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 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 53 59
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 +70
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 585 764 826
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.21% 4.93% 4.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.71% 15.40% 16.77%
Number of salaries quoted 402 340 575
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,495 £53,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.69%
75th Percentile £86,250 £88,813 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,291
% change year-on-year - +4.73% +3.04%

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 3,976 4,960 4,925
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.58% 32.04% 26.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,093 2,013 3,553
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,000 £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 - - +2.21%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,500 £110,000
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 11 January 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 11 January 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 -21 95 £68,750 -12.70% 91
South London +8 23 £58,000 -5.91% 16
West London -20 6 £40,138 -27.68% 8
East London -15 2 - - 10
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 (3.08%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.74%) Confluence
3 8 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.03%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.85%) Apache
5 5 (0.85%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.34%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.34%) Camunda
6 2 (0.34%) CMS
7 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.17%) IIS
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 25 (4.27%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.68%) InVision
2 4 (0.68%) Sketch
3 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 12 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.85%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.68%) Maximo
3 4 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.68%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.68%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.34%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.17%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 144 (24.62%) AWS
2 125 (21.37%) Azure
3 42 (7.18%) Serverless
4 41 (7.01%) GCP
5 38 (6.50%) Power Platform
6 28 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (4.44%) Figma
7 26 (4.44%) Power Automate
7 26 (4.44%) PowerApps
8 25 (4.27%) AWS CloudFormation
9 22 (3.76%) Amazon EKS
10 21 (3.59%) AWS Lambda
10 21 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (3.42%) Amazon ECS
12 19 (3.25%) GitHub
13 18 (3.08%) Amazon EC2
13 18 (3.08%) Entra ID
14 16 (2.74%) Amazon S3
15 15 (2.56%) PaaS
16 11 (1.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.42%) Firewall
2 15 (2.56%) Network Security
3 14 (2.39%) VPN
4 11 (1.88%) Structured Cabling
4 11 (1.88%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.54%) DNS
6 8 (1.37%) WAN
6 8 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (1.20%) Software-Defined Networking
7 7 (1.20%) Wireless
8 5 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
8 5 (0.85%) LAN
8 5 (0.85%) WAAS
9 4 (0.68%) SAN
9 4 (0.68%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.51%) Cisco Firepower
10 3 (0.51%) HTTP
10 3 (0.51%) SSH
10 3 (0.51%) VoIP
10 3 (0.51%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (7.52%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (5.47%) Power BI
3 20 (3.42%) Relational Database
4 19 (3.25%) MongoDB
5 17 (2.91%) NoSQL
6 13 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (2.05%) Metadata
7 12 (2.05%) SQL Server
8 11 (1.88%) MySQL
8 11 (1.88%) RDBMS
9 9 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.20%) BigQuery
10 7 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.85%) Pinecone
12 5 (0.85%) Redis
13 4 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.68%) DB2
13 4 (0.68%) Neo4j
14 3 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 44 (7.52%) Jenkins
2 30 (5.13%) Git
3 26 (4.44%) JIRA
4 23 (3.93%) Axure RP
5 21 (3.59%) Balsamiq
6 14 (2.39%) JMeter
7 13 (2.22%) GitLab
8 11 (1.88%) JUnit
8 11 (1.88%) Mockito
9 9 (1.54%) Selenium
10 8 (1.37%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.85%) gulp
11 5 (0.85%) MLflow
11 5 (0.85%) webpack
12 4 (0.68%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.68%) Vite
12 4 (0.68%) WebDriver
13 3 (0.51%) Subversion
14 2 (0.34%) Eclipse
14 2 (0.34%) LabVIEW
General
1 178 (30.43%) Public Sector
2 129 (22.05%) Social Skills
3 82 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (12.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 73 (12.48%) Law
6 49 (8.38%) Finance
7 22 (3.76%) Telecoms
8 21 (3.59%) Marketing
9 20 (3.42%) Electronics
9 20 (3.42%) Manufacturing
10 11 (1.88%) Legal
11 8 (1.37%) Advertising
11 8 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.20%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.85%) Military
15 3 (0.51%) Banking
16 1 (0.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 97 (16.58%) Developer
2 66 (11.28%) Senior
3 64 (10.94%) Architect
4 61 (10.43%) Consultant
5 41 (7.01%) Designer
6 39 (6.67%) Software Engineer
7 31 (5.30%) Full-Stack Developer
8 30 (5.13%) Lead
9 26 (4.44%) Data Engineer
10 25 (4.27%) Java Developer
11 23 (3.93%) Analyst
12 21 (3.59%) DevOps Engineer
13 20 (3.42%) Service Designer
14 19 (3.25%) Administrator
15 16 (2.74%) Power Platform Developer
15 16 (2.74%) User Researcher
