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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 48 7
Rank change year-on-year +28 -41 -1
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 380 227 633
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.29% 5.75% 12.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.32% 13.50% 39.86%
Number of salaries quoted 207 135 314
10th Percentile £40,750 £38,500 £38,880
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,608 £41,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £54,125
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +1.62% +3.10%
75th Percentile £83,750 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,500 £78,137
South East median annual salary £70,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +20.69% +0.87% +9.42%

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 1,342 1,682 1,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 18.69% 42.57% 32.56%
Number of salaries quoted 790 501 737
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,750 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,520 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.00% -13.60% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £81,250 £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £51,300 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.96% -6.73% +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 11 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 11 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 +31 262 £70,000 +27.27% 124
Buckinghamshire +20 106 £55,000 - 47
Oxfordshire -35 12 £100,000 +15.94% 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 (1.32%) Apache
1 5 (1.32%) nginx
2 4 (1.05%) 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 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.79%) Solid Edge
3 3 (0.79%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (0.53%) Mathematica
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.53%) UserZoom
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.26%) CATIA
5 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 (15.26%) Azure
2 51 (13.42%) AWS
3 14 (3.68%) Azure Sentinel
4 13 (3.42%) Entra ID
4 13 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (3.16%) Cloud Computing
5 12 (3.16%) Serverless
6 11 (2.89%) Amazon EKS
6 11 (2.89%) GCP
6 11 (2.89%) OpenShift
7 7 (1.84%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (1.84%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (1.84%) Google Analytics
7 7 (1.84%) 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 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 58 (15.26%) DNS
2 49 (12.89%) Firewall
3 18 (4.74%) TCP/IP
4 13 (3.42%) VPN
5 10 (2.63%) HTTP
6 8 (2.11%) SSL
7 7 (1.84%) LAN
7 7 (1.84%) NetScaler
7 7 (1.84%) Network Security
7 7 (1.84%) WAN
8 5 (1.32%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (1.32%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (1.32%) NAS
8 5 (1.32%) NGFW
8 5 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (1.32%) SAN
8 5 (1.32%) SD-WAN
8 5 (1.32%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.79%) Internet
10 2 (0.53%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (2.37%) Relational Database
3 7 (1.84%) Power BI
4 5 (1.32%) MySQL
4 5 (1.32%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.05%) 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 (3.95%) Jenkins
2 10 (2.63%) Git
3 9 (2.37%) GitLab
4 6 (1.58%) JIRA
5 5 (1.32%) JUnit
5 5 (1.32%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.05%) 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 (17.63%) Social Skills
2 53 (13.95%) Public Sector
3 43 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (11.05%) Finance
5 32 (8.42%) Aerospace
6 24 (6.32%) Manufacturing
7 18 (4.74%) Retail
8 15 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (3.68%) Law
10 13 (3.42%) Electronics
11 8 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.58%) Banking
13 5 (1.32%) French Language
13 5 (1.32%) Legal
14 4 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.05%) Games
14 4 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.05%) Marketing
14 4 (1.05%) Public Speaking
15 3 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (17.37%) Architect
2 45 (11.84%) Senior
3 38 (10.00%) Analyst
4 29 (7.63%) Developer
5 28 (7.37%) Lead
6 25 (6.58%) Support Specialist
7 22 (5.79%) Applications Architect
8 21 (5.53%) Security Architect
9 19 (5.00%) SOC Analyst
10 17 (4.47%) Java Developer
11 15 (3.95%) Systems Engineer
12 13 (3.42%) Infrastructure Support
12 13 (3.42%) Software Engineer
13 12 (3.16%) Electrical Engineer
