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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 52 9
Rank change year-on-year +25 -43 +2
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 325 193 795
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.33% 5.45% 11.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.67% 12.09% 34.87%
Number of salaries quoted 197 130 498
10th Percentile £39,712 £38,500 £32,650
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £39,189
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £57,500 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% +9.42% +13.19%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £63,686
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,875 £77,500
South East median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +9.09% +10.00%

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 1,266 1,596 2,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 20.78% 45.08% 33.76%
Number of salaries quoted 727 488 1,398
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% +1.96% -1.92%

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 8 July 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 8 July 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 +15 219 £67,500 +12.50% 96
Buckinghamshire +33 86 £55,000 +4.76% 45
Oxfordshire -17 20 £82,500 +59.42% 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 6 (1.85%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.62%) Apache
3 2 (0.62%) nginx
4 1 (0.31%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Primavera
1 1 (0.31%) SAP MDG
1 1 (0.31%) SAP MM
1 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 49 (15.08%) Azure
2 37 (11.38%) AWS
3 18 (5.54%) GCP
4 12 (3.69%) Serverless
5 11 (3.38%) Amazon EKS
6 10 (3.08%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (2.77%) Entra ID
8 8 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (2.15%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (1.85%) Amazon ECS
10 6 (1.85%) OpenShift
10 6 (1.85%) Power Platform
11 5 (1.54%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.54%) Cloudflare
12 4 (1.23%) GitHub
12 4 (1.23%) Google Analytics
13 3 (0.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 3 (0.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 56 (17.23%) DNS
2 49 (15.08%) Firewall
3 15 (4.62%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.69%) Structured Cabling
5 11 (3.38%) NetScaler
5 11 (3.38%) VPN
6 10 (3.08%) HTTP
7 8 (2.46%) NAS
7 8 (2.46%) SAN
7 8 (2.46%) Wireshark
8 7 (2.15%) SSL
9 6 (1.85%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (1.54%) LAN
10 5 (1.54%) Network Security
10 5 (1.54%) WAN
11 3 (0.92%) Cisco Firepower
11 3 (0.92%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (0.92%) Internet
11 3 (0.92%) NGFW
11 3 (0.92%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (3.08%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.15%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.54%) Power BI
5 4 (1.23%) MySQL
5 4 (1.23%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle Database 11g
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle Database 12c
7 1 (0.31%) Metadata
7 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.31%) Redis
7 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (4.00%) Jenkins
2 11 (3.38%) Git
3 10 (3.08%) JIRA
4 9 (2.77%) GitLab
5 5 (1.54%) JUnit
5 5 (1.54%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.23%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.92%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.62%) JMeter
8 2 (0.62%) Mockito
8 2 (0.62%) Subversion
9 1 (0.31%) Mocha
9 1 (0.31%) Selenium
9 1 (0.31%) Storybook
9 1 (0.31%) TestDirector
General
1 71 (21.85%) Social Skills
2 42 (12.92%) Public Sector
3 41 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (12.31%) Finance
5 18 (5.54%) Manufacturing
6 13 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (4.00%) Law
6 13 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (2.46%) Aerospace
7 8 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.15%) Games
9 6 (1.85%) Banking
9 6 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.54%) French Language
11 4 (1.23%) Aviation
11 4 (1.23%) Legal
11 4 (1.23%) Retail
12 3 (0.92%) Military
13 2 (0.62%) Electronics
13 2 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (21.23%) Architect
2 45 (13.85%) Senior
3 38 (11.69%) Analyst
4 37 (11.38%) Developer
5 33 (10.15%) Applications Architect
6 30 (9.23%) Lead
7 29 (8.92%) Security Architect
8 17 (5.23%) Java Developer
8 17 (5.23%) SOC Analyst
9 13 (4.00%) Senior Developer
10 12 (3.69%) DevOps Engineer
11 11 (3.38%) .NET Developer
11 11 (3.38%) Senior .NET Developer
11 11 (3.38%) Software Engineer
12 10 (3.08%) Technical Leader
13 9 (2.77%) Cyber Threat Analyst
13 9 (2.77%) Lead Architect
13 9 (2.77%) Security Analyst
14 8 (2.46%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 8 (2.46%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (7.08%) Regular Expression
