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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 72 64
Rank change year-on-year +37 -8 +12
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,047 532 947
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.15% 4.18% 4.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 23.04% 12.46% 14.30%
Number of salaries quoted 712 363 687
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,918 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,554 £55,000 £53,136
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,625 £85,000 £87,500
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% -

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 4,544 4,269 6,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 22.33% 33.50% 28.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,490 2,020 4,280
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £49,250
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 £106,825 £115,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,673 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.87% +3.04% -7.56%

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 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 6 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 +11 115 £80,500 +15.00% 108
South London -16 18 £55,000 -12.00% 9
West London -24 16 £85,000 +47.39% 22
North London -5 1 £45,000 -32.08%
East London -9 1 £110,000 - 20
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 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.91%) Confluence
3 14 (1.34%) Apache
4 12 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.15%) Palantir Foundry
5 10 (0.96%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.86%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.19%) Camunda
8 2 (0.19%) IIS
8 2 (0.19%) JBoss
8 2 (0.19%) SAS
9 1 (0.096%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 21 (2.01%) Adobe XD
2 7 (0.67%) InVision
2 7 (0.67%) Sketch
3 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.19%) Weka
6 1 (0.096%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 12 (1.15%) Maximo
2 9 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.19%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.19%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.096%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.096%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.096%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.096%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.096%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 252 (24.07%) AWS
2 204 (19.48%) Azure
3 81 (7.74%) GCP
4 43 (4.11%) Serverless
5 38 (3.63%) Power Platform
6 34 (3.25%) AWS CloudFormation
7 32 (3.06%) Entra ID
8 31 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (2.87%) GitHub
10 27 (2.58%) AWS Lambda
11 22 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
12 21 (2.01%) Figma
13 15 (1.43%) Amazon S3
13 15 (1.43%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 14 (1.34%) Power Automate
14 14 (1.34%) PowerApps
15 13 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (1.24%) OCI
16 12 (1.15%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.10%) Firewall
1 22 (2.10%) Network Security
2 16 (1.53%) DNS
2 16 (1.53%) WAN
3 14 (1.34%) SD-WAN
4 12 (1.15%) SAN
4 12 (1.15%) VPN
5 9 (0.86%) LAN
5 9 (0.86%) Software-Defined Networking
6 8 (0.76%) DHCP
7 7 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
7 7 (0.67%) Structured Cabling
7 7 (0.67%) VSAN
8 5 (0.48%) Cisco IOS
8 5 (0.48%) MPLS
8 5 (0.48%) SMTP
8 5 (0.48%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.48%) WAAS
8 5 (0.48%) Wireless
9 4 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (3.25%) Power BI
2 25 (2.39%) NoSQL
3 24 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (1.72%) MongoDB
5 12 (1.15%) DB2
5 12 (1.15%) Metadata
6 11 (1.05%) DynamoDB
7 10 (0.96%) DTS
7 10 (0.96%) MySQL
7 10 (0.96%) Pinecone
8 8 (0.76%) SQL Server
9 7 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (0.67%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.57%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.57%) Tableau
11 5 (0.48%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.29%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 54 (5.16%) Git
2 53 (5.06%) Jenkins
3 30 (2.87%) JIRA
4 28 (2.67%) GitLab
5 17 (1.62%) Axure RP
6 14 (1.34%) Balsamiq
7 11 (1.05%) Vite
8 10 (0.96%) Maven
9 8 (0.76%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.57%) Gradle
11 5 (0.48%) JMeter
11 5 (0.48%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.38%) Subversion
12 4 (0.38%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.29%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.29%) JUnit
13 3 (0.29%) Zephyr
14 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.19%) Eclipse
General
1 262 (25.02%) Public Sector
2 194 (18.53%) Social Skills
3 145 (13.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 89 (8.50%) Law
5 87 (8.31%) Finance
6 84 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
7 31 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
8 22 (2.10%) Legal
9 17 (1.62%) Aerospace
9 17 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (1.05%) Games
11 10 (0.96%) Manufacturing
12 8 (0.76%) Advertising
13 7 (0.67%) Cyber-Physical System
13 7 (0.67%) Electronics
14 6 (0.57%) Marketing
14 6 (0.57%) Military
15 5 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 182 (17.38%) Senior
2 168 (16.05%) Architect
3 133 (12.70%) Consultant
4 108 (10.32%) Developer
5 77 (7.35%) Solutions Architect
6 63 (6.02%) Lead
7 53 (5.06%) Analyst
8 52 (4.97%) Data Engineer
9 48 (4.58%) Senior Consultant
10 46 (4.39%) Designer
11 41 (3.92%) Full-Stack Developer
