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 10 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 64 65
Rank change year-on-year +26 +1 +14
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 918 576 934
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.89% 4.47% 4.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.56% 13.11% 14.88%
Number of salaries quoted 612 353 676
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,251 £55,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £71,575
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -9.19% +10.12%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -

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 4,464 4,392 6,276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.77% 34.10% 27.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,405 2,033 4,248
10th Percentile £35,950 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £68,405
Median % change year-on-year - +2.33% +1.34%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,500 £105,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -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 10 April 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 10 April 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 +6 97 £75,000 +3.98% 111
West London -31 16 £85,000 +47.39% 21
South London -21 15 £69,445 +12.65% 10
North London -2 1 £45,000 -32.08%
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 26 (2.83%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.85%) Confluence
3 15 (1.63%) Apache
4 13 (1.42%) Palantir Foundry
5 12 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.98%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.87%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.33%) Camunda
10 1 (0.11%) CMS
10 1 (0.11%) IIS
10 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (2.72%) Adobe XD
2 7 (0.76%) InVision
2 7 (0.76%) Sketch
3 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.22%) Weka
6 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 13 (1.42%) Maximo
2 7 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.33%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.22%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.22%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.11%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 218 (23.75%) AWS
2 188 (20.48%) Azure
3 74 (8.06%) GCP
4 46 (5.01%) Power Platform
5 45 (4.90%) Serverless
6 35 (3.81%) AWS CloudFormation
7 32 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (3.16%) Entra ID
9 27 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
10 25 (2.72%) Figma
11 23 (2.51%) Power Automate
11 23 (2.51%) PowerApps
12 22 (2.40%) GitHub
13 16 (1.74%) Amazon EKS
14 15 (1.63%) Amazon S3
14 15 (1.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 13 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (1.42%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.94%) Firewall
2 18 (1.96%) DNS
3 17 (1.85%) Network Security
3 17 (1.85%) VPN
3 17 (1.85%) WAN
4 12 (1.31%) LAN
4 12 (1.31%) SAN
4 12 (1.31%) SD-WAN
5 10 (1.09%) Software-Defined Networking
5 10 (1.09%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.98%) DHCP
6 9 (0.98%) Structured Cabling
6 9 (0.98%) Wireless
7 8 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (0.65%) VSAN
10 5 (0.54%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.54%) SMTP
10 5 (0.54%) VoIP
10 5 (0.54%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.25%) Power BI
2 33 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (2.29%) NoSQL
4 16 (1.74%) MongoDB
5 13 (1.42%) DB2
6 12 (1.31%) MySQL
6 12 (1.31%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.20%) DynamoDB
7 11 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
7 11 (1.20%) Metadata
7 11 (1.20%) SQL Server
8 10 (1.09%) DTS
9 8 (0.87%) Pinecone
10 7 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.65%) Tableau
12 5 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.54%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.54%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 50 (5.45%) Git
2 48 (5.23%) Jenkins
3 27 (2.94%) JIRA
4 21 (2.29%) Axure RP
5 20 (2.18%) GitLab
6 18 (1.96%) Balsamiq
7 10 (1.09%) JMeter
8 8 (0.87%) Maven
9 7 (0.76%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.76%) Vite
10 6 (0.65%) JUnit
10 6 (0.65%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.54%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.54%) Subversion
12 4 (0.44%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.44%) Gradle
12 4 (0.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.44%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.33%) Mockito
13 3 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 263 (28.65%) Public Sector
2 188 (20.48%) Social Skills
3 118 (12.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 88 (9.59%) Law
5 84 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
6 82 (8.93%) Finance
7 24 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
8 20 (2.18%) Legal
9 18 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
10 17 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (1.63%) Aerospace
12 12 (1.31%) Manufacturing
12 12 (1.31%) Marketing
13 11 (1.20%) Games
14 10 (1.09%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.98%) Advertising
15 9 (0.98%) Electronics
16 5 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 162 (17.65%) Senior
2 116 (12.64%) Architect
3 113 (12.31%) Developer
4 106 (11.55%) Consultant
5 50 (5.45%) Analyst
6 47 (5.12%) Data Engineer
6 47 (5.12%) Designer
7 46 (5.01%) Lead
7 46 (5.01%) Software Engineer
7 46 (5.01%) Solutions Architect
8 40 (4.36%) Full-Stack Developer
9 36 (3.92%) Business Analyst
