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 9 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 15 10
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 +2
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,328 877 1,618
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 7.35% 9.65% 12.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.84% 23.84% 39.37%
Number of salaries quoted 879 490 993
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £39,125
25th Percentile £53,000 £46,250 £42,999
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 £76,188 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,750 £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 3,705 3,678 4,110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.51% 40.49% 31.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,189 1,644 2,169
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,938 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -7.27% +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 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 9 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 9 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 0 713 £75,000 +20.00% 240
Thames Valley +26 375 £70,000 +27.27% 224
Berkshire +29 256 £70,000 +27.27% 148
Surrey -3 176 £50,000 +25.00% 83
Buckinghamshire +18 106 £55,000 - 44
West Sussex -17 21 £40,000 +6.67% 25
Kent -23 17 £52,500 -4.55% 31
Oxfordshire -33 13 £100,000 +17.65% 42
East Sussex -12 6 £70,000 +40.00% 2
Isle of Wight - 5 £70,000 - 1
Sussex -7 4 £65,000 +23.81% 8
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 13 (0.98%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.83%) Apache
3 6 (0.45%) Confluence
3 6 (0.45%) SAS
4 5 (0.38%) nginx
5 4 (0.30%) IIS
6 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.075%) Kinematics
Applications
1 28 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.36%) Simulink
4 15 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.38%) Solid Edge
6 5 (0.38%) SOLIDWORKS
7 4 (0.30%) Mathcad
8 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.15%) Lectora
9 2 (0.15%) UserZoom
10 1 (0.075%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.075%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.075%) CATIA
10 1 (0.075%) Mathematica
10 1 (0.075%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.075%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (0.60%) Primavera
2 4 (0.30%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.15%) Siebel CRM
3 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.075%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.075%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.075%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.075%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.075%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 207 (15.59%) Azure
2 143 (10.77%) AWS
3 56 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (3.09%) Entra ID
5 36 (2.71%) GCP
6 25 (1.88%) Power Platform
7 22 (1.66%) Serverless
8 19 (1.43%) OpenShift
9 18 (1.36%) GitHub
10 14 (1.05%) Amazon EKS
10 14 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
10 14 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
11 13 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
13 11 (0.83%) Azure AKS
14 10 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (0.68%) PowerApps
16 8 (0.60%) Azure Stack
16 8 (0.60%) SaaS
17 7 (0.53%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 124 (9.34%) Firewall
2 72 (5.42%) DNS
3 62 (4.67%) WAN
4 53 (3.99%) LAN
5 47 (3.54%) Network Security
6 44 (3.31%) TCP/IP
7 42 (3.16%) VPN
8 19 (1.43%) BGP
8 19 (1.43%) HTTP
9 18 (1.36%) ATM
9 18 (1.36%) VLAN
10 14 (1.05%) Intrusion Detection
10 14 (1.05%) OSPF
11 13 (0.98%) VoIP
12 12 (0.90%) DHCP
12 12 (0.90%) NGFW
12 12 (0.90%) SD-WAN
13 11 (0.83%) SSL
14 10 (0.75%) SAN
14 10 (0.75%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (1.73%) Power BI
