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 22 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 61 61
Rank change year-on-year +19 0 +22
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 830 612 925
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.77% 4.61% 4.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.04% 13.67% 15.33%
Number of salaries quoted 563 338 658
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -10.34% +11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £99,500 £97,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.56% +6.09% +1.68%

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 4,360 4,476 6,033
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 25.04% 33.73% 27.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,339 1,996 4,179
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £118,750 £105,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 22 March 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 22 March 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 91 £70,000 -6.67% 113
South London -6 20 £64,290 +4.29% 7
West London -32 15 £85,000 +47.39% 21
North London 0 1 £45,000 -32.08%
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 28 (3.37%) SharePoint
2 24 (2.89%) Palantir Foundry
3 20 (2.41%) Confluence
4 13 (1.57%) Apache
5 12 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (1.08%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.96%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.36%) Camunda
10 1 (0.12%) CMS
10 1 (0.12%) IIS
10 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 26 (3.13%) Adobe XD
2 6 (0.72%) InVision
2 6 (0.72%) Sketch
3 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.24%) Weka
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 11 (1.33%) Maximo
2 7 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.24%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.24%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.24%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.24%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.12%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 195 (23.49%) AWS
2 181 (21.81%) Azure
3 69 (8.31%) GCP
4 47 (5.66%) Power Platform
5 43 (5.18%) Serverless
6 34 (4.10%) AWS CloudFormation
6 34 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
8 27 (3.25%) Figma
8 27 (3.25%) Power Automate
8 27 (3.25%) PowerApps
9 25 (3.01%) Entra ID
10 22 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
11 21 (2.53%) Amazon EKS
12 20 (2.41%) GitHub
13 16 (1.93%) Amazon ECS
13 16 (1.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 14 (1.69%) Amazon S3
15 13 (1.57%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (1.45%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 28 (3.37%) Firewall
2 18 (2.17%) Network Security
3 17 (2.05%) DNS
4 16 (1.93%) VPN
4 16 (1.93%) WAN
5 12 (1.45%) LAN
5 12 (1.45%) SAN
5 12 (1.45%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.20%) SD-WAN
7 9 (1.08%) Software-Defined Networking
7 9 (1.08%) Structured Cabling
7 9 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (1.08%) Wireless
8 8 (0.96%) DHCP
9 7 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.60%) Cisco IOS
10 5 (0.60%) SMTP
10 5 (0.60%) VoIP
10 5 (0.60%) WAAS
10 5 (0.60%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (5.30%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (4.82%) Power BI
3 21 (2.53%) NoSQL
4 19 (2.29%) MongoDB
5 16 (1.93%) Relational Database
6 14 (1.69%) MySQL
7 13 (1.57%) SQL Server
8 11 (1.33%) DB2
8 11 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (1.33%) Metadata
9 10 (1.20%) DTS
10 8 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.96%) Pinecone
11 6 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.72%) RDBMS
12 5 (0.60%) Neo4j
12 5 (0.60%) Redis
12 5 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 48 (5.78%) Git
2 45 (5.42%) Jenkins
3 31 (3.73%) JIRA
4 23 (2.77%) Axure RP
5 20 (2.41%) Balsamiq
6 17 (2.05%) GitLab
7 13 (1.57%) JMeter
8 9 (1.08%) JUnit
9 7 (0.84%) Vite
10 6 (0.72%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.72%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.72%) Mockito
11 5 (0.60%) Maven
11 5 (0.60%) Selenium
12 4 (0.48%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 4 (0.48%) Subversion
13 3 (0.36%) Gradle
13 3 (0.36%) Robot Framework
13 3 (0.36%) Zephyr
General
1 248 (29.88%) Public Sector
2 189 (22.77%) Social Skills
3 106 (12.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 95 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
5 86 (10.36%) Law
6 72 (8.67%) Finance
7 21 (2.53%) Legal
8 16 (1.93%) Pharmaceutical
8 16 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (1.81%) Marketing
10 14 (1.69%) Aerospace
10 14 (1.69%) Manufacturing
10 14 (1.69%) Telecoms
11 12 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (1.33%) Electronics
12 11 (1.33%) Games
13 8 (0.96%) Advertising
14 6 (0.72%) Military
15 5 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 143 (17.23%) Senior
2 118 (14.22%) Developer
3 98 (11.81%) Consultant
4 86 (10.36%) Architect
5 47 (5.66%) Designer
6 46 (5.54%) Data Engineer
6 46 (5.54%) Software Engineer
7 44 (5.30%) Analyst
8 37 (4.46%) Lead
9 36 (4.34%) Full-Stack Developer
10 35 (4.22%) Java Developer
11 33 (3.98%) Senior Manager
12 30 (3.61%) Business Analyst
12 30 (3.61%) UX Designer
13 28 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
14 27 (3.25%) Senior Consultant
14 27 (3.25%) User Researcher
15 25 (3.01%) DevOps Engineer
16 21 (2.53%) Cloud Engineer
