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 2 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 70 63
Rank change year-on-year +35 -7 +17
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,038 540 947
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.18% 4.25% 4.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.95% 12.60% 14.25%
Number of salaries quoted 706 360 691
10th Percentile £47,220 £43,227 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,326 £55,000 £53,443
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,875 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,350 £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 4,522 4,286 6,644
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 22.55% 33.73% 28.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,461 2,014 4,304
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £49,250
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 £107,500 £115,875 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,194 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.91% +3.99% -5.98%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 +7 114 £80,500 +15.00% 132
South London -19 16 £55,000 -12.00% 10
West London -27 16 £85,000 +47.39% 16
North London -3 1 £45,000 -32.08%
East London -13 1 £110,000 - 22
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 (2.22%) SharePoint
2 20 (1.93%) Confluence
3 14 (1.35%) Apache
4 12 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.16%) Palantir Foundry
5 10 (0.96%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.87%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.19%) Camunda
8 2 (0.19%) IIS
8 2 (0.19%) JBoss
8 2 (0.19%) SAS
9 1 (0.096%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 22 (2.12%) Adobe XD
2 7 (0.67%) InVision
2 7 (0.67%) Sketch
3 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.19%) Weka
6 1 (0.096%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.096%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 12 (1.16%) Maximo
2 8 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.19%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.19%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.096%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.096%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.096%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.096%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.096%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 245 (23.60%) AWS
2 200 (19.27%) Azure
3 78 (7.51%) GCP
4 41 (3.95%) Serverless
5 38 (3.66%) Power Platform
6 33 (3.18%) AWS CloudFormation
7 31 (2.99%) Entra ID
7 31 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (2.89%) GitHub
9 26 (2.50%) AWS Lambda
10 22 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (2.12%) Figma
11 15 (1.45%) Amazon S3
11 15 (1.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 14 (1.35%) Power Automate
12 14 (1.35%) PowerApps
13 13 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
13 13 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (1.25%) OCI
14 12 (1.16%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.22%) Firewall
2 22 (2.12%) Network Security
3 17 (1.64%) WAN
4 16 (1.54%) DNS
5 14 (1.35%) SD-WAN
6 13 (1.25%) VPN
7 12 (1.16%) SAN
8 10 (0.96%) LAN
8 10 (0.96%) Software-Defined Networking
9 8 (0.77%) DHCP
9 8 (0.77%) Structured Cabling
10 7 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.67%) VSAN
10 7 (0.67%) Wireless
11 5 (0.48%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (0.48%) MPLS
11 5 (0.48%) SMTP
11 5 (0.48%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.48%) WAAS
11 5 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (3.28%) Power BI
2 24 (2.31%) NoSQL
2 24 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (1.64%) MongoDB
4 12 (1.16%) DB2
4 12 (1.16%) Metadata
5 11 (1.06%) DynamoDB
5 11 (1.06%) MySQL
6 10 (0.96%) DTS
6 10 (0.96%) Pinecone
7 8 (0.77%) SQL Server
8 7 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (0.67%) Data Lake
8 7 (0.67%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.58%) Tableau
10 5 (0.48%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.29%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 54 (5.20%) Git
2 51 (4.91%) Jenkins
3 30 (2.89%) JIRA
4 27 (2.60%) GitLab
5 18 (1.73%) Axure RP
6 15 (1.45%) Balsamiq
7 11 (1.06%) Vite
8 10 (0.96%) Maven
9 8 (0.77%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.58%) Gradle
11 5 (0.48%) JMeter
11 5 (0.48%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.48%) Subversion
12 4 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.39%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.29%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.29%) JUnit
13 3 (0.29%) Zephyr
14 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
14 2 (0.19%) Eclipse
General
1 261 (25.14%) Public Sector
2 192 (18.50%) Social Skills
3 145 (13.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 88 (8.48%) Law
5 87 (8.38%) Finance
6 84 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
7 30 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
8 22 (2.12%) Legal
9 21 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (1.64%) Aerospace
10 17 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
11 11 (1.06%) Games
11 11 (1.06%) Manufacturing
12 8 (0.77%) Advertising
12 8 (0.77%) Electronics
13 7 (0.67%) Cyber-Physical System
13 7 (0.67%) Marketing
13 7 (0.67%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.48%) Military
14 5 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 181 (17.44%) Senior
2 161 (15.51%) Architect
3 133 (12.81%) Consultant
4 107 (10.31%) Developer
5 74 (7.13%) Solutions Architect
6 61 (5.88%) Lead
7 54 (5.20%) Analyst
