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 22 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 76 60
Rank change year-on-year +44 -16 +6
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,212 498 1,011
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.60% 4.09% 4.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.95% 13.23% 15.11%
Number of salaries quoted 813 324 692
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,750 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £86,375 £80,813 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £62,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.87% +7.83% -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 4,336 3,764 6,690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.02% 30.92% 27.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,693 1,837 4,103
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,961 £35,850
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,820 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.21% +1.22% -0.74%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £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 22 June 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 22 June 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 +40 136 £80,000 +23.08% 66
South London -5 26 £55,000 -15.38% 6
West London -14 13 £85,000 +47.39% 19
North London +3 1 £45,000 -32.08% 2
East London -7 1 £110,000 - 17
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 26 (2.15%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.49%) Apache
3 15 (1.24%) Confluence
4 14 (1.16%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.91%) Palantir Foundry
6 9 (0.74%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.33%) Anypoint
9 4 (0.33%) Mule
9 4 (0.33%) SAS
10 3 (0.25%) Camunda
10 3 (0.25%) IIS
10 3 (0.25%) JBoss
11 1 (0.083%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.083%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (1.07%) Adobe XD
2 6 (0.50%) InVision
2 6 (0.50%) Sketch
3 5 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.17%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.17%) Weka
6 1 (0.083%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.083%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.083%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.083%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.91%) Maximo
2 6 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.083%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.083%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.083%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 334 (27.56%) AWS
2 241 (19.88%) Azure
3 94 (7.76%) GCP
4 61 (5.03%) Serverless
5 53 (4.37%) AWS CloudFormation
6 49 (4.04%) Power Platform
7 39 (3.22%) AWS Lambda
8 38 (3.14%) Entra ID
9 35 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
10 30 (2.48%) GitHub
11 28 (2.31%) Amazon S3
12 25 (2.06%) Cloud Computing
13 23 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
13 23 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
14 16 (1.32%) OCI
15 15 (1.24%) Amazon EKS
16 14 (1.16%) Amazon ECS
16 14 (1.16%) Figma
16 14 (1.16%) Google Analytics
16 14 (1.16%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.72%) Network Security
2 26 (2.15%) Firewall
3 16 (1.32%) DNS
4 15 (1.24%) WAN
5 12 (0.99%) VPN
6 11 (0.91%) LAN
6 11 (0.91%) SAN
6 11 (0.91%) SD-WAN
7 9 (0.74%) DHCP
8 8 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
9 7 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (0.58%) VSAN
10 5 (0.41%) MPLS
10 5 (0.41%) SMTP
10 5 (0.41%) SSL
10 5 (0.41%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.33%) IPv4
11 4 (0.33%) NGN
12 3 (0.25%) NAS
12 3 (0.25%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (3.22%) Power BI
2 26 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (2.06%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.57%) Data Lake
4 19 (1.57%) Metadata
5 16 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (1.32%) MongoDB
6 13 (1.07%) DynamoDB
7 12 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (0.91%) Big Data
8 11 (0.91%) Db2
8 11 (0.91%) MySQL
8 11 (0.91%) Tableau
9 10 (0.83%) DTS
9 10 (0.83%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.66%) Pinecone
10 8 (0.66%) SQL Server
11 6 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.41%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 63 (5.20%) Jenkins
2 59 (4.87%) Git
3 37 (3.05%) GitLab
4 29 (2.39%) JIRA
5 10 (0.83%) Maven
6 9 (0.74%) Axure RP
6 9 (0.74%) Vite
7 7 (0.58%) Balsamiq
8 6 (0.50%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.50%) Gradle
8 6 (0.50%) JMeter
9 5 (0.41%) JUnit
9 5 (0.41%) Subversion
9 5 (0.41%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.33%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.25%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.25%) Zephyr
12 2 (0.17%) Selenium
General
1 309 (25.50%) Public Sector
2 232 (19.14%) Social Skills
3 159 (13.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 103 (8.50%) Law
5 99 (8.17%) Finance
6 98 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
7 40 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
8 22 (1.82%) Legal
9 19 (1.57%) Aerospace
10 15 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (0.99%) Games
12 8 (0.66%) Manufacturing
12 8 (0.66%) Military
13 7 (0.58%) Cyber-Physical System
14 5 (0.41%) Banking
14 5 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.33%) Marketing
15 4 (0.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 245 (20.21%) Senior
2 216 (17.82%) Architect
3 172 (14.19%) Consultant
4 129 (10.64%) Developer
5 99 (8.17%) Solutions Architect
6 79 (6.52%) Lead
7 70 (5.78%) Data Engineer
8 66 (5.45%) Senior Consultant
9 64 (5.28%) Analyst
10 52 (4.29%) DevOps Engineer
11 51 (4.21%) AWS Architect
