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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 68 226
Rank change year-on-year +11 +158 -111
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,054 1,555 1,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 4.46% 4.61% 1.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.59% 17.62% 9.18%
Number of salaries quoted 682 976 741
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £36,831
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £86,000 £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 6,761 8,826 14,826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.59% 26.17% 21.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,227 5,560 6,808
10th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £37,713
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 £54,500 £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 20 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 20 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 +1 171 £61,500 -9.56% 40
South London +29 72 £77,500 +19.23% 25
North London +18 39 £55,000 - 1
West London -40 11 £37,500 -42.31% 16
East London 0 1 £28,000 -51.30% 44
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 39 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 27 (2.56%) ArcGIS
2 27 (2.56%) GeoServer
3 24 (2.28%) OpenStack
4 18 (1.71%) Apache
4 18 (1.71%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (1.33%) IIS
6 13 (1.23%) JBoss
7 12 (1.14%) Red Hat Fuse
8 11 (1.04%) Confluence
9 9 (0.85%) Tomcat
10 7 (0.66%) Drupal
10 7 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2013
11 6 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2010
12 5 (0.47%) nginx
13 4 (0.38%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.28%) WordPress
15 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
15 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
15 2 (0.19%) WinCC
Applications
1 22 (2.09%) 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 (1.99%) Remedy ITSM
2 15 (1.42%) NEC Housing
3 12 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (1.04%) SAP HR
5 9 (0.85%) SAP SCM
6 8 (0.76%) SAP EWM
6 8 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 7 (0.66%) 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 (0.28%) SAP CRM
10 3 (0.28%) SAP CX
10 3 (0.28%) SAP GTS
10 3 (0.28%) SAP SD
10 3 (0.28%) SAP WM
11 2 (0.19%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 250 (23.72%) Azure
2 222 (21.06%) AWS
3 69 (6.55%) Power Platform
4 67 (6.36%) Azure DevOps
5 52 (4.93%) Serverless
6 49 (4.65%) Amazon EKS
7 46 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
8 44 (4.17%) Amazon ECS
9 40 (3.80%) GCP
10 37 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
11 31 (2.94%) Power Automate
11 31 (2.94%) PowerApps
12 28 (2.66%) SaaS
13 22 (2.09%) Entra ID
14 19 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
14 19 (1.80%) PaaS
15 15 (1.42%) AWS CloudFormation
16 14 (1.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 12 (1.14%) OCI
18 11 (1.04%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 73 (6.93%) Firewall
2 39 (3.70%) Internet
2 39 (3.70%) VPN
2 39 (3.70%) WAN
3 38 (3.61%) LAN
4 21 (1.99%) Network Security
5 17 (1.61%) DNS
6 15 (1.42%) TCP/IP
7 11 (1.04%) 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 (0.28%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.28%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (6.64%) Relational Database
2 69 (6.55%) PostgreSQL
3 49 (4.65%) Power BI
4 36 (3.42%) SQL Server
5 30 (2.85%) GIS
6 27 (2.56%) QGIS
7 26 (2.47%) NoSQL
8 21 (1.99%) Oracle Database
9 15 (1.42%) Big Data
10 12 (1.14%) MongoDB
11 9 (0.85%) Metadata
12 8 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (0.76%) Tableau
13 7 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.66%) MySQL
13 7 (0.66%) Oracle Database 12c
14 6 (0.57%) Hadoop
14 6 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
15 5 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 80 (7.59%) Jenkins
2 61 (5.79%) Git
3 25 (2.37%) JIRA
4 19 (1.80%) GitLab
5 18 (1.71%) JUnit
6 13 (1.23%) Bitbucket
7 9 (0.85%) Cucumber
7 9 (0.85%) Selenium
8 7 (0.66%) TeamCity
9 6 (0.57%) REST Assured
9 6 (0.57%) TestNG
10 5 (0.47%) Maven
10 5 (0.47%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.38%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.38%) Terragrunt
12 2 (0.19%) Postman
12 2 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
12 2 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
13 1 (0.095%) SoapUI
General
1 292 (27.70%) Social Skills
2 252 (23.91%) Public Sector
3 109 (10.34%) Finance
4 96 (9.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 79 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (4.17%) Police
7 42 (3.98%) Law
8 40 (3.80%) Retail
9 37 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
10 28 (2.66%) Military
11 24 (2.28%) Aerospace
12 20 (1.90%) Manufacturing
13 19 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.80%) Legal
14 17 (1.61%) Local Government
15 16 (1.52%) Marketing
15 16 (1.52%) Telecoms
16 12 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
17 11 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.95%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 199 (18.88%) Senior
2 187 (17.74%) Architect
3 145 (13.76%) Developer
4 131 (12.43%) Consultant
5 74 (7.02%) Analyst
6 67 (6.36%) Lead
7 62 (5.88%) Software Engineer
