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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 39 9
Rank change year-on-year +10 -30 +7
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 222 154 827
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.56% 5.60% 13.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.15% 12.01% 34.73%
Number of salaries quoted 119 96 665
10th Percentile £39,280 £40,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,638 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,543 £60,000 £53,818
Median % change year-on-year +4.24% +11.49% +19.60%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £63,748
90th Percentile £75,450 £78,750 £78,750
South East median annual salary £65,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.07% +5.45% +14.58%

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 1,102 1,282 2,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 22.61% 46.58% 37.73%
Number of salaries quoted 541 412 1,620
10th Percentile £30,250 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,673 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.36% +7.95% +10.27%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,350
% change year-on-year - +7.11% +2.70%

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 March 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 March 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 +17 140 £65,000 +4.00% 96
Buckinghamshire +3 58 £60,000 +4.04% 57
Oxfordshire +2 24 £65,000 +30.00% 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 12 (5.41%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.90%) WordPress
4 1 (0.45%) Camunda
4 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (6.31%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.25%) Adobe XD
2 5 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.90%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (0.90%) Adobe Captivate
3 2 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.90%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (0.90%) Elementor
3 2 (0.90%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.45%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Primavera
1 1 (0.45%) Q-Pulse
1 1 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 26 (11.71%) AWS
2 20 (9.01%) Azure
3 16 (7.21%) GCP
4 9 (4.05%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 9 (4.05%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 6 (2.70%) Amazon EKS
5 6 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.25%) Amazon EC2
6 5 (2.25%) Amazon ECS
6 5 (2.25%) Figma
6 5 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.25%) Serverless
7 4 (1.80%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.35%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.35%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.35%) Miro
8 3 (1.35%) OCI
9 2 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 2 (0.90%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.90%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.36%) Firewall
2 19 (8.56%) DNS
3 14 (6.31%) Structured Cabling
4 6 (2.70%) NetScaler
5 4 (1.80%) NAS
5 4 (1.80%) SAN
5 4 (1.80%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.80%) Wireshark
6 3 (1.35%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (1.35%) DHCP
7 2 (0.90%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.45%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.45%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 1 (0.45%) Junos
8 1 (0.45%) Modbus
8 1 (0.45%) RS-232
8 1 (0.45%) RS-485
8 1 (0.45%) S/MIME
8 1 (0.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.50%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (3.15%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.70%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.25%) RDBMS
5 3 (1.35%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.90%) MySQL
6 2 (0.90%) Power BI
7 1 (0.45%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.45%) Metadata
7 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (3.60%) JIRA
2 7 (3.15%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.70%) JUnit
3 6 (2.70%) Mockito
4 5 (2.25%) Axure RP
4 5 (2.25%) Balsamiq
4 5 (2.25%) JMeter
5 4 (1.80%) Subversion
6 3 (1.35%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.35%) Git
7 2 (0.90%) GitLab
8 1 (0.45%) Ant
8 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.45%) Gradle
8 1 (0.45%) Maven
8 1 (0.45%) Selenium
8 1 (0.45%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.45%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.45%) WebDriver
General
1 67 (30.18%) Social Skills
2 40 (18.02%) Public Sector
3 35 (15.77%) Finance
4 27 (12.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 27 (12.16%) Law
5 21 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (6.31%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.15%) Games
8 6 (2.70%) Aerospace
8 6 (2.70%) Banking
8 6 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.25%) Aviation
9 5 (2.25%) Legal
9 5 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.80%) Military
11 3 (1.35%) Marketing
12 2 (0.90%) Electronics
12 2 (0.90%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 46 (20.72%) Architect
