Security Cleared Jobs in the Midlands

Security Clearance
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 26 58
Rank change year-on-year -10 +32 -5
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 655 709 545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.11% 7.99% 4.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.19% 19.97% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 405 328 218
10th Percentile £25,830 £31,250 £26,850
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,625 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% +11.50% -16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,313
90th Percentile £74,600 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,091 3,550 3,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.13% 40.00% 31.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,887 1,245 1,770
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,750 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.70% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,399 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.34% +9.09% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the Midlands

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the Midlands

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the Midlands

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 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
West Midlands +11 462 £55,000 -4.35% 144
East Midlands -34 193 £43,072 -19.87% 57
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 33 (5.04%) IIS
2 29 (4.43%) ArcGIS
3 28 (4.27%) GeoServer
4 10 (1.53%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.22%) Apache
5 8 (1.22%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.76%) Appian
6 5 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.61%) Confluence
7 4 (0.61%) Office Communications Server
7 4 (0.61%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.46%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.46%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 3 (0.46%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (4.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 24 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.92%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.92%) Simulink
6 5 (0.76%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.61%) EPLAN
7 4 (0.61%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (2.29%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.46%) Maximo
3 3 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.31%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 2 (0.31%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.15%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 154 (23.51%) Azure
2 96 (14.66%) AWS
3 27 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (2.75%) Entra ID
6 16 (2.44%) SaaS
7 13 (1.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 13 (1.98%) GitHub
8 12 (1.83%) PaaS
9 11 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (1.68%) Power Platform
10 10 (1.53%) IaaS
11 7 (1.07%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (1.07%) GCP
12 6 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (0.92%) Miro
13 4 (0.61%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (0.61%) Heroku
13 4 (0.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 75 (11.45%) WAN
2 56 (8.55%) Firewall
3 34 (5.19%) SD-WAN
4 32 (4.89%) MPLS
5 30 (4.58%) IPsec
6 25 (3.82%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (3.51%) DNS
8 20 (3.05%) Wireless
9 16 (2.44%) BGP
10 15 (2.29%) Network Security
11 14 (2.14%) DHCP
12 12 (1.83%) TCP/IP
13 9 (1.37%) LAN
13 9 (1.37%) VLAN
14 7 (1.07%) VPN
15 6 (0.92%) 5G
15 6 (0.92%) Cisco Firepower
15 6 (0.92%) VSAN
16 5 (0.76%) 802.11
16 5 (0.76%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (7.18%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.34%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (4.73%) GIS
4 28 (4.27%) QGIS
5 19 (2.90%) Oracle Database
6 10 (1.53%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.22%) Power BI
8 7 (1.07%) Oracle Database 12c
9 5 (0.76%) MySQL
9 5 (0.76%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.76%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.46%) DB2
11 3 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.31%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
13 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
13 1 (0.15%) Redis
13 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (3.21%) GitLab
2 16 (2.44%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (1.68%) JIRA
3 11 (1.68%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.46%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.31%) Git
5 2 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.15%) Appium
6 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.15%) JUnit
6 1 (0.15%) Postman
6 1 (0.15%) PVCS
6 1 (0.15%) Selenium
6 1 (0.15%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.15%) TestNG
6 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 172 (26.26%) Social Skills
2 83 (12.67%) Public Sector
3 74 (11.30%) Finance
4 50 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 29 (4.43%) Police
6 27 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (3.97%) Influencing Skills
7 26 (3.97%) Manufacturing
8 25 (3.82%) Retail
9 24 (3.66%) Telecoms
10 21 (3.21%) Games
11 20 (3.05%) Military
12 17 (2.60%) Local Government
13 15 (2.29%) Analytical Skills
14 11 (1.68%) Electronics
15 7 (1.07%) Back Office
16 5 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.76%) Legal
16 5 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