8 51 (4.91%) Data Engineer
9 47 (4.53%) Designer
9 47 (4.53%) Senior Consultant
10 41 (3.95%) Full-Stack Developer
11 39 (3.76%) Software Engineer
12 38 (3.66%) Business Analyst
13 37 (3.56%) AWS Architect
14 36 (3.47%) DevOps Engineer
15 35 (3.37%) UX Designer
16 33 (3.18%) Cloud Engineer
16 33 (3.18%) Senior Manager
17 32 (3.08%) Java Developer
18 28 (2.70%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (4.05%) React
2 27 (2.60%) CSS
2 27 (2.60%) HTML
3 24 (2.31%) Spring
4 22 (2.12%) REST
5 21 (2.02%) .NET
6 20 (1.93%) Node.js
7 18 (1.73%) Web Services
8 16 (1.54%) AngularJS
9 15 (1.45%) LangChain
9 15 (1.45%) PyTorch
10 14 (1.35%) FastAPI
11 13 (1.25%) Kafka
11 13 (1.25%) LangGraph
11 13 (1.25%) SOAP
11 13 (1.25%) Spring Boot
12 12 (1.16%) CrewAI
12 12 (1.16%) Middleware
12 12 (1.16%) Next.js
13 11 (1.06%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 65 (6.26%) Cloud Native
2 50 (4.82%) Product Ownership
3 32 (3.08%) Management Information System
4 26 (2.50%) Data Centre
5 24 (2.31%) PKI
6 22 (2.12%) AI Agents
6 22 (2.12%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
8 15 (1.45%) Blog
9 14 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (1.35%) Operational Technology
9 14 (1.35%) Security Posture
10 12 (1.16%) Cyber Defence
10 12 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.06%) Public Cloud
12 10 (0.96%) Algorithms
12 10 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (0.77%) Data Structures
13 8 (0.77%) Driving Licence
14 7 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 64 (6.17%) Linux
2 55 (5.30%) Windows
3 25 (2.41%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (0.77%) VMS
6 7 (0.67%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.58%) Android
8 3 (0.29%) CentOS
8 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.19%) Unix
10 1 (0.096%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.096%) Rocky
10 1 (0.096%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (22.83%) Agile
2 157 (15.13%) AI
3 146 (14.07%) DevOps
4 114 (10.98%) CI/CD
5 108 (10.40%) Software Engineering
6 106 (10.21%) Infrastructure as Code
7 102 (9.83%) Problem-Solving
8 96 (9.25%) Community of Practice
9 92 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 89 (8.57%) Mentoring
11 87 (8.38%) Full-Stack Development
12 81 (7.80%) Technology Strategy
13 80 (7.71%) Analytics
13 80 (7.71%) Computer Science
14 79 (7.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 78 (7.51%) Cybersecurity
16 73 (7.03%) Collaborative Culture
17 68 (6.55%) Containerisation
18 67 (6.45%) User Experience
19 65 (6.26%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 189 (18.21%) Python
2 132 (12.72%) Java
3 90 (8.67%) JavaScript
4 85 (8.19%) SQL
5 48 (4.62%) TypeScript
6 42 (4.05%) PowerShell
7 38 (3.66%) C#
8 28 (2.70%) Bash
9 19 (1.83%) C++
10 11 (1.06%) Apex Code
11 10 (0.96%) Kotlin
11 10 (0.96%) Rust
12 9 (0.87%) C
13 8 (0.77%) Go
14 7 (0.67%) Google Apps Script
15 5 (0.48%) Bicep
15 5 (0.48%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.39%) Groovy
16 4 (0.39%) Scala
16 4 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 724 (69.75%) SC Cleared
2 276 (26.59%) DV Cleared
3 185 (17.82%) Degree
4 33 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (2.70%) CISSP
5 28 (2.70%) PhD
6 25 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 23 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 20 (1.93%) CISM
9 19 (1.83%) AWS Certification
10 17 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (1.64%) DBS Check
11 13 (1.25%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.16%) Master's Degree
13 9 (0.87%) CRISC
14 7 (0.67%) GSEC
15 6 (0.58%) GIAC
15 6 (0.58%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.58%) OSCP
15 6 (0.58%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (3.47%) Accessibility
2 31 (2.99%) NIST
3 29 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (2.02%) Data Quality
4 21 (2.02%) WCAG
5 16 (1.54%) QA
6 14 (1.35%) NCSC
7 11 (1.06%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 9 (0.87%) GRC
9 8 (0.77%) JSP 440
9 8 (0.77%) SLA
10 7 (0.67%) Government Security Classifications
11 5 (0.48%) GDPR
11 5 (0.48%) PMO
12 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.19%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.19%) RMADS
13 1 (0.096%) COBIT
13 1 (0.096%) GAAP
System Software
1 80 (7.71%) Docker
2 37 (3.56%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.73%) vSphere
5 8 (0.77%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.67%) KVM
7 6 (0.58%) Firmware
8 4 (0.39%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.39%) Squid
9 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.096%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.096%) OpenDJ
10 1 (0.096%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.096%) Xen
Systems Management
1 102 (9.83%) Terraform
2 96 (9.25%) Kubernetes
3 36 (3.47%) Ansible
4 15 (1.45%) Grafana
5 13 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (1.06%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.77%) Argo
9 7 (0.67%) SCCM
9 7 (0.67%) ZABBIX
10 6 (0.58%) WSUS
11 5 (0.48%) CASB
11 5 (0.48%) Puppet
11 5 (0.48%) VxRail
12 4 (0.39%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.39%) Istio
12 4 (0.39%) linkerd
12 4 (0.39%) Mesos
12 4 (0.39%) Packer
13 3 (0.29%) Kibana
Vendors
1 87 (8.38%) Microsoft
2 43 (4.14%) Google
3 41 (3.95%) VMware
4 31 (2.99%) Cisco
4 31 (2.99%) Oracle
5 24 (2.31%) Adobe
6 21 (2.02%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.93%) Dell
7 20 (1.93%) Palantir
8 19 (1.83%) Red Hat
9 18 (1.73%) Databricks
10 17 (1.64%) ServiceNow
11 16 (1.54%) OpenAI
12 15 (1.45%) SAP
13 13 (1.25%) Foundry
14 12 (1.16%) Atlassian
14 12 (1.16%) IBM
15 10 (0.96%) MuleSoft
16 9 (0.87%) Okta
16 9 (0.87%) Splunk