12 47 (3.88%) Senior Manager
13 46 (3.80%) Software Engineer
14 42 (3.47%) AWS Solution Architect
15 40 (3.30%) Cloud Engineer
16 39 (3.22%) Full-Stack Developer
17 38 (3.14%) Business Analyst
17 38 (3.14%) Data Architect
18 36 (2.97%) Designer
19 33 (2.72%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.55%) React
2 31 (2.56%) Spring
3 25 (2.06%) Kafka
4 24 (1.98%) .NET
4 24 (1.98%) REST
5 23 (1.90%) HTML
6 22 (1.82%) Spring Boot
7 21 (1.73%) CSS
8 20 (1.65%) Node.js
9 17 (1.40%) Web Services
10 16 (1.32%) JSON
11 15 (1.24%) PySpark
11 15 (1.24%) PyTorch
12 14 (1.16%) AngularJS
12 14 (1.16%) Middleware
12 14 (1.16%) SOAP
13 13 (1.07%) LangChain
13 13 (1.07%) YAML
14 12 (0.99%) FastAPI
14 12 (0.99%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 101 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 48 (3.96%) Product Ownership
3 33 (2.72%) Data Centre
3 33 (2.72%) Management Information System
3 33 (2.72%) Onboarding
4 25 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
5 23 (1.90%) PKI
6 20 (1.65%) Security Posture
7 19 (1.57%) AI Agents
8 18 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (1.49%) Operational Technology
9 17 (1.40%) Cyber Defence
10 16 (1.32%) Blog
11 15 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
11 15 (1.24%) Public Cloud
12 11 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
13 10 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
14 9 (0.74%) Algorithms
14 9 (0.74%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 85 (7.01%) Linux
2 66 (5.45%) Windows
3 32 (2.64%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.50%) Ubuntu
5 6 (0.50%) VMS
5 6 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.25%) Android
6 3 (0.25%) CentOS
6 3 (0.25%) Unix
7 2 (0.17%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.083%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.083%) Rocky
8 1 (0.083%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (22.77%) Agile
2 189 (15.59%) DevOps
3 167 (13.78%) AI
4 160 (13.20%) CI/CD
5 138 (11.39%) Mentoring
6 129 (10.64%) Infrastructure as Code
7 128 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
8 125 (10.31%) Software Engineering
9 114 (9.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 109 (8.99%) Cybersecurity
11 101 (8.33%) Community of Practice
12 95 (7.84%) Full-Stack Development
13 94 (7.76%) Analytics
13 94 (7.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 90 (7.43%) Technology Strategy
15 84 (6.93%) Roadmaps
16 83 (6.85%) Computer Science
17 81 (6.68%) Collaborative Culture
18 77 (6.35%) Microservices
19 74 (6.11%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 220 (18.15%) Python
2 143 (11.80%) Java
3 89 (7.34%) SQL
4 81 (6.68%) JavaScript
5 39 (3.22%) Bash
6 36 (2.97%) PowerShell
7 35 (2.89%) TypeScript
8 32 (2.64%) C#
9 22 (1.82%) C++
10 11 (0.91%) Rust
11 10 (0.83%) Apex Code
11 10 (0.83%) Go
12 9 (0.74%) Kotlin
13 8 (0.66%) Google Apps Script
14 7 (0.58%) C
15 6 (0.50%) Groovy
15 6 (0.50%) Perl
15 6 (0.50%) Scala
15 6 (0.50%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 874 (72.11%) SC Cleared
2 303 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 180 (14.85%) Degree
4 37 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 35 (2.89%) CISSP
6 34 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 32 (2.64%) AWS Certification
8 25 (2.06%) CISM
8 25 (2.06%) PhD
9 19 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (1.32%) DBS Check
11 15 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 13 (1.07%) Azure Certification
12 13 (1.07%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.83%) CRISC
14 9 (0.74%) OSCP
15 7 (0.58%) GIAC
15 7 (0.58%) GSEC
16 6 (0.50%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (3.88%) NIST
2 44 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (2.23%) Accessibility
3 27 (2.23%) Data Quality
4 25 (2.06%) QA
5 21 (1.73%) NCSC
6 17 (1.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 13 (1.07%) GDPR
8 12 (0.99%) WCAG
9 8 (0.66%) GRC
9 8 (0.66%) JSP 440
10 7 (0.58%) Government Security Classifications
11 5 (0.41%) PMO
12 4 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 3 (0.25%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.25%) RMADS
13 3 (0.25%) SLA
13 3 (0.25%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.17%) Def Stans
System Software
1 73 (6.02%) Docker
2 44 (3.63%) Active Directory
3 31 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.49%) vSphere
5 9 (0.74%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.50%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.50%) KVM
7 4 (0.33%) Squid
8 3 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.17%) Firmware
9 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.083%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.083%) OpenDJ
10 1 (0.083%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.083%) Xen
Systems Management
1 126 (10.40%) Terraform
2 95 (7.84%) Kubernetes
3 43 (3.55%) Ansible
4 24 (1.98%) Grafana
5 20 (1.65%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (0.91%) Puppet
7 10 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.74%) Argo
8 9 (0.74%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.58%) ZABBIX
10 6 (0.50%) Kibana
10 6 (0.50%) WSUS
11 5 (0.41%) CASB
11 5 (0.41%) Packer
12 4 (0.33%) CloudHub
12 4 (0.33%) Nagios
12 4 (0.33%) SCCM
12 4 (0.33%) VxRail
13 3 (0.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 116 (9.57%) Microsoft
2 47 (3.88%) Google
3 42 (3.47%) Oracle
3 42 (3.47%) VMware
4 28 (2.31%) Databricks
4 28 (2.31%) ServiceNow
5 24 (1.98%) Salesforce
6 20 (1.65%) Cisco
7 19 (1.57%) Splunk
8 18 (1.49%) Adobe
8 18 (1.49%) Dell
8 18 (1.49%) OpenAI
8 18 (1.49%) Red Hat
9 16 (1.32%) Palantir
10 13 (1.07%) MuleSoft
11 12 (0.99%) Foundry
11 12 (0.99%) SAP
12 11 (0.91%) CyberArk
12 11 (0.91%) IBM
12 11 (0.91%) Okta