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 19 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 76 67
Rank change year-on-year +47 -9 -11
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,509 489 837
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.96% 4.09% 4.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.01% 14.22% 15.51%
Number of salaries quoted 963 337 463
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,450 £40,250
25th Percentile £63,750 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,700 £95,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - +2.56%

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 4,866 3,439 5,398
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 19.21% 28.78% 27.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,874 1,913 2,537
10th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £37,283
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £91,000 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £115,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -6.67%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 +40 128 £75,000 +25.00% 210
South London -19 27 £55,000 -15.38% 20
West London -15 10 £90,000 +146.58% 72
East London -9 3 £110,000 - 28
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 20 (1.33%) Apache Spark
2 14 (0.93%) Apache
3 13 (0.86%) Anypoint
3 13 (0.86%) Mule
4 12 (0.80%) Confluence
4 12 (0.80%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.53%) Palantir Foundry
6 6 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.40%) Camunda
6 6 (0.40%) SAS
7 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.27%) JBoss
8 3 (0.20%) IIS
9 1 (0.066%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.066%) nginx
9 1 (0.066%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.066%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.066%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.066%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.27%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.27%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.066%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.066%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.066%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.066%) Houdini
4 1 (0.066%) InVision
4 1 (0.066%) NUKE
4 1 (0.066%) Sketch
4 1 (0.066%) Trello
4 1 (0.066%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 6 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.33%) Maximo
3 3 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.13%) Primavera
5 1 (0.066%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.066%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.066%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.066%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 470 (31.15%) AWS
2 269 (17.83%) Azure
3 116 (7.69%) GCP
4 88 (5.83%) Serverless
5 78 (5.17%) AWS CloudFormation
5 78 (5.17%) Cloud Computing
6 57 (3.78%) AWS Lambda
7 54 (3.58%) Power Platform
8 49 (3.25%) Amazon S3
9 41 (2.72%) Entra ID
10 39 (2.58%) GitHub
11 38 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
12 35 (2.32%) Amazon EKS
13 27 (1.79%) Amazon ECS
13 27 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
14 26 (1.72%) Amazon EMR
15 22 (1.46%) OCI
16 21 (1.39%) SaaS
17 17 (1.13%) Azure Databricks
17 17 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.38%) Network Security
2 36 (2.39%) Firewall
3 16 (1.06%) SSL
3 16 (1.06%) WAN
4 13 (0.86%) TCP/IP
5 11 (0.73%) VPN
6 9 (0.60%) DNS
6 9 (0.60%) LAN
6 9 (0.60%) NGN
7 8 (0.53%) DHCP
7 8 (0.53%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.53%) Wireshark
8 7 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
9 6 (0.40%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (0.27%) IPv4
10 4 (0.27%) Kerberos
10 4 (0.27%) NAS
10 4 (0.27%) OSPF
10 4 (0.27%) VSAN
10 4 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (3.05%) Power BI
2 40 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
4 34 (2.25%) Data Lake
5 33 (2.19%) Metadata
6 27 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
6 27 (1.79%) Big Data
6 27 (1.79%) Tableau
7 23 (1.52%) NoSQL
8 22 (1.46%) DynamoDB
9 20 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
11 16 (1.06%) Amazon Aurora
12 15 (0.99%) MySQL
13 14 (0.93%) Relational Database
14 13 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
14 13 (0.86%) MongoDB
15 12 (0.80%) SQL Server
16 11 (0.73%) Redis
17 7 (0.46%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 84 (5.57%) Jenkins
2 82 (5.43%) Git
3 50 (3.31%) GitLab
4 34 (2.25%) JIRA
5 11 (0.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 9 (0.60%) Burp Suite
6 9 (0.60%) Maven
6 9 (0.60%) Metasploit
7 7 (0.46%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.46%) TeamCity
8 6 (0.40%) Gradle
8 6 (0.40%) Vite
9 5 (0.33%) JUnit
9 5 (0.33%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.27%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.27%) Mockito
11 3 (0.20%) Axure RP
11 3 (0.20%) Balsamiq
11 3 (0.20%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 363 (24.06%) Public Sector
2 311 (20.61%) Social Skills
3 183 (12.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 165 (10.93%) Finance
5 136 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
6 134 (8.88%) Law
7 50 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (1.59%) Military
10 21 (1.39%) Legal
11 16 (1.06%) Aerospace
12 15 (0.99%) Marketing
12 15 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (0.93%) Telecoms
14 12 (0.80%) Retail
15 9 (0.60%) Banking
15 9 (0.60%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.53%) Electronics
17 7 (0.46%) Cyber-Physical System
17 7 (0.46%) Police
Job Titles
1 285 (18.89%) Architect
2 282 (18.69%) Senior
3 231 (15.31%) Consultant
4 130 (8.61%) Developer
5 121 (8.02%) Lead
6 105 (6.96%) Solutions Architect