3 21 (1.58%) Relational Database
4 15 (1.13%) MySQL
5 12 (0.90%) SQL Server
6 9 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.30%) GIS
7 4 (0.30%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.30%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.30%) Redis
7 4 (0.30%) Tableau
8 2 (0.15%) Big Data
8 2 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.15%) Metadata
8 2 (0.15%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database 11g
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database 12c
8 2 (0.15%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.15%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 72 (5.42%) Git
2 43 (3.24%) GitLab
3 26 (1.96%) JIRA
4 24 (1.81%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.05%) Visual Studio Code
6 10 (0.75%) SonarQube
7 8 (0.60%) JMeter
7 8 (0.60%) Rational DOORS
8 6 (0.45%) Artifactory
9 5 (0.38%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.38%) Gatling
9 5 (0.38%) JUnit
9 5 (0.38%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.30%) LabVIEW
10 4 (0.30%) Selenium
11 2 (0.15%) Android Studio
11 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.15%) Mockito
11 2 (0.15%) MSTest
General
1 298 (22.44%) Social Skills
2 154 (11.60%) Aerospace
3 150 (11.30%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (9.79%) Finance
5 122 (9.19%) Public Sector
6 68 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 66 (4.97%) Military
8 65 (4.89%) Electronics
9 40 (3.01%) Manufacturing
10 34 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
11 33 (2.48%) Aviation
12 26 (1.96%) Law
13 24 (1.81%) Telecoms
14 21 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
15 16 (1.20%) Retail
16 14 (1.05%) Legal
16 14 (1.05%) Police
17 13 (0.98%) Aeronautics
17 13 (0.98%) Banking
Job Titles
1 200 (15.06%) Architect
2 182 (13.70%) Senior
3 122 (9.19%) Software Engineer
4 109 (8.21%) Lead
5 99 (7.45%) Systems Engineer
6 88 (6.63%) Analyst
7 82 (6.17%) Security Architect
8 61 (4.59%) Developer
9 49 (3.69%) Consultant
10 45 (3.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 39 (2.94%) Network Engineer
12 35 (2.64%) Project Manager
12 35 (2.64%) Senior Software Engineer
13 31 (2.33%) Azure Engineer
13 31 (2.33%) Security Analyst
14 29 (2.18%) Applications Architect
15 28 (2.11%) Senior Manager
16 27 (2.03%) Platform Engineer
16 27 (2.03%) SOC Analyst
17 26 (1.96%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (4.89%) Terraform
2 39 (2.94%) ModSecurity
3 36 (2.71%) LDAP
4 33 (2.48%) React
5 29 (2.18%) .NET
6 21 (1.58%) Regular Expression
7 19 (1.43%) XMPP
8 17 (1.28%) Spring
9 16 (1.20%) HTML
10 15 (1.13%) CSS
11 14 (1.05%) Kafka
11 14 (1.05%) REST
12 13 (0.98%) OAuth
12 13 (0.98%) OpenID
12 13 (0.98%) SAML
13 12 (0.90%) AngularJS
13 12 (0.90%) Elastic Stack
13 12 (0.90%) Web Services
14 10 (0.75%) Spring Boot
14 10 (0.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (4.22%) Cloud Native
2 50 (3.77%) Data Centre
3 48 (3.61%) Onboarding
4 43 (3.24%) Social Media
5 41 (3.09%) Driving Licence
6 38 (2.86%) Algorithms
7 32 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
8 30 (2.26%) Management Information System
8 30 (2.26%) Product Ownership
8 30 (2.26%) Security Operations Centre
8 30 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
9 28 (2.11%) Cyber Defence
10 26 (1.96%) Embedded Systems
11 24 (1.81%) FPGA
12 23 (1.73%) Robotics
13 20 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (1.51%) Hybrid Cloud
14 19 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
14 19 (1.43%) Private Cloud
15 18 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 195 (14.68%) Linux
2 145 (10.92%) Windows
3 76 (5.72%) Windows Server
4 29 (2.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (1.13%) Ubuntu
6 11 (0.83%) CentOS
7 9 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.45%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.38%) Android
