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 29 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 76 70
Rank change year-on-year +45 -6 -9
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,329 501 806
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.80% 4.09% 3.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.79% 14.10% 14.35%
Number of salaries quoted 850 334 535
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,875 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.99% +5.87% -4.17%

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 4,616 3,553 5,617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.16% 28.99% 27.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,767 1,979 3,100
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,312 £36,302
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £101,600
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 29 July 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 29 July 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 +31 126 £75,000 +15.38% 103
South London -18 29 £55,000 -15.38% 5
West London -17 14 £85,000 +136.11% 39
North London +1 1 £45,000 -35.71% 1
East London -13 1 £110,000 - 24
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 22 (1.66%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.28%) Apache
3 14 (1.05%) Apache Spark
4 12 (0.90%) Anypoint
4 12 (0.90%) Confluence
4 12 (0.90%) Mule
5 10 (0.75%) Palantir Foundry
6 8 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.45%) SAS
8 5 (0.38%) Camunda
9 4 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.23%) IIS
10 3 (0.23%) JBoss
11 1 (0.075%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.075%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (0.75%) Adobe XD
2 9 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.23%) InVision
3 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.23%) Sketch
4 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.075%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.075%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.075%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.075%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.075%) Houdini
5 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.075%) NUKE
5 1 (0.075%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.60%) Maximo
2 6 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.075%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.075%) Primavera
3 1 (0.075%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.075%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 415 (31.23%) AWS
2 257 (19.34%) Azure
3 103 (7.75%) GCP
4 81 (6.09%) Serverless
5 75 (5.64%) AWS CloudFormation
5 75 (5.64%) Cloud Computing
6 49 (3.69%) AWS Lambda
7 47 (3.54%) Power Platform
8 44 (3.31%) Entra ID
9 39 (2.93%) Amazon S3
10 36 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
11 31 (2.33%) GitHub
12 27 (2.03%) Amazon ECS
12 27 (2.03%) Amazon EKS
13 24 (1.81%) Amazon EMR
14 23 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (1.50%) OCI
16 17 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
16 17 (1.28%) SaaS
17 15 (1.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.76%) Network Security
2 30 (2.26%) Firewall
3 17 (1.28%) DNS
4 16 (1.20%) WAN
5 14 (1.05%) SSL
6 11 (0.83%) DHCP
6 11 (0.83%) VPN
7 10 (0.75%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.68%) LAN
8 9 (0.68%) NGN
9 8 (0.60%) SAN
9 8 (0.60%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (0.45%) Software-Defined Networking
10 6 (0.45%) VSAN
11 5 (0.38%) MPLS
11 5 (0.38%) NAS
12 4 (0.30%) IPv4
12 4 (0.30%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.93%) Power BI
2 31 (2.33%) Data Lake
3 29 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.03%) Metadata
6 24 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
7 23 (1.73%) Big Data
8 18 (1.35%) DynamoDB
8 18 (1.35%) NoSQL
9 14 (1.05%) MySQL
10 12 (0.90%) Relational Database
10 12 (0.90%) Tableau
11 11 (0.83%) MongoDB
12 10 (0.75%) Amazon Aurora
12 10 (0.75%) DTS
12 10 (0.75%) SQL Server
13 8 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
13 8 (0.60%) Db2
14 7 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 62 (4.67%) Jenkins
2 59 (4.44%) Git
3 44 (3.31%) GitLab
4 30 (2.26%) JIRA
5 8 (0.60%) Axure RP
6 7 (0.53%) Balsamiq
6 7 (0.53%) Maven
6 7 (0.53%) Vite
7 6 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (0.45%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.38%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.38%) Gradle
8 5 (0.38%) Subversion
9 4 (0.30%) JMeter
10 3 (0.23%) Burp Suite
10 3 (0.23%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.23%) Metasploit
10 3 (0.23%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.23%) Taiga
10 3 (0.23%) VersionOne
General
1 330 (24.83%) Public Sector
2 263 (19.79%) Social Skills
3 173 (13.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 130 (9.78%) Law
5 116 (8.73%) Finance
6 111 (8.35%) Analytical Skills
7 45 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
8 26 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
9 25 (1.88%) Legal
10 19 (1.43%) Aerospace
11 13 (0.98%) Military
12 12 (0.90%) Games
12 12 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
13 9 (0.68%) Manufacturing
14 8 (0.60%) Advertising
14 8 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (0.60%) Retail
15 7 (0.53%) Cyber-Physical System
15 7 (0.53%) Electronics
15 7 (0.53%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 276 (20.77%) Senior
2 240 (18.06%) Architect
3 225 (16.93%) Consultant
4 118 (8.88%) Developer
5 109 (8.20%) Lead
6 104 (7.83%) Solutions Architect
7 85 (6.40%) Senior Consultant
8 72 (5.42%) Data Engineer
9 71 (5.34%) Analyst
