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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 74 61
Rank change year-on-year +43 -13 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,259 527 976
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.69% 4.23% 4.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.14% 13.95% 15.06%
Number of salaries quoted 823 352 665
10th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £43,436
25th Percentile £58,750 £52,188 £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 £87,500 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,125 £95,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% +8.70% -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 4,474 3,777 6,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.24% 30.34% 27.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,745 1,951 3,949
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +0.75% -0.74%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 7 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 7 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 +38 132 £80,000 +23.08% 117
South London -11 27 £55,000 -15.38% 8
West London -12 13 £85,000 +80.52% 36
North London +5 1 £45,000 -32.08% 3
East London -7 1 £110,000 - 16
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 25 (1.99%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.51%) Apache
3 14 (1.11%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.03%) Confluence
5 11 (0.87%) Palantir Foundry
6 7 (0.56%) Anypoint
6 7 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.56%) Mule
7 6 (0.48%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.48%) SAS
8 4 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.24%) Camunda
9 3 (0.24%) IIS
9 3 (0.24%) JBoss
10 1 (0.079%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.079%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (0.64%) Adobe XD
2 6 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.24%) InVision
5 3 (0.24%) Sketch
6 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.16%) Weka
7 1 (0.079%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.079%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.079%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.079%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.079%) Houdini
7 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.079%) NUKE
7 1 (0.079%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.87%) Maximo
2 6 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.079%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.079%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.079%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 376 (29.86%) AWS
2 247 (19.62%) Azure
3 96 (7.63%) GCP
4 74 (5.88%) Serverless
5 68 (5.40%) AWS CloudFormation
6 51 (4.05%) Cloud Computing
7 46 (3.65%) AWS Lambda
8 44 (3.49%) Power Platform
9 41 (3.26%) Entra ID
10 34 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
11 32 (2.54%) Amazon S3
12 31 (2.46%) GitHub
13 23 (1.83%) Amazon EKS
14 22 (1.75%) Amazon ECS
14 22 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
15 20 (1.59%) OCI
16 18 (1.43%) Amazon EMR
17 16 (1.27%) SaaS
17 16 (1.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.42%) Network Security
2 29 (2.30%) Firewall
3 18 (1.43%) DNS
3 18 (1.43%) WAN
4 14 (1.11%) VPN
5 12 (0.95%) SD-WAN
6 11 (0.87%) DHCP
7 10 (0.79%) LAN
7 10 (0.79%) SAN
8 9 (0.71%) SSL
9 7 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (0.56%) Software-Defined Networking
9 7 (0.56%) VSAN
10 6 (0.48%) NGN
10 6 (0.48%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.40%) MPLS
11 5 (0.40%) NAS
11 5 (0.40%) SMTP
12 4 (0.32%) IPv4
12 4 (0.32%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (2.78%) Power BI
2 27 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (1.99%) Data Lake
4 24 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (1.75%) Metadata
6 20 (1.59%) NoSQL
7 19 (1.51%) Amazon Redshift
8 18 (1.43%) Big Data
9 16 (1.27%) DynamoDB
10 14 (1.11%) MongoDB
10 14 (1.11%) MySQL
11 11 (0.87%) Db2
11 11 (0.87%) Tableau
12 10 (0.79%) DTS
12 10 (0.79%) Relational Database
13 8 (0.64%) Amazon Aurora
13 8 (0.64%) SQL Server
14 7 (0.56%) Pinecone
15 6 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 64 (5.08%) Jenkins
2 61 (4.85%) Git
3 40 (3.18%) GitLab
4 30 (2.38%) JIRA
5 10 (0.79%) Maven
6 9 (0.71%) Vite
7 6 (0.48%) Axure RP
7 6 (0.48%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.48%) Gradle
7 6 (0.48%) JMeter
8 5 (0.40%) Balsamiq
8 5 (0.40%) JUnit
8 5 (0.40%) Subversion
8 5 (0.40%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.24%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.24%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.24%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.16%) Mockito
General
1 317 (25.18%) Public Sector
2 248 (19.70%) Social Skills
3 164 (13.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 111 (8.82%) Finance
4 111 (8.82%) Law
5 101 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (3.34%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (1.91%) Legal
8 22 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (1.67%) Aerospace
10 15 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (0.95%) Games
12 9 (0.71%) Military
13 8 (0.64%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.56%) Advertising
14 7 (0.56%) Cyber-Physical System
15 6 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.48%) Retail
16 5 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.40%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 262 (20.81%) Senior
2 227 (18.03%) Architect
3 193 (15.33%) Consultant
4 131 (10.41%) Developer
5 101 (8.02%) Solutions Architect
6 95 (7.55%) Lead
7 76 (6.04%) Senior Consultant
8 68 (5.40%) Data Engineer
