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 22 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 20 2
Rank change year-on-year -13 -18 +16
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 209 330 731
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.28% 9.37% 23.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.08% 22.96% 51.26%
Number of salaries quoted 102 166 569
10th Percentile £38,500 £38,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,769 £41,263 £39,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,250 £56,525 £53,760
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% +5.14% +11.71%
75th Percentile £69,688 £73,750 £60,025
90th Percentile £78,625 £78,125 £75,000
South East median annual salary £58,000 £59,509 £54,000
% change year-on-year -2.54% +10.20% +5.16%

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 1,156 1,437 1,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.19% 40.79% 45.78%
Number of salaries quoted 445 541 1,015
10th Percentile £28,700 £35,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £93,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £59,199 £53,500
% change year-on-year -11.32% +10.65% +2.88%

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 22 December 2025.

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 22 December 2025. 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 -27 113 £55,000 -4.35% 63
Buckinghamshire +35 82 £60,000 +6.67% 34
Oxfordshire -16 14 £72,500 +60.77% 8
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 11 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.96%) Confluence
3 2 (0.96%) WordPress
4 1 (0.48%) Camunda
Applications
1 8 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.39%) Adobe XD
3 4 (1.91%) Windchill
4 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.96%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.96%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (0.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.96%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.96%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.96%) Elementor
5 2 (0.96%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.48%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (0.96%) C-CURE
2 1 (0.48%) Q-Pulse
2 1 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.48%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 30 (14.35%) AWS
2 15 (7.18%) Amazon ECS
2 15 (7.18%) Amazon EKS
2 15 (7.18%) Serverless
3 14 (6.70%) Amazon EC2
4 11 (5.26%) Azure
5 9 (4.31%) GCP
6 6 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.87%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.87%) Figma
7 5 (2.39%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 5 (2.39%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (1.91%) Miro
9 3 (1.44%) GitHub
9 3 (1.44%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.96%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 2 (0.96%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.96%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.96%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.74%) DNS
1 12 (5.74%) Firewall
2 11 (5.26%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.44%) DHCP
3 3 (1.44%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (1.44%) VPN
3 3 (1.44%) WAN
4 2 (0.96%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (0.96%) Junos
4 2 (0.96%) LAN
4 2 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.48%) BGP
5 1 (0.48%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.48%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.48%) ICMP
5 1 (0.48%) IPsec
5 1 (0.48%) Network Security
5 1 (0.48%) OSPF
5 1 (0.48%) S/MIME
5 1 (0.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.18%) PostgreSQL
1 15 (7.18%) Relational Database
2 14 (6.70%) RDBMS
3 3 (1.44%) Data Mining
4 2 (0.96%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.48%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.48%) MySQL
5 1 (0.48%) Power BI
5 1 (0.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 46 (22.01%) Jenkins
2 34 (16.27%) JIRA
3 32 (15.31%) Git
4 15 (7.18%) JUnit
4 15 (7.18%) Mockito
5 14 (6.70%) JMeter
6 5 (2.39%) Axure RP
6 5 (2.39%) Balsamiq
6 5 (2.39%) Cypress.io
6 5 (2.39%) Selenium
7 3 (1.44%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.96%) Subversion
9 1 (0.48%) Ant
9 1 (0.48%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.48%) GitLab
9 1 (0.48%) Gradle
9 1 (0.48%) Maven
9 1 (0.48%) SoapUI
General
1 71 (33.97%) Social Skills
2 43 (20.57%) Public Sector
3 33 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
4 26 (12.44%) Law
5 24 (11.48%) Finance
6 21 (10.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (4.78%) Manufacturing
9 9 (4.31%) Electronics
10 8 (3.83%) Marketing
11 7 (3.35%) Aerospace
12 6 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (2.87%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.91%) Banking
14 3 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.44%) Games
14 3 (1.44%) Legal
15 2 (0.96%) Back Office
15 2 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.96%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 35 (16.75%) Lead
2 30 (14.35%) Developer
3 26 (12.44%) Senior
4 19 (9.09%) Architect
5 14 (6.70%) Full-Stack Developer
5 14 (6.70%) Full-Stack Java Developer
5 14 (6.70%) Java Developer
5 14 (6.70%) Mid-Level Java Developer
