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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 68 225
Rank change year-on-year +11 +157 -112
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,044 1,520 1,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.42% 4.43% 1.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.50% 17.06% 9.15%
Number of salaries quoted 681 970 721
10th Percentile £46,250 £44,725 £37,510
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £87,000 £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 6,734 8,910 14,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.50% 25.97% 21.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4,260 5,606 6,710
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,510
25th Percentile £48,831 £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 £112,500 £105,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,600 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.72% +8.36% -

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 10 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 10 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 -2 168 £63,750 -5.56% 39
South London +35 70 £77,500 +6.90% 26
North London +19 42 £55,000 - 2
West London -37 11 £37,500 -48.28% 21
East London -5 1 £28,000 -51.30% 3
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 36 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.59%) ArcGIS
2 27 (2.59%) GeoServer
3 23 (2.20%) OpenStack
4 18 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.53%) Apache
6 13 (1.25%) JBoss
7 12 (1.15%) IIS
8 11 (1.05%) Red Hat Fuse
9 10 (0.96%) Confluence
10 7 (0.67%) Drupal
10 7 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2013
10 7 (0.67%) Tomcat
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 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.57%) 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 (2.20%) Remedy ITSM
2 12 (1.15%) NEC Housing
2 12 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (1.05%) SAP HR
4 9 (0.86%) SAP SCM
5 8 (0.77%) SAP EWM
5 8 (0.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 7 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
6 7 (0.67%) Elite 3E
7 6 (0.57%) SAP CO
7 6 (0.57%) SAP FI
7 6 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle Payroll
8 4 (0.38%) SAP BPC
9 3 (0.29%) SAP CRM
9 3 (0.29%) SAP CX
9 3 (0.29%) SAP GTS
9 3 (0.29%) SAP SD
9 3 (0.29%) SAP WM
10 2 (0.19%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 248 (23.75%) Azure
2 220 (21.07%) AWS
3 73 (6.99%) Power Platform
4 68 (6.51%) Azure DevOps
5 52 (4.98%) Serverless
6 47 (4.50%) Amazon EKS
7 46 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
8 42 (4.02%) Amazon ECS
9 41 (3.93%) Dynamics 365
10 38 (3.64%) GCP
11 31 (2.97%) PowerApps
12 30 (2.87%) Power Automate
12 30 (2.87%) SaaS
13 22 (2.11%) Entra ID
14 18 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
14 18 (1.72%) PaaS
15 16 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
16 14 (1.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 14 (1.34%) GitHub
17 12 (1.15%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 73 (6.99%) Firewall
2 39 (3.74%) VPN
3 38 (3.64%) Internet
3 38 (3.64%) WAN
4 37 (3.54%) LAN
5 22 (2.11%) Network Security
6 15 (1.44%) DNS
6 15 (1.44%) TCP/IP
7 12 (1.15%) SSL
8 8 (0.77%) 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%) Junos
11 3 (0.29%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (6.61%) Relational Database
2 68 (6.51%) PostgreSQL
3 50 (4.79%) Power BI
4 36 (3.45%) SQL Server
5 30 (2.87%) 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 (0.57%) Hadoop
15 6 (0.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 6 (0.57%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 79 (7.57%) Jenkins
2 61 (5.84%) Git
3 26 (2.49%) JIRA
4 18 (1.72%) JUnit
5 17 (1.63%) GitLab
6 14 (1.34%) Bitbucket
7 12 (1.15%) Cucumber
7 12 (1.15%) Selenium
8 8 (0.77%) TestNG
9 7 (0.67%) Maven
9 7 (0.67%) REST Assured
9 7 (0.67%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.48%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.38%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.38%) Terragrunt
12 3 (0.29%) Bitbucket Server
12 3 (0.29%) JMeter
12 3 (0.29%) Serenity BDD
12 3 (0.29%) SoapUI
General
1 290 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 245 (23.47%) Public Sector
3 110 (10.54%) Finance
4 98 (9.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 76 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (4.12%) Law
7 41 (3.93%) Police
8 40 (3.83%) 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 14 (1.34%) Local Government
16 12 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
17 10 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 196 (18.77%) Senior
2 193 (18.49%) Architect
3 150 (14.37%) Developer
4 134 (12.84%) Consultant
5 71 (6.80%) Analyst
6 66 (6.32%) Lead
7 60 (5.75%) DevOps Engineer
8 58 (5.56%) Software Engineer
9 57 (5.46%) Solutions Architect
