Security Cleared Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Security Clearance
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 27 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 -22 +14
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 224 269 782
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.37% 7.93% 16.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.34% 17.55% 40.60%
Number of salaries quoted 108 139 623
10th Percentile £39,280 £36,875 £30,000
25th Percentile £47,875 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,670 £54,763
Median % change year-on-year -0.29% +5.31% +15.29%
75th Percentile £65,938 £73,750 £60,025
90th Percentile £75,675 £79,000 £76,000
South East median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £54,995
% change year-on-year -3.33% +9.10% +9.99%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,158 1,533 1,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.74% 45.18% 40.97%
Number of salaries quoted 460 494 1,279
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,238 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £43,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £59,908 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.37% +14.11% +0.29%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 January 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
Berkshire -15 122 £55,000 -8.33% 67
Buckinghamshire +36 87 £60,000 +4.35% 41
Oxfordshire -8 15 £68,750 +41.03% 23
Security Cleared
South East

Security Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (5.80%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.89%) Confluence
3 2 (0.89%) WordPress
4 1 (0.45%) Camunda
Applications
1 10 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.23%) Adobe XD
3 4 (1.79%) Windchill
4 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.89%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.89%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.89%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.89%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.89%) Elementor
5 2 (0.89%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.45%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (0.89%) C-CURE
2 1 (0.45%) Q-Pulse
2 1 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 31 (13.84%) AWS
2 14 (6.25%) Azure
3 12 (5.36%) Amazon ECS
3 12 (5.36%) Amazon EKS
3 12 (5.36%) GCP
3 12 (5.36%) Serverless
4 11 (4.91%) Amazon EC2
5 7 (3.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 7 (3.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 6 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.68%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.68%) Figma
7 4 (1.79%) Miro
8 3 (1.34%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.34%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.34%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 2 (0.89%) GitHub
9 2 (0.89%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.89%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.59%) Firewall
2 13 (5.80%) DNS
3 11 (4.91%) TCP/IP
4 9 (4.02%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (1.34%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (1.34%) DHCP
6 1 (0.45%) BGP
6 1 (0.45%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.45%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.45%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.45%) ICMP
6 1 (0.45%) IPsec
6 1 (0.45%) Modbus
6 1 (0.45%) Network Security
6 1 (0.45%) OSPF
6 1 (0.45%) RS-232
6 1 (0.45%) S/MIME
6 1 (0.45%) VPN
6 1 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.36%) PostgreSQL
1 12 (5.36%) Relational Database
2 11 (4.91%) RDBMS
3 3 (1.34%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.89%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.45%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.45%) MySQL
5 1 (0.45%) Power BI
5 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 43 (19.20%) Jenkins
2 35 (15.63%) JIRA
3 32 (14.29%) Git
4 12 (5.36%) JUnit
4 12 (5.36%) Mockito
5 11 (4.91%) JMeter
6 5 (2.23%) Axure RP
6 5 (2.23%) Balsamiq
6 5 (2.23%) Cypress.io
6 5 (2.23%) Selenium
7 3 (1.34%) Subversion
7 3 (1.34%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.89%) GitLab
9 1 (0.45%) Ant
9 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.45%) Gradle
9 1 (0.45%) Maven
9 1 (0.45%) SoapUI
General
1 81 (36.16%) Social Skills
2 47 (20.98%) Public Sector
3 34 (15.18%) Organisational Skills
4 33 (14.73%) Finance
5 31 (13.84%) Law
6 27 (12.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (5.80%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.57%) Marketing
10 7 (3.13%) Aerospace
10 7 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.68%) Banking
12 5 (2.23%) Electronics
12 5 (2.23%) Games
13 4 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.79%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.34%) Legal
15 2 (0.89%) Back Office
15 2 (0.89%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 39 (17.41%) Lead
2 33 (14.73%) Senior
3 29 (12.95%) Developer
4 23 (10.27%) Architect
5 12 (5.36%) Salesforce Developer
6 11 (4.91%) Analyst
6 11 (4.91%) Full-Stack Developer
6 11 (4.91%) Full-Stack Java Developer
6 11 (4.91%) Java Developer
