11.27%) Infrastructure as Code
8 88 (11.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 86 (10.89%) Analytics
10 81 (10.25%) Full-Stack Development
11 78 (9.87%) Community of Practice
12 76 (9.62%) Mentoring
13 70 (8.86%) User Experience
13 70 (8.86%) User Research
14 66 (8.35%) Technology Strategy
15 64 (8.10%) Computer Science
16 61 (7.72%) Data Modelling
17 59 (7.47%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 58 (7.34%) Business Intelligence
19 53 (6.71%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 166 (21.01%) Python
2 129 (16.33%) Java
3 108 (13.67%) JavaScript
4 87 (11.01%) SQL
5 58 (7.34%) C#
6 49 (6.20%) TypeScript
7 40 (5.06%) PowerShell
8 21 (2.66%) Bash
9 20 (2.53%) C++
10 12 (1.52%) Apex Code
10 12 (1.52%) Shell Script
11 9 (1.14%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.76%) Bicep
12 6 (0.76%) Go
12 6 (0.76%) Scala
13 5 (0.63%) C
13 5 (0.63%) Google Apps Script
13 5 (0.63%) Ruby
14 4 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 537 (67.97%) SC Cleared
2 222 (28.10%) DV Cleared
3 152 (19.24%) Degree
4 33 (4.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (3.04%) PhD
7 19 (2.41%) CISSP
8 18 (2.28%) Azure Certification
8 18 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.52%) CISM
10 10 (1.27%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.01%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.76%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.76%) NVQ Level 3
13 5 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.51%) GIAC
14 4 (0.51%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.47%) Accessibility
2 27 (3.42%) WCAG
3 26 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (2.66%) NIST
5 17 (2.15%) Data Quality
6 16 (2.03%) QA
7 11 (1.39%) GRC
8 10 (1.27%) SLA
9 8 (1.01%) GDPR
9 8 (1.01%) JSP 440
9 8 (1.01%) NCSC
10 4 (0.51%) Government Security Classifications
10 4 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.38%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.38%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.38%) NEBOSH
11 3 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 84 (10.63%) Docker
2 32 (4.05%) Active Directory
3 25 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.39%) vSphere
5 8 (1.01%) KVM
6 7 (0.89%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.76%) Firmware
8 5 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.13%) OpenAM
11 1 (0.13%) OpenDJ
11 1 (0.13%) OpenIDM
11 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 96 (12.15%) Kubernetes
2 87 (11.01%) Terraform
3 31 (3.92%) Ansible
4 19 (2.41%) Grafana
5 13 (1.65%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.39%) Kibana
7 9 (1.14%) Argo
7 9 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.76%) SCCM
9 6 (0.76%) SCOM
9 6 (0.76%) WSUS
10 5 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (0.63%) Istio
10 5 (0.63%) linkerd
10 5 (0.63%) Mesos
10 5 (0.63%) Puppet
11 4 (0.51%) VxRail
11 4 (0.51%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.38%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 78 (9.87%) Microsoft
2 40 (5.06%) Google
3 35 (4.43%) VMware
4 32 (4.05%) Palantir
5 25 (3.16%) Adobe
6 24 (3.04%) Cisco
7 23 (2.91%) Salesforce
7 23 (2.91%) SAP
8 20 (2.53%) Foundry
9 19 (2.41%) Dell
9 19 (2.41%) ServiceNow
10 18 (2.28%) Oracle
11 16 (2.03%) Atlassian
12 13 (1.65%) Splunk
13 12 (1.52%) Red Hat
14 11 (1.39%) MuleSoft
15 10 (1.27%) IBM
16 9 (1.14%) OpenAI
17 8 (1.01%) Databricks
18 7 (0.89%) Dynatrace