Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 58 120
Rank change year-on-year +11 +62 -14
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 4,682 5,187 5,239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.64% 5.27% 3.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.00% 15.90% 11.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,653 2,571 2,449
10th Percentile £33,300 £35,400 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £56,325
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +10.96% +2.41%
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,400 £53,112
% change year-on-year -2.48% +6.19% +1.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,546 32,627 44,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.29% 33.12% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 17,214 14,683 19,092
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,573 £42,210 £40,967
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the UK

SC Cleared
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SC Cleared in the UK

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the UK

SC Cleared
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 23 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
England +9 3,838 £55,000 -10.86% 1,282
UK excluding London +13 3,739 £55,000 -2.48% 1,090
Work from Home 0 1,876 £60,000 -4.00% 580
South East +22 1,234 £55,000 - 381
South West 0 902 £55,000 -3.51% 237
London -24 602 £70,000 +3.70% 320
North of England +18 583 £57,500 -4.17% 182
North West +8 401 £55,000 -8.33% 132
Midlands -7 391 £55,000 -8.33% 132
West Midlands +3 255 £55,000 -8.33% 90
Scotland -43 236 £60,000 +14.29% 68
Wales +9 201 £58,150 +108.08% 16
Yorkshire +65 153 £60,000 -10.45% 32
East Midlands -5 136 £50,000 -4.76% 42
East of England -18 119 £52,000 -6.31% 85
Northern Ireland +26 102 £59,400 +65.00% 17
North East -29 29 £55,000 +15.79% 18

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 339 (7.24%) ArcGIS
2 330 (7.05%) GeoServer
3 133 (2.84%) Confluence
4 116 (2.48%) WebLogic
5 91 (1.94%) SharePoint
6 82 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
7 49 (1.05%) Apache
8 44 (0.94%) Oracle Service Bus
9 39 (0.83%) OpenStack
10 37 (0.79%) Apache Spark
11 31 (0.66%) IIS
12 21 (0.45%) Red Hat Fuse
13 20 (0.43%) JBoss
14 18 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
15 14 (0.30%) CMS
15 14 (0.30%) Skype for Business
16 10 (0.21%) SharePoint 2010
16 10 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
17 7 (0.15%) Drupal
18 4 (0.085%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 176 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 82 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 77 (1.64%) MS Visio
4 46 (0.98%) Simulink
4 46 (0.98%) Sketch
5 23 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
6 19 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 9 (0.19%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.085%) EPLAN
8 4 (0.085%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.064%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.043%) Abaqus
10 2 (0.043%) Fireworks
10 2 (0.043%) GNU Octave
10 2 (0.043%) InDesign
11 1 (0.021%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.021%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.021%) Blender
11 1 (0.021%) Revit
Business Applications
1 87 (1.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 86 (1.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 41 (0.88%) Siebel CRM
4 18 (0.38%) Maximo
5 12 (0.26%) Oracle Cash Management
6 10 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 10 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
6 10 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
6 10 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.13%) Elite 3E
7 6 (0.13%) Primavera
8 5 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
8 5 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
8 5 (0.11%) SAP WM
8 5 (0.11%) Teamcenter
9 4 (0.085%) Q-Pulse
9 4 (0.085%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.085%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.085%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.085%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 1,243 (26.55%) Azure
2 1,010 (21.57%) AWS
3 192 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
4 140 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
5 138 (2.95%) GCP
6 135 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
7 119 (2.54%) Serverless
8 115 (2.46%) Power Platform
9 113 (2.41%) SaaS
10 95 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
11 79 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
