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 20 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 58 58
Rank change year-on-year +11 0 +43
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 726 728 911
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.61% 4.90% 4.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.56% 14.69% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 499 331 653
10th Percentile £47,500 £44,590 £48,355
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,495 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,820 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.21% -6.46% +11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,188 £88,750
90th Percentile £95,500 £97,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £61,419 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.76% +6.82% +1.81%

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 4,135 4,957 5,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 26.26% 33.34% 27.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,203 1,993 4,159
10th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,004 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £117,500 £118,750 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 20 February 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 20 February 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 -24 96 £70,000 -7.28% 99
South London +1 22 £61,145 -0.81% 26
West London -27 9 £82,500 +43.06% 18
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 (3.58%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.75%) Palantir Foundry
3 19 (2.62%) Confluence
4 10 (1.38%) Apache
4 10 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.24%) Jupyter
6 8 (1.10%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.28%) Camunda
9 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.14%) CMS
9 1 (0.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 23 (3.17%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.69%) InVision
2 5 (0.69%) Sketch
3 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.28%) Weka
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 10 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.96%) Maximo
3 4 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.41%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.41%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.41%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.28%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 176 (24.24%) AWS
2 162 (22.31%) Azure
3 60 (8.26%) GCP
4 46 (6.34%) Power Platform
5 40 (5.51%) Serverless
6 34 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
7 33 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
8 29 (3.99%) Power Automate
8 29 (3.99%) PowerApps
9 26 (3.58%) Dynamics 365
10 24 (3.31%) Amazon EKS
10 24 (3.31%) Figma
11 23 (3.17%) Entra ID
12 20 (2.75%) Amazon ECS
12 20 (2.75%) GitHub
13 19 (2.62%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (1.93%) PaaS
14 14 (1.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 13 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.44%) Firewall
2 18 (2.48%) VPN
3 17 (2.34%) DNS
4 16 (2.20%) Network Security
5 12 (1.65%) WAN
6 10 (1.38%) Structured Cabling
6 10 (1.38%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.24%) SAN
7 9 (1.24%) Software-Defined Networking
7 9 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (1.10%) Wireless
9 7 (0.96%) LAN
9 7 (0.96%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.69%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.69%) DHCP
10 5 (0.69%) SMTP
10 5 (0.69%) WAAS
11 4 (0.55%) VoIP
12 3 (0.41%) NetScaler
12 3 (0.41%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (5.92%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (5.37%) Power BI
3 19 (2.62%) NoSQL
4 18 (2.48%) MongoDB
4 18 (2.48%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.93%) MySQL
6 12 (1.65%) SQL Server
7 11 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (1.24%) RDBMS
9 8 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (1.10%) Metadata
10 7 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.96%) BigQuery
10 7 (0.96%) DB2
10 7 (0.96%) Pinecone
11 6 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.83%) DTS
12 5 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.69%) Neo4j
12 5 (0.69%) Redis
Development Applications
1 46 (6.34%) Jenkins
2 43 (5.92%) Git
3 31 (4.27%) JIRA
4 20 (2.75%) Axure RP
5 18 (2.48%) Balsamiq
6 15 (2.07%) JMeter
7 13 (1.79%) GitLab
8 12 (1.65%) JUnit
9 9 (1.24%) Mockito
10 8 (1.10%) Selenium
11 7 (0.96%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.83%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.83%) Vite
13 5 (0.69%) Maven
14 4 (0.55%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.55%) Subversion
15 3 (0.41%) Cucumber
15 3 (0.41%) Gradle
15 3 (0.41%) Robot Framework
15 3 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 208 (28.65%) Public Sector
2 160 (22.04%) Social Skills
3 93 (12.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 83 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (10.61%) Law
6 66 (9.09%) Finance
7 17 (2.34%) Telecoms
8 16 (2.20%) Legal
8 16 (2.20%) Manufacturing
8 16 (2.20%) Marketing
9 12 (1.65%) Electronics
10 11 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (1.38%) Aerospace
11 10 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.24%) Advertising
13 8 (1.10%) Games
14 6 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.83%) Military
14 6 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 121 (16.67%) Developer
2 109 (15.01%) Senior
3 82 (11.29%) Consultant
4 68 (9.37%) Architect
5 42 (5.79%) Designer
6 40 (5.51%) Software Engineer
7 38 (5.23%) Full-Stack Developer
8 37 (5.10%) Java Developer
9 36 (4.96%) Analyst
10 32 (4.41%) Data Engineer
