Security Cleared Jobs in the South East

Security Clearance
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 16 48
Rank change year-on-year +5 +32 +12
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 2,016 1,527 1,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 11.58% 10.83% 5.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.26% 27.25% 17.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,345 814 590
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,400 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,713 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,875 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.28% -9.32% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,688
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,885 5,603 7,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 33.80% 39.75% 34.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,626 2,513 3,165
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,183
25th Percentile £38,125 £36,713 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £51,000 £52,106
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -2.12% +4.21%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the South East

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the South East.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the South East

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the South East over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the South East

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Thames Valley +4 936 £53,000 +16.23% 207
Berkshire +5 758 £52,550 +15.24% 153
Hampshire +2 693 £57,500 +4.55% 194
Surrey +3 290 £52,500 +5.00% 43
Buckinghamshire -3 128 £55,000 +17.55% 37
Oxfordshire +2 50 £51,760 +21.79% 17
Kent +17 37 £45,250 +6.47% 8
West Sussex +29 26 £67,500 +28.57% 15
Middlesex - 11 £35,000 -
Sussex - 5 £60,000 - 1
East Sussex +16 3 £92,500 +66.67% 2
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 40 (1.98%) WebLogic
2 38 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (1.54%) OpenStack
4 29 (1.44%) ArcGIS
4 29 (1.44%) GeoServer
5 28 (1.39%) SharePoint
6 19 (0.94%) Exchange Server 2010
7 14 (0.69%) CMS
7 14 (0.69%) Oracle Service Bus
8 11 (0.55%) Confluence
8 11 (0.55%) IIS
9 10 (0.50%) Red Hat Fuse
10 9 (0.45%) JBoss
11 6 (0.30%) Apache
12 4 (0.20%) nginx
12 4 (0.20%) TWiki
13 2 (0.099%) Documentum
13 2 (0.099%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.050%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.050%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 90 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (2.08%) Simulink
3 40 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 20 (0.99%) MS Visio
5 18 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.20%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.20%) Siemens NX
7 4 (0.20%) Sketch
8 2 (0.099%) Fireworks
8 2 (0.099%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 41 (2.03%) Siebel CRM
2 17 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
3 6 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
4 5 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.20%) Q-Pulse
5 4 (0.20%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.15%) Primavera
6 3 (0.15%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.15%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.15%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.099%) C-CURE
7 2 (0.099%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.099%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.099%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.099%) SAP HR
7 2 (0.099%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.050%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 365 (18.11%) Azure
2 243 (12.05%) AWS
3 88 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (2.28%) Serverless
5 42 (2.08%) Azure Monitor
6 41 (2.03%) Amazon EKS
7 40 (1.98%) Entra ID
8 36 (1.79%) SaaS
9 33 (1.64%) Amazon ECS
10 32 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
11 24 (1.19%) OCI
12 19 (0.94%) Azure Storage
13 17 (0.84%) GitHub
14 15 (0.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 11 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (0.55%) Power Platform
16 10 (0.50%) AWS CloudFormation
16 10 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
