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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 66 224
Rank change year-on-year +10 +158 -97
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,071 1,564 1,414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.49% 4.76% 1.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.85% 17.99% 9.27%
Number of salaries quoted 683 967 756
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £36,541
25th Percentile £52,625 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £86,125 £85,000 £84,063
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

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 6,759 8,696 15,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.31% 26.44% 21.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,192 5,452 6,801
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £37,510
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 £86,250
90th Percentile £103,750 £112,500 £102,500
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +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 28 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 28 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 -3 177 £61,500 -9.56% 45
South London +31 68 £77,500 +19.23% 32
North London +17 33 £55,000 -
West London -40 10 £37,500 -36.71% 17
East London +6 1 £28,000 -51.30% 8
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 41 (3.83%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.52%) ArcGIS
2 27 (2.52%) GeoServer
3 24 (2.24%) OpenStack
4 18 (1.68%) Apache
4 18 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (1.31%) IIS
6 12 (1.12%) JBoss
7 11 (1.03%) Confluence
7 11 (1.03%) Red Hat Fuse
8 9 (0.84%) Tomcat
9 7 (0.65%) Drupal
9 7 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2013
10 6 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2010
11 4 (0.37%) nginx
11 4 (0.37%) WebLogic
12 3 (0.28%) WordPress
13 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
13 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
14 1 (0.093%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 21 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.37%) Sketch
5 3 (0.28%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.093%) Blender
6 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 20 (1.87%) Remedy ITSM
2 15 (1.40%) NEC Housing
3 10 (0.93%) SAP HR
4 9 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.84%) SAP SCM
5 8 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.75%) SAP EWM
5 8 (0.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 5 (0.47%) Elite 3E
6 5 (0.47%) SAP BPC
6 5 (0.47%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.47%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.37%) Oracle Payroll
8 3 (0.28%) Maximo
9 2 (0.19%) SAP CRM
9 2 (0.19%) SAP GTS
9 2 (0.19%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.19%) SAP WM
9 2 (0.19%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 258 (24.09%) Azure
2 226 (21.10%) AWS
3 74 (6.91%) Power Platform
4 66 (6.16%) Azure DevOps
5 51 (4.76%) Serverless
6 48 (4.48%) Amazon EKS
6 48 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
7 43 (4.01%) Amazon ECS
7 43 (4.01%) GCP
8 39 (3.64%) Dynamics 365
9 34 (3.17%) Power Automate
9 34 (3.17%) PowerApps
10 26 (2.43%) SaaS
11 22 (2.05%) Entra ID
12 20 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
13 18 (1.68%) PaaS
14 16 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
15 14 (1.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 11 (1.03%) Azure Functions
16 11 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 76 (7.10%) Firewall
2 42 (3.92%) Internet
2 42 (3.92%) WAN
3 41 (3.83%) LAN
3 41 (3.83%) VPN
4 20 (1.87%) Network Security
5 17 (1.59%) DNS
6 15 (1.40%) TCP/IP
7 10 (0.93%) SSL
8 8 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
9 6 (0.56%) BGP
10 4 (0.37%) 5G
10 4 (0.37%) GSM
10 4 (0.37%) IPv4
