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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 69 65
Rank change year-on-year +32 -4 +15
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 977 550 924
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.98% 4.28% 3.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.65% 12.63% 14.06%
Number of salaries quoted 661 359 683
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,082 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £71,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -8.45% +9.23%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,300 £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 4,512 4,355 6,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.01% 33.93% 28.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,442 2,040 4,270
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £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 £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -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 24 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 24 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 0 103 £80,000 +10.91% 84
West London -28 16 £85,000 +47.39% 16
South London -23 14 £59,645 -4.57% 6
North London -3 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 22 (2.25%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.05%) Confluence
3 15 (1.54%) Apache
4 13 (1.33%) Palantir Foundry
5 12 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.92%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.92%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.31%) Camunda
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.20%) IIS
9 2 (0.20%) JBoss
10 1 (0.10%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.10%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (2.56%) Adobe XD
2 7 (0.72%) InVision
2 7 (0.72%) Sketch
3 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.20%) Weka
6 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 13 (1.33%) Maximo
2 6 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.20%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.10%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.10%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.10%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 225 (23.03%) AWS
2 187 (19.14%) Azure
3 72 (7.37%) GCP
4 39 (3.99%) Power Platform
5 38 (3.89%) Serverless
6 32 (3.28%) AWS CloudFormation
7 29 (2.97%) Entra ID
8 28 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
9 25 (2.56%) Figma
9 25 (2.56%) GitHub
10 22 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (1.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 14 (1.43%) Amazon S3
12 14 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
12 14 (1.43%) Power Automate
12 14 (1.43%) PowerApps
13 13 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (1.33%) Google Analytics
14 12 (1.23%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.66%) Firewall
2 21 (2.15%) Network Security
3 18 (1.84%) WAN
4 16 (1.64%) DNS
4 16 (1.64%) VPN
5 13 (1.33%) SD-WAN
6 12 (1.23%) LAN
6 12 (1.23%) SAN
6 12 (1.23%) Software-Defined Networking
7 9 (0.92%) Structured Cabling
7 9 (0.92%) Wireless
8 8 (0.82%) DHCP
8 8 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (0.61%) VSAN
11 5 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (0.51%) SMTP
11 5 (0.51%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.51%) VoIP
11 5 (0.51%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (3.48%) Power BI
2 25 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (2.46%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.74%) MongoDB
5 13 (1.33%) DB2
6 11 (1.13%) DynamoDB
6 11 (1.13%) Metadata
6 11 (1.13%) MySQL
7 10 (1.02%) DTS
7 10 (1.02%) Pinecone
8 8 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (0.82%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.82%) SQL Server
9 7 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.61%) Tableau
11 5 (0.51%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.51%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.51%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 53 (5.42%) Git
2 47 (4.81%) Jenkins
3 30 (3.07%) JIRA
4 24 (2.46%) GitLab
5 21 (2.15%) Axure RP
6 18 (1.84%) Balsamiq
7 9 (0.92%) Maven
7 9 (0.92%) Vite
8 7 (0.72%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.61%) JMeter
10 5 (0.51%) Gradle
10 5 (0.51%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.51%) Subversion
11 4 (0.41%) JUnit
11 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 3 (0.31%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.31%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.31%) Zephyr
13 2 (0.20%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.20%) Selenium
General
1 260 (26.61%) Public Sector
2 188 (19.24%) Social Skills
3 138 (14.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 86 (8.80%) Law
5 85 (8.70%) Finance
6 82 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
7 28 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (2.35%) Legal
9 20 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (1.84%) Pharmaceutical
11 14 (1.43%) Aerospace
12 12 (1.23%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.13%) Games
14 9 (0.92%) Advertising
14 9 (0.92%) Electronics
14 9 (0.92%) Marketing
14 9 (0.92%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.51%) Cyber-Physical System
15 5 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 171 (17.50%) Senior
2 137 (14.02%) Architect
3 118 (12.08%) Consultant
4 105 (10.75%) Developer
5 58 (5.94%) Solutions Architect
6 56 (5.73%) Lead
7 53 (5.42%) Analyst
