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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 74 63
Rank change year-on-year +42 -11 -1
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,231 517 983
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.61% 4.20% 4.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.90% 13.82% 15.02%
Number of salaries quoted 814 343 670
10th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,875 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £86,844 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
England median annual salary £68,076 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.92% +8.70% -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 4,412 3,742 6,545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 20.11% 30.37% 27.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,731 1,899 3,997
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £36,050
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +0.75% -0.74%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 2 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 2 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 +36 135 £80,000 +23.08% 157
South London -7 27 £55,000 -15.38% 7
West London -11 13 £85,000 +80.52% 40
North London +3 1 £45,000 -32.08% 3
East London -4 1 £110,000 - 16
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 25 (2.03%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.46%) Apache
3 14 (1.14%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.06%) Confluence
5 11 (0.89%) Palantir Foundry
6 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.49%) Anypoint
7 6 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.49%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.49%) Mule
8 5 (0.41%) SAS
9 4 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.24%) Camunda
10 3 (0.24%) IIS
10 3 (0.24%) JBoss
11 1 (0.081%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.081%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (0.73%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.24%) InVision
4 3 (0.24%) Sketch
5 2 (0.16%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.16%) Weka
6 1 (0.081%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.081%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.081%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.081%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.081%) Houdini
6 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.081%) NUKE
6 1 (0.081%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.89%) Maximo
2 6 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.081%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.081%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.081%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 350 (28.43%) AWS
2 242 (19.66%) Azure
3 94 (7.64%) GCP
4 64 (5.20%) Serverless
5 58 (4.71%) AWS CloudFormation
6 45 (3.66%) Power Platform
7 41 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
7 41 (3.33%) Entra ID
8 36 (2.92%) Cloud Computing
9 35 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
10 30 (2.44%) GitHub
11 29 (2.36%) Amazon S3
12 22 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (1.62%) OCI
14 17 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
15 16 (1.30%) Amazon ECS
15 16 (1.30%) SaaS
16 15 (1.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 14 (1.14%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 37 (3.01%) Network Security
2 26 (2.11%) Firewall
3 18 (1.46%) DNS
4 15 (1.22%) WAN
5 13 (1.06%) VPN
6 11 (0.89%) DHCP
6 11 (0.89%) LAN
6 11 (0.89%) SD-WAN
7 10 (0.81%) SAN
8 8 (0.65%) SSL
9 7 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (0.57%) Software-Defined Networking
9 7 (0.57%) VSAN
10 6 (0.49%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.41%) MPLS
11 5 (0.41%) NGN
11 5 (0.41%) SMTP
12 4 (0.32%) IPv4
12 4 (0.32%) NAS
13 3 (0.24%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.92%) Power BI
2 25 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (1.79%) Data Lake
3 22 (1.79%) NoSQL
4 20 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (1.62%) Metadata
5 15 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
6 14 (1.14%) Big Data
6 14 (1.14%) DynamoDB
6 14 (1.14%) MongoDB
7 12 (0.97%) MySQL
8 11 (0.89%) Db2
8 11 (0.89%) Tableau
9 10 (0.81%) DTS
9 10 (0.81%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.57%) Pinecone
10 7 (0.57%) SQL Server
11 6 (0.49%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 63 (5.12%) Jenkins
2 59 (4.79%) Git
3 38 (3.09%) GitLab
4 29 (2.36%) JIRA
5 10 (0.81%) Maven
6 9 (0.73%) Vite
7 7 (0.57%) Axure RP
8 6 (0.49%) Balsamiq
8 6 (0.49%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.49%) Gradle
8 6 (0.49%) JMeter
9 5 (0.41%) JUnit
9 5 (0.41%) Subversion
9 5 (0.41%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.32%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.24%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.24%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (0.24%) Zephyr
12 2 (0.16%) Mockito
General
1 310 (25.18%) Public Sector
2 241 (19.58%) Social Skills
3 159 (12.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 107 (8.69%) Law
5 105 (8.53%) Finance
6 99 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
7 41 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
8 23 (1.87%) Legal
9 21 (1.71%) Aerospace
10 15 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (0.97%) Games
12 9 (0.73%) Military
13 8 (0.65%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.57%) Cyber-Physical System
15 6 (0.49%) Advertising
16 5 (0.41%) Banking
16 5 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.41%) Marketing
16 5 (0.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 247 (20.06%) Senior
2 218 (17.71%) Architect
