Security Cleared Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security 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 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 16 19 34
Rank change year-on-year +3 +15 +15
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 6,485 5,784 5,555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.70% 9.97% 7.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 32.75% 26.75% 23.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,824 2,274 2,489
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,227 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,804 21,625 23,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.56% 37.27% 32.38%
Number of salaries quoted 12,268 8,007 10,491
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,750 £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 £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the UK excluding London

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the UK excluding London

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the UK excluding London

Security 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 Security Cleared within the UK excluding London 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
South East +5 2,024 £55,000 +10.00% 495
South West +3 1,930 £57,000 +3.64% 467
North of England +3 830 £55,000 -8.33% 261
Midlands -10 655 £55,000 -1.35% 200
North West -4 599 £54,223 -9.63% 193
West Midlands +11 462 £55,000 -4.35% 146
East of England +18 425 £55,000 - 136
Scotland -55 314 £58,000 +16.00% 124
Wales +2 228 £58,800 +91.97% 33
East Midlands -34 193 £43,072 -19.87% 53
Yorkshire +7 192 £60,000 -9.77% 43
Northern Ireland +12 113 £60,000 +71.43% 34
North East -28 39 £55,000 +22.22% 26
Security Cleared
UK

Security 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
1 295 (4.55%) ArcGIS
2 284 (4.38%) GeoServer
3 124 (1.91%) Confluence
4 112 (1.73%) WebLogic
5 95 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
6 84 (1.30%) SharePoint
7 81 (1.25%) IIS
8 76 (1.17%) Apache
9 48 (0.74%) Apache Spark
10 44 (0.68%) Oracle Service Bus
11 32 (0.49%) OpenStack
12 21 (0.32%) nginx
13 19 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
14 18 (0.28%) Tomcat
15 16 (0.25%) Jupyter
16 15 (0.23%) CMS
16 15 (0.23%) SharePoint 2010
16 15 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
17 14 (0.22%) Skype for Business
18 10 (0.15%) JBoss
Applications
1 256 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
2 140 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 129 (1.99%) Simulink
4 76 (1.17%) MS Visio
5 74 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 40 (0.62%) Sketch
7 30 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
8 10 (0.15%) AutoCAD
9 6 (0.093%) Trello
9 6 (0.093%) Windchill
10 4 (0.062%) EPLAN
10 4 (0.062%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.062%) Siemens NX
10 4 (0.062%) Stateflow
11 3 (0.046%) Revit
11 3 (0.046%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.031%) Abaqus
12 2 (0.031%) Fireworks
12 2 (0.031%) InDesign
12 2 (0.031%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 88 (1.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 73 (1.13%) Remedy ITSM
3 49 (0.76%) Primavera
4 41 (0.63%) Siebel CRM
5 37 (0.57%) NEC Housing
6 24 (0.37%) Maximo
7 12 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
8 9 (0.14%) Teamcenter
9 7 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
10 6 (0.093%) Oracle Applications
10 6 (0.093%) Oracle ERP
11 4 (0.062%) Q-Pulse
12 3 (0.046%) SAP CO
12 3 (0.046%) SAP ERP
12 3 (0.046%) SAP FI
12 3 (0.046%) SAP FI/CO
12 3 (0.046%) Workday HCM
13 2 (0.031%) Dynamics CRM
13 2 (0.031%) SAP Business ByDesign
13 2 (0.031%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 1,286 (19.83%) Azure
2 1,086 (16.75%) AWS
3 217 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
4 124 (1.91%) SaaS
5 115 (1.77%) OpenShift
6 104 (1.60%) Amazon EKS
7 102 (1.57%) GCP
8 98 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
9 90 (1.39%) Serverless
10 70 (1.08%) Entra ID
10 70 (1.08%) Power Platform
11 67 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
12 63 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
13 62 (0.96%) Miro
14 57 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
15 56 (0.86%) PaaS
16 52 (0.80%) AWS Lambda
17 46 (0.71%) OCI
18 44 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
18 44 (0.68%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 392 (6.04%) Firewall
2 249 (3.84%) DNS