16 21 (2.53%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (5.06%) React
2 38 (4.58%) HTML
3 36 (4.34%) Spring
4 32 (3.86%) CSS
5 28 (3.37%) REST
6 24 (2.89%) Spring Boot
7 22 (2.65%) .NET
7 22 (2.65%) Web Services
8 21 (2.53%) AngularJS
9 16 (1.93%) HTML5 Canvas
9 16 (1.93%) Node.js
10 14 (1.69%) PyTorch
11 13 (1.57%) FastAPI
11 13 (1.57%) Middleware
11 13 (1.57%) SAML
11 13 (1.57%) SOAP
12 12 (1.45%) Lightning Web Components
12 12 (1.45%) XML
13 11 (1.33%) Hibernate
13 11 (1.33%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 59 (7.11%) Cloud Native
2 51 (6.14%) Product Ownership
3 24 (2.89%) PKI
4 23 (2.77%) Data Centre
5 22 (2.65%) Management Information System
6 20 (2.41%) Onboarding
7 17 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (1.93%) Security Posture
9 15 (1.81%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.69%) AI Agents
11 12 (1.45%) Driving Licence
11 12 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
13 10 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
14 9 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
15 7 (0.84%) Blog
15 7 (0.84%) CMDB
15 7 (0.84%) Linux Command Line
16 6 (0.72%) Cyberattack
16 6 (0.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 57 (6.87%) Linux
2 49 (5.90%) Windows
3 15 (1.81%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.20%) Ubuntu
4 10 (1.20%) VMS
5 9 (1.08%) Unix
6 7 (0.84%) Android
6 7 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.48%) CentOS
8 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.12%) Debian
9 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.12%) Rocky
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (27.95%) Agile
2 127 (15.30%) AI
3 122 (14.70%) Problem-Solving
4 121 (14.58%) DevOps
5 111 (13.37%) CI/CD
6 105 (12.65%) Software Engineering
7 96 (11.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 92 (11.08%) Infrastructure as Code
9 85 (10.24%) Analytics
9 85 (10.24%) Full-Stack Development
10 83 (10.00%) Community of Practice
11 81 (9.76%) Mentoring
12 70 (8.43%) Technology Strategy
13 69 (8.31%) Computer Science
13 69 (8.31%) User Experience
14 67 (8.07%) User Research
15 63 (7.59%) Data Modelling
16 59 (7.11%) Containerisation
17 56 (6.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 54 (6.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 169 (20.36%) Python
2 135 (16.27%) Java
3 108 (13.01%) JavaScript
4 90 (10.84%) SQL
5 57 (6.87%) C#
6 50 (6.02%) TypeScript
7 38 (4.58%) PowerShell
8 22 (2.65%) Bash
9 21 (2.53%) C++
10 12 (1.45%) Apex Code
11 11 (1.33%) Shell Script
12 10 (1.20%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.72%) Google Apps Script
13 6 (0.72%) Scala
14 5 (0.60%) C
14 5 (0.60%) Go
14 5 (0.60%) Ruby
15 4 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.48%) Rust
15 4 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 568 (68.43%) SC Cleared
2 244 (29.40%) DV Cleared
3 163 (19.64%) Degree
4 36 (4.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (2.89%) PhD
7 22 (2.65%) CISSP
8 16 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.69%) Azure Certification
9 14 (1.69%) CISM
10 13 (1.57%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.08%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.96%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.84%) CRISC
13 7 (0.84%) GSEC
14 6 (0.72%) CCIE
14 6 (0.72%) CCNP
14 6 (0.72%) NVQ Level 3
14 6 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.87%) Accessibility
2 28 (3.37%) WCAG
3 27 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (3.01%) NIST
5 18 (2.17%) Data Quality
6 14 (1.69%) QA
7 11 (1.33%) GRC
8 10 (1.20%) JSP 440
9 8 (0.96%) SLA
10 7 (0.84%) GDPR
10 7 (0.84%) Government Security Classifications
10 7 (0.84%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 6 (0.72%) NCSC
12 3 (0.36%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.36%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.36%) NEBOSH
12 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.24%) PMO
14 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 84 (10.12%) Docker
2 30 (3.61%) Active Directory
3 23 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.45%) vSphere
5 9 (1.08%) KVM
6 6 (0.72%) Firmware
7 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.24%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.12%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.12%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.12%) OpenIDM
9 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 98 (11.81%) Kubernetes
2 88 (10.60%) Terraform
3 31 (3.73%) Ansible
4 17 (2.05%) Grafana
5 12 (1.45%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.20%) Kibana
6 10 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (1.08%) Argo
7 9 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.72%) SCCM
8 6 (0.72%) WSUS
9 5 (0.60%) CASB
9 5 (0.60%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (0.60%) Istio
9 5 (0.60%) linkerd
9 5 (0.60%) Mesos
9 5 (0.60%) Puppet
9 5 (0.60%) VxRail
10 4 (0.48%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.36%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 78 (9.40%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.42%) Google
3 38 (4.58%) Palantir
4 34 (4.10%) VMware
5 29 (3.49%) Cisco
6 26 (3.13%) Adobe
7 25 (3.01%) Foundry
8 23 (2.77%) Salesforce
9 22 (2.65%) SAP
10 20 (2.41%) Dell
11 19 (2.29%) Oracle
12 16 (1.93%) Atlassian
12 16 (1.93%) ServiceNow
13 13 (1.57%) Red Hat
14 12 (1.45%) IBM
15 11 (1.33%) MuleSoft
15 11 (1.33%) Splunk
16 10 (1.20%) Okta
16 10 (1.20%) OpenAI
17 9 (1.08%) Zscaler