Security Cleared Jobs in London

Security Clearance
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 69 219
Rank change year-on-year +14 +150 -107
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,056 1,529 1,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.47% 4.44% 1.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.66% 17.06% 9.10%
Number of salaries quoted 684 974 715
10th Percentile £46,250 £44,825 £38,095
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £49,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £84,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

Security Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,745 8,963 14,219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.55% 26.00% 21.07%
Number of salaries quoted 4,267 5,614 6,719
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,200
25th Percentile £49,125 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £54,998 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.61% +8.23% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in London

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in London.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in London

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

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 8 May 2024. 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 +5 171 £65,000 -3.70% 41
South London +32 70 £77,500 +19.23% 25
North London +18 42 £55,000 - 3
West London -36 11 £37,500 -42.31% 18
East London -6 1 £28,000 -51.30% 4
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 35 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.56%) ArcGIS
2 27 (2.56%) GeoServer
3 23 (2.18%) OpenStack
4 19 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.52%) Apache
6 15 (1.42%) JBoss
7 13 (1.23%) Red Hat Fuse
8 12 (1.14%) IIS
9 10 (0.95%) Confluence
10 8 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2013
11 7 (0.66%) Drupal
11 7 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2010
11 7 (0.66%) Tomcat
12 5 (0.47%) nginx
13 4 (0.38%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.28%) WordPress
15 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
15 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
15 2 (0.19%) WinCC
Applications
1 22 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.38%) Sketch
5 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.095%) Blender
6 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 24 (2.27%) Remedy ITSM
2 13 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 12 (1.14%) NEC Housing
4 11 (1.04%) SAP HR
5 9 (0.85%) SAP SCM
6 8 (0.76%) Elite 3E
6 8 (0.76%) SAP EWM
6 8 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 7 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
8 6 (0.57%) SAP CO
8 6 (0.57%) SAP FI
8 6 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.38%) Oracle Payroll
9 4 (0.38%) SAP BPC
9 4 (0.38%) SAP CRM
9 4 (0.38%) SAP CX
9 4 (0.38%) SAP GTS
9 4 (0.38%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.38%) SAP WM
10 2 (0.19%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 248 (23.48%) Azure
2 221 (20.93%) AWS
3 73 (6.91%) Power Platform
4 69 (6.53%) Azure DevOps
5 52 (4.92%) Serverless
6 47 (4.45%) Amazon EKS
7 43 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
8 42 (3.98%) Amazon ECS
8 42 (3.98%) Dynamics 365
9 38 (3.60%) GCP
10 32 (3.03%) SaaS
11 30 (2.84%) PowerApps
12 29 (2.75%) Power Automate
13 21 (1.99%) Entra ID
14 18 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
14 18 (1.70%) PaaS
15 17 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
16 14 (1.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 14 (1.33%) GitHub
17 12 (1.14%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 74 (7.01%) Firewall
2 41 (3.88%) VPN
3 39 (3.69%) Internet
3 39 (3.69%) WAN
4 38 (3.60%) LAN
5 22 (2.08%) Network Security
6 15 (1.42%) DNS
6 15 (1.42%) TCP/IP
7 13 (1.23%) SSL
8 8 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
9 6 (0.57%) BGP
10 4 (0.38%) 5G
10 4 (0.38%) GSM
10 4 (0.38%) IPv4
10 4 (0.38%) IPv6
