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 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 71 63
Rank change year-on-year +40 -8 +10
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,092 520 940
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.33% 4.21% 4.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.40% 12.75% 14.13%
Number of salaries quoted 746 357 680
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,227 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,251 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £87,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -0.86%

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 4,299 4,080 6,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.97% 33.03% 28.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,509 1,936 4,250
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,500 £105,000
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 16 May 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 16 May 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 +12 118 £80,000 +15.94% 118
South London -15 20 £55,000 -15.38% 7
West London -17 16 £85,000 +47.39% 23
North London +1 1 £45,000 -32.08% 2
East London -9 1 £110,000 - 20
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 24 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.92%) Confluence
3 16 (1.47%) Apache
4 13 (1.19%) Palantir Foundry
5 9 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.82%) Jupyter
6 8 (0.73%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.27%) IIS
9 3 (0.27%) JBoss
10 2 (0.18%) Camunda
10 2 (0.18%) SAS
11 1 (0.092%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 19 (1.74%) Adobe XD
2 7 (0.64%) InVision
2 7 (0.64%) Sketch
3 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.18%) Weka
6 1 (0.092%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.092%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.092%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.092%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.092%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 11 (1.01%) Maximo
2 7 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.092%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.092%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.092%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.092%) SAP PSCD
4 1 (0.092%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 268 (24.54%) AWS
2 207 (18.96%) Azure
3 81 (7.42%) GCP
4 56 (5.13%) Serverless
5 39 (3.57%) Power Platform
6 37 (3.39%) AWS CloudFormation
7 36 (3.30%) Entra ID
8 34 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
9 33 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
10 29 (2.66%) GitHub
11 22 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (1.83%) Amazon S3
13 19 (1.74%) Figma
14 15 (1.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 13 (1.19%) Google Analytics
15 13 (1.19%) Power Automate
15 13 (1.19%) PowerApps
15 13 (1.19%) SaaS
16 12 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
16 12 (1.10%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.20%) Firewall
2 22 (2.01%) Network Security
3 15 (1.37%) DNS
3 15 (1.37%) WAN
4 13 (1.19%) SD-WAN
5 12 (1.10%) SAN
5 12 (1.10%) VPN
6 9 (0.82%) LAN
6 9 (0.82%) Software-Defined Networking
7 8 (0.73%) DHCP
8 7 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
8 7 (0.64%) VSAN
9 5 (0.46%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (0.46%) SMTP
9 5 (0.46%) WAAS
9 5 (0.46%) Wireless
10 4 (0.37%) IPv4
10 4 (0.37%) MPLS
10 4 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
10 4 (0.37%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (3.02%) Power BI
2 21 (1.92%) NoSQL
3 20 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (1.19%) MongoDB
5 12 (1.10%) Metadata
6 11 (1.01%) DB2
6 11 (1.01%) DynamoDB
7 10 (0.92%) Data Lake
7 10 (0.92%) DTS
8 9 (0.82%) MySQL
9 8 (0.73%) Pinecone
9 8 (0.73%) SQL Server
10 7 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.55%) Big Data
11 6 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (0.55%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.46%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.46%) Tableau
13 4 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 57 (5.22%) Jenkins
2 52 (4.76%) Git
3 29 (2.66%) GitLab
3 29 (2.66%) JIRA
4 15 (1.37%) Axure RP
5 12 (1.10%) Balsamiq
6 10 (0.92%) Maven
7 9 (0.82%) Vite
8 7 (0.64%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.55%) Gradle
9 6 (0.55%) JMeter
10 5 (0.46%) JUnit
11 4 (0.37%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 4 (0.37%) Subversion
11 4 (0.37%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.27%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.27%) Zephyr
13 2 (0.18%) Mockito
13 2 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 271 (24.82%) Public Sector
2 209 (19.14%) Social Skills
3 146 (13.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 91 (8.33%) Law
5 87 (7.97%) Finance
6 84 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (1.92%) Legal
10 17 (1.56%) Aerospace
11 16 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (1.01%) Games
13 9 (0.82%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.64%) Advertising
14 7 (0.64%) Cyber-Physical System
14 7 (0.64%) Military
15 6 (0.55%) Electronics
15 6 (0.55%) Marketing
15 6 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 198 (18.13%) Senior
2 181 (16.58%) Architect
3 146 (13.37%) Consultant
4 116 (10.62%) Developer
5 84 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
6 67 (6.14%) Lead
7 53 (4.85%) Analyst
8 52 (4.76%) Data Engineer
9 51 (4.67%) Senior Consultant
10 43 (3.94%) Designer
10 43 (3.94%) Full-Stack Developer
11 42 (3.85%) AWS Architect