11 30 (4.13%) Lead
12 25 (3.44%) Business Analyst
12 25 (3.44%) Senior Manager
13 24 (3.31%) DevOps Engineer
14 23 (3.17%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 22 (3.03%) User Researcher
16 21 (2.89%) UX Designer
17 20 (2.75%) Cloud Engineer
17 20 (2.75%) Data Scientist
17 20 (2.75%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (5.65%) React
2 37 (5.10%) HTML
3 32 (4.41%) Spring
4 30 (4.13%) REST
5 28 (3.86%) CSS
6 22 (3.03%) Spring Boot
6 22 (3.03%) Web Services
7 21 (2.89%) AngularJS
8 19 (2.62%) .NET
9 17 (2.34%) HTML5 Canvas
10 15 (2.07%) Node.js
10 15 (2.07%) XML
11 14 (1.93%) Hibernate
11 14 (1.93%) PyTorch
12 13 (1.79%) SOAP
13 12 (1.65%) FastAPI
13 12 (1.65%) JSON
13 12 (1.65%) Middleware
14 11 (1.52%) SAML
15 10 (1.38%) ActiveMQ
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.16%) Cloud Native
2 47 (6.47%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.44%) Onboarding
4 21 (2.89%) PKI
5 20 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (2.20%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
8 14 (1.93%) Data Centre
8 14 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (1.79%) AI Agents
9 13 (1.79%) Data Structures
9 13 (1.79%) Driving Licence
10 12 (1.65%) Security Posture
11 9 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (1.24%) CMDB
12 7 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
13 6 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.83%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.83%) Private Cloud
13 6 (0.83%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 49 (6.75%) Linux
2 46 (6.34%) Windows
3 14 (1.93%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.52%) Unix
5 9 (1.24%) Ubuntu
5 9 (1.24%) VMS
6 7 (0.96%) Android
7 6 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.41%) CentOS
9 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.14%) Debian
10 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.14%) Rocky
10 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (29.34%) Agile
2 114 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
3 111 (15.29%) AI
4 109 (15.01%) CI/CD
4 109 (15.01%) DevOps
5 92 (12.67%) Software Engineering
6 82 (11.29%) Infrastructure as Code
7 80 (11.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 78 (10.74%) Analytics
9 76 (10.47%) Full-Stack Development
10 71 (9.78%) Mentoring
11 69 (9.50%) Community of Practice
12 61 (8.40%) User Experience
12 61 (8.40%) User Research
13 58 (7.99%) Computer Science
13 58 (7.99%) Technology Strategy
14 56 (7.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 55 (7.58%) Business Intelligence
15 55 (7.58%) Data Modelling
16 54 (7.44%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 163 (22.45%) Python
2 123 (16.94%) Java
3 106 (14.60%) JavaScript
4 79 (10.88%) SQL
5 56 (7.71%) C#
6 46 (6.34%) TypeScript
7 37 (5.10%) PowerShell
8 23 (3.17%) Bash
9 20 (2.75%) C++
10 13 (1.79%) Shell Script
11 10 (1.38%) Apex Code
12 8 (1.10%) Go
12 8 (1.10%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.83%) Bicep
13 6 (0.83%) C
13 6 (0.83%) Scala
14 5 (0.69%) Ruby
14 5 (0.69%) Rust
15 4 (0.55%) ABAP
15 4 (0.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 489 (67.36%) SC Cleared
2 202 (27.82%) DV Cleared
3 140 (19.28%) Degree
4 31 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (4.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (3.31%) PhD
7 19 (2.62%) Azure Certification
8 18 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 18 (2.48%) CISSP
9 11 (1.52%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.52%) CISM
10 8 (1.10%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (0.83%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.83%) NVQ Level 3
12 5 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.55%) APMP
13 4 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
13 4 (0.55%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (7.71%) Accessibility
2 26 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (3.44%) WCAG
4 20 (2.75%) NIST
5 15 (2.07%) Data Quality
6 14 (1.93%) QA
7 11 (1.52%) GRC
8 10 (1.38%) SLA
9 8 (1.10%) NCSC
10 7 (0.96%) GDPR
10 7 (0.96%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
11 3 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.41%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.41%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.41%) NEBOSH
11 3 (0.41%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 79 (10.88%) Docker
2 30 (4.13%) Active Directory
3 23 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.24%) vSphere
5 8 (1.10%) KVM
6 7 (0.96%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.83%) Firmware
8 5 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.28%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.14%) OpenAM
11 1 (0.14%) OpenDJ
11 1 (0.14%) OpenIDM
11 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 94 (12.95%) Kubernetes
2 84 (11.57%) Terraform
3 31 (4.27%) Ansible
4 19 (2.62%) Grafana
5 13 (1.79%) Kibana
6 12 (1.65%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.38%) Argo
8 8 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.83%) SCCM
10 6 (0.83%) SCOM
11 5 (0.69%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.69%) Istio
11 5 (0.69%) linkerd
11 5 (0.69%) Mesos
11 5 (0.69%) WSUS
12 4 (0.55%) Puppet
13 3 (0.41%) AWS Copilot
13 3 (0.41%) VxRail
13 3 (0.41%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 74 (10.19%) Microsoft
2 37 (5.10%) Google
3 31 (4.27%) Palantir
4 30 (4.13%) VMware
5 26 (3.58%) SAP
6 23 (3.17%) Adobe
7 22 (3.03%) Cisco
8 20 (2.75%) Foundry
8 20 (2.75%) Salesforce
8 20 (2.75%) ServiceNow
9 18 (2.48%) Oracle
10 16 (2.20%) Atlassian
11 15 (2.07%) Splunk
12 12 (1.65%) Dell
13 10 (1.38%) MuleSoft
13 10 (1.38%) Red Hat
14 9 (1.24%) Dynatrace
15 8 (1.10%) IBM
15 8 (1.10%) OpenAI
16 6 (0.83%) Okta