3 193 (2.98%) WAN
4 162 (2.50%) TCP/IP
5 141 (2.17%) BGP
6 135 (2.08%) DHCP
7 124 (1.91%) Network Security
8 109 (1.68%) LAN
9 89 (1.37%) Wireless
10 86 (1.33%) VPN
11 84 (1.30%) SAN
12 71 (1.09%) SSL
13 69 (1.06%) Cisco ASA
14 66 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
15 60 (0.93%) MPLS
16 58 (0.89%) SD-WAN
17 50 (0.77%) OSPF
18 48 (0.74%) IPsec
19 45 (0.69%) Cisco Firepower
20 44 (0.68%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 397 (6.12%) PostgreSQL
2 318 (4.90%) GIS
3 284 (4.38%) QGIS
4 161 (2.48%) SQL Server
5 128 (1.97%) Oracle Database
6 123 (1.90%) Relational Database
7 98 (1.51%) NoSQL
8 90 (1.39%) Hadoop
9 87 (1.34%) MongoDB
10 82 (1.26%) Big Data
11 58 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
12 55 (0.85%) RDBMS
13 53 (0.82%) Power BI
14 45 (0.69%) Oracle Database 11g
15 44 (0.68%) Oracle Database 10g
15 44 (0.68%) VLDB
16 41 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
17 38 (0.59%) MySQL
18 35 (0.54%) Oracle BI EE
18 35 (0.54%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 262 (4.04%) JIRA
2 209 (3.22%) Git
3 166 (2.56%) Jenkins
4 133 (2.05%) GitLab
5 130 (2.00%) Visual Studio
6 93 (1.43%) Rational DOORS
7 87 (1.34%) Bitbucket
8 59 (0.91%) Sourcetree
9 50 (0.77%) Selenium
10 39 (0.60%) Rational Rhapsody
11 29 (0.45%) SonarQube
12 27 (0.42%) Subversion
13 25 (0.39%) Cucumber
14 23 (0.35%) LabVIEW
15 22 (0.34%) Ant
15 22 (0.34%) JUnit
16 21 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
17 19 (0.29%) Vagrant
18 16 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
18 16 (0.25%) JMeter
General
1 1,268 (19.55%) Social Skills
2 574 (8.85%) Aerospace
3 474 (7.31%) Finance
4 439 (6.77%) Public Sector
5 322 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
6 263 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 229 (3.53%) Military
8 171 (2.64%) Games
9 161 (2.48%) Telecoms
10 141 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
11 132 (2.04%) Manufacturing
12 123 (1.90%) Police
13 117 (1.80%) Electronics
14 110 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
15 89 (1.37%) Retail
16 83 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
17 53 (0.82%) Local Government
18 45 (0.69%) Law
19 36 (0.56%) Legal
20 30 (0.46%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1,131 (17.44%) Senior
2 783 (12.07%) Software Engineer
3 731 (11.27%) Architect
4 531 (8.19%) Developer
5 499 (7.69%) Lead
6 458 (7.06%) Systems Engineer
7 445 (6.86%) Analyst
8 329 (5.07%) Senior Software Engineer
9 308 (4.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 289 (4.46%) Consultant
10 289 (4.46%) Network Engineer
11 246 (3.79%) Project Manager
12 241 (3.72%) Solutions Architect
13 197 (3.04%) DevOps Engineer
14 182 (2.81%) Administrator
15 153 (2.36%) Support Engineer
16 150 (2.31%) Senior Developer
17 130 (2.00%) Security Consultant
18 115 (1.77%) Business Analyst
19 108 (1.67%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 441 (6.80%) React
2 415 (6.40%) .NET
3 287 (4.43%) Leaflet
3 287 (4.43%) OpenLayers
4 286 (4.41%) CSS
5 284 (4.38%) PostGIS
6 262 (4.04%) .NET Core
7 181 (2.79%) Node.js
8 147 (2.27%) AngularJS
9 126 (1.94%) Spring
10 124 (1.91%) REST
11 120 (1.85%) Spring Boot
12 101 (1.56%) HTML
13 89 (1.37%) RabbitMQ
14 73 (1.13%) Unity (Game Engine)
15 71 (1.09%) XML
16 66 (1.02%) Elastic Stack
17 62 (0.96%) Web Services
18 58 (0.89%) Middleware
19 55 (0.85%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 276 (4.26%) Management Information System
2 205 (3.16%) Driving Licence
3 197 (3.04%) Algorithms
4 186 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
5 161 (2.48%) Data Centre
6 119 (1.84%) Public Cloud
7 109 (1.68%) Product Ownership
8 104 (1.60%) Private Cloud
9 97 (1.50%) PKI
10 89 (1.37%) Cloud Native
10 89 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
11 80 (1.23%) Virtual Team
12 79 (1.22%) Virtual Reality
13 69 (1.06%) Operational Technology
14 68 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
15 57 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
16 56 (0.86%) Clustering
17 54 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
18 50 (0.77%) Cyber Defence
19 46 (0.71%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1,064 (16.41%) Linux
2 901 (13.89%) Windows
3 317 (4.89%) Windows Server
4 191 (2.95%) Unix
5 181 (2.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 149 (2.30%) Windows 10
7 135 (2.08%) CentOS
8 129 (1.99%) Windows Server 2016
9 125 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
10 112 (1.73%) Ubuntu