3 179 (14.54%) Consultant
4 135 (10.97%) Developer
5 99 (8.04%) Solutions Architect
6 87 (7.07%) Lead
7 69 (5.61%) Data Engineer
8 65 (5.28%) Senior Consultant
9 62 (5.04%) Analyst
10 53 (4.31%) DevOps Engineer
11 51 (4.14%) AWS Architect
12 47 (3.82%) Software Engineer
13 46 (3.74%) Senior Manager
14 43 (3.49%) Cloud Engineer
15 42 (3.41%) AWS Solution Architect
16 38 (3.09%) Data Architect
17 37 (3.01%) Business Analyst
17 37 (3.01%) Full-Stack Developer
18 36 (2.92%) Senior Developer
19 32 (2.60%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.41%) React
2 30 (2.44%) Spring
3 25 (2.03%) Kafka
4 24 (1.95%) .NET
4 24 (1.95%) REST
5 21 (1.71%) HTML
5 21 (1.71%) Node.js
5 21 (1.71%) Spring Boot
6 19 (1.54%) CSS
7 17 (1.38%) Web Services
8 16 (1.30%) JSON
9 15 (1.22%) PySpark
10 14 (1.14%) AngularJS
10 14 (1.14%) Middleware
10 14 (1.14%) SOAP
11 13 (1.06%) OAuth
11 13 (1.06%) YAML
12 12 (0.97%) SAML
13 11 (0.89%) RESTful
13 11 (0.89%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 105 (8.53%) Cloud Native
2 48 (3.90%) Product Ownership
3 44 (3.57%) Onboarding
4 39 (3.17%) Data Centre
5 31 (2.52%) Management Information System
6 30 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
7 22 (1.79%) Enterprise Cloud
8 20 (1.62%) PKI
9 19 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (1.54%) Operational Technology
10 18 (1.46%) AI Agents
11 17 (1.38%) Cyber Defence
11 17 (1.38%) Security Posture
12 16 (1.30%) Blog
13 15 (1.22%) Public Cloud
14 13 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (0.97%) Distributed Computing
15 12 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
16 10 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 89 (7.23%) Linux
2 69 (5.61%) Windows
3 33 (2.68%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (0.49%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.49%) VMS
7 4 (0.32%) CentOS
8 3 (0.24%) Unix
9 2 (0.16%) Android
9 2 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.081%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.081%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.081%) Rocky
10 1 (0.081%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (23.23%) Agile
2 188 (15.27%) DevOps
3 169 (13.73%) AI
4 164 (13.32%) CI/CD
5 143 (11.62%) Mentoring
6 132 (10.72%) Problem-Solving
7 129 (10.48%) Infrastructure as Code
8 125 (10.15%) Software Engineering
9 118 (9.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 114 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
11 103 (8.37%) Community of Practice
12 98 (7.96%) Full-Stack Development
13 96 (7.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 95 (7.72%) Analytics
15 94 (7.64%) Technology Strategy
16 84 (6.82%) Roadmaps
17 83 (6.74%) Collaborative Culture
18 80 (6.50%) Computer Science
19 79 (6.42%) Project Delivery
20 77 (6.26%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 218 (17.71%) Python
2 145 (11.78%) Java
3 84 (6.82%) SQL
4 79 (6.42%) JavaScript
5 42 (3.41%) Bash
6 35 (2.84%) TypeScript
7 32 (2.60%) PowerShell
8 30 (2.44%) C#
9 22 (1.79%) C++
10 11 (0.89%) Rust
11 10 (0.81%) Apex Code
11 10 (0.81%) Go
12 9 (0.73%) Kotlin
13 8 (0.65%) Google Apps Script
13 8 (0.65%) Perl
14 7 (0.57%) C
14 7 (0.57%) Ruby
15 6 (0.49%) DataWeave
15 6 (0.49%) PHP
15 6 (0.49%) Scala
Qualifications
1 879 (71.41%) SC Cleared
2 309 (25.10%) DV Cleared
3 172 (13.97%) Degree
4 40 (3.25%) AWS Certification
5 37 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 36 (2.92%) CISSP
7 35 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (2.11%) CISM
9 18 (1.46%) PhD
10 17 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (1.30%) DBS Check
12 15 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 14 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
14 13 (1.06%) Azure Certification
15 12 (0.97%) Master's Degree
16 10 (0.81%) CRISC
16 10 (0.81%) OSCP
17 7 (0.57%) GIAC
17 7 (0.57%) GSEC
18 6 (0.49%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (4.06%) NIST
2 45 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (2.11%) Data Quality
3 26 (2.11%) QA
4 24 (1.95%) Accessibility
5 20 (1.62%) NCSC
6 18 (1.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 16 (1.30%) GDPR
8 10 (0.81%) WCAG
9 8 (0.65%) GRC
9 8 (0.65%) JSP 440
10 7 (0.57%) Government Security Classifications
11 5 (0.41%) PMO
11 5 (0.41%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.32%) RMADS
13 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 3 (0.24%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.16%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 72 (5.85%) Docker
2 47 (3.82%) Active Directory
3 32 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.54%) vSphere
5 10 (0.81%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.49%) KVM
7 4 (0.32%) Squid
7 4 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.081%) Firmware
9 1 (0.081%) Xen
Systems Management
1 127 (10.32%) Terraform
2 95 (7.72%) Kubernetes
3 46 (3.74%) Ansible
4 24 (1.95%) Grafana
5 20 (1.62%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.14%) Puppet
7 12 (0.97%) Progress Chef
8 10 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (0.73%) Argo
10 8 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.57%) ZABBIX
12 6 (0.49%) CloudHub
12 6 (0.49%) Kibana
12 6 (0.49%) WSUS
13 5 (0.41%) CASB
13 5 (0.41%) Packer
14 4 (0.32%) Nagios
14 4 (0.32%) SCOM
15 3 (0.24%) Mesos
15 3 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 116 (9.42%) Microsoft
2 49 (3.98%) Oracle
3 47 (3.82%) Google
4 43 (3.49%) VMware
5 31 (2.52%) Salesforce
5 31 (2.52%) ServiceNow
6 28 (2.27%) Databricks
7 19 (1.54%) Splunk
8 18 (1.46%) Red Hat
9 17 (1.38%) Cisco
9 17 (1.38%) Dell
9 17 (1.38%) OpenAI
10 16 (1.30%) Palantir
11 15 (1.22%) Adobe
11 15 (1.22%) MuleSoft
11 15 (1.22%) SAP
12 14 (1.14%) CyberArk
12 14 (1.14%) Okta
13 13 (1.06%) Foundry
14 11 (0.89%) IBM