Security Cleared Jobs in England

Security Clearance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 26 79
Rank change year-on-year +4 +53 -10
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 7,023 6,878 6,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.70% 8.16% 4.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.21% 24.24% 17.31%
Number of salaries quoted 4,425 3,320 3,201
10th Percentile £33,750 £34,452 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,525 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -1.18%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £71,675
90th Percentile £86,150 £87,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,893 28,380 37,594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.28% 33.68% 26.58%
Number of salaries quoted 15,751 13,033 16,892
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,825
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,818 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.30% +9.09% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in England

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in England.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in England

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in England

Security Cleared
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +6 2,045 £55,000 +10.00% 503
South West +3 1,942 £57,000 +2.70% 486
London +6 1,086 £70,000 +7.69% 399
North of England +1 837 £55,000 -8.33% 254
Midlands -10 663 £55,000 -2.65% 223
North West -7 603 £53,862 -10.23% 189
West Midlands +7 470 £55,000 -4.35% 179
East of England +16 426 £55,000 - 137
Yorkshire +10 193 £60,000 -9.77% 42
East Midlands -32 193 £43,072 -21.69% 43
North East -31 41 £56,250 +25.00% 23
Security Cleared
UK

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 207 (2.95%) ArcGIS
2 196 (2.79%) GeoServer
3 130 (1.85%) SharePoint
4 120 (1.71%) Confluence
5 112 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
6 97 (1.38%) Apache
7 78 (1.11%) IIS
8 64 (0.91%) WebLogic
9 56 (0.80%) Apache Spark
10 35 (0.50%) OpenStack
11 27 (0.38%) Tomcat
12 25 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
12 25 (0.36%) nginx
13 16 (0.23%) CMS
13 16 (0.23%) Jupyter
14 15 (0.21%) SharePoint 2010
14 15 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
15 14 (0.20%) Oracle Service Bus
16 13 (0.19%) JBoss
17 11 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 238 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 135 (1.92%) Simulink
3 119 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 74 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 41 (0.58%) MS Visio
6 31 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
6 31 (0.44%) Sketch
7 10 (0.14%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.085%) Trello
9 4 (0.057%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.057%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.057%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.057%) Siemens NX
9 4 (0.057%) Stateflow
9 4 (0.057%) Windchill
10 3 (0.043%) InVision
10 3 (0.043%) Revit
10 3 (0.043%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.028%) Abaqus
11 2 (0.028%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 75 (1.07%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 53 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
3 52 (0.74%) NEC Housing
4 41 (0.58%) Siebel CRM
5 37 (0.53%) Primavera
6 28 (0.40%) Workday HCM
7 27 (0.38%) Maximo
8 16 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
9 14 (0.20%) SAP HR
10 11 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
10 11 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
11 9 (0.13%) SAP CO
11 9 (0.13%) SAP FI
11 9 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
11 9 (0.13%) SAP SCM
11 9 (0.13%) Teamcenter
12 8 (0.11%) SAP EWM
13 6 (0.085%) Oracle Applications
14 5 (0.071%) Oracle ERP
14 5 (0.071%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1,369 (19.49%) Azure
2 1,135 (16.16%) AWS
3 272 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
4 157 (2.24%) GCP
5 156 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
6 146 (2.08%) SaaS
7 142 (2.02%) Power Platform
8 122 (1.74%) OpenShift
9 121 (1.72%) Serverless
10 116 (1.65%) Amazon EKS
11 103 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
12 89 (1.27%) Entra ID
13 87 (1.24%) PaaS
14 72 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
15 63 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
16 60 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
16 60 (0.85%) IaaS
17 58 (0.83%) Azure Monitor
18 56 (0.80%) Amazon ECS
19 53 (0.75%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 440 (6.27%) Firewall
