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 13 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 69 58
Rank change year-on-year -9 -11 +132
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 491 814 1,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.10% 4.25% 4.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.17% 15.20% 18.02%
Number of salaries quoted 339 464 745
10th Percentile £45,750 £40,375 £43,450
25th Percentile £51,875 £55,000 £52,873
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £95,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

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 3,465 5,356 5,927
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.95% 27.95% 26.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,936 2,589 4,407
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,283 £39,085
25th Percentile £51,938 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £103,750 £112,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,500 £58,952
% change year-on-year -0.90% -5.85% +7.18%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared 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 13 September 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 13 September 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 -30 71 £65,000 -3.70% 128
South London +39 63 £65,000 -16.13% 11
West London +45 7 £36,500 -3.95% 16
East London - 5 - - 5
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.43%) Apache Spark
2 7 (1.43%) BizTalk Server
2 7 (1.43%) JBoss
2 7 (1.43%) Red Hat Fuse
3 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.81%) Apache
4 4 (0.81%) CMS
5 3 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (0.61%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.41%) Confluence
7 1 (0.20%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.20%) Camunda
7 1 (0.20%) Drupal
7 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (3.87%) Adobe XD
2 6 (1.22%) InVision
2 6 (1.22%) Sketch
3 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.20%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 17 (3.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.02%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.81%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.81%) SAP SCM
4 3 (0.61%) Maximo
4 3 (0.61%) Primavera
4 3 (0.61%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.61%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.41%) SAP APO
5 2 (0.41%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.41%) SAP LE
5 2 (0.41%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.20%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 146 (29.74%) Azure
2 143 (29.12%) AWS
3 57 (11.61%) Serverless
4 43 (8.76%) Amazon EKS
5 39 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (7.33%) Power Platform
7 30 (6.11%) GCP
8 29 (5.91%) Amazon ECS
8 29 (5.91%) AWS CloudFormation
9 27 (5.50%) Azure Data Factory
10 22 (4.48%) Amazon EC2
10 22 (4.48%) Figma
11 21 (4.28%) Azure Monitor
12 20 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (3.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 16 (3.26%) SaaS
15 15 (3.05%) AWS Lambda
15 15 (3.05%) Azure App Service
16 13 (2.65%) Azure Sentinel
16 13 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.04%) Firewall
1 10 (2.04%) Network Security
2 6 (1.22%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.22%) VPN
3 4 (0.81%) DNS
4 3 (0.61%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (0.61%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.61%) HTTP
4 3 (0.61%) Modbus
4 3 (0.61%) Profibus
5 2 (0.41%) BGP
5 2 (0.41%) FTP
5 2 (0.41%) LAN
5 2 (0.41%) NetScaler
5 2 (0.41%) OSPF
5 2 (0.41%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.41%) SMTP
5 2 (0.41%) SSL
5 2 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.94%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (5.91%) Relational Database
3 26 (5.30%) Power BI
4 18 (3.67%) Elasticsearch
5 17 (3.46%) RDBMS
6 16 (3.26%) MongoDB
7 11 (2.24%) Metadata
8 10 (2.04%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (1.43%) Big Data
9 7 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.43%) SQL Server
10 5 (1.02%) Delta Lake
10 5 (1.02%) MySQL
11 4 (0.81%) GIS
12 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.41%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.41%) Spark SQL
13 2 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 41 (8.35%) Jenkins
2 28 (5.70%) Git
3 25 (5.09%) JUnit
4 24 (4.89%) JMeter
5 18 (3.67%) Axure RP
6 16 (3.26%) Mockito
7 13 (2.65%) Balsamiq
8 12 (2.44%) JIRA
8 12 (2.44%) Selenium
9 9 (1.83%) GitLab
10 7 (1.43%) Postman
11 6 (1.22%) Locust
12 5 (1.02%) Cypress.io
12 5 (1.02%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.81%) MLflow
14 3 (0.61%) gulp
14 3 (0.61%) Storybook
14 3 (0.61%) Vagrant
14 3 (0.61%) WebDriver
14 3 (0.61%) webpack
General
1 161 (32.79%) Public Sector
2 118 (24.03%) Social Skills
3 76 (15.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 71 (14.46%) Law
5 65 (13.24%) Finance
6 61 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (4.48%) Telecoms
8 18 (3.67%) Manufacturing
9 16 (3.26%) Electronics
9 16 (3.26%) Marketing
10 14 (2.85%) Military
11 9 (1.83%) Retail
12 7 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.02%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.02%) Aviation
15 4 (0.81%) Legal
15 4 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 96 (19.55%) Developer
2 59 (12.02%) Consultant
3 56 (11.41%) Senior
4 54 (11.00%) Architect
5 34 (6.92%) Designer
6 32 (6.52%) Java Developer
7 29 (5.91%) Data Engineer
7 29 (5.91%) Lead
8 27 (5.50%) Analyst
9 25 (5.09%) Service Designer
10 23 (4.68%) Azure Engineer