9 36 (3.92%) Senior Consultant
10 34 (3.70%) Java Developer
10 34 (3.70%) UX Designer
11 33 (3.59%) DevOps Engineer
11 33 (3.59%) Senior Manager
12 26 (2.83%) User Researcher
13 23 (2.51%) AWS Architect
13 23 (2.51%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (4.47%) React
2 31 (3.38%) HTML
3 29 (3.16%) Spring
4 28 (3.05%) CSS
5 25 (2.72%) REST
6 21 (2.29%) .NET
7 20 (2.18%) Web Services
8 18 (1.96%) Spring Boot
9 17 (1.85%) AngularJS
10 14 (1.53%) PyTorch
11 13 (1.42%) HTML5 Canvas
12 12 (1.31%) Kafka
12 12 (1.31%) Middleware
12 12 (1.31%) Node.js
12 12 (1.31%) SAML
12 12 (1.31%) SOAP
13 11 (1.20%) LangChain
13 11 (1.20%) Lightning Web Components
14 10 (1.09%) FastAPI
14 10 (1.09%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 67 (7.30%) Cloud Native
2 53 (5.77%) Product Ownership
3 26 (2.83%) Data Centre
3 26 (2.83%) Management Information System
4 24 (2.61%) PKI
5 21 (2.29%) Onboarding
6 17 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (1.63%) Security Posture
8 14 (1.53%) AI Agents
9 12 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
9 12 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
10 11 (1.20%) Driving Licence
11 9 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
11 9 (0.98%) Data Structures
12 8 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (0.87%) Public Cloud
13 7 (0.76%) Blog
13 7 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.76%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 62 (6.75%) Linux
2 49 (5.34%) Windows
3 16 (1.74%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.09%) Ubuntu
5 9 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.98%) VMS
6 7 (0.76%) Android
6 7 (0.76%) Unix
7 4 (0.44%) CentOS
8 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.22%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.11%) Debian
10 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.11%) Rocky
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (25.71%) Agile
2 139 (15.14%) DevOps
3 127 (13.83%) AI
4 119 (12.96%) CI/CD
5 106 (11.55%) Problem-Solving
6 104 (11.33%) Software Engineering
7 99 (10.78%) Infrastructure as Code
8 93 (10.13%) Community of Practice
9 90 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 89 (9.69%) Full-Stack Development
11 82 (8.93%) Mentoring
12 77 (8.39%) Technology Strategy
13 74 (8.06%) Analytics
13 74 (8.06%) Computer Science
14 64 (6.97%) Collaborative Culture
15 62 (6.75%) User Experience
15 62 (6.75%) User Research
16 61 (6.64%) Containerisation
17 60 (6.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 59 (6.43%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 169 (18.41%) Python
2 137 (14.92%) Java
3 99 (10.78%) JavaScript
4 83 (9.04%) SQL
5 49 (5.34%) C#
6 45 (4.90%) TypeScript
7 41 (4.47%) PowerShell
8 28 (3.05%) Bash
9 19 (2.07%) C++
10 11 (1.20%) Apex Code
11 10 (1.09%) Kotlin
12 8 (0.87%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.76%) Google Apps Script
14 6 (0.65%) C
14 6 (0.65%) Go
15 5 (0.54%) Bicep
16 4 (0.44%) ABAP
16 4 (0.44%) Groovy
16 4 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 638 (69.50%) SC Cleared
2 246 (26.80%) DV Cleared
3 171 (18.63%) Degree
4 36 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (2.61%) PhD
7 22 (2.40%) CISSP
8 18 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (1.85%) AWS Certification
10 14 (1.53%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.53%) CISM
11 13 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.76%) CRISC
12 7 (0.76%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.76%) GSEC
12 7 (0.76%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.65%) CCIE
13 6 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (0.54%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (4.58%) Accessibility
2 25 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (2.72%) WCAG
3 24 (2.61%) NIST
4 19 (2.07%) Data Quality
5 18 (1.96%) QA
6 10 (1.09%) GRC
7 9 (0.98%) JSP 440
8 8 (0.87%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 8 (0.87%) SLA
9 7 (0.76%) Government Security Classifications
9 7 (0.76%) NCSC
10 6 (0.65%) GDPR
11 4 (0.44%) PMO
12 3 (0.33%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.33%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.33%) NEBOSH
13 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.11%) COBIT
14 1 (0.11%) RMADS
System Software
1 85 (9.26%) Docker
2 31 (3.38%) Active Directory
3 23 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.53%) vSphere
5 10 (1.09%) KVM
6 6 (0.65%) Firmware
7 4 (0.44%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.11%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.11%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.11%) OpenIDM
9 1 (0.11%) Squid
9 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 99 (10.78%) Kubernetes
2 98 (10.68%) Terraform
3 34 (3.70%) Ansible
4 19 (2.07%) Grafana
5 12 (1.31%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.98%) Argo
7 9 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.87%) Kibana
9 6 (0.65%) Puppet
9 6 (0.65%) SCCM
9 6 (0.65%) WSUS
10 5 (0.54%) CASB
10 5 (0.54%) Docker Swarm
10 5 (0.54%) Istio
10 5 (0.54%) linkerd
10 5 (0.54%) Mesos
10 5 (0.54%) VxRail
10 5 (0.54%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.33%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 82 (8.93%) Microsoft
2 48 (5.23%) Google
3 35 (3.81%) VMware
4 31 (3.38%) Cisco
5 25 (2.72%) Adobe
6 24 (2.61%) Palantir
7 22 (2.40%) Salesforce
8 21 (2.29%) Oracle
9 20 (2.18%) Dell
10 19 (2.07%) SAP
11 16 (1.74%) ServiceNow
12 15 (1.63%) Red Hat
13 14 (1.53%) Foundry
14 13 (1.42%) Atlassian
14 13 (1.42%) IBM
15 12 (1.31%) Databricks
15 12 (1.31%) OpenAI
16 10 (1.09%) MuleSoft
16 10 (1.09%) Okta
16 10 (1.09%) Splunk