10 5 (0.38%) Debian
10 5 (0.38%) Unix
11 3 (0.23%) AIX
12 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.15%) Rocky
13 1 (0.075%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (15.21%) Agile
2 194 (14.61%) Continuous Improvement
3 183 (13.78%) Software Engineering
4 180 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
5 166 (12.50%) Validation
6 148 (11.14%) Cybersecurity
7 137 (10.32%) CI/CD
8 116 (8.73%) DevOps
9 110 (8.28%) Decision-Making
9 110 (8.28%) Mentoring
10 105 (7.91%) AI
11 104 (7.83%) Stakeholder Management
12 89 (6.70%) Technical Leadership
13 86 (6.48%) SIEM
14 83 (6.25%) ITIL
15 74 (5.57%) Incident Response
16 71 (5.35%) Infrastructure as Code
17 68 (5.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 68 (5.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 67 (5.05%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 157 (11.82%) Python
2 86 (6.48%) C++
3 55 (4.14%) Java
4 53 (3.99%) C#
5 51 (3.84%) C
5 51 (3.84%) PowerShell
6 42 (3.16%) Bash
7 37 (2.79%) JavaScript
8 31 (2.33%) SQL
9 28 (2.11%) TypeScript
10 25 (1.88%) MATLAB
11 23 (1.73%) Rust
12 19 (1.43%) Embedded C
13 16 (1.20%) Embedded C++
14 14 (1.05%) Go
14 14 (1.05%) Shell Script
15 13 (0.98%) PHP
16 11 (0.83%) Ada
16 11 (0.83%) Perl
17 10 (0.75%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 811 (61.07%) SC Cleared
2 531 (39.98%) DV Cleared
3 189 (14.23%) Degree
4 61 (4.59%) CISSP
5 60 (4.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 45 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
7 33 (2.48%) CISM
8 32 (2.41%) CCNP
9 29 (2.18%) Azure Certification
10 28 (2.11%) HNC
11 26 (1.96%) Master's Degree
12 20 (1.51%) CompTIA Security+
13 18 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
14 17 (1.28%) GIAC
15 16 (1.20%) CREST Certified
15 16 (1.20%) PMI Certification
16 15 (1.13%) CCNA
17 13 (0.98%) GCIA
18 12 (0.90%) HND
18 12 (0.90%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (3.09%) QA
2 39 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (2.56%) SLA
4 29 (2.18%) NIST
5 26 (1.96%) Accessibility
6 22 (1.66%) NCSC
7 15 (1.13%) GDPR
7 15 (1.13%) ISO 9001
8 13 (0.98%) Def Stans
9 10 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 10 (0.75%) NIST 800
10 9 (0.68%) PMO
11 8 (0.60%) MISRA
12 7 (0.53%) GRC
13 6 (0.45%) JSP 440
14 5 (0.38%) NEBOSH
14 5 (0.38%) WCAG
15 4 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
16 3 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 3 (0.23%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 80 (6.02%) Active Directory
2 72 (5.42%) Docker
3 34 (2.56%) vSphere
4 31 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 23 (1.73%) Firmware
6 18 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (0.90%) VMware NSX
8 11 (0.83%) Hyper-V
9 5 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
9 5 (0.38%) Squid
10 4 (0.30%) KVM
11 2 (0.15%) UAG
12 1 (0.075%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 106 (7.98%) Kubernetes
2 56 (4.22%) Ansible
3 19 (1.43%) Kibana
3 19 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
4 17 (1.28%) Grafana
4 17 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (0.90%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.83%) vCenter Server
7 9 (0.68%) Podman
8 7 (0.53%) Argo
8 7 (0.53%) Graylog
8 7 (0.53%) Kustomize
8 7 (0.53%) Puppet
8 7 (0.53%) QRadar
9 6 (0.45%) Nessus
9 6 (0.45%) Packer
9 6 (0.45%) SCCM
10 5 (0.38%) Istio
11 4 (0.30%) Docker Swarm
11 4 (0.30%) Nagios
Vendors
1 140 (10.54%) Microsoft
2 80 (6.02%) VMware
3 48 (3.61%) Cisco
4 34 (2.56%) Oracle
5 31 (2.33%) Red Hat
5 31 (2.33%) ServiceNow
6 25 (1.88%) Splunk
7 22 (1.66%) Fortinet
8 18 (1.36%) Palo Alto
9 17 (1.28%) SAP
10 15 (1.13%) EMC
10 15 (1.13%) McAfee
11 14 (1.05%) AppDynamics
11 14 (1.05%) Google
12 12 (0.90%) ForgeRock
12 12 (0.90%) Okta
13 11 (0.83%) IBM
13 11 (0.83%) Veeam
14 10 (0.75%) NVIDIA
14 10 (0.75%) Thales