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 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 54 62
Rank change year-on-year -10 +8 +69
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 523 827 786
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.94% 5.07% 4.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.06% 16.66% 16.46%
Number of salaries quoted 356 376 545
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £44,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £69,104 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +0.15% +6.15%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,313 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £97,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

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 4,005 4,965 4,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.19% 30.45% 26.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,102 2,137 3,508
10th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,125 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.83% +0.75%

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 14 December 2025.

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 14 December 2025. 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 -30 80 £60,000 -20.00% 71
South London +13 34 £65,000 +5.44% 15
West London -14 6 £37,569 -11.60% 16
East London -17 2 - - 7
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 18 (3.44%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.49%) Confluence
3 5 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.76%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (0.57%) Apache
6 2 (0.38%) Camunda
6 2 (0.38%) CMS
7 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.19%) IIS
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 20 (3.82%) Adobe XD
2 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.19%) InVision
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (0.19%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 19 (3.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.96%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.76%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.76%) SAP SCM
4 3 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.57%) Maximo
4 3 (0.57%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.38%) SAP APO
5 2 (0.38%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.38%) SAP QM
5 2 (0.38%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.19%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.19%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.19%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 138 (26.39%) AWS
2 123 (23.52%) Azure
3 49 (9.37%) Serverless
4 39 (7.46%) GCP
5 34 (6.50%) Power Platform
6 26 (4.97%) Amazon EKS
7 24 (4.59%) Amazon ECS
7 24 (4.59%) AWS CloudFormation
7 24 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (4.40%) Power Automate
8 23 (4.40%) PowerApps
9 21 (4.02%) Amazon EC2
9 21 (4.02%) Figma
10 20 (3.82%) AWS Lambda
10 20 (3.82%) Dynamics 365
11 17 (3.25%) GitHub
12 14 (2.68%) PaaS
13 12 (2.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 12 (2.29%) Amazon S3
13 12 (2.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.21%) Firewall
2 15 (2.87%) Network Security
3 14 (2.68%) VPN
4 13 (2.49%) TCP/IP
5 11 (2.10%) Structured Cabling
6 9 (1.72%) DNS
7 7 (1.34%) WAN
7 7 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.15%) LAN
8 6 (1.15%) Software-Defined Networking
9 5 (0.96%) Wireless
10 3 (0.57%) Cisco Firepower
10 3 (0.57%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.57%) HTTP
10 3 (0.57%) Modbus
10 3 (0.57%) Profibus
10 3 (0.57%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.57%) SSH
10 3 (0.57%) VoIP
10 3 (0.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (8.80%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (5.35%) Power BI
3 23 (4.40%) Relational Database
4 17 (3.25%) MongoDB
5 14 (2.68%) RDBMS
6 13 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (2.49%) NoSQL
7 12 (2.29%) MySQL
8 8 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (1.53%) SQL Server
9 7 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.34%) Metadata
10 6 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.96%) Redis
12 4 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.76%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.76%) Pinecone
13 3 (0.57%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.57%) Power Query
13 3 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 45 (8.60%) Jenkins
2 30 (5.74%) Git
3 24 (4.59%) JIRA
4 20 (3.82%) Axure RP
5 19 (3.63%) Balsamiq
6 17 (3.25%) JMeter
7 14 (2.68%) JUnit
7 14 (2.68%) Mockito
8 12 (2.29%) GitLab
9 9 (1.72%) Selenium
10 8 (1.53%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.96%) gulp
11 5 (0.96%) MLflow
11 5 (0.96%) webpack
12 4 (0.76%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.76%) Vite
12 4 (0.76%) WebDriver
13 3 (0.57%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.57%) Subversion
14 2 (0.38%) Robot Framework
General
1 175 (33.46%) Public Sector
2 114 (21.80%) Social Skills
3 78 (14.91%) Law
4 77 (14.72%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (12.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 49 (9.37%) Finance
7 26 (4.97%) Telecoms
8 23 (4.40%) Manufacturing
9 22 (4.21%) Marketing
10 21 (4.02%) Electronics
11 11 (2.10%) Legal
12 9 (1.72%) Aerospace
13 8 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.34%) Advertising
14 7 (1.34%) Military
14 7 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.76%) Fire and Rescue
17 3 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.57%) Police
Job Titles
1 91 (17.40%) Developer
2 57 (10.90%) Consultant
