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 16 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 50 62
Rank change year-on-year -25 +12 +81
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 499 895 862
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.89% 5.15% 4.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.77% 18.27% 17.18%
Number of salaries quoted 342 400 564
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £44,825
25th Percentile £51,875 £55,000 £53,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +1.45% +10.40%
75th Percentile £86,063 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £96,250 £97,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

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 3,909 4,898 5,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.50% 28.17% 26.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,086 2,143 3,667
10th Percentile £33,125 £40,000 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,900 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.62% +2.43% +4.55%

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 16 November 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 16 November 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 -43 63 £60,000 -16.96% 218
South London +16 44 £65,000 +5.44% 12
West London -18 4 £35,319 -27.92% 24
East London -21 2 - - 12
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 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.60%) Confluence
3 5 (1.00%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (0.80%) JBoss
4 4 (0.80%) Red Hat Fuse
5 3 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.60%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.40%) Apache
6 2 (0.40%) CMS
7 1 (0.20%) Camunda
7 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.20%) IIS
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 20 (4.01%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.20%) InVision
5 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (3.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.00%) Maximo
2 5 (1.00%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.80%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.80%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.80%) SAP SCM
4 3 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.60%) Primavera
4 3 (0.60%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.40%) SAP APO
5 2 (0.40%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.40%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.20%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.20%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 141 (28.26%) AWS
2 129 (25.85%) Azure
3 55 (11.02%) Serverless
4 36 (7.21%) Power Platform
5 34 (6.81%) GCP
6 33 (6.61%) Amazon EKS
7 31 (6.21%) Amazon ECS
8 24 (4.81%) Amazon EC2
9 23 (4.61%) Power Automate
9 23 (4.61%) PowerApps
10 22 (4.41%) AWS CloudFormation
11 21 (4.21%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (4.21%) Figma
11 21 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (3.61%) AWS Lambda
13 17 (3.41%) Azure Monitor
14 14 (2.81%) Azure Functions
14 14 (2.81%) Azure Sentinel
14 14 (2.81%) PaaS
15 13 (2.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.41%) Firewall
2 15 (3.01%) Network Security
3 13 (2.61%) TCP/IP
4 12 (2.40%) VPN
5 9 (1.80%) DNS
6 8 (1.60%) Structured Cabling
7 7 (1.40%) WAN
7 7 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.20%) LAN
9 5 (1.00%) Wireless
10 4 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.60%) Cisco Firepower
11 3 (0.60%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.60%) HTTP
11 3 (0.60%) Modbus
11 3 (0.60%) Profibus
11 3 (0.60%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.60%) SSH
11 3 (0.60%) VoIP
11 3 (0.60%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (10.82%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (6.21%) Relational Database
3 29 (5.81%) Power BI
4 19 (3.81%) MongoDB
5 17 (3.41%) RDBMS
6 13 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (2.20%) MySQL
8 10 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (1.80%) NoSQL
10 7 (1.40%) SQL Server
11 6 (1.20%) Metadata
12 5 (1.00%) Redis
13 4 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.80%) DB2
14 3 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.60%) Neo4j
14 3 (0.60%) Power Query
15 2 (0.40%) BigQuery
15 2 (0.40%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 42 (8.42%) Jenkins
2 28 (5.61%) Git
3 21 (4.21%) JUnit
4 20 (4.01%) Axure RP
5 19 (3.81%) Balsamiq
5 19 (3.81%) JMeter
6 18 (3.61%) JIRA
7 16 (3.21%) Mockito
8 12 (2.40%) GitLab
9 8 (1.60%) Cypress.io
9 8 (1.60%) Selenium
10 5 (1.00%) gulp
10 5 (1.00%) MLflow
10 5 (1.00%) webpack
11 4 (0.80%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.80%) Subversion
11 4 (0.80%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.60%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.40%) ER Studio
13 2 (0.40%) Robot Framework
General
1 186 (37.27%) Public Sector
2 115 (23.05%) Social Skills
3 82 (16.43%) Analytical Skills
3 82 (16.43%) Law
4 74 (14.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 53 (10.62%) Finance
6 28 (5.61%) Telecoms
7 25 (5.01%) Manufacturing
8 23 (4.61%) Electronics
8 23 (4.61%) Marketing
9 9 (1.80%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.60%) Legal
10 8 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (1.60%) Retail
11 7 (1.40%) Military
11 7 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.20%) Advertising
13 5 (1.00%) Aviation
13 5 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 87 (17.43%) Developer
2 64 (12.83%) Consultant
3 59 (11.82%) Senior
4 47 (9.42%) Architect
5 39 (7.82%) Designer
6 34 (6.81%) Software Engineer
7 31 (6.21%) Lead
8 29 (5.81%) Analyst
