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 1 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 74 59
Rank change year-on-year +46 -15 -1
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,547 490 860
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.97% 4.15% 4.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.82% 14.25% 16.13%
Number of salaries quoted 980 345 422
10th Percentile £50,000 £46,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,502 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.77% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £95,000 £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% - +1.83%

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 4,862 3,439 5,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 18.75% 29.12% 28.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,858 1,905 2,373
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £69,384 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.49% -0.88% -
75th Percentile £91,188 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -3.36%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 +41 128 £72,500 +20.83% 188
South London -18 27 £55,000 -15.38% 14
West London -7 12 £90,000 +146.58% 55
East London -10 3 £110,000 - 23
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 (1.29%) Apache Spark
2 14 (0.90%) Apache
3 13 (0.84%) Anypoint
3 13 (0.84%) 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 (0.32%) SAS
8 4 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.26%) JBoss
8 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.19%) IIS
10 2 (0.13%) nginx
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%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.19%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.19%) 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 (0.19%) Maximo
2 3 (0.19%) 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
1 469 (30.32%) AWS
2 282 (18.23%) Azure
3 123 (7.95%) GCP
4 91 (5.88%) Serverless
5 77 (4.98%) AWS CloudFormation
5 77 (4.98%) Cloud Computing
6 59 (3.81%) Power Platform
7 55 (3.56%) AWS Lambda
8 50 (3.23%) Amazon S3
8 50 (3.23%) Entra ID
9 43 (2.78%) GitHub
10 42 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
11 36 (2.33%) Amazon EKS
11 36 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
12 28 (1.81%) SaaS
13 25 (1.62%) Amazon EMR
14 23 (1.49%) Amazon ECS
15 20 (1.29%) Microsoft Purview
16 19 (1.23%) OCI
16 19 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 53 (3.43%) Network Security
2 37 (2.39%) Firewall
3 16 (1.03%) VPN
4 15 (0.97%) SSL
4 15 (0.97%) WAN
5 13 (0.84%) TCP/IP
6 10 (0.65%) DNS
7 9 (0.58%) LAN
7 9 (0.58%) NGN
8 8 (0.52%) DHCP
8 8 (0.52%) Wireshark
9 7 (0.45%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.45%) Software-Defined Networking
10 6 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.26%) BGP
11 4 (0.26%) IPv4
11 4 (0.26%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.26%) OSPF
11 4 (0.26%) VSAN
11 4 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.17%) Power BI
2 42 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
3 41 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
4 35 (2.26%) Metadata
5 34 (2.20%) Data Lake
6 29 (1.87%) Tableau
7 28 (1.81%) Big Data
8 27 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
9 23 (1.49%) NoSQL
10 22 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
11 18 (1.16%) DynamoDB
12 17 (1.10%) Relational Database
13 16 (1.03%) Amazon Aurora
13 16 (1.03%) MySQL
14 15 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
15 13 (0.84%) MongoDB
15 13 (0.84%) SQL Server
16 12 (0.78%) Redis
17 8 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 82 (5.30%) Git
2 81 (5.24%) Jenkins
3 48 (3.10%) GitLab
4 35 (2.26%) JIRA
5 11 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 9 (0.58%) Burp Suite
6 9 (0.58%) Metasploit
7 8 (0.52%) Maven
8 7 (0.45%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.45%) Gradle
8 7 (0.45%) JUnit
8 7 (0.45%) TeamCity
9 6 (0.39%) Mockito
9 6 (0.39%) Vite
10 4 (0.26%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.26%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.26%) Selenium
10 4 (0.26%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.26%) Subversion
11 3 (0.19%) VersionOne
General
1 368 (23.79%) Public Sector
2 328 (21.20%) Social Skills
3 183 (11.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 180 (11.64%) Finance
5 138 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
6 136 (8.79%) Law
7 50 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
8 30 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (1.55%) Military
10 22 (1.42%) Legal
11 17 (1.10%) Aerospace
12 16 (1.03%) Marketing
13 15 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (0.97%) Police
13 15 (0.97%) Telecoms
14 13 (0.84%) Retail
15 9 (0.58%) Banking
15 9 (0.58%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.52%) Electronics
17 7 (0.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 294 (19.00%) Architect
2 289 (18.68%) Senior
3 230 (14.87%) Consultant
4 129 (8.34%) Developer
5 123 (7.95%) Lead
6 99 (6.40%) Solutions Architect
7 84 (5.43%) Analyst
8 77 (4.98%) DevOps Engineer
8 77 (4.98%) Senior Consultant
9 69 (4.46%) Data Engineer
10 67 (4.33%) Software Engineer
11 61 (3.94%) Data Architect
12 60 (3.88%) AWS Architect
13 59 (3.81%) Security Consultant
14 54 (3.49%) Security Architect
