Security Cleared Jobs in the North of England

Security Clearance
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 42 43 32
Rank change year-on-year +1 -11 +66
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 837 1,085 1,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.42% 6.75% 7.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.08% 20.99% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 410 320 668
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,900 £26,000
25th Percentile £42,229 £43,475 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £66,438 £78,563 £64,330
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £76,814
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -1.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,971 5,170 5,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 20.98% 32.17% 28.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2,699 1,717 2,441
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £54,421 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% +14.57% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the North of England

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of 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
North West -7 603 £53,862 -10.23% 189
Yorkshire +10 193 £60,000 -9.77% 42
North East -31 41 £56,250 +25.00% 23
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 89 (10.63%) ArcGIS
2 85 (10.16%) GeoServer
3 19 (2.27%) Apache
4 12 (1.43%) WebLogic
5 11 (1.31%) Apache Spark
6 9 (1.08%) Confluence
6 9 (1.08%) IIS
6 9 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.96%) SharePoint
7 8 (0.96%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.24%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.12%) CMS
9 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
Applications
1 21 (2.51%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.43%) Sketch
4 10 (1.19%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.60%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.24%) Revit
Business Applications
1 29 (3.46%) Primavera
2 22 (2.63%) NEC Housing
3 15 (1.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 9 (1.08%) Remedy ITSM
5 7 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.24%) SAP PLM
7 2 (0.24%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payroll
8 1 (0.12%) PeopleSoft HCM
8 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 209 (24.97%) Azure
2 191 (22.82%) AWS
3 26 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
4 24 (2.87%) Amazon EKS
5 20 (2.39%) GCP
6 18 (2.15%) Miro
6 18 (2.15%) SaaS
7 16 (1.91%) AWS CloudFormation
7 16 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (1.67%) AWS Lambda
8 14 (1.67%) Serverless
9 13 (1.55%) Amazon SQS
10 12 (1.43%) Figma
10 12 (1.43%) Heroku
10 12 (1.43%) OpenShift
10 12 (1.43%) PaaS
11 9 (1.08%) dbt
11 9 (1.08%) Power Platform
12 7 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (0.72%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.30%) Firewall
2 23 (2.75%) TCP/IP
3 22 (2.63%) DNS
4 20 (2.39%) Wireless
5 16 (1.91%) BGP
6 14 (1.67%) Software-Defined Radio
6 14 (1.67%) WAN
7 13 (1.55%) SAN
8 12 (1.43%) Network Security
8 12 (1.43%) SD-WAN
8 12 (1.43%) SSL
9 11 (1.31%) AMQP
10 10 (1.19%) VPN
11 9 (1.08%) Internet
12 8 (0.96%) DHCP
13 7 (0.84%) LAN
13 7 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (0.72%) VLAN
15 4 (0.48%) MPLS
15 4 (0.48%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (11.35%) PostgreSQL
2 91 (10.87%) GIS
3 85 (10.16%) QGIS
4 28 (3.35%) Oracle Database
5 24 (2.87%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.91%) RDBMS
6 16 (1.91%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (1.31%) Big Data
8 11 (1.31%) Cloudera CDH
8 11 (1.31%) Hadoop
9 8 (0.96%) Power BI
10 7 (0.84%) Oracle Database 12c
11 6 (0.72%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (0.60%) NoSQL
12 5 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.60%) Tableau
13 4 (0.48%) MySQL
14 3 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (5.02%) JIRA
2 17 (2.03%) GitLab
3 7 (0.84%) Git
3 7 (0.84%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.84%) Selenium
4 5 (0.60%) Cucumber
5 4 (0.48%) HP UFT
5 4 (0.48%) JMeter
5 4 (0.48%) LoadRunner
5 4 (0.48%) MSTest
5 4 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.36%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.36%) JUnit
6 3 (0.36%) Metasploit
6 3 (0.36%) Postman
6 3 (0.36%) REST Assured
6 3 (0.36%) SoapUI
6 3 (0.36%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.36%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.24%) GDB
General
1 187 (22.34%) Social Skills
2 90 (10.75%) Public Sector
3 78 (9.32%) Finance
4 58 (6.93%) Aerospace
5 45 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (5.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (3.70%) Police
8 27 (3.23%) Local Government
9 19 (2.27%) Law
10 18 (2.15%) Manufacturing
11 14 (1.67%) Military
12 13 (1.55%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.19%) Retail
14 8 (0.96%) Avionics
15 7 (0.84%) Back Office
15 7 (0.84%) Electronics
15 7 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.72%) Polish Language
17 5 (0.60%) Legal
18 4 (0.48%) Games
Job Titles
1 163 (19.47%) Senior
2 117 (13.98%) Software Engineer
3 103 (12.31%) Architect
4 99 (11.83%) Lead
5 79 (9.44%) Developer
6 66 (7.89%) Senior Software Engineer
7 57 (6.81%) Analyst
8 55 (6.57%) Solutions Architect
9 50 (5.97%) Systems Engineer
10 27 (3.23%) Project Manager
10 27 (3.23%) Project Planner
11 26 (3.11%) DevOps Engineer
12 23 (2.75%) Designer
