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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 61 224
Rank change year-on-year +6 +163 -98
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,106 1,558 1,459
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.51% 4.92% 1.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.26% 18.40% 9.35%
Number of salaries quoted 691 957 759
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £53,751 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £86,000 £83,484 £84,375
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% -1.79%

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 6,803 8,466 15,599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 27.76% 26.76% 21.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4,149 5,352 6,813
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £49,452
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £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 7 June 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 7 June 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 0 184 £61,500 -12.14% 33
South London +18 60 £80,000 +23.08% 24
North London +18 30 £55,000 +77.42%
West London -42 10 £37,500 -42.31% 16
East London +2 1 £28,000 -51.30% 11
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 42 (3.80%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.44%) ArcGIS
2 27 (2.44%) GeoServer
3 20 (1.81%) OpenStack
4 18 (1.63%) Apache
4 18 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (1.27%) IIS
6 12 (1.08%) Confluence
6 12 (1.08%) JBoss
7 11 (0.99%) Red Hat Fuse
8 9 (0.81%) Tomcat
9 7 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2013
10 6 (0.54%) Drupal
10 6 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2010
11 4 (0.36%) nginx
11 4 (0.36%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (0.18%) WordPress
13 1 (0.090%) Documentum
13 1 (0.090%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 22 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.54%) Sketch
5 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.18%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.18%) InVision
7 1 (0.090%) Blender
7 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (2.08%) Remedy ITSM
2 15 (1.36%) NEC Housing
3 10 (0.90%) SAP HR
4 9 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.81%) SAP SCM
5 8 (0.72%) SAP EWM
6 7 (0.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 6 (0.54%) SAP BPC
7 6 (0.54%) SAP CO
7 6 (0.54%) SAP FI
7 6 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.45%) Elite 3E
9 4 (0.36%) Oracle Payroll
10 3 (0.27%) Maximo
11 2 (0.18%) SAP CRM
11 2 (0.18%) SAP GTS
11 2 (0.18%) SAP SD
11 2 (0.18%) SAP WM
11 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 257 (23.24%) Azure
2 220 (19.89%) AWS
3 78 (7.05%) Power Platform
4 65 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
5 52 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
6 48 (4.34%) Serverless
7 44 (3.98%) Amazon EKS
7 44 (3.98%) GCP
8 39 (3.53%) Amazon ECS
8 39 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
9 35 (3.16%) Power Automate
9 35 (3.16%) PowerApps
10 27 (2.44%) SaaS
11 23 (2.08%) Entra ID
12 20 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
13 17 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
13 17 (1.54%) PaaS
14 13 (1.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 13 (1.18%) OCI
15 12 (1.08%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 77 (6.96%) Firewall
2 43 (3.89%) WAN
3 42 (3.80%) Internet
3 42 (3.80%) VPN
4 41 (3.71%) LAN
5 22 (1.99%) Network Security
6 17 (1.54%) DNS
7 15 (1.36%) TCP/IP
8 10 (0.90%) SSL
9 8 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
10 6 (0.54%) BGP
11 5 (0.45%) IPv4
11 5 (0.45%) Wireless
12 4 (0.36%) 5G
12 4 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.36%) GSM
12 4 (0.36%) IPv6
12 4 (0.36%) Radio Access Network
12 4 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (0.27%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (5.79%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (5.70%) Relational Database
