SC Cleared Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SC 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 40 53 58
Rank change year-on-year +13 +5 +18
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 3,771 3,367 3,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.10% 5.80% 4.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.12% 15.61% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,063 1,513 1,616
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £30,505
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £39,449
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +8.26% +1.17%
75th Percentile £66,500 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,156 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £56,325
% change year-on-year -8.00% +10.96% +2.41%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

SC 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,720 21,566 23,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.65% 37.13% 32.34%
Number of salaries quoted 12,249 8,030 10,534
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,600 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the UK excluding London

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in the UK excluding London

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the UK excluding London

SC Cleared
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the UK excluding London 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
South East +19 1,237 £55,000 - 273
South West -1 917 £55,000 -4.35% 234
North of England +16 587 £57,500 -4.17% 173
North West +9 406 £55,000 -8.33% 128
Midlands +2 399 £55,000 -8.33% 123
West Midlands +2 262 £55,000 -8.33% 87
Scotland -46 235 £60,000 +14.29% 79
Wales +10 201 £58,150 +108.08% 20
Yorkshire +64 154 £60,000 -10.45% 31
East Midlands -9 137 £47,250 -10.00% 36
East of England -22 122 £52,250 -5.86% 72
Northern Ireland +22 102 £59,400 +65.00% 17
North East -27 27 £55,000 +15.79% 14
SC Cleared
UK