2 36 (16.22%) Senior
3 31 (13.96%) Developer
4 20 (9.01%) Lead
5 18 (8.11%) Applications Architect
6 16 (7.21%) Security Architect
7 15 (6.76%) Salesforce Developer
8 13 (5.86%) Analyst
9 9 (4.05%) Consultant
9 9 (4.05%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 9 (4.05%) Test Specialist
10 8 (3.60%) Lead Architect
10 8 (3.60%) Support Analyst
11 7 (3.15%) Senior Developer
11 7 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (2.70%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 6 (2.70%) Functional Consultant
12 6 (2.70%) Senior Consultant
12 6 (2.70%) Senior Functional Consultant
12 6 (2.70%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.21%) .NET
2 13 (5.86%) REST
3 10 (4.50%) HTML
3 10 (4.50%) XML
4 9 (4.05%) Lightning Web Components
4 9 (4.05%) SOAP
4 9 (4.05%) Visualforce
5 8 (3.60%) JSON
5 8 (3.60%) Middleware
5 8 (3.60%) Regular Expression
6 7 (3.15%) LDAP
6 7 (3.15%) Spring
7 6 (2.70%) Hibernate
7 6 (2.70%) Spring Boot
8 5 (2.25%) ActiveMQ
8 5 (2.25%) Apache Camel
8 5 (2.25%) jQuery
8 5 (2.25%) React
8 5 (2.25%) WireMock
8 5 (2.25%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.95%) Cloud Native
2 10 (4.50%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.15%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (3.15%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.70%) PKI
4 6 (2.70%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.80%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.35%) Arduino
7 3 (1.35%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.35%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (0.90%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (0.90%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.90%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 34 (15.32%) Windows
2 31 (13.96%) Windows Server
3 25 (11.26%) Linux
4 11 (4.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.35%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.90%) Android
6 2 (0.90%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (19.82%) Agile
2 36 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (12.61%) Community of Practice
4 25 (11.26%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (10.81%) Technology Strategy
6 22 (9.91%) CI/CD
7 21 (9.46%) DevOps
8 18 (8.11%) Mentoring
8 18 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 17 (7.66%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (7.21%) ITIL
10 16 (7.21%) Validation
11 14 (6.31%) Service Delivery
11 14 (6.31%) SIEM
11 14 (6.31%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (5.86%) Service Design
13 12 (5.41%) Asset Management
13 12 (5.41%) Containerisation
13 12 (5.41%) Prototyping
14 11 (4.95%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.01%) Python
2 18 (8.11%) Java
3 15 (6.76%) JavaScript
4 11 (4.95%) SQL
5 9 (4.05%) Apex Code
5 9 (4.05%) Shell Script
6 5 (2.25%) C#
6 5 (2.25%) Ladder Logic
7 4 (1.80%) C
7 4 (1.80%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.35%) C++
8 3 (1.35%) Pascal
8 3 (1.35%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.45%) Bash
9 1 (0.45%) Go
9 1 (0.45%) Korn
9 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 135 (60.81%) SC Cleared
2 93 (41.89%) DV Cleared
3 54 (24.32%) Degree
4 14 (6.31%) HNC
5 6 (2.70%) CISSP
5 6 (2.70%) DBS Check
6 5 (2.25%) CRISC
7 4 (1.80%) CHECK Team Member
7 4 (1.80%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.35%) CISM
8 3 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.35%) ISACA
8 3 (1.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.90%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.90%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.90%) OSCP
9 2 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.76%) GDPR
2 11 (4.95%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.15%) NCSC
5 5 (2.25%) QA
5 5 (2.25%) WCAG
6 4 (1.80%) NIST
7 3 (1.35%) PMO
8 2 (0.90%) GRC
8 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 2 (0.90%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.90%) SLA
9 1 (0.45%) COBIT
9 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.45%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.45%) MISRA
9 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 26 (11.71%) Active Directory
2 16 (7.21%) vSphere
3 11 (4.95%) Docker
4 10 (4.50%) VMware NSX
5 8 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.90%) Firmware
7 2 (0.90%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (4.95%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.05%) vRealize
3 5 (2.25%) Kibana
3 5 (2.25%) SCCM
3 5 (2.25%) SCOM
4 2 (0.90%) SCSM
5 1 (0.45%) Ansible
5 1 (0.45%) Argo
5 1 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.45%) Terraform
5 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 30 (13.51%) Microsoft
1 30 (13.51%) VMware
2 16 (7.21%) Salesforce
3 12 (5.41%) Google
4 9 (4.05%) Oracle
5 8 (3.60%) MuleSoft
5 8 (3.60%) ServiceNow
6 7 (3.15%) Adobe
6 7 (3.15%) Citrix
6 7 (3.15%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.70%) McAfee
8 5 (2.25%) Cisco
8 5 (2.25%) Dynatrace
8 5 (2.25%) Juniper
8 5 (2.25%) Splunk
9 4 (1.80%) NetApp
10 3 (1.35%) Motorola
10 3 (1.35%) SAP
10 3 (1.35%) Trend Micro
10 3 (1.35%) Veeam