Security Cleared Jobs in London

Security Clearance
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 68 218
Rank change year-on-year +12 +150 -101
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,043 1,539 1,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.42% 4.53% 1.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.47% 17.37% 9.16%
Number of salaries quoted 677 975 731
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £86,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

Security Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,744 8,862 14,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.59% 26.06% 21.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,257 5,573 6,782
10th Percentile £35,702 £40,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,250 £105,000
England median annual salary £54,700 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.83% +9.09% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in London

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in London.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in London

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in London

Security Cleared
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the London region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
Central London -1 169 £62,500 -7.41% 38
South London +36 70 £77,500 +6.90% 23
North London +18 41 £55,000 - 1
West London -43 11 £37,500 -42.31% 19
East London -3 1 £28,000 -51.30% 5
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 37 (3.55%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.59%) ArcGIS
2 27 (2.59%) GeoServer
3 23 (2.21%) OpenStack
4 18 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (1.63%) Apache
6 13 (1.25%) IIS
7 12 (1.15%) JBoss
8 11 (1.05%) Red Hat Fuse
9 10 (0.96%) Confluence
10 8 (0.77%) Tomcat
11 7 (0.67%) Drupal
11 7 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2013
12 6 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2010
13 5 (0.48%) nginx
14 4 (0.38%) WebLogic
15 3 (0.29%) WordPress
16 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
16 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
16 2 (0.19%) WinCC
Applications
1 22 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.38%) Sketch
5 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.096%) Blender
6 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (2.21%) Remedy ITSM
2 13 (1.25%) NEC Housing
3 12 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (1.05%) SAP HR
5 9 (0.86%) SAP SCM
6 8 (0.77%) SAP EWM
6 8 (0.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 7 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
7 7 (0.67%) Elite 3E
8 6 (0.58%) SAP CO
8 6 (0.58%) SAP FI
8 6 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.38%) Oracle Payroll
9 4 (0.38%) SAP BPC
10 3 (0.29%) SAP CRM
10 3 (0.29%) SAP CX
10 3 (0.29%) SAP GTS
10 3 (0.29%) SAP SD
10 3 (0.29%) SAP WM
11 2 (0.19%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 247 (23.68%) Azure
2 218 (20.90%) AWS
3 70 (6.71%) Power Platform
4 69 (6.62%) Azure DevOps
5 52 (4.99%) Serverless
6 48 (4.60%) Amazon EKS
7 45 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
8 43 (4.12%) Amazon ECS
9 38 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
9 38 (3.64%) GCP
10 30 (2.88%) Power Automate
10 30 (2.88%) PowerApps
11 29 (2.78%) SaaS
12 22 (2.11%) Entra ID
13 19 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
14 18 (1.73%) PaaS
15 16 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
16 15 (1.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 13 (1.25%) GitHub
18 12 (1.15%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 74 (7.09%) Firewall
2 39 (3.74%) VPN
3 38 (3.64%) Internet
3 38 (3.64%) WAN
4 37 (3.55%) LAN
5 22 (2.11%) Network Security
6 16 (1.53%) DNS
7 15 (1.44%) TCP/IP
8 12 (1.15%) SSL
9 8 (0.77%) Structured Cabling
10 6 (0.58%) BGP
11 4 (0.38%) 5G
11 4 (0.38%) GSM
11 4 (0.38%) IPv4
11 4 (0.38%) IPv6
