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 6 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 55 60
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +69
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 570 768 797
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.12% 4.94% 4.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.27% 15.50% 16.66%
Number of salaries quoted 389 339 559
10th Percentile £47,388 £43,227 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,373 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year - +6.15% +1.85%

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 3,995 4,955 4,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.90% 31.85% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,104 2,004 3,454
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,738 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.21%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £117,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 6 January 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 6 January 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 -21 90 £62,500 -17.22% 92
South London +5 25 £61,145 -0.81% 11
West London -18 6 £40,138 -5.56% 11
East London -16 2 - - 10
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 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.81%) Confluence
3 8 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.05%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.88%) Apache
6 3 (0.53%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.35%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.35%) Camunda
7 2 (0.35%) CMS
8 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.18%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 25 (4.39%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.70%) InVision
2 4 (0.70%) Sketch
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 12 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.88%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.70%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.70%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.53%) Maximo
5 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.35%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.18%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 146 (25.61%) AWS
2 127 (22.28%) Azure
3 44 (7.72%) Serverless
4 42 (7.37%) GCP
5 39 (6.84%) Power Platform
6 29 (5.09%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (4.74%) Power Automate
7 27 (4.74%) PowerApps
8 26 (4.56%) Figma
9 25 (4.39%) AWS CloudFormation
10 23 (4.04%) Amazon EKS
11 22 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
12 21 (3.68%) Amazon ECS
12 21 (3.68%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (3.33%) Amazon EC2
13 19 (3.33%) GitHub
14 17 (2.98%) Entra ID
15 16 (2.81%) Amazon S3
16 15 (2.63%) PaaS
17 11 (1.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.51%) Firewall
2 15 (2.63%) Network Security
3 14 (2.46%) VPN
4 11 (1.93%) Structured Cabling
4 11 (1.93%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.58%) DNS
6 8 (1.40%) WAN
6 8 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (1.23%) Software-Defined Networking
7 7 (1.23%) Wireless
8 5 (0.88%) Cisco IOS
8 5 (0.88%) LAN
8 5 (0.88%) WAAS
9 4 (0.70%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
10 3 (0.53%) HTTP
10 3 (0.53%) SAN
10 3 (0.53%) SSH
10 3 (0.53%) VoIP
10 3 (0.53%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (7.89%) PostgreSQL
2 33 (5.79%) Power BI
3 21 (3.68%) Relational Database
4 19 (3.33%) MongoDB
5 17 (2.98%) NoSQL
6 13 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (2.11%) RDBMS
7 12 (2.11%) SQL Server
8 11 (1.93%) Metadata
8 11 (1.93%) MySQL
9 9 (1.58%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.23%) BigQuery
10 7 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.88%) Pinecone
12 5 (0.88%) Redis
13 4 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.70%) Neo4j
14 3 (0.53%) Power Query
14 3 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 45 (7.89%) Jenkins
2 30 (5.26%) Git
3 26 (4.56%) JIRA
4 23 (4.04%) Axure RP
5 21 (3.68%) Balsamiq
6 15 (2.63%) JMeter
7 13 (2.28%) GitLab
8 12 (2.11%) JUnit
8 12 (2.11%) Mockito
9 9 (1.58%) Selenium
10 8 (1.40%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.88%) gulp
11 5 (0.88%) MLflow
11 5 (0.88%) webpack
12 4 (0.70%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.70%) Vite
12 4 (0.70%) WebDriver
13 3 (0.53%) Subversion
14 2 (0.35%) Eclipse
14 2 (0.35%) LabVIEW
General
1 177 (31.05%) Public Sector
2 125 (21.93%) Social Skills
3 81 (14.21%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (12.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 73 (12.81%) Law
6 48 (8.42%) Finance
7 22 (3.86%) Telecoms
8 21 (3.68%) Marketing
9 20 (3.51%) Electronics
9 20 (3.51%) Manufacturing
10 11 (1.93%) Legal
11 8 (1.40%) Advertising
12 7 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.05%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.70%) Military
16 3 (0.53%) Banking
17 1 (0.18%) Retail
Job Titles
1 96 (16.84%) Developer
2 60 (10.53%) Senior
3 59 (10.35%) Architect
4 58 (10.18%) Consultant
5 40 (7.02%) Designer
6 39 (6.84%) Software Engineer
7 32 (5.61%) Lead
8 29 (5.09%) Full-Stack Developer
9 25 (4.39%) Data Engineer
9 25 (4.39%) Java Developer
10 23 (4.04%) Analyst
11 21 (3.68%) DevOps Engineer
12 20 (3.51%) Administrator
12 20 (3.51%) Service Designer
13 17 (2.98%) Power Platform Developer
14 16 (2.81%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 15 (2.63%) User Researcher