3 52 (9.94%) Architect
4 48 (9.18%) Senior
5 37 (7.07%) Designer
6 36 (6.88%) Software Engineer
7 31 (5.93%) Lead
8 24 (4.59%) Analyst
8 24 (4.59%) Service Designer
9 23 (4.40%) Full-Stack Developer
10 20 (3.82%) Java Developer
11 19 (3.63%) DevOps Engineer
12 17 (3.25%) Administrator
12 17 (3.25%) Data Engineer
12 17 (3.25%) Power Platform Developer
13 14 (2.68%) Business Analyst
13 14 (2.68%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 14 (2.68%) Mid-Level Java Developer
13 14 (2.68%) Senior Developer
14 12 (2.29%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (7.65%) HTML
1 40 (7.65%) React
2 33 (6.31%) Spring
3 27 (5.16%) Spring Boot
4 26 (4.97%) CSS
5 24 (4.59%) REST
6 23 (4.40%) AngularJS
7 22 (4.21%) Web Services
8 19 (3.63%) Node.js
9 17 (3.25%) Hibernate
9 17 (3.25%) XML
10 15 (2.87%) ActiveMQ
10 15 (2.87%) HTML5 Canvas
11 14 (2.68%) .NET
11 14 (2.68%) Apache Camel
11 14 (2.68%) jQuery
11 14 (2.68%) JSON
11 14 (2.68%) WireMock
12 12 (2.29%) FastAPI
12 12 (2.29%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.65%) Cloud Native
2 35 (6.69%) Product Ownership
3 18 (3.44%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (2.68%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.49%) Driving Licence
5 13 (2.49%) Onboarding
6 12 (2.29%) Data Structures
7 10 (1.91%) PKI
8 9 (1.72%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.15%) CMDB
10 6 (1.15%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.15%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.15%) Private Cloud
11 5 (0.96%) SCADA
11 5 (0.96%) Security Posture
11 5 (0.96%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 31 (5.93%) Linux
2 30 (5.74%) Windows
3 10 (1.91%) Unix
4 9 (1.72%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.34%) VMS
6 6 (1.15%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.57%) Android
7 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.38%) CentOS
8 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.19%) Debian
9 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (32.12%) Agile
2 105 (20.08%) Problem-Solving
3 96 (18.36%) CI/CD
4 87 (16.63%) DevOps
5 75 (14.34%) Analytics
6 73 (13.96%) AI
6 73 (13.96%) Continuous Improvement
7 72 (13.77%) Software Engineering
8 63 (12.05%) Infrastructure as Code
9 61 (11.66%) Workflow
10 58 (11.09%) Community of Practice
11 57 (10.90%) User Experience
12 52 (9.94%) Business Intelligence
12 52 (9.94%) Technology Strategy
13 51 (9.75%) Full-Stack Development
14 47 (8.99%) Mentoring
15 43 (8.22%) SDLC
16 42 (8.03%) Containerisation
17 40 (7.65%) User Research
18 39 (7.46%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 126 (24.09%) Python
2 97 (18.55%) JavaScript
3 86 (16.44%) Java
4 56 (10.71%) SQL
5 45 (8.60%) C#
6 42 (8.03%) TypeScript
7 22 (4.21%) PowerShell
8 21 (4.02%) Bash
9 18 (3.44%) C++
10 17 (3.25%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.53%) Bicep
11 8 (1.53%) Ruby
12 7 (1.34%) Go
13 6 (1.15%) ABAP
13 6 (1.15%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.15%) MATLAB
13 6 (1.15%) Scala
14 5 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.96%) R
15 4 (0.76%) C
Qualifications
1 344 (65.77%) SC Cleared
2 141 (26.96%) DV Cleared
3 97 (18.55%) Degree
4 29 (5.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (4.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (4.02%) Azure Certification
7 13 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.49%) SAP Certification
8 12 (2.29%) AWS Certification
9 11 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.53%) CISSP
11 6 (1.15%) NVQ Level 3
12 5 (0.96%) CCNP
12 5 (0.96%) CISM
12 5 (0.96%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.96%) PhD
13 4 (0.76%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.57%) HNC
14 3 (0.57%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (9.75%) Accessibility
2 22 (4.21%) WCAG
3 21 (4.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (3.44%) NIST
5 13 (2.49%) QA
6 11 (2.10%) GRC
7 9 (1.72%) Data Quality
8 8 (1.53%) GDPR
8 8 (1.53%) NCSC
9 6 (1.15%) SLA
10 4 (0.76%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.57%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.57%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (0.57%) NEBOSH
11 3 (0.57%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 71 (13.58%) Docker
2 15 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (2.49%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.34%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.34%) KVM
5 4 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.38%) Firmware
6 2 (0.38%) pfSense
7 1 (0.19%) IAG
Systems Management
1 76 (14.53%) Kubernetes
2 63 (12.05%) Terraform
3 24 (4.59%) Ansible
4 17 (3.25%) Grafana
4 17 (3.25%) Kibana
5 10 (1.91%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.53%) Argo
7 5 (0.96%) SCOM
8 4 (0.76%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (0.76%) Nagios
8 4 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.57%) Istio
9 3 (0.57%) linkerd
9 3 (0.57%) Mesos
9 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.57%) SCCM
10 2 (0.38%) AWS Copilot
10 2 (0.38%) Nessus
11 1 (0.19%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 62 (11.85%) Microsoft
2 43 (8.22%) SAP
3 32 (6.12%) Palantir
4 22 (4.21%) Foundry
4 22 (4.21%) Google
5 21 (4.02%) Splunk
6 20 (3.82%) Adobe
6 20 (3.82%) ServiceNow
7 19 (3.63%) Oracle
7 19 (3.63%) VMware
8 14 (2.68%) Atlassian
8 14 (2.68%) Dynatrace
9 13 (2.49%) Cisco
10 10 (1.91%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.53%) Databricks
11 8 (1.53%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.34%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.96%) Juniper
14 4 (0.76%) IBM
14 4 (0.76%) Zscaler