SC Cleared Jobs in England

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 63 119
Rank change year-on-year +13 +56 -17
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 3,826 4,466 4,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.51% 4.79% 3.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.80% 14.64% 11.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,381 2,411 2,111
10th Percentile £31,500 £34,452 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,250 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,218 30,499 34,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.56% 32.72% 26.45%
Number of salaries quoted 15,725 13,726 16,723
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in England

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for SC Cleared in England

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in England

SC Cleared
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +22 1,217 £55,000 +1.85% 271
South West -1 872 £52,500 -4.55% 237
London -12 613 £72,500 +7.41% 188
North of England +39 580 £57,500 -4.17% 151
North West +13 399 £56,504 -1.73% 120
Midlands +6 387 £52,500 -12.50% 85
West Midlands +7 242 £55,000 -10.93% 66
Yorkshire +86 156 £60,000 -10.45% 16
East Midlands +1 145 £50,000 -4.76% 19
East of England -12 130 £55,000 - 71
North East -29 27 £55,000 +15.79% 15
SC Cleared
UK

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 204 (5.33%) ArcGIS
2 196 (5.12%) GeoServer
3 133 (3.48%) Confluence
4 86 (2.25%) SharePoint
5 66 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
6 65 (1.70%) WebLogic
7 45 (1.18%) Apache
8 39 (1.02%) OpenStack
9 35 (0.91%) IIS
10 32 (0.84%) Apache Spark
11 26 (0.68%) Red Hat Fuse
12 25 (0.65%) JBoss
13 16 (0.42%) CMS
14 15 (0.39%) Oracle Service Bus
15 13 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2010
16 8 (0.21%) Drupal
16 8 (0.21%) SharePoint 2010
16 8 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
17 6 (0.16%) nginx
18 4 (0.10%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 135 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (1.02%) Simulink
4 38 (0.99%) MS Visio
5 28 (0.73%) Sketch
6 23 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
7 16 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 9 (0.24%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.10%) EPLAN
9 4 (0.10%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.078%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.052%) Abaqus
11 2 (0.052%) Fireworks
11 2 (0.052%) GNU Octave
11 2 (0.052%) InDesign
12 1 (0.026%) Adobe XD
12 1 (0.026%) Blender
12 1 (0.026%) Revit
Business Applications
1 69 (1.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 53 (1.39%) Remedy ITSM
3 38 (0.99%) Siebel CRM
4 17 (0.44%) Maximo
5 9 (0.24%) Elite 3E
5 9 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
7 5 (0.13%) Primavera
7 5 (0.13%) SAP ERP
7 5 (0.13%) Teamcenter
8 4 (0.10%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (0.10%) Oracle Cash Management
8 4 (0.10%) SAP CO
8 4 (0.10%) SAP FI
8 4 (0.10%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (0.10%) SAP HR
8 4 (0.10%) SAP WM
9 3 (0.078%) SAP CRM
9 3 (0.078%) SAP CX
9 3 (0.078%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 920 (24.05%) Azure
2 743 (19.42%) AWS
3 188 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
4 120 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
5 111 (2.90%) Amazon EKS
6 101 (2.64%) Power Platform
6 101 (2.64%) Serverless
7 99 (2.59%) SaaS
8 95 (2.48%) GCP
9 80 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
10 65 (1.70%) OpenShift
11 61 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
12 54 (1.41%) Amazon ECS
13 50 (1.31%) PaaS
14 48 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
15 44 (1.15%) Miro
16 40 (1.05%) GitHub
17 39 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
17 39 (1.02%) Entra ID
18 33 (0.86%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 232 (6.06%) Firewall
2 132 (3.45%) DNS
3 98 (2.56%) WAN
4 85 (2.22%) TCP/IP
5 75 (1.96%) VPN
6 72 (1.88%) DHCP
7 66 (1.73%) Network Security
8 61 (1.59%) LAN
9 60 (1.57%) Wireless
10 58 (1.52%) BGP
10 58 (1.52%) SAN
11 52 (1.36%) SSL
12 40 (1.05%) SD-WAN
13 39 (1.02%) IPsec
14 34 (0.89%) MPLS
15 29 (0.76%) AMQP
