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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 34 8
Rank change year-on-year +4 -26 +7
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 215 170 800
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 4.61% 6.02% 13.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.21% 12.68% 34.42%
Number of salaries quoted 111 99 650
10th Percentile £39,280 £40,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,013 £46,250 £36,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +19.74%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,250 £63,686
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £78,750
South East median annual salary £65,000 £59,400 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.43% +8.00% +14.43%

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 1,064 1,341 2,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 22.79% 47.52% 38.44%
Number of salaries quoted 521 423 1,583
10th Percentile £30,250 £33,000 £29,930
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,549 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £59,125 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year -13.74% +12.51% +9.19%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £53,500 £56,921 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.01% +8.42% +5.00%

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 15 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 15 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 +7 135 £65,000 +8.33% 77
Buckinghamshire +2 56 £60,000 +4.04% 52
Oxfordshire +5 24 £65,000 +30.00% 26
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 13 (6.05%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.93%) WordPress
4 1 (0.47%) Camunda
4 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.33%) Adobe XD
2 5 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.93%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (0.93%) Adobe Captivate
3 2 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.93%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (0.93%) Elementor
3 2 (0.93%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.47%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.47%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Primavera
1 1 (0.47%) Q-Pulse
1 1 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.47%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 28 (13.02%) AWS
2 19 (8.84%) Azure
3 16 (7.44%) GCP
4 9 (4.19%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 9 (4.19%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 7 (3.26%) Amazon EKS
6 6 (2.79%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (2.79%) Amazon ECS
6 6 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.79%) Serverless
7 5 (2.33%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.33%) Figma
7 5 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.40%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.40%) Miro
8 3 (1.40%) OCI
8 3 (1.40%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 2 (0.93%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.93%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.30%) Firewall
2 16 (7.44%) DNS
3 15 (6.98%) Structured Cabling
4 5 (2.33%) NetScaler
4 5 (2.33%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.86%) NAS
5 4 (1.86%) SAN
5 4 (1.86%) Wireshark
6 3 (1.40%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (1.40%) DHCP
7 1 (0.47%) BGP
7 1 (0.47%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.47%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.47%) ICMP
7 1 (0.47%) IPsec
7 1 (0.47%) Network Security
7 1 (0.47%) OSPF
7 1 (0.47%) S/MIME
7 1 (0.47%) VPN
7 1 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.12%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (3.26%) Relational Database
2 7 (3.26%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.79%) RDBMS
4 3 (1.40%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.93%) MySQL
6 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (3.72%) Jenkins
1 8 (3.72%) JIRA
2 7 (3.26%) JUnit
2 7 (3.26%) Mockito
3 6 (2.79%) JMeter
4 5 (2.33%) Axure RP
4 5 (2.33%) Balsamiq
5 4 (1.86%) Subversion
6 3 (1.40%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.40%) Git
7 2 (0.93%) GitLab
8 1 (0.47%) Ant
8 1 (0.47%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.47%) Gradle
8 1 (0.47%) Maven
8 1 (0.47%) Selenium
8 1 (0.47%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.47%) WebDriver
General
1 65 (30.23%) Social Skills
2 39 (18.14%) Public Sector
3 35 (16.28%) Finance
4 28 (13.02%) Law
5 26 (12.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (8.84%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (5.58%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.26%) Games
9 6 (2.79%) Banking
9 6 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.79%) Legal
9 6 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.33%) Aerospace
10 5 (2.33%) Aviation
10 5 (2.33%) Marketing
10 5 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.40%) Military
12 2 (0.93%) Electronics
12 2 (0.93%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 40 (18.60%) Architect
2 37 (17.21%) Senior
3 30 (13.95%) Developer
4 17 (7.91%) Lead
5 15 (6.98%) Salesforce Developer