12 76 (1.62%) OpenShift
13 72 (1.54%) Miro
14 70 (1.50%) OCI
15 62 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
16 61 (1.30%) PaaS
17 58 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
18 55 (1.17%) Amazon ECS
19 48 (1.03%) Amazon SQS
20 47 (1.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 288 (6.15%) Firewall
2 171 (3.65%) DNS
3 121 (2.58%) WAN
4 120 (2.56%) TCP/IP
5 86 (1.84%) Wireless
6 84 (1.79%) LAN
7 83 (1.77%) Network Security
8 77 (1.64%) BGP
9 76 (1.62%) DHCP
10 75 (1.60%) SSL
11 74 (1.58%) VPN
12 72 (1.54%) SAN
13 51 (1.09%) SD-WAN
14 40 (0.85%) Software-Defined Radio
15 38 (0.81%) IPsec
16 37 (0.79%) Cisco Firepower
17 36 (0.77%) MPLS
18 33 (0.70%) AMQP
19 29 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
20 28 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 426 (9.10%) PostgreSQL
2 343 (7.33%) GIS
3 330 (7.05%) QGIS
4 157 (3.35%) Relational Database
5 114 (2.43%) SQL Server
6 107 (2.29%) Oracle Database
7 91 (1.94%) NoSQL
8 73 (1.56%) Hadoop
9 68 (1.45%) Big Data
10 66 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
11 65 (1.39%) Power BI
12 63 (1.35%) RDBMS
13 59 (1.26%) MongoDB
14 45 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
14 45 (0.96%) Oracle Database 11g
15 44 (0.94%) Oracle Database 10g
15 44 (0.94%) VLDB
16 40 (0.85%) MySQL
17 34 (0.73%) Oracle BI EE
17 34 (0.73%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 229 (4.89%) JIRA
2 225 (4.81%) Git
3 203 (4.34%) Jenkins
4 104 (2.22%) Visual Studio
5 92 (1.96%) Bitbucket
6 85 (1.82%) GitLab
7 59 (1.26%) Sourcetree
8 35 (0.75%) Rational DOORS
9 30 (0.64%) Cucumber
10 29 (0.62%) Selenium
11 28 (0.60%) JUnit
12 23 (0.49%) Ant
13 22 (0.47%) Subversion
14 21 (0.45%) SonarQube
15 17 (0.36%) Vagrant
16 16 (0.34%) Terragrunt
17 15 (0.32%) CMake
17 15 (0.32%) LabVIEW
17 15 (0.32%) REST Assured
18 14 (0.30%) TestNG
General
1 1,052 (22.47%) Social Skills
2 493 (10.53%) Public Sector
3 341 (7.28%) Finance
4 312 (6.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 302 (6.45%) Aerospace
6 248 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
7 200 (4.27%) Presentation Skills
8 124 (2.65%) Games
9 116 (2.48%) Police
10 108 (2.31%) Military
11 104 (2.22%) Telecoms
12 76 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
13 60 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
14 55 (1.17%) Manufacturing
15 50 (1.07%) Electronics
15 50 (1.07%) Retail
16 47 (1.00%) Law
17 32 (0.68%) Marketing
18 30 (0.64%) Legal
19 16 (0.34%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1,024 (21.87%) Senior
2 659 (14.08%) Architect
3 574 (12.26%) Software Engineer
4 523 (11.17%) Developer
5 352 (7.52%) Lead
6 344 (7.35%) Analyst
7 300 (6.41%) Senior Software Engineer
8 295 (6.30%) Solutions Architect
9 206 (4.40%) Consultant
10 199 (4.25%) Systems Engineer
11 192 (4.10%) Project Manager
12 182 (3.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 167 (3.57%) Senior Developer
14 163 (3.48%) Network Engineer
15 144 (3.08%) DevOps Engineer
16 120 (2.56%) Business Analyst
17 115 (2.46%) Designer
18 108 (2.31%) Technical Architect
19 94 (2.01%) Senior Analyst
20 92 (1.96%) Presales Solution Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 460 (9.82%) .NET
2 445 (9.50%) React
3 333 (7.11%) Leaflet
4 332 (7.09%) OpenLayers
5 331 (7.07%) CSS
6 330 (7.05%) PostGIS
7 303 (6.47%) .NET Core
8 196 (4.19%) Node.js
9 158 (3.37%) Spring
10 156 (3.33%) REST
11 143 (3.05%) AngularJS
12 135 (2.88%) Spring Boot
13 125 (2.67%) HTML
14 103 (2.20%) Web Services
15 85 (1.82%) XML
16 84 (1.79%) RESTful
17 81 (1.73%) RabbitMQ
18 76 (1.62%) Unity (Game Engine)
19 64 (1.37%) SOAP
20 63 (1.35%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 163 (3.48%) Management Information System
2 146 (3.12%) Data Centre
3 128 (2.73%) Product Ownership
4 99 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
5 95 (2.03%) Virtual Team
6 93 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
7 86 (1.84%) Driving Licence
8 78 (1.67%) Virtual Reality
9 68 (1.45%) Cloud Native
10 66 (1.41%) Public Cloud
11 62 (1.32%) Onboarding
12 60 (1.28%) Operational Technology
13 59 (1.26%) Cyberattack
13 59 (1.26%) Private Cloud
14 56 (1.20%) Algorithms
15 50 (1.07%) CMDB
16 40 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
17 38 (0.81%) PKI
18 37 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
19 36 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 651 (13.90%) Linux
2 611 (13.05%) Windows
3 269 (5.75%) Windows Server
4 138 (2.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 135 (2.88%) Unix
6 110 (2.35%) Ubuntu
7 90 (1.92%) Windows 10
8 84 (1.79%) CentOS
9 61 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
