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 6 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 79 63
Rank change year-on-year +46 -16 +5
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,167 486 981
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.52% 4.04% 4.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.70% 12.67% 14.75%
Number of salaries quoted 797 317 686
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £53,751
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,250 £86,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,625
England median annual salary £65,000 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.56% +6.09% -4.17%

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 4,370 3,837 6,651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.68% 31.89% 27.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,625 1,809 4,139
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,903 £35,726
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £86,938
90th Percentile £101,600 £110,000 £102,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.92% -9.17%

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 +35 129 £80,000 +23.08% 108
South London -16 23 £55,000 -15.38% 4
West London -12 15 £85,000 +47.39% 26
North London +2 1 £45,000 -32.08% 2
East London -9 1 £110,000 - 12
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 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.54%) Confluence
3 16 (1.37%) Apache
4 12 (1.03%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.94%) Palantir Foundry
6 10 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.77%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.26%) Anypoint
10 3 (0.26%) IIS
10 3 (0.26%) JBoss
10 3 (0.26%) Mule
11 2 (0.17%) Camunda
11 2 (0.17%) SAS
12 1 (0.086%) NetWeaver
12 1 (0.086%) OpenStack
Applications
1 16 (1.37%) Adobe XD
2 6 (0.51%) InVision
2 6 (0.51%) Sketch
3 5 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.17%) Weka
7 1 (0.086%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.086%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.086%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.94%) Maximo
2 6 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.086%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.086%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.086%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 305 (26.14%) AWS
2 232 (19.88%) Azure
3 88 (7.54%) GCP
4 58 (4.97%) Serverless
5 49 (4.20%) Power Platform
6 42 (3.60%) AWS CloudFormation
7 38 (3.26%) Entra ID
8 37 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
9 35 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
10 32 (2.74%) GitHub
11 24 (2.06%) Amazon S3
12 21 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
14 16 (1.37%) Figma
15 15 (1.29%) Google Analytics
15 15 (1.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 14 (1.20%) SaaS
17 13 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
17 13 (1.11%) OCI
18 12 (1.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.23%) Network Security
2 25 (2.14%) Firewall
3 17 (1.46%) WAN
4 16 (1.37%) DNS
5 13 (1.11%) SD-WAN
6 12 (1.03%) SAN
6 12 (1.03%) VPN
7 11 (0.94%) LAN
8 9 (0.77%) DHCP
9 8 (0.69%) Software-Defined Networking
9 8 (0.69%) VSAN
10 7 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (0.43%) MPLS
11 5 (0.43%) SMTP
11 5 (0.43%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.43%) Wireless
12 4 (0.34%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (0.34%) IPv4
12 4 (0.34%) SSL
12 4 (0.34%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (3.51%) Power BI
2 23 (1.97%) NoSQL
2 23 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (1.29%) Metadata
3 15 (1.29%) MongoDB
4 14 (1.20%) Data Lake
5 11 (0.94%) Db2
5 11 (0.94%) DynamoDB
5 11 (0.94%) Tableau
6 10 (0.86%) DTS
6 10 (0.86%) MySQL
6 10 (0.86%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.69%) Big Data
7 8 (0.69%) Pinecone
7 8 (0.69%) SQL Server
8 7 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.43%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 67 (5.74%) Jenkins
2 58 (4.97%) Git
3 34 (2.91%) GitLab
4 29 (2.49%) JIRA
5 12 (1.03%) Axure RP
6 10 (0.86%) Balsamiq
6 10 (0.86%) Maven
7 9 (0.77%) Vite
8 7 (0.60%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.51%) Gradle
9 6 (0.51%) JMeter
10 5 (0.43%) JUnit
11 4 (0.34%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.34%) Subversion
11 4 (0.34%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.26%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.26%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.26%) Selenium
12 3 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 300 (25.71%) Public Sector
2 224 (19.19%) Social Skills
3 161 (13.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 104 (8.91%) Law
5 95 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
6 90 (7.71%) Finance
7 38 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (1.80%) Legal
10 17 (1.46%) Aerospace
11 16 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (0.94%) Games
13 9 (0.77%) Manufacturing
14 8 (0.69%) Military
15 7 (0.60%) Cyber-Physical System
15 7 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.51%) Advertising
16 6 (0.51%) Electronics
16 6 (0.51%) Marketing
17 5 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 221 (18.94%) Senior
2 201 (17.22%) Architect
3 151 (12.94%) Consultant
4 125 (10.71%) Developer
5 94 (8.05%) Solutions Architect
6 76 (6.51%) Lead
7 66 (5.66%) Data Engineer
8 63 (5.40%) Analyst
9 52 (4.46%) Senior Consultant
10 48 (4.11%) AWS Architect
10 48 (4.11%) DevOps Engineer
11 46 (3.94%) Software Engineer
