Security Cleared Jobs in London

Security Clearance
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 71 220
Rank change year-on-year +14 +149 -111
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,046 1,559 1,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.46% 4.35% 1.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.59% 16.74% 9.15%
Number of salaries quoted 687 991 738
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,631 £39,474
25th Percentile £53,751 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,617 £86,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

Security Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,709 9,312 13,908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.58% 26.00% 21.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,275 5,792 6,844
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,725 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in London

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in London.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in London

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +8 174 £65,000 -4.06% 40
South London +35 67 £80,000 +10.34% 17
North London +16 42 £55,000 - 1
West London -31 11 £37,500 -48.28% 19
East London 0 1 £28,000 -51.30% 5
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (3.06%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.58%) ArcGIS
2 27 (2.58%) GeoServer
3 23 (2.20%) OpenStack
4 18 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (1.34%) JBoss
6 13 (1.24%) Apache
7 12 (1.15%) Red Hat Fuse
8 11 (1.05%) Confluence
9 10 (0.96%) IIS
10 8 (0.76%) Drupal
10 8 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2013
11 7 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
12 5 (0.48%) Tomcat
13 4 (0.38%) nginx
13 4 (0.38%) WebLogic
13 4 (0.38%) WordPress
14 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
14 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
14 2 (0.19%) WinCC
Applications
1 23 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.38%) Sketch
5 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.096%) Blender
6 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (2.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 14 (1.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.05%) SAP HR
4 9 (0.86%) Elite 3E
4 9 (0.86%) SAP SCM
5 8 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.76%) NEC Housing
5 8 (0.76%) SAP EWM
5 8 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 6 (0.57%) SAP CO
6 6 (0.57%) SAP FI
6 6 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
7 5 (0.48%) SAP CRM
7 5 (0.48%) SAP CX
7 5 (0.48%) SAP GTS
7 5 (0.48%) SAP SD
7 5 (0.48%) SAP WM
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle Payroll
8 4 (0.38%) SAP BPC
9 2 (0.19%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 247 (23.61%) Azure
2 221 (21.13%) AWS
3 74 (7.07%) Power Platform
4 71 (6.79%) Azure DevOps
5 52 (4.97%) Serverless
6 47 (4.49%) Amazon EKS
7 45 (4.30%) Dynamics 365
8 42 (4.02%) Amazon ECS
9 40 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
10 38 (3.63%) GCP
11 34 (3.25%) SaaS
12 29 (2.77%) PowerApps
13 28 (2.68%) Power Automate
14 19 (1.82%) Entra ID
15 18 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
16 17 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
16 17 (1.63%) PaaS
17 14 (1.34%) GitHub
18 13 (1.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 13 (1.24%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 73 (6.98%) Firewall
2 42 (4.02%) VPN
3 38 (3.63%) Internet
3 38 (3.63%) LAN
3 38 (3.63%) WAN
4 22 (2.10%) Network Security
5 15 (1.43%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.34%) DNS
7 13 (1.24%) SSL
8 8 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
9 7 (0.67%) BGP
10 4 (0.38%) 5G
10 4 (0.38%) GSM
10 4 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
10 4 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.29%) IPv4
11 3 (0.29%) IPv6
11 3 (0.29%) Junos