13 12 (3.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (3.16%) Senior Manager
13 12 (3.16%) Technical Leader
14 11 (2.89%) DevOps Engineer
14 11 (2.89%) Mechanical Engineer
15 10 (2.63%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.26%) Regular Expression
2 19 (5.00%) XMPP
3 18 (4.74%) LDAP
4 15 (3.95%) Spring
5 11 (2.89%) .NET
5 11 (2.89%) Terraform
6 10 (2.63%) HTML
6 10 (2.63%) REST
6 10 (2.63%) Spring Boot
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%) JSON
8 8 (2.11%) RabbitMQ
9 7 (1.84%) Loki
10 6 (1.58%) Jakarta EE
10 6 (1.58%) JPA
11 5 (1.32%) AngularJS
12 4 (1.05%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.79%) Cloud Native
1 22 (5.79%) Onboarding
2 21 (5.53%) Cyber Threat
3 18 (4.74%) Cyber Defence
3 18 (4.74%) Data Centre
4 14 (3.68%) Security Operations Centre
5 13 (3.42%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.89%) Driving Licence
7 10 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (2.37%) PKI
9 7 (1.84%) CSOC
9 7 (1.84%) Hackathon
9 7 (1.84%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.58%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.32%) Embedded Systems
11 5 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.05%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.05%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 73 (19.21%) Linux
2 65 (17.11%) Windows
3 29 (7.63%) Windows Server
4 23 (6.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.32%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.79%) Unix
7 2 (0.53%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (17.89%) Continuous Improvement
1 68 (17.89%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (15.00%) Validation
3 46 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (11.84%) SIEM
5 41 (10.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 37 (9.74%) Mentoring
7 33 (8.68%) Agile
8 29 (7.63%) CI/CD
9 28 (7.37%) DevOps
9 28 (7.37%) Service Delivery
10 25 (6.58%) Technical Leadership
11 24 (6.32%) Decision-Making
11 24 (6.32%) Platform Engineering
12 23 (6.05%) AI
12 23 (6.05%) Analytics
12 23 (6.05%) Software Engineering
13 22 (5.79%) Incident Response
14 20 (5.26%) Containerisation
14 20 (5.26%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 38 (10.00%) Python
2 24 (6.32%) Java
3 17 (4.47%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.42%) Bash
4 13 (3.42%) SQL
5 10 (2.63%) C#
5 10 (2.63%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.63%) Shell Script
6 9 (2.37%) C
7 7 (1.84%) C++
7 7 (1.84%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (1.84%) Search Processing Language
8 6 (1.58%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.32%) Groovy
9 5 (1.32%) Rust
10 4 (1.05%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.79%) Pascal
11 3 (0.79%) Perl
12 2 (0.53%) Go
12 2 (0.53%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 231 (60.79%) SC Cleared
2 128 (33.68%) DV Cleared
3 49 (12.89%) Degree
4 16 (4.21%) CompTIA Security+
5 15 (3.95%) CISSP
6 14 (3.68%) GIAC
7 13 (3.42%) GCIA
8 10 (2.63%) CREST Certified
8 10 (2.63%) OSCP
8 10 (2.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 8 (2.11%) GCIH
10 7 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.84%) CompTIA CySA+
10 7 (1.84%) GCED
10 7 (1.84%) 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 (1.84%) QA
3 6 (1.58%) ISO 9001
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%) NEBOSH
5 4 (1.05%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.05%) 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 43 (11.32%) Active Directory
2 26 (6.84%) vSphere
3 14 (3.68%) Docker
4 10 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (1.84%) Firmware
5 7 (1.84%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.84%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.32%) Squid
6 5 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 25 (6.58%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.68%) Kibana
3 11 (2.89%) Ansible
4 7 (1.84%) Argo
4 7 (1.84%) Grafana
4 7 (1.84%) Graylog
4 7 (1.84%) Kustomize
4 7 (1.84%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.05%) Istio
6 4 (1.05%) Packer
6 4 (1.05%) 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 77 (20.26%) Microsoft
2 42 (11.05%) VMware
3 26 (6.84%) Red Hat
4 16 (4.21%) Thales
5 15 (3.95%) McAfee
5 15 (3.95%) Splunk
6 10 (2.63%) Cisco
6 10 (2.63%) Oracle
7 9 (2.37%) AppDynamics
8 8 (2.11%) CrowdStrike
8 8 (2.11%) Google
8 8 (2.11%) IBM
9 7 (1.84%) Carbon Black
9 7 (1.84%) Citrix
10 6 (1.58%) EMC
10 6 (1.58%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.32%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.32%) NetApp
11 5 (1.32%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.32%) Veeam