17 3 (0.46%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 112 (17.10%) Senior
2 71 (10.84%) Architect
3 65 (9.92%) Network Engineer
4 54 (8.24%) Software Engineer
5 46 (7.02%) Project Manager
6 44 (6.72%) Lead
6 44 (6.72%) Systems Engineer
7 40 (6.11%) Solutions Architect
8 36 (5.50%) Consultant
9 35 (5.34%) Developer
10 31 (4.73%) Senior Software Engineer
11 30 (4.58%) Analyst
12 24 (3.66%) Graduate
12 24 (3.66%) Graduate Consultant
12 24 (3.66%) Research Consultant
12 24 (3.66%) Resource Consultant
13 17 (2.60%) Administrator
14 14 (2.14%) WAN Engineer
15 13 (1.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 13 (1.98%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.80%) .NET
1 38 (5.80%) React
2 28 (4.27%) Leaflet
2 28 (4.27%) OpenLayers
2 28 (4.27%) PostGIS
3 26 (3.97%) .NET Core
4 24 (3.66%) CSS
5 17 (2.60%) 802.1X
6 15 (2.29%) REST
6 15 (2.29%) WebRTC
7 11 (1.68%) ARM Templates
8 10 (1.53%) Azure Blueprints
8 10 (1.53%) Web Services
9 9 (1.37%) RESTful
9 9 (1.37%) SOAP
10 7 (1.07%) HTML
10 7 (1.07%) Node.js
11 6 (0.92%) Django
12 5 (0.76%) Spring Boot
13 4 (0.61%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 63 (9.62%) Management Information System
2 61 (9.31%) Driving Licence
3 28 (4.27%) Clustering
4 24 (3.66%) Public Cloud
5 21 (3.21%) Virtual Team
6 14 (2.14%) Operational Technology
6 14 (2.14%) Private Cloud
6 14 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
7 13 (1.98%) Data Centre
8 12 (1.83%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (1.53%) PKI
10 10 (1.53%) Security Operations Centre
11 8 (1.22%) SCADA
12 7 (1.07%) CMDB
13 5 (0.76%) Cloud Native
13 5 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.76%) Low-Code
13 5 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
14 4 (0.61%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 76 (11.60%) Windows
2 45 (6.87%) Linux
3 31 (4.73%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.90%) Unix
5 8 (1.22%) Solaris
6 6 (0.92%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.61%) Android
7 4 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (0.46%) zOS
9 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (21.37%) Agile
2 110 (16.79%) Cybersecurity
3 93 (14.20%) Software Engineering
4 91 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
5 86 (13.13%) Actionable Insight
6 85 (12.98%) DevOps
7 80 (12.21%) Project Management
8 72 (10.99%) Mentoring
9 62 (9.47%) Customer Service
10 52 (7.94%) ITIL
10 52 (7.94%) Systems Engineering
11 44 (6.72%) Project Delivery
12 40 (6.11%) Customer Requirements
13 35 (5.34%) Risk Management
14 34 (5.19%) Validation
15 31 (4.73%) Stakeholder Management
16 30 (4.58%) Change Management
16 30 (4.58%) CI/CD
16 30 (4.58%) ERP
16 30 (4.58%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (9.92%) JavaScript
1 65 (9.92%) Python
2 34 (5.19%) SQL
3 32 (4.89%) Java
4 31 (4.73%) C#
5 21 (3.21%) TypeScript
6 19 (2.90%) PowerShell
7 17 (2.60%) MATLAB
8 15 (2.29%) C++
9 8 (1.22%) C
9 8 (1.22%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.61%) R
11 3 (0.46%) Groovy
11 3 (0.46%) Rust
12 2 (0.31%) Bash
13 1 (0.15%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.15%) SAPscript
13 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 400 (61.07%) SC Cleared
2 105 (16.03%) Degree
3 66 (10.08%) DV Cleared
4 30 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (4.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 25 (3.82%) CCNA
7 20 (3.05%) CCNP
8 16 (2.44%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.83%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.22%) CCSA
11 8 (1.22%) HND
12 7 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.07%) Oracle Certification
13 6 (0.92%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (0.76%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.76%) MCSA
15 4 (0.61%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (4.58%) ISO 9001
2 30 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 29 (4.43%) Accessibility
4 22 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (2.60%) SLA
6 14 (2.14%) NCSC
7 13 (1.98%) Def Stans
7 13 (1.98%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.53%) NIST
9 9 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 6 (0.92%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.76%) Data Quality
12 5 (0.76%) QA
12 5 (0.76%) WCAG
13 4 (0.61%) JSP 440
13 4 (0.61%) PMO
14 3 (0.46%) COBIT
14 3 (0.46%) MISRA C
System Software
1 39 (5.95%) Active Directory
2 34 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.75%) VMware NSX
4 15 (2.29%) Docker
5 14 (2.14%) vSphere
6 13 (1.98%) KVM
7 6 (0.92%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
9 3 (0.46%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 30 (4.58%) EnCase
2 18 (2.75%) Kubernetes
3 17 (2.60%) Ansible
4 15 (2.29%) Terraform
5 13 (1.98%) SCCM
6 8 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.92%) SCOM
8 5 (0.76%) VxRail
9 4 (0.61%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.61%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.46%) Backup Exec
10 3 (0.46%) Nagios
10 3 (0.46%) OpenView
11 2 (0.31%) Grafana
11 2 (0.31%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.31%) Puppet
12 1 (0.15%) Kibana
12 1 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 130 (19.85%) Microsoft
2 58 (8.85%) VMware
3 57 (8.70%) Cisco
4 49 (7.48%) Juniper
5 30 (4.58%) Oracle
6 28 (4.27%) ESRI
7 25 (3.82%) Dell
8 23 (3.51%) IFS
9 22 (3.36%) CheckPoint
10 17 (2.60%) NEC
11 16 (2.44%) Workday
12 15 (2.29%) Aruba
13 14 (2.14%) Fortinet
14 13 (1.98%) ServiceNow
15 12 (1.83%) Meraki
16 8 (1.22%) Cellebrite
16 8 (1.22%) Veeam
17 7 (1.07%) EMC
17 7 (1.07%) HP
18 6 (0.92%) IBM