15 50 (3.23%) Cloud Engineer
16 48 (3.10%) Business Analyst
17 46 (2.97%) IAM Consultant
18 44 (2.84%) Principal Engineer
19 43 (2.78%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (9.95%) Terraform
2 47 (3.04%) Kafka
3 41 (2.65%) React
4 28 (1.81%) REST
4 28 (1.81%) Spring
5 26 (1.68%) .NET
6 22 (1.42%) PySpark
7 21 (1.36%) Node.js
8 20 (1.29%) OAuth
9 19 (1.23%) Spring Boot
10 18 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
11 17 (1.10%) AWS CDK
11 17 (1.10%) HTML
11 17 (1.10%) YAML
12 15 (0.97%) JSON
12 15 (0.97%) JWT
12 15 (0.97%) OAuth2
13 14 (0.90%) CSS
14 13 (0.84%) RESTful
14 13 (0.84%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 141 (9.11%) Cloud Native
2 85 (5.49%) Onboarding
3 58 (3.75%) Product Ownership
4 46 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
4 46 (2.97%) Management Information System
5 45 (2.91%) Enterprise Cloud
6 44 (2.84%) Data Centre
7 29 (1.87%) AI Agents
8 28 (1.81%) Operational Technology
9 26 (1.68%) Distributed Computing
10 24 (1.55%) Cyber Defence
11 23 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
12 21 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
13 19 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
14 18 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
14 18 (1.16%) Public Cloud
15 17 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
16 15 (0.97%) Blog
17 14 (0.90%) Security Posture
18 13 (0.84%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 100 (6.46%) Linux
2 83 (5.37%) Windows
3 33 (2.13%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (0.78%) CentOS
6 9 (0.58%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.52%) Unix
8 6 (0.39%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.32%) Rocky
10 3 (0.19%) 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
1 341 (22.04%) Agile
2 236 (15.26%) AI
2 236 (15.26%) DevOps
3 215 (13.90%) Cybersecurity
3 215 (13.90%) Mentoring
4 214 (13.83%) CI/CD
5 181 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
6 170 (10.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 168 (10.86%) Software Engineering
8 155 (10.02%) Infrastructure as Code
9 152 (9.83%) Stakeholder Management
10 141 (9.11%) Roadmaps
11 137 (8.86%) Analytics
12 123 (7.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 113 (7.30%) Migration
14 112 (7.24%) Project Delivery
15 105 (6.79%) Community of Practice
16 102 (6.59%) Decision-Making
16 102 (6.59%) Scrum
17 98 (6.33%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 234 (15.13%) Python
2 134 (8.66%) Java
3 80 (5.17%) SQL
4 68 (4.40%) JavaScript
5 65 (4.20%) Bash
6 28 (1.81%) C#
6 28 (1.81%) PowerShell
6 28 (1.81%) TypeScript
7 24 (1.55%) C++
8 23 (1.49%) Scala
9 17 (1.10%) Perl
9 17 (1.10%) Ruby
10 14 (0.90%) Groovy
10 14 (0.90%) PHP
11 13 (0.84%) Bicep
11 13 (0.84%) DataWeave
11 13 (0.84%) Go
12 12 (0.78%) C
13 10 (0.65%) Rust
14 8 (0.52%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1,050 (67.87%) SC Cleared
2 328 (21.20%) DV Cleared
3 165 (10.67%) Degree
4 66 (4.27%) AWS Certification
5 60 (3.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 56 (3.62%) CISSP
7 39 (2.52%) CISM
8 35 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (1.75%) Azure Certification
10 25 (1.62%) DBS Check
11 22 (1.42%) OSCP
12 21 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.36%) CREST Certified
13 17 (1.10%) CHECK Team Member
14 11 (0.71%) Master's Degree
14 11 (0.71%) PhD
15 10 (0.65%) CISA
15 10 (0.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 9 (0.58%) CRISC
16 9 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (4.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (4.01%) Data Quality
3 61 (3.94%) NIST
4 49 (3.17%) QA
5 47 (3.04%) NCSC
6 29 (1.87%) GDPR
7 27 (1.75%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.29%) GRC
9 18 (1.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 11 (0.71%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 8 (0.52%) PMO
12 8 (0.52%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.26%) RMADS
14 4 (0.26%) WCAG
15 3 (0.19%) COBIT
15 3 (0.19%) EU AI Act
15 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 102 (6.59%) Docker
2 39 (2.52%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.71%) vSphere
5 10 (0.65%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.45%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.26%) KVM
8 4 (0.26%) Squid
9 3 (0.19%) 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 (8.53%) Kubernetes
2 57 (3.68%) Ansible
3 41 (2.65%) Grafana
4 30 (1.94%) Prometheus
5 25 (1.62%) Puppet
6 22 (1.42%) Progress Chef
7 13 (0.84%) CloudHub
8 12 (0.78%) Rancher
9 11 (0.71%) Argo
10 10 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
11 9 (0.58%) Nmap
11 9 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
12 8 (0.52%) Kibana
13 7 (0.45%) Nessus
14 5 (0.32%) Packer
14 5 (0.32%) SCOM
15 4 (0.26%) Istio
15 4 (0.26%) linkerd
15 4 (0.26%) QRadar
15 4 (0.26%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 148 (9.57%) Microsoft
2 73 (4.72%) ServiceNow
3 63 (4.07%) Oracle
4 53 (3.43%) Google
5 49 (3.17%) Salesforce
6 43 (2.78%) Databricks
7 30 (1.94%) VMware
8 27 (1.75%) SAP
9 22 (1.42%) Splunk
10 21 (1.36%) Dynatrace
11 16 (1.03%) Okta
12 15 (0.97%) MuleSoft
12 15 (0.97%) OpenAI
12 15 (0.97%) Red Hat
13 14 (0.90%) CyberArk
14 12 (0.78%) Cisco
15 10 (0.65%) Adobe
15 10 (0.65%) Palantir
15 10 (0.65%) Remedy
16 9 (0.58%) Foundry