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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 79 63
Rank change year-on-year +49 -16 -7
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,294 502 875
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.73% 4.07% 4.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.43% 13.99% 14.79%
Number of salaries quoted 829 333 593
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £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 £90,000 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.82% +6.96% -4.17%

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 4,552 3,588 5,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.15% 29.10% 27.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,755 1,969 3,403
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,312 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,750 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,938
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £101,000
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 23 July 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 23 July 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 +34 125 £75,000 +15.38% 103
South London -15 28 £55,000 -15.38% 4
West London -14 13 £85,000 +136.11% 30
North London +5 1 £45,000 -35.71% 1
East London -11 1 £110,000 - 18
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 (1.78%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.39%) Apache
3 15 (1.16%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.00%) Confluence
5 11 (0.85%) Anypoint
5 11 (0.85%) Mule
5 11 (0.85%) Palantir Foundry
6 8 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.46%) SAS
8 4 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.31%) Camunda
9 3 (0.23%) IIS
9 3 (0.23%) JBoss
10 1 (0.077%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.077%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.077%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (0.70%) Adobe XD
1 9 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.23%) InVision
2 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.23%) Sketch
3 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.077%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.077%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.077%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.077%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.077%) Houdini
4 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.077%) NUKE
4 1 (0.077%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (0.70%) Maximo
2 6 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.077%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.077%) Primavera
3 1 (0.077%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.077%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 404 (31.22%) AWS
2 250 (19.32%) Azure
3 99 (7.65%) GCP
4 79 (6.11%) Serverless
5 74 (5.72%) AWS CloudFormation
5 74 (5.72%) Cloud Computing
6 48 (3.71%) AWS Lambda
7 46 (3.55%) Power Platform
8 43 (3.32%) Entra ID
9 38 (2.94%) Amazon S3
10 36 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
11 30 (2.32%) GitHub
12 28 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
13 27 (2.09%) Amazon ECS
14 23 (1.78%) Amazon EMR
14 23 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (1.55%) OCI
16 18 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
17 16 (1.24%) SaaS
18 15 (1.16%) AWS Control Tower
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.79%) Network Security
2 30 (2.32%) Firewall
3 17 (1.31%) DNS
4 15 (1.16%) WAN
5 13 (1.00%) SSL
6 11 (0.85%) DHCP
6 11 (0.85%) VPN
7 10 (0.77%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.70%) NGN
9 8 (0.62%) LAN
9 8 (0.62%) SAN
10 6 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (0.46%) Software-Defined Networking
10 6 (0.46%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.46%) VSAN
11 5 (0.39%) MPLS
11 5 (0.39%) NAS
12 4 (0.31%) IPv4
12 4 (0.31%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.31%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (2.86%) Power BI
2 29 (2.24%) Data Lake
2 29 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (2.01%) Metadata
5 23 (1.78%) Amazon Redshift
6 22 (1.70%) Big Data
7 18 (1.39%) DynamoDB
8 17 (1.31%) NoSQL
9 15 (1.16%) MySQL
10 13 (1.00%) Tableau
11 12 (0.93%) Relational Database
12 11 (0.85%) MongoDB
13 10 (0.77%) Amazon Aurora
13 10 (0.77%) DTS
13 10 (0.77%) SQL Server
14 9 (0.70%) Db2
15 8 (0.62%) Amazon Athena
16 7 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
17 6 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 61 (4.71%) Jenkins
2 57 (4.40%) Git
3 44 (3.40%) GitLab
4 32 (2.47%) JIRA
5 7 (0.54%) Axure RP
5 7 (0.54%) Maven
5 7 (0.54%) Vite
6 6 (0.46%) Balsamiq
7 5 (0.39%) Gradle
7 5 (0.39%) Subversion
7 5 (0.39%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.31%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.31%) JMeter
9 3 (0.23%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.23%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.23%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.23%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.23%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.23%) VersionOne
General
1 322 (24.88%) Public Sector
2 254 (19.63%) Social Skills
3 168 (12.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 124 (9.58%) Law
5 111 (8.58%) Finance
6 109 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
7 43 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
8 26 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
9 25 (1.93%) Legal
10 18 (1.39%) Aerospace
11 13 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
12 12 (0.93%) Games
12 12 (0.93%) Military
13 9 (0.70%) Manufacturing
14 8 (0.62%) Advertising
14 8 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (0.62%) Retail
15 7 (0.54%) Cyber-Physical System
16 6 (0.46%) Banking
