Security Cleared Jobs 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 8 14
Rank change year-on-year -45 +6 +47
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 162 925 716
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.79% 13.81% 11.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.62% 35.91% 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 106 605 368
10th Percentile £40,000 £30,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £36,750 £35,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,835 £54,000 £45,600
Median % change year-on-year +7.10% +18.42% -17.20%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +11.11% -10.81%

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 1,684 2,576 2,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 49.75% 38.45% 41.86%
Number of salaries quoted 438 1,572 1,041
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,375 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £52,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +10.58% +2.97% -3.81%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 May 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 14 May 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 -33 109 £60,000 +14.18% 161
Buckinghamshire -32 31 £55,000 - 50
Oxfordshire +3 22 £50,000 -2.00% 58
Security Cleared
South East

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (8.02%) JBoss
1 13 (8.02%) Red Hat Fuse
2 1 (0.62%) Confluence
2 1 (0.62%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (2.47%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.62%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (3.09%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 46 (28.40%) AWS
2 27 (16.67%) Serverless
3 25 (15.43%) Amazon ECS
4 24 (14.81%) Amazon EKS
5 19 (11.73%) Azure
6 11 (6.79%) Amazon EC2
7 8 (4.94%) SaaS
8 7 (4.32%) Amazon S3
9 6 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (3.70%) GCP
9 6 (3.70%) Power Platform
10 5 (3.09%) AWS KMS
11 4 (2.47%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 4 (2.47%) GitHub
11 4 (2.47%) IaaS
11 4 (2.47%) PaaS
11 4 (2.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.49%) WAN
2 14 (8.64%) Cisco ISE
3 9 (5.56%) BGP
3 9 (5.56%) IPsec
4 8 (4.94%) DNS
4 8 (4.94%) Firewall
5 6 (3.70%) MPLS
5 6 (3.70%) SSL
5 6 (3.70%) VPN
6 5 (3.09%) Junos
6 5 (3.09%) LAN
6 5 (3.09%) SD-WAN
6 5 (3.09%) VLAN
7 4 (2.47%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (2.47%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (2.47%) Cisco IOS
7 4 (2.47%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (2.47%) HSRP
7 4 (2.47%) OSPF
7 4 (2.47%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (19.14%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (14.81%) Relational Database
3 8 (4.94%) MongoDB
3 8 (4.94%) RDBMS
4 4 (2.47%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.47%) MySQL
4 4 (2.47%) Power BI
5 3 (1.85%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.85%) Tableau
6 2 (1.23%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.23%) Metadata
7 1 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.62%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.62%) Looker
7 1 (0.62%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 35 (21.60%) Jenkins
2 26 (16.05%) JUnit
3 21 (12.96%) Git
4 13 (8.02%) Mockito
5 8 (4.94%) JMeter
6 5 (3.09%) Bitbucket Server
7 4 (2.47%) JIRA
8 3 (1.85%) GitLab
8 3 (1.85%) SonarQube
9 2 (1.23%) Babel
9 2 (1.23%) Maven
9 2 (1.23%) Vite
9 2 (1.23%) webpack
10 1 (0.62%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.62%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.62%) DbUnit
10 1 (0.62%) jMock
General
1 39 (24.07%) Public Sector
2 25 (15.43%) Social Skills
3 14 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (8.02%) Finance
5 8 (4.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (4.32%) Advertising
6 7 (4.32%) Aerospace
7 6 (3.70%) Aviation
7 6 (3.70%) Military
8 4 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.85%) Legal
10 1 (0.62%) Law
10 1 (0.62%) Local Government
10 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (22.22%) Developer
2 26 (16.05%) Architect
2 26 (16.05%) Java Developer
3 18 (11.11%) Network Architect
4 17 (10.49%) Software Engineer
5 12 (7.41%) Senior
6 11 (6.79%) Support Engineer
7 9 (5.56%) Designer
7 9 (5.56%) Network Designer
7 9 (5.56%) Network Engineer
8 7 (4.32%) DevOps Engineer
9 6 (3.70%) Consultant
9 6 (3.70%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 6 (3.70%) Lead
10 5 (3.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 5 (3.09%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
10 5 (3.09%) Analyst
10 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Developer
10 5 (3.09%) Senior Software Engineer
10 5 (3.09%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (17.90%) REST
2 28 (17.28%) Spring Boot
3 26 (16.05%) Spring
4 22 (13.58%) Web Services
5 21 (12.96%) Apache Camel
6 19 (11.73%) RESTful
