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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 80 68
Rank change year-on-year +52 -12 -11
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,474 485 828
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.92% 4.06% 4.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 30.80% 14.08% 15.37%
Number of salaries quoted 943 333 463
10th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £40,250
25th Percentile £64,625 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,900 £95,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - +2.56%

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 4,785 3,444 5,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 19.23% 28.86% 28.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,834 1,911 2,548
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £37,283
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £91,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £115,000 £104,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,180
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.10% -4.78%

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 September 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 September 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 +36 127 £75,000 +22.45% 215
South London -19 27 £55,000 -15.38% 27
West London -12 10 £90,000 +146.58% 76
East London -9 3 £110,000 - 29
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 19 (1.29%) Apache Spark
2 13 (0.88%) Anypoint
2 13 (0.88%) Apache
2 13 (0.88%) Mule
3 12 (0.81%) Confluence
4 11 (0.75%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.54%) Palantir Foundry
6 6 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.41%) SAS
7 5 (0.34%) Camunda
8 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.27%) JBoss
9 3 (0.20%) IIS
10 1 (0.068%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.068%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.068%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.068%) R Markdown
10 1 (0.068%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.068%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 10 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.27%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.27%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.068%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.068%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.068%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.068%) Houdini
4 1 (0.068%) InVision
4 1 (0.068%) NUKE
4 1 (0.068%) Sketch
4 1 (0.068%) Trello
4 1 (0.068%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 6 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.27%) Maximo
3 3 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.14%) Primavera
5 1 (0.068%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.068%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.068%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.068%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 457 (31.00%) AWS
2 263 (17.84%) Azure
3 114 (7.73%) GCP
4 85 (5.77%) Serverless
5 77 (5.22%) AWS CloudFormation
5 77 (5.22%) Cloud Computing
6 55 (3.73%) AWS Lambda
7 53 (3.60%) Power Platform
8 49 (3.32%) Amazon S3
9 41 (2.78%) Entra ID
10 37 (2.51%) GitHub
10 37 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
11 32 (2.17%) Amazon EKS
12 27 (1.83%) Amazon ECS
13 26 (1.76%) Amazon EMR
14 25 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
15 22 (1.49%) OCI
16 21 (1.42%) SaaS
17 16 (1.09%) Azure Databricks
17 16 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 52 (3.53%) Network Security
2 37 (2.51%) Firewall
3 16 (1.09%) SSL
3 16 (1.09%) WAN
4 13 (0.88%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.61%) DNS
5 9 (0.61%) LAN
5 9 (0.61%) NGN
5 9 (0.61%) VPN
6 8 (0.54%) DHCP
6 8 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
6 8 (0.54%) SD-WAN
6 8 (0.54%) Wireshark
7 6 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
8 4 (0.27%) BGP
8 4 (0.27%) IPv4
8 4 (0.27%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.27%) NAS
8 4 (0.27%) OSPF
8 4 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (3.05%) Power BI
2 39 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
3 34 (2.31%) Data Lake
4 32 (2.17%) Metadata
4 32 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
6 26 (1.76%) Big Data
6 26 (1.76%) Tableau
7 22 (1.49%) DynamoDB
7 22 (1.49%) NoSQL
8 18 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
9 16 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
10 15 (1.02%) MySQL
11 13 (0.88%) Amazon Aurora
11 13 (0.88%) Relational Database
12 12 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (0.81%) MongoDB
13 11 (0.75%) SQL Server
14 8 (0.54%) Redis
15 6 (0.41%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 77 (5.22%) Jenkins
2 76 (5.16%) Git
3 47 (3.19%) GitLab
4 33 (2.24%) JIRA
5 10 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 9 (0.61%) Burp Suite
6 9 (0.61%) Metasploit
7 8 (0.54%) Maven
8 7 (0.47%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.47%) TeamCity
9 6 (0.41%) Gradle
9 6 (0.41%) Vite
10 5 (0.34%) JUnit
10 5 (0.34%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.27%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.27%) Mockito
12 3 (0.20%) Axure RP
12 3 (0.20%) Balsamiq
12 3 (0.20%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.20%) Mercurial
General
1 355 (24.08%) Public Sector
2 299 (20.28%) Social Skills
3 180 (12.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 161 (10.92%) Finance
5 135 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
6 134 (9.09%) Law
7 48 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (1.63%) Military
10 22 (1.49%) Legal
11 16 (1.09%) Aerospace
12 15 (1.02%) Marketing
12 15 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (0.95%) Telecoms
14 12 (0.81%) Retail
15 9 (0.61%) Banking
15 9 (0.61%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.54%) Electronics
17 7 (0.47%) Cyber-Physical System
18 6 (0.41%) Police
Job Titles