11 4 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
11 4 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (0.38%) Wireless
12 3 (0.29%) NetScaler
12 3 (0.29%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (6.62%) Relational Database
2 67 (6.42%) PostgreSQL
3 49 (4.70%) Power BI
4 37 (3.55%) SQL Server
5 30 (2.88%) GIS
6 27 (2.59%) QGIS
7 26 (2.49%) NoSQL
8 20 (1.92%) Oracle Database
9 15 (1.44%) Big Data
10 13 (1.25%) Metadata
11 12 (1.15%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.86%) Tableau
13 8 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (0.77%) MySQL
14 7 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (0.58%) Hadoop
15 6 (0.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 6 (0.58%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 79 (7.57%) Jenkins
2 61 (5.85%) Git
3 25 (2.40%) JIRA
4 18 (1.73%) GitLab
5 17 (1.63%) JUnit
6 14 (1.34%) Bitbucket
7 11 (1.05%) Cucumber
7 11 (1.05%) Selenium
8 7 (0.67%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.67%) TestNG
9 6 (0.58%) REST Assured
10 5 (0.48%) Maven
10 5 (0.48%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.38%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.38%) Terragrunt
12 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket Server
12 2 (0.19%) Postman
12 2 (0.19%) Serenity BDD
12 2 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 289 (27.71%) Social Skills
2 247 (23.68%) Public Sector
3 110 (10.55%) Finance
4 98 (9.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 76 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (4.12%) Law
7 42 (4.03%) Police
8 40 (3.84%) Presentation Skills
9 39 (3.74%) Retail
10 28 (2.68%) Military
11 24 (2.30%) Aerospace
12 20 (1.92%) Legal
12 20 (1.92%) Manufacturing
13 19 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.82%) Marketing
14 16 (1.53%) Telecoms
15 15 (1.44%) Local Government
16 12 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
17 10 (0.96%) Banking
Job Titles
1 197 (18.89%) Senior
2 191 (18.31%) Architect
3 146 (14.00%) Developer
4 131 (12.56%) Consultant
5 72 (6.90%) Analyst
6 66 (6.33%) Lead
7 59 (5.66%) DevOps Engineer
8 58 (5.56%) Software Engineer
9 56 (5.37%) Solutions Architect
10 54 (5.18%) Technical Architect
11 41 (3.93%) Security Consultant
12 40 (3.84%) Java Developer
13 39 (3.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 37 (3.55%) SAP Consultant
15 34 (3.26%) Senior Consultant
16 32 (3.07%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 31 (2.97%) Full Stack Developer
17 31 (2.97%) Project Manager
18 26 (2.49%) Business Analyst
19 25 (2.40%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (6.14%) HTML
2 60 (5.75%) .NET
3 53 (5.08%) CSS
4 51 (4.89%) Web Services
5 50 (4.79%) REST
6 48 (4.60%) Elastic Stack
6 48 (4.60%) React
7 47 (4.51%) Spring
8 41 (3.93%) Spring Boot
9 35 (3.36%) JSON
10 33 (3.16%) Node.js
11 32 (3.07%) XML
12 30 (2.88%) AngularJS
13 27 (2.59%) .NET Core
13 27 (2.59%) Leaflet
13 27 (2.59%) OpenLayers
13 27 (2.59%) PostGIS
14 25 (2.40%) SOAP
15 24 (2.30%) Apache Camel
16 20 (1.92%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 60 (5.75%) Product Ownership
2 34 (3.26%) PKI
3 32 (3.07%) Public Cloud
4 31 (2.97%) Management Information System
5 30 (2.88%) Cyberattack
6 24 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
7 23 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 21 (2.01%) Onboarding
9 20 (1.92%) Security Operations Centre
10 19 (1.82%) Mainframe
11 18 (1.73%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 16 (1.53%) Cyber Defence
12 16 (1.53%) Data Centre
13 14 (1.34%) Driving Licence
13 14 (1.34%) Operational Technology
14 12 (1.15%) IoT
14 12 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (0.96%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
16 9 (0.86%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 147 (14.09%) Windows
2 144 (13.81%) Linux
3 41 (3.93%) Windows Server
4 40 (3.84%) Ubuntu
5 38 (3.64%) VMS
6 20 (1.92%) Unix