8 50 (5.12%) Data Engineer
8 50 (5.12%) Designer
9 44 (4.50%) Software Engineer
10 42 (4.30%) Senior Consultant
11 40 (4.09%) Full-Stack Developer
12 38 (3.89%) Business Analyst
13 37 (3.79%) UX Designer
14 35 (3.58%) DevOps Engineer
15 34 (3.48%) Senior Manager
16 33 (3.38%) Java Developer
17 27 (2.76%) AWS Architect
18 26 (2.66%) Cloud Engineer
18 26 (2.66%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (4.09%) React
2 28 (2.87%) HTML
3 27 (2.76%) CSS
4 26 (2.66%) Spring
5 23 (2.35%) REST
6 22 (2.25%) .NET
7 20 (2.05%) Web Services
8 16 (1.64%) AngularJS
8 16 (1.64%) Node.js
9 15 (1.54%) PyTorch
10 14 (1.43%) Spring Boot
11 13 (1.33%) LangChain
11 13 (1.33%) SOAP
12 12 (1.23%) FastAPI
12 12 (1.23%) Middleware
12 12 (1.23%) SAML
13 11 (1.13%) Kafka
13 11 (1.13%) LangGraph
13 11 (1.13%) Lightning Web Components
14 10 (1.02%) CrewAI
Miscellaneous
1 60 (6.14%) Cloud Native
2 53 (5.42%) Product Ownership
3 31 (3.17%) Management Information System
4 26 (2.66%) Data Centre
5 22 (2.25%) PKI
6 21 (2.15%) Onboarding
7 18 (1.84%) AI Agents
8 15 (1.54%) Security Posture
9 14 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (1.33%) Blog
11 12 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
11 12 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.02%) Operational Technology
13 10 (1.02%) Public Cloud
14 9 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
14 9 (0.92%) Driving Licence
15 8 (0.82%) Data Structures
16 7 (0.72%) Algorithms
16 7 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 59 (6.04%) Linux
2 50 (5.12%) Windows
3 21 (2.15%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.92%) VMS
6 8 (0.82%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.61%) Android
8 3 (0.31%) CentOS
8 3 (0.31%) Unix
8 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.10%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.10%) Rocky
9 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (23.34%) Agile
2 147 (15.05%) AI
3 136 (13.92%) DevOps
4 111 (11.36%) CI/CD
5 109 (11.16%) Software Engineering
6 100 (10.24%) Infrastructure as Code
7 98 (10.03%) Problem-Solving
8 96 (9.83%) Community of Practice
9 90 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 85 (8.70%) Full-Stack Development
10 85 (8.70%) Mentoring
11 78 (7.98%) Analytics
11 78 (7.98%) Technology Strategy
12 77 (7.88%) Computer Science
13 71 (7.27%) Cybersecurity
14 69 (7.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 67 (6.86%) Collaborative Culture
16 65 (6.65%) Containerisation
17 63 (6.45%) User Experience
18 62 (6.35%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 180 (18.42%) Python
2 136 (13.92%) Java
3 94 (9.62%) JavaScript
4 83 (8.50%) SQL
5 46 (4.71%) TypeScript
6 41 (4.20%) C#
7 40 (4.09%) PowerShell
8 27 (2.76%) Bash
9 20 (2.05%) C++
10 11 (1.13%) Apex Code
11 9 (0.92%) C
11 9 (0.92%) Go
11 9 (0.92%) Kotlin
12 8 (0.82%) Rust
13 6 (0.61%) Google Apps Script
14 5 (0.51%) Bicep
14 5 (0.51%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.51%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.41%) Groovy
15 4 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 679 (69.50%) SC Cleared
2 271 (27.74%) DV Cleared
3 182 (18.63%) Degree
4 33 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (2.76%) CISSP
5 27 (2.76%) PhD
6 24 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 19 (1.94%) CISM
9 18 (1.84%) AWS Certification
10 16 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (1.64%) DBS Check
11 13 (1.33%) Azure Certification
12 10 (1.02%) Master's Degree
13 9 (0.92%) CRISC
14 7 (0.72%) GSEC
15 6 (0.61%) CCIE
16 5 (0.51%) CCNP
16 5 (0.51%) GIAC
16 5 (0.51%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (3.89%) Accessibility
2 29 (2.97%) NIST
3 28 (2.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (2.46%) WCAG
5 19 (1.94%) Data Quality
6 17 (1.74%) QA
7 12 (1.23%) NCSC
8 10 (1.02%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 9 (0.92%) GRC
9 9 (0.92%) JSP 440
10 8 (0.82%) SLA
11 7 (0.72%) Government Security Classifications
12 5 (0.51%) GDPR
13 4 (0.41%) PMO
14 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.20%) PCI DSS
15 2 (0.20%) RMADS
16 1 (0.10%) GAAP
16 1 (0.10%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 82 (8.39%) Docker
2 36 (3.68%) Active Directory
3 25 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.64%) vSphere
5 8 (0.82%) KVM
6 6 (0.61%) Firmware
6 6 (0.61%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.31%) Squid
8 2 (0.20%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.10%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.10%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.10%) OpenIDM
9 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.10%) Xen
Systems Management
1 98 (10.03%) Kubernetes
1 98 (10.03%) Terraform
2 36 (3.68%) Ansible
3 16 (1.64%) Grafana
4 12 (1.23%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (0.92%) Argo
6 9 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.61%) SCCM
7 6 (0.61%) WSUS
7 6 (0.61%) ZABBIX
8 5 (0.51%) CASB
8 5 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (0.51%) Istio
8 5 (0.51%) linkerd
8 5 (0.51%) Mesos
8 5 (0.51%) Puppet
8 5 (0.51%) VxRail
9 4 (0.41%) Kibana
10 3 (0.31%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 81 (8.29%) Microsoft
2 43 (4.40%) Google
3 36 (3.68%) VMware
4 32 (3.28%) Cisco
5 27 (2.76%) Adobe
6 25 (2.56%) Oracle
7 23 (2.35%) Palantir
8 21 (2.15%) Salesforce
9 20 (2.05%) Dell
10 16 (1.64%) Red Hat
11 15 (1.54%) Databricks
11 15 (1.54%) SAP
11 15 (1.54%) ServiceNow
12 14 (1.43%) Foundry
12 14 (1.43%) OpenAI
13 13 (1.33%) IBM
14 12 (1.23%) Atlassian
15 10 (1.02%) MuleSoft
16 9 (0.92%) Okta
16 9 (0.92%) Splunk