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 10 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 79 72
Rank change year-on-year +48 -7 -14
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,395 499 767
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.88% 4.06% 3.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.28% 13.98% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 890 338 502
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,375 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £51,563 £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 £90,000 £85,000 £83,688
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +3.45% -3.33%

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 4,765 3,570 5,366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.08% 29.08% 27.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,834 1,988 2,896
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,625 £67,500 £67,850
Median % change year-on-year +4.63% -0.52% -3.07%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £101,375
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 +36 130 £76,250 +17.31% 131
South London -17 30 £55,000 -15.38% 31
West London -18 16 £73,750 +102.05% 44
North London 0 1 £45,000 -35.71%
East London -12 1 £110,000 - 21
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 19 (1.36%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.15%) Apache
3 14 (1.00%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.93%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.93%) Mule
5 12 (0.86%) Confluence
6 10 (0.72%) Palantir Foundry
7 8 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.43%) Camunda
8 6 (0.43%) SAS
9 4 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.22%) IIS
10 3 (0.22%) JBoss
10 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.072%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.072%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.072%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.072%) R Markdown
Applications
1 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.57%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.14%) InVision
4 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.14%) Sketch
5 1 (0.072%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.072%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.072%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.072%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.072%) Houdini
5 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.072%) NUKE
5 1 (0.072%) Trello
5 1 (0.072%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 7 (0.50%) Maximo
2 6 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.072%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.072%) Primavera
3 1 (0.072%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.072%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 432 (30.97%) AWS
2 263 (18.85%) Azure
3 107 (7.67%) GCP
4 80 (5.73%) Serverless
5 76 (5.45%) AWS CloudFormation
5 76 (5.45%) Cloud Computing
6 49 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
7 47 (3.37%) Power Platform
8 45 (3.23%) Entra ID
9 41 (2.94%) Amazon S3
10 38 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
11 31 (2.22%) GitHub
12 27 (1.94%) Amazon ECS
13 26 (1.86%) Amazon EKS
14 25 (1.79%) Amazon EMR
15 21 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
16 20 (1.43%) OCI
16 20 (1.43%) SaaS
17 16 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
18 15 (1.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.66%) Network Security
2 34 (2.44%) Firewall
3 17 (1.22%) WAN
4 15 (1.08%) SSL
5 14 (1.00%) DNS
6 12 (0.86%) TCP/IP
7 11 (0.79%) DHCP
7 11 (0.79%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.72%) LAN
8 10 (0.72%) VPN
9 9 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
9 9 (0.65%) NGN
10 6 (0.43%) Software-Defined Networking
10 6 (0.43%) VSAN
11 5 (0.36%) MPLS
11 5 (0.36%) NAS
11 5 (0.36%) SAN
12 4 (0.29%) BGP
12 4 (0.29%) IPv4
12 4 (0.29%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (2.72%) Power BI
2 32 (2.29%) Data Lake
3 29 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
3 29 (2.08%) Metadata
4 27 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (1.86%) Amazon Redshift
6 24 (1.72%) Big Data
7 19 (1.36%) NoSQL
8 18 (1.29%) DynamoDB
9 14 (1.00%) MySQL
10 13 (0.93%) Tableau
11 12 (0.86%) Relational Database
12 11 (0.79%) MongoDB
12 11 (0.79%) SQL Server
13 10 (0.72%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (0.65%) Amazon Aurora
15 8 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
15 8 (0.57%) DTS
16 7 (0.50%) Db2
17 6 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 62 (4.44%) Jenkins
2 60 (4.30%) Git
3 43 (3.08%) GitLab
4 31 (2.22%) JIRA
5 7 (0.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 7 (0.50%) Axure RP
5 7 (0.50%) TeamCity
5 7 (0.50%) Vite
6 6 (0.43%) Balsamiq
6 6 (0.43%) Bitbucket
6 6 (0.43%) Maven
7 4 (0.29%) Gradle
7 4 (0.29%) JMeter
7 4 (0.29%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.22%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.22%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.22%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.22%) Subversion
8 3 (0.22%) Taiga
8 3 (0.22%) VersionOne
General
1 348 (24.95%) Public Sector
2 274 (19.64%) Social Skills
3 180 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 136 (9.75%) Law
5 129 (9.25%) Finance
6 116 (8.32%) Analytical Skills
7 46 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
8 26 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
9 25 (1.79%) Legal
10 20 (1.43%) Aerospace
11 14 (1.00%) Military
12 10 (0.72%) Games
12 10 (0.72%) Manufacturing
12 10 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (0.65%) Retail
13 9 (0.65%) Telecoms
14 8 (0.57%) Advertising
14 8 (0.57%) Electronics
14 8 (0.57%) Marketing
14 8 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 287 (20.57%) Senior
