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 25 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 49 58
Rank change year-on-year -27 +9 +82
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 491 901 834
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.80% 5.16% 4.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.52% 18.01% 16.94%
Number of salaries quoted 340 405 558
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £97,500 £95,750
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 3,921 5,002 4,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.35% 28.65% 26.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,091 2,197 3,613
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,500 £38,856
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +2.68%

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 25 November 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 25 November 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 -43 68 £60,000 -20.00% 55
South London +17 40 £65,000 +5.44% 21
West London -17 5 £35,000 -28.57% 14
East London -20 2 - - 12
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 (3.87%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.63%) Confluence
3 5 (1.02%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.41%) Apache
6 2 (0.41%) CMS
6 2 (0.41%) JBoss
6 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.20%) Camunda
7 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.20%) IIS
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 19 (3.87%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (3.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.02%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.81%) Maximo
3 4 (0.81%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.81%) SAP SCM
4 3 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.61%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.41%) Primavera
5 2 (0.41%) SAP APO
5 2 (0.41%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.41%) SAP QM
5 2 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.20%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.20%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 133 (27.09%) AWS
2 125 (25.46%) Azure
3 53 (10.79%) Serverless
4 35 (7.13%) Power Platform
5 34 (6.92%) GCP
6 31 (6.31%) Amazon EKS
7 28 (5.70%) Amazon ECS
8 24 (4.89%) Power Automate
8 24 (4.89%) PowerApps
9 23 (4.68%) Amazon EC2
10 22 (4.48%) AWS CloudFormation
10 22 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
11 21 (4.28%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (4.07%) Figma
13 19 (3.87%) AWS Lambda
14 16 (3.26%) Azure Monitor
15 14 (2.85%) PaaS
16 13 (2.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 13 (2.65%) Azure Functions
16 13 (2.65%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.28%) Firewall
2 14 (2.85%) Network Security
3 13 (2.65%) TCP/IP
4 12 (2.44%) VPN
5 11 (2.24%) Structured Cabling
6 9 (1.83%) DNS
7 7 (1.43%) WAN
7 7 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.22%) LAN
9 5 (1.02%) Wireless
10 4 (0.81%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.61%) Cisco Firepower
11 3 (0.61%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.61%) HTTP
11 3 (0.61%) Modbus
11 3 (0.61%) Profibus
11 3 (0.61%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.61%) SSH
11 3 (0.61%) VoIP
11 3 (0.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (9.98%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (5.91%) Power BI
3 27 (5.50%) Relational Database
4 18 (3.67%) MongoDB
5 16 (3.26%) RDBMS
6 13 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
7 11 (2.24%) MySQL
8 8 (1.63%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.43%) SQL Server
10 6 (1.22%) Metadata
11 5 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.02%) Redis
12 4 (0.81%) Neo4j
13 3 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.61%) DB2
13 3 (0.61%) Power Query
14 2 (0.41%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.41%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 40 (8.15%) Jenkins
2 26 (5.30%) Git
3 19 (3.87%) Axure RP
3 19 (3.87%) Balsamiq
4 18 (3.67%) JIRA
4 18 (3.67%) JMeter
4 18 (3.67%) JUnit
5 15 (3.05%) Mockito
6 11 (2.24%) GitLab
7 8 (1.63%) Cypress.io
7 8 (1.63%) Selenium
8 5 (1.02%) gulp
8 5 (1.02%) MLflow
8 5 (1.02%) webpack
9 4 (0.81%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.81%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.61%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.61%) Subversion
11 2 (0.41%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.41%) Vite
General
1 180 (36.66%) Public Sector
2 107 (21.79%) Social Skills
3 79 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
3 79 (16.09%) Law
4 69 (14.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (9.78%) Finance
6 27 (5.50%) Telecoms
7 24 (4.89%) Manufacturing
8 22 (4.48%) Electronics
8 22 (4.48%) Marketing
9 10 (2.04%) Legal
10 9 (1.83%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.43%) Advertising
11 7 (1.43%) Military
11 7 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.02%) Retail
14 4 (0.81%) Fire and Rescue
14 4 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (16.90%) Developer
2 61 (12.42%) Consultant
3 53 (10.79%) Senior
4 46 (9.37%) Architect
5 38 (7.74%) Designer
6 35 (7.13%) Software Engineer
7 30 (6.11%) Lead
8 27 (5.50%) Analyst
8 27 (5.50%) Service Designer
9 21 (4.28%) Full-Stack Developer
9 21 (4.28%) Java Developer
10 20 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
11 18 (3.67%) Power Platform Developer
12 17 (3.46%) Data Engineer
13 15 (3.05%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 15 (3.05%) Mid-Level Java Developer