15 16 (2.74%) UX Designer
16 15 (2.56%) Business Analyst
16 15 (2.56%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 15 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (7.18%) React
2 41 (7.01%) HTML
3 32 (5.47%) Spring
4 30 (5.13%) CSS
5 26 (4.44%) Spring Boot
6 24 (4.10%) AngularJS
7 20 (3.42%) REST
8 19 (3.25%) Node.js
8 19 (3.25%) Web Services
9 14 (2.39%) Hibernate
9 14 (2.39%) HTML5 Canvas
9 14 (2.39%) XML
10 12 (2.05%) ActiveMQ
10 12 (2.05%) FastAPI
10 12 (2.05%) Vue
11 11 (1.88%) Apache Camel
11 11 (1.88%) Elastic Stack
11 11 (1.88%) jQuery
11 11 (1.88%) JSON
11 11 (1.88%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.35%) Cloud Native
2 39 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 19 (3.25%) Onboarding
4 16 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (2.56%) PKI
6 14 (2.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 14 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (2.22%) Driving Licence
7 13 (2.22%) Management Information System
8 11 (1.88%) AI Agents
8 11 (1.88%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.54%) CMDB
10 8 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.37%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.03%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.03%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.03%) Private Cloud
12 5 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (0.68%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.15%) Windows
2 31 (5.30%) Linux
3 12 (2.05%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.71%) Unix
5 7 (1.20%) Android
5 7 (1.20%) VMS
6 6 (1.03%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.34%) CentOS
8 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.17%) Debian
9 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (28.72%) Agile
2 107 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
3 94 (16.07%) CI/CD
4 89 (15.21%) AI
4 89 (15.21%) DevOps
5 79 (13.50%) Software Engineering
6 76 (12.99%) Analytics
7 69 (11.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 64 (10.94%) User Experience
9 63 (10.77%) Infrastructure as Code
10 60 (10.26%) Full-Stack Development
11 58 (9.91%) Mentoring
12 57 (9.74%) Community of Practice
13 56 (9.57%) Workflow
14 54 (9.23%) Business Intelligence
15 50 (8.55%) User Research
16 49 (8.38%) Technology Strategy
16 49 (8.38%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 43 (7.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 42 (7.18%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 136 (23.25%) Python
2 97 (16.58%) Java
2 97 (16.58%) JavaScript
3 62 (10.60%) SQL
4 49 (8.38%) C#
5 46 (7.86%) TypeScript
6 31 (5.30%) PowerShell
7 21 (3.59%) Bash
8 18 (3.08%) C++
9 13 (2.22%) Shell Script
10 8 (1.37%) Bicep
10 8 (1.37%) Ruby
11 6 (1.03%) Go
11 6 (1.03%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.03%) MATLAB
11 6 (1.03%) Scala
12 5 (0.85%) C
12 5 (0.85%) R
13 4 (0.68%) ABAP
13 4 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 397 (67.86%) SC Cleared
2 160 (27.35%) DV Cleared
3 112 (19.15%) Degree
4 27 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.74%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.74%) PhD
7 12 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.71%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.71%) CISSP
9 9 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.20%) CISM
11 6 (1.03%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.03%) NVQ Level 3
12 5 (0.85%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.85%) SAP Certification
12 5 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.68%) CCNP
14 3 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
14 3 (0.51%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (9.57%) Accessibility
2 25 (4.27%) WCAG
3 24 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.91%) NIST
5 16 (2.74%) Data Quality
6 13 (2.22%) GRC
6 13 (2.22%) QA
7 11 (1.88%) SLA
8 9 (1.54%) NCSC
9 8 (1.37%) GDPR
10 4 (0.68%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.68%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.51%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.51%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (0.51%) NEBOSH
12 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 68 (11.62%) Docker
2 18 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.74%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.20%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.20%) KVM
5 6 (1.03%) Firmware
6 4 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.51%) vSphere
8 2 (0.34%) pfSense
9 1 (0.17%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.17%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.17%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 72 (12.31%) Kubernetes
2 66 (11.28%) Terraform
3 23 (3.93%) Ansible
4 15 (2.56%) Grafana
5 14 (2.39%) Kibana
6 10 (1.71%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.37%) Argo
8 7 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (1.03%) SCCM
10 5 (0.85%) SCOM
11 4 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
11 4 (0.68%) Nagios
12 3 (0.51%) Istio
12 3 (0.51%) linkerd
12 3 (0.51%) Mesos
12 3 (0.51%) VxRail
13 2 (0.34%) AWS Copilot
14 1 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 66 (11.28%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.81%) SAP
3 32 (5.47%) Palantir
4 25 (4.27%) Adobe
4 25 (4.27%) Google
5 22 (3.76%) Foundry
5 22 (3.76%) VMware
6 21 (3.59%) Cisco
7 20 (3.42%) ServiceNow
8 19 (3.25%) Oracle
9 16 (2.74%) Atlassian
10 14 (2.39%) Splunk
11 11 (1.88%) Dynatrace
12 10 (1.71%) Salesforce
13 8 (1.37%) Red Hat
14 7 (1.20%) Databricks
15 5 (0.85%) Dell
15 5 (0.85%) IBM
15 5 (0.85%) OpenAI
16 4 (0.68%) Zscaler