16 10 (0.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 157 (7.79%) Firewall
2 110 (5.46%) DNS
3 79 (3.92%) BGP
4 71 (3.52%) DHCP
5 63 (3.13%) VPN
6 40 (1.98%) OSPF
7 36 (1.79%) Cisco Firepower
7 36 (1.79%) WAN
8 32 (1.59%) SSL
9 29 (1.44%) Network Security
10 26 (1.29%) 5G
10 26 (1.29%) Cisco ASA
11 23 (1.14%) Wireless
12 21 (1.04%) DMVPN
12 21 (1.04%) EIGRP
13 20 (0.99%) LAN
14 18 (0.89%) SAN
14 18 (0.89%) SD-WAN
15 17 (0.84%) MPLS
15 17 (0.84%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
2 65 (3.22%) NoSQL
3 55 (2.73%) Relational Database
4 44 (2.18%) SQL Server
5 38 (1.88%) Hadoop
5 38 (1.88%) MongoDB
6 34 (1.69%) GIS
6 34 (1.69%) Oracle BI EE
6 34 (1.69%) Siebel EIM
7 29 (1.44%) QGIS
8 24 (1.19%) Oracle Database
9 22 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (0.74%) Oracle Database 11g
11 14 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (0.69%) Oracle Database 10g
11 14 (0.69%) VLDB
12 9 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (0.40%) Big Data
13 8 (0.40%) Power BI
14 7 (0.35%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 102 (5.06%) Jenkins
2 89 (4.41%) Git
3 44 (2.18%) GitLab
4 40 (1.98%) Visual Studio
5 31 (1.54%) Selenium
6 28 (1.39%) JIRA
7 23 (1.14%) Ant
8 19 (0.94%) Vagrant
9 18 (0.89%) Subversion
10 17 (0.84%) JUnit
11 14 (0.69%) CMake
12 12 (0.60%) MSI
12 12 (0.60%) TestRail
13 11 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
13 11 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
14 10 (0.50%) Cucumber
14 10 (0.50%) Trac
15 9 (0.45%) eggPlant
16 7 (0.35%) Robot Framework
16 7 (0.35%) WebDriver
General
1 370 (18.35%) Social Skills
2 164 (8.13%) Aerospace
3 127 (6.30%) Public Sector
4 88 (4.37%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (3.17%) Finance
6 56 (2.78%) Military
7 45 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
8 44 (2.18%) Telecoms
9 40 (1.98%) Police
10 34 (1.69%) Manufacturing
11 31 (1.54%) Electronics
12 24 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 13 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (0.64%) Retail
15 12 (0.60%) Back Office
15 12 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (0.60%) Marketing
16 11 (0.55%) Law
17 9 (0.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 299 (14.83%) Senior
2 260 (12.90%) Architect
3 209 (10.37%) Developer
4 190 (9.42%) Software Engineer
5 188 (9.33%) Analyst
6 137 (6.80%) Systems Engineer
7 112 (5.56%) Network Engineer
8 100 (4.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 100 (4.96%) Lead
9 79 (3.92%) Senior Software Engineer
10 66 (3.27%) Integration Engineer
11 63 (3.13%) DevOps Engineer
11 63 (3.13%) Support Analyst
12 59 (2.93%) Consultant
13 56 (2.78%) Senior Developer
14 49 (2.43%) Administrator
15 48 (2.38%) Network Architect
16 47 (2.33%) Software Developer
17 44 (2.18%) Applications Support
18 43 (2.13%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (4.66%) .NET
2 77 (3.82%) Node.js
3 63 (3.13%) REST
4 61 (3.03%) Spring
5 57 (2.83%) React
6 51 (2.53%) CSS
7 44 (2.18%) AngularJS
8 43 (2.13%) XML
9 42 (2.08%) Web Services
10 38 (1.88%) Kafka
10 38 (1.88%) Spring Boot
11 37 (1.84%) HTML
12 36 (1.79%) Middleware
13 35 (1.74%) Elastic Stack
14 32 (1.59%) .NET Core
14 32 (1.59%) Leaflet
14 32 (1.59%) OpenLayers
15 31 (1.54%) Apache Camel
16 29 (1.44%) J2EE
16 29 (1.44%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 92 (4.56%) Algorithms
2 84 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 67 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
4 48 (2.38%) Data Centre
4 48 (2.38%) PKI
5 46 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
6 39 (1.93%) Product Ownership
7 32 (1.59%) Driving Licence
8 30 (1.49%) CMDB
8 30 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
9 24 (1.19%) Private Cloud
10 23 (1.14%) Client/Server
11 20 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
11 20 (0.99%) Satnav
12 17 (0.84%) FPGA
12 17 (0.84%) IoT
12 17 (0.84%) Mainframe
13 15 (0.74%) VHDL
14 14 (0.69%) Security Operations Centre
15 13 (0.64%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 370 (18.35%) Windows
2 330 (16.37%) Linux
3 158 (7.84%) Windows Server
4 84 (4.17%) Windows 10
5 81 (4.02%) Windows Server 2016
6 73 (3.62%) Windows Server 2019
7 69 (3.42%) Unix
8 54 (2.68%) CentOS
9 43 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
10 42 (2.08%) Windows 7
