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 22 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 51 59
Rank change year-on-year -22 +8 +82
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 497 907 845
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.84% 5.15% 4.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.63% 18.16% 17.06%
Number of salaries quoted 341 412 561
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £97,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

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 3,935 4,994 4,953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.37% 28.34% 26.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,099 2,208 3,630
10th Percentile £32,700 £40,029 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £114,855 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +2.88%

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 2025. 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 -39 67 £60,000 -20.00% 200
South London +19 43 £65,000 +5.44% 30
West London -16 5 £35,000 -28.57% 16
East London -19 2 - - 9
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 19 (3.82%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.61%) Confluence
3 5 (1.01%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.60%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.60%) JBoss
4 3 (0.60%) Red Hat Fuse
5 2 (0.40%) Apache
5 2 (0.40%) CMS
6 1 (0.20%) Camunda
6 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.20%) IIS
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 19 (3.82%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 18 (3.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.01%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.80%) Maximo
3 4 (0.80%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.80%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.80%) SAP SCM
4 3 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.60%) Primavera
4 3 (0.60%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.40%) SAP APO
5 2 (0.40%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.40%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.20%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.20%) SAP WM
6 1 (0.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 137 (27.57%) AWS
2 128 (25.75%) Azure
3 56 (11.27%) Serverless
4 35 (7.04%) GCP
4 35 (7.04%) Power Platform
5 32 (6.44%) Amazon EKS
6 30 (6.04%) Amazon ECS
7 24 (4.83%) Amazon EC2
7 24 (4.83%) Power Automate
7 24 (4.83%) PowerApps
8 22 (4.43%) AWS CloudFormation
8 22 (4.43%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (4.23%) Dynamics 365
10 20 (4.02%) Figma
11 19 (3.82%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (3.42%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (2.82%) Azure Functions
13 14 (2.82%) Azure Sentinel
13 14 (2.82%) PaaS
14 13 (2.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.23%) Firewall
2 14 (2.82%) Network Security
3 13 (2.62%) TCP/IP
4 12 (2.41%) VPN
5 11 (2.21%) Structured Cabling
6 9 (1.81%) DNS
7 7 (1.41%) WAN
7 7 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.21%) LAN
9 5 (1.01%) Wireless
10 4 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.60%) Cisco Firepower
11 3 (0.60%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.60%) HTTP
11 3 (0.60%) Modbus
11 3 (0.60%) Profibus
11 3 (0.60%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.60%) SSH
11 3 (0.60%) VoIP
11 3 (0.60%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (10.26%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (5.84%) Power BI
2 29 (5.84%) Relational Database
3 18 (3.62%) MongoDB
4 17 (3.42%) RDBMS
5 13 (2.62%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (2.21%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (2.01%) MySQL
8 8 (1.61%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.41%) SQL Server
10 6 (1.21%) Metadata
11 5 (1.01%) Redis
12 4 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.80%) Neo4j
13 3 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.60%) DB2
13 3 (0.60%) Power Query
14 2 (0.40%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.40%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 40 (8.05%) Jenkins
2 26 (5.23%) Git
3 20 (4.02%) JUnit
4 19 (3.82%) Axure RP
4 19 (3.82%) Balsamiq
4 19 (3.82%) JMeter
5 18 (3.62%) JIRA
6 16 (3.22%) Mockito
7 11 (2.21%) GitLab
8 8 (1.61%) Cypress.io
8 8 (1.61%) Selenium
9 5 (1.01%) gulp
9 5 (1.01%) MLflow
9 5 (1.01%) webpack
10 4 (0.80%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.80%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.60%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.60%) Subversion
12 2 (0.40%) Robot Framework
12 2 (0.40%) Vagrant
General
1 184 (37.02%) Public Sector
2 110 (22.13%) Social Skills
3 81 (16.30%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (15.90%) Law
5 74 (14.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 53 (10.66%) Finance
7 28 (5.63%) Telecoms
8 25 (5.03%) Manufacturing
9 23 (4.63%) Electronics
9 23 (4.63%) Marketing
10 10 (2.01%) Legal
11 9 (1.81%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.61%) Retail
13 7 (1.41%) Advertising
13 7 (1.41%) Military
13 7 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.80%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 85 (17.10%) Developer
2 63 (12.68%) Consultant
3 58 (11.67%) Senior
4 46 (9.26%) Architect
5 38 (7.65%) Designer
6 34 (6.84%) Software Engineer
7 30 (6.04%) Lead
8 27 (5.43%) Analyst
8 27 (5.43%) Service Designer
9 23 (4.63%) Java Developer
10 21 (4.23%) Full-Stack Developer
11 19 (3.82%) Data Engineer
12 18 (3.62%) DevOps Engineer
