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 13 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 73 65
Rank change year-on-year +40 -8 +9
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,077 521 934
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.34% 4.21% 4.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.33% 12.69% 14.07%
Number of salaries quoted 737 358 676
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,227 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,251 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £84,688 £87,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -0.86%

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 4,252 4,106 6,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.09% 33.14% 28.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,481 1,956 4,258
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,750
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 £105,000 £115,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 +13 119 £80,000 +14.29% 111
South London -19 17 £55,000 -13.14% 9
West London -20 16 £85,000 +47.39% 24
North London +1 1 £45,000 -32.08% 2
East London -13 1 £110,000 - 18
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 25 (2.32%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.95%) Confluence
3 16 (1.49%) Apache
4 13 (1.21%) Palantir Foundry
5 11 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.84%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.84%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.28%) IIS
9 3 (0.28%) JBoss
10 2 (0.19%) Camunda
10 2 (0.19%) SAS
11 1 (0.093%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 19 (1.76%) Adobe XD
2 7 (0.65%) InVision
2 7 (0.65%) Sketch
3 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.19%) Weka
6 1 (0.093%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.093%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.093%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.093%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 11 (1.02%) Maximo
2 7 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.19%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.093%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.093%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.093%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.093%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 261 (24.23%) AWS
2 207 (19.22%) Azure
3 81 (7.52%) GCP
4 52 (4.83%) Serverless
5 40 (3.71%) Power Platform
6 36 (3.34%) AWS CloudFormation
6 36 (3.34%) Entra ID
7 34 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (2.97%) AWS Lambda
9 30 (2.79%) GitHub
10 23 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (1.76%) Amazon S3
11 19 (1.76%) Figma
12 15 (1.39%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 14 (1.30%) Power Automate
13 14 (1.30%) PowerApps
14 13 (1.21%) SaaS
15 12 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
15 12 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (1.11%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.14%) Firewall
2 21 (1.95%) Network Security
3 15 (1.39%) DNS
3 15 (1.39%) WAN
4 13 (1.21%) SD-WAN
5 12 (1.11%) SAN
5 12 (1.11%) VPN
6 9 (0.84%) LAN
6 9 (0.84%) Software-Defined Networking
7 8 (0.74%) DHCP
8 7 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
8 7 (0.65%) VSAN
9 5 (0.46%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.46%) SMTP
9 5 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
9 5 (0.46%) WAAS
9 5 (0.46%) Wireless
10 4 (0.37%) IPv4
10 4 (0.37%) MPLS
10 4 (0.37%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (3.16%) Power BI
2 22 (2.04%) NoSQL
3 20 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (1.30%) MongoDB
5 12 (1.11%) Metadata
6 11 (1.02%) DB2
6 11 (1.02%) DynamoDB
7 10 (0.93%) Data Lake
7 10 (0.93%) DTS
8 9 (0.84%) MySQL
8 9 (0.84%) Pinecone
9 8 (0.74%) SQL Server
10 7 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.46%) Big Data
12 5 (0.46%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.46%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.46%) Tableau
13 4 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 54 (5.01%) Jenkins
2 52 (4.83%) Git
3 29 (2.69%) JIRA
4 28 (2.60%) GitLab
5 15 (1.39%) Axure RP
6 12 (1.11%) Balsamiq
7 10 (0.93%) Maven
7 10 (0.93%) Vite
8 7 (0.65%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.56%) Gradle
10 4 (0.37%) JMeter
10 4 (0.37%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 4 (0.37%) Subversion
10 4 (0.37%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.28%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.28%) JUnit
11 3 (0.28%) Zephyr
12 2 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
13 1 (0.093%) Gatling
General
1 267 (24.79%) Public Sector
2 205 (19.03%) Social Skills
3 144 (13.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 91 (8.45%) Law
5 89 (8.26%) Finance
6 82 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (1.95%) Legal
10 17 (1.58%) Aerospace
11 16 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (1.02%) Games
13 9 (0.84%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.65%) Advertising
14 7 (0.65%) Cyber-Physical System
15 6 (0.56%) Electronics
15 6 (0.56%) Marketing
15 6 (0.56%) Military
15 6 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 193 (17.92%) Senior
2 176 (16.34%) Architect
3 144 (13.37%) Consultant
4 115 (10.68%) Developer
5 82 (7.61%) Solutions Architect
6 66 (6.13%) Lead
7 53 (4.92%) Analyst
7 53 (4.92%) Data Engineer
8 50 (4.64%) Senior Consultant
9 43 (3.99%) Designer
10 42 (3.90%) Full-Stack Developer