12 39 (3.72%) AWS Architect
13 37 (3.53%) Business Analyst
13 37 (3.53%) DevOps Engineer
14 36 (3.44%) Software Engineer
15 35 (3.34%) UX Designer
16 34 (3.25%) Cloud Engineer
17 33 (3.15%) Senior Manager
18 31 (2.96%) Java Developer
19 30 (2.87%) AWS Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.82%) React
2 26 (2.48%) CSS
2 26 (2.48%) HTML
3 23 (2.20%) Spring
4 22 (2.10%) REST
5 21 (2.01%) .NET
5 21 (2.01%) Node.js
6 17 (1.62%) Web Services
7 15 (1.43%) AngularJS
7 15 (1.43%) FastAPI
7 15 (1.43%) LangChain
7 15 (1.43%) PyTorch
8 14 (1.34%) Spring Boot
9 13 (1.24%) Kafka
9 13 (1.24%) LangGraph
9 13 (1.24%) SOAP
10 12 (1.15%) CrewAI
10 12 (1.15%) Middleware
10 12 (1.15%) Next.js
11 11 (1.05%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 68 (6.49%) Cloud Native
2 48 (4.58%) Product Ownership
3 31 (2.96%) Management Information System
4 25 (2.39%) Data Centre
5 24 (2.29%) PKI
6 22 (2.10%) Onboarding
7 21 (2.01%) AI Agents
8 16 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (1.43%) Blog
9 15 (1.43%) Operational Technology
10 14 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.34%) Security Posture
11 12 (1.15%) Cyber Defence
11 12 (1.15%) Public Cloud
11 12 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (0.96%) Algorithms
12 10 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (0.76%) Data Structures
13 8 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (0.76%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 66 (6.30%) Linux
2 57 (5.44%) Windows
3 26 (2.48%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (0.76%) VMS
6 7 (0.67%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.57%) Android
8 3 (0.29%) CentOS
8 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.19%) Unix
10 1 (0.096%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.096%) Rocky
10 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (22.83%) Agile
2 157 (15.00%) AI
3 149 (14.23%) DevOps
4 116 (11.08%) CI/CD
5 108 (10.32%) Infrastructure as Code
6 105 (10.03%) Software Engineering
7 103 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
8 96 (9.17%) Community of Practice
8 96 (9.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 91 (8.69%) Mentoring
10 86 (8.21%) Full-Stack Development
11 81 (7.74%) Technology Strategy
12 80 (7.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 79 (7.55%) Analytics
13 79 (7.55%) Computer Science
13 79 (7.55%) Cybersecurity
14 75 (7.16%) Collaborative Culture
15 69 (6.59%) Containerisation
16 67 (6.40%) Roadmaps
16 67 (6.40%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 190 (18.15%) Python
2 131 (12.51%) Java
3 89 (8.50%) JavaScript
4 83 (7.93%) SQL
5 48 (4.58%) TypeScript
6 42 (4.01%) PowerShell
7 37 (3.53%) C#
8 28 (2.67%) Bash
9 18 (1.72%) C++
10 11 (1.05%) Apex Code
11 10 (0.96%) Kotlin
11 10 (0.96%) Rust
12 9 (0.86%) C
13 8 (0.76%) Go
14 7 (0.67%) Google Apps Script
15 5 (0.48%) Bicep
15 5 (0.48%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.38%) Groovy
16 4 (0.38%) Scala
16 4 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 730 (69.72%) SC Cleared
2 274 (26.17%) DV Cleared
3 183 (17.48%) Degree
4 32 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.77%) CISSP
6 28 (2.67%) PhD
7 25 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
7 25 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (2.01%) CISM
9 19 (1.81%) AWS Certification
10 16 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (1.53%) DBS Check
11 13 (1.24%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.15%) Master's Degree
13 9 (0.86%) CRISC
14 7 (0.67%) GSEC
15 6 (0.57%) CCIE
15 6 (0.57%) GIAC
15 6 (0.57%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.57%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.34%) Accessibility
2 32 (3.06%) NIST
3 30 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (2.10%) Data Quality
5 20 (1.91%) WCAG
6 16 (1.53%) QA
7 15 (1.43%) NCSC
8 12 (1.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 9 (0.86%) GRC
10 8 (0.76%) JSP 440
10 8 (0.76%) SLA
11 7 (0.67%) Government Security Classifications
12 5 (0.48%) GDPR
12 5 (0.48%) PMO
13 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.19%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.19%) RMADS
14 1 (0.096%) COBIT
14 1 (0.096%) GAAP
System Software
1 80 (7.64%) Docker
2 38 (3.63%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.72%) vSphere
5 8 (0.76%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.57%) Firmware
6 6 (0.57%) KVM
7 5 (0.48%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.38%) Squid
9 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.096%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.096%) OpenDJ
10 1 (0.096%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.096%) Xen
Systems Management
1 103 (9.84%) Terraform
2 96 (9.17%) Kubernetes
3 37 (3.53%) Ansible
4 15 (1.43%) Grafana
5 14 (1.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (1.05%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.76%) Argo
8 8 (0.76%) SCCM
9 7 (0.67%) ZABBIX
10 6 (0.57%) WSUS
11 5 (0.48%) CASB
11 5 (0.48%) Puppet
11 5 (0.48%) VxRail
12 4 (0.38%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.38%) Istio
12 4 (0.38%) linkerd
12 4 (0.38%) Mesos
12 4 (0.38%) Packer
13 3 (0.29%) Kibana
Vendors
1 88 (8.40%) Microsoft
2 43 (4.11%) Google
3 42 (4.01%) VMware
4 32 (3.06%) Oracle
5 29 (2.77%) Cisco
6 23 (2.20%) Adobe
7 21 (2.01%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.91%) Dell
8 20 (1.91%) Red Hat
9 19 (1.81%) Palantir
9 19 (1.81%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.72%) Databricks
11 16 (1.53%) OpenAI
12 15 (1.43%) SAP
13 13 (1.24%) Atlassian
13 13 (1.24%) Foundry
14 12 (1.15%) IBM
15 10 (0.96%) MuleSoft
16 9 (0.86%) Okta
16 9 (0.86%) Splunk