11 93 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
12 72 (1.11%) Embedded Linux
13 69 (1.06%) Solaris
14 59 (0.91%) Windows 7
15 40 (0.62%) Android
16 33 (0.51%) Debian
17 16 (0.25%) AIX
18 13 (0.20%) VMS
19 12 (0.19%) Windows NT
19 12 (0.19%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,882 (29.02%) Agile
2 1,445 (22.28%) Actionable Insight
3 1,170 (18.04%) Software Engineering
4 1,120 (17.27%) DevOps
5 1,014 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
6 656 (10.12%) Cybersecurity
7 582 (8.97%) Project Management
8 527 (8.13%) ITIL
9 497 (7.66%) Scrum
10 479 (7.39%) Collaborative Working
11 452 (6.97%) Mentoring
12 424 (6.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 387 (5.97%) Systems Engineering
14 371 (5.72%) Stakeholder Management
15 325 (5.01%) CI/CD
16 306 (4.72%) Web Development
17 297 (4.58%) Validation
18 284 (4.38%) Customer Service
19 277 (4.27%) Service Management
20 270 (4.16%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 1,110 (17.12%) Python
2 658 (10.15%) JavaScript
3 643 (9.92%) Java
4 491 (7.57%) C#
5 461 (7.11%) SQL
6 411 (6.34%) PowerShell
7 303 (4.67%) C++
8 276 (4.26%) C
9 261 (4.02%) Bash
10 145 (2.24%) MATLAB
11 114 (1.76%) TypeScript
12 85 (1.31%) Shell Script
13 59 (0.91%) Rust
14 56 (0.86%) Fortran
15 55 (0.85%) PL/SQL
16 52 (0.80%) Embedded C
17 43 (0.66%) Ada
18 36 (0.56%) VB
19 35 (0.54%) Kotlin
20 26 (0.40%) Go
Qualifications
1 3,777 (58.24%) SC Cleared
2 1,414 (21.80%) DV Cleared
3 1,098 (16.93%) Degree
4 542 (8.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 195 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
6 138 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 127 (1.96%) CCNP
8 124 (1.91%) CCNA
9 101 (1.56%) AWS Certification
10 96 (1.48%) CISSP
11 92 (1.42%) Azure Certification
12 87 (1.34%) CISM
13 73 (1.13%) CESG Certified Professional
14 72 (1.11%) DBS Check
15 68 (1.05%) Master's Degree
16 67 (1.03%) PhD
17 61 (0.94%) CRISC
18 57 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
19 55 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
20 50 (0.77%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 223 (3.44%) SLA
2 172 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 155 (2.39%) Accessibility
4 130 (2.00%) QA
5 99 (1.53%) NCSC
5 99 (1.53%) NIST
6 63 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
7 51 (0.79%) WCAG
8 47 (0.72%) NIST 800
8 47 (0.72%) PCI DSS
9 45 (0.69%) ISO 9001
10 40 (0.62%) GDPR
11 38 (0.59%) Def Stans
12 35 (0.54%) GRC
12 35 (0.54%) JSP 440
13 33 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 31 (0.48%) PMO
15 30 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 17025
16 29 (0.45%) COBIT
17 28 (0.43%) RMADS
System Software
1 437 (6.74%) Active Directory
2 318 (4.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 307 (4.73%) Docker
4 175 (2.70%) Hyper-V
5 100 (1.54%) Firmware
6 78 (1.20%) vSphere
7 74 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
8 61 (0.94%) VMware NSX
9 52 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
10 50 (0.77%) KVM
11 44 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
12 24 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
12 24 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
13 16 (0.25%) pfSense
14 15 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
14 15 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
15 11 (0.17%) NFS
16 8 (0.12%) XenDesktop
17 5 (0.077%) SRDF
18 4 (0.062%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 433 (6.68%) Ansible
2 374 (5.77%) Kubernetes
3 274 (4.23%) Terraform
4 211 (3.25%) SCCM
5 134 (2.07%) Puppet
6 89 (1.37%) SCOM
6 89 (1.37%) WSUS
7 84 (1.30%) vCenter Server
8 72 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
9 47 (0.72%) Grafana
10 44 (0.68%) Data Guard
10 44 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
11 39 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
12 36 (0.56%) FortiGate
13 31 (0.48%) EMC NetWorker
13 31 (0.48%) NetBackup
14 30 (0.46%) EnCase
15 29 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 29 (0.45%) OpenView
16 26 (0.40%) OpenSSO
Vendors
1 1,096 (16.90%) Microsoft
2 486 (7.49%) VMware
3 426 (6.57%) Cisco
4 365 (5.63%) Oracle
5 291 (4.49%) ESRI
6 264 (4.07%) Juniper
7 187 (2.88%) Red Hat
8 114 (1.76%) ServiceNow
9 102 (1.57%) Remedy
10 91 (1.40%) HP
11 88 (1.36%) Sparx
12 83 (1.28%) IBM
13 77 (1.19%) Dell
14 70 (1.08%) Fortinet
15 61 (0.94%) Google
16 59 (0.91%) McAfee
17 54 (0.83%) CheckPoint
18 53 (0.82%) NEC
18 53 (0.82%) Veeam
19 51 (0.79%) Palo Alto