11 41 (3.81%) AWS Architect
12 39 (3.62%) DevOps Engineer
12 39 (3.62%) Software Engineer
13 35 (3.25%) Business Analyst
14 34 (3.16%) Senior Manager
14 34 (3.16%) UX Designer
15 33 (3.06%) Cloud Engineer
16 32 (2.97%) AWS Solution Architect
16 32 (2.97%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (4.09%) React
2 25 (2.32%) Spring
3 24 (2.23%) .NET
4 23 (2.14%) Node.js
5 22 (2.04%) CSS
5 22 (2.04%) HTML
5 22 (2.04%) REST
6 17 (1.58%) Kafka
6 17 (1.58%) Spring Boot
6 17 (1.58%) Web Services
7 16 (1.49%) AngularJS
8 15 (1.39%) PyTorch
9 14 (1.30%) SOAP
10 13 (1.21%) FastAPI
10 13 (1.21%) LangChain
11 12 (1.11%) LangGraph
11 12 (1.11%) Middleware
12 11 (1.02%) JSON
12 11 (1.02%) SAML
12 11 (1.02%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 74 (6.87%) Cloud Native
2 46 (4.27%) Product Ownership
3 32 (2.97%) Management Information System
4 25 (2.32%) Data Centre
5 24 (2.23%) PKI
6 23 (2.14%) Onboarding
7 21 (1.95%) AI Agents
8 16 (1.49%) Blog
8 16 (1.49%) Operational Technology
8 16 (1.49%) Security Posture
9 15 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.21%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.11%) Cyber Defence
13 10 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
14 9 (0.84%) Algorithms
14 9 (0.84%) CMDB
14 9 (0.84%) Data Structures
14 9 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
14 9 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 69 (6.41%) Linux
2 60 (5.57%) Windows
3 28 (2.60%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (0.74%) VMS
6 7 (0.65%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.56%) Android
8 3 (0.28%) CentOS
8 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.19%) Unix
10 1 (0.093%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.093%) Rocky
10 1 (0.093%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (22.28%) Agile
2 156 (14.48%) AI
3 154 (14.30%) DevOps
4 122 (11.33%) CI/CD
5 111 (10.31%) Infrastructure as Code
5 111 (10.31%) Software Engineering
6 107 (9.94%) Problem-Solving
7 104 (9.66%) Mentoring
8 100 (9.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 94 (8.73%) Community of Practice
10 89 (8.26%) Full-Stack Development
11 85 (7.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 83 (7.71%) Cybersecurity
13 80 (7.43%) Technology Strategy
14 78 (7.24%) Analytics
14 78 (7.24%) Computer Science
15 75 (6.96%) Collaborative Culture
16 72 (6.69%) User Experience
17 71 (6.59%) Roadmaps
18 68 (6.31%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 195 (18.11%) Python
2 131 (12.16%) Java
3 87 (8.08%) JavaScript
4 81 (7.52%) SQL
5 46 (4.27%) TypeScript
6 40 (3.71%) PowerShell
7 37 (3.44%) C#
8 27 (2.51%) Bash
9 20 (1.86%) C++
10 11 (1.02%) Apex Code
10 11 (1.02%) Rust
11 9 (0.84%) C
11 9 (0.84%) Go
12 7 (0.65%) Google Apps Script
12 7 (0.65%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.46%) Bicep
13 5 (0.46%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.37%) Groovy
14 4 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 762 (70.75%) SC Cleared
2 282 (26.18%) DV Cleared
3 176 (16.34%) Degree
4 31 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.69%) CISSP
6 28 (2.60%) PhD
7 27 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
8 25 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.95%) CISM
10 19 (1.76%) AWS Certification
11 16 (1.49%) DBS Check
12 15 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (1.11%) Azure Certification
13 12 (1.11%) Master's Degree
14 9 (0.84%) CRISC
15 7 (0.65%) GSEC
15 7 (0.65%) OSCP
16 6 (0.56%) GIAC
16 6 (0.56%) RHCE
17 5 (0.46%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (2.97%) Accessibility
1 32 (2.97%) NIST
2 31 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (2.04%) Data Quality
4 18 (1.67%) WCAG
5 17 (1.58%) QA
6 15 (1.39%) NCSC
7 12 (1.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 9 (0.84%) GRC
9 8 (0.74%) JSP 440
9 8 (0.74%) SLA
10 7 (0.65%) Government Security Classifications
11 5 (0.46%) GDPR
11 5 (0.46%) PMO
12 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.19%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.19%) RMADS
13 1 (0.093%) COBIT
System Software
1 72 (6.69%) Docker
2 40 (3.71%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.67%) vSphere
5 8 (0.74%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.56%) Firmware
7 5 (0.46%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.46%) KVM
8 4 (0.37%) Squid
9 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.093%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.093%) OpenDJ
10 1 (0.093%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.093%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.093%) Xen
Systems Management
1 106 (9.84%) Terraform
2 88 (8.17%) Kubernetes
3 38 (3.53%) Ansible
4 17 (1.58%) Grafana
5 14 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (1.21%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.74%) SCCM
9 7 (0.65%) Argo
9 7 (0.65%) ZABBIX
10 6 (0.56%) WSUS
11 5 (0.46%) CASB
11 5 (0.46%) Puppet
11 5 (0.46%) VxRail
12 4 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.37%) Istio
12 4 (0.37%) linkerd
12 4 (0.37%) Mesos
12 4 (0.37%) Packer
13 3 (0.28%) Kibana
Vendors
1 99 (9.19%) Microsoft
2 41 (3.81%) Google
2 41 (3.81%) VMware
3 32 (2.97%) Oracle
4 28 (2.60%) Cisco
5 23 (2.14%) Adobe
6 21 (1.95%) Salesforce
6 21 (1.95%) ServiceNow
7 20 (1.86%) Databricks
7 20 (1.86%) Dell
8 19 (1.76%) Palantir
8 19 (1.76%) Red Hat
9 17 (1.58%) OpenAI
10 14 (1.30%) Foundry
11 12 (1.11%) Atlassian
12 11 (1.02%) IBM
12 11 (1.02%) Okta
12 11 (1.02%) SAP
13 10 (0.93%) CyberArk
13 10 (0.93%) MuleSoft