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 17 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 62 68
Rank change year-on-year +24 +6 +13
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 946 597 915
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.93% 4.62% 3.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.05% 13.49% 14.06%
Number of salaries quoted 635 354 679
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,718 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,251 £55,000 £53,751
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,950 £95,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -

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 4,495 4,425 6,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.43% 34.28% 28.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,424 2,048 4,250
10th Percentile £36,400 £40,807 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £116,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -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 17 April 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 17 April 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 -5 98 £80,000 +11.49% 134
West London -30 16 £85,000 +47.39% 17
South London -27 14 £69,445 +12.65% 7
North London -4 1 £45,000 -32.08%
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 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.90%) Confluence
3 15 (1.59%) Apache
4 13 (1.37%) Palantir Foundry
5 12 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.95%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.95%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.32%) Camunda
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) JBoss
9 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.11%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (2.64%) Adobe XD
2 7 (0.74%) InVision
2 7 (0.74%) Sketch
3 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.21%) Weka
6 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 13 (1.37%) Maximo
2 7 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.32%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.21%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.21%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.11%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 226 (23.89%) AWS
2 187 (19.77%) Azure
3 74 (7.82%) GCP
4 43 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 41 (4.33%) Serverless
6 35 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
7 30 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (3.07%) Entra ID
9 26 (2.75%) AWS Lambda
10 25 (2.64%) Figma
10 25 (2.64%) GitHub
11 24 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (2.01%) Power Automate
12 19 (2.01%) PowerApps
13 15 (1.59%) Amazon S3
13 15 (1.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 14 (1.48%) Amazon EKS
15 13 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (1.37%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.85%) Firewall
2 18 (1.90%) DNS
2 18 (1.90%) Network Security
3 17 (1.80%) VPN
3 17 (1.80%) WAN
4 12 (1.27%) LAN
4 12 (1.27%) SAN
4 12 (1.27%) SD-WAN
5 11 (1.16%) Software-Defined Networking
6 9 (0.95%) DHCP
6 9 (0.95%) Structured Cabling
6 9 (0.95%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.95%) Wireless
7 8 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (0.63%) VSAN
10 5 (0.53%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.53%) VoIP
10 5 (0.53%) WAAS
10 5 (0.53%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (3.91%) Power BI
2 30 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (2.43%) NoSQL
4 18 (1.90%) MongoDB
5 13 (1.37%) DB2
6 12 (1.27%) MySQL
7 11 (1.16%) DynamoDB
7 11 (1.16%) Metadata
8 10 (1.06%) DTS
8 10 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (1.06%) Pinecone
8 10 (1.06%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.95%) SQL Server
10 7 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.63%) Tableau
12 5 (0.53%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.53%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.53%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 53 (5.60%) Git
2 50 (5.29%) Jenkins
3 28 (2.96%) JIRA
4 24 (2.54%) GitLab
5 21 (2.22%) Axure RP
6 18 (1.90%) Balsamiq
7 9 (0.95%) JMeter
7 9 (0.95%) Maven
7 9 (0.95%) Vite
8 7 (0.74%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.63%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.53%) Gradle
10 5 (0.53%) JUnit
10 5 (0.53%) Subversion
11 4 (0.42%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.42%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.32%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.32%) Robot Framework
12 3 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 258 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 187 (19.77%) Social Skills
3 122 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 86 (9.09%) Law
5 83 (8.77%) Finance
6 81 (8.56%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (2.33%) Legal
9 19 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
11 16 (1.69%) Aerospace
12 12 (1.27%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.16%) Games
14 10 (1.06%) Marketing
15 9 (0.95%) Advertising
15 9 (0.95%) Electronics
15 9 (0.95%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.42%) Military
Job Titles
1 167 (17.65%) Senior
2 128 (13.53%) Architect
3 110 (11.63%) Consultant
3 110 (11.63%) Developer
4 53 (5.60%) Solutions Architect
5 52 (5.50%) Analyst
5 52 (5.50%) Lead
6 50 (5.29%) Designer
7 48 (5.07%) Data Engineer
8 45 (4.76%) Software Engineer
9 41 (4.33%) Full-Stack Developer
10 39 (4.12%) Senior Consultant