3 56 (5.06%) Power BI
4 36 (3.25%) SQL Server
5 30 (2.71%) GIS
6 27 (2.44%) QGIS
7 22 (1.99%) Oracle Database
8 21 (1.90%) NoSQL
9 15 (1.36%) Big Data
10 14 (1.27%) Tableau
11 12 (1.08%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
14 7 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.63%) MySQL
14 7 (0.63%) Oracle Database 12c
15 6 (0.54%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.54%) SAP BW
16 5 (0.45%) Metadata
16 5 (0.45%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 73 (6.60%) Jenkins
2 56 (5.06%) Git
3 27 (2.44%) JIRA
4 19 (1.72%) JUnit
5 18 (1.63%) GitLab
6 12 (1.08%) Bitbucket
7 9 (0.81%) Selenium
8 8 (0.72%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.63%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.54%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.54%) WebDriver
11 5 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 5 (0.45%) Maven
11 5 (0.45%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.45%) Terragrunt
11 5 (0.45%) TestNG
12 2 (0.18%) Axure RP
12 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.18%) Gradle
12 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 307 (27.76%) Social Skills
2 250 (22.60%) Public Sector
3 118 (10.67%) Finance
4 93 (8.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 86 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
6 46 (4.16%) Law
7 44 (3.98%) Retail
8 41 (3.71%) Police
9 30 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (2.44%) Military
11 21 (1.90%) Aerospace
11 21 (1.90%) Manufacturing
12 18 (1.63%) Banking
12 18 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
13 17 (1.54%) Legal
14 16 (1.45%) Local Government
14 16 (1.45%) Telecoms
15 11 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (0.90%) Automotive
16 10 (0.90%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 213 (19.26%) Senior
2 187 (16.91%) Architect
3 144 (13.02%) Developer
4 136 (12.30%) Consultant
5 70 (6.33%) Analyst
5 70 (6.33%) Software Engineer
6 68 (6.15%) Lead
7 55 (4.97%) DevOps Engineer
7 55 (4.97%) Solutions Architect
8 54 (4.88%) Technical Architect
9 48 (4.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 43 (3.89%) Systems Engineer
11 39 (3.53%) Principal Engineer
11 39 (3.53%) Security Consultant
12 36 (3.25%) Java Developer
13 35 (3.16%) Project Manager
13 35 (3.16%) SAP Consultant
14 34 (3.07%) Principal Systems Engineer
14 34 (3.07%) Senior Consultant
15 29 (2.62%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (5.52%) HTML
2 58 (5.24%) .NET
3 52 (4.70%) CSS
3 52 (4.70%) React
4 46 (4.16%) Spring
5 45 (4.07%) Elastic Stack
6 44 (3.98%) Web Services
7 42 (3.80%) REST
8 38 (3.44%) Spring Boot
9 32 (2.89%) Node.js
10 30 (2.71%) AngularJS
11 28 (2.53%) JSON
12 27 (2.44%) .NET Core
12 27 (2.44%) Leaflet
12 27 (2.44%) OpenLayers
12 27 (2.44%) PostGIS
13 26 (2.35%) XML
14 21 (1.90%) Apache Camel
15 19 (1.72%) SOAP
16 18 (1.63%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 58 (5.24%) Product Ownership
2 38 (3.44%) Public Cloud
3 37 (3.35%) PKI
4 31 (2.80%) Management Information System
5 29 (2.62%) Cyberattack
6 27 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
8 20 (1.81%) Onboarding
9 19 (1.72%) Security Operations Centre
10 18 (1.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 17 (1.54%) Data Centre
12 16 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
13 15 (1.36%) Driving Licence
14 14 (1.27%) Mainframe
15 13 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
16 12 (1.08%) IoT
16 12 (1.08%) Operational Technology
17 11 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
17 11 (0.99%) Virtual Team
18 10 (0.90%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 165 (14.92%) Windows
2 155 (14.01%) Linux
3 43 (3.89%) Ubuntu
3 43 (3.89%) Windows Server
4 42 (3.80%) VMS
5 24 (2.17%) Unix
6 20 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
7 9 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (0.72%) Solaris