2 21 (6.46%) LDAP
3 19 (5.85%) .NET
3 19 (5.85%) XMPP
4 13 (4.00%) Spring
5 12 (3.69%) REST
6 11 (3.38%) JSON
7 10 (3.08%) React
8 8 (2.46%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (2.46%) RabbitMQ
8 8 (2.46%) Spring Boot
9 7 (2.15%) JSON Schema
9 7 (2.15%) XML
10 6 (1.85%) Java EE
10 6 (1.85%) JPA
10 6 (1.85%) Web Services
11 5 (1.54%) AngularJS
11 5 (1.54%) HTML
11 5 (1.54%) Loki
11 5 (1.54%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.77%) Cloud Native
2 18 (5.54%) Cyber Defence
2 18 (5.54%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (3.69%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.38%) PKI
5 10 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (3.08%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (3.08%) Security Operations Centre
6 8 (2.46%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.85%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.54%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.23%) CSOC
9 4 (1.23%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.23%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.23%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.92%) Arduino
10 3 (0.92%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 68 (20.92%) Linux
2 63 (19.38%) Windows
3 39 (12.00%) Windows Server
4 27 (8.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.92%) Unix
6 2 (0.62%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (18.77%) Continuous Improvement
2 57 (17.54%) Cybersecurity
3 46 (14.15%) SIEM
4 35 (10.77%) Validation
5 34 (10.46%) Agile
6 32 (9.85%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (9.23%) DevOps
8 24 (7.38%) CI/CD
9 23 (7.08%) Application Security
9 23 (7.08%) Platform Engineering
10 22 (6.77%) Mentoring
11 19 (5.85%) Containerisation
11 19 (5.85%) ITIL
11 19 (5.85%) Stakeholder Management
12 17 (5.23%) Decision-Making
12 17 (5.23%) Incident Management
12 17 (5.23%) Incident Response
12 17 (5.23%) Service Delivery
13 16 (4.92%) Service Management
13 16 (4.92%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 35 (10.77%) Python
2 25 (7.69%) Java
3 17 (5.23%) SQL
4 12 (3.69%) PowerShell
5 11 (3.38%) Shell Script
6 8 (2.46%) Bash
7 7 (2.15%) C
7 7 (2.15%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.15%) PL/SQL
7 7 (2.15%) Search Processing Language
8 6 (1.85%) C#
9 5 (1.54%) Groovy
9 5 (1.54%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.23%) C++
10 4 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (1.23%) Ladder Logic
11 3 (0.92%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.92%) Pascal
11 3 (0.92%) Perl
11 3 (0.92%) Rust
Qualifications
1 190 (58.46%) SC Cleared
2 142 (43.69%) DV Cleared
3 40 (12.31%) Degree
4 15 (4.62%) CISSP
5 12 (3.69%) HNC
6 11 (3.38%) CompTIA Security+
6 11 (3.38%) GIAC
7 10 (3.08%) CREST Certified
7 10 (3.08%) CRISC
7 10 (3.08%) GCIA
7 10 (3.08%) OSCP
8 8 (2.46%) GCIH
8 8 (2.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (2.15%) GCED
9 7 (2.15%) ISACA
9 7 (2.15%) SANS
10 5 (1.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.23%) CompTIA CySA+
11 4 (1.23%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.00%) GDPR
2 9 (2.77%) NCSC
3 7 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.15%) QA
4 6 (1.85%) PMO
5 5 (1.54%) NEBOSH
6 4 (1.23%) ISO 9001
6 4 (1.23%) MISRA
7 3 (0.92%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.62%) COBIT
8 2 (0.62%) COSO
8 2 (0.62%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 2 (0.62%) NIST
8 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.62%) SLA
9 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.31%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 45 (13.85%) Active Directory
2 27 (8.31%) vSphere
3 14 (4.31%) Docker
4 9 (2.77%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.54%) Firmware
6 4 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.62%) Squid
8 2 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.31%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (6.46%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.31%) Kibana
3 10 (3.08%) Terraform
4 9 (2.77%) Ansible
5 6 (1.85%) Graylog
5 6 (1.85%) vRealize
6 5 (1.54%) Argo
6 5 (1.54%) Grafana
6 5 (1.54%) Kustomize
6 5 (1.54%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.23%) Packer
8 3 (0.92%) Istio
8 3 (0.92%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.62%) QRadar
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 1 (0.31%) SCCM
10 1 (0.31%) SCOM
Vendors
1 68 (20.92%) Microsoft
2 40 (12.31%) VMware
3 24 (7.38%) Red Hat
4 16 (4.92%) McAfee
4 16 (4.92%) Oracle
5 15 (4.62%) Splunk
6 12 (3.69%) Citrix
7 11 (3.38%) Google
8 9 (2.77%) AppDynamics
9 8 (2.46%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (2.46%) IBM
9 8 (2.46%) NetApp
9 8 (2.46%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.15%) Carbon Black
11 6 (1.85%) Cisco
12 4 (1.23%) CA Agile Central
12 4 (1.23%) Salesforce
13 3 (0.92%) Motorola
13 3 (0.92%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.92%) SAP