12 43 (3.68%) Senior Manager
13 41 (3.51%) AWS Solution Architect
14 39 (3.34%) Full-Stack Developer
15 38 (3.26%) Designer
16 37 (3.17%) Business Analyst
17 35 (3.00%) Cloud Engineer
18 33 (2.83%) Senior Developer
19 31 (2.66%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.77%) React
2 29 (2.49%) Spring
3 24 (2.06%) .NET
3 24 (2.06%) Node.js
3 24 (2.06%) REST
4 23 (1.97%) HTML
4 23 (1.97%) Kafka
5 21 (1.80%) CSS
5 21 (1.80%) Spring Boot
6 18 (1.54%) Web Services
7 16 (1.37%) JSON
8 15 (1.29%) AngularJS
8 15 (1.29%) PySpark
8 15 (1.29%) PyTorch
9 14 (1.20%) SOAP
10 13 (1.11%) LangChain
10 13 (1.11%) Middleware
10 13 (1.11%) YAML
11 12 (1.03%) FastAPI
11 12 (1.03%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 89 (7.63%) Cloud Native
2 48 (4.11%) Product Ownership
3 34 (2.91%) Management Information System
4 25 (2.14%) Data Centre
5 24 (2.06%) PKI
6 22 (1.89%) Onboarding
7 21 (1.80%) AI Agents
7 21 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
8 20 (1.71%) Security Posture
9 18 (1.54%) Operational Technology
10 16 (1.37%) Blog
10 16 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
10 16 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
11 14 (1.20%) Public Cloud
12 11 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
13 10 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
14 9 (0.77%) Algorithms
14 9 (0.77%) CMDB
14 9 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (0.69%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 77 (6.60%) Linux
2 62 (5.31%) Windows
3 31 (2.66%) Windows Server
4 15 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (0.60%) VMS
6 6 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.43%) Android
8 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.26%) CentOS
10 2 (0.17%) Unix
11 1 (0.086%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.086%) Rocky
11 1 (0.086%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (22.45%) Agile
2 177 (15.17%) DevOps
3 157 (13.45%) AI
4 148 (12.68%) CI/CD
5 124 (10.63%) Infrastructure as Code
5 124 (10.63%) Mentoring
6 121 (10.37%) Software Engineering
7 119 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
8 112 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 103 (8.83%) Community of Practice
10 101 (8.65%) Cybersecurity
11 94 (8.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 92 (7.88%) Full-Stack Development
13 90 (7.71%) Technology Strategy
14 88 (7.54%) Analytics
15 80 (6.86%) Roadmaps
16 78 (6.68%) Collaborative Culture
16 78 (6.68%) Computer Science
17 75 (6.43%) Microservices
18 68 (5.83%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 214 (18.34%) Python
2 138 (11.83%) Java
3 93 (7.97%) SQL
4 85 (7.28%) JavaScript
5 42 (3.60%) TypeScript
6 40 (3.43%) PowerShell
7 35 (3.00%) C#
8 32 (2.74%) Bash
9 20 (1.71%) C++
10 11 (0.94%) Apex Code
10 11 (0.94%) Rust
11 10 (0.86%) Go
12 8 (0.69%) C
13 7 (0.60%) Google Apps Script
13 7 (0.60%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.51%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.43%) Bicep
15 5 (0.43%) Groovy
15 5 (0.43%) Scala
15 5 (0.43%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 838 (71.81%) SC Cleared
2 301 (25.79%) DV Cleared
3 184 (15.77%) Degree
4 37 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 36 (3.08%) CISSP
6 32 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (2.23%) CISM
7 26 (2.23%) PhD
8 22 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (1.80%) AWS Certification
10 16 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (1.37%) DBS Check
11 13 (1.11%) Azure Certification
11 13 (1.11%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.77%) CRISC
12 9 (0.77%) OSCP
13 7 (0.60%) GIAC
13 7 (0.60%) GSEC
14 6 (0.51%) CCIE
14 6 (0.51%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (3.86%) NIST
2 43 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (2.74%) Accessibility
4 26 (2.23%) Data Quality
5 20 (1.71%) NCSC
6 19 (1.63%) QA
7 16 (1.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 15 (1.29%) WCAG
9 11 (0.94%) GDPR
10 9 (0.77%) GRC
11 8 (0.69%) JSP 440
11 8 (0.69%) SLA
12 7 (0.60%) Government Security Classifications
13 5 (0.43%) PMO
14 4 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
15 3 (0.26%) RMADS
16 2 (0.17%) Def Stans
16 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 71 (6.08%) Docker
2 42 (3.60%) Active Directory
3 31 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.63%) vSphere
5 9 (0.77%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.51%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.43%) Firmware
7 5 (0.43%) KVM
8 4 (0.34%) Squid
9 3 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.086%) OpenAM
11 1 (0.086%) OpenDJ
11 1 (0.086%) OpenIDM
11 1 (0.086%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.086%) Xen
Systems Management
1 120 (10.28%) Terraform
2 90 (7.71%) Kubernetes
3 40 (3.43%) Ansible
4 21 (1.80%) Grafana
5 18 (1.54%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.60%) Argo
8 7 (0.60%) SCCM
8 7 (0.60%) ZABBIX
9 6 (0.51%) Kibana
9 6 (0.51%) WSUS
10 5 (0.43%) CASB
10 5 (0.43%) Puppet
10 5 (0.43%) VxRail
11 4 (0.34%) Nagios
11 4 (0.34%) Packer
11 4 (0.34%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.26%) CloudHub
12 3 (0.26%) SCOM
Vendors
1 111 (9.51%) Microsoft
2 45 (3.86%) Google
3 43 (3.68%) VMware
4 33 (2.83%) Oracle
5 28 (2.40%) ServiceNow
6 27 (2.31%) Cisco
7 25 (2.14%) Databricks
8 24 (2.06%) Salesforce
9 20 (1.71%) Adobe
9 20 (1.71%) Dell
10 19 (1.63%) Red Hat
11 18 (1.54%) OpenAI
12 17 (1.46%) Palantir
12 17 (1.46%) Splunk
13 13 (1.11%) MuleSoft
13 13 (1.11%) SAP
14 12 (1.03%) Foundry
15 11 (0.94%) CyberArk
15 11 (0.94%) IBM
15 11 (0.94%) Okta