10 54 (5.17%) Technical Architect
11 43 (4.12%) Security Consultant
12 41 (3.93%) Java Developer
13 37 (3.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 37 (3.54%) SAP Consultant
14 34 (3.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 34 (3.26%) Senior Consultant
15 31 (2.97%) Full Stack Developer
16 30 (2.87%) Project Manager
17 26 (2.49%) Business Analyst
18 25 (2.39%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (6.23%) HTML
2 61 (5.84%) .NET
3 54 (5.17%) CSS
4 52 (4.98%) Web Services
5 50 (4.79%) REST
6 48 (4.60%) Elastic Stack
6 48 (4.60%) React
7 47 (4.50%) Spring
8 41 (3.93%) Spring Boot
9 35 (3.35%) JSON
10 33 (3.16%) Node.js
10 33 (3.16%) XML
11 31 (2.97%) AngularJS
12 27 (2.59%) .NET Core
12 27 (2.59%) Leaflet
12 27 (2.59%) OpenLayers
12 27 (2.59%) PostGIS
13 26 (2.49%) SOAP
14 24 (2.30%) Apache Camel
15 21 (2.01%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 60 (5.75%) Product Ownership
2 32 (3.07%) PKI
3 31 (2.97%) Management Information System
4 30 (2.87%) Cyberattack
4 30 (2.87%) Public Cloud
5 24 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
6 22 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (2.01%) Onboarding
8 20 (1.92%) Security Operations Centre
9 19 (1.82%) Mainframe
10 18 (1.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 16 (1.53%) Cyber Defence
11 16 (1.53%) Data Centre
12 14 (1.34%) Driving Licence
12 14 (1.34%) Operational Technology
13 12 (1.15%) IoT
13 12 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (0.96%) Virtual Team
15 9 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (0.86%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 143 (13.70%) Windows
2 140 (13.41%) Linux
3 40 (3.83%) Ubuntu
3 40 (3.83%) Windows Server
4 38 (3.64%) VMS
5 19 (1.82%) Unix
6 18 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
7 9 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (0.57%) Solaris
9 4 (0.38%) CentOS
9 4 (0.38%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.19%) Debian
11 2 (0.19%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.096%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.096%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.096%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (37.55%) Agile
2 228 (21.84%) DevOps
3 149 (14.27%) Problem-Solving
4 143 (13.70%) Cybersecurity
5 137 (13.12%) Scrum
6 131 (12.55%) Actionable Insight
7 121 (11.59%) CI/CD
8 117 (11.21%) Project Delivery
9 110 (10.54%) Project Management
10 108 (10.34%) Software Engineering
11 99 (9.48%) Mentoring
12 84 (8.05%) Analytics
13 77 (7.38%) ITIL
14 75 (7.18%) Coaching
15 69 (6.61%) SIEM
16 65 (6.23%) Microservices
17 64 (6.13%) Collaborative Working
18 63 (6.03%) Collaborative Culture
19 60 (5.75%) Business Intelligence
19 60 (5.75%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 146 (13.98%) JavaScript
2 130 (12.45%) Python
3 99 (9.48%) Java
4 91 (8.72%) SQL
5 66 (6.32%) C#
6 37 (3.54%) Bash
7 32 (3.07%) PowerShell
8 19 (1.82%) Shell Script
9 18 (1.72%) 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 (0.57%) Bicep
15 6 (0.57%) C
16 5 (0.48%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.48%) VBA
17 4 (0.38%) Scala
18 3 (0.29%) R
Qualifications
1 603 (57.76%) SC Cleared
2 280 (26.82%) DV Cleared
3 154 (14.75%) Degree
4 47 (4.50%) CISSP
5 41 (3.93%) CTC Cleared
6 40 (3.83%) Azure Certification
7 37 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (3.54%) 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%) CREST Certified
15 10 (0.96%) Oracle Certification
16 9 (0.86%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (3.45%) NIST
3 27 (2.59%) QA
4 25 (2.39%) 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 7 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.48%) WCAG
11 4 (0.38%) COBIT
11 4 (0.38%) Def Stans
11 4 (0.38%) GRC
11 4 (0.38%) ISO 31000
11 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (0.38%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.38%) RMADS
12 3 (0.29%) NIST 800
System Software
1 118 (11.30%) Docker
2 91 (8.72%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.82%) Hyper-V
5 17 (1.63%) 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
1 122 (11.69%) Terraform
2 105 (10.06%) Kubernetes
3 101 (9.67%) Ansible
4 19 (1.82%) Puppet
5 15 (1.44%) Progress Chef
6 13 (1.25%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.77%) Grafana
8 8 (0.77%) Kibana
8 8 (0.77%) WSUS
9 6 (0.57%) HP UCMDB
9 6 (0.57%) 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%) Nagios
12 3 (0.29%) OpenView
12 3 (0.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 142 (13.60%) Microsoft
2 78 (7.47%) Oracle
3 51 (4.89%) SAP
4 45 (4.31%) VMware
5 34 (3.26%) ServiceNow
6 28 (2.68%) ESRI
7 24 (2.30%) Juniper
8 23 (2.20%) BMC
8 23 (2.20%) Remedy
8 23 (2.20%) WSO2
9 18 (1.72%) HP
9 18 (1.72%) SolarWinds
9 18 (1.72%) Unisys
10 17 (1.63%) Red Hat
11 16 (1.53%) Splunk
12 15 (1.44%) Cisco
12 15 (1.44%) Tanium
12 15 (1.44%) Tripwire
13 14 (1.34%) Google
14 12 (1.15%) Dell