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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
1 294 (7.80%) ArcGIS
2 284 (7.53%) GeoServer
3 115 (3.05%) Confluence
4 110 (2.92%) WebLogic
5 76 (2.02%) Microsoft Exchange
6 55 (1.46%) SharePoint
7 44 (1.17%) Oracle Service Bus
8 41 (1.09%) Apache
9 33 (0.88%) OpenStack
10 32 (0.85%) IIS
11 31 (0.82%) Apache Spark
12 18 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2010
13 14 (0.37%) Skype for Business
14 13 (0.34%) CMS
15 10 (0.27%) SharePoint 2010
15 10 (0.27%) SharePoint 2013
16 9 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
17 8 (0.21%) JBoss
18 4 (0.11%) Appian
18 4 (0.11%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 159 (4.22%) Microsoft Office
2 76 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 72 (1.91%) MS Visio
4 48 (1.27%) Simulink
5 40 (1.06%) Sketch
6 22 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
7 16 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 9 (0.24%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.11%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.11%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.053%) Abaqus
10 2 (0.053%) Fireworks
10 2 (0.053%) GNU Octave
10 2 (0.053%) InDesign
10 2 (0.053%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.027%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.027%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.027%) Revit
Business Applications
1 77 (2.04%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 73 (1.94%) Remedy ITSM
3 41 (1.09%) Siebel CRM
4 21 (0.56%) Maximo
5 8 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (0.16%) Primavera
7 4 (0.11%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.080%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.080%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.080%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.080%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.080%) SAP S/4HANA
8 3 (0.080%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.053%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.053%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.053%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.053%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.053%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.053%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.027%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 947 (25.11%) Azure
2 763 (20.23%) AWS
3 162 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
4 103 (2.73%) Amazon EKS
5 84 (2.23%) Serverless
6 77 (2.04%) OpenShift
7 73 (1.94%) GCP
8 69 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
9 66 (1.75%) SaaS
10 62 (1.64%) Miro
11 57 (1.51%) AWS CloudFormation
12 54 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
13 48 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
14 44 (1.17%) Power Platform
15 41 (1.09%) Amazon SQS
15 41 (1.09%) Figma
16 40 (1.06%) Heroku
17 38 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
18 36 (0.95%) Entra ID
19 34 (0.90%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 246 (6.52%) Firewall
2 159 (4.22%) DNS
3 113 (3.00%) TCP/IP
3 113 (3.00%) WAN
4 78 (2.07%) DHCP
5 73 (1.94%) Wireless
6 69 (1.83%) BGP
7 68 (1.80%) LAN
7 68 (1.80%) VPN
8 66 (1.75%) SAN
9 65 (1.72%) Network Security
10 64 (1.70%) SSL
11 40 (1.06%) SD-WAN
12 38 (1.01%) Cisco Firepower
13 37 (0.98%) IPsec
13 37 (0.98%) MPLS
14 36 (0.95%) Software-Defined Radio
15 33 (0.88%) AMQP
16 26 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
17 24 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 368 (9.76%) PostgreSQL
2 296 (7.85%) GIS
3 284 (7.53%) QGIS
4 96 (2.55%) Relational Database
5 94 (2.49%) Oracle Database
6 86 (2.28%) SQL Server
7 73 (1.94%) NoSQL
8 71 (1.88%) Hadoop
9 58 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
10 55 (1.46%) RDBMS
11 54 (1.43%) Big Data
12 49 (1.30%) MongoDB
13 45 (1.19%) Oracle Database 11g
14 44 (1.17%) Oracle Database 10g
14 44 (1.17%) VLDB
15 38 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
16 34 (0.90%) Oracle BI EE
16 34 (0.90%) Siebel EIM
17 33 (0.88%) MySQL
18 28 (0.74%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 190 (5.04%) JIRA
2 173 (4.59%) Git
3 126 (3.34%) Jenkins
4 99 (2.63%) Visual Studio
5 82 (2.17%) Bitbucket
6 59 (1.56%) Sourcetree
7 58 (1.54%) GitLab
8 35 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
9 23 (0.61%) Ant
10 22 (0.58%) Cucumber
10 22 (0.58%) Selenium
11 21 (0.56%) JUnit
11 21 (0.56%) Subversion
12 18 (0.48%) Vagrant
13 16 (0.42%) SonarQube
14 15 (0.40%) LabVIEW
15 14 (0.37%) CMake
16 13 (0.34%) JMeter
17 10 (0.27%) MSI
17 10 (0.27%) Trac
General
1 789 (20.92%) Social Skills
2 290 (7.69%) Aerospace
3 258 (6.84%) Finance
4 219 (5.81%) Public Sector
5 190 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
6 184 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 136 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
8 117 (3.10%) Games
9 103 (2.73%) Military
10 95 (2.52%) Telecoms
11 71 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
12 62 (1.64%) Police
13 44 (1.17%) Electronics
14 40 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
14 40 (1.06%) Retail
15 35 (0.93%) Manufacturing
16 21 (0.56%) Law
17 17 (0.45%) Marketing
18 16 (0.42%) Back Office
19 13 (0.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 823 (21.82%) Senior
2 493 (13.07%) Software Engineer
3 451 (11.96%) Architect
4 391 (10.37%) Developer
5 295 (7.82%) Lead
6 261 (6.92%) Analyst
7 254 (6.74%) Senior Software Engineer
8 200 (5.30%) Solutions Architect
9 185 (4.91%) Systems Engineer
10 169 (4.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 165 (4.38%) Project Manager
12 161 (4.27%) Network Engineer
13 138 (3.66%) Consultant
14 131 (3.47%) Senior Developer
15 98 (2.60%) Designer
16 94 (2.49%) Business Analyst
17 88 (2.33%) DevOps Engineer
18 83 (2.20%) Support Engineer
19 78 (2.07%) Applications Support
20 77 (2.04%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 392 (10.40%) React
2 370 (9.81%) .NET