10 58 (4.36%) AWS Architect
11 57 (4.29%) DevOps Engineer
12 56 (4.21%) Software Engineer
13 48 (3.61%) Cloud Engineer
14 47 (3.54%) Data Architect
15 46 (3.46%) AWS Solution Architect
16 45 (3.39%) Senior Manager
17 44 (3.31%) Security Consultant
18 43 (3.24%) Business Analyst
19 38 (2.86%) IAM Consultant
20 35 (2.63%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (2.86%) React
2 28 (2.11%) Kafka
2 28 (2.11%) Spring
3 25 (1.88%) .NET
4 21 (1.58%) HTML
5 20 (1.50%) Node.js
5 20 (1.50%) OAuth
6 19 (1.43%) AWS CDK
6 19 (1.43%) CSS
6 19 (1.43%) Spring Boot
7 17 (1.28%) REST
8 16 (1.20%) PySpark
9 13 (0.98%) AngularJS
9 13 (0.98%) JSON
9 13 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
9 13 (0.98%) Web Services
9 13 (0.98%) YAML
10 12 (0.90%) JWT
10 12 (0.90%) MUnit
10 12 (0.90%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 123 (9.26%) Cloud Native
2 74 (5.57%) Onboarding
3 56 (4.21%) Data Centre
4 47 (3.54%) Product Ownership
5 46 (3.46%) Enterprise Cloud
6 41 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
7 34 (2.56%) Management Information System
8 26 (1.96%) Distributed Computing
9 25 (1.88%) Operational Technology
10 21 (1.58%) Cyber Defence
11 20 (1.50%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
12 18 (1.35%) Security Posture
13 17 (1.28%) Blog
14 15 (1.13%) PKI
14 15 (1.13%) Public Cloud
15 14 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
16 13 (0.98%) Mainframe
17 11 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
18 10 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 86 (6.47%) Linux
2 74 (5.57%) Windows
3 34 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (0.60%) CentOS
7 5 (0.38%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.30%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.30%) Unix
8 4 (0.30%) VMS
9 3 (0.23%) Android
9 3 (0.23%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.15%) Rocky
10 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.075%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (22.72%) Agile
2 198 (14.90%) DevOps
3 188 (14.15%) AI
4 183 (13.77%) Mentoring
5 173 (13.02%) CI/CD
6 142 (10.68%) Cybersecurity
7 138 (10.38%) Problem-Solving
8 132 (9.93%) Software Engineering
9 130 (9.78%) Infrastructure as Code
10 120 (9.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 114 (8.58%) Analytics
12 111 (8.35%) Community of Practice
13 104 (7.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 103 (7.75%) Technology Strategy
15 100 (7.52%) Project Delivery
16 97 (7.30%) Migration
17 92 (6.92%) Roadmaps
18 86 (6.47%) Scrum
19 84 (6.32%) Microservices
20 81 (6.09%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 202 (15.20%) Python
2 139 (10.46%) Java
3 81 (6.09%) SQL
4 72 (5.42%) JavaScript
5 48 (3.61%) Bash
6 32 (2.41%) TypeScript
7 29 (2.18%) PowerShell
8 27 (2.03%) C#
9 22 (1.66%) C++
10 16 (1.20%) Perl
11 15 (1.13%) Ruby
12 14 (1.05%) PHP
13 12 (0.90%) DataWeave
14 11 (0.83%) Rust
14 11 (0.83%) Scala
15 10 (0.75%) Go
16 8 (0.60%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.45%) Apex Code
17 6 (0.45%) Bicep
17 6 (0.45%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 927 (69.75%) SC Cleared
2 302 (22.72%) DV Cleared
3 172 (12.94%) Degree
4 58 (4.36%) AWS Certification
5 40 (3.01%) CISSP
6 39 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 36 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (2.26%) CISM
9 23 (1.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 17 (1.28%) DBS Check
11 15 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (0.98%) Azure Certification
12 13 (0.98%) OSCP
13 12 (0.90%) CRISC
13 12 (0.90%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.60%) CREST Certified
15 7 (0.53%) CCNA
15 7 (0.53%) PhD
16 6 (0.45%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (4.36%) NIST
2 54 (4.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (3.01%) Data Quality
4 34 (2.56%) QA
5 29 (2.18%) NCSC
6 24 (1.81%) Accessibility
7 21 (1.58%) GDPR
7 21 (1.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 13 (0.98%) GRC
9 9 (0.68%) WCAG
10 8 (0.60%) SOC 2
11 7 (0.53%) JSP 440
12 6 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
12 6 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 6 (0.45%) PCI DSS
13 5 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.30%) PMO
14 4 (0.30%) RMADS
15 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 2 (0.15%) Def Stans
System Software
1 79 (5.94%) Docker
2 49 (3.69%) Active Directory
3 33 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.35%) vSphere
5 8 (0.60%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.53%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.45%) KVM
8 5 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.30%) Squid
10 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.075%) Firmware
11 1 (0.075%) IAG
11 1 (0.075%) Xen
Systems Management
1 134 (10.08%) Terraform
2 99 (7.45%) Kubernetes
3 49 (3.69%) Ansible
4 23 (1.73%) Puppet
5 21 (1.58%) Progress Chef
6 20 (1.50%) Grafana
7 18 (1.35%) Prometheus
8 12 (0.90%) CloudHub
9 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.60%) Argo
11 6 (0.45%) CASB
11 6 (0.45%) Kibana
12 5 (0.38%) Packer
12 5 (0.38%) SCOM
12 5 (0.38%) WSUS
12 5 (0.38%) ZABBIX
13 4 (0.30%) Nagios
14 3 (0.23%) Nessus
14 3 (0.23%) Nmap
Vendors
1 125 (9.41%) Microsoft
2 52 (3.91%) Oracle
3 49 (3.69%) Google
4 43 (3.24%) VMware
5 41 (3.09%) Salesforce
6 37 (2.78%) Databricks
7 36 (2.71%) ServiceNow
8 25 (1.88%) SAP
9 19 (1.43%) MuleSoft
10 17 (1.28%) Red Hat
10 17 (1.28%) Splunk
11 16 (1.20%) Adobe
11 16 (1.20%) Cisco
11 16 (1.20%) Dell
11 16 (1.20%) Okta
12 15 (1.13%) CyberArk
12 15 (1.13%) Palantir
13 14 (1.05%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.90%) Foundry
15 8 (0.60%) IBM