10 4 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
10 4 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (0.38%) Wireless
11 3 (0.28%) NetScaler
11 3 (0.28%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (6.53%) Relational Database
2 68 (6.44%) PostgreSQL
3 49 (4.64%) Power BI
4 37 (3.50%) SQL Server
5 30 (2.84%) GIS
6 27 (2.56%) QGIS
7 26 (2.46%) NoSQL
8 19 (1.80%) Oracle Database
9 15 (1.42%) Big Data
10 13 (1.23%) Metadata
11 12 (1.14%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.85%) MySQL
12 9 (0.85%) Tableau
13 8 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (0.57%) Hadoop
15 6 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 6 (0.57%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 79 (7.48%) Jenkins
2 61 (5.78%) Git
3 26 (2.46%) JIRA
4 18 (1.70%) JUnit
5 17 (1.61%) GitLab
6 14 (1.33%) Bitbucket
7 12 (1.14%) Cucumber
7 12 (1.14%) Selenium
8 8 (0.76%) TestNG
9 7 (0.66%) Maven
9 7 (0.66%) REST Assured
9 7 (0.66%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.47%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.38%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.38%) Terragrunt
12 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket Server
12 3 (0.28%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.28%) Serenity BDD
12 3 (0.28%) SoapUI
General
1 299 (28.31%) Social Skills
2 249 (23.58%) Public Sector
3 109 (10.32%) Finance
4 99 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 74 (7.01%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (3.98%) Law
7 41 (3.88%) Police
7 41 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
8 40 (3.79%) Retail
9 28 (2.65%) Military
10 24 (2.27%) Aerospace
11 21 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (1.99%) Legal
12 20 (1.89%) Manufacturing
12 20 (1.89%) Marketing
13 16 (1.52%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.33%) Local Government
15 12 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (0.95%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 199 (18.84%) Senior
2 196 (18.56%) Architect
3 151 (14.30%) Developer
4 138 (13.07%) Consultant
5 71 (6.72%) Analyst
6 67 (6.34%) Lead
7 61 (5.78%) DevOps Engineer
8 59 (5.59%) Software Engineer
8 59 (5.59%) Solutions Architect
9 54 (5.11%) Technical Architect
10 45 (4.26%) Security Consultant
11 41 (3.88%) Java Developer
12 38 (3.60%) SAP Consultant
13 37 (3.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 36 (3.41%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 36 (3.41%) Senior Consultant
15 31 (2.94%) Full Stack Developer
16 30 (2.84%) Project Manager
17 28 (2.65%) Business Analyst
18 26 (2.46%) Senior SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (6.34%) HTML
2 61 (5.78%) .NET
3 56 (5.30%) Web Services
4 55 (5.21%) CSS
5 53 (5.02%) REST
6 49 (4.64%) Spring
7 48 (4.55%) Elastic Stack
7 48 (4.55%) React
8 41 (3.88%) Spring Boot
9 38 (3.60%) JSON
10 37 (3.50%) XML
11 33 (3.13%) AngularJS
11 33 (3.13%) Node.js
12 30 (2.84%) SOAP
13 27 (2.56%) .NET Core
13 27 (2.56%) Leaflet
13 27 (2.56%) OpenLayers
13 27 (2.56%) PostGIS
14 24 (2.27%) Apache Camel
15 23 (2.18%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 62 (5.87%) Product Ownership
2 32 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 31 (2.94%) PKI
4 30 (2.84%) Cyberattack
5 29 (2.75%) Public Cloud
6 24 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
7 22 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
8 21 (1.99%) Onboarding
9 20 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
10 19 (1.80%) Mainframe
11 18 (1.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 16 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
12 16 (1.52%) Data Centre
13 14 (1.33%) Driving Licence
13 14 (1.33%) Operational Technology
14 13 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.14%) IoT
16 11 (1.04%) Virtual Team
17 9 (0.85%) CMDB
17 9 (0.85%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 141 (13.35%) Windows
2 139 (13.16%) Linux
3 41 (3.88%) Ubuntu
4 40 (3.79%) Windows Server
5 39 (3.69%) VMS