3 287 (7.61%) Leaflet
4 286 (7.58%) OpenLayers
5 284 (7.53%) PostGIS
6 263 (6.97%) CSS
7 251 (6.66%) .NET Core
8 162 (4.30%) Node.js
9 119 (3.16%) AngularJS
10 115 (3.05%) REST
11 111 (2.94%) Spring Boot
12 109 (2.89%) Spring
13 77 (2.04%) HTML
14 74 (1.96%) Unity (Game Engine)
15 73 (1.94%) RabbitMQ
16 53 (1.41%) Django
17 47 (1.25%) Kafka
17 47 (1.25%) Web Services
18 46 (1.22%) XML
19 38 (1.01%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 121 (3.21%) Data Centre
2 108 (2.86%) Management Information System
3 86 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
4 83 (2.20%) Driving Licence
5 79 (2.09%) Product Ownership
6 77 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
7 76 (2.02%) Virtual Reality
8 74 (1.96%) Virtual Team
9 57 (1.51%) Private Cloud
10 54 (1.43%) Algorithms
11 52 (1.38%) Cloud Native
11 52 (1.38%) Public Cloud
12 45 (1.19%) Operational Technology
13 44 (1.17%) CMDB
14 38 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
15 36 (0.95%) Cyberattack
16 33 (0.88%) Clustering
17 32 (0.85%) PKI
18 30 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
19 27 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 589 (15.62%) Linux
2 535 (14.19%) Windows
3 233 (6.18%) Windows Server
4 128 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 125 (3.31%) Unix
6 101 (2.68%) Ubuntu
7 91 (2.41%) Windows 10
8 85 (2.25%) CentOS
9 65 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
10 57 (1.51%) Windows Server 2019
11 53 (1.41%) Solaris
12 37 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
13 33 (0.88%) Android
14 30 (0.80%) Windows 7
15 28 (0.74%) Debian
16 16 (0.42%) AIX
17 12 (0.32%) Windows XP
18 11 (0.29%) Windows NT
19 10 (0.27%) VMS
19 10 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,246 (33.04%) Agile
2 1,158 (30.71%) Actionable Insight
3 863 (22.89%) DevOps
4 733 (19.44%) Software Engineering
5 634 (16.81%) Problem-Solving
6 363 (9.63%) Scrum
7 344 (9.12%) Project Management
8 314 (8.33%) ITIL
9 305 (8.09%) Cybersecurity
10 290 (7.69%) Web Development
11 269 (7.13%) Stakeholder Management
12 257 (6.82%) Collaborative Working
13 241 (6.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 225 (5.97%) Service Management
15 223 (5.91%) Mentoring
16 187 (4.96%) Open Source
17 179 (4.75%) Artificial Intelligence
18 177 (4.69%) Change Management
18 177 (4.69%) Kanban
19 175 (4.64%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 657 (17.42%) Python
2 508 (13.47%) JavaScript
3 405 (10.74%) Java
4 346 (9.18%) SQL
5 337 (8.94%) C#
6 271 (7.19%) PowerShell
7 145 (3.85%) C++
8 78 (2.07%) C
9 71 (1.88%) TypeScript
10 64 (1.70%) Bash
11 56 (1.49%) MATLAB
12 55 (1.46%) PL/SQL
13 40 (1.06%) Shell Script
14 34 (0.90%) Kotlin
15 23 (0.61%) VB
16 22 (0.58%) Go
17 16 (0.42%) Ruby
18 15 (0.40%) Bicep
19 13 (0.34%) VBA
20 11 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3,771 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 648 (17.18%) Degree
3 575 (15.25%) DV Cleared
4 178 (4.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 98 (2.60%) AWS Certification
6 96 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
7 94 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 89 (2.36%) Azure Certification
9 82 (2.17%) CISM
10 74 (1.96%) CISSP
11 68 (1.80%) CCNA
12 63 (1.67%) CESG Certified Professional
13 62 (1.64%) CCNP
14 59 (1.56%) CRISC
15 55 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
16 51 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
17 50 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 43 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
19 35 (0.93%) A+ Certification
20 29 (0.77%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (3.42%) SLA
2 122 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 113 (3.00%) Accessibility
4 75 (1.99%) NCSC
5 69 (1.83%) QA
6 50 (1.33%) WCAG
7 37 (0.98%) NIST
8 31 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 29 (0.77%) COBIT
10 24 (0.64%) GDPR
11 23 (0.61%) Def Stans
12 20 (0.53%) PMO
12 20 (0.53%) Software Quality Assurance
13 18 (0.48%) GRC
14 17 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
14 17 (0.45%) JSP 440
15 16 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 15 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 13 (0.34%) IEC 61508
17 13 (0.34%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 280 (7.43%) Active Directory
2 169 (4.48%) Docker
3 162 (4.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 125 (3.31%) Hyper-V
5 44 (1.17%) Oracle RAC
6 41 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
7 32 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
8 31 (0.82%) Firmware
9 30 (0.80%) vSphere
10 24 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
11 16 (0.42%) pfSense
12 13 (0.34%) Microsoft App-V
13 12 (0.32%) KVM
13 12 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
13 12 (0.32%) VMware NSX
14 10 (0.27%) NFS
15 8 (0.21%) XenDesktop
16 4 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
16 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.11%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 235 (6.23%) Ansible
2 212 (5.62%) Kubernetes
3 165 (4.38%) SCCM
4 153 (4.06%) Terraform
5 73 (1.94%) SCOM
6 63 (1.67%) Puppet
7 58 (1.54%) WSUS
8 54 (1.43%) vCenter Server
9 47 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
10 44 (1.17%) Data Guard
10 44 (1.17%) Oracle RMAN
11 31 (0.82%) EMC NetWorker
11 31 (0.82%) NetBackup
12 30 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
13 29 (0.77%) OpenView
14 28 (0.74%) Grafana
15 26 (0.69%) OpenSSO
16 25 (0.66%) ZABBIX
17 21 (0.56%) Nagios
18 15 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 647 (17.16%) Microsoft
2 291 (7.72%) ESRI
3 272 (7.21%) VMware
4 266 (7.05%) Oracle
5 227 (6.02%) Cisco
6 177 (4.69%) Juniper
7 99 (2.63%) Remedy
8 93 (2.47%) ServiceNow
9 92 (2.44%) Red Hat
10 77 (2.04%) Sparx
11 69 (1.83%) HP
12 52 (1.38%) Google
13 48 (1.27%) NetApp
14 45 (1.19%) Sun
15 44 (1.17%) Fortinet
16 42 (1.11%) IBM
16 42 (1.11%) Veeam
17 41 (1.09%) McAfee
17 41 (1.09%) Siebel
18 40 (1.06%) CheckPoint