9 28 (5.61%) Service Designer
10 26 (5.21%) Java Developer
11 21 (4.21%) Data Engineer
12 20 (4.01%) Full-Stack Developer
13 18 (3.61%) DevOps Engineer
14 17 (3.41%) Power Platform Developer
15 15 (3.01%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 15 (3.01%) Mid-Level Java Developer
16 14 (2.81%) Administrator
16 14 (2.81%) Cloud Engineer
17 13 (2.61%) Senior Developer
17 13 (2.61%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (8.82%) HTML
2 42 (8.42%) React
3 40 (8.02%) Spring
4 33 (6.61%) Spring Boot
5 31 (6.21%) REST
6 30 (6.01%) Web Services
7 29 (5.81%) CSS
8 24 (4.81%) AngularJS
9 21 (4.21%) Hibernate
10 20 (4.01%) Apache Camel
11 17 (3.41%) ActiveMQ
11 17 (3.41%) Node.js
11 17 (3.41%) XML
12 16 (3.21%) jQuery
12 16 (3.21%) WireMock
13 15 (3.01%) .NET
13 15 (3.01%) HTML5 Canvas
13 15 (3.01%) JSON
14 14 (2.81%) RESTful
15 12 (2.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.02%) Cloud Native
2 38 (7.62%) Product Ownership
3 24 (4.81%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.40%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.20%) Data Centre
7 11 (2.20%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.80%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.80%) PKI
9 8 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.40%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.20%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.00%) SCADA
12 5 (1.00%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.00%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.80%) CMDB
13 4 (0.80%) Public Cloud
13 4 (0.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.21%) Linux
2 28 (5.61%) Windows
3 16 (3.21%) Unix
4 10 (2.00%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.40%) CentOS
7 6 (1.20%) VMS
8 5 (1.00%) HPUX
8 5 (1.00%) Solaris
9 4 (0.80%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (0.80%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.20%) Android
11 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.20%) Debian
11 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (37.68%) Agile
2 107 (21.44%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (19.04%) CI/CD
4 88 (17.64%) DevOps
5 74 (14.83%) Analytics
5 74 (14.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 66 (13.23%) Software Engineering
7 62 (12.42%) AI
8 61 (12.22%) Mentoring
9 58 (11.62%) Workflow
10 57 (11.42%) Community of Practice
11 55 (11.02%) Infrastructure as Code
12 52 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
12 52 (10.42%) Technology Strategy
12 52 (10.42%) User Experience
13 47 (9.42%) Full-Stack Development
14 42 (8.42%) Microservices
15 40 (8.02%) Scrum
16 39 (7.82%) SDLC
17 38 (7.62%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 131 (26.25%) Python
2 99 (19.84%) JavaScript
3 93 (18.64%) Java
4 55 (11.02%) SQL
5 46 (9.22%) C#
6 40 (8.02%) TypeScript
7 21 (4.21%) Bash
7 21 (4.21%) PowerShell
8 19 (3.81%) Shell Script
9 18 (3.61%) C++
10 10 (2.00%) Go
11 9 (1.80%) R
12 8 (1.60%) Bicep
12 8 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (1.60%) Ruby
13 6 (1.20%) ABAP
13 6 (1.20%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.20%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.80%) Scala
15 3 (0.60%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 333 (66.73%) SC Cleared
2 123 (24.65%) DV Cleared
3 103 (20.64%) Degree
4 32 (6.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (4.81%) Azure Certification
7 17 (3.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (3.01%) AWS Certification
9 13 (2.61%) SAP Certification
10 10 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.20%) CISSP
11 6 (1.20%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.20%) NVQ Level 3
12 5 (1.00%) CCNP
12 5 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.80%) APMG
13 4 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.80%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.60%) APMP
14 3 (0.60%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (12.22%) Accessibility
2 22 (4.41%) WCAG
3 21 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (3.41%) NIST
5 13 (2.61%) QA
6 10 (2.00%) GDPR
6 10 (2.00%) SLA
7 9 (1.80%) GRC
7 9 (1.80%) NCSC
8 6 (1.20%) Data Quality
9 5 (1.00%) PMO
10 4 (0.80%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.60%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.60%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (0.60%) NEBOSH
11 3 (0.60%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 72 (14.43%) Docker
2 15 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.20%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.40%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.40%) KVM
5 4 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.40%) pfSense
7 1 (0.20%) IAG
Systems Management
1 78 (15.63%) Kubernetes
2 56 (11.22%) Terraform
3 26 (5.21%) Ansible
4 21 (4.21%) Kibana
5 17 (3.41%) Grafana
6 9 (1.80%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.20%) Argo
8 5 (1.00%) Nagios
8 5 (1.00%) SCOM
9 4 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.40%) AWS Copilot
10 2 (0.40%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.40%) Nessus
10 2 (0.40%) SCCM
11 1 (0.20%) Ambari
11 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.20%) Mesos
11 1 (0.20%) Puppet
11 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 77 (15.43%) Microsoft
2 44 (8.82%) SAP
3 32 (6.41%) Palantir
4 30 (6.01%) Splunk
5 25 (5.01%) Google
6 23 (4.61%) Oracle
6 23 (4.61%) VMware
7 21 (4.21%) Foundry
8 20 (4.01%) Adobe
9 16 (3.21%) Dynatrace
9 16 (3.21%) ServiceNow
10 10 (2.00%) Atlassian
11 9 (1.80%) Cisco
12 8 (1.60%) MuleSoft
12 8 (1.60%) Red Hat
13 7 (1.40%) Databricks
14 6 (1.20%) Salesforce
15 5 (1.00%) IBM
15 5 (1.00%) Juniper
16 4 (0.80%) Zscaler