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 26 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 57 60
Rank change year-on-year +12 +3 +35
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 745 702 895
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.66% 4.79% 4.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.89% 14.36% 15.58%
Number of salaries quoted 509 325 637
10th Percentile £47,500 £44,590 £48,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,495 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -6.90% +11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £95,500 £97,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £61,251 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.04% +6.52% +3.41%

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 4,164 4,889 5,746
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 26.03% 33.37% 27.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,213 1,985 4,084
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £116,250 £118,750 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 26 February 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 26 February 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 -19 95 £70,000 -6.67% 86
South London -2 21 £64,290 +4.29% 13
West London -24 11 £85,000 +47.39% 18
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 27 (3.62%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.68%) Palantir Foundry
3 19 (2.55%) Confluence
4 11 (1.48%) Apache
4 11 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.21%) Jupyter
6 8 (1.07%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.27%) Camunda
9 1 (0.13%) CMS
9 1 (0.13%) IIS
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 24 (3.22%) Adobe XD
2 6 (0.81%) InVision
2 6 (0.81%) Sketch
3 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.27%) Weka
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 8 (1.07%) Maximo
2 7 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.27%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.27%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.27%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 180 (24.16%) AWS
2 168 (22.55%) Azure
3 63 (8.46%) GCP
4 48 (6.44%) Power Platform
5 42 (5.64%) Serverless
6 34 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
7 32 (4.30%) AWS CloudFormation
8 29 (3.89%) Power Automate
8 29 (3.89%) PowerApps
9 27 (3.62%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (3.36%) Entra ID
10 25 (3.36%) Figma
11 22 (2.95%) Amazon EKS
12 20 (2.68%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (2.68%) GitHub
13 19 (2.55%) Amazon ECS
14 15 (2.01%) PaaS
14 15 (2.01%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 13 (1.74%) Amazon EC2
15 13 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.49%) Firewall
2 19 (2.55%) DNS
2 19 (2.55%) VPN
3 16 (2.15%) Network Security
4 12 (1.61%) WAN
5 11 (1.48%) SAN
6 10 (1.34%) Structured Cabling
6 10 (1.34%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (1.21%) Software-Defined Networking
8 8 (1.07%) LAN
8 8 (1.07%) Wireless
9 7 (0.94%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.81%) DHCP
11 5 (0.67%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (0.67%) SMTP
11 5 (0.67%) WAAS
12 4 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.54%) VoIP
12 4 (0.54%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (6.04%) PostgreSQL
2 41 (5.50%) Power BI
3 21 (2.82%) NoSQL
4 19 (2.55%) MongoDB
5 17 (2.28%) Relational Database
6 14 (1.88%) MySQL
7 13 (1.74%) SQL Server
8 11 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (1.21%) Metadata
10 8 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (1.07%) DB2
10 8 (1.07%) DTS
10 8 (1.07%) Pinecone
10 8 (1.07%) RDBMS
11 7 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.94%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.67%) Redis
13 5 (0.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 47 (6.31%) Git
1 47 (6.31%) Jenkins
2 31 (4.16%) JIRA
3 21 (2.82%) Axure RP
4 18 (2.42%) Balsamiq
5 14 (1.88%) GitLab
5 14 (1.88%) JMeter
6 11 (1.48%) JUnit
7 8 (1.07%) Mockito
7 8 (1.07%) Selenium
8 7 (0.94%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.94%) Vite
9 6 (0.81%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.67%) Maven
11 4 (0.54%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.54%) Subversion
12 3 (0.40%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.40%) Gradle
12 3 (0.40%) Robot Framework
General
1 217 (29.13%) Public Sector
2 171 (22.95%) Social Skills
3 93 (12.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 85 (11.41%) Analytical Skills
5 79 (10.60%) Law
6 68 (9.13%) Finance
7 18 (2.42%) Legal
8 17 (2.28%) Telecoms
9 16 (2.15%) Marketing
10 15 (2.01%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
12 12 (1.61%) Electronics
13 11 (1.48%) Aerospace
14 10 (1.34%) Games
14 10 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (1.21%) Advertising
16 7 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
18 5 (0.67%) Military
19 2 (0.27%) Banking
Job Titles
1 121 (16.24%) Developer
2 117 (15.70%) Senior
3 83 (11.14%) Consultant
4 68 (9.13%) Architect
5 44 (5.91%) Designer
6 41 (5.50%) Software Engineer
7 37 (4.97%) Analyst
7 37 (4.97%) Full-Stack Developer
8 36 (4.83%) Java Developer
9 35 (4.70%) Data Engineer
10 31 (4.16%) Lead
11 27 (3.62%) Senior Manager
12 25 (3.36%) Business Analyst
12 25 (3.36%) User Researcher
13 24 (3.22%) DevOps Engineer
14 23 (3.09%) UX Designer
15 22 (2.95%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 20 (2.68%) Data Scientist
