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 6 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 51 8
Rank change year-on-year +26 -43 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 337 197 659
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.11% 5.48% 12.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.43% 13.36% 39.18%
Number of salaries quoted 199 125 370
10th Percentile £39,800 £38,500 £36,125
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,608 £41,924
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% +1.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile £83,125 £75,750 £64,563
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,500 £78,444
South East median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +8.11% +5.71%

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 1,275 1,474 1,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 19.35% 41.02% 32.02%
Number of salaries quoted 751 485 928
10th Percentile £33,125 £30,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,929 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £53,540
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -6.61% +2.96%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £70,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -2.86% -

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 +23 218 £70,000 +21.74% 99
Buckinghamshire +28 101 £55,000 +4.76% 51
Oxfordshire -17 18 £92,500 +72.90% 20
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 5 (1.48%) Apache
1 5 (1.48%) nginx
2 3 (0.89%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.59%) Solid Edge
3 2 (0.59%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Primavera
1 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG
1 1 (0.30%) SAP MM
1 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 60 (17.80%) Azure
2 41 (12.17%) AWS
3 16 (4.75%) GCP
4 12 (3.56%) Azure Sentinel
4 12 (3.56%) Serverless
5 11 (3.26%) Amazon EKS
5 11 (3.26%) Entra ID
5 11 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.37%) OpenShift
7 7 (2.08%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (1.78%) Amazon ECS
9 5 (1.48%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.48%) Cloudflare
9 5 (1.48%) GitHub
9 5 (1.48%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.19%) Google Analytics
11 3 (0.89%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 63 (18.69%) DNS
2 51 (15.13%) Firewall
3 17 (5.04%) TCP/IP
4 13 (3.86%) VPN
5 11 (3.26%) NetScaler
6 10 (2.97%) HTTP
7 8 (2.37%) NAS
7 8 (2.37%) SAN
7 8 (2.37%) Wireshark
8 7 (2.08%) LAN
8 7 (2.08%) Network Security
8 7 (2.08%) SSL
8 7 (2.08%) WAN
9 6 (1.78%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (1.48%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (1.48%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (1.48%) NGFW
10 5 (1.48%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.89%) Internet
11 3 (0.89%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.15%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (2.97%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.37%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.48%) MySQL
4 5 (1.48%) Power BI
5 4 (1.19%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.59%) Metadata
6 2 (0.59%) Oracle Database 11g
6 2 (0.59%) Oracle Database 12c
7 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.30%) Redis
7 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (4.15%) Jenkins
2 11 (3.26%) Git
3 10 (2.97%) JIRA
4 9 (2.67%) GitLab
5 5 (1.48%) JUnit
5 5 (1.48%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.19%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.89%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.59%) JMeter
8 2 (0.59%) Mockito
9 1 (0.30%) Mocha
9 1 (0.30%) Selenium
9 1 (0.30%) Storybook
9 1 (0.30%) Subversion
9 1 (0.30%) TestDirector
General
1 69 (20.47%) Social Skills
2 50 (14.84%) Public Sector
3 44 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (11.28%) Finance
5 22 (6.53%) Manufacturing
6 13 (3.86%) Aerospace
6 13 (3.86%) Law
7 12 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.08%) Retail
10 6 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.78%) Electronics
10 6 (1.78%) Games
11 5 (1.48%) Banking
11 5 (1.48%) French Language
11 5 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.89%) Aviation
12 3 (0.89%) Legal
13 2 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.59%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 75 (22.26%) Architect
2 46 (13.65%) Senior
3 39 (11.57%) Analyst
4 34 (10.09%) Developer
5 33 (9.79%) Applications Architect
6 26 (7.72%) Security Architect
7 25 (7.42%) Lead
8 18 (5.34%) SOC Analyst
9 17 (5.04%) Java Developer
9 17 (5.04%) Support Specialist
10 13 (3.86%) Infrastructure Support
10 13 (3.86%) Senior Developer
10 13 (3.86%) Software Engineer
11 12 (3.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (3.26%) .NET Developer
12 11 (3.26%) DevOps Engineer
12 11 (3.26%) Senior .NET Developer
13 10 (2.97%) Technical Leader
14 9 (2.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
14 9 (2.67%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.82%) Regular Expression