16 27 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
16 27 (0.71%) Software-Defined Radio
17 26 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
18 22 (0.58%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 279 (7.29%) PostgreSQL
2 214 (5.59%) GIS
3 196 (5.12%) QGIS
4 109 (2.85%) Relational Database
5 105 (2.74%) SQL Server
6 78 (2.04%) NoSQL
7 56 (1.46%) Oracle Database
7 56 (1.46%) Power BI
8 55 (1.44%) Big Data
9 51 (1.33%) Hadoop
10 50 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
11 42 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
12 36 (0.94%) MongoDB
12 36 (0.94%) RDBMS
13 35 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
14 33 (0.86%) Oracle BI EE
15 31 (0.81%) MySQL
16 30 (0.78%) Siebel EIM
17 24 (0.63%) Cloudera CDH
18 17 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 209 (5.46%) Git
2 201 (5.25%) JIRA
3 185 (4.84%) Jenkins
4 109 (2.85%) Visual Studio
5 106 (2.77%) Bitbucket
6 80 (2.09%) GitLab
7 59 (1.54%) Sourcetree
8 37 (0.97%) Rational DOORS
8 37 (0.97%) Selenium
9 34 (0.89%) Cucumber
10 28 (0.73%) JUnit
11 25 (0.65%) Ant
12 23 (0.60%) Subversion
13 18 (0.47%) IntelliJ
14 17 (0.44%) REST Assured
14 17 (0.44%) TestNG
15 16 (0.42%) CMake
15 16 (0.42%) JMeter
16 15 (0.39%) LabVIEW
17 14 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 836 (21.85%) Social Skills
2 402 (10.51%) Public Sector
3 255 (6.66%) Aerospace
4 248 (6.48%) Finance
5 237 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 180 (4.70%) Analytical Skills
7 177 (4.63%) Presentation Skills
8 131 (3.42%) Games
9 104 (2.72%) Military
10 94 (2.46%) Telecoms
11 85 (2.22%) Police
12 76 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
13 53 (1.39%) Electronics
14 51 (1.33%) Manufacturing
15 50 (1.31%) Retail
16 48 (1.25%) Law
17 46 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
18 38 (0.99%) Marketing
19 23 (0.60%) Legal
20 16 (0.42%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 722 (18.87%) Senior
2 515 (13.46%) Architect
3 438 (11.45%) Developer
4 400 (10.45%) Software Engineer
5 270 (7.06%) Lead
6 241 (6.30%) Analyst
7 219 (5.72%) Solutions Architect
8 199 (5.20%) Consultant
9 193 (5.04%) Senior Software Engineer
10 169 (4.42%) Systems Engineer
11 168 (4.39%) Project Manager
12 161 (4.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 139 (3.63%) Network Engineer
14 120 (3.14%) Senior Developer
15 111 (2.90%) DevOps Engineer
16 101 (2.64%) Security Consultant
17 92 (2.40%) Support Engineer
18 88 (2.30%) 3D Developer
18 88 (2.30%) Designer
18 88 (2.30%) Games Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 323 (8.44%) .NET
2 299 (7.81%) React
3 199 (5.20%) Leaflet
4 198 (5.18%) CSS
4 198 (5.18%) OpenLayers
5 196 (5.12%) PostGIS
6 185 (4.84%) .NET Core
7 160 (4.18%) REST
8 148 (3.87%) Spring
9 126 (3.29%) AngularJS
10 117 (3.06%) Node.js
11 113 (2.95%) Spring Boot
12 101 (2.64%) Web Services
13 91 (2.38%) XML
14 90 (2.35%) HTML
15 88 (2.30%) Unity (Game Engine)
16 79 (2.06%) RESTful
16 79 (2.06%) SOAP
17 67 (1.75%) JSON
18 59 (1.54%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 126 (3.29%) Management Information System
2 99 (2.59%) Data Centre
3 93 (2.43%) Product Ownership
4 91 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
5 90 (2.35%) Virtual Reality
6 73 (1.91%) Driving Licence
7 69 (1.80%) Virtual Team
8 64 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
9 56 (1.46%) Private Cloud
10 55 (1.44%) Algorithms
11 52 (1.36%) CMDB
12 51 (1.33%) Operational Technology
12 51 (1.33%) Public Cloud
13 47 (1.23%) Cloud Native
14 44 (1.15%) Cyberattack
14 44 (1.15%) PKI
15 43 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
16 37 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
17 34 (0.89%) Clustering
18 29 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 577 (15.08%) Windows
2 525 (13.72%) Linux
3 268 (7.00%) Windows Server
4 104 (2.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 91 (2.38%) Windows 10
6 80 (2.09%) Ubuntu
7 76 (1.99%) CentOS
8 73 (1.91%) Unix
9 63 (1.65%) Windows Server 2016
10 53 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
11 33 (0.86%) Windows 7
12 30 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
13 25 (0.65%) Debian
14 16 (0.42%) AIX
14 16 (0.42%) Android
15 15 (0.39%) Solaris
16 13 (0.34%) VMS
17 12 (0.31%) Windows XP
