Security Cleared Job Trends in the South East

Security Clearance
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 15 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 -6 +2
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,378 857 1,628
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 7.52% 9.54% 12.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.35% 23.56% 39.69%
Number of salaries quoted 897 471 991
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,500 £39,380
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £58,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% +0.87% +9.42%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £76,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,791 3,637 4,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.69% 40.50% 31.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,221 1,595 2,150
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £41,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,300 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.96% -6.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -5.01%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in the South East

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the South East

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Hampshire +1 743 £75,000 +20.00% 357
Thames Valley +25 380 £70,000 +27.27% 295
Berkshire +32 261 £70,000 +27.27% 194
Surrey +2 183 £50,000 +28.21% 106
Buckinghamshire +22 107 £55,000 - 56
West Sussex -16 27 £38,000 +1.33% 44
Kent -24 17 £52,500 -4.55% 36
Oxfordshire -38 12 £100,000 +15.94% 48
East Sussex -10 6 £70,000 +40.00% 8
Isle of Wight - 6 £70,000 - 2
Sussex -7 5 £65,000 +23.81% 6
Middlesex +20 3 £65,000 - 2
Home Counties - 2 £80,000 -
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 14 (1.02%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.80%) Apache
3 6 (0.44%) Confluence
3 6 (0.44%) SAS
4 5 (0.36%) nginx
5 4 (0.29%) IIS
6 3 (0.22%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.073%) Kinematics
Applications
1 31 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.31%) Simulink
4 16 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.44%) SOLIDWORKS
7 5 (0.36%) Solid Edge
8 4 (0.29%) Mathcad
9 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.22%) Mathematica
10 2 (0.15%) Lectora
10 2 (0.15%) UserZoom
11 1 (0.073%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.073%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.073%) CATIA
11 1 (0.073%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (0.58%) Primavera
2 4 (0.29%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.15%) Siebel CRM
3 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.073%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.073%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.073%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.073%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.073%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 211 (15.31%) Azure
2 145 (10.52%) AWS
3 58 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (3.05%) Entra ID
5 35 (2.54%) GCP
6 27 (1.96%) Power Platform
7 22 (1.60%) Serverless
8 20 (1.45%) OpenShift
9 18 (1.31%) GitHub
10 15 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
11 14 (1.02%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
12 13 (0.94%) GitHub Actions
13 12 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (0.80%) Azure AKS
15 10 (0.73%) Amazon EC2
16 9 (0.65%) PowerApps
16 9 (0.65%) SaaS
17 8 (0.58%) Azure Stack
18 7 (0.51%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 122 (8.85%) Firewall
2 70 (5.08%) DNS
3 62 (4.50%) WAN
4 54 (3.92%) LAN
5 49 (3.56%) Network Security
6 44 (3.19%) TCP/IP
7 42 (3.05%) VPN
8 19 (1.38%) BGP
8 19 (1.38%) HTTP
9 18 (1.31%) ATM
9 18 (1.31%) VLAN
10 15 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
11 14 (1.02%) DHCP
11 14 (1.02%) OSPF
12 13 (0.94%) VoIP