8 59 (5.60%) DevOps Engineer
9 56 (5.31%) Solutions Architect
10 53 (5.03%) Technical Architect
11 42 (3.98%) Java Developer
12 40 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 39 (3.70%) Security Consultant
14 37 (3.51%) SAP Consultant
15 33 (3.13%) Senior Consultant
16 32 (3.04%) Full Stack Developer
17 31 (2.94%) Project Manager
18 30 (2.85%) Cybersecurity Consultant
19 29 (2.75%) Systems Engineer
20 26 (2.47%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (5.69%) HTML
2 59 (5.60%) .NET
3 50 (4.74%) CSS
3 50 (4.74%) React
3 50 (4.74%) Spring
4 49 (4.65%) Elastic Stack
4 49 (4.65%) REST
4 49 (4.65%) Web Services
5 42 (3.98%) Spring Boot
6 34 (3.23%) JSON
6 34 (3.23%) Node.js
7 33 (3.13%) AngularJS
8 30 (2.85%) XML
9 27 (2.56%) .NET Core
9 27 (2.56%) Leaflet
9 27 (2.56%) OpenLayers
9 27 (2.56%) PostGIS
10 25 (2.37%) Apache Camel
11 22 (2.09%) SOAP
12 20 (1.90%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 61 (5.79%) Product Ownership
2 35 (3.32%) PKI
3 33 (3.13%) Public Cloud
4 31 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 29 (2.75%) Cyberattack
6 25 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
7 24 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
8 21 (1.99%) Onboarding
9 20 (1.90%) Security Operations Centre
10 19 (1.80%) Mainframe
11 18 (1.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 16 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
12 16 (1.52%) Data Centre
13 15 (1.42%) Driving Licence
14 14 (1.33%) Operational Technology
15 12 (1.14%) IoT
16 11 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
16 11 (1.04%) Virtual Team
17 9 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
17 9 (0.85%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 152 (14.42%) Windows
2 146 (13.85%) Linux
3 43 (4.08%) Windows Server
4 41 (3.89%) Ubuntu
5 39 (3.70%) VMS
6 23 (2.18%) Unix
7 19 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
9 8 (0.76%) Solaris
10 4 (0.38%) CentOS
10 4 (0.38%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.28%) Debian
11 3 (0.28%) 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
1 390 (37.00%) Agile
2 230 (21.82%) DevOps
3 153 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
4 141 (13.38%) Cybersecurity
5 137 (13.00%) Scrum
6 129 (12.24%) Actionable Insight
7 121 (11.48%) CI/CD
8 112 (10.63%) Project Delivery
8 112 (10.63%) Project Management
9 109 (10.34%) Software Engineering
10 101 (9.58%) Mentoring
11 80 (7.59%) Analytics
12 77 (7.31%) ITIL
13 72 (6.83%) Coaching
13 72 (6.83%) SIEM
14 65 (6.17%) Collaborative Culture
15 64 (6.07%) Microservices
16 63 (5.98%) Collaborative Working
17 60 (5.69%) Infrastructure as Code
17 60 (5.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 143 (13.57%) JavaScript
2 130 (12.33%) Python
3 99 (9.39%) Java
4 88 (8.35%) SQL
5 65 (6.17%) C#
6 38 (3.61%) Bash
7 31 (2.94%) PowerShell
8 21 (1.99%) Shell Script
9 18 (1.71%) COBOL
10 14 (1.33%) C++
11 11 (1.04%) Perl
12 10 (0.95%) TypeScript
13 8 (0.76%) Groovy
14 7 (0.66%) PHP
15 6 (0.57%) Bicep
15 6 (0.57%) C
16 5 (0.47%) VBA
17 4 (0.38%) Scala
18 3 (0.28%) R
18 3 (0.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 601 (57.02%) SC Cleared
2 293 (27.80%) DV Cleared
3 157 (14.90%) Degree
4 47 (4.46%) CISSP
5 41 (3.89%) Azure Certification
6 39 (3.70%) AWS Certification
7 38 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (3.61%) CTC Cleared
8 35 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 33 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
10 27 (2.56%) CISM
10 27 (2.56%) Master's Degree
11 18 (1.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 14 (1.33%) CESG Certified Professional
13 11 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (1.04%) HNC
13 11 (1.04%) HND
13 11 (1.04%) Oracle Certification
14 10 (0.95%) CREST Certified
15 9 (0.85%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (3.42%) NIST
3 30 (2.85%) QA
4 28 (2.66%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.61%) GDPR
6 16 (1.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 13 (1.23%) NCSC
7 13 (1.23%) PMO
8 12 (1.14%) Data Quality
9 10 (0.95%) SLA
10 5 (0.47%) WCAG
11 4 (0.38%) COBIT
11 4 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
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 (0.28%) NIST 800
System Software
1 122 (11.57%) Docker
2 91 (8.63%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.80%) Hyper-V
5 17 (1.61%) vSphere
6 9 (0.85%) 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
1 127 (12.05%) Terraform
2 111 (10.53%) Kubernetes
3 105 (9.96%) Ansible
4 21 (1.99%) Puppet
5 17 (1.61%) 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 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.47%) HP UCMDB
10 5 (0.47%) NetBackup
10 5 (0.47%) Packer
11 4 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 4 (0.38%) Karpenter
11 4 (0.38%) QRadar
12 3 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
12 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 139 (13.19%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.21%) Oracle
3 51 (4.84%) SAP
4 44 (4.17%) VMware
5 34 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 28 (2.66%) ESRI
7 27 (2.56%) Juniper
8 24 (2.28%) WSO2
9 21 (1.99%) BMC
9 21 (1.99%) Remedy
10 18 (1.71%) Red Hat
10 18 (1.71%) SolarWinds
10 18 (1.71%) Unisys
11 16 (1.52%) Cisco
11 16 (1.52%) HP
11 16 (1.52%) Splunk
12 15 (1.42%) NEC
12 15 (1.42%) Tanium
12 15 (1.42%) Tripwire
13 14 (1.33%) Google