6 18 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (1.70%) Unix
7 10 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
7 10 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (0.57%) Solaris
9 4 (0.38%) CentOS
9 4 (0.38%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.19%) Debian
11 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.095%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.095%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.095%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (37.78%) Agile
2 227 (21.50%) DevOps
3 154 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
4 143 (13.54%) Cybersecurity
5 137 (12.97%) Actionable Insight
5 137 (12.97%) Scrum
6 122 (11.55%) CI/CD
7 118 (11.17%) Project Delivery
8 111 (10.51%) Project Management
9 110 (10.42%) Software Engineering
10 102 (9.66%) Mentoring
11 84 (7.95%) Analytics
12 77 (7.29%) ITIL
13 74 (7.01%) Coaching
14 68 (6.44%) SIEM
15 67 (6.34%) Collaborative Working
16 65 (6.16%) Collaborative Culture
16 65 (6.16%) Microservices
17 62 (5.87%) Service Delivery
18 61 (5.78%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 147 (13.92%) JavaScript
2 130 (12.31%) Python
3 101 (9.56%) Java
4 89 (8.43%) SQL
5 65 (6.16%) C#
6 36 (3.41%) Bash
7 31 (2.94%) PowerShell
8 19 (1.80%) Shell Script
9 18 (1.70%) COBOL
10 14 (1.33%) C++
11 13 (1.23%) Perl
12 8 (0.76%) Groovy
12 8 (0.76%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.66%) PHP
14 6 (0.57%) Bicep
14 6 (0.57%) C
15 5 (0.47%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.47%) VBA
16 4 (0.38%) Scala
17 3 (0.28%) R
Qualifications
1 611 (57.86%) SC Cleared
2 281 (26.61%) DV Cleared
3 156 (14.77%) Degree
4 47 (4.45%) CISSP
5 42 (3.98%) CTC Cleared
6 39 (3.69%) Azure Certification
7 36 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 36 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (3.22%) AWS Certification
8 34 (3.22%) BPSS Clearance
9 28 (2.65%) Master's Degree
10 27 (2.56%) CISM
11 17 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 14 (1.33%) CESG Certified Professional
13 11 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (1.04%) CREST Certified
13 11 (1.04%) HNC
13 11 (1.04%) HND
14 10 (0.95%) Oracle Certification
15 9 (0.85%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (4.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (3.41%) NIST
3 28 (2.65%) QA
4 25 (2.37%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 16 (1.52%) GDPR
7 14 (1.33%) Data Quality
8 13 (1.23%) NCSC
8 13 (1.23%) PMO
9 11 (1.04%) SLA
10 9 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.47%) WCAG
12 4 (0.38%) COBIT
12 4 (0.38%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.38%) GRC
12 4 (0.38%) ISO 31000
12 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.38%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.38%) RMADS
13 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 119 (11.27%) Docker
2 92 (8.71%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.80%) Hyper-V
5 17 (1.61%) vSphere
6 9 (0.85%) KVM
7 6 (0.57%) Forefront TMG
7 6 (0.57%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 124 (11.74%) Terraform
2 105 (9.94%) Kubernetes
3 102 (9.66%) Ansible
4 19 (1.80%) Puppet
5 15 (1.42%) Progress Chef
6 13 (1.23%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.76%) Grafana
8 8 (0.76%) Kibana
8 8 (0.76%) WSUS
9 7 (0.66%) HP UCMDB
10 6 (0.57%) SCOM
11 5 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.47%) Packer
12 4 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 4 (0.38%) QRadar
13 3 (0.28%) Consul
13 3 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
13 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 141 (13.35%) Microsoft
2 78 (7.39%) Oracle
3 52 (4.92%) SAP
4 46 (4.36%) VMware
5 35 (3.31%) ServiceNow
6 28 (2.65%) ESRI
7 24 (2.27%) BMC
7 24 (2.27%) Remedy
8 23 (2.18%) Juniper
8 23 (2.18%) WSO2
9 20 (1.89%) HP
10 18 (1.70%) SolarWinds
10 18 (1.70%) Unisys
11 17 (1.61%) Red Hat
12 16 (1.52%) Splunk
13 15 (1.42%) Cisco
13 15 (1.42%) Tanium
13 15 (1.42%) Tripwire
14 14 (1.33%) Google
15 12 (1.14%) Dell