14 14 (2.85%) Administrator
14 14 (2.85%) Senior Developer
15 13 (2.65%) Cloud Engineer
15 13 (2.65%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (8.35%) HTML
2 40 (8.15%) React
3 35 (7.13%) Spring
4 30 (6.11%) Spring Boot
5 27 (5.50%) REST
6 26 (5.30%) CSS
7 24 (4.89%) Web Services
8 23 (4.68%) AngularJS
9 19 (3.87%) Hibernate
10 17 (3.46%) Apache Camel
10 17 (3.46%) Node.js
10 17 (3.46%) XML
11 16 (3.26%) ActiveMQ
11 16 (3.26%) HTML5 Canvas
12 15 (3.05%) jQuery
12 15 (3.05%) JSON
12 15 (3.05%) WireMock
13 14 (2.85%) .NET
14 12 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
14 12 (2.44%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.16%) Cloud Native
2 37 (7.54%) Product Ownership
3 21 (4.28%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (3.46%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.85%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.24%) Data Structures
8 10 (2.04%) Data Centre
9 9 (1.83%) AI Agents
9 9 (1.83%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.83%) PKI
10 8 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.22%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.02%) SCADA
12 5 (1.02%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.02%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.81%) CMDB
13 4 (0.81%) IoT
13 4 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.72%) Linux
2 28 (5.70%) Windows
3 14 (2.85%) Unix
4 9 (1.83%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.02%) CentOS
6 5 (1.02%) VMS
7 4 (0.81%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.61%) HPUX
8 3 (0.61%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (0.61%) Solaris
9 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.20%) Android
10 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.20%) Debian
10 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (35.23%) Agile
2 102 (20.77%) Problem-Solving
3 91 (18.53%) CI/CD
4 86 (17.52%) DevOps
5 73 (14.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 72 (14.66%) Analytics
7 68 (13.85%) Software Engineering
8 61 (12.42%) AI
9 59 (12.02%) Workflow
10 58 (11.81%) Community of Practice
11 55 (11.20%) Infrastructure as Code
12 54 (11.00%) Mentoring
13 52 (10.59%) Business Intelligence
13 52 (10.59%) Technology Strategy
14 50 (10.18%) User Experience
15 47 (9.57%) Full-Stack Development
16 40 (8.15%) SDLC
17 39 (7.94%) Microservices
18 38 (7.74%) Containerisation
19 35 (7.13%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 126 (25.66%) Python
2 97 (19.76%) JavaScript
3 88 (17.92%) Java
4 52 (10.59%) SQL
5 45 (9.16%) C#
6 39 (7.94%) TypeScript
7 21 (4.28%) PowerShell
8 20 (4.07%) Bash
9 18 (3.67%) C++
9 18 (3.67%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.83%) Go
11 8 (1.63%) Bicep
11 8 (1.63%) Ruby
12 7 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (1.43%) R
13 6 (1.22%) ABAP
13 6 (1.22%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.22%) MATLAB
14 5 (1.02%) Scala
15 4 (0.81%) C
Qualifications
1 320 (65.17%) SC Cleared
2 123 (25.05%) DV Cleared
3 98 (19.96%) Degree
4 31 (6.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (5.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (4.89%) Azure Certification
7 16 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (2.85%) AWS Certification
9 13 (2.65%) SAP Certification
10 10 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.22%) CISSP
11 6 (1.22%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.22%) NVQ Level 3
12 5 (1.02%) CCNP
12 5 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.81%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.61%) APMG
14 3 (0.61%) APMP
14 3 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.61%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (11.20%) Accessibility
2 21 (4.28%) WCAG
3 20 (4.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (3.26%) NIST
5 13 (2.65%) QA
6 10 (2.04%) GDPR
7 9 (1.83%) GRC
8 8 (1.63%) NCSC
8 8 (1.63%) SLA
9 6 (1.22%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.81%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.61%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.61%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (0.61%) NEBOSH
11 3 (0.61%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.61%) PMO
12 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 69 (14.05%) Docker
2 15 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.24%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.43%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.43%) KVM
5 4 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.41%) pfSense
7 1 (0.20%) IAG
Systems Management
1 76 (15.48%) Kubernetes
2 56 (11.41%) Terraform
3 24 (4.89%) Ansible
4 19 (3.87%) Kibana
5 17 (3.46%) Grafana
6 8 (1.63%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.22%) Argo
8 5 (1.02%) SCOM
9 4 (0.81%) Nagios
9 4 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.41%) AWS Copilot
10 2 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.41%) Nessus
10 2 (0.41%) SCCM
11 1 (0.20%) Ambari
11 1 (0.20%) Mesos
11 1 (0.20%) Puppet
11 1 (0.20%) vRealize
11 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 73 (14.87%) Microsoft
2 43 (8.76%) SAP
3 31 (6.31%) Palantir
4 25 (5.09%) Google
4 25 (5.09%) Splunk
5 22 (4.48%) Foundry
6 21 (4.28%) Oracle
6 21 (4.28%) VMware
7 19 (3.87%) Adobe
8 16 (3.26%) ServiceNow
9 15 (3.05%) Dynatrace
10 10 (2.04%) Atlassian
10 10 (2.04%) Cisco
11 8 (1.63%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.63%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.43%) Databricks
13 6 (1.22%) Salesforce
14 5 (1.02%) Juniper
15 4 (0.81%) IBM
15 4 (0.81%) Zscaler