5 14 (6.70%) Technical Manager
6 10 (4.78%) Analyst
6 10 (4.78%) Salesforce Developer
7 7 (3.35%) Consultant
8 6 (2.87%) Support Engineer
9 5 (2.39%) Delivery Manager
9 5 (2.39%) Functional Consultant
9 5 (2.39%) Network Engineer
9 5 (2.39%) Senior Consultant
9 5 (2.39%) Technical Analyst
9 5 (2.39%) Technical Support
9 5 (2.39%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.09%) HTML
1 19 (9.09%) REST
2 17 (8.13%) Spring
3 16 (7.66%) Spring Boot
3 16 (7.66%) XML
4 15 (7.18%) Hibernate
5 14 (6.70%) ActiveMQ
5 14 (6.70%) Apache Camel
5 14 (6.70%) jQuery
5 14 (6.70%) JSON
5 14 (6.70%) Web Services
5 14 (6.70%) WireMock
6 7 (3.35%) .NET
7 6 (2.87%) SOAP
8 5 (2.39%) Lightning Web Components
8 5 (2.39%) Middleware
8 5 (2.39%) Visualforce
9 3 (1.44%) Bootstrap
9 3 (1.44%) Playwright
9 3 (1.44%) React
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.18%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (4.31%) Cloud Native
2 9 (4.31%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.87%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.39%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (1.91%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.91%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.44%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.44%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (1.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (0.96%) CCTV
7 2 (0.96%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (0.96%) Graphic Design
7 2 (0.96%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.96%) PKI
7 2 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.48%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.09%) Windows
2 12 (5.74%) Windows Server
3 11 (5.26%) Linux
4 5 (2.39%) Android
4 5 (2.39%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.39%) Windows 10
4 5 (2.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.96%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (27.75%) Continuous Improvement
2 53 (25.36%) Agile
3 42 (20.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 38 (18.18%) Configuration Management
5 33 (15.79%) Technical Leadership
6 32 (15.31%) Change Control
7 30 (14.35%) Change Management
7 30 (14.35%) CI/CD
8 26 (12.44%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 26 (12.44%) Programme Management
9 25 (11.96%) Process Improvement
10 23 (11.00%) Community of Practice
10 23 (11.00%) Customer Requirements
11 22 (10.53%) Strategic Thinking
11 22 (10.53%) Technology Strategy
12 20 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
13 17 (8.13%) Microservices
13 17 (8.13%) TDD
14 16 (7.66%) Cybersecurity
14 16 (7.66%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 30 (14.35%) Java
2 27 (12.92%) Python
3 21 (10.05%) JavaScript
4 14 (6.70%) Shell Script
5 8 (3.83%) SQL
6 5 (2.39%) Apex Code
6 5 (2.39%) C#
6 5 (2.39%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.91%) Bash
8 2 (0.96%) C++
8 2 (0.96%) Go
9 1 (0.48%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 121 (57.89%) SC Cleared
2 66 (31.58%) Degree
3 31 (14.83%) DV Cleared
4 5 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.91%) CCNA
5 4 (1.91%) CHECK Team Member
5 4 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.91%) City & Guilds
5 4 (1.91%) NVQ Level 3
6 3 (1.44%) CISSP
6 3 (1.44%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.44%) HND
6 3 (1.44%) ISTQB
6 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.44%) NVQ Level 5
7 2 (0.96%) CHECK Team Leader
7 2 (0.96%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 2 (0.96%) JNCIA
7 2 (0.96%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (14.83%) QA
2 30 (14.35%) Def Stans
3 14 (6.70%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.87%) WCAG
6 5 (2.39%) GDPR
7 4 (1.91%) SLA
8 3 (1.44%) NCSC
8 3 (1.44%) NIST
9 2 (0.96%) COSHH
9 2 (0.96%) GRC
9 2 (0.96%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.48%) ARP4754
10 1 (0.48%) ARP4761
10 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.48%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.48%) DO-254
10 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 19 (9.09%) Docker
2 11 (5.26%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.87%) VMware NSX
5 5 (2.39%) vSphere
6 2 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.48%) Firmware
7 1 (0.48%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (10.53%) Kubernetes
2 14 (6.70%) Kibana
3 5 (2.39%) SCOM
3 5 (2.39%) vRealize
4 4 (1.91%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.91%) SCCM
5 3 (1.44%) Terraform
6 2 (0.96%) Argo
6 2 (0.96%) SCSM
7 1 (0.48%) Ansible
7 1 (0.48%) Grafana
7 1 (0.48%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.48%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 23 (11.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.13%) VMware
3 14 (6.70%) Dynatrace
3 14 (6.70%) Splunk
4 12 (5.74%) Cisco
5 11 (5.26%) Juniper
5 11 (5.26%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.83%) Google
7 7 (3.35%) Adobe
8 5 (2.39%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.91%) Apple
9 4 (1.91%) Samsung
9 4 (1.91%) SAP
10 3 (1.44%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.44%) Trend Micro
10 3 (1.44%) Veeam
11 2 (0.96%) Oracle
11 2 (0.96%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.96%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.96%) Workday