18 9 (0.24%) zOS
19 8 (0.21%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,199 (31.34%) Agile
2 883 (23.08%) Actionable Insight
3 817 (21.35%) DevOps
4 683 (17.85%) Software Engineering
5 640 (16.73%) Problem-Solving
6 383 (10.01%) Cybersecurity
7 381 (9.96%) Scrum
8 365 (9.54%) Project Management
9 310 (8.10%) ITIL
10 250 (6.53%) Mentoring
11 246 (6.43%) Stakeholder Management
12 241 (6.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 234 (6.12%) CI/CD
14 231 (6.04%) Collaborative Working
15 227 (5.93%) Service Management
16 202 (5.28%) Web Development
17 198 (5.18%) Project Delivery
18 183 (4.78%) Microservices
19 172 (4.50%) Kanban
20 170 (4.44%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 580 (15.16%) Python
2 449 (11.74%) JavaScript
3 443 (11.58%) Java
4 330 (8.63%) SQL
5 323 (8.44%) C#
6 313 (8.18%) PowerShell
7 145 (3.79%) C++
8 90 (2.35%) Bash
9 82 (2.14%) C
10 62 (1.62%) TypeScript
11 56 (1.46%) MATLAB
12 44 (1.15%) Shell Script
13 35 (0.91%) PL/SQL
14 22 (0.58%) Bicep
14 22 (0.58%) Go
15 19 (0.50%) Perl
16 18 (0.47%) VB
17 17 (0.44%) Kotlin
18 16 (0.42%) Groovy
18 16 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3,826 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 653 (17.07%) Degree
3 618 (16.15%) DV Cleared
4 222 (5.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 113 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 105 (2.74%) CISM
7 100 (2.61%) CISSP
8 98 (2.56%) AWS Certification
9 90 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
10 84 (2.20%) Azure Certification
11 78 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
12 69 (1.80%) CRISC
13 67 (1.75%) CESG Certified Professional
14 63 (1.65%) CCNA
15 60 (1.57%) CCNP
16 59 (1.54%) TOGAF Certification
17 51 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 37 (0.97%) A+ Certification
19 34 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
20 29 (0.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 102 (2.67%) SLA
3 85 (2.22%) Accessibility
4 84 (2.20%) NCSC
5 80 (2.09%) QA
6 53 (1.39%) NIST
7 42 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 38 (0.99%) GDPR
9 35 (0.91%) WCAG
10 31 (0.81%) PMO
11 26 (0.68%) Data Quality
11 26 (0.68%) Def Stans
12 24 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
12 24 (0.63%) GRC
13 21 (0.55%) COBIT
13 21 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
14 19 (0.50%) JSP 440
15 18 (0.47%) RMADS
16 16 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 14 (0.37%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 324 (8.47%) Active Directory
2 239 (6.25%) Docker
3 200 (5.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 131 (3.42%) Hyper-V
5 51 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
6 35 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
7 33 (0.86%) Firmware
7 33 (0.86%) vSphere
8 23 (0.60%) KVM
8 23 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
9 16 (0.42%) pfSense
10 15 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
11 11 (0.29%) VMware NSX
12 10 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
12 10 (0.26%) NFS
13 8 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
14 5 (0.13%) XenDesktop
15 4 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
15 4 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.078%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 255 (6.66%) Kubernetes
2 238 (6.22%) Ansible
3 209 (5.46%) Terraform
4 159 (4.16%) SCCM
5 66 (1.73%) SCOM
6 65 (1.70%) vCenter Server
7 64 (1.67%) Puppet
8 45 (1.18%) WSUS
9 39 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
10 34 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
11 33 (0.86%) Grafana
12 31 (0.81%) NetBackup
13 30 (0.78%) EMC NetWorker
14 25 (0.65%) ZABBIX
15 22 (0.58%) OpenSSO
16 21 (0.55%) OpenView
17 19 (0.50%) Nagios
18 18 (0.47%) Prometheus
19 17 (0.44%) Progress Chef
20 16 (0.42%) Kibana
Vendors
1 742 (19.39%) Microsoft
2 290 (7.58%) VMware
3 230 (6.01%) Oracle
4 202 (5.28%) ESRI
5 197 (5.15%) Cisco
6 187 (4.89%) Juniper
7 107 (2.80%) ServiceNow
8 79 (2.06%) HP
8 79 (2.06%) Red Hat
9 75 (1.96%) Remedy
10 73 (1.91%) Google
11 69 (1.80%) Sparx
12 50 (1.31%) NetApp
13 44 (1.15%) IBM
14 43 (1.12%) BMC
15 42 (1.10%) Veeam
16 41 (1.07%) Splunk
17 38 (0.99%) EMC
17 38 (0.99%) Siebel
18 36 (0.94%) WSO2