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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 61 65
Rank change year-on-year +23 +4 +17
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 943 596 928
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.94% 4.62% 4.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.04% 13.48% 14.30%
Number of salaries quoted 635 353 682
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,251 £55,000 £53,751
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.80% +8.46%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,050 £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 4,482 4,421 6,491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.46% 34.26% 28.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,412 2,050 4,244
10th Percentile £36,300 £40,526 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £116,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +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 16 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 16 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 -4 97 £78,750 +9.75% 122
West London -29 16 £85,000 +47.39% 17
South London -28 13 £74,600 +19.36% 8
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 23 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.01%) Confluence
3 15 (1.59%) Apache
4 14 (1.48%) Palantir Foundry
5 12 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.95%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.85%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.32%) Camunda
10 2 (0.21%) IIS
11 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.11%) JBoss
11 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (2.65%) Adobe XD
2 7 (0.74%) InVision
2 7 (0.74%) Sketch
3 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.21%) Weka
6 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 13 (1.38%) Maximo
2 6 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.32%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.21%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.21%) 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
1 227 (24.07%) AWS
2 188 (19.94%) Azure
3 74 (7.85%) GCP
4 43 (4.56%) Power Platform
5 42 (4.45%) Serverless
6 35 (3.71%) AWS CloudFormation
7 30 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (3.08%) Entra ID
9 26 (2.76%) AWS Lambda
10 25 (2.65%) Figma
10 25 (2.65%) GitHub
11 24 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (2.01%) Power Automate
12 19 (2.01%) PowerApps
13 15 (1.59%) Amazon EKS
13 15 (1.59%) Amazon S3
13 15 (1.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 13 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
14 13 (1.38%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (1.38%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.86%) Firewall
2 18 (1.91%) DNS
2 18 (1.91%) Network Security
3 17 (1.80%) VPN
3 17 (1.80%) WAN
4 12 (1.27%) LAN
4 12 (1.27%) SAN
4 12 (1.27%) SD-WAN
5 11 (1.17%) Software-Defined Networking
6 9 (0.95%) DHCP
6 9 (0.95%) Structured Cabling
6 9 (0.95%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.95%) Wireless
7 8 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (0.64%) VSAN
10 5 (0.53%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.53%) VoIP
10 5 (0.53%) WAAS
10 5 (0.53%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (3.92%) Power BI
2 32 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (2.44%) NoSQL
4 18 (1.91%) MongoDB
5 13 (1.38%) DB2
6 12 (1.27%) MySQL
7 11 (1.17%) DynamoDB
7 11 (1.17%) Metadata
8 10 (1.06%) DTS
8 10 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (1.06%) Pinecone
8 10 (1.06%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.06%) SQL Server
9 7 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.64%) Tableau
11 5 (0.53%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.53%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.53%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 53 (5.62%) Git
2 52 (5.51%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.08%) JIRA
4 24 (2.55%) GitLab
5 21 (2.23%) Axure RP
6 18 (1.91%) Balsamiq
7 9 (0.95%) JMeter
7 9 (0.95%) Maven
7 9 (0.95%) Vite
8 8 (0.85%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.64%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.53%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.53%) Gradle
10 5 (0.53%) JUnit
10 5 (0.53%) Subversion
11 4 (0.42%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.42%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.32%) Robot Framework
12 3 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 262 (27.78%) Public Sector
2 189 (20.04%) Social Skills
3 123 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 87 (9.23%) Law
5 83 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
6 82 (8.70%) Finance
7 25 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
8 21 (2.23%) Legal
9 19 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (1.91%) Pharmaceutical
11 16 (1.70%) Aerospace
12 13 (1.38%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.17%) Games
13 11 (1.17%) Marketing
14 10 (1.06%) Electronics
14 10 (1.06%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.95%) Advertising
16 4 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.42%) Military
16 4 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 165 (17.50%) Senior
2 127 (13.47%) Architect
3 111 (11.77%) Consultant
3 111 (11.77%) Developer
4 53 (5.62%) Solutions Architect
5 52 (5.51%) Lead
6 51 (5.41%) Analyst
7 49 (5.20%) Designer