2 236 (3.36%) DNS
3 210 (2.99%) WAN
4 150 (2.14%) TCP/IP
5 147 (2.09%) Network Security
6 140 (1.99%) LAN
7 136 (1.94%) DHCP
8 130 (1.85%) BGP
9 126 (1.79%) VPN
10 80 (1.14%) SAN
10 80 (1.14%) Wireless
11 67 (0.95%) Internet
12 64 (0.91%) SSL
13 62 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
14 61 (0.87%) SD-WAN
15 59 (0.84%) MPLS
15 59 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
16 51 (0.73%) OSPF
17 49 (0.70%) IPsec
18 46 (0.65%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 327 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
2 225 (3.20%) GIS
3 196 (2.79%) QGIS
4 176 (2.51%) SQL Server
5 133 (1.89%) Relational Database
6 102 (1.45%) NoSQL
7 100 (1.42%) Oracle Database
7 100 (1.42%) Power BI
8 97 (1.38%) Big Data
9 96 (1.37%) Hadoop
10 95 (1.35%) MongoDB
11 48 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
12 43 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
13 36 (0.51%) Oracle BI EE
13 36 (0.51%) RDBMS
13 36 (0.51%) Siebel EIM
14 34 (0.48%) MySQL
15 33 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
16 31 (0.44%) Tableau
17 29 (0.41%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 254 (3.62%) JIRA
2 245 (3.49%) Git
3 224 (3.19%) Jenkins
4 149 (2.12%) GitLab
5 128 (1.82%) Visual Studio
6 95 (1.35%) Bitbucket
7 93 (1.32%) Rational DOORS
8 59 (0.84%) Sourcetree
9 55 (0.78%) Selenium
10 38 (0.54%) Rational Rhapsody
11 31 (0.44%) Cucumber
11 31 (0.44%) JUnit
11 31 (0.44%) SonarQube
12 27 (0.38%) Subversion
13 23 (0.33%) LabVIEW
14 22 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
14 22 (0.31%) Vagrant
15 21 (0.30%) Ant
15 21 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
16 15 (0.21%) MSI
General
1 1,440 (20.50%) Social Skills
2 661 (9.41%) Public Sector
3 597 (8.50%) Aerospace
4 550 (7.83%) Finance
5 356 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
6 329 (4.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 261 (3.72%) Military
8 175 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
9 163 (2.32%) Telecoms
10 161 (2.29%) Games
11 159 (2.26%) Manufacturing
12 157 (2.24%) Police
13 133 (1.89%) Retail
14 123 (1.75%) Electronics
15 116 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
16 110 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
17 91 (1.30%) Law
18 66 (0.94%) Local Government
19 51 (0.73%) Legal
20 45 (0.64%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1,141 (16.25%) Senior
2 825 (11.75%) Architect
3 732 (10.42%) Software Engineer
4 603 (8.59%) Developer
5 512 (7.29%) Lead
6 467 (6.65%) Systems Engineer
7 455 (6.48%) Consultant
8 450 (6.41%) Analyst
9 351 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 280 (3.99%) Senior Software Engineer
11 279 (3.97%) Network Engineer
12 268 (3.82%) Project Manager
13 255 (3.63%) DevOps Engineer
14 250 (3.56%) Solutions Architect
15 205 (2.92%) Administrator
16 172 (2.45%) Security Consultant
17 164 (2.34%) Support Engineer
18 145 (2.06%) Senior Developer
19 127 (1.81%) Technical Architect
20 112 (1.59%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 379 (5.40%) .NET
2 369 (5.25%) React
3 224 (3.19%) CSS
4 199 (2.83%) Leaflet
4 199 (2.83%) OpenLayers
5 196 (2.79%) PostGIS
6 194 (2.76%) .NET Core
7 168 (2.39%) Node.js
8 147 (2.09%) Spring
9 145 (2.06%) REST
10 139 (1.98%) AngularJS
11 129 (1.84%) HTML
12 123 (1.75%) Spring Boot
13 96 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
14 89 (1.27%) Web Services
15 87 (1.24%) XML
16 80 (1.14%) RabbitMQ
17 73 (1.04%) JSON
18 69 (0.98%) Unity (Game Engine)
19 67 (0.95%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 298 (4.24%) Management Information System
2 212 (3.02%) Driving Licence
3 208 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
4 198 (2.82%) Algorithms
5 153 (2.18%) Product Ownership
6 149 (2.12%) Data Centre
7 135 (1.92%) PKI
8 128 (1.82%) Public Cloud
9 99 (1.41%) Private Cloud
10 91 (1.30%) Cloud Native
11 88 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
12 82 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
13 78 (1.11%) Operational Technology
14 76 (1.08%) Virtual Reality
15 71 (1.01%) Virtual Team
16 70 (1.00%) Cyberattack
17 66 (0.94%) Cyber Defence
18 64 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
19 59 (0.84%) Onboarding
20 47 (0.67%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1,144 (16.29%) Linux
2 1,025 (14.59%) Windows
3 347 (4.94%) Windows Server
4 189 (2.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 170 (2.42%) Unix
6 153 (2.18%) Windows 10
7 142 (2.02%) CentOS
7 142 (2.02%) Ubuntu
8 131 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
9 130 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
