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 25 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 71 65
Rank change year-on-year +34 -6 +17
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 983 550 927
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.00% 4.27% 3.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.83% 12.65% 14.07%
Number of salaries quoted 665 361 683
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,227 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £53,443
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 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -

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 4,502 4,349 6,589
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 22.92% 33.79% 28.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,438 2,041 4,278
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £49,725
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 £110,000 £116,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £59,490 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.46% +4.55% -4.81%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +2 106 £80,000 +12.87% 84
West London -22 16 £85,000 +47.39% 19
South London -19 14 £59,645 -4.57% 6
North London -4 1 £45,000 -32.08%
East London -14 1 £110,000 - 27
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 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.03%) Confluence
3 15 (1.53%) Apache
4 13 (1.32%) Palantir Foundry
5 12 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.92%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.92%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.31%) Camunda
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.20%) IIS
9 2 (0.20%) JBoss
10 1 (0.10%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.10%) SAS
Applications
1 24 (2.44%) Adobe XD
2 7 (0.71%) InVision
2 7 (0.71%) Sketch
3 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.20%) Weka
6 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 13 (1.32%) Maximo
2 7 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.20%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.20%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.10%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.10%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.10%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 227 (23.09%) AWS
2 191 (19.43%) Azure
3 73 (7.43%) GCP
4 40 (4.07%) Serverless
5 38 (3.87%) Power Platform
6 33 (3.36%) AWS CloudFormation
7 30 (3.05%) Entra ID
8 28 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (2.64%) AWS Lambda
9 26 (2.64%) GitHub
10 24 (2.44%) Figma
11 22 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
12 15 (1.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 14 (1.42%) Amazon S3
13 14 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (1.42%) Power Automate
13 14 (1.42%) PowerApps
14 13 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
15 12 (1.22%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.64%) Firewall
2 21 (2.14%) Network Security
3 18 (1.83%) WAN
4 16 (1.63%) DNS
4 16 (1.63%) VPN
5 13 (1.32%) SD-WAN
6 12 (1.22%) LAN
6 12 (1.22%) SAN
6 12 (1.22%) Software-Defined Networking
7 9 (0.92%) Structured Cabling
7 9 (0.92%) Wireless
8 8 (0.81%) DHCP
8 8 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.71%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (0.61%) VSAN
11 5 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (0.51%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.51%) VoIP
11 5 (0.51%) WAAS
11 5 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (3.46%) Power BI
2 25 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (2.44%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.73%) MongoDB
5 13 (1.32%) DB2
6 11 (1.12%) DynamoDB
6 11 (1.12%) Metadata
6 11 (1.12%) MySQL
7 10 (1.02%) DTS
7 10 (1.02%) Pinecone
8 8 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (0.81%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.81%) SQL Server
9 7 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.61%) Tableau
11 5 (0.51%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.51%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.51%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 54 (5.49%) Git
2 48 (4.88%) Jenkins
3 30 (3.05%) JIRA
4 24 (2.44%) GitLab
5 20 (2.03%) Axure RP
6 17 (1.73%) Balsamiq
7 10 (1.02%) Maven
8 9 (0.92%) Vite
9 7 (0.71%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.61%) Gradle
10 6 (0.61%) JMeter
11 5 (0.51%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.51%) Subversion
12 4 (0.41%) JUnit
12 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 3 (0.31%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.31%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.31%) Zephyr
14 2 (0.20%) Robot Framework
14 2 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 259 (26.35%) Public Sector
2 191 (19.43%) Social Skills
3 137 (13.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 87 (8.85%) Finance
5 86 (8.75%) Law
6 82 (8.34%) Analytical Skills
7 29 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (2.34%) Legal
9 20 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
11 14 (1.42%) Aerospace
12 12 (1.22%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.12%) Games
14 9 (0.92%) Advertising
14 9 (0.92%) Electronics
14 9 (0.92%) Marketing
14 9 (0.92%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.51%) Cyber-Physical System
15 5 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 173 (17.60%) Senior
2 138 (14.04%) Architect
3 119 (12.11%) Consultant
4 106 (10.78%) Developer
5 58 (5.90%) Solutions Architect
6 57 (5.80%) Lead
7 53 (5.39%) Analyst
8 49 (4.98%) Data Engineer
