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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 46 7
Rank change year-on-year +26 -39 -1
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 379 229 631
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.31% 5.79% 12.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.41% 13.57% 39.84%
Number of salaries quoted 208 137 312
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £38,880
25th Percentile £54,188 £45,608 £41,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £55,000 £54,125
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +1.62% +3.10%
75th Percentile £83,750 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,250 £78,319
South East median annual salary £70,000 £58,000 £57,250
% change year-on-year +20.69% +1.31% +8.94%

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 1,334 1,688 1,584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 18.69% 42.65% 32.52%
Number of salaries quoted 786 505 732
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,600 £35,800
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £81,250 £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -7.27% +4.76%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +31 260 £70,000 +27.27% 120
Buckinghamshire +17 106 £55,000 - 38
Oxfordshire -33 13 £100,000 +17.65% 22
Security Cleared
South East

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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 (1.32%) Apache
1 5 (1.32%) nginx
2 4 (1.06%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.79%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.26%) Confluence
5 1 (0.26%) Kinematics
Applications
1 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.79%) Solid Edge
2 3 (0.79%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.53%) Mathematica
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.53%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.26%) CATIA
4 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) ENOVIA
1 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG
1 1 (0.26%) SAP MM
1 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (15.30%) Azure
2 51 (13.46%) AWS
3 14 (3.69%) Azure Sentinel
4 13 (3.43%) Entra ID
4 13 (3.43%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
5 12 (3.17%) Serverless
6 11 (2.90%) Amazon EKS
6 11 (2.90%) GCP
6 11 (2.90%) OpenShift
7 7 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (1.85%) Google Analytics
7 7 (1.85%) Power Platform
8 6 (1.58%) Amazon ECS
8 6 (1.58%) Amazon S3
8 6 (1.58%) Cloudflare
8 6 (1.58%) GitHub
9 5 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 60 (15.83%) DNS
2 50 (13.19%) Firewall
3 18 (4.75%) TCP/IP
4 13 (3.43%) VPN
5 10 (2.64%) HTTP
6 8 (2.11%) NetScaler
6 8 (2.11%) SSL
7 7 (1.85%) LAN
7 7 (1.85%) Network Security
7 7 (1.85%) WAN
8 6 (1.58%) NAS
8 6 (1.58%) SAN
8 6 (1.58%) Wireshark
9 5 (1.32%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (1.32%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (1.32%) NGFW
9 5 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
9 5 (1.32%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.79%) Internet
11 2 (0.53%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (2.37%) Relational Database
3 7 (1.85%) Power BI
4 5 (1.32%) MySQL
4 5 (1.32%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.06%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.53%) Big Data
6 2 (0.53%) Metadata
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle Database 11g
6 2 (0.53%) Oracle Database 12c
6 2 (0.53%) Tableau
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.26%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.26%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.26%) Redis
Development Applications
1 15 (3.96%) Jenkins
2 10 (2.64%) Git
3 9 (2.37%) GitLab
4 6 (1.58%) JIRA
5 5 (1.32%) JUnit
5 5 (1.32%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.06%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.79%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.53%) JMeter
8 2 (0.53%) MLflow
8 2 (0.53%) Mockito
9 1 (0.26%) Axure RP
9 1 (0.26%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.26%) Mocha
9 1 (0.26%) Selenium
9 1 (0.26%) Storybook
9 1 (0.26%) TestDirector
General
1 67 (17.68%) Social Skills
2 53 (13.98%) Public Sector
3 43 (11.35%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (11.08%) Finance
5 31 (8.18%) Aerospace
6 24 (6.33%) Manufacturing
7 16 (4.22%) Retail
8 15 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (3.69%) Law
10 13 (3.43%) Electronics
11 8 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.58%) Banking
13 5 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.32%) French Language
14 4 (1.06%) Games
14 4 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.06%) Legal
14 4 (1.06%) Marketing
14 4 (1.06%) Public Speaking
15 3 (0.79%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 68 (17.94%) Architect
2 45 (11.87%) Senior
3 38 (10.03%) Analyst
4 30 (7.92%) Developer
5 28 (7.39%) Lead
6 25 (6.60%) Support Specialist
7 24 (6.33%) Applications Architect
8 22 (5.80%) Security Architect
9 19 (5.01%) SOC Analyst
10 17 (4.49%) Java Developer
11 15 (3.96%) Systems Engineer
12 13 (3.43%) Infrastructure Support
12 13 (3.43%) Software Engineer
13 12 (3.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (3.17%) Technical Leader