10 4 (0.37%) IPv6
10 4 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
10 4 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (0.37%) Wireless
11 3 (0.28%) Junos
11 3 (0.28%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (6.26%) PostgreSQL
2 65 (6.07%) Relational Database
3 52 (4.86%) Power BI
4 36 (3.36%) SQL Server
5 30 (2.80%) GIS
6 27 (2.52%) QGIS
7 24 (2.24%) NoSQL
8 22 (2.05%) Oracle Database
9 15 (1.40%) Big Data
10 12 (1.12%) MongoDB
11 10 (0.93%) Tableau
12 9 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (0.65%) Metadata
13 7 (0.65%) MySQL
13 7 (0.65%) Oracle Database 12c
14 6 (0.56%) Hadoop
15 5 (0.47%) Qlik Sense
15 5 (0.47%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 78 (7.28%) Jenkins
2 60 (5.60%) Git
3 26 (2.43%) JIRA
4 19 (1.77%) GitLab
4 19 (1.77%) JUnit
5 12 (1.12%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.75%) Cucumber
6 8 (0.75%) Selenium
7 7 (0.65%) TeamCity
8 6 (0.56%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (0.47%) Maven
9 5 (0.47%) REST Assured
9 5 (0.47%) Terragrunt
9 5 (0.47%) TestNG
9 5 (0.47%) WebDriver
10 2 (0.19%) Gradle
10 2 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 298 (27.82%) Social Skills
2 249 (23.25%) Public Sector
3 113 (10.55%) Finance
4 95 (8.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 82 (7.66%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (4.11%) Retail
7 43 (4.01%) Law
8 42 (3.92%) Police
9 32 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
10 29 (2.71%) Military
11 23 (2.15%) Aerospace
12 20 (1.87%) Manufacturing
13 18 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
14 17 (1.59%) Legal
15 16 (1.49%) Local Government
15 16 (1.49%) Telecoms
16 13 (1.21%) Banking
16 13 (1.21%) Marketing
17 12 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
18 10 (0.93%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 207 (19.33%) Senior
2 186 (17.37%) Architect
3 141 (13.17%) Developer
4 129 (12.04%) Consultant
5 73 (6.82%) Analyst
6 67 (6.26%) Lead
7 66 (6.16%) Software Engineer
8 60 (5.60%) DevOps Engineer
9 54 (5.04%) Technical Architect
10 53 (4.95%) Solutions Architect
11 47 (4.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 40 (3.73%) Java Developer
13 38 (3.55%) Security Consultant
14 36 (3.36%) Systems Engineer
15 34 (3.17%) SAP Consultant
16 32 (2.99%) Project Manager
16 32 (2.99%) Senior Consultant
17 30 (2.80%) Full Stack Developer
17 30 (2.80%) Principal Engineer
18 29 (2.71%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (5.42%) .NET
1 58 (5.42%) HTML
2 52 (4.86%) React
3 50 (4.67%) Spring
4 49 (4.58%) CSS
4 49 (4.58%) Elastic Stack
5 47 (4.39%) Web Services
6 46 (4.30%) REST
7 42 (3.92%) Spring Boot
8 36 (3.36%) Node.js
9 34 (3.17%) AngularJS
10 31 (2.89%) JSON
11 29 (2.71%) XML
12 27 (2.52%) .NET Core
12 27 (2.52%) Leaflet
12 27 (2.52%) OpenLayers
12 27 (2.52%) PostGIS
13 25 (2.33%) Apache Camel
14 19 (1.77%) SOAP
15 18 (1.68%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 61 (5.70%) Product Ownership
2 36 (3.36%) PKI
3 34 (3.17%) Public Cloud
4 29 (2.71%) Management Information System
5 28 (2.61%) Cyberattack
6 25 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
7 24 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
8 21 (1.96%) Onboarding
9 20 (1.87%) Security Operations Centre
10 18 (1.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 16 (1.49%) Cyber Defence
11 16 (1.49%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.40%) Driving Licence
12 15 (1.40%) Mainframe
13 14 (1.31%) Operational Technology
14 12 (1.12%) IoT
15 11 (1.03%) Virtual Team
16 10 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
16 10 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 159 (14.85%) Windows
2 154 (14.38%) Linux
3 44 (4.11%) Ubuntu
4 43 (4.01%) Windows Server
5 42 (3.92%) VMS
6 24 (2.24%) Unix
7 20 (1.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (0.84%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