6 13 (6.05%) Applications Architect
6 13 (6.05%) Security Architect
7 12 (5.58%) Analyst
8 9 (4.19%) Consultant
8 9 (4.19%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 9 (4.19%) Test Specialist
9 8 (3.72%) Lead Architect
10 7 (3.26%) Senior Developer
10 7 (3.26%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (3.26%) Support Analyst
11 6 (2.79%) Functional Consultant
11 6 (2.79%) Java Developer
11 6 (2.79%) Mid-Level Java Developer
11 6 (2.79%) Senior Consultant
11 6 (2.79%) Senior Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.44%) .NET
2 14 (6.51%) REST
3 11 (5.12%) HTML
3 11 (5.12%) XML
4 9 (4.19%) JSON
4 9 (4.19%) Lightning Web Components
4 9 (4.19%) SOAP
4 9 (4.19%) Visualforce
5 8 (3.72%) Middleware
5 8 (3.72%) Spring
6 7 (3.26%) Hibernate
6 7 (3.26%) Spring Boot
7 6 (2.79%) ActiveMQ
7 6 (2.79%) Apache Camel
7 6 (2.79%) jQuery
7 6 (2.79%) Web Services
7 6 (2.79%) WireMock
8 5 (2.33%) React
8 5 (2.33%) Regular Expression
9 4 (1.86%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.58%) Cloud Native
2 10 (4.65%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.26%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.79%) PKI
5 6 (2.79%) Security Posture
6 5 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.86%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.40%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.93%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.93%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (0.93%) Graphic Design
9 2 (0.93%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.93%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.93%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.47%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 31 (14.42%) Windows
2 28 (13.02%) Windows Server
3 20 (9.30%) Linux
4 8 (3.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.86%) Android
5 4 (1.86%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.40%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (20.47%) Agile
2 38 (17.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 27 (12.56%) Community of Practice
4 24 (11.16%) CI/CD
5 23 (10.70%) Technology Strategy
6 22 (10.23%) DevOps
6 22 (10.23%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (7.91%) ITIL
7 17 (7.91%) Mentoring
7 17 (7.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 16 (7.44%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (6.51%) Service Delivery
9 14 (6.51%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (6.05%) Service Design
11 12 (5.58%) Asset Management
11 12 (5.58%) Change Control
12 11 (5.12%) Containerisation
12 11 (5.12%) Service Management
12 11 (5.12%) SIEM
12 11 (5.12%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 21 (9.77%) Python
2 19 (8.84%) Java
3 16 (7.44%) JavaScript
4 10 (4.65%) Shell Script
4 10 (4.65%) SQL
5 9 (4.19%) Apex Code
6 5 (2.33%) C#
6 5 (2.33%) Ladder Logic
7 4 (1.86%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.40%) C++
8 3 (1.40%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.93%) C
10 1 (0.47%) Bash
10 1 (0.47%) Go
10 1 (0.47%) Korn
10 1 (0.47%) Pascal
10 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 134 (62.33%) SC Cleared
2 85 (39.53%) DV Cleared
3 50 (23.26%) Degree
4 14 (6.51%) HNC
5 6 (2.79%) CISSP
5 6 (2.79%) DBS Check
6 5 (2.33%) CRISC
7 4 (1.86%) CHECK Team Member
7 4 (1.86%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.40%) CISM
8 3 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.40%) ISACA
8 3 (1.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.93%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.93%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.93%) CHECK Team Leader
9 2 (0.93%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.93%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.05%) GDPR
2 10 (4.65%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.79%) NCSC
5 5 (2.33%) QA
5 5 (2.33%) WCAG
6 4 (1.86%) NIST
6 4 (1.86%) SLA
7 3 (1.40%) PMO
8 2 (0.93%) GRC
8 2 (0.93%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.47%) MISRA
9 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (10.23%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.05%) Docker
2 13 (6.05%) vSphere
3 10 (4.65%) VMware NSX
4 8 (3.72%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.93%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.47%) Firmware
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (6.05%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.19%) vRealize
3 6 (2.79%) Kibana
4 5 (2.33%) SCCM
4 5 (2.33%) SCOM
5 3 (1.40%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.93%) SCSM
6 2 (0.93%) Terraform
7 1 (0.47%) Ansible
7 1 (0.47%) Argo
7 1 (0.47%) Grafana
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.47%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.47%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 28 (13.02%) Microsoft
2 27 (12.56%) VMware
3 16 (7.44%) Salesforce
4 12 (5.58%) Google
5 9 (4.19%) Oracle
6 8 (3.72%) MuleSoft
6 8 (3.72%) ServiceNow
7 7 (3.26%) Adobe
8 6 (2.79%) Citrix
8 6 (2.79%) Dynatrace
8 6 (2.79%) Splunk
9 5 (2.33%) Cisco
9 5 (2.33%) Juniper
10 4 (1.86%) NetApp
10 4 (1.86%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.40%) Apple
11 3 (1.40%) McAfee
11 3 (1.40%) Samsung
11 3 (1.40%) Trend Micro
11 3 (1.40%) Veeam