14 11 (2.90%) DevOps Engineer
14 11 (2.90%) Electrical Engineer
14 11 (2.90%) Mechanical Engineer
14 11 (2.90%) Senior Manager
15 10 (2.64%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.54%) Regular Expression
2 19 (5.01%) LDAP
2 19 (5.01%) XMPP
3 15 (3.96%) Spring
4 12 (3.17%) .NET
5 11 (2.90%) Terraform
6 10 (2.64%) HTML
6 10 (2.64%) REST
6 10 (2.64%) Spring Boot
7 9 (2.37%) JSON
7 9 (2.37%) React
7 9 (2.37%) Web Services
8 8 (2.11%) CSS
8 8 (2.11%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (2.11%) RabbitMQ
9 7 (1.85%) Loki
10 6 (1.58%) Jakarta EE
10 6 (1.58%) JPA
11 5 (1.32%) AngularJS
11 5 (1.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.80%) Cloud Native
1 22 (5.80%) Onboarding
2 21 (5.54%) Cyber Threat
3 18 (4.75%) Cyber Defence
3 18 (4.75%) Data Centre
4 14 (3.69%) Security Operations Centre
5 13 (3.43%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.64%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.64%) Driving Licence
6 10 (2.64%) PKI
7 9 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.85%) CSOC
8 7 (1.85%) Hackathon
9 6 (1.58%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.58%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.32%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.06%) Arduino
11 4 (1.06%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 75 (19.79%) Linux
2 66 (17.41%) Windows
3 31 (8.18%) Windows Server
4 25 (6.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.32%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.79%) Unix
7 2 (0.53%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (17.94%) Continuous Improvement
1 68 (17.94%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (15.04%) Validation
3 47 (12.40%) SIEM
4 45 (11.87%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (10.55%) Stakeholder Management
6 35 (9.23%) Mentoring
7 33 (8.71%) Agile
8 29 (7.65%) CI/CD
9 28 (7.39%) DevOps
9 28 (7.39%) Service Delivery
10 25 (6.60%) Technical Leadership
11 24 (6.33%) Decision-Making
11 24 (6.33%) Platform Engineering
12 23 (6.07%) AI
12 23 (6.07%) Analytics
12 23 (6.07%) Software Engineering
13 22 (5.80%) Incident Response
14 20 (5.28%) Containerisation
14 20 (5.28%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 38 (10.03%) Python
2 24 (6.33%) Java
3 17 (4.49%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.43%) Bash
4 13 (3.43%) SQL
5 11 (2.90%) Shell Script
6 10 (2.64%) C#
6 10 (2.64%) JavaScript
7 9 (2.37%) C
8 7 (1.85%) C++
8 7 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (1.85%) Search Processing Language
9 6 (1.58%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.32%) Groovy
10 5 (1.32%) Rust
11 4 (1.06%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.79%) Pascal
12 3 (0.79%) Perl
13 2 (0.53%) Go
13 2 (0.53%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 229 (60.42%) SC Cleared
2 129 (34.04%) DV Cleared
3 48 (12.66%) Degree
4 16 (4.22%) CompTIA Security+
5 15 (3.96%) CISSP
6 14 (3.69%) GIAC
7 13 (3.43%) GCIA
8 10 (2.64%) CREST Certified
8 10 (2.64%) OSCP
8 10 (2.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 8 (2.11%) GCIH
10 7 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.85%) CompTIA CySA+
10 7 (1.85%) GCED
10 7 (1.85%) SANS
11 6 (1.58%) CRISC
11 6 (1.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (1.58%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.58%) PhD
12 5 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.37%) NCSC
2 7 (1.85%) QA
3 6 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.58%) MISRA
4 5 (1.32%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.32%) GDPR
4 5 (1.32%) ISO 9001
4 5 (1.32%) NEBOSH
5 4 (1.06%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.06%) PMO
6 3 (0.79%) ISO 22301
6 3 (0.79%) WCAG
7 2 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.53%) COBIT
7 2 (0.53%) COSO
7 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 2 (0.53%) NIST
7 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.53%) SLA
8 1 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 45 (11.87%) Active Directory
2 28 (7.39%) vSphere
3 14 (3.69%) Docker
4 10 (2.64%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (1.85%) Firmware
5 7 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.85%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.32%) Squid
6 5 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 25 (6.60%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.69%) Kibana
3 11 (2.90%) Ansible
4 7 (1.85%) Argo
4 7 (1.85%) Grafana
4 7 (1.85%) Graylog
4 7 (1.85%) Kustomize
4 7 (1.85%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.06%) Istio
6 4 (1.06%) Packer
6 4 (1.06%) SCCM
7 3 (0.79%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (0.79%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.53%) QRadar
8 2 (0.53%) vRealize
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 76 (20.05%) Microsoft
2 44 (11.61%) VMware
3 26 (6.86%) Red Hat
4 15 (3.96%) McAfee
4 15 (3.96%) Splunk
4 15 (3.96%) Thales
5 10 (2.64%) Cisco
5 10 (2.64%) Oracle
6 9 (2.37%) AppDynamics
7 8 (2.11%) Citrix
7 8 (2.11%) CrowdStrike
7 8 (2.11%) Google
7 8 (2.11%) IBM
8 7 (1.85%) Carbon Black
9 6 (1.58%) EMC
9 6 (1.58%) NetApp
9 6 (1.58%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.32%) Fortinet
10 5 (1.32%) Palo Alto
10 5 (1.32%) Veeam