11 41 (2.03%) Ubuntu
12 37 (1.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 21 (1.04%) Android
14 18 (0.89%) Embedded Linux
15 14 (0.69%) Solaris
16 12 (0.60%) Windows NT
16 12 (0.60%) Windows XP
17 9 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
18 6 (0.30%) Rocky
19 3 (0.15%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 522 (25.89%) Agile
2 443 (21.97%) Problem-Solving
3 312 (15.48%) Actionable Insight
4 300 (14.88%) DevOps
5 284 (14.09%) Software Engineering
6 210 (10.42%) ITIL
7 178 (8.83%) Collaborative Working
8 163 (8.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 157 (7.79%) Test Automation
10 149 (7.39%) Computer Science
11 138 (6.85%) Customer Service
12 134 (6.65%) Project Delivery
13 130 (6.45%) Project Management
13 130 (6.45%) Service Management
14 125 (6.20%) Cybersecurity
15 121 (6.00%) Scrum
16 107 (5.31%) Mentoring
17 100 (4.96%) Mathematics
18 97 (4.81%) Artificial Intelligence
19 91 (4.51%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 293 (14.53%) Python
2 281 (13.94%) Java
3 254 (12.60%) SQL
4 199 (9.87%) C++
4 199 (9.87%) PowerShell
5 167 (8.28%) JavaScript
6 139 (6.89%) C#
7 99 (4.91%) C
8 50 (2.48%) Fortran
9 36 (1.79%) Bash
10 35 (1.74%) Kotlin
11 31 (1.54%) Shell Script
12 29 (1.44%) VB
13 23 (1.14%) VBScript
14 22 (1.09%) PL/SQL
15 21 (1.04%) MATLAB
16 17 (0.84%) Bicep
17 16 (0.79%) TypeScript
18 15 (0.74%) COBOL
19 12 (0.60%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,237 (61.36%) SC Cleared
2 563 (27.93%) DV Cleared
3 350 (17.36%) Degree
4 102 (5.06%) Cisco Certification
5 96 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 77 (3.82%) CCNP
7 56 (2.78%) CCNA
8 52 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 50 (2.48%) PhD
10 43 (2.13%) CTC Cleared
11 40 (1.98%) AWS Certification
11 40 (1.98%) Master's Degree
12 29 (1.44%) NVQ Level 3
13 26 (1.29%) Azure Certification
14 23 (1.14%) HNC
15 22 (1.09%) DBS Check
16 21 (1.04%) A+ Certification
17 19 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
18 18 (0.89%) CISSP
19 17 (0.84%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (4.12%) SLA
2 81 (4.02%) QA
3 30 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (0.99%) NIST
5 20 (0.99%) Software Quality Assurance
6 15 (0.74%) GDPR
7 13 (0.64%) Accessibility
7 13 (0.64%) GRC
8 11 (0.55%) NCSC
8 11 (0.55%) PMO
9 10 (0.50%) COSHH
10 9 (0.45%) NIST 800
11 8 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 7 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 7 (0.35%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.30%) RMADS
14 5 (0.25%) PCI DSS
14 5 (0.25%) WCAG
15 3 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 183 (9.08%) Active Directory
2 103 (5.11%) Docker
3 79 (3.92%) Hyper-V
4 69 (3.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 42 (2.08%) Firmware
6 35 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
8 19 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
8 19 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
9 16 (0.79%) pfSense
10 15 (0.74%) vSphere
11 14 (0.69%) Oracle RAC
12 12 (0.60%) KVM
13 10 (0.50%) NFS
14 7 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
15 4 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.099%) Embedded Firmware
16 2 (0.099%) VMware NSX
17 1 (0.050%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 127 (6.30%) Ansible
2 125 (6.20%) Kubernetes
3 117 (5.80%) SCCM
4 93 (4.61%) Terraform
5 72 (3.57%) WSUS
6 67 (3.32%) SCOM
7 46 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
8 40 (1.98%) vCenter Server
9 33 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
10 30 (1.49%) FortiGate
11 23 (1.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 22 (1.09%) OpenSSO
13 19 (0.94%) Grafana
13 19 (0.94%) NetBackup
14 16 (0.79%) EMC NetWorker
14 16 (0.79%) ZABBIX
15 14 (0.69%) Data Guard
15 14 (0.69%) Oracle RMAN
16 12 (0.60%) Sysprep
17 10 (0.50%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 383 (19.00%) Microsoft
2 202 (10.02%) Cisco
3 176 (8.73%) Juniper
4 138 (6.85%) Oracle
5 126 (6.25%) VMware
6 49 (2.43%) HP
6 49 (2.43%) ServiceNow
7 48 (2.38%) Fortinet
8 42 (2.08%) Remedy
9 41 (2.03%) Siebel
9 41 (2.03%) Xilinx
10 33 (1.64%) F5
10 33 (1.64%) McAfee
11 31 (1.54%) WSO2
12 29 (1.44%) ESRI
13 26 (1.29%) Dynatrace
13 26 (1.29%) Veeam
14 24 (1.19%) Red Hat
15 17 (0.84%) EMC
16 16 (0.79%) Extreme Networks