13 12 (0.87%) NGFW
13 12 (0.87%) SD-WAN
14 11 (0.80%) SSL
15 10 (0.73%) VSAT
16 9 (0.65%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (1.81%) Power BI
3 21 (1.52%) Relational Database
4 15 (1.09%) MySQL
5 10 (0.73%) SQL Server
6 9 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.29%) GIS
7 4 (0.29%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.29%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.29%) Redis
7 4 (0.29%) Tableau
8 3 (0.22%) Big Data
9 2 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.15%) Metadata
9 2 (0.15%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database 11g
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database 12c
9 2 (0.15%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.15%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 72 (5.22%) Git
2 43 (3.12%) GitLab
3 25 (1.81%) JIRA
4 24 (1.74%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
6 10 (0.73%) SonarQube
7 9 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
8 8 (0.58%) JMeter
9 6 (0.44%) Artifactory
9 6 (0.44%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.36%) Gatling
10 5 (0.36%) JUnit
10 5 (0.36%) LabVIEW
10 5 (0.36%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.29%) Selenium
12 2 (0.15%) Android Studio
12 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.15%) Mockito
12 2 (0.15%) MSTest
General
1 307 (22.28%) Social Skills
2 181 (13.13%) Aerospace
3 154 (11.18%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (9.94%) Finance
5 126 (9.14%) Public Sector
6 71 (5.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 71 (5.15%) Military
7 67 (4.86%) Electronics
8 44 (3.19%) Manufacturing
9 37 (2.69%) Aviation
9 37 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
10 28 (2.03%) Retail
11 27 (1.96%) Law
12 26 (1.89%) Telecoms
13 19 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
14 18 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (1.23%) Legal
16 15 (1.09%) Police
17 13 (0.94%) Aeronautics
17 13 (0.94%) Banking
Job Titles
1 203 (14.73%) Architect
2 187 (13.57%) Senior
3 120 (8.71%) Software Engineer
4 119 (8.64%) Lead
5 105 (7.62%) Systems Engineer
6 93 (6.75%) Analyst
7 84 (6.10%) Security Architect
8 59 (4.28%) Developer
9 49 (3.56%) Consultant
10 44 (3.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 39 (2.83%) Network Engineer
12 37 (2.69%) Project Manager
13 35 (2.54%) Senior Software Engineer
14 34 (2.47%) Security Analyst
15 33 (2.39%) Senior Manager
16 32 (2.32%) Azure Engineer
17 28 (2.03%) Platform Engineer
18 27 (1.96%) SOC Analyst
18 27 (1.96%) Solutions Architect
19 25 (1.81%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (4.79%) Terraform
2 40 (2.90%) ModSecurity
3 34 (2.47%) LDAP
4 33 (2.39%) React
5 27 (1.96%) .NET
6 18 (1.31%) Regular Expression
7 17 (1.23%) HTML
7 17 (1.23%) Spring
7 17 (1.23%) XMPP
8 16 (1.16%) CSS
9 14 (1.02%) Kafka
9 14 (1.02%) REST
10 13 (0.94%) AngularJS
10 13 (0.94%) OAuth
10 13 (0.94%) OpenID
10 13 (0.94%) SAML
11 12 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
11 12 (0.87%) Web Services
12 10 (0.73%) Spring Boot
12 10 (0.73%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (4.21%) Cloud Native
2 50 (3.63%) Data Centre
3 48 (3.48%) Onboarding
4 43 (3.12%) Social Media
5 42 (3.05%) Algorithms
5 42 (3.05%) Driving Licence
6 34 (2.47%) Cyber Threat
6 34 (2.47%) Management Information System
6 34 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
7 32 (2.32%) Security Operations Centre
8 31 (2.25%) Product Ownership
9 30 (2.18%) Cyber Defence
10 25 (1.81%) Embedded Systems
10 25 (1.81%) Robotics
11 23 (1.67%) FPGA
12 20 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
12 20 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
13 19 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
13 19 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (1.38%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 190 (13.79%) Linux
2 144 (10.45%) Windows