7 18 (11.11%) SOAP
8 13 (8.02%) J2EE
9 12 (7.41%) ActiveMQ
9 12 (7.41%) Hibernate
9 12 (7.41%) React
10 11 (6.79%) HTML
11 9 (5.56%) Kafka
12 8 (4.94%) AngularJS
12 8 (4.94%) jQuery
12 8 (4.94%) WireMock
13 6 (3.70%) XML
14 5 (3.09%) RabbitMQ
15 4 (2.47%) 802.1X
15 4 (2.47%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.20%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (6.79%) Algorithms
3 6 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.09%) e-Learning
4 5 (3.09%) Reference Data
5 4 (2.47%) CESG
5 4 (2.47%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.47%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.85%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.85%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.85%) Cyberattack
6 3 (1.85%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.23%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.23%) Freedom of Information
7 2 (1.23%) Freedom of Information Act
7 2 (1.23%) PKI
7 2 (1.23%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.62%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.62%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 28 (17.28%) Linux
2 12 (7.41%) Windows
3 9 (5.56%) Unix
4 4 (2.47%) Mac OS
4 4 (2.47%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.23%) Android
5 2 (1.23%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.23%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (28.40%) Agile
2 35 (21.60%) DevOps
3 31 (19.14%) Scrum
4 30 (18.52%) Microservices
5 25 (15.43%) Kanban
6 23 (14.20%) Software Engineering
6 23 (14.20%) TDD
7 22 (13.58%) BDD
7 22 (13.58%) CI/CD
8 19 (11.73%) Containerisation
9 16 (9.88%) Full-Stack Development
9 16 (9.88%) Network Management
9 16 (9.88%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (8.64%) Collaborative Working
10 14 (8.64%) Open Source
11 13 (8.02%) Computer Science
11 13 (8.02%) Cybersecurity
11 13 (8.02%) Mathematics
11 13 (8.02%) SDLC
12 11 (6.79%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 39 (24.07%) Python
2 36 (22.22%) Java
3 22 (13.58%) JavaScript
4 17 (10.49%) SQL
5 13 (8.02%) Shell Script
6 10 (6.17%) Bash
6 10 (6.17%) C++
7 8 (4.94%) C
7 8 (4.94%) Fortran
8 7 (4.32%) PL/SQL
9 5 (3.09%) PowerShell
10 4 (2.47%) Go
10 4 (2.47%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.85%) C#
12 2 (1.23%) Rust
13 1 (0.62%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.62%) Groovy
13 1 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.62%) Perl
13 1 (0.62%) X++
Qualifications
1 127 (78.40%) SC Cleared
2 29 (17.90%) DV Cleared
3 22 (13.58%) Degree
4 10 (6.17%) CCNP
4 10 (6.17%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (4.94%) CISSP
5 8 (4.94%) Master's Degree
5 8 (4.94%) PhD
6 7 (4.32%) CCNA
7 6 (3.70%) CESG Certified Professional
7 6 (3.70%) JNCIS
8 4 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.85%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.85%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.23%) CISMP
10 2 (1.23%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.96%) SLA
2 6 (3.70%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.09%) QA
4 4 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.85%) COSHH
6 2 (1.23%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.62%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.62%) GDPR
7 1 (0.62%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.62%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.62%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.62%) NCSC
7 1 (0.62%) NIST
7 1 (0.62%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.62%) RMADS
7 1 (0.62%) SOC 2
System Software
1 42 (25.93%) Docker
2 11 (6.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.94%) Active Directory
4 5 (3.09%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.85%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.23%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.23%) vSphere
8 1 (0.62%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.62%) NFS
8 1 (0.62%) vCloud
8 1 (0.62%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 32 (19.75%) Kubernetes
2 23 (14.20%) Ansible
3 12 (7.41%) Terraform
4 8 (4.94%) Kibana
5 4 (2.47%) Grafana
5 4 (2.47%) Nessus
5 4 (2.47%) Prometheus
5 4 (2.47%) Proxmox
6 3 (1.85%) Graylog
7 2 (1.23%) PowerCLI
7 2 (1.23%) SCCM
7 2 (1.23%) SCOM
7 2 (1.23%) SCSM
7 2 (1.23%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.23%) vRealize
8 1 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.62%) Packer
8 1 (0.62%) QRadar
8 1 (0.62%) VxRail
Vendors
1 36 (22.22%) Juniper
2 34 (20.99%) Cisco
3 24 (14.81%) Microsoft
4 22 (13.58%) VMware
5 10 (6.17%) SevOne
5 10 (6.17%) Splunk
6 8 (4.94%) Dynatrace
7 5 (3.09%) F5
8 4 (2.47%) BMC
9 3 (1.85%) ADVA
9 3 (1.85%) AlienVault
9 3 (1.85%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.23%) Apple
10 2 (1.23%) Atlassian
10 2 (1.23%) Dell
10 2 (1.23%) WSO2
11 1 (0.62%) Google
11 1 (0.62%) HP
11 1 (0.62%) IBM
11 1 (0.62%) Red Hat