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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 68 220
Rank change year-on-year +11 +152 -101
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,049 1,540 1,355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.43% 4.58% 1.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.53% 17.50% 9.26%
Number of salaries quoted 678 972 738
10th Percentile £45,875 £45,000 £37,299
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £86,188 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% -

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 6,755 8,801 14,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.55% 26.18% 21.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4,237 5,541 6,761
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £37,750
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 £103,750
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 18 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 18 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 +1 170 £62,000 -8.82% 42
South London +28 69 £77,500 +19.23% 19
North London +18 39 £55,000 - 1
West London -41 11 £37,500 -42.31% 16
East London 0 1 £28,000 -51.30% 39
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 38 (3.62%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.57%) ArcGIS
2 27 (2.57%) GeoServer
3 23 (2.19%) OpenStack
4 18 (1.72%) Apache
4 18 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (1.33%) IIS
6 12 (1.14%) JBoss
7 11 (1.05%) Red Hat Fuse
8 10 (0.95%) Confluence
9 9 (0.86%) Tomcat
10 7 (0.67%) Drupal
10 7 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2013
11 6 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2010
12 5 (0.48%) nginx
13 4 (0.38%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.29%) WordPress
15 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
15 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
15 2 (0.19%) WinCC
Applications
1 22 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.38%) Sketch
5 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.095%) Blender
6 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (2.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 15 (1.43%) NEC Housing
3 12 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (1.05%) SAP HR
5 9 (0.86%) SAP SCM
6 8 (0.76%) SAP EWM
6 8 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 7 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
8 6 (0.57%) Elite 3E
8 6 (0.57%) SAP CO
8 6 (0.57%) SAP FI
8 6 (0.57%) 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
1 250 (23.83%) Azure
2 220 (20.97%) AWS
3 69 (6.58%) Power Platform
4 67 (6.39%) Azure DevOps
5 52 (4.96%) Serverless
6 48 (4.58%) Amazon EKS
7 46 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
8 43 (4.10%) Amazon ECS
9 40 (3.81%) GCP
10 37 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
11 31 (2.96%) Power Automate
11 31 (2.96%) PowerApps
12 28 (2.67%) SaaS
13 22 (2.10%) Entra ID
14 19 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
14 19 (1.81%) PaaS
15 16 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
16 15 (1.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 12 (1.14%) GitHub
17 12 (1.14%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 73 (6.96%) Firewall
2 39 (3.72%) Internet
2 39 (3.72%) VPN
2 39 (3.72%) WAN
3 38 (3.62%) LAN
4 21 (2.00%) Network Security
5 17 (1.62%) DNS
6 15 (1.43%) TCP/IP
7 11 (1.05%) SSL
8 8 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
9 6 (0.57%) BGP
10 4 (0.38%) 5G
10 4 (0.38%) GSM
10 4 (0.38%) IPv4
10 4 (0.38%) IPv6
10 4 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
10 4 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (0.38%) Wireless
11 3 (0.29%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.29%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (6.58%) Relational Database
2 68 (6.48%) PostgreSQL
3 49 (4.67%) Power BI
4 36 (3.43%) SQL Server
5 30 (2.86%) GIS
6 27 (2.57%) QGIS
7 26 (2.48%) NoSQL
8 21 (2.00%) Oracle Database
9 15 (1.43%) Big Data
10 12 (1.14%) MongoDB
11 9 (0.86%) Metadata
12 8 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (0.76%) Tableau
13 7 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.67%) MySQL
13 7 (0.67%) Oracle Database 12c
14 6 (0.57%) Hadoop
14 6 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
15 5 (0.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 79 (7.53%) Jenkins
2 61 (5.82%) Git
3 24 (2.29%) JIRA
4 19 (1.81%) GitLab
5 17 (1.62%) JUnit
6 13 (1.24%) Bitbucket
7 10 (0.95%) Cucumber
7 10 (0.95%) Selenium
8 7 (0.67%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.67%) TestNG
9 6 (0.57%) 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%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.19%) Postman
12 2 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
12 2 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 290 (27.65%) Social Skills
2 250 (23.83%) Public Sector
3 109 (10.39%) Finance
4 96 (9.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 77 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (4.19%) Police
7 42 (4.00%) Law
8 40 (3.81%) Retail
9 37 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (2.67%) Military
11 24 (2.29%) Aerospace
12 20 (1.91%) Manufacturing
13 19 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.81%) Legal
14 17 (1.62%) Local Government
15 16 (1.53%) Marketing
15 16 (1.53%) Telecoms
16 12 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
17 10 (0.95%) Banking
Job Titles
1 197 (18.78%) Senior
2 187 (17.83%) Architect
3 144 (13.73%) Developer