11 42 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
12 41 (3.75%) Software Engineer
13 35 (3.21%) Senior Manager
14 34 (3.11%) Business Analyst
14 34 (3.11%) Java Developer
14 34 (3.11%) UX Designer
15 33 (3.02%) AWS Solution Architect
15 33 (3.02%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.85%) React
2 27 (2.47%) Spring
3 24 (2.20%) .NET
4 23 (2.11%) HTML
4 23 (2.11%) Node.js
5 22 (2.01%) REST
6 21 (1.92%) CSS
7 19 (1.74%) Spring Boot
8 17 (1.56%) Web Services
9 16 (1.47%) Kafka
10 15 (1.37%) AngularJS
10 15 (1.37%) PyTorch
11 14 (1.28%) SOAP
12 13 (1.19%) JSON
13 12 (1.10%) FastAPI
13 12 (1.10%) LangChain
13 12 (1.10%) Middleware
14 11 (1.01%) LangGraph
14 11 (1.01%) Lightning Web Components
14 11 (1.01%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 75 (6.87%) Cloud Native
2 45 (4.12%) Product Ownership
3 34 (3.11%) Management Information System
4 24 (2.20%) Data Centre
4 24 (2.20%) PKI
5 23 (2.11%) Onboarding
6 20 (1.83%) AI Agents
7 17 (1.56%) Operational Technology
8 16 (1.47%) Blog
8 16 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (1.47%) Security Posture
9 15 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (1.19%) Public Cloud
11 12 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
12 11 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
13 10 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
14 9 (0.82%) Algorithms
14 9 (0.82%) CMDB
14 9 (0.82%) Data Structures
14 9 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 71 (6.50%) Linux
2 61 (5.59%) Windows
3 29 (2.66%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (0.73%) VMS
6 7 (0.64%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.55%) Android
8 3 (0.27%) CentOS
8 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.18%) Unix
10 1 (0.092%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.092%) Rocky
10 1 (0.092%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.092%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (22.07%) Agile
2 158 (14.47%) DevOps
3 156 (14.29%) AI
4 125 (11.45%) CI/CD
5 113 (10.35%) Infrastructure as Code
5 113 (10.35%) Software Engineering
6 109 (9.98%) Problem-Solving
7 107 (9.80%) Mentoring
8 99 (9.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 95 (8.70%) Community of Practice
10 90 (8.24%) Full-Stack Development
11 88 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
12 85 (7.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 81 (7.42%) Technology Strategy
14 78 (7.14%) Analytics
15 77 (7.05%) Computer Science
16 75 (6.87%) Collaborative Culture
17 73 (6.68%) Roadmaps
18 72 (6.59%) User Experience
19 69 (6.32%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 198 (18.13%) Python
2 133 (12.18%) Java
3 86 (7.88%) JavaScript
4 82 (7.51%) SQL
5 45 (4.12%) TypeScript
6 39 (3.57%) PowerShell
7 36 (3.30%) C#
8 28 (2.56%) Bash
9 20 (1.83%) C++
10 11 (1.01%) Apex Code
10 11 (1.01%) Rust
11 9 (0.82%) C
11 9 (0.82%) Go
12 7 (0.64%) Google Apps Script
12 7 (0.64%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.55%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.46%) Bicep
14 5 (0.46%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.37%) Groovy
15 4 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 773 (70.79%) SC Cleared
2 286 (26.19%) DV Cleared
3 177 (16.21%) Degree
4 31 (2.84%) CISSP
5 29 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 28 (2.56%) PhD
7 24 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (2.01%) CISM
9 19 (1.74%) AWS Certification
10 16 (1.47%) DBS Check
11 15 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (1.10%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.10%) Master's Degree
13 9 (0.82%) CRISC
14 8 (0.73%) OSCP
15 7 (0.64%) GIAC
15 7 (0.64%) GSEC
16 6 (0.55%) RHCE
17 5 (0.46%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.11%) NIST
2 33 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (2.93%) Accessibility
4 21 (1.92%) Data Quality
5 18 (1.65%) WCAG
6 17 (1.56%) NCSC
6 17 (1.56%) QA
7 13 (1.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 9 (0.82%) GRC
9 8 (0.73%) JSP 440
9 8 (0.73%) SLA
10 7 (0.64%) Government Security Classifications
11 6 (0.55%) GDPR
12 5 (0.46%) PMO
13 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.18%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.18%) RMADS
14 1 (0.092%) COBIT
System Software
1 71 (6.50%) Docker
2 41 (3.75%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.65%) vSphere
5 8 (0.73%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.55%) Firmware
6 6 (0.55%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.46%) KVM
8 4 (0.37%) Squid
9 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.092%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.092%) OpenDJ
10 1 (0.092%) OpenIDM
10 1 (0.092%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.092%) Xen
Systems Management
1 108 (9.89%) Terraform
2 87 (7.97%) Kubernetes
3 38 (3.48%) Ansible
4 17 (1.56%) Grafana
5 14 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (1.19%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.73%) SCCM
9 7 (0.64%) ZABBIX
10 6 (0.55%) Argo
10 6 (0.55%) WSUS
11 5 (0.46%) CASB
11 5 (0.46%) Kibana
11 5 (0.46%) Puppet
11 5 (0.46%) VxRail
12 4 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.37%) Istio
12 4 (0.37%) linkerd
12 4 (0.37%) Mesos
12 4 (0.37%) Packer
Vendors
1 101 (9.25%) Microsoft
2 42 (3.85%) Google
3 41 (3.75%) VMware
4 31 (2.84%) Oracle
5 28 (2.56%) Cisco
6 23 (2.11%) Adobe
7 21 (1.92%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.92%) ServiceNow
8 20 (1.83%) Databricks
8 20 (1.83%) Dell
9 19 (1.74%) Palantir
9 19 (1.74%) Red Hat
10 16 (1.47%) OpenAI
11 14 (1.28%) Foundry
12 12 (1.10%) Atlassian
13 11 (1.01%) CyberArk
13 11 (1.01%) IBM
13 11 (1.01%) Okta
13 11 (1.01%) SAP
14 10 (0.92%) Splunk