9 4 (0.36%) CentOS
9 4 (0.36%) Debian
9 4 (0.36%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.090%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.090%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.090%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 402 (36.35%) Agile
2 235 (21.25%) DevOps
3 160 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
4 137 (12.39%) Cybersecurity
5 133 (12.03%) Scrum
6 130 (11.75%) Actionable Insight
7 128 (11.57%) CI/CD
8 117 (10.58%) Software Engineering
9 115 (10.40%) Project Management
10 109 (9.86%) Mentoring
11 108 (9.76%) Project Delivery
12 90 (8.14%) Analytics
13 73 (6.60%) Coaching
14 71 (6.42%) SIEM
15 70 (6.33%) Collaborative Culture
16 69 (6.24%) Stakeholder Management
17 68 (6.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 68 (6.15%) ITIL
18 66 (5.97%) Infrastructure as Code
19 61 (5.52%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 145 (13.11%) JavaScript
2 141 (12.75%) Python
3 98 (8.86%) Java
4 84 (7.59%) SQL
5 67 (6.06%) C#
6 42 (3.80%) Bash
7 37 (3.35%) PowerShell
8 21 (1.90%) Shell Script
9 15 (1.36%) C++
10 13 (1.18%) COBOL
10 13 (1.18%) TypeScript
11 10 (0.90%) Perl
12 7 (0.63%) Groovy
13 6 (0.54%) Bicep
13 6 (0.54%) C
13 6 (0.54%) PHP
14 5 (0.45%) VBA
15 4 (0.36%) Scala
16 3 (0.27%) Ruby
16 3 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 632 (57.14%) SC Cleared
2 314 (28.39%) DV Cleared
3 167 (15.10%) Degree
4 48 (4.34%) CISSP
5 46 (4.16%) Azure Certification
6 45 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (3.80%) AWS Certification
8 32 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
8 32 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (2.62%) CTC Cleared
10 28 (2.53%) Master's Degree
11 26 (2.35%) CISM
12 20 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 14 (1.27%) CESG Certified Professional
14 12 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (1.08%) CREST Certified
15 11 (0.99%) Oracle Certification
16 9 (0.81%) AWS Certified Developer
16 9 (0.81%) HNC
16 9 (0.81%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (3.16%) NIST
3 32 (2.89%) Accessibility
3 32 (2.89%) QA
4 18 (1.63%) GDPR
5 15 (1.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 15 (1.36%) NCSC
6 13 (1.18%) PMO
7 12 (1.08%) Data Quality
8 10 (0.90%) SLA
9 5 (0.45%) WCAG
10 4 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.36%) ISO 31000
10 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (0.27%) COBIT
11 3 (0.27%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.27%) JSP 440
11 3 (0.27%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.27%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.27%) RMADS
System Software
1 119 (10.76%) Docker
2 94 (8.50%) Active Directory
3 32 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.54%) vSphere
5 15 (1.36%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.81%) KVM
7 6 (0.54%) Forefront TMG
7 6 (0.54%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.18%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.090%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 129 (11.66%) Terraform
2 112 (10.13%) Kubernetes
3 105 (9.49%) Ansible
4 22 (1.99%) Puppet
5 17 (1.54%) Progress Chef
6 14 (1.27%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.72%) Grafana
8 8 (0.72%) Kibana
8 8 (0.72%) WSUS
9 6 (0.54%) NetBackup
9 6 (0.54%) SCOM
10 5 (0.45%) Packer
11 4 (0.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.36%) HP UCMDB
11 4 (0.36%) Karpenter
11 4 (0.36%) QRadar
12 3 (0.27%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.27%) Nagios
12 3 (0.27%) OpenView
Vendors
1 139 (12.57%) Microsoft
2 71 (6.42%) Oracle
3 49 (4.43%) SAP
4 46 (4.16%) VMware
5 39 (3.53%) ServiceNow
6 28 (2.53%) ESRI
6 28 (2.53%) Juniper
7 23 (2.08%) BMC
7 23 (2.08%) Remedy
8 20 (1.81%) WSO2
9 19 (1.72%) Red Hat
10 18 (1.63%) SolarWinds
11 17 (1.54%) Cisco
12 16 (1.45%) Splunk
13 15 (1.36%) Google
13 15 (1.36%) NEC
13 15 (1.36%) Tanium
13 15 (1.36%) Tripwire
14 14 (1.27%) HP
15 13 (1.18%) Unisys