11 20 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
12 18 (3.67%) Software Developer
13 15 (3.05%) Full-Stack Developer
14 14 (2.85%) Cloud Architect
15 13 (2.65%) Project Manager
16 12 (2.44%) Azure Data Engineer
16 12 (2.44%) Data Analyst
16 12 (2.44%) Senior Consultant
16 12 (2.44%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (9.78%) HTML
2 39 (7.94%) REST
3 33 (6.72%) Spring
4 32 (6.52%) CSS
4 32 (6.52%) Spring Boot
5 30 (6.11%) Web Services
6 29 (5.91%) React
7 27 (5.50%) Node.js
8 23 (4.68%) Apache Camel
9 21 (4.28%) PySpark
10 20 (4.07%) .NET
11 19 (3.87%) Hibernate
12 18 (3.67%) ActiveMQ
12 18 (3.67%) RESTful
13 16 (3.26%) jQuery
13 16 (3.26%) WireMock
14 15 (3.05%) AngularJS
15 13 (2.65%) SOAP
15 13 (2.65%) XML
16 12 (2.44%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.31%) Cloud Native
2 30 (6.11%) Product Ownership
3 26 (5.30%) Cyberattack
4 25 (5.09%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (2.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (2.04%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.22%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.22%) NHS
8 6 (1.22%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
9 5 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.02%) SCADA
10 4 (0.81%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.81%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.81%) Housing Association
10 4 (0.81%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 43 (8.76%) Linux
2 27 (5.50%) Windows
3 17 (3.46%) Windows Server
4 16 (3.26%) Android
5 10 (2.04%) Unix
6 8 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.02%) CentOS
7 5 (1.02%) HPUX
7 5 (1.02%) Solaris
8 4 (0.81%) Oracle Linux
8 4 (0.81%) VMS
8 4 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.61%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (42.77%) Agile
2 113 (23.01%) DevOps
3 111 (22.61%) CI/CD
4 101 (20.57%) Problem-Solving
5 88 (17.92%) Mentoring
6 62 (12.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 55 (11.20%) Analytics
7 55 (11.20%) Scrum
8 45 (9.16%) Software Engineering
9 44 (8.96%) Microservices
10 42 (8.55%) User Experience
10 42 (8.55%) Workflow
11 40 (8.15%) Project Delivery
12 38 (7.74%) Business Intelligence
13 37 (7.54%) Containerisation
14 36 (7.33%) Artificial Intelligence
14 36 (7.33%) Project Management
14 36 (7.33%) Stakeholder Management
15 35 (7.13%) Infrastructure as Code
15 35 (7.13%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 139 (28.31%) Python
2 92 (18.74%) Java
3 91 (18.53%) JavaScript
4 76 (15.48%) SQL
5 26 (5.30%) Go
6 25 (5.09%) TypeScript
7 23 (4.68%) C#
8 21 (4.28%) Shell Script
9 20 (4.07%) C++
9 20 (4.07%) PowerShell
10 18 (3.67%) Bash
11 14 (2.85%) R
11 14 (2.85%) Rust
12 12 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (1.22%) MATLAB
13 6 (1.22%) Scala
14 5 (1.02%) ABAP
15 4 (0.81%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.81%) C
15 4 (0.81%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 309 (62.93%) SC Cleared
2 104 (21.18%) DV Cleared
3 82 (16.70%) Degree
4 32 (6.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (5.50%) Azure Certification
6 24 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (3.67%) AWS Certification
8 16 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (2.44%) SAP Certification
10 9 (1.83%) ISTQB
11 8 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (1.22%) APMG
13 5 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (1.02%) CCNP
13 5 (1.02%) CISSP
13 5 (1.02%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.02%) Oracle Certification
14 4 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
15 3 (0.61%) CCNA
15 3 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (9.98%) Accessibility
2 20 (4.07%) WCAG
3 18 (3.67%) GDPR
4 16 (3.26%) Data Quality
4 16 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (3.05%) SLA
6 14 (2.85%) NIST
7 11 (2.24%) PMBOK
7 11 (2.24%) QA
8 8 (1.63%) NCSC
9 7 (1.43%) HIPAA
10 5 (1.02%) PMO
11 4 (0.81%) GRC
12 3 (0.61%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.41%) JSP 440
13 2 (0.41%) P3O
13 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.20%) DICOM
14 1 (0.20%) HL7
14 1 (0.20%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 88 (17.92%) Docker
2 18 (3.67%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.81%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.41%) pfSense
5 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.20%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.20%) IAG
6 1 (0.20%) KVM
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 90 (18.33%) Kubernetes
2 64 (13.03%) Terraform
3 39 (7.94%) Ansible
4 19 (3.87%) Kibana
5 15 (3.05%) Grafana
6 11 (2.24%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.22%) Nagios
8 3 (0.61%) Nessus
9 2 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.41%) Argo
9 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.20%) Consul
10 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.20%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.20%) HP UCMDB
10 1 (0.20%) Istio
10 1 (0.20%) Packer
10 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.20%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.20%) Salt
Vendors
1 87 (17.72%) Microsoft
2 38 (7.74%) Splunk
3 37 (7.54%) SAP
4 28 (5.70%) Oracle
5 26 (5.30%) Google
6 19 (3.87%) Adobe
6 19 (3.87%) Databricks
7 18 (3.67%) Dynatrace
8 15 (3.05%) VMware
9 13 (2.65%) Palantir
9 13 (2.65%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.63%) Foundry
11 7 (1.43%) MuleSoft
12 5 (1.02%) Atlassian
12 5 (1.02%) Cisco
12 5 (1.02%) Juniper
12 5 (1.02%) Salesforce
13 3 (0.61%) Siemens
13 3 (0.61%) SolarWinds
13 3 (0.61%) Talend