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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 76 68
Rank change year-on-year +46 -8 -11
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,427 501 811
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.92% 4.15% 4.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.91% 14.25% 15.14%
Number of salaries quoted 914 349 492
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £84,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,600 £95,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £58,800
% change year-on-year +16.67% +2.04% -2.00%

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 4,771 3,515 5,356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 19.78% 29.13% 27.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,855 1,963 2,722
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £68,825
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -1.93% -1.68%
75th Percentile £91,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £114,750 £102,750
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 31 August 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 31 August 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 +27 127 £77,500 +19.23% 96
South London -17 28 £55,000 -15.38% 10
West London -16 12 £90,000 +148.28% 87
East London -6 1 £110,000 - 24
North London - 1 £45,000 - 1
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 15 (1.05%) Apache
2 14 (0.98%) Apache Spark
2 14 (0.98%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.91%) Anypoint
3 13 (0.91%) Mule
4 12 (0.84%) Confluence
4 12 (0.84%) Palantir Foundry
5 7 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.42%) Camunda
6 6 (0.42%) SAS
7 4 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.28%) JBoss
8 3 (0.21%) IIS
9 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.070%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.070%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.070%) R Markdown
Applications
1 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.42%) Adobe XD
3 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.28%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.070%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.070%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.070%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.070%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.070%) Houdini
5 1 (0.070%) InVision
5 1 (0.070%) NUKE
5 1 (0.070%) Sketch
5 1 (0.070%) Trello
5 1 (0.070%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 6 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.35%) Maximo
3 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.14%) Primavera
4 1 (0.070%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.070%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 440 (30.83%) AWS
2 258 (18.08%) Azure
3 111 (7.78%) GCP
4 80 (5.61%) Serverless
5 76 (5.33%) AWS CloudFormation
5 76 (5.33%) Cloud Computing
6 51 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
7 47 (3.29%) Amazon S3
7 47 (3.29%) Power Platform
8 41 (2.87%) Entra ID
9 36 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
10 34 (2.38%) GitHub
11 28 (1.96%) Amazon EKS
12 26 (1.82%) Amazon ECS
13 25 (1.75%) Amazon EMR
14 22 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
15 21 (1.47%) OCI
16 19 (1.33%) SaaS
17 16 (1.12%) Amazon EventBridge
18 15 (1.05%) AWS Control Tower
Communications & Networking
1 52 (3.64%) Network Security
2 35 (2.45%) Firewall
3 17 (1.19%) WAN
4 16 (1.12%) SSL
5 12 (0.84%) TCP/IP
6 10 (0.70%) LAN
6 10 (0.70%) SD-WAN
7 9 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
7 9 (0.63%) NGN
7 9 (0.63%) VPN
8 8 (0.56%) DNS
9 7 (0.49%) DHCP
10 6 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
10 6 (0.42%) Wireshark
11 5 (0.35%) MPLS
11 5 (0.35%) VSAN
12 4 (0.28%) BGP
12 4 (0.28%) IPv4
12 4 (0.28%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.28%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.73%) Power BI
2 33 (2.31%) Data Lake
3 31 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (2.17%) Metadata
4 27 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (1.68%) Amazon Redshift
5 24 (1.68%) Big Data
6 22 (1.54%) DynamoDB
7 18 (1.26%) NoSQL
7 18 (1.26%) Tableau
8 15 (1.05%) Amazon Athena
9 14 (0.98%) MySQL
10 12 (0.84%) MongoDB
10 12 (0.84%) Relational Database
11 11 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (0.70%) SQL Server
13 9 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
14 7 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.42%) Pinecone
16 5 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 66 (4.63%) Jenkins
2 61 (4.27%) Git
3 49 (3.43%) GitLab
4 33 (2.31%) JIRA
5 10 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 8 (0.56%) Maven
6 8 (0.56%) TeamCity
7 7 (0.49%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.42%) Burp Suite
8 6 (0.42%) Gradle
8 6 (0.42%) Metasploit
8 6 (0.42%) Vite
9 5 (0.35%) Axure RP
9 5 (0.35%) Balsamiq
9 5 (0.35%) JUnit
9 5 (0.35%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.28%) Mockito
11 3 (0.21%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.21%) Mercurial
General
1 346 (24.25%) Public Sector
2 285 (19.97%) Social Skills
3 183 (12.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 144 (10.09%) Finance
5 141 (9.88%) Law
6 132 (9.25%) Analytical Skills
7 51 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
8 25 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
9 23 (1.61%) Legal
10 17 (1.19%) Aerospace
11 16 (1.12%) Military
12 13 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (0.84%) Marketing
14 11 (0.77%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.63%) Manufacturing
15 9 (0.63%) Retail
16 8 (0.56%) Electronics
17 7 (0.49%) Advertising
17 7 (0.49%) Banking
17 7 (0.49%) Cyber-Physical System
Job Titles
1 273 (19.13%) Architect
2 266 (18.64%) Senior