12 18 (3.62%) Power Platform Developer
13 15 (3.02%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 15 (3.02%) Mid-Level Java Developer
14 14 (2.82%) Administrator
14 14 (2.82%) Senior Developer
15 13 (2.62%) Cloud Engineer
15 13 (2.62%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (8.45%) HTML
2 40 (8.05%) React
3 37 (7.44%) Spring
4 32 (6.44%) Spring Boot
5 29 (5.84%) REST
6 26 (5.23%) CSS
6 26 (5.23%) Web Services
7 23 (4.63%) AngularJS
8 20 (4.02%) Hibernate
9 19 (3.82%) Apache Camel
10 17 (3.42%) ActiveMQ
10 17 (3.42%) Node.js
10 17 (3.42%) XML
11 16 (3.22%) HTML5 Canvas
11 16 (3.22%) jQuery
11 16 (3.22%) WireMock
12 15 (3.02%) JSON
13 14 (2.82%) .NET
14 12 (2.41%) Elastic Stack
14 12 (2.41%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.05%) Cloud Native
2 37 (7.44%) Product Ownership
3 23 (4.63%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (3.62%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (3.02%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.21%) Data Centre
7 11 (2.21%) Data Structures
8 9 (1.81%) AI Agents
8 9 (1.81%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.81%) PKI
9 8 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
10 6 (1.21%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.01%) SCADA
11 5 (1.01%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.01%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.80%) CMDB
12 4 (0.80%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 35 (7.04%) Linux
2 28 (5.63%) Windows
3 16 (3.22%) Unix
4 9 (1.81%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.41%) CentOS
7 6 (1.21%) VMS
8 5 (1.01%) HPUX
8 5 (1.01%) Solaris
9 4 (0.80%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (0.80%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.20%) Android
11 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.20%) Debian
11 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (35.81%) Agile
2 103 (20.72%) Problem-Solving
3 92 (18.51%) CI/CD
4 86 (17.30%) DevOps
5 74 (14.89%) Analytics
5 74 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 67 (13.48%) Software Engineering
7 62 (12.47%) AI
8 61 (12.27%) Workflow
9 58 (11.67%) Community of Practice
10 57 (11.47%) Mentoring
11 55 (11.07%) Infrastructure as Code
12 52 (10.46%) Business Intelligence
12 52 (10.46%) Technology Strategy
13 50 (10.06%) User Experience
14 47 (9.46%) Full-Stack Development
15 41 (8.25%) Microservices
16 40 (8.05%) SDLC
17 38 (7.65%) Containerisation
18 36 (7.24%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 129 (25.96%) Python
2 98 (19.72%) JavaScript
3 90 (18.11%) Java
4 52 (10.46%) SQL
5 45 (9.05%) C#
6 39 (7.85%) TypeScript
7 22 (4.43%) PowerShell
8 20 (4.02%) Bash
9 19 (3.82%) Shell Script
10 18 (3.62%) C++
11 9 (1.81%) Go
11 9 (1.81%) R
12 8 (1.61%) Bicep
12 8 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (1.61%) Ruby
13 6 (1.21%) ABAP
13 6 (1.21%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.21%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.80%) C
14 4 (0.80%) Scala
Qualifications
1 321 (64.59%) SC Cleared
2 122 (24.55%) DV Cleared
3 101 (20.32%) Degree
4 32 (6.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (5.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (4.83%) Azure Certification
7 16 (3.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (2.82%) AWS Certification
9 13 (2.62%) SAP Certification
10 10 (2.01%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.21%) CISSP
11 6 (1.21%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.21%) NVQ Level 3
12 5 (1.01%) CCNP
12 5 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.80%) APMG
13 4 (0.80%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.60%) CCIE
14 3 (0.60%) HNC
14 3 (0.60%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (11.87%) Accessibility
2 21 (4.23%) WCAG
3 20 (4.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (3.22%) NIST
5 13 (2.62%) QA
6 10 (2.01%) GDPR
7 9 (1.81%) GRC
7 9 (1.81%) SLA
8 8 (1.61%) NCSC
9 5 (1.01%) Data Quality
9 5 (1.01%) PMO
10 4 (0.80%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.60%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.60%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (0.60%) NEBOSH
11 3 (0.60%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 71 (14.29%) Docker
2 15 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.21%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.41%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.41%) KVM
5 4 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.40%) pfSense
7 1 (0.20%) IAG
Systems Management
1 77 (15.49%) Kubernetes
2 56 (11.27%) Terraform
3 25 (5.03%) Ansible
4 20 (4.02%) Kibana
5 17 (3.42%) Grafana
6 8 (1.61%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.21%) Argo
8 5 (1.01%) SCOM
9 4 (0.80%) Nagios
9 4 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.40%) AWS Copilot
10 2 (0.40%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.40%) Nessus
10 2 (0.40%) SCCM
11 1 (0.20%) Ambari
11 1 (0.20%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.20%) Mesos
11 1 (0.20%) Puppet
11 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 77 (15.49%) Microsoft
2 44 (8.85%) SAP
3 31 (6.24%) Palantir
4 27 (5.43%) Splunk
5 25 (5.03%) Google
6 23 (4.63%) Oracle
6 23 (4.63%) VMware
7 21 (4.23%) Foundry
8 19 (3.82%) Adobe
9 16 (3.22%) Dynatrace
9 16 (3.22%) ServiceNow
10 10 (2.01%) Atlassian
10 10 (2.01%) Cisco
11 8 (1.61%) MuleSoft
11 8 (1.61%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.41%) Databricks
13 6 (1.21%) Salesforce
14 5 (1.01%) Juniper
15 4 (0.80%) IBM
15 4 (0.80%) Zscaler