Security Cleared Jobs in Merton

Security Clearance
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merton with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 25 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 -16 +1
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Security Cleared 8 5 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merton 7.02% 4.81% 8.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.55% 9.43% 54.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 6
10th Percentile - £52,000 £37,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £54,250 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £63,625 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.95% +27.25% +159.07%
75th Percentile £80,000 £69,406 £66,000
90th Percentile - £73,963 £68,375
South London median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% +23.08% +69.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merton

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 Merton.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 55 53 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merton 48.25% 50.96% 16.42%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 11
10th Percentile £41,325 - £28,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £42,500 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.42% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,594 £59,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £69,913 £66,500
South London median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +30.00% -6.54% +20.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Merton

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Salary Trend in Merton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Security Cleared

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Salary Histogram in Merton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Merton over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Merton

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Job Locations in Merton

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Merton region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
New Malden +14 5 £72,500 +13.95% 4
Morden - 2 - -
Mitcham - 1 - -
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South London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merton 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 1 (12.50%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Elasticsearch
General
1 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Military
3 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) Node.js
1 1 (12.50%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Cyberattack
1 3 (37.50%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Android
2 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Budgeting
2 2 (25.00%) Coaching
2 2 (25.00%) Cost Management
2 2 (25.00%) Culture Change
2 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Resource Management
2 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (12.50%) Design Patterns
3 1 (12.50%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) Go
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) Rust
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) PMBOK
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
1 1 (12.50%) Functional Safety
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Siemens
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Red Hat
2 1 (12.50%) Rockwell