1 282 (19.13%) Architect
2 277 (18.79%) Senior
3 228 (15.47%) Consultant
4 128 (8.68%) Developer
5 118 (8.01%) Lead
6 106 (7.19%) Solutions Architect
7 84 (5.70%) Analyst
8 82 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
9 71 (4.82%) DevOps Engineer
10 66 (4.48%) AWS Architect
11 63 (4.27%) Data Engineer
12 59 (4.00%) Software Engineer
13 53 (3.60%) Data Architect
14 51 (3.46%) Security Consultant
15 49 (3.32%) Business Analyst
15 49 (3.32%) Security Architect
16 47 (3.19%) AWS Solution Architect
16 47 (3.19%) Cloud Engineer
16 47 (3.19%) IAM Consultant
17 44 (2.99%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (9.36%) Terraform
2 43 (2.92%) Kafka
3 39 (2.65%) React
4 25 (1.70%) Spring
5 23 (1.56%) .NET
6 21 (1.42%) PySpark
7 20 (1.36%) Node.js
8 18 (1.22%) AWS CDK
8 18 (1.22%) OAuth
9 17 (1.15%) REST
9 17 (1.15%) Spring Boot
10 16 (1.09%) HTML
10 16 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
11 15 (1.02%) YAML
12 14 (0.95%) AngularJS
12 14 (0.95%) CSS
12 14 (0.95%) JSON
13 13 (0.88%) OAuth2
13 13 (0.88%) RAML
13 13 (0.88%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 142 (9.63%) Cloud Native
2 80 (5.43%) Onboarding
3 59 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 45 (3.05%) Data Centre
4 45 (3.05%) Enterprise Cloud
5 44 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
6 40 (2.71%) Management Information System
7 28 (1.90%) Operational Technology
8 26 (1.76%) Distributed Computing
9 25 (1.70%) Cyber Defence
10 24 (1.63%) AI Agents
11 21 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
12 19 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
13 18 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
14 17 (1.15%) Public Cloud
15 16 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
16 14 (0.95%) Blog
16 14 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
16 14 (0.95%) Security Posture
17 13 (0.88%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 93 (6.31%) Linux
2 72 (4.88%) Windows
3 28 (1.90%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (0.75%) CentOS
6 9 (0.61%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.47%) Unix
7 7 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (0.41%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.27%) Rocky
10 3 (0.20%) Android
11 2 (0.14%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.14%) VMS
12 1 (0.068%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (21.91%) Agile
2 219 (14.86%) DevOps
3 212 (14.38%) AI
4 206 (13.98%) Mentoring
5 191 (12.96%) CI/CD
6 188 (12.75%) Cybersecurity
7 172 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
8 150 (10.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 146 (9.91%) Software Engineering
10 139 (9.43%) Infrastructure as Code
11 125 (8.48%) Stakeholder Management
12 124 (8.41%) Analytics
13 121 (8.21%) Roadmaps
14 112 (7.60%) Project Delivery
15 111 (7.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 108 (7.33%) Migration
17 102 (6.92%) Community of Practice
17 102 (6.92%) Technology Strategy
18 101 (6.85%) Scrum
19 96 (6.51%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 221 (14.99%) Python
2 130 (8.82%) Java
3 75 (5.09%) SQL
4 64 (4.34%) Bash
4 64 (4.34%) JavaScript
5 29 (1.97%) TypeScript
6 26 (1.76%) PowerShell
7 24 (1.63%) C#
7 24 (1.63%) C++
8 22 (1.49%) Scala
9 17 (1.15%) Perl
9 17 (1.15%) Ruby
10 14 (0.95%) Go
10 14 (0.95%) PHP
11 13 (0.88%) DataWeave
12 12 (0.81%) C
13 11 (0.75%) Groovy
14 10 (0.68%) Rust
15 8 (0.54%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.41%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,012 (68.66%) SC Cleared
2 303 (20.56%) DV Cleared
3 169 (11.47%) Degree
4 67 (4.55%) AWS Certification
5 55 (3.73%) BPSS Clearance
6 54 (3.66%) CISSP
7 38 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (2.51%) CISM
9 21 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 21 (1.42%) OSCP
10 20 (1.36%) Azure Certification
10 20 (1.36%) CREST Certified
11 18 (1.22%) DBS Check
12 15 (1.02%) CHECK Team Member
13 11 (0.75%) CRISC
13 11 (0.75%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.68%) CISA
14 10 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 9 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 59 (4.00%) NIST
3 58 (3.93%) Data Quality
4 45 (3.05%) NCSC
5 44 (2.99%) QA
6 26 (1.76%) Accessibility
7 25 (1.70%) GDPR
8 20 (1.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 18 (1.22%) GRC
10 10 (0.68%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 8 (0.54%) PMO
12 8 (0.54%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.27%) RMADS
14 4 (0.27%) WCAG
15 3 (0.20%) COBIT
15 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 2 (0.14%) Def Stans
16 2 (0.14%) JSP 440
System Software
1 92 (6.24%) Docker
2 35 (2.37%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.68%) vSphere
5 9 (0.61%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.41%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.27%) KVM
8 4 (0.27%) Squid
8 4 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.068%) Firmware
9 1 (0.068%) IAG
9 1 (0.068%) NFS
9 1 (0.068%) Samba
Systems Management
1 119 (8.07%) Kubernetes
2 56 (3.80%) Ansible
3 31 (2.10%) Grafana
4 28 (1.90%) Prometheus
5 24 (1.63%) Puppet
6 23 (1.56%) Progress Chef
7 13 (0.88%) CloudHub
8 11 (0.75%) Argo
9 9 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (0.61%) Nmap
9 9 (0.61%) Rancher
10 8 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.47%) Nessus
12 5 (0.34%) Kibana
12 5 (0.34%) Packer
12 5 (0.34%) SCOM
13 4 (0.27%) Istio
13 4 (0.27%) linkerd
13 4 (0.27%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.20%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 131 (8.89%) Microsoft
2 69 (4.68%) ServiceNow
3 59 (4.00%) Oracle
4 51 (3.46%) Google
5 43 (2.92%) Salesforce
6 42 (2.85%) Databricks
7 28 (1.90%) VMware
8 27 (1.83%) SAP
9 22 (1.49%) Splunk
10 17 (1.15%) Red Hat
11 16 (1.09%) Okta
12 15 (1.02%) MuleSoft
12 15 (1.02%) OpenAI
13 14 (0.95%) CyberArk
14 12 (0.81%) Cisco
15 11 (0.75%) Dynatrace
16 10 (0.68%) Adobe
16 10 (0.68%) Palantir
17 9 (0.61%) Foundry
17 9 (0.61%) Remedy