9 8 (0.75%) Solaris
10 4 (0.37%) CentOS
10 4 (0.37%) Debian
10 4 (0.37%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.093%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.093%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.093%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (37.25%) Agile
2 237 (22.13%) DevOps
3 155 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
4 141 (13.17%) Cybersecurity
5 138 (12.89%) Scrum
6 130 (12.14%) CI/CD
7 127 (11.86%) Actionable Insight
8 115 (10.74%) Project Management
9 114 (10.64%) Software Engineering
10 107 (9.99%) Project Delivery
11 103 (9.62%) Mentoring
12 82 (7.66%) Analytics
13 73 (6.82%) Coaching
14 72 (6.72%) SIEM
15 70 (6.54%) Collaborative Culture
15 70 (6.54%) ITIL
16 65 (6.07%) Infrastructure as Code
17 64 (5.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 63 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
19 62 (5.79%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 143 (13.35%) JavaScript
2 138 (12.89%) Python
3 101 (9.43%) Java
4 87 (8.12%) SQL
5 66 (6.16%) C#
6 39 (3.64%) Bash
7 32 (2.99%) PowerShell
8 21 (1.96%) Shell Script
9 14 (1.31%) C++
9 14 (1.31%) COBOL
10 11 (1.03%) TypeScript
11 10 (0.93%) Perl
12 8 (0.75%) Groovy
13 7 (0.65%) PHP
14 6 (0.56%) Bicep
14 6 (0.56%) C
15 5 (0.47%) VBA
16 4 (0.37%) Scala
17 3 (0.28%) R
17 3 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 609 (56.86%) SC Cleared
2 308 (28.76%) DV Cleared
3 159 (14.85%) Degree
4 47 (4.39%) CISSP
5 44 (4.11%) Azure Certification
6 43 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 41 (3.83%) AWS Certification
8 33 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
9 32 (2.99%) CTC Cleared
10 31 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
11 27 (2.52%) Master's Degree
12 26 (2.43%) CISM
13 19 (1.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 14 (1.31%) CESG Certified Professional
15 12 (1.12%) CREST Certified
16 11 (1.03%) Oracle Certification
17 10 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
17 10 (0.93%) HNC
17 10 (0.93%) HND
18 9 (0.84%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (3.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (3.45%) NIST
3 32 (2.99%) QA
4 29 (2.71%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.59%) GDPR
6 15 (1.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 14 (1.31%) NCSC
8 13 (1.21%) Data Quality
8 13 (1.21%) PMO
9 10 (0.93%) SLA
10 5 (0.47%) WCAG
11 4 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.37%) Def Stans
11 4 (0.37%) GRC
11 4 (0.37%) ISO 31000
11 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (0.28%) COBIT
12 3 (0.28%) JSP 440
12 3 (0.28%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 125 (11.67%) Docker
2 93 (8.68%) Active Directory
3 31 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.77%) Hyper-V
5 17 (1.59%) vSphere
6 9 (0.84%) KVM
7 6 (0.56%) Forefront TMG
7 6 (0.56%) 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
1 134 (12.51%) Terraform
2 116 (10.83%) Kubernetes
3 108 (10.08%) Ansible
4 21 (1.96%) Puppet
5 17 (1.59%) Progress Chef
6 14 (1.31%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.75%) Grafana
8 8 (0.75%) Kibana
8 8 (0.75%) WSUS
9 6 (0.56%) NetBackup
9 6 (0.56%) SCOM
10 5 (0.47%) Packer
11 4 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.37%) HP UCMDB
11 4 (0.37%) Karpenter
11 4 (0.37%) QRadar
12 3 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.28%) OpenView
Vendors
1 139 (12.98%) Microsoft
2 71 (6.63%) Oracle
3 48 (4.48%) SAP
4 45 (4.20%) VMware
5 36 (3.36%) ServiceNow
6 28 (2.61%) ESRI
7 27 (2.52%) Juniper
8 24 (2.24%) WSO2
9 20 (1.87%) BMC
9 20 (1.87%) Remedy
10 19 (1.77%) Red Hat
11 18 (1.68%) SolarWinds
12 16 (1.49%) Splunk
13 15 (1.40%) Cisco
13 15 (1.40%) Google
13 15 (1.40%) NEC
13 15 (1.40%) Tanium
13 15 (1.40%) Tripwire
14 14 (1.31%) HP
14 14 (1.31%) Unisys