2 21 (6.23%) LDAP
3 19 (5.64%) XMPP
4 17 (5.04%) .NET
5 14 (4.15%) Spring
6 11 (3.26%) JSON
6 11 (3.26%) REST
7 9 (2.67%) React
7 9 (2.67%) Spring Boot
7 9 (2.67%) Web Services
8 8 (2.37%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (2.37%) RabbitMQ
9 7 (2.08%) JSON Schema
9 7 (2.08%) XML
10 6 (1.78%) HTML
10 6 (1.78%) Jakarta EE
10 6 (1.78%) JPA
11 5 (1.48%) AngularJS
11 5 (1.48%) Loki
12 4 (1.19%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.23%) Cloud Native
2 20 (5.93%) Cyber Threat
3 17 (5.04%) Cyber Defence
4 13 (3.86%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.56%) PKI
5 12 (3.56%) Security Operations Centre
6 10 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.67%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.37%) Driving Licence
8 8 (2.37%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.08%) Data Centre
9 7 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.78%) CSOC
10 6 (1.78%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.78%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.48%) Hackathon
11 5 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.19%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (1.19%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 77 (22.85%) Linux
2 69 (20.47%) Windows
3 38 (11.28%) Windows Server
4 28 (8.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.48%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.89%) Unix
7 1 (0.30%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (18.99%) Continuous Improvement
2 62 (18.40%) Cybersecurity
3 48 (14.24%) SIEM
4 39 (11.57%) Validation
5 38 (11.28%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (9.50%) Agile
7 29 (8.61%) DevOps
8 28 (8.31%) Stakeholder Management
9 25 (7.42%) CI/CD
10 23 (6.82%) Application Security
10 23 (6.82%) Platform Engineering
11 21 (6.23%) Decision-Making
11 21 (6.23%) Incident Response
11 21 (6.23%) Mentoring
11 21 (6.23%) Service Delivery
11 21 (6.23%) Software Engineering
12 20 (5.93%) Containerisation
12 20 (5.93%) ITIL
13 19 (5.64%) Incident Management
14 18 (5.34%) AI
Programming Languages
1 36 (10.68%) Python
2 24 (7.12%) Java
3 15 (4.45%) SQL
4 14 (4.15%) PowerShell
5 12 (3.56%) Shell Script
6 11 (3.26%) Bash
7 9 (2.67%) C
8 8 (2.37%) C#
9 7 (2.08%) JavaScript
9 7 (2.08%) Search Processing Language
10 6 (1.78%) C++
10 6 (1.78%) Kusto Query Language
10 6 (1.78%) PL/SQL
11 5 (1.48%) Groovy
11 5 (1.48%) Rust
11 5 (1.48%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.89%) Pascal
12 3 (0.89%) Perl
13 2 (0.59%) Go
13 2 (0.59%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 194 (57.57%) SC Cleared
2 134 (39.76%) DV Cleared
3 33 (9.79%) Degree
4 14 (4.15%) CISSP
4 14 (4.15%) CompTIA Security+
5 13 (3.86%) GIAC
6 12 (3.56%) GCIA
7 10 (2.97%) CREST Certified
7 10 (2.97%) OSCP
7 10 (2.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 8 (2.37%) GCIH
8 8 (2.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (2.08%) GCED
9 7 (2.08%) SANS
10 6 (1.78%) CompTIA CySA+
10 6 (1.78%) CRISC
11 5 (1.48%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.67%) NCSC
2 7 (2.08%) GDPR
2 7 (2.08%) QA
3 6 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.78%) MISRA
4 5 (1.48%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.48%) NEBOSH
4 5 (1.48%) PMO
5 3 (0.89%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.89%) ISO 22301
5 3 (0.89%) SLA
6 2 (0.59%) COBIT
6 2 (0.59%) COSO
6 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.59%) NIST
6 2 (0.59%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.30%) ARP4754
7 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.30%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 50 (14.84%) Active Directory
2 29 (8.61%) vSphere
3 16 (4.75%) Docker
4 10 (2.97%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (2.08%) Firmware
5 7 (2.08%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.78%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.48%) Squid
8 4 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (6.53%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.15%) Kibana
3 10 (2.97%) Ansible
3 10 (2.97%) Terraform
4 6 (1.78%) Graylog
5 5 (1.48%) Argo
5 5 (1.48%) Grafana
5 5 (1.48%) Kustomize
5 5 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.48%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.19%) Packer
7 3 (0.89%) Istio
7 3 (0.89%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.59%) QRadar
8 2 (0.59%) vRealize
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.30%) SCCM
9 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 78 (23.15%) Microsoft
2 45 (13.35%) VMware
3 24 (7.12%) Red Hat
4 15 (4.45%) McAfee
4 15 (4.45%) Oracle
4 15 (4.45%) Splunk
5 12 (3.56%) Citrix
6 10 (2.97%) Google
7 9 (2.67%) AppDynamics
7 9 (2.67%) Cisco
8 8 (2.37%) CrowdStrike
8 8 (2.37%) IBM
8 8 (2.37%) NetApp
8 8 (2.37%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.08%) Carbon Black
10 5 (1.48%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.48%) Veeam
11 4 (1.19%) CA Agile Central
11 4 (1.19%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.19%) SAP