11 37 (3.91%) Business Analyst
11 37 (3.91%) UX Designer
12 36 (3.81%) DevOps Engineer
13 34 (3.59%) Java Developer
13 34 (3.59%) Senior Manager
14 26 (2.75%) User Researcher
15 25 (2.64%) AWS Architect
15 25 (2.64%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (4.44%) React
2 30 (3.17%) HTML
3 28 (2.96%) CSS
3 28 (2.96%) Spring
4 24 (2.54%) REST
5 22 (2.33%) .NET
6 20 (2.11%) Web Services
7 18 (1.90%) AngularJS
8 17 (1.80%) Spring Boot
9 14 (1.48%) Node.js
9 14 (1.48%) PyTorch
10 13 (1.37%) LangChain
11 12 (1.27%) FastAPI
11 12 (1.27%) Kafka
11 12 (1.27%) SAML
11 12 (1.27%) SOAP
12 11 (1.16%) HTML5 Canvas
12 11 (1.16%) LangGraph
12 11 (1.16%) Lightning Web Components
12 11 (1.16%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 63 (6.66%) Cloud Native
2 54 (5.71%) Product Ownership
3 29 (3.07%) Management Information System
4 26 (2.75%) Data Centre
5 23 (2.43%) PKI
6 21 (2.22%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.59%) Security Posture
9 14 (1.48%) AI Agents
10 13 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
12 10 (1.06%) Driving Licence
12 10 (1.06%) Public Cloud
13 9 (0.95%) Blog
13 9 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
14 8 (0.85%) Data Structures
15 7 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
15 7 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
15 7 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 63 (6.66%) Linux
2 50 (5.29%) Windows
3 18 (1.90%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.06%) Ubuntu
5 9 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.95%) VMS
6 7 (0.74%) Android
7 5 (0.53%) Unix
8 4 (0.42%) CentOS
9 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.21%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.11%) Debian
11 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.11%) Rocky
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (24.52%) Agile
2 141 (14.90%) DevOps
3 131 (13.85%) AI
4 118 (12.47%) CI/CD
5 105 (11.10%) Software Engineering
6 104 (10.99%) Infrastructure as Code
6 104 (10.99%) Problem-Solving
7 93 (9.83%) Community of Practice
8 90 (9.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 89 (9.41%) Full-Stack Development
10 83 (8.77%) Mentoring
11 76 (8.03%) Technology Strategy
12 75 (7.93%) Analytics
13 73 (7.72%) Computer Science
14 68 (7.19%) Collaborative Culture
15 65 (6.87%) Containerisation
15 65 (6.87%) User Experience
16 62 (6.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 62 (6.55%) User Research
17 60 (6.34%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 173 (18.29%) Python
2 139 (14.69%) Java
3 96 (10.15%) JavaScript
4 82 (8.67%) SQL
5 46 (4.86%) TypeScript
6 44 (4.65%) C#
7 42 (4.44%) PowerShell
8 29 (3.07%) Bash
9 20 (2.11%) C++
10 11 (1.16%) Apex Code
11 10 (1.06%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.74%) C
12 7 (0.74%) Go
12 7 (0.74%) Google Apps Script
12 7 (0.74%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.63%) Rust
14 5 (0.53%) Bicep
15 4 (0.42%) ABAP
15 4 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 655 (69.24%) SC Cleared
2 263 (27.80%) DV Cleared
3 173 (18.29%) Degree
4 33 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (2.64%) PhD
6 24 (2.54%) CISSP
7 19 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (1.90%) AWS Certification
9 16 (1.69%) CISM
10 14 (1.48%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.06%) DBS Check
12 8 (0.85%) CRISC
13 7 (0.74%) GSEC
13 7 (0.74%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (0.63%) CCIE
14 6 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 5 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (4.12%) Accessibility
2 26 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (2.75%) NIST
3 25 (2.64%) WCAG
4 19 (2.01%) Data Quality
5 18 (1.90%) QA
6 9 (0.95%) GRC
6 9 (0.95%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 9 (0.95%) JSP 440
6 9 (0.95%) NCSC
7 8 (0.85%) SLA
8 7 (0.74%) Government Security Classifications
9 5 (0.53%) GDPR
10 4 (0.42%) PMO
11 2 (0.21%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.21%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.21%) NEBOSH
11 2 (0.21%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.11%) RMADS
System Software
1 87 (9.20%) Docker
2 33 (3.49%) Active Directory
3 24 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.59%) vSphere
5 10 (1.06%) KVM
6 6 (0.63%) Firmware
7 5 (0.53%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.21%) Squid
8 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.11%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.11%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.11%) OpenIDM
9 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 103 (10.89%) Terraform
2 102 (10.78%) Kubernetes
3 37 (3.91%) Ansible
4 18 (1.90%) Grafana
5 12 (1.27%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.95%) Argo
7 9 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.63%) Kibana
8 6 (0.63%) SCCM
8 6 (0.63%) WSUS
9 5 (0.53%) CASB
9 5 (0.53%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (0.53%) Istio
9 5 (0.53%) linkerd
9 5 (0.53%) Mesos
9 5 (0.53%) Puppet
9 5 (0.53%) VxRail
9 5 (0.53%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.32%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 83 (8.77%) Microsoft
2 47 (4.97%) Google
3 36 (3.81%) VMware
4 31 (3.28%) Cisco
5 26 (2.75%) Adobe
6 23 (2.43%) Palantir
7 22 (2.33%) Oracle
7 22 (2.33%) Salesforce
8 20 (2.11%) Dell
9 18 (1.90%) SAP
10 16 (1.69%) Red Hat
11 15 (1.59%) ServiceNow
12 14 (1.48%) Databricks
12 14 (1.48%) Foundry
12 14 (1.48%) OpenAI
13 13 (1.37%) Atlassian
13 13 (1.37%) IBM
14 10 (1.06%) MuleSoft
14 10 (1.06%) Okta
14 10 (1.06%) Splunk