3 71 (5.15%) Windows Server
4 26 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (1.09%) Ubuntu
6 11 (0.80%) CentOS
7 9 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.44%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.36%) Android
10 5 (0.36%) Debian
11 4 (0.29%) Unix
12 3 (0.22%) AIX
13 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.15%) Rocky
14 1 (0.073%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (15.09%) Agile
2 204 (14.80%) Continuous Improvement
3 191 (13.86%) Problem-Solving
4 185 (13.43%) Software Engineering
5 173 (12.55%) Validation
6 156 (11.32%) Cybersecurity
7 138 (10.01%) CI/CD
8 119 (8.64%) Mentoring
9 117 (8.49%) DevOps
10 115 (8.35%) Stakeholder Management
11 114 (8.27%) AI
12 113 (8.20%) Decision-Making
13 95 (6.89%) Technical Leadership
14 86 (6.24%) SIEM
15 83 (6.02%) ITIL
16 76 (5.52%) Incident Response
17 73 (5.30%) Infrastructure as Code
18 72 (5.22%) Verification and Validation
19 69 (5.01%) Containerisation
19 69 (5.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 160 (11.61%) Python
2 89 (6.46%) C++
3 54 (3.92%) Java
4 53 (3.85%) C#
5 51 (3.70%) C
5 51 (3.70%) PowerShell
6 42 (3.05%) Bash
7 38 (2.76%) JavaScript
8 32 (2.32%) SQL
9 30 (2.18%) MATLAB
10 29 (2.10%) TypeScript
11 23 (1.67%) Rust
12 20 (1.45%) Embedded C
13 16 (1.16%) Embedded C++
14 14 (1.02%) Go
15 13 (0.94%) PHP
16 12 (0.87%) Shell Script
17 11 (0.80%) Ada
17 11 (0.80%) Perl
18 10 (0.73%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 837 (60.74%) SC Cleared
2 548 (39.77%) DV Cleared
3 198 (14.37%) Degree
4 64 (4.64%) CISSP
5 62 (4.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 46 (3.34%) Cisco Certification
7 35 (2.54%) CISM
8 33 (2.39%) CCNP
9 31 (2.25%) Master's Degree
10 30 (2.18%) Azure Certification
11 29 (2.10%) HNC
12 20 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
13 19 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
14 17 (1.23%) GIAC
15 16 (1.16%) CREST Certified
15 16 (1.16%) PhD
15 16 (1.16%) PMI Certification
16 15 (1.09%) CCNA
16 15 (1.09%) HND
17 13 (0.94%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (3.05%) QA
2 40 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (2.61%) SLA
4 32 (2.32%) NIST
5 29 (2.10%) Accessibility
6 21 (1.52%) NCSC
7 15 (1.09%) Def Stans
7 15 (1.09%) GDPR
7 15 (1.09%) ISO 9001
8 11 (0.80%) NIST 800
9 9 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 8 (0.58%) GRC
10 8 (0.58%) MISRA
10 8 (0.58%) PMO
11 6 (0.44%) JSP 440
11 6 (0.44%) NEBOSH
12 5 (0.36%) WCAG
13 4 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.29%) Data Quality
14 3 (0.22%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 77 (5.59%) Active Directory
2 71 (5.15%) Docker
3 32 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (2.18%) vSphere
5 23 (1.67%) Firmware
6 18 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (0.87%) VMware NSX
8 11 (0.80%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.36%) Squid
10 4 (0.29%) KVM
11 2 (0.15%) UAG
Systems Management
1 108 (7.84%) Kubernetes
2 57 (4.14%) Ansible
3 19 (1.38%) Kibana
3 19 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
4 18 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.23%) Grafana
6 12 (0.87%) Prometheus
7 11 (0.80%) vCenter Server
8 9 (0.65%) Podman
9 7 (0.51%) Argo
9 7 (0.51%) Graylog
9 7 (0.51%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.51%) Puppet
9 7 (0.51%) QRadar
10 6 (0.44%) Nessus
10 6 (0.44%) Packer
10 6 (0.44%) SCCM
11 5 (0.36%) Istio
12 4 (0.29%) Docker Swarm
12 4 (0.29%) Nagios
Vendors
1 142 (10.30%) Microsoft
2 77 (5.59%) VMware
3 49 (3.56%) Cisco
4 32 (2.32%) Oracle
5 31 (2.25%) ServiceNow
6 30 (2.18%) Red Hat
7 26 (1.89%) Thales
8 25 (1.81%) Splunk
9 22 (1.60%) Fortinet
10 18 (1.31%) EMC
10 18 (1.31%) Palo Alto
11 17 (1.23%) SAP
12 14 (1.02%) AppDynamics
12 14 (1.02%) McAfee
13 13 (0.94%) Google
14 12 (0.87%) ForgeRock
14 12 (0.87%) IBM
14 12 (0.87%) Okta
15 11 (0.80%) Veeam
16 10 (0.73%) NVIDIA