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 30 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 39 9
Rank change year-on-year +13 -30 +10
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 281 162 838
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.05% 5.36% 12.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.32% 10.69% 34.20%
Number of salaries quoted 172 106 640
10th Percentile £39,280 £40,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,025 £47,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.17% +11.32% +16.23%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £61,175
90th Percentile £82,250 £77,500 £76,375
South East median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% +12.59%

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 1,259 1,516 2,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 22.61% 50.13% 37.51%
Number of salaries quoted 615 426 1,612
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,375 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,375 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +7.84% +2.00%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 +15 182 £67,500 +12.50% 42
Buckinghamshire +21 75 £56,000 -2.75% 32
Oxfordshire -1 24 £65,000 +30.00% 18
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 10 (3.56%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.36%) Camunda
3 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (4.63%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.78%) Adobe XD
3 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.36%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.36%) Adobe Captivate
4 1 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.36%) Elementor
4 1 (0.36%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Primavera
1 1 (0.36%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 34 (12.10%) Azure
2 32 (11.39%) AWS
3 18 (6.41%) GCP
4 10 (3.56%) Amazon EKS
5 9 (3.20%) Serverless
6 8 (2.85%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 8 (2.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 7 (2.49%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.49%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.14%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.14%) Google Analytics
9 5 (1.78%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (1.78%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.78%) Figma
10 4 (1.42%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.07%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.07%) Miro
11 3 (1.07%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 36 (12.81%) DNS
2 34 (12.10%) Firewall
3 14 (4.98%) Structured Cabling
4 10 (3.56%) NetScaler
5 9 (3.20%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.49%) NAS
6 7 (2.49%) SAN
6 7 (2.49%) Wireshark
7 5 (1.78%) HTTP
7 5 (1.78%) SSL
8 4 (1.42%) VPN
9 3 (1.07%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (1.07%) DHCP
9 3 (1.07%) Internet
9 3 (1.07%) Network Security
9 3 (1.07%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.71%) FTP
10 2 (0.71%) LAN
10 2 (0.71%) SMTP
10 2 (0.71%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.85%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.78%) Power BI
4 4 (1.42%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.71%) MySQL
6 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.36%) Metadata
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (4.27%) Git
2 11 (3.91%) JIRA
3 10 (3.56%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.20%) GitLab
5 5 (1.78%) Axure RP
5 5 (1.78%) Balsamiq
5 5 (1.78%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.78%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.42%) Subversion
7 3 (1.07%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.36%) Ant
8 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.36%) Gradle
8 1 (0.36%) JUnit
8 1 (0.36%) Maven
8 1 (0.36%) Mockito
8 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.36%) TestDirector
General
1 74 (26.33%) Social Skills
2 50 (17.79%) Public Sector
3 44 (15.66%) Finance
4 34 (12.10%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (10.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (10.32%) Law
7 15 (5.34%) Manufacturing
8 13 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.49%) Banking
10 6 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.14%) Games
10 6 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.78%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.78%) French Language
11 5 (1.78%) Legal
12 4 (1.42%) Aviation
12 4 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.07%) Military
14 2 (0.71%) Retail
15 1 (0.36%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 57 (20.28%) Architect
2 48 (17.08%) Senior
3 47 (16.73%) Developer
4 27 (9.61%) Analyst
4 27 (9.61%) Applications Architect
5 21 (7.47%) Lead
5 21 (7.47%) Security Architect
6 15 (5.34%) Java Developer
7 14 (4.98%) DevOps Engineer
7 14 (4.98%) Salesforce Developer
7 14 (4.98%) Senior Developer
8 11 (3.91%) .NET Developer
8 11 (3.91%) Senior .NET Developer