13 21 (2.51%) Presales Solution Architect
14 18 (2.15%) Consultant
15 17 (2.03%) Business Analyst
15 17 (2.03%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
15 17 (2.03%) Product Manager
15 17 (2.03%) Senior Analyst
15 17 (2.03%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (14.58%) React
2 93 (11.11%) .NET
3 85 (10.16%) Leaflet
3 85 (10.16%) OpenLayers
3 85 (10.16%) PostGIS
4 74 (8.84%) CSS
5 73 (8.72%) .NET Core
6 34 (4.06%) Node.js
7 33 (3.94%) Spring Boot
8 29 (3.46%) AngularJS
9 23 (2.75%) RabbitMQ
10 21 (2.51%) Spring
11 20 (2.39%) Django
12 18 (2.15%) HTML
13 13 (1.55%) Swagger
14 12 (1.43%) OpenAPI
15 11 (1.31%) gRPC
15 11 (1.31%) Material-UI
15 11 (1.31%) REST
16 10 (1.19%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 25 (2.99%) Operational Technology
2 24 (2.87%) Cloud Native
3 21 (2.51%) Driving Licence
3 21 (2.51%) Public Cloud
4 19 (2.27%) Private Cloud
5 18 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (2.15%) Virtual Team
6 17 (2.03%) Product Ownership
7 14 (1.67%) Data Centre
8 13 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (1.55%) Management Information System
9 12 (1.43%) SCADA
10 9 (1.08%) Industrial Internet of Things
11 8 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
12 7 (0.84%) Cyber Defence
12 7 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (0.84%) Onboarding
13 6 (0.72%) IoT
14 4 (0.48%) Analytical Mindset
14 4 (0.48%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 106 (12.66%) Linux
2 55 (6.57%) Windows
3 34 (4.06%) Unix
4 26 (3.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 24 (2.87%) Ubuntu
6 12 (1.43%) Solaris
7 11 (1.31%) CentOS
7 11 (1.31%) Debian
8 10 (1.19%) Windows Server
9 6 (0.72%) VMS
10 5 (0.60%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.36%) Android
12 3 (0.36%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.36%) zOS
13 2 (0.24%) FreeBSD
13 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (36.20%) Agile
2 288 (34.41%) Actionable Insight
3 191 (22.82%) DevOps
4 172 (20.55%) Software Engineering
5 95 (11.35%) Problem-Solving
6 90 (10.75%) Stakeholder Management
7 85 (10.16%) Mentoring
7 85 (10.16%) Web Development
8 81 (9.68%) Scrum
9 74 (8.84%) Coaching
9 74 (8.84%) Project Management
10 64 (7.65%) CI/CD
11 63 (7.53%) ITIL
12 59 (7.05%) Kanban
12 59 (7.05%) Open Source
13 58 (6.93%) Cybersecurity
14 56 (6.69%) Collaborative Working
15 55 (6.57%) Continuous Integration
16 47 (5.62%) ITSM
17 46 (5.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 146 (17.44%) Python
2 143 (17.08%) JavaScript
3 69 (8.24%) C#
4 55 (6.57%) Java
5 26 (3.11%) TypeScript
6 15 (1.79%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.67%) C++
8 13 (1.55%) SQL
9 8 (0.96%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.84%) MATLAB
11 5 (0.60%) VB.NET
11 5 (0.60%) VBA
12 4 (0.48%) Bicep
12 4 (0.48%) C
13 3 (0.36%) Bash
14 2 (0.24%) Perl
15 1 (0.12%) JCL
15 1 (0.12%) R
15 1 (0.12%) REXX
15 1 (0.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 593 (70.85%) SC Cleared
2 96 (11.47%) Degree
3 76 (9.08%) DV Cleared
4 23 (2.75%) Azure Certification
5 20 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (2.39%) DBS Check
6 17 (2.03%) AWS Certification
7 14 (1.67%) CISA
7 14 (1.67%) CISM
7 14 (1.67%) CRISC
8 13 (1.55%) BC Cleared
9 12 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 11 (1.31%) CESG Certified Professional
10 11 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.19%) CCNP
12 7 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (0.84%) CREST Certified
12 7 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.84%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (6.69%) Accessibility
2 36 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (3.46%) SLA
4 15 (1.79%) WCAG
5 14 (1.67%) GDPR
5 14 (1.67%) GRC
6 10 (1.19%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.08%) COBIT
8 8 (0.96%) QA
9 7 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 7 (0.84%) NIST
10 5 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.60%) PMO
11 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.12%) NCSC
11 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
System Software
1 29 (3.46%) Docker
2 21 (2.51%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.84%) KVM
5 5 (0.60%) SRDF
5 5 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.36%) Firmware
7 3 (0.36%) vSphere
8 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.24%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.12%) Lustre
9 1 (0.12%) NFS
9 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.12%) Snort
9 1 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 44 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 38 (4.54%) Terraform
3 37 (4.42%) Ansible
4 14 (1.67%) SCCM
5 11 (1.31%) Puppet
6 9 (1.08%) OpenView
7 6 (0.72%) SCOM
8 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.60%) WSUS
9 4 (0.48%) Grafana
10 3 (0.36%) Nessus
10 3 (0.36%) Nmap
11 2 (0.24%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (0.24%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
12 1 (0.12%) Kibana
12 1 (0.12%) logstash
12 1 (0.12%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 111 (13.26%) Microsoft
2 85 (10.16%) ESRI
3 46 (5.50%) Oracle
4 29 (3.46%) Cisco
5 27 (3.23%) VMware
6 23 (2.75%) ServiceNow
7 22 (2.63%) NEC
8 17 (2.03%) Red Hat
9 15 (1.79%) Sparx
10 14 (1.67%) Fortinet
10 14 (1.67%) Juniper
11 11 (1.31%) Google
11 11 (1.31%) HP
11 11 (1.31%) SaltStack
12 10 (1.19%) BMC
13 9 (1.08%) Remedy
14 8 (0.96%) Dell
15 7 (0.84%) Splunk
15 7 (0.84%) Thales
16 6 (0.72%) Brocade