11 3 (0.29%) NetScaler
11 3 (0.29%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (6.60%) Relational Database
2 67 (6.41%) PostgreSQL
3 48 (4.59%) Power BI
4 35 (3.35%) SQL Server
5 30 (2.87%) GIS
6 27 (2.58%) NoSQL
6 27 (2.58%) QGIS
7 15 (1.43%) Big Data
7 15 (1.43%) Oracle Database
8 13 (1.24%) Metadata
8 13 (1.24%) MongoDB
9 10 (0.96%) MySQL
10 8 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (0.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 5 (0.48%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.48%) Qlik Sense
12 5 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 77 (7.36%) Jenkins
2 59 (5.64%) Git
3 28 (2.68%) JIRA
4 18 (1.72%) JUnit
5 17 (1.63%) GitLab
6 13 (1.24%) Bitbucket
7 12 (1.15%) Cucumber
7 12 (1.15%) Selenium
8 8 (0.76%) TestNG
9 7 (0.67%) Maven
9 7 (0.67%) REST Assured
10 6 (0.57%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.48%) WebDriver
12 4 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 4 (0.38%) Terragrunt
13 3 (0.29%) Bitbucket Server
13 3 (0.29%) IntelliJ
13 3 (0.29%) JMeter
13 3 (0.29%) Serenity BDD
13 3 (0.29%) SoapUI
General
1 300 (28.68%) Social Skills
2 255 (24.38%) Public Sector
3 102 (9.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 99 (9.46%) Finance
5 69 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (4.02%) Law
6 42 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
7 41 (3.92%) Retail
8 37 (3.54%) Police
9 28 (2.68%) Military
10 24 (2.29%) Aerospace
11 22 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (2.10%) Marketing
12 21 (2.01%) Legal
13 19 (1.82%) Manufacturing
14 17 (1.63%) Telecoms
15 14 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
17 10 (0.96%) Automotive
17 10 (0.96%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 195 (18.64%) Senior
2 192 (18.36%) Architect
3 148 (14.15%) Developer
4 144 (13.77%) Consultant
5 71 (6.79%) Lead
6 67 (6.41%) Analyst
7 59 (5.64%) Solutions Architect
8 58 (5.54%) DevOps Engineer
9 57 (5.45%) Software Engineer
10 54 (5.16%) Technical Architect
11 47 (4.49%) Security Consultant
12 42 (4.02%) Java Developer
13 39 (3.73%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 39 (3.73%) SAP Consultant
14 37 (3.54%) Senior Consultant
15 34 (3.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 32 (3.06%) Project Manager
17 31 (2.96%) Full Stack Developer
18 29 (2.77%) Business Analyst
19 27 (2.58%) Senior SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (6.50%) HTML
2 63 (6.02%) .NET
3 56 (5.35%) Web Services
4 55 (5.26%) CSS
5 53 (5.07%) REST
6 49 (4.68%) Spring
7 47 (4.49%) Elastic Stack
7 47 (4.49%) React
8 42 (4.02%) Spring Boot
9 38 (3.63%) JSON
9 38 (3.63%) XML
10 33 (3.15%) Node.js
11 32 (3.06%) AngularJS
12 31 (2.96%) SOAP
13 27 (2.58%) .NET Core
13 27 (2.58%) Leaflet
13 27 (2.58%) OpenLayers
13 27 (2.58%) PostGIS
14 24 (2.29%) Apache Camel
15 23 (2.20%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 59 (5.64%) Product Ownership
2 33 (3.15%) Management Information System
3 32 (3.06%) Cyberattack
4 31 (2.96%) PKI
5 25 (2.39%) Public Cloud
6 24 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
7 21 (2.01%) Onboarding
8 20 (1.91%) Security Operations Centre
8 20 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (1.82%) Mainframe
10 18 (1.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 17 (1.63%) Operational Technology
12 16 (1.53%) Cyber Defence
13 15 (1.43%) Data Centre
14 14 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.15%) IoT
15 12 (1.15%) Virtual Team
16 10 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
16 10 (0.96%) Driving Licence
17 9 (0.86%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 130 (12.43%) Windows
2 129 (12.33%) Linux
3 39 (3.73%) Ubuntu
4 36 (3.44%) VMS
5 35 (3.35%) Windows Server
6 16 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (1.15%) Unix
8 10 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
8 10 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.48%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.38%) CentOS