3 224 (15.70%) Consultant
4 123 (8.62%) Developer
5 115 (8.06%) Lead
6 109 (7.64%) Solutions Architect
7 85 (5.96%) Analyst
8 79 (5.54%) Senior Consultant
9 68 (4.77%) AWS Architect
10 63 (4.41%) Data Engineer
11 62 (4.34%) DevOps Engineer
12 58 (4.06%) Software Engineer
13 53 (3.71%) Data Architect
14 52 (3.64%) Business Analyst
15 49 (3.43%) AWS Solution Architect
16 47 (3.29%) Cloud Engineer
17 44 (3.08%) Security Architect
17 44 (3.08%) Security Consultant
17 44 (3.08%) Senior Manager
18 42 (2.94%) IAM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (9.53%) Terraform
2 39 (2.73%) React
3 35 (2.45%) Kafka
4 28 (1.96%) Spring
5 24 (1.68%) .NET
6 19 (1.33%) Node.js
7 18 (1.26%) AWS CDK
7 18 (1.26%) HTML
7 18 (1.26%) OAuth
7 18 (1.26%) Spring Boot
8 16 (1.12%) CSS
8 16 (1.12%) REST
9 15 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
10 14 (0.98%) AngularJS
10 14 (0.98%) PySpark
11 13 (0.91%) JWT
11 13 (0.91%) MUnit
11 13 (0.91%) OAuth2
11 13 (0.91%) RAML
11 13 (0.91%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 142 (9.95%) Cloud Native
2 78 (5.47%) Onboarding
3 60 (4.20%) Product Ownership
4 50 (3.50%) Data Centre
5 46 (3.22%) Enterprise Cloud
6 44 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
7 39 (2.73%) Management Information System
8 26 (1.82%) Distributed Computing
8 26 (1.82%) Operational Technology
9 23 (1.61%) AI Agents
9 23 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
9 23 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (1.33%) Public Cloud
11 18 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
12 16 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (0.98%) Blog
13 14 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (0.98%) Security Posture
14 13 (0.91%) Mainframe
15 11 (0.77%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 91 (6.38%) Linux
2 69 (4.84%) Windows
3 28 (1.96%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (0.77%) CentOS
6 7 (0.49%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.35%) Unix
9 4 (0.28%) Rocky
10 3 (0.21%) Android
11 2 (0.14%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.14%) VMS
12 1 (0.070%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (21.72%) Agile
2 208 (14.58%) AI
3 207 (14.51%) DevOps
4 199 (13.95%) Mentoring
5 177 (12.40%) CI/CD
6 164 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
7 159 (11.14%) Cybersecurity
8 146 (10.23%) Software Engineering
9 138 (9.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 136 (9.53%) Infrastructure as Code
11 125 (8.76%) Analytics
12 114 (7.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 112 (7.85%) Project Delivery
14 111 (7.78%) Community of Practice
14 111 (7.78%) Migration
15 110 (7.71%) Roadmaps
16 109 (7.64%) Technology Strategy
17 104 (7.29%) Scrum
18 103 (7.22%) Stakeholder Management
19 92 (6.45%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 207 (14.51%) Python
2 137 (9.60%) Java
3 71 (4.98%) SQL
4 65 (4.56%) JavaScript
5 57 (3.99%) Bash
6 30 (2.10%) TypeScript
7 26 (1.82%) PowerShell
8 24 (1.68%) C#
8 24 (1.68%) C++
9 18 (1.26%) Scala
10 17 (1.19%) Perl
10 17 (1.19%) Ruby
11 14 (0.98%) Go
11 14 (0.98%) PHP
12 13 (0.91%) DataWeave
13 12 (0.84%) C
14 10 (0.70%) Rust
15 9 (0.63%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.42%) Bicep
17 5 (0.35%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 972 (68.11%) SC Cleared
2 318 (22.28%) DV Cleared
3 184 (12.89%) Degree
4 68 (4.77%) AWS Certification
5 56 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
6 47 (3.29%) CISSP
7 42 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (2.45%) CISM
9 23 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 20 (1.40%) DBS Check
11 19 (1.33%) OSCP
12 16 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (1.05%) Azure Certification
14 14 (0.98%) CREST Certified
15 12 (0.84%) Master's Degree
16 11 (0.77%) CRISC
16 11 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (0.70%) CHECK Team Member
17 10 (0.70%) CISA
18 8 (0.56%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 58 (4.06%) NIST
3 51 (3.57%) Data Quality
4 42 (2.94%) QA
5 37 (2.59%) NCSC
6 29 (2.03%) Accessibility
7 21 (1.47%) GDPR
7 21 (1.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 13 (0.91%) GRC
9 8 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 8 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.56%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.42%) WCAG
11 5 (0.35%) PMO
12 4 (0.28%) RMADS
13 3 (0.21%) COBIT
13 3 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.21%) JSP 440
System Software
1 81 (5.68%) Docker
2 37 (2.59%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.77%) vSphere
5 9 (0.63%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.42%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.35%) KVM
7 5 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.28%) Squid
9 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.070%) Firmware
10 1 (0.070%) IAG
10 1 (0.070%) NFS
10 1 (0.070%) Samba
Systems Management
1 108 (7.57%) Kubernetes
2 54 (3.78%) Ansible
3 26 (1.82%) Grafana
4 24 (1.68%) Puppet
5 22 (1.54%) Progress Chef
5 22 (1.54%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.91%) CloudHub
7 10 (0.70%) Argo
7 10 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.42%) Nmap
10 5 (0.35%) Kibana
10 5 (0.35%) Nessus
10 5 (0.35%) Packer
11 4 (0.28%) CASB
11 4 (0.28%) Istio
11 4 (0.28%) linkerd
11 4 (0.28%) Rancher
11 4 (0.28%) SCOM
11 4 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 127 (8.90%) Microsoft
2 56 (3.92%) Oracle
3 52 (3.64%) Google
4 50 (3.50%) ServiceNow
5 41 (2.87%) Salesforce
6 37 (2.59%) Databricks
7 35 (2.45%) VMware
8 28 (1.96%) SAP
9 20 (1.40%) Red Hat
10 17 (1.19%) Cisco
10 17 (1.19%) Splunk
11 16 (1.12%) MuleSoft
11 16 (1.12%) OpenAI
11 16 (1.12%) Palantir
12 14 (0.98%) Foundry
13 13 (0.91%) Okta
14 12 (0.84%) Adobe
14 12 (0.84%) CyberArk
15 9 (0.63%) Remedy
16 7 (0.49%) Ping Identity