16 20 (2.68%) Senior Consultant
16 20 (2.68%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (5.64%) React
2 38 (5.10%) HTML
3 35 (4.70%) Spring
4 30 (4.03%) CSS
5 29 (3.89%) REST
6 25 (3.36%) Spring Boot
7 22 (2.95%) Web Services
8 20 (2.68%) .NET
8 20 (2.68%) AngularJS
9 17 (2.28%) HTML5 Canvas
10 16 (2.15%) Node.js
11 14 (1.88%) PyTorch
11 14 (1.88%) XML
12 13 (1.74%) FastAPI
12 13 (1.74%) Hibernate
12 13 (1.74%) SOAP
13 12 (1.61%) LangChain
13 12 (1.61%) Middleware
13 12 (1.61%) SAML
14 11 (1.48%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 54 (7.25%) Cloud Native
2 47 (6.31%) Product Ownership
3 25 (3.36%) Onboarding
4 23 (3.09%) PKI
5 20 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (2.28%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.15%) Data Centre
8 14 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (1.74%) AI Agents
9 13 (1.74%) Data Structures
9 13 (1.74%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (1.74%) Driving Licence
9 13 (1.74%) Security Posture
10 9 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.07%) CMDB
12 7 (0.94%) Linux Command Line
13 6 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.81%) Low-Code
13 6 (0.81%) Private Cloud
13 6 (0.81%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 50 (6.71%) Linux
2 47 (6.31%) Windows
3 15 (2.01%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.48%) Unix
5 10 (1.34%) VMS
6 9 (1.21%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.94%) Android
8 6 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.40%) CentOS
10 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.13%) Debian
11 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.13%) Rocky
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (29.93%) Agile
2 117 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
3 116 (15.57%) AI
4 114 (15.30%) DevOps
5 113 (15.17%) CI/CD
6 94 (12.62%) Software Engineering
7 87 (11.68%) Infrastructure as Code
8 85 (11.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 79 (10.60%) Analytics
9 79 (10.60%) Full-Stack Development
10 72 (9.66%) Mentoring
11 71 (9.53%) Community of Practice
12 66 (8.86%) User Experience
13 65 (8.72%) User Research
14 60 (8.05%) Computer Science
14 60 (8.05%) Technology Strategy
15 58 (7.79%) Data Modelling
15 58 (7.79%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 57 (7.65%) Business Intelligence
17 53 (7.11%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 166 (22.28%) Python
2 126 (16.91%) Java
3 107 (14.36%) JavaScript
4 85 (11.41%) SQL
5 58 (7.79%) C#
6 48 (6.44%) TypeScript
7 40 (5.37%) PowerShell
8 21 (2.82%) Bash
9 20 (2.68%) C++
10 12 (1.61%) Shell Script
11 11 (1.48%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.21%) Kotlin
13 7 (0.94%) Go
14 6 (0.81%) Bicep
14 6 (0.81%) Scala
15 5 (0.67%) C
15 5 (0.67%) Google Apps Script
15 5 (0.67%) Ruby
15 5 (0.67%) Rust
16 4 (0.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 506 (67.92%) SC Cleared
2 205 (27.52%) DV Cleared
3 142 (19.06%) Degree
4 31 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (4.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (3.22%) PhD
7 19 (2.55%) Azure Certification
7 19 (2.55%) CISSP
8 18 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.61%) CISM
10 11 (1.48%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.07%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.81%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.81%) NVQ Level 3
13 5 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.54%) APMP
14 4 (0.54%) CRISC
14 4 (0.54%) ISACA
14 4 (0.54%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (7.79%) Accessibility
2 26 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (3.49%) WCAG
3 21 (2.82%) NIST
4 16 (2.15%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.15%) QA
5 11 (1.48%) GRC
6 10 (1.34%) SLA
7 8 (1.07%) GDPR
7 8 (1.07%) JSP 440
7 8 (1.07%) NCSC
8 4 (0.54%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.40%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.40%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.40%) NEBOSH
9 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 2 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 83 (11.14%) Docker
2 33 (4.43%) Active Directory
3 24 (3.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.48%) vSphere
5 8 (1.07%) KVM
6 7 (0.94%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.81%) Firmware
8 5 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.13%) OpenAM
11 1 (0.13%) OpenDJ
11 1 (0.13%) OpenIDM
11 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 96 (12.89%) Kubernetes
2 86 (11.54%) Terraform
3 32 (4.30%) Ansible
4 19 (2.55%) Grafana
5 12 (1.61%) Kibana
5 12 (1.61%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.21%) Argo
6 9 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.81%) SCCM
8 6 (0.81%) SCOM
8 6 (0.81%) WSUS
9 5 (0.67%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (0.67%) Istio
9 5 (0.67%) linkerd
9 5 (0.67%) Mesos
10 4 (0.54%) Puppet
10 4 (0.54%) VxRail
11 3 (0.40%) AWS Copilot
11 3 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 75 (10.07%) Microsoft
2 40 (5.37%) Google
3 32 (4.30%) Palantir
3 32 (4.30%) VMware
4 24 (3.22%) Adobe
5 23 (3.09%) Cisco
5 23 (3.09%) SAP
6 22 (2.95%) Salesforce
7 20 (2.68%) Foundry
8 19 (2.55%) ServiceNow
9 17 (2.28%) Oracle
10 16 (2.15%) Atlassian
11 15 (2.01%) Dell
12 14 (1.88%) Splunk
13 10 (1.34%) MuleSoft
13 10 (1.34%) Red Hat
14 9 (1.21%) IBM
14 9 (1.21%) OpenAI
15 8 (1.07%) Databricks
15 8 (1.07%) Dynatrace