8 48 (5.09%) Data Engineer
9 47 (4.98%) Software Engineer
10 41 (4.35%) Full-Stack Developer
11 39 (4.14%) Senior Consultant
12 37 (3.92%) Business Analyst
13 36 (3.82%) UX Designer
14 35 (3.71%) DevOps Engineer
15 34 (3.61%) Java Developer
16 32 (3.39%) Senior Manager
17 26 (2.76%) User Researcher
18 25 (2.65%) AWS Architect
19 24 (2.55%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (4.56%) React
2 30 (3.18%) HTML
3 29 (3.08%) Spring
4 28 (2.97%) CSS
5 24 (2.55%) REST
6 22 (2.33%) .NET
7 20 (2.12%) Web Services
8 18 (1.91%) AngularJS
8 18 (1.91%) Spring Boot
9 14 (1.48%) Node.js
9 14 (1.48%) PyTorch
10 13 (1.38%) LangChain
11 12 (1.27%) FastAPI
11 12 (1.27%) Kafka
11 12 (1.27%) SAML
11 12 (1.27%) SOAP
12 11 (1.17%) HTML5 Canvas
12 11 (1.17%) LangGraph
12 11 (1.17%) Lightning Web Components
12 11 (1.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 66 (7.00%) Cloud Native
2 54 (5.73%) Product Ownership
3 29 (3.08%) Management Information System
4 26 (2.76%) Data Centre
5 23 (2.44%) PKI
6 21 (2.23%) Onboarding
7 17 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.59%) AI Agents
9 14 (1.48%) Security Posture
10 13 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
12 10 (1.06%) Driving Licence
12 10 (1.06%) Public Cloud
13 9 (0.95%) Blog
13 9 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
13 9 (0.95%) Data Structures
14 7 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 63 (6.68%) Linux
2 50 (5.30%) Windows
3 18 (1.91%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.06%) Ubuntu
5 9 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.95%) VMS
6 7 (0.74%) Android
7 6 (0.64%) Unix
8 4 (0.42%) CentOS
9 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.21%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.11%) Debian
11 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.11%) Rocky
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (25.03%) Agile
2 142 (15.06%) DevOps
3 135 (14.32%) AI
4 121 (12.83%) CI/CD
5 107 (11.35%) Problem-Solving
5 107 (11.35%) Software Engineering
6 103 (10.92%) Infrastructure as Code
7 94 (9.97%) Community of Practice
8 91 (9.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 91 (9.65%) Full-Stack Development
9 84 (8.91%) Mentoring
10 77 (8.17%) Technology Strategy
11 76 (8.06%) Analytics
12 74 (7.85%) Computer Science
13 68 (7.21%) Collaborative Culture
14 65 (6.89%) Containerisation
15 64 (6.79%) User Experience
16 63 (6.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 62 (6.57%) User Research
18 61 (6.47%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 174 (18.45%) Python
2 141 (14.95%) Java
3 97 (10.29%) JavaScript
4 84 (8.91%) SQL
5 48 (5.09%) TypeScript
6 46 (4.88%) C#
7 42 (4.45%) PowerShell
8 29 (3.08%) Bash
9 21 (2.23%) C++
10 11 (1.17%) Apex Code
11 10 (1.06%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.74%) C
12 7 (0.74%) Go
12 7 (0.74%) Google Apps Script
12 7 (0.74%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.64%) Rust
14 5 (0.53%) Bicep
15 4 (0.42%) ABAP
15 4 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 653 (69.25%) SC Cleared
2 262 (27.78%) DV Cleared
3 174 (18.45%) Degree
4 34 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (2.65%) PhD
6 24 (2.55%) CISSP
7 18 (1.91%) AWS Certification
7 18 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (1.70%) CISM
9 14 (1.48%) Azure Certification
9 14 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.06%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.85%) CRISC
12 7 (0.74%) GSEC
12 7 (0.74%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.64%) CCIE
13 6 (0.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (4.35%) Accessibility
2 25 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (2.65%) NIST
2 25 (2.65%) WCAG
3 19 (2.01%) Data Quality
4 18 (1.91%) QA
5 9 (0.95%) GRC
5 9 (0.95%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 9 (0.95%) JSP 440
5 9 (0.95%) NCSC
6 8 (0.85%) SLA
7 7 (0.74%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (0.64%) GDPR
9 4 (0.42%) PMO
10 2 (0.21%) ISO 14001
10 2 (0.21%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (0.21%) NEBOSH
10 2 (0.21%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.11%) RMADS
System Software
1 87 (9.23%) Docker
2 33 (3.50%) Active Directory
3 24 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.59%) vSphere
5 10 (1.06%) KVM
6 6 (0.64%) Firmware
7 5 (0.53%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.21%) Squid
8 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.21%) 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%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 102 (10.82%) Kubernetes
1 102 (10.82%) Terraform
2 37 (3.92%) Ansible
3 19 (2.01%) Grafana
4 12 (1.27%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (0.95%) Argo
6 9 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.74%) Kibana
8 6 (0.64%) Puppet
8 6 (0.64%) SCCM
8 6 (0.64%) WSUS
8 6 (0.64%) ZABBIX
9 5 (0.53%) CASB
9 5 (0.53%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (0.53%) Istio
9 5 (0.53%) linkerd
9 5 (0.53%) Mesos
9 5 (0.53%) VxRail
10 3 (0.32%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 83 (8.80%) Microsoft
2 47 (4.98%) Google
3 36 (3.82%) VMware
4 31 (3.29%) Cisco
5 26 (2.76%) Adobe
6 25 (2.65%) Palantir
7 23 (2.44%) Oracle
8 22 (2.33%) Salesforce
9 20 (2.12%) Dell
10 18 (1.91%) SAP
11 16 (1.70%) Red Hat
12 15 (1.59%) Foundry
12 15 (1.59%) ServiceNow
13 14 (1.48%) OpenAI
14 13 (1.38%) Atlassian
14 13 (1.38%) Databricks
14 13 (1.38%) IBM
15 10 (1.06%) MuleSoft
15 10 (1.06%) Okta
15 10 (1.06%) Splunk