7 19 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (0.67%) Solaris
10 4 (0.38%) CentOS
10 4 (0.38%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.29%) Debian
11 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.096%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.096%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.096%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.096%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (37.49%) Agile
2 227 (21.76%) DevOps
3 149 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 142 (13.61%) Cybersecurity
5 137 (13.14%) Scrum
6 129 (12.37%) Actionable Insight
7 120 (11.51%) CI/CD
8 117 (11.22%) Project Delivery
9 110 (10.55%) Project Management
10 106 (10.16%) Software Engineering
11 100 (9.59%) Mentoring
12 83 (7.96%) Analytics
13 77 (7.38%) ITIL
14 75 (7.19%) Coaching
15 70 (6.71%) SIEM
16 64 (6.14%) Collaborative Working
16 64 (6.14%) Microservices
17 63 (6.04%) Collaborative Culture
18 61 (5.85%) Service Delivery
19 60 (5.75%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 144 (13.81%) JavaScript
2 129 (12.37%) Python
3 97 (9.30%) Java
4 91 (8.72%) SQL
5 66 (6.33%) C#
6 37 (3.55%) Bash
7 32 (3.07%) PowerShell
8 20 (1.92%) Shell Script
9 18 (1.73%) COBOL
10 14 (1.34%) C++
11 12 (1.15%) Perl
12 9 (0.86%) TypeScript
13 8 (0.77%) Groovy
14 7 (0.67%) PHP
15 6 (0.58%) Bicep
15 6 (0.58%) C
16 5 (0.48%) VBA
17 4 (0.38%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.38%) Scala
18 3 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 599 (57.43%) SC Cleared
2 285 (27.33%) DV Cleared
3 154 (14.77%) Degree
4 47 (4.51%) CISSP
5 41 (3.93%) Azure Certification
6 40 (3.84%) CTC Cleared
7 37 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (3.26%) AWS Certification
9 33 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
10 28 (2.68%) Master's Degree
11 27 (2.59%) CISM
12 17 (1.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 14 (1.34%) CESG Certified Professional
14 11 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (1.05%) HNC
14 11 (1.05%) HND
15 10 (0.96%) Oracle Certification
16 9 (0.86%) AWS Certified Developer
16 9 (0.86%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (3.45%) NIST
3 27 (2.59%) QA
4 26 (2.49%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.63%) GDPR
5 17 (1.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 14 (1.34%) Data Quality
7 13 (1.25%) NCSC
7 13 (1.25%) PMO
8 10 (0.96%) SLA
9 5 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.48%) WCAG
10 4 (0.38%) COBIT
10 4 (0.38%) Def Stans
10 4 (0.38%) GRC
10 4 (0.38%) ISO 31000
10 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 4 (0.38%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.38%) RMADS
11 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 119 (11.41%) Docker
2 91 (8.72%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.82%) Hyper-V
5 17 (1.63%) vSphere
6 9 (0.86%) KVM
7 6 (0.58%) Forefront TMG
7 6 (0.58%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 124 (11.89%) Terraform
2 106 (10.16%) Kubernetes
3 101 (9.68%) Ansible
4 20 (1.92%) Puppet
5 16 (1.53%) Progress Chef
6 14 (1.34%) Prometheus
7 12 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.77%) Grafana
8 8 (0.77%) Kibana
8 8 (0.77%) WSUS
9 6 (0.58%) HP UCMDB
9 6 (0.58%) SCOM
10 5 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.48%) Packer
11 4 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.38%) NetBackup
11 4 (0.38%) QRadar
12 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.29%) OpenView
12 3 (0.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 140 (13.42%) Microsoft
2 78 (7.48%) Oracle
3 51 (4.89%) SAP
4 45 (4.31%) VMware
5 34 (3.26%) ServiceNow
6 28 (2.68%) ESRI
7 25 (2.40%) Juniper
8 23 (2.21%) BMC
8 23 (2.21%) Remedy
8 23 (2.21%) WSO2
9 18 (1.73%) HP
9 18 (1.73%) Red Hat
9 18 (1.73%) SolarWinds
9 18 (1.73%) Unisys
10 16 (1.53%) Cisco
10 16 (1.53%) Splunk
11 15 (1.44%) Tanium
11 15 (1.44%) Tripwire
12 14 (1.34%) Google
13 13 (1.25%) NEC