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 29 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 55 61
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 +71
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 545 786 790
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.98% 4.97% 4.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.54% 15.82% 16.49%
Number of salaries quoted 371 352 553
10th Percentile £46,939 £41,448 £44,800
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £69,308 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -0.99% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,291
% change year-on-year - +4.73% +4.16%

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 4,024 4,967 4,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.36% 31.42% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,109 2,074 3,483
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.80%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £117,125 £111,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

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 29 December 2025.

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 29 December 2025. 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 -25 87 £60,000 -20.27% 195
South London +6 28 £65,000 +5.44% 41
West London -18 7 £40,138 -5.56% 11
East London -19 2 - - 14
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 18 (3.30%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.75%) Confluence
3 7 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.10%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.73%) Apache
6 3 (0.55%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.37%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.37%) Camunda
7 2 (0.37%) CMS
8 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.18%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 22 (4.04%) Adobe XD
2 2 (0.37%) InVision
2 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.37%) Sketch
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.18%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 12 (2.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.92%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.73%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.73%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.55%) Maximo
5 2 (0.37%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.18%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 144 (26.42%) AWS
2 125 (22.94%) Azure
3 46 (8.44%) Serverless
4 42 (7.71%) GCP
5 37 (6.79%) Power Platform
6 27 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (4.59%) Power Automate
7 25 (4.59%) PowerApps
8 24 (4.40%) Amazon EKS
8 24 (4.40%) AWS CloudFormation
9 23 (4.22%) Figma
10 22 (4.04%) Amazon ECS
10 22 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (3.67%) Amazon EC2
13 18 (3.30%) GitHub
14 16 (2.94%) Entra ID
15 15 (2.75%) Amazon S3
16 14 (2.57%) PaaS
17 11 (2.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.85%) Firewall
2 15 (2.75%) Network Security
3 13 (2.39%) VPN
4 12 (2.20%) Structured Cabling
4 12 (2.20%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.65%) DNS
6 8 (1.47%) WAN
7 7 (1.28%) Software-Defined Networking
7 7 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (1.28%) Wireless
8 5 (0.92%) Cisco IOS
8 5 (0.92%) WAAS
9 4 (0.73%) LAN
9 4 (0.73%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.55%) Cisco Firepower
10 3 (0.55%) HTTP
10 3 (0.55%) NetScaler
10 3 (0.55%) SSH
10 3 (0.55%) VoIP
10 3 (0.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.07%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (5.69%) Power BI
3 22 (4.04%) Relational Database
4 17 (3.12%) MongoDB
5 13 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (2.39%) NoSQL
5 13 (2.39%) RDBMS
6 11 (2.02%) MySQL
7 10 (1.83%) Metadata
7 10 (1.83%) SQL Server
8 9 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (1.10%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.92%) Redis
12 4 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.73%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.73%) Pinecone
13 3 (0.55%) Power Query
13 3 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 45 (8.26%) Jenkins
2 29 (5.32%) Git
3 24 (4.40%) JIRA
4 21 (3.85%) Axure RP
5 20 (3.67%) Balsamiq
6 16 (2.94%) JMeter
7 13 (2.39%) JUnit
7 13 (2.39%) Mockito
8 12 (2.20%) GitLab
9 9 (1.65%) Selenium
10 8 (1.47%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.92%) gulp
11 5 (0.92%) MLflow
11 5 (0.92%) webpack
12 4 (0.73%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.73%) Vite
12 4 (0.73%) WebDriver
13 3 (0.55%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.55%) Subversion
14 2 (0.37%) Robot Framework
General
1 171 (31.38%) Public Sector
2 119 (21.83%) Social Skills
3 79 (14.50%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (14.13%) Law
5 75 (13.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 49 (8.99%) Finance
7 24 (4.40%) Telecoms
8 22 (4.04%) Marketing
9 21 (3.85%) Electronics
9 21 (3.85%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.20%) Legal
11 9 (1.65%) Advertising
12 7 (1.28%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.10%) Military
13 6 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.55%) Banking
16 2 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (16.15%) Developer
2 56 (10.28%) Architect
2 56 (10.28%) Consultant
3 54 (9.91%) Senior
4 39 (7.16%) Software Engineer
5 36 (6.61%) Designer
6 33 (6.06%) Lead
7 22 (4.04%) Analyst
7 22 (4.04%) Data Engineer
7 22 (4.04%) Full-Stack Developer
8 21 (3.85%) Service Designer
9 20 (3.67%) DevOps Engineer
9 20 (3.67%) Java Developer