2 258 (18.49%) Architect
3 230 (16.49%) Consultant
4 118 (8.46%) Developer
5 113 (8.10%) Lead
6 109 (7.81%) Solutions Architect
7 84 (6.02%) Senior Consultant
8 76 (5.45%) Analyst
9 70 (5.02%) Data Engineer
10 66 (4.73%) AWS Architect
11 57 (4.09%) DevOps Engineer
11 57 (4.09%) Software Engineer
12 50 (3.58%) AWS Solution Architect
12 50 (3.58%) Data Architect
13 49 (3.51%) Senior Manager
14 48 (3.44%) Business Analyst
14 48 (3.44%) Cloud Engineer
15 45 (3.23%) Security Consultant
16 40 (2.87%) IAM Consultant
16 40 (2.87%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (2.80%) React
2 30 (2.15%) Kafka
3 28 (2.01%) Spring
4 26 (1.86%) .NET
5 21 (1.51%) HTML
5 21 (1.51%) OAuth
6 20 (1.43%) Node.js
7 19 (1.36%) AWS CDK
7 19 (1.36%) CSS
7 19 (1.36%) Spring Boot
8 16 (1.15%) REST
9 15 (1.08%) PySpark
10 13 (0.93%) AngularJS
10 13 (0.93%) JSON
10 13 (0.93%) JWT
10 13 (0.93%) MUnit
10 13 (0.93%) OAuth2
10 13 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
10 13 (0.93%) RAML
10 13 (0.93%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 129 (9.25%) Cloud Native
2 76 (5.45%) Onboarding
3 54 (3.87%) Data Centre
4 53 (3.80%) Product Ownership
5 46 (3.30%) Enterprise Cloud
6 43 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
7 36 (2.58%) Management Information System
8 26 (1.86%) Distributed Computing
9 25 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
9 25 (1.79%) Operational Technology
10 23 (1.65%) AI Agents
11 21 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
12 18 (1.29%) Security Posture
13 17 (1.22%) Blog
14 16 (1.15%) Public Cloud
15 15 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
16 14 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
17 13 (0.93%) Mainframe
17 13 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
18 12 (0.86%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 89 (6.38%) Linux
2 70 (5.02%) Windows
3 30 (2.15%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (0.72%) CentOS
6 8 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.36%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.36%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.36%) Unix
8 4 (0.29%) Rocky
8 4 (0.29%) VMS
9 3 (0.22%) Android
9 3 (0.22%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.072%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (22.22%) Agile
2 205 (14.70%) DevOps
3 200 (14.34%) AI
4 191 (13.69%) Mentoring
5 176 (12.62%) CI/CD
6 154 (11.04%) Cybersecurity
7 153 (10.97%) Problem-Solving
8 142 (10.18%) Software Engineering
9 136 (9.75%) Infrastructure as Code
10 127 (9.10%) Continuous Improvement
11 122 (8.75%) Analytics
12 111 (7.96%) Community of Practice
13 105 (7.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 105 (7.53%) Technology Strategy
14 103 (7.38%) Project Delivery
15 102 (7.31%) Migration
15 102 (7.31%) Roadmaps
16 92 (6.59%) Scrum
17 89 (6.38%) Stakeholder Management
18 86 (6.16%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 207 (14.84%) Python
2 139 (9.96%) Java
3 76 (5.45%) SQL
4 72 (5.16%) JavaScript
5 51 (3.66%) Bash
6 33 (2.37%) TypeScript
7 30 (2.15%) PowerShell
8 28 (2.01%) C#
9 23 (1.65%) C++
10 15 (1.08%) Perl
10 15 (1.08%) Ruby
11 14 (1.00%) PHP
11 14 (1.00%) Scala
12 13 (0.93%) DataWeave
13 11 (0.79%) Go
14 10 (0.72%) Rust
15 9 (0.65%) C
16 8 (0.57%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.43%) Bicep
17 6 (0.43%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 970 (69.53%) SC Cleared
2 308 (22.08%) DV Cleared
3 179 (12.83%) Degree
4 63 (4.52%) AWS Certification
5 50 (3.58%) BPSS Clearance
6 41 (2.94%) CISSP
7 37 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (2.22%) CISM
9 23 (1.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 20 (1.43%) DBS Check
11 15 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (0.93%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.93%) CRISC
13 13 (0.93%) OSCP
14 12 (0.86%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.57%) CREST Certified
15 8 (0.57%) PhD
16 7 (0.50%) CCNA
16 7 (0.50%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (4.23%) NIST
2 56 (4.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (3.01%) Data Quality
4 37 (2.65%) QA
5 30 (2.15%) NCSC
6 28 (2.01%) Accessibility
7 21 (1.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 20 (1.43%) GDPR
9 13 (0.93%) GRC
10 9 (0.65%) WCAG
11 8 (0.57%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 7 (0.50%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
13 6 (0.43%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.29%) PMO
14 4 (0.29%) RMADS
15 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 2 (0.14%) Def Stans
System Software
1 85 (6.09%) Docker
2 45 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.08%) vSphere
5 9 (0.65%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.50%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.43%) KVM
7 6 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.29%) Squid
9 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.072%) Firmware
10 1 (0.072%) IAG
Systems Management
1 135 (9.68%) Terraform
2 107 (7.67%) Kubernetes
3 51 (3.66%) Ansible
4 24 (1.72%) Puppet
5 21 (1.51%) Progress Chef
6 20 (1.43%) Grafana
7 17 (1.22%) Prometheus
8 13 (0.93%) CloudHub
9 11 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (0.57%) Argo
12 6 (0.43%) CASB
13 5 (0.36%) Kibana
13 5 (0.36%) Packer
13 5 (0.36%) SCOM
13 5 (0.36%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.22%) Nagios
14 3 (0.22%) Nessus
14 3 (0.22%) Nmap
14 3 (0.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 130 (9.32%) Microsoft
2 55 (3.94%) Google
3 52 (3.73%) Oracle
4 43 (3.08%) Salesforce
5 40 (2.87%) ServiceNow
6 39 (2.80%) Databricks
6 39 (2.80%) VMware
7 28 (2.01%) SAP
8 19 (1.36%) Red Hat
9 18 (1.29%) MuleSoft
10 17 (1.22%) Cisco
11 16 (1.15%) Okta
11 16 (1.15%) Splunk
12 15 (1.08%) OpenAI
12 15 (1.08%) Palantir
13 14 (1.00%) Adobe
13 14 (1.00%) CyberArk
14 13 (0.93%) Dell
15 12 (0.86%) Foundry
16 9 (0.65%) Remedy