7 85 (5.63%) Analyst
8 83 (5.50%) Senior Consultant
9 77 (5.10%) DevOps Engineer
10 66 (4.37%) Data Engineer
11 65 (4.31%) AWS Architect
12 62 (4.11%) Software Engineer
13 53 (3.51%) Data Architect
13 53 (3.51%) Security Consultant
14 51 (3.38%) Security Architect
15 50 (3.31%) Business Analyst
16 49 (3.25%) Cloud Engineer
17 47 (3.11%) IAM Consultant
18 46 (3.05%) AWS Solution Architect
19 44 (2.92%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (9.74%) Terraform
2 47 (3.11%) Kafka
3 42 (2.78%) React
4 26 (1.72%) Spring
5 25 (1.66%) .NET
6 22 (1.46%) PySpark
7 20 (1.33%) Node.js
7 20 (1.33%) REST
8 19 (1.26%) OAuth
9 18 (1.19%) AWS CDK
9 18 (1.19%) Spring Boot
10 16 (1.06%) HTML
10 16 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
10 16 (1.06%) YAML
11 14 (0.93%) AngularJS
11 14 (0.93%) CSS
11 14 (0.93%) JSON
12 13 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
12 13 (0.86%) OAuth2
12 13 (0.86%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 147 (9.74%) Cloud Native
2 81 (5.37%) Onboarding
3 59 (3.91%) Product Ownership
4 45 (2.98%) Data Centre
4 45 (2.98%) Enterprise Cloud
5 44 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
6 39 (2.58%) Management Information System
7 28 (1.86%) Operational Technology
8 26 (1.72%) Distributed Computing
9 25 (1.66%) Cyber Defence
10 24 (1.59%) AI Agents
11 21 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
12 19 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
13 18 (1.19%) Public Cloud
13 18 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
14 16 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
16 13 (0.86%) Blog
16 13 (0.86%) Mainframe
16 13 (0.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 96 (6.36%) Linux
2 74 (4.90%) Windows
3 29 (1.92%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (0.80%) CentOS
6 9 (0.60%) Mac OS
7 7 (0.46%) Unix
7 7 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (0.40%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.27%) Rocky
10 3 (0.20%) Android
11 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.13%) VMS
12 1 (0.066%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (22.13%) Agile
2 229 (15.18%) DevOps
3 217 (14.38%) AI
4 210 (13.92%) Mentoring
5 202 (13.39%) CI/CD
6 192 (12.72%) Cybersecurity
7 177 (11.73%) Problem-Solving
8 155 (10.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 151 (10.01%) Software Engineering
10 145 (9.61%) Infrastructure as Code
11 132 (8.75%) Stakeholder Management
12 128 (8.48%) Roadmaps
13 125 (8.28%) Analytics
14 117 (7.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 112 (7.42%) Project Delivery
16 108 (7.16%) Migration
17 102 (6.76%) Community of Practice
17 102 (6.76%) Technology Strategy
18 101 (6.69%) Scrum
19 99 (6.56%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 229 (15.18%) Python
2 133 (8.81%) Java
3 78 (5.17%) SQL
4 67 (4.44%) Bash
4 67 (4.44%) JavaScript
5 31 (2.05%) TypeScript
6 26 (1.72%) C#
6 26 (1.72%) PowerShell
7 24 (1.59%) C++
8 23 (1.52%) Scala
9 17 (1.13%) Perl
9 17 (1.13%) Ruby
10 15 (0.99%) Groovy
11 14 (0.93%) Go
11 14 (0.93%) PHP
12 13 (0.86%) DataWeave
13 12 (0.80%) C
14 10 (0.66%) Rust
15 8 (0.53%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.40%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1,038 (68.79%) SC Cleared
2 309 (20.48%) DV Cleared
3 169 (11.20%) Degree
4 69 (4.57%) AWS Certification
5 56 (3.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 55 (3.64%) CISSP
7 37 (2.45%) CISM
7 37 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (1.46%) Azure Certification
9 21 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 21 (1.39%) OSCP
10 20 (1.33%) CREST Certified
11 19 (1.26%) DBS Check
12 15 (0.99%) CHECK Team Member
13 11 (0.73%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.66%) CISA
14 10 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.66%) CRISC
15 9 (0.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (4.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (4.04%) NIST
3 59 (3.91%) Data Quality
4 46 (3.05%) NCSC
5 45 (2.98%) QA
6 26 (1.72%) Accessibility
6 26 (1.72%) GDPR
7 19 (1.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 18 (1.19%) GRC
9 11 (0.73%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 8 (0.53%) PMO
11 8 (0.53%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.27%) RMADS
13 4 (0.27%) WCAG
14 3 (0.20%) COBIT
14 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 2 (0.13%) Def Stans
System Software
1 100 (6.63%) Docker
2 35 (2.32%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.66%) vSphere
5 9 (0.60%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.40%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.27%) KVM
8 4 (0.27%) Squid
8 4 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.066%) Firmware
9 1 (0.066%) IAG
9 1 (0.066%) NFS
9 1 (0.066%) Samba
9 1 (0.066%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 127 (8.42%) Kubernetes
2 59 (3.91%) Ansible
3 34 (2.25%) Grafana
4 31 (2.05%) Prometheus
5 24 (1.59%) Puppet
6 23 (1.52%) Progress Chef
7 13 (0.86%) CloudHub
8 12 (0.80%) Rancher
9 11 (0.73%) Argo
10 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (0.60%) Nmap
11 8 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (0.46%) Nessus
13 6 (0.40%) Kibana
14 5 (0.33%) Packer
14 5 (0.33%) SCOM
15 4 (0.27%) Istio
15 4 (0.27%) linkerd
15 4 (0.27%) ZABBIX
16 3 (0.20%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 131 (8.68%) Microsoft
2 73 (4.84%) ServiceNow
3 59 (3.91%) Oracle
4 50 (3.31%) Google
5 44 (2.92%) Salesforce
6 43 (2.85%) Databricks
7 28 (1.86%) VMware
8 27 (1.79%) SAP
9 22 (1.46%) Splunk
10 17 (1.13%) Red Hat
11 16 (1.06%) Okta
12 15 (0.99%) MuleSoft
12 15 (0.99%) OpenAI
13 14 (0.93%) Dynatrace
14 13 (0.86%) CyberArk
15 12 (0.80%) Cisco
16 10 (0.66%) Adobe
16 10 (0.66%) Palantir
16 10 (0.66%) Remedy
17 9 (0.60%) Foundry