10 103 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
11 74 (1.05%) Embedded Linux
12 63 (0.90%) Windows 7
13 56 (0.80%) VMS
14 48 (0.68%) Solaris
15 44 (0.63%) Android
16 38 (0.54%) Debian
17 19 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
18 16 (0.23%) AIX
19 12 (0.17%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,004 (28.53%) Agile
2 1,172 (16.69%) DevOps
3 1,161 (16.53%) Software Engineering
4 1,132 (16.12%) Actionable Insight
5 1,057 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
6 782 (11.13%) Cybersecurity
7 633 (9.01%) Project Management
8 574 (8.17%) Scrum
9 537 (7.65%) ITIL
10 530 (7.55%) Collaborative Working
11 529 (7.53%) Mentoring
12 469 (6.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 438 (6.24%) CI/CD
14 426 (6.07%) Systems Engineering
15 382 (5.44%) Stakeholder Management
16 375 (5.34%) Project Delivery
17 318 (4.53%) Customer Service
18 314 (4.47%) Coaching
19 310 (4.41%) Computer Science
20 303 (4.31%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1,130 (16.09%) Python
2 707 (10.07%) Java
3 653 (9.30%) JavaScript
4 487 (6.93%) SQL
5 485 (6.91%) C#
6 451 (6.42%) PowerShell
7 321 (4.57%) C++
8 306 (4.36%) Bash
9 286 (4.07%) C
10 149 (2.12%) MATLAB
11 125 (1.78%) TypeScript
12 99 (1.41%) Shell Script
13 59 (0.84%) Rust
14 57 (0.81%) Fortran
15 53 (0.75%) Embedded C
16 43 (0.61%) Ada
17 37 (0.53%) Kotlin
17 37 (0.53%) VB
18 33 (0.47%) Bicep
19 29 (0.41%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3,921 (55.83%) SC Cleared
2 1,737 (24.73%) DV Cleared
3 1,175 (16.73%) Degree
4 582 (8.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 192 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
6 182 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 141 (2.01%) CISSP
8 129 (1.84%) CCNP
9 119 (1.69%) AWS Certification
10 115 (1.64%) CCNA
11 112 (1.59%) Azure Certification
11 112 (1.59%) CISM
12 92 (1.31%) Master's Degree
12 92 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
13 86 (1.22%) CESG Certified Professional
14 68 (0.97%) CRISC
14 68 (0.97%) DBS Check
15 64 (0.91%) PhD
16 56 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
17 54 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 209 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 188 (2.68%) SLA
3 152 (2.16%) QA
4 139 (1.98%) Accessibility
5 134 (1.91%) NIST
6 112 (1.59%) NCSC
7 67 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 56 (0.80%) GDPR
9 50 (0.71%) NIST 800
10 46 (0.65%) ISO 9001
11 42 (0.60%) PCI DSS
12 41 (0.58%) Def Stans
13 39 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 39 (0.56%) PMO
14 38 (0.54%) GRC
14 38 (0.54%) JSP 440
15 36 (0.51%) WCAG
16 31 (0.44%) RMADS
17 30 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 17025
18 26 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 512 (7.29%) Active Directory
2 416 (5.92%) Docker
3 344 (4.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 183 (2.61%) Hyper-V
5 100 (1.42%) Firmware
6 95 (1.35%) vSphere
7 79 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
8 53 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
9 51 (0.73%) KVM
10 47 (0.67%) VMware NSX
11 26 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
12 24 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
13 16 (0.23%) pfSense
14 15 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
14 15 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
15 14 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
16 11 (0.16%) NFS
17 10 (0.14%) XenDesktop
18 9 (0.13%) Forefront TMG
18 9 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 520 (7.40%) Ansible
2 481 (6.85%) Kubernetes
3 401 (5.71%) Terraform
4 211 (3.00%) SCCM
5 156 (2.22%) Puppet
6 94 (1.34%) SCOM
6 94 (1.34%) WSUS
7 85 (1.21%) vCenter Server
8 73 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
9 55 (0.78%) Grafana
10 45 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
11 40 (0.57%) Prometheus
12 39 (0.56%) Progress Chef
13 38 (0.54%) FortiGate
14 37 (0.53%) NetBackup
15 32 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 32 (0.46%) EMC NetWorker
16 30 (0.43%) EnCase
17 25 (0.36%) Nagios
17 25 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1,171 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 510 (7.26%) VMware
3 415 (5.91%) Cisco
4 348 (4.96%) Oracle
5 290 (4.13%) Juniper
6 209 (2.98%) Red Hat
7 204 (2.90%) ESRI
8 137 (1.95%) ServiceNow
9 94 (1.34%) HP
10 89 (1.27%) Google
10 89 (1.27%) IBM
11 81 (1.15%) Dell
12 78 (1.11%) Remedy
13 75 (1.07%) SAP
13 75 (1.07%) Sparx
14 67 (0.95%) NEC
15 62 (0.88%) Fortinet
15 62 (0.88%) Splunk
16 58 (0.83%) SolarWinds
17 56 (0.80%) Veeam