10 4 (0.38%) Solaris
11 3 (0.29%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.19%) Android
12 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.096%) Debian
13 1 (0.096%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.096%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (38.15%) Agile
2 223 (21.32%) DevOps
3 149 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
4 145 (13.86%) Cybersecurity
5 138 (13.19%) Scrum
6 137 (13.10%) Actionable Insight
7 120 (11.47%) CI/CD
7 120 (11.47%) Project Delivery
8 113 (10.80%) Project Management
9 112 (10.71%) Software Engineering
10 105 (10.04%) Mentoring
11 79 (7.55%) Analytics
11 79 (7.55%) ITIL
12 74 (7.07%) Coaching
13 67 (6.41%) Collaborative Working
14 66 (6.31%) Microservices
15 65 (6.21%) Stakeholder Management
16 62 (5.93%) Collaborative Culture
16 62 (5.93%) SIEM
17 60 (5.74%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 146 (13.96%) JavaScript
2 133 (12.72%) Python
3 103 (9.85%) Java
4 83 (7.93%) SQL
5 63 (6.02%) C#
6 33 (3.15%) Bash
7 30 (2.87%) PowerShell
8 18 (1.72%) COBOL
9 17 (1.63%) Shell Script
10 15 (1.43%) C++
11 14 (1.34%) Perl
12 8 (0.76%) PHP
13 7 (0.67%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.57%) Bicep
14 6 (0.57%) C
14 6 (0.57%) Groovy
14 6 (0.57%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.48%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.38%) Scala
16 4 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 613 (58.60%) SC Cleared
2 281 (26.86%) DV Cleared
3 155 (14.82%) Degree
4 49 (4.68%) CISSP
5 42 (4.02%) CTC Cleared
6 39 (3.73%) BPSS Clearance
7 36 (3.44%) Azure Certification
8 35 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 33 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 32 (3.06%) AWS Certification
11 29 (2.77%) CISM
12 26 (2.49%) Master's Degree
13 17 (1.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 14 (1.34%) CESG Certified Professional
15 12 (1.15%) CREST Certified
16 11 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
16 11 (1.05%) HNC
16 11 (1.05%) HND
17 10 (0.96%) AWS Certified Developer
18 9 (0.86%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (3.44%) NIST
3 34 (3.25%) QA
4 24 (2.29%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.63%) GDPR
5 17 (1.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 15 (1.43%) Data Quality
7 13 (1.24%) NCSC
7 13 (1.24%) PMO
8 10 (0.96%) SLA
9 8 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.48%) WCAG
11 4 (0.38%) COBIT
11 4 (0.38%) Def Stans
11 4 (0.38%) GRC
11 4 (0.38%) ISO 31000
11 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (0.38%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.38%) RMADS
12 3 (0.29%) NIST 800
System Software
1 115 (10.99%) Docker
2 89 (8.51%) Active Directory
3 28 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.82%) Hyper-V
5 17 (1.63%) vSphere
6 8 (0.76%) KVM
7 6 (0.57%) Forefront TMG
7 6 (0.57%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 118 (11.28%) Terraform
2 101 (9.66%) Kubernetes
3 99 (9.46%) Ansible
4 17 (1.63%) Puppet
5 14 (1.34%) Progress Chef
6 12 (1.15%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.76%) HP UCMDB
8 8 (0.76%) WSUS
9 7 (0.67%) Grafana
9 7 (0.67%) Kibana
10 6 (0.57%) SCOM
11 4 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.38%) Packer
12 3 (0.29%) Consul
12 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.29%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.29%) OpenView
12 3 (0.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 136 (13.00%) Microsoft
2 75 (7.17%) Oracle
3 52 (4.97%) SAP
4 44 (4.21%) VMware
5 36 (3.44%) ServiceNow
6 28 (2.68%) ESRI
7 24 (2.29%) BMC
7 24 (2.29%) Remedy
8 23 (2.20%) WSO2
9 22 (2.10%) HP
10 21 (2.01%) Juniper
11 18 (1.72%) SolarWinds
11 18 (1.72%) Unisys
12 15 (1.43%) Red Hat
12 15 (1.43%) Tanium
12 15 (1.43%) Tripwire
13 14 (1.34%) Cisco
13 14 (1.34%) Google
14 11 (1.05%) Dell
14 11 (1.05%) Splunk