10 53 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
11 51 (1.09%) Solaris
12 34 (0.73%) Android
12 34 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
13 31 (0.66%) Windows 7
14 29 (0.62%) Debian
15 18 (0.38%) AIX
15 18 (0.38%) VMS
16 12 (0.26%) Windows XP
17 10 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
17 10 (0.21%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,594 (34.05%) Agile
2 1,319 (28.17%) Actionable Insight
3 1,092 (23.32%) DevOps
4 890 (19.01%) Software Engineering
5 768 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
6 469 (10.02%) Scrum
7 432 (9.23%) Cybersecurity
8 418 (8.93%) Project Management
9 341 (7.28%) ITIL
9 341 (7.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 341 (7.28%) Web Development
10 315 (6.73%) Collaborative Working
11 306 (6.54%) Mentoring
12 305 (6.51%) CI/CD
13 264 (5.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 250 (5.34%) Service Management
15 227 (4.85%) Kanban
16 222 (4.74%) Artificial Intelligence
17 220 (4.70%) Presales
18 206 (4.40%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 789 (16.85%) Python
2 629 (13.43%) JavaScript
3 518 (11.06%) Java
4 438 (9.35%) C#
5 423 (9.03%) SQL
6 295 (6.30%) PowerShell
7 156 (3.33%) C++
8 94 (2.01%) Bash
9 83 (1.77%) C
10 78 (1.67%) TypeScript
11 62 (1.32%) PL/SQL
12 58 (1.24%) MATLAB
13 53 (1.13%) Shell Script
14 37 (0.79%) Go
15 30 (0.64%) Kotlin
16 25 (0.53%) Bicep
17 21 (0.45%) VB
18 19 (0.41%) Ruby
18 19 (0.41%) VBA
19 18 (0.38%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 4,682 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 754 (16.10%) Degree
3 668 (14.27%) DV Cleared
4 252 (5.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 159 (3.40%) AWS Certification
6 140 (2.99%) Azure Certification
7 133 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 116 (2.48%) CISM
9 114 (2.43%) Cisco Certification
10 111 (2.37%) CISSP
11 88 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
12 74 (1.58%) CCNA
13 71 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 69 (1.47%) CCNP
15 64 (1.37%) CESG Certified Professional
16 63 (1.35%) CRISC
17 57 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
18 53 (1.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
19 36 (0.77%) A+ Certification
20 33 (0.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 145 (3.10%) Accessibility
3 133 (2.84%) SLA
4 90 (1.92%) QA
5 88 (1.88%) NCSC
6 58 (1.24%) WCAG
7 54 (1.15%) NIST
8 39 (0.83%) PMO
9 38 (0.81%) GDPR
10 33 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 32 (0.68%) COBIT
12 29 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
13 26 (0.56%) Def Stans
14 24 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 22 (0.47%) Data Quality
15 22 (0.47%) GRC
16 20 (0.43%) JSP 440
16 20 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
17 16 (0.34%) ISO 9001
17 16 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 319 (6.81%) Active Directory
2 267 (5.70%) Docker
3 182 (3.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 133 (2.84%) Hyper-V
5 44 (0.94%) Oracle RAC
5 44 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
6 36 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
7 32 (0.68%) vSphere
8 30 (0.64%) Firmware
9 23 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
10 21 (0.45%) KVM
11 16 (0.34%) pfSense
12 12 (0.26%) VMware NSX
13 11 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
14 10 (0.21%) NFS
14 10 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
14 10 (0.21%) XenDesktop
15 4 (0.085%) Embedded Firmware
15 4 (0.085%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.085%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 301 (6.43%) Kubernetes
2 291 (6.22%) Ansible
3 255 (5.45%) Terraform
4 159 (3.40%) SCCM
5 76 (1.62%) Puppet
6 66 (1.41%) SCOM
7 55 (1.17%) vCenter Server
8 54 (1.15%) WSUS
9 48 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
10 44 (0.94%) Data Guard
10 44 (0.94%) Oracle RMAN
11 38 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
12 36 (0.77%) Grafana
13 33 (0.70%) NetBackup
14 32 (0.68%) OpenView
15 29 (0.62%) EMC NetWorker
16 26 (0.56%) OpenSSO
17 24 (0.51%) ZABBIX
18 21 (0.45%) Prometheus
19 19 (0.41%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 773 (16.51%) Microsoft
2 342 (7.30%) Oracle
3 338 (7.22%) ESRI
4 298 (6.36%) VMware
5 259 (5.53%) Cisco
6 210 (4.49%) Juniper
7 127 (2.71%) ServiceNow
8 113 (2.41%) Remedy
9 94 (2.01%) Google
10 93 (1.99%) Red Hat
11 86 (1.84%) Sparx
12 85 (1.82%) HP
13 55 (1.17%) Fortinet
14 49 (1.05%) NetApp
14 49 (1.05%) Palo Alto
15 47 (1.00%) IBM
15 47 (1.00%) Splunk
16 46 (0.98%) McAfee
17 45 (0.96%) BMC
17 45 (0.96%) Sun