16 6 (0.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 272 (21.02%) Senior
2 234 (18.08%) Architect
3 217 (16.77%) Consultant
4 118 (9.12%) Developer
5 106 (8.19%) Lead
6 101 (7.81%) Solutions Architect
7 86 (6.65%) Senior Consultant
8 72 (5.56%) Data Engineer
9 67 (5.18%) Analyst
10 56 (4.33%) AWS Architect
11 55 (4.25%) DevOps Engineer
11 55 (4.25%) Software Engineer
12 47 (3.63%) Cloud Engineer
12 47 (3.63%) Senior Manager
13 45 (3.48%) Data Architect
14 44 (3.40%) AWS Solution Architect
15 41 (3.17%) Business Analyst
15 41 (3.17%) Security Consultant
16 35 (2.70%) Professional Services Consultant
17 34 (2.63%) IAM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (2.94%) React
2 28 (2.16%) Spring
3 27 (2.09%) Kafka
4 24 (1.85%) .NET
5 20 (1.55%) HTML
5 20 (1.55%) Node.js
5 20 (1.55%) Spring Boot
6 19 (1.47%) OAuth
7 18 (1.39%) AWS CDK
7 18 (1.39%) CSS
8 17 (1.31%) REST
9 16 (1.24%) PySpark
10 14 (1.08%) Web Services
11 13 (1.00%) AngularJS
11 13 (1.00%) JSON
11 13 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
11 13 (1.00%) YAML
12 12 (0.93%) SAML
13 11 (0.85%) OAuth2
13 11 (0.85%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 118 (9.12%) Cloud Native
2 73 (5.64%) Onboarding
3 55 (4.25%) Data Centre
4 49 (3.79%) Product Ownership
5 46 (3.55%) Enterprise Cloud
6 40 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
7 33 (2.55%) Management Information System
8 26 (2.01%) Distributed Computing
9 25 (1.93%) Operational Technology
10 18 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
11 17 (1.31%) AI Agents
11 17 (1.31%) Blog
11 17 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
11 17 (1.31%) Security Posture
12 16 (1.24%) PKI
13 15 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.08%) Public Cloud
15 13 (1.00%) Mainframe
16 9 (0.70%) Algorithms
16 9 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 83 (6.41%) Linux
2 73 (5.64%) Windows
3 33 (2.55%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.46%) CentOS
7 4 (0.31%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.31%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.31%) VMS
8 3 (0.23%) Unix
9 2 (0.15%) Android
9 2 (0.15%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.077%) Rocky
10 1 (0.077%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (23.42%) Agile
2 193 (14.91%) DevOps
3 178 (13.76%) AI
3 178 (13.76%) Mentoring
4 165 (12.75%) CI/CD
5 134 (10.36%) Problem-Solving
6 133 (10.28%) Cybersecurity
7 128 (9.89%) Software Engineering
8 127 (9.81%) Infrastructure as Code
9 121 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 111 (8.58%) Community of Practice
11 108 (8.35%) Analytics
12 103 (7.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 101 (7.81%) Technology Strategy
14 97 (7.50%) Migration
14 97 (7.50%) Project Delivery
15 96 (7.42%) Roadmaps
16 86 (6.65%) Scrum
17 82 (6.34%) Full-Stack Development
18 81 (6.26%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 201 (15.53%) Python
2 139 (10.74%) Java
3 80 (6.18%) SQL
4 71 (5.49%) JavaScript
5 49 (3.79%) Bash
6 32 (2.47%) TypeScript
7 28 (2.16%) C#
7 28 (2.16%) PowerShell
8 23 (1.78%) C++
9 16 (1.24%) Perl
10 15 (1.16%) Ruby
11 14 (1.08%) PHP
12 12 (0.93%) Rust
13 11 (0.85%) DataWeave
13 11 (0.85%) Scala
14 9 (0.70%) Go
14 9 (0.70%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.46%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.46%) Google Apps Script
16 5 (0.39%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 906 (70.02%) SC Cleared
2 302 (23.34%) DV Cleared
3 167 (12.91%) Degree
4 58 (4.48%) AWS Certification
5 39 (3.01%) CISSP
6 36 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 34 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 29 (2.24%) CISM
9 23 (1.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 16 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.16%) DBS Check
12 14 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
13 13 (1.00%) Azure Certification
13 13 (1.00%) OSCP
14 12 (0.93%) Master's Degree
15 11 (0.85%) CRISC
16 8 (0.62%) CREST Certified
16 8 (0.62%) PhD
17 6 (0.46%) CCIE
17 6 (0.46%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (4.33%) NIST
2 50 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (2.94%) Data Quality
4 33 (2.55%) QA
5 27 (2.09%) NCSC
6 21 (1.62%) Accessibility
6 21 (1.62%) GDPR
6 21 (1.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 12 (0.93%) GRC
8 9 (0.70%) WCAG
9 7 (0.54%) JSP 440
10 6 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
10 6 (0.46%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 5 (0.39%) PMO
12 4 (0.31%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.31%) RMADS
13 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.15%) Def Stans
System Software
1 75 (5.80%) Docker
2 48 (3.71%) Active Directory
3 32 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.39%) vSphere
5 8 (0.62%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.46%) KVM
7 5 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.31%) Squid
9 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.077%) IAG
10 1 (0.077%) Xen
Systems Management
1 130 (10.05%) Terraform
2 95 (7.34%) Kubernetes
3 45 (3.48%) Ansible
4 23 (1.78%) Puppet
5 21 (1.62%) Grafana
5 21 (1.62%) Progress Chef
6 17 (1.31%) Prometheus
7 11 (0.85%) CloudHub
7 11 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.62%) Argo
10 6 (0.46%) CASB
10 6 (0.46%) Kibana
11 5 (0.39%) Packer
11 5 (0.39%) SCOM
11 5 (0.39%) WSUS
11 5 (0.39%) ZABBIX
12 4 (0.31%) Nagios
13 3 (0.23%) Nessus
13 3 (0.23%) Nmap
Vendors
1 120 (9.27%) Microsoft
2 52 (4.02%) Oracle
3 45 (3.48%) Google
4 41 (3.17%) VMware
5 39 (3.01%) Salesforce
6 35 (2.70%) ServiceNow
7 32 (2.47%) Databricks
8 23 (1.78%) SAP
9 18 (1.39%) MuleSoft
10 17 (1.31%) Red Hat
10 17 (1.31%) Splunk
11 16 (1.24%) Dell
11 16 (1.24%) Palantir
12 15 (1.16%) Adobe
12 15 (1.16%) Cisco
12 15 (1.16%) CyberArk
12 15 (1.16%) Okta
13 14 (1.08%) OpenAI
14 13 (1.00%) Foundry
15 9 (0.70%) IBM