4 131 (12.49%) Consultant
5 73 (6.96%) Analyst
6 66 (6.29%) Lead
7 62 (5.91%) Software Engineer
8 60 (5.72%) DevOps Engineer
9 56 (5.34%) Solutions Architect
10 53 (5.05%) Technical Architect
11 41 (3.91%) Java Developer
12 40 (3.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 39 (3.72%) Security Consultant
14 37 (3.53%) SAP Consultant
15 33 (3.15%) Senior Consultant
16 31 (2.96%) Full Stack Developer
16 31 (2.96%) Project Manager
17 30 (2.86%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 29 (2.76%) Systems Engineer
19 26 (2.48%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (5.72%) HTML
2 59 (5.62%) .NET
3 50 (4.77%) CSS
3 50 (4.77%) React
4 49 (4.67%) REST
4 49 (4.67%) Spring
4 49 (4.67%) Web Services
5 48 (4.58%) Elastic Stack
6 41 (3.91%) Spring Boot
7 34 (3.24%) JSON
8 33 (3.15%) Node.js
9 32 (3.05%) AngularJS
10 30 (2.86%) XML
11 27 (2.57%) .NET Core
11 27 (2.57%) Leaflet
11 27 (2.57%) OpenLayers
11 27 (2.57%) PostGIS
12 24 (2.29%) Apache Camel
13 22 (2.10%) SOAP
14 20 (1.91%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 61 (5.82%) Product Ownership
2 34 (3.24%) PKI
3 33 (3.15%) Public Cloud
4 31 (2.96%) Management Information System
5 29 (2.76%) Cyberattack
6 24 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
6 24 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (2.00%) Onboarding
8 20 (1.91%) Security Operations Centre
9 19 (1.81%) Mainframe
10 18 (1.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 16 (1.53%) Cyber Defence
11 16 (1.53%) Data Centre
12 15 (1.43%) Driving Licence
13 14 (1.33%) Operational Technology
14 12 (1.14%) IoT
15 11 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (0.95%) Virtual Team
17 9 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
17 9 (0.86%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 150 (14.30%) Windows
2 146 (13.92%) Linux
3 42 (4.00%) Windows Server
4 41 (3.91%) Ubuntu
5 39 (3.72%) VMS
6 23 (2.19%) Unix
7 19 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
9 8 (0.76%) 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 (0.095%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.095%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.095%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.095%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (36.99%) Agile
2 230 (21.93%) DevOps
3 149 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
4 140 (13.35%) Cybersecurity
5 135 (12.87%) Scrum
6 129 (12.30%) Actionable Insight
7 120 (11.44%) CI/CD
8 112 (10.68%) Project Delivery
9 111 (10.58%) Project Management
10 109 (10.39%) Software Engineering
11 99 (9.44%) Mentoring
12 80 (7.63%) Analytics
13 77 (7.34%) ITIL
14 73 (6.96%) Coaching
15 71 (6.77%) SIEM
16 65 (6.20%) Collaborative Culture
17 64 (6.10%) Collaborative Working
17 64 (6.10%) Microservices
18 59 (5.62%) Infrastructure as Code
18 59 (5.62%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 142 (13.54%) JavaScript
2 131 (12.49%) Python
3 99 (9.44%) Java
4 87 (8.29%) SQL
5 66 (6.29%) C#
6 38 (3.62%) Bash
7 31 (2.96%) PowerShell
8 21 (2.00%) Shell Script
9 18 (1.72%) COBOL
10 14 (1.33%) C++
11 11 (1.05%) Perl
12 10 (0.95%) TypeScript
13 8 (0.76%) Groovy
14 7 (0.67%) PHP
15 6 (0.57%) Bicep
15 6 (0.57%) C
16 5 (0.48%) VBA
17 4 (0.38%) Scala
18 3 (0.29%) R
18 3 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 598 (57.01%) SC Cleared
2 291 (27.74%) DV Cleared
3 157 (14.97%) Degree
4 47 (4.48%) CISSP
5 41 (3.91%) Azure Certification
6 39 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (3.62%) CTC Cleared
8 36 (3.43%) AWS Certification
9 35 (3.34%) Microsoft Certification
10 33 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 27 (2.57%) CISM
11 27 (2.57%) Master's Degree
12 17 (1.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 14 (1.33%) CESG Certified Professional
14 11 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (1.05%) HNC
14 11 (1.05%) HND
14 11 (1.05%) Oracle Certification
15 10 (0.95%) CREST Certified
16 9 (0.86%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (3.43%) NIST
3 28 (2.67%) Accessibility
3 28 (2.67%) QA
4 17 (1.62%) GDPR
5 16 (1.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 13 (1.24%) NCSC
6 13 (1.24%) PMO
7 12 (1.14%) Data Quality
8 10 (0.95%) SLA
9 5 (0.48%) WCAG
10 4 (0.38%) COBIT
10 4 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
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%) NIST 800
System Software
1 121 (11.53%) Docker
2 91 (8.67%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.81%) Hyper-V
5 17 (1.62%) vSphere
6 9 (0.86%) KVM
7 6 (0.57%) Forefront TMG
7 6 (0.57%) 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
1 126 (12.01%) Terraform
2 109 (10.39%) Kubernetes
3 103 (9.82%) Ansible
4 21 (2.00%) Puppet
5 17 (1.62%) Progress Chef
6 14 (1.33%) Prometheus
7 12 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.76%) Grafana
8 8 (0.76%) Kibana
8 8 (0.76%) WSUS
9 6 (0.57%) SCOM
10 5 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.48%) HP UCMDB
10 5 (0.48%) NetBackup
10 5 (0.48%) Packer
11 4 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.38%) QRadar
12 3 (0.29%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 139 (13.25%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.24%) Oracle
3 51 (4.86%) SAP
4 44 (4.19%) VMware
5 34 (3.24%) ServiceNow
6 28 (2.67%) ESRI
7 26 (2.48%) Juniper
8 23 (2.19%) WSO2
9 21 (2.00%) BMC
9 21 (2.00%) Remedy
10 18 (1.72%) Red Hat
10 18 (1.72%) SolarWinds
10 18 (1.72%) Unisys
11 16 (1.53%) Cisco
11 16 (1.53%) HP
11 16 (1.53%) Splunk
12 15 (1.43%) NEC
12 15 (1.43%) Tanium
12 15 (1.43%) Tripwire
13 14 (1.33%) Google