9 10 (3.56%) Lead Architect
10 9 (3.20%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 9 (3.20%) SOC Analyst
10 9 (3.20%) Test Specialist
11 8 (2.85%) Consultant
11 8 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (2.85%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (8.54%) .NET
2 17 (6.05%) REST
3 14 (4.98%) Regular Expression
4 13 (4.63%) LDAP
5 12 (4.27%) Spring
6 10 (3.56%) React
6 10 (3.56%) SOAP
6 10 (3.56%) XMPP
7 9 (3.20%) Middleware
8 8 (2.85%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (2.85%) JSON
8 8 (2.85%) Lightning Web Components
8 8 (2.85%) RabbitMQ
8 8 (2.85%) Visualforce
9 6 (2.14%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.14%) Java EE
10 5 (1.78%) Spring Boot
10 5 (1.78%) XML
11 4 (1.42%) JSON Schema
11 4 (1.42%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.34%) Cloud Native
2 13 (4.63%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.27%) Cyber Defence
4 10 (3.56%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (3.56%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.20%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (3.20%) PKI
6 7 (2.49%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.42%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.07%) Arduino
9 3 (1.07%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.07%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.07%) Raspberry Pi
9 3 (1.07%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.71%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (0.71%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 47 (16.73%) Windows
2 43 (15.30%) Linux
3 36 (12.81%) Windows Server
4 18 (6.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.07%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.36%) Android
6 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (19.22%) Agile
2 47 (16.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 36 (12.81%) DevOps
4 31 (11.03%) Community of Practice
5 30 (10.68%) Cybersecurity
6 29 (10.32%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (9.61%) SIEM
8 26 (9.25%) CI/CD
8 26 (9.25%) Technology Strategy
9 21 (7.47%) ITIL
9 21 (7.47%) Mentoring
10 19 (6.76%) Service Design
11 18 (6.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 18 (6.41%) Validation
12 16 (5.69%) Application Security
12 16 (5.69%) Containerisation
12 16 (5.69%) Platform Engineering
12 16 (5.69%) Service Delivery
13 15 (5.34%) Analytics
13 15 (5.34%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (10.32%) Python
2 28 (9.96%) Java
3 18 (6.41%) SQL
4 9 (3.20%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.85%) Apex Code
6 7 (2.49%) PL/SQL
7 6 (2.14%) C#
7 6 (2.14%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.14%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.78%) Groovy
8 5 (1.78%) Ladder Logic
9 4 (1.42%) C
10 3 (1.07%) C++
10 3 (1.07%) Go
10 3 (1.07%) Pascal
10 3 (1.07%) Perl
10 3 (1.07%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.71%) Bash
11 2 (0.71%) Search Processing Language
12 1 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 176 (62.63%) SC Cleared
2 109 (38.79%) DV Cleared
3 59 (21.00%) Degree
4 14 (4.98%) HNC
5 7 (2.49%) CISSP
6 6 (2.14%) CHECK Team Member
6 6 (2.14%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (2.14%) CRISC
6 6 (2.14%) DBS Check
6 6 (2.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (2.14%) OSCP
7 5 (1.78%) CREST Certified
7 5 (1.78%) ISACA
8 4 (1.42%) CHECK Team Leader
8 4 (1.42%) GIAC
9 3 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.07%) GCIA
9 3 (1.07%) GCIH
9 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.34%) GDPR
2 9 (3.20%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (3.20%) NCSC
2 9 (3.20%) QA
3 6 (2.14%) PMO
4 5 (1.78%) NEBOSH
4 5 (1.78%) WCAG
5 3 (1.07%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.07%) NIST
6 2 (0.71%) GRC
6 2 (0.71%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.36%) MISRA
7 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (12.10%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.41%) vSphere
3 11 (3.91%) Docker
4 10 (3.56%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.71%) Firmware
6 2 (0.71%) Terminal Server
6 2 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (6.41%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.56%) vRealize
3 9 (3.20%) Ansible
3 9 (3.20%) Terraform
4 7 (2.49%) Kibana
5 4 (1.42%) Packer
6 3 (1.07%) Graylog
6 3 (1.07%) SCCM
6 3 (1.07%) SCOM
7 2 (0.71%) Argo
7 2 (0.71%) Grafana
7 2 (0.71%) Istio
7 2 (0.71%) Kustomize
7 2 (0.71%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.71%) QRadar
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 53 (18.86%) Microsoft
2 33 (11.74%) VMware
3 15 (5.34%) Google
4 14 (4.98%) Salesforce
5 13 (4.63%) Oracle
5 13 (4.63%) Red Hat
6 11 (3.91%) Citrix
7 9 (3.20%) AppDynamics
7 9 (3.20%) McAfee
8 8 (2.85%) IBM
9 7 (2.49%) MuleSoft
9 7 (2.49%) NetApp
9 7 (2.49%) ServiceNow
10 6 (2.14%) Adobe
10 6 (2.14%) Splunk
11 3 (1.07%) Carbon Black
11 3 (1.07%) Cisco
11 3 (1.07%) Juniper
11 3 (1.07%) Motorola
11 3 (1.07%) SAP