15 15 (2.63%) UX Designer
16 14 (2.46%) Business Analyst
16 14 (2.46%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (7.37%) HTML
1 42 (7.37%) React
2 33 (5.79%) Spring
3 30 (5.26%) CSS
4 27 (4.74%) Spring Boot
5 24 (4.21%) AngularJS
6 21 (3.68%) REST
7 19 (3.33%) Node.js
7 19 (3.33%) Web Services
8 15 (2.63%) Hibernate
8 15 (2.63%) HTML5 Canvas
8 15 (2.63%) XML
9 13 (2.28%) ActiveMQ
10 12 (2.11%) Apache Camel
10 12 (2.11%) FastAPI
10 12 (2.11%) jQuery
10 12 (2.11%) JSON
10 12 (2.11%) Vue
10 12 (2.11%) WireMock
11 11 (1.93%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.72%) Cloud Native
2 39 (6.84%) Product Ownership
3 18 (3.16%) Onboarding
4 17 (2.98%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (2.46%) PKI
5 14 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.28%) Driving Licence
6 13 (2.28%) Management Information System
7 11 (1.93%) AI Agents
7 11 (1.93%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.58%) CMDB
9 8 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.40%) Security Posture
10 6 (1.05%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.05%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.05%) Private Cloud
11 5 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (0.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (6.14%) Windows
2 31 (5.44%) Linux
3 11 (1.93%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.75%) Unix
5 7 (1.23%) Android
5 7 (1.23%) VMS
6 6 (1.05%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.35%) CentOS
8 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.18%) Debian
9 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (29.47%) Agile
2 104 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
3 96 (16.84%) CI/CD
4 91 (15.96%) DevOps
5 82 (14.39%) AI
6 78 (13.68%) Software Engineering
7 76 (13.33%) Analytics
8 69 (12.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 64 (11.23%) Infrastructure as Code
10 63 (11.05%) User Experience
11 58 (10.18%) Community of Practice
11 58 (10.18%) Full-Stack Development
11 58 (10.18%) Mentoring
11 58 (10.18%) Workflow
12 55 (9.65%) Business Intelligence
13 50 (8.77%) Technology Strategy
14 49 (8.60%) User Research
15 48 (8.42%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 43 (7.54%) Containerisation
17 42 (7.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 134 (23.51%) Python
2 99 (17.37%) JavaScript
3 96 (16.84%) Java
4 63 (11.05%) SQL
5 50 (8.77%) C#
6 46 (8.07%) TypeScript
7 31 (5.44%) PowerShell
8 21 (3.68%) Bash
9 18 (3.16%) C++
10 14 (2.46%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.40%) Bicep
11 8 (1.40%) Ruby
12 6 (1.05%) Go
12 6 (1.05%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.05%) MATLAB
12 6 (1.05%) Scala
13 5 (0.88%) C
13 5 (0.88%) R
14 4 (0.70%) Groovy
14 4 (0.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 383 (67.19%) SC Cleared
2 158 (27.72%) DV Cleared
3 108 (18.95%) Degree
4 29 (5.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.98%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.11%) PhD
8 10 (1.75%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.75%) CISSP
9 9 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.23%) CISM
11 6 (1.05%) NVQ Level 3
12 5 (0.88%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.88%) SAP Certification
12 5 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.70%) CCNP
13 4 (0.70%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
14 3 (0.53%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (9.82%) Accessibility
2 25 (4.39%) WCAG
3 24 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.98%) NIST
5 16 (2.81%) Data Quality
6 13 (2.28%) GRC
6 13 (2.28%) QA
7 11 (1.93%) SLA
8 9 (1.58%) NCSC
9 8 (1.40%) GDPR
10 4 (0.70%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.70%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.53%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.53%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (0.53%) NEBOSH
12 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 70 (12.28%) Docker
2 17 (2.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.63%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.23%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.23%) KVM
5 6 (1.05%) Firmware
6 4 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.35%) pfSense
7 2 (0.35%) vSphere
8 1 (0.18%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.18%) OpenDJ
8 1 (0.18%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 74 (12.98%) Kubernetes
2 66 (11.58%) Terraform
3 23 (4.04%) Ansible
4 15 (2.63%) Grafana
4 15 (2.63%) Kibana
5 10 (1.75%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.40%) Argo
7 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (1.05%) SCCM
7 6 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.88%) SCOM
9 4 (0.70%) Docker Swarm
9 4 (0.70%) Nagios
10 3 (0.53%) Istio
10 3 (0.53%) linkerd
10 3 (0.53%) Mesos
11 2 (0.35%) AWS Copilot
11 2 (0.35%) VxRail
12 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.18%) vRealize
Vendors
1 67 (11.75%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.96%) SAP
3 32 (5.61%) Palantir
4 25 (4.39%) Adobe
4 25 (4.39%) Google
5 22 (3.86%) Foundry
6 21 (3.68%) VMware
7 20 (3.51%) Cisco
7 20 (3.51%) ServiceNow
8 19 (3.33%) Oracle
9 16 (2.81%) Atlassian
9 16 (2.81%) Splunk
10 12 (2.11%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.75%) Salesforce
12 8 (1.40%) Red Hat
13 7 (1.23%) Databricks
14 5 (0.88%) OpenAI
15 4 (0.70%) Okta
15 4 (0.70%) Palo Alto
15 4 (0.70%) Zscaler