10 19 (3.49%) Administrator
11 17 (3.12%) Power Platform Developer
12 13 (2.39%) Business Analyst
12 13 (2.39%) Cloud Engineer
12 13 (2.39%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 13 (2.39%) Mid-Level Java Developer
13 12 (2.20%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (7.34%) HTML
2 39 (7.16%) React
3 32 (5.87%) Spring
4 27 (4.95%) CSS
5 26 (4.77%) Spring Boot
6 23 (4.22%) AngularJS
6 23 (4.22%) REST
7 20 (3.67%) Web Services
8 19 (3.49%) Node.js
9 16 (2.94%) Hibernate
9 16 (2.94%) XML
10 15 (2.75%) HTML5 Canvas
11 14 (2.57%) ActiveMQ
12 13 (2.39%) Apache Camel
12 13 (2.39%) jQuery
12 13 (2.39%) JSON
12 13 (2.39%) WireMock
13 12 (2.20%) .NET
14 11 (2.02%) Elastic Stack
14 11 (2.02%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.52%) Cloud Native
2 37 (6.79%) Product Ownership
3 18 (3.30%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (3.12%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.57%) Driving Licence
5 14 (2.57%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.02%) Data Structures
6 11 (2.02%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.02%) PKI
7 10 (1.83%) AI Agents
8 9 (1.65%) CMDB
9 8 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.28%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.10%) Private Cloud
11 6 (1.10%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.92%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (0.73%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.24%) Windows
2 31 (5.69%) Linux
3 10 (1.83%) Unix
3 10 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.28%) VMS
5 6 (1.10%) Android
5 6 (1.10%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.37%) CentOS
7 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.18%) Debian
8 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (30.09%) Agile
2 103 (18.90%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (17.43%) CI/CD
4 89 (16.33%) DevOps
5 78 (14.31%) AI
6 75 (13.76%) Software Engineering
7 74 (13.58%) Analytics
8 72 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
9 63 (11.56%) Infrastructure as Code
10 61 (11.19%) Workflow
11 59 (10.83%) Community of Practice
12 58 (10.64%) User Experience
13 54 (9.91%) Business Intelligence
14 53 (9.72%) Technology Strategy
15 52 (9.54%) Mentoring
16 51 (9.36%) Full-Stack Development
17 43 (7.89%) User Research
18 42 (7.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
19 41 (7.52%) Containerisation
19 41 (7.52%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 132 (24.22%) Python
2 99 (18.17%) JavaScript
3 90 (16.51%) Java
4 58 (10.64%) SQL
5 47 (8.62%) C#
6 44 (8.07%) TypeScript
7 26 (4.77%) PowerShell
8 21 (3.85%) Bash
9 18 (3.30%) C++
10 16 (2.94%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.47%) Bicep
11 8 (1.47%) Ruby
12 6 (1.10%) Go
12 6 (1.10%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.10%) MATLAB
12 6 (1.10%) Scala
13 5 (0.92%) C
13 5 (0.92%) R
14 4 (0.73%) ABAP
15 3 (0.55%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 365 (66.97%) SC Cleared
2 151 (27.71%) DV Cleared
3 106 (19.45%) Degree
4 30 (5.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (4.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (3.49%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.02%) AWS Certification
8 11 (2.02%) PhD
9 10 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.65%) CISSP
11 6 (1.10%) CISM
11 6 (1.10%) NVQ Level 3
12 5 (0.92%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.92%) SAP Certification
12 5 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.73%) CCNP
13 4 (0.73%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.55%) APMP
14 3 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (9.72%) Accessibility
2 25 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (4.22%) WCAG
4 19 (3.49%) NIST
5 14 (2.57%) Data Quality
6 13 (2.39%) GRC
6 13 (2.39%) QA
7 11 (2.02%) SLA
8 9 (1.65%) GDPR
8 9 (1.65%) NCSC
9 4 (0.73%) JSP 440
9 4 (0.73%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.55%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.55%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (0.55%) NEBOSH
11 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 70 (12.84%) Docker
2 16 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.57%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.28%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.28%) KVM
5 5 (0.92%) Firmware
6 4 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.37%) pfSense
8 1 (0.18%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.18%) OpenDJ
8 1 (0.18%) OpenIDM
8 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 74 (13.58%) Kubernetes
2 63 (11.56%) Terraform
3 24 (4.40%) Ansible
4 16 (2.94%) Kibana
5 15 (2.75%) Grafana
6 10 (1.83%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.47%) Argo
8 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (1.10%) SCCM
9 5 (0.92%) SCOM
10 4 (0.73%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (0.73%) Nagios
10 4 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.55%) Istio
11 3 (0.55%) linkerd
11 3 (0.55%) Mesos
12 2 (0.37%) AWS Copilot
12 2 (0.37%) Nessus
13 1 (0.18%) Puppet
13 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 64 (11.74%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.42%) SAP
3 32 (5.87%) Palantir
4 23 (4.22%) Google
5 22 (4.04%) Adobe
5 22 (4.04%) Foundry
6 20 (3.67%) ServiceNow
6 20 (3.67%) VMware
7 19 (3.49%) Cisco
7 19 (3.49%) Oracle
8 18 (3.30%) Splunk
9 15 (2.75%) Atlassian
10 13 (2.39%) Dynatrace
11 11 (2.02%) Salesforce
12 8 (1.47%) Red Hat
13 7 (1.28%) Databricks
14 5 (0.92%) MuleSoft
15 4 (0.73%) Okta
15 4 (0.73%) Palo Alto
15 4 (0.73%) Zscaler