8 49 (4.98%) Designer
9 44 (4.48%) Software Engineer
10 43 (4.37%) Senior Consultant
11 41 (4.17%) Full-Stack Developer
12 38 (3.87%) Business Analyst
13 36 (3.66%) UX Designer
14 35 (3.56%) DevOps Engineer
15 34 (3.46%) Senior Manager
16 33 (3.36%) Java Developer
17 27 (2.75%) AWS Architect
17 27 (2.75%) Cloud Engineer
18 26 (2.64%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (4.17%) React
2 28 (2.85%) HTML
3 27 (2.75%) CSS
4 26 (2.64%) Spring
5 23 (2.34%) REST
6 21 (2.14%) .NET
7 20 (2.03%) Web Services
8 17 (1.73%) AngularJS
8 17 (1.73%) Node.js
9 15 (1.53%) PyTorch
10 14 (1.42%) Spring Boot
11 13 (1.32%) LangChain
11 13 (1.32%) SOAP
12 12 (1.22%) FastAPI
12 12 (1.22%) Middleware
12 12 (1.22%) SAML
13 11 (1.12%) Kafka
13 11 (1.12%) LangGraph
13 11 (1.12%) Lightning Web Components
14 10 (1.02%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 61 (6.21%) Cloud Native
2 52 (5.29%) Product Ownership
3 32 (3.26%) Management Information System
4 26 (2.64%) Data Centre
5 22 (2.24%) Onboarding
5 22 (2.24%) PKI
6 18 (1.83%) AI Agents
7 15 (1.53%) Security Posture
8 14 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
9 13 (1.32%) Blog
10 12 (1.22%) Cyber Defence
10 12 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.12%) Public Cloud
12 10 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
12 10 (1.02%) Operational Technology
13 9 (0.92%) Driving Licence
14 8 (0.81%) Data Structures
15 7 (0.71%) Algorithms
15 7 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 60 (6.10%) Linux
2 51 (5.19%) Windows
3 21 (2.14%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (0.92%) VMS
6 8 (0.81%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.61%) Android
8 3 (0.31%) CentOS
8 3 (0.31%) Unix
8 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.10%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.10%) Rocky
9 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (23.40%) Agile
2 148 (15.06%) AI
3 136 (13.84%) DevOps
4 111 (11.29%) CI/CD
5 108 (10.99%) Software Engineering
6 102 (10.38%) Infrastructure as Code
7 100 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
8 95 (9.66%) Community of Practice
9 92 (9.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 87 (8.85%) Mentoring
11 86 (8.75%) Full-Stack Development
12 79 (8.04%) Technology Strategy
13 77 (7.83%) Analytics
13 77 (7.83%) Computer Science
14 72 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
15 71 (7.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 69 (7.02%) Collaborative Culture
17 65 (6.61%) Containerisation
18 64 (6.51%) User Experience
19 62 (6.31%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 181 (18.41%) Python
2 135 (13.73%) Java
3 94 (9.56%) JavaScript
4 83 (8.44%) SQL
5 47 (4.78%) TypeScript
6 40 (4.07%) C#
6 40 (4.07%) PowerShell
7 27 (2.75%) Bash
8 20 (2.03%) C++
9 11 (1.12%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.92%) C
10 9 (0.92%) Go
10 9 (0.92%) Kotlin
11 8 (0.81%) Rust
12 6 (0.61%) Google Apps Script
13 5 (0.51%) Bicep
13 5 (0.51%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.51%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.41%) Groovy
14 4 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 683 (69.48%) SC Cleared
2 271 (27.57%) DV Cleared
3 182 (18.51%) Degree
4 33 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (2.85%) CISSP
6 27 (2.75%) PhD
7 24 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (1.93%) CISM
10 17 (1.73%) AWS Certification
11 16 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (1.63%) DBS Check
12 13 (1.32%) Azure Certification
13 10 (1.02%) Master's Degree
14 9 (0.92%) CRISC
15 7 (0.71%) GSEC
16 6 (0.61%) CCIE
16 6 (0.61%) GIAC
17 5 (0.51%) CISA
17 5 (0.51%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (3.76%) Accessibility
2 30 (3.05%) NIST
3 29 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 23 (2.34%) WCAG
5 19 (1.93%) Data Quality
6 16 (1.63%) QA
7 13 (1.32%) NCSC
8 10 (1.02%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 9 (0.92%) GRC
9 9 (0.92%) JSP 440
10 8 (0.81%) SLA
11 7 (0.71%) Government Security Classifications
12 5 (0.51%) GDPR
13 4 (0.41%) PMO
14 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.20%) PCI DSS
15 2 (0.20%) RMADS
16 1 (0.10%) GAAP
16 1 (0.10%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 82 (8.34%) Docker
2 37 (3.76%) Active Directory
3 25 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.63%) vSphere
5 8 (0.81%) KVM
6 6 (0.61%) Firmware
6 6 (0.61%) VMware NSX
7 3 (0.31%) Squid
8 2 (0.20%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.10%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.10%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.10%) OpenIDM
9 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.10%) Xen
Systems Management
1 99 (10.07%) Terraform
2 97 (9.87%) Kubernetes
3 37 (3.76%) Ansible
4 16 (1.63%) Grafana
5 12 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (1.22%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.92%) Argo
6 9 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.71%) SCCM
8 6 (0.61%) WSUS
8 6 (0.61%) ZABBIX
9 5 (0.51%) CASB
9 5 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (0.51%) Istio
9 5 (0.51%) linkerd
9 5 (0.51%) Mesos
9 5 (0.51%) Puppet
9 5 (0.51%) VxRail
10 4 (0.41%) Kibana
11 3 (0.31%) Packer
Vendors
1 82 (8.34%) Microsoft
2 42 (4.27%) Google
3 36 (3.66%) VMware
4 32 (3.26%) Cisco
5 26 (2.64%) Adobe
6 25 (2.54%) Oracle
7 23 (2.34%) Palantir
8 21 (2.14%) Salesforce
9 20 (2.03%) Dell
10 16 (1.63%) Red Hat
10 16 (1.63%) SAP
11 15 (1.53%) Databricks
11 15 (1.53%) ServiceNow
12 14 (1.42%) Foundry
12 14 (1.42%) OpenAI
13 13 (1.32%) IBM
14 12 (1.22%) Atlassian
15 10 (1.02%) MuleSoft
16 9 (0.92%) Okta
16 9 (0.92%) Splunk