Security Cleared Job Trends in Luton

Security Clearance
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Luton with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 15 2
Rank change year-on-year +8 -13 +29
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 8 12 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Luton 10.81% 10.81% 25.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.10% 30.00% 52.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 8
10th Percentile - £53,550 £52,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £54,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.93% - +20.83%
75th Percentile £56,875 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £62,500 - £82,000
Bedfordshire median annual salary £63,750 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.07% +11.54% +79.46%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Luton

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 Luton.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21 40 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Luton 28.38% 36.04% 47.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4 19 22
10th Percentile - £30,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.13% - +35.29%
75th Percentile £62,125 £73,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £64,600 £75,000 £77,500
Bedfordshire median annual salary £34,000 £50,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -32.34% -12.61% +39.56%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Cleared relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Luton.

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Luton

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Salary Trend in Luton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in Luton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Luton over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Luton

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Metadata
2 1 (12.50%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 8 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (62.50%) Electronics
2 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) Manufacturing
2 5 (62.50%) Marketing
2 5 (62.50%) Telecoms
3 2 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Senior
2 3 (37.50%) Linux Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (12.50%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 1 (12.50%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) JSON
2 1 (12.50%) FastAPI
2 1 (12.50%) JSON-LD
2 1 (12.50%) Pandas
2 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Semantic Web
2 1 (12.50%) Linked Data
2 1 (12.50%) Reference Data
2 1 (12.50%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) Digital Marketing
1 5 (62.50%) Programme Management
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Data Validation
3 2 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 2 (25.00%) RDF
3 2 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data Transformation
4 1 (12.50%) Domain Models
4 1 (12.50%) MODAF
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Reference Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
4 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) SHACL
2 1 (12.50%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CISM
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) QA
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) VMware