6 11 (4.91%) Mid-Level Java Developer
7 9 (4.02%) Consultant
8 8 (3.57%) Technical Manager
9 7 (3.13%) Lead Architect
9 7 (3.13%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 6 (2.68%) Delivery Manager
10 6 (2.68%) Functional Consultant
10 6 (2.68%) Senior Consultant
10 6 (2.68%) Senior Functional Consultant
10 6 (2.68%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (2.68%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.04%) REST
2 16 (7.14%) HTML
3 14 (6.25%) Spring
4 13 (5.80%) Spring Boot
4 13 (5.80%) XML
5 12 (5.36%) Hibernate
6 11 (4.91%) ActiveMQ
6 11 (4.91%) Apache Camel
6 11 (4.91%) jQuery
6 11 (4.91%) JSON
6 11 (4.91%) Web Services
6 11 (4.91%) WireMock
7 10 (4.46%) .NET
8 8 (3.57%) SOAP
9 7 (3.13%) Lightning Web Components
9 7 (3.13%) Middleware
9 7 (3.13%) Visualforce
10 3 (1.34%) Bootstrap
10 3 (1.34%) Playwright
10 3 (1.34%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.80%) Cloud Native
1 13 (5.80%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (4.46%) Product Ownership
3 9 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.23%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.23%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (2.23%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.79%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.79%) e-Learning
5 4 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.34%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (1.34%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (1.34%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (0.89%) CCTV
7 2 (0.89%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (0.89%) Graphic Design
7 2 (0.89%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.89%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.89%) PKI
7 2 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.82%) Windows
2 17 (7.59%) Windows Server
3 10 (4.46%) Linux
4 5 (2.23%) Android
4 5 (2.23%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.34%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (29.91%) Continuous Improvement
2 55 (24.55%) Agile
3 43 (19.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 39 (17.41%) Change Control
5 38 (16.96%) Configuration Management
6 36 (16.07%) Technical Leadership
7 32 (14.29%) Change Management
8 31 (13.84%) CI/CD
9 28 (12.50%) Community of Practice
10 27 (12.05%) Technology Strategy
11 26 (11.61%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 25 (11.16%) Process Improvement
12 25 (11.16%) Programme Management
13 23 (10.27%) Customer Requirements
13 23 (10.27%) Problem-Solving
14 22 (9.82%) Strategic Thinking
15 20 (8.93%) Cybersecurity
15 20 (8.93%) DevOps
16 16 (7.14%) Service Design
17 15 (6.70%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 30 (13.39%) Java
2 26 (11.61%) Python
3 20 (8.93%) JavaScript
4 11 (4.91%) Shell Script
5 8 (3.57%) SQL
6 7 (3.13%) Apex Code
7 6 (2.68%) C#
8 5 (2.23%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.79%) Bash
10 3 (1.34%) Ladder Logic
11 2 (0.89%) C++
11 2 (0.89%) Go
12 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 131 (58.48%) SC Cleared
2 76 (33.93%) Degree
3 52 (23.21%) DV Cleared
4 10 (4.46%) HNC
5 6 (2.68%) CISSP
6 5 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.79%) CHECK Team Member
7 4 (1.79%) CRISC
7 4 (1.79%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.34%) CISM
8 3 (1.34%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.89%) CESG Certified Professional
9 2 (0.89%) CHECK Team Leader
9 2 (0.89%) ISACA
9 2 (0.89%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.89%) OSCP
9 2 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (14.29%) QA
2 30 (13.39%) Def Stans
3 14 (6.25%) Accessibility
4 12 (5.36%) GDPR
5 9 (4.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (2.68%) WCAG
7 5 (2.23%) NCSC
8 4 (1.79%) NIST
8 4 (1.79%) SLA
9 2 (0.89%) GRC
9 2 (0.89%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.45%) ARP4754
10 1 (0.45%) ARP4761
10 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.45%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.45%) DO-254
10 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (7.14%) Docker
2 10 (4.46%) VMware NSX
3 9 (4.02%) Active Directory
4 8 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (2.23%) vSphere
6 3 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.89%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (8.93%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.91%) Kibana
3 9 (4.02%) vRealize
4 5 (2.23%) SCCM
4 5 (2.23%) SCOM
5 4 (1.79%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.34%) Terraform
7 2 (0.89%) Argo
7 2 (0.89%) SCSM
8 1 (0.45%) Ansible
8 1 (0.45%) Grafana
8 1 (0.45%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 21 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.48%) VMware
3 13 (5.80%) Salesforce
4 11 (4.91%) Dynatrace
4 11 (4.91%) Splunk
5 8 (3.57%) Cisco
5 8 (3.57%) Google
6 7 (3.13%) Adobe
6 7 (3.13%) Juniper
6 7 (3.13%) MuleSoft
7 4 (1.79%) Apple
7 4 (1.79%) Samsung
7 4 (1.79%) SAP
7 4 (1.79%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.34%) Trend Micro
8 3 (1.34%) Veeam
9 2 (0.89%) Oracle
9 2 (0.89%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.89%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.89%) Workday