9 64 (5.08%) Analyst
10 55 (4.37%) DevOps Engineer
11 52 (4.13%) AWS Architect
12 50 (3.97%) Software Engineer
13 47 (3.73%) Senior Manager
14 44 (3.49%) Cloud Engineer
15 42 (3.34%) AWS Solution Architect
16 40 (3.18%) Data Architect
17 38 (3.02%) Business Analyst
18 37 (2.94%) Senior Developer
19 31 (2.46%) Security Architect
19 31 (2.46%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.34%) React
2 29 (2.30%) Spring
3 26 (2.07%) Kafka
4 25 (1.99%) .NET
5 24 (1.91%) REST
6 21 (1.67%) Node.js
7 20 (1.59%) HTML
7 20 (1.59%) Spring Boot
8 18 (1.43%) CSS
9 17 (1.35%) Web Services
10 16 (1.27%) JSON
11 15 (1.19%) AWS CDK
11 15 (1.19%) PySpark
12 14 (1.11%) Middleware
12 14 (1.11%) OAuth
12 14 (1.11%) SOAP
13 13 (1.03%) AngularJS
13 13 (1.03%) YAML
14 12 (0.95%) SAML
15 11 (0.87%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 113 (8.98%) Cloud Native
2 58 (4.61%) Onboarding
3 48 (3.81%) Product Ownership
4 46 (3.65%) Data Centre
5 34 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
6 33 (2.62%) Enterprise Cloud
7 32 (2.54%) Management Information System
8 21 (1.67%) Operational Technology
9 20 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (1.59%) PKI
10 18 (1.43%) AI Agents
10 18 (1.43%) Distributed Computing
11 17 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
11 17 (1.35%) Security Posture
12 16 (1.27%) Blog
12 16 (1.27%) Public Cloud
13 13 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
14 10 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 91 (7.23%) Linux
2 71 (5.64%) Windows
3 34 (2.70%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.48%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.48%) VMS
7 5 (0.40%) CentOS
8 3 (0.24%) Unix
9 2 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.079%) Android
10 1 (0.079%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.079%) Rocky
10 1 (0.079%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.079%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (23.59%) Agile
2 191 (15.17%) DevOps
3 175 (13.90%) AI
4 169 (13.42%) CI/CD
5 158 (12.55%) Mentoring
6 134 (10.64%) Infrastructure as Code
6 134 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
7 127 (10.09%) Software Engineering
8 123 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
9 121 (9.61%) Cybersecurity
10 105 (8.34%) Community of Practice
11 100 (7.94%) Analytics
11 100 (7.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 97 (7.70%) Technology Strategy
13 92 (7.31%) Full-Stack Development
14 91 (7.23%) Roadmaps
15 87 (6.91%) Project Delivery
16 85 (6.75%) Collaborative Culture
16 85 (6.75%) Migration
17 82 (6.51%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 222 (17.63%) Python
2 146 (11.60%) Java
3 83 (6.59%) SQL
4 79 (6.27%) JavaScript
5 46 (3.65%) Bash
6 35 (2.78%) TypeScript
7 30 (2.38%) PowerShell
8 29 (2.30%) C#
9 23 (1.83%) C++
10 12 (0.95%) Perl
10 12 (0.95%) Rust
11 11 (0.87%) Go
11 11 (0.87%) Ruby
12 10 (0.79%) Apex Code
12 10 (0.79%) PHP
13 9 (0.71%) Kotlin
14 7 (0.56%) DataWeave
14 7 (0.56%) Google Apps Script
15 6 (0.48%) Scala
15 6 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 889 (70.61%) SC Cleared
2 311 (24.70%) DV Cleared
3 174 (13.82%) Degree
4 48 (3.81%) AWS Certification
5 38 (3.02%) CISSP
6 37 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 36 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (2.22%) CISM
9 19 (1.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 18 (1.43%) PhD
11 17 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
12 16 (1.27%) DBS Check
13 14 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
14 13 (1.03%) Azure Certification
15 12 (0.95%) Master's Degree
15 12 (0.95%) OSCP
16 10 (0.79%) CRISC
17 7 (0.56%) GIAC
17 7 (0.56%) GSEC
18 6 (0.48%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (4.05%) NIST
2 47 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (2.30%) Data Quality
4 27 (2.14%) QA
5 23 (1.83%) Accessibility
6 21 (1.67%) NCSC
7 19 (1.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 18 (1.43%) GDPR
9 9 (0.71%) GRC
9 9 (0.71%) WCAG
10 8 (0.64%) JSP 440
11 7 (0.56%) Government Security Classifications
12 6 (0.48%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
13 5 (0.40%) PMO
14 4 (0.32%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.32%) RMADS
15 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 2 (0.16%) Def Stans
16 2 (0.16%) SLA
System Software
1 76 (6.04%) Docker
2 48 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 32 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.51%) vSphere
5 10 (0.79%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.48%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.48%) KVM
7 4 (0.32%) Squid
7 4 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.079%) Xen
Systems Management
1 134 (10.64%) Terraform
2 100 (7.94%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.97%) Ansible
4 24 (1.91%) Grafana
5 20 (1.59%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.51%) Puppet
7 17 (1.35%) Progress Chef
8 10 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
8 10 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (0.71%) Argo
10 7 (0.56%) CloudHub
10 7 (0.56%) ZABBIX
11 6 (0.48%) CASB
11 6 (0.48%) Kibana
11 6 (0.48%) WSUS
12 5 (0.40%) Packer
13 4 (0.32%) Nagios
13 4 (0.32%) SCOM
14 3 (0.24%) Mesos
14 3 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 114 (9.05%) Microsoft
2 51 (4.05%) Oracle
3 45 (3.57%) Google
4 43 (3.42%) VMware
5 33 (2.62%) Salesforce
6 32 (2.54%) ServiceNow
7 28 (2.22%) Databricks
8 19 (1.51%) Splunk
9 18 (1.43%) Red Hat
10 17 (1.35%) Cisco
10 17 (1.35%) Dell
10 17 (1.35%) OpenAI
11 16 (1.27%) MuleSoft
11 16 (1.27%) Palantir
11 16 (1.27%) SAP
12 14 (1.11%) Adobe
12 14 (1.11%) CyberArk
12 14 (1.11%) Okta
13 13 (1.03%) Foundry
14 11 (0.87%) IBM