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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 35 58
Rank change year-on-year +1 +23 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 636 678 526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.43% 7.13% 4.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.04% 18.00% 15.69%
Number of salaries quoted 407 324 216
10th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,000 £38,624
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +6.80% -14.17%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £66,938
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

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 2,886 3,767 3,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.65% 39.62% 30.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,858 1,277 1,698
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,500 £25,750
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% +2.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% +8.23% -

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 4 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 4 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 +15 437 £55,000 -4.35% 122
East Midlands -19 199 £44,500 -15.24% 45
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 35 (5.50%) IIS
2 29 (4.56%) ArcGIS
3 28 (4.40%) GeoServer
4 10 (1.57%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.79%) Confluence
6 4 (0.63%) Apache
6 4 (0.63%) Appian
6 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.63%) Office Communications Server
6 4 (0.63%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.63%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.47%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.47%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 3 (0.47%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.31%) JBoss
8 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.16%) nginx
Applications
1 53 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (6.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (5.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (1.10%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.94%) Simulink
7 5 (0.79%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.63%) EPLAN
8 4 (0.63%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (1.42%) NEC Housing
2 6 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.47%) Maximo
4 3 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.31%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.16%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 1 (0.16%) SAP FSCM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.16%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 156 (24.53%) Azure
2 94 (14.78%) AWS
3 28 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (2.99%) Entra ID
5 13 (2.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 13 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
5 13 (2.04%) SaaS
6 11 (1.73%) GitHub
6 11 (1.73%) Power Platform
7 10 (1.57%) PaaS
8 9 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
8 9 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (1.26%) IaaS
10 6 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (0.94%) GCP
10 6 (0.94%) Miro
11 4 (0.63%) dbt
11 4 (0.63%) PowerApps
11 4 (0.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 76 (11.95%) WAN
2 54 (8.49%) Firewall
3 31 (4.87%) MPLS
3 31 (4.87%) SD-WAN
4 29 (4.56%) IPsec
5 25 (3.93%) Wi-Fi
6 21 (3.30%) DNS
7 19 (2.99%) Wireless
8 16 (2.52%) BGP
9 13 (2.04%) DHCP
9 13 (2.04%) Network Security
10 11 (1.73%) TCP/IP
11 8 (1.26%) LAN
11 8 (1.26%) VPN
12 7 (1.10%) VLAN
13 6 (0.94%) 5G
14 5 (0.79%) 802.11
14 5 (0.79%) Cisco Firepower
14 5 (0.79%) VSAN
14 5 (0.79%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (7.86%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.50%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (4.87%) GIS
4 28 (4.40%) QGIS
5 14 (2.20%) Oracle Database
6 13 (2.04%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.26%) Power BI
8 6 (0.94%) MySQL
9 5 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.79%) Oracle Database 12c
9 5 (0.79%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.79%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.47%) DB2
11 3 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.31%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
13 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
13 1 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
13 1 (0.16%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 20 (3.14%) GitLab
2 16 (2.52%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (1.73%) JIRA
4 8 (1.26%) SonarQube
5 4 (0.63%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.47%) Git
7 2 (0.31%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.31%) Postman
7 2 (0.31%) Selenium
7 2 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.16%) Appium
8 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.16%) JUnit
8 1 (0.16%) LSMW
8 1 (0.16%) PVCS
8 1 (0.16%) TestNG
8 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.16%) Zephyr
General
1 191 (30.03%) Social Skills
2 94 (14.78%) Public Sector
3 70 (11.01%) Finance
4 53 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (4.25%) Organisational Skills
6 26 (4.09%) Influencing Skills
6 26 (4.09%) Manufacturing
6 26 (4.09%) Retail
7 25 (3.93%) Games
7 25 (3.93%) Police
8 23 (3.62%) Telecoms
9 20 (3.14%) Military
10 16 (2.52%) Analytical Skills
11 11 (1.73%) Electronics
11 11 (1.73%) Local Government
12 6 (0.94%) Banking
13 5 (0.79%) Back Office
13 5 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.63%) Legal
Job Titles
1 98 (15.41%) Senior
2 72 (11.32%) Architect
3 62 (9.75%) Network Engineer
4 50 (7.86%) Systems Engineer
5 47 (7.39%) Project Manager
6 46 (7.23%) Lead
7 43 (6.76%) Software Engineer
8 38 (5.97%) Solutions Architect
9 35 (5.50%) Consultant
10 34 (5.35%) Developer
11 30 (4.72%) Analyst
12 25 (3.93%) Graduate
12 25 (3.93%) Graduate Consultant
12 25 (3.93%) Research Consultant
12 25 (3.93%) Resource Consultant
13 24 (3.77%) Senior Software Engineer
14 17 (2.67%) Security Architect
15 16 (2.52%) Senior Systems Engineer
16 14 (2.20%) Administrator
17 13 (2.04%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (6.13%) React
2 36 (5.66%) .NET
3 28 (4.40%) Leaflet
3 28 (4.40%) OpenLayers
3 28 (4.40%) PostGIS
4 26 (4.09%) .NET Core
5 25 (3.93%) CSS
6 20 (3.14%) REST
7 18 (2.83%) WebRTC
8 17 (2.67%) 802.1X
9 12 (1.89%) RESTful
10 11 (1.73%) SOAP
11 9 (1.42%) HTML
12 8 (1.26%) ARM Templates
12 8 (1.26%) Azure Blueprints
12 8 (1.26%) Web Services
13 6 (0.94%) AngularJS
13 6 (0.94%) Django
13 6 (0.94%) Node.js
13 6 (0.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 74 (11.64%) Driving Licence
2 62 (9.75%) Management Information System
3 34 (5.35%) Clustering
4 23 (3.62%) Public Cloud
4 23 (3.62%) Virtual Team
5 16 (2.52%) Private Cloud
6 14 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (2.04%) Operational Technology
7 13 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
9 11 (1.73%) Data Centre
10 10 (1.57%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.57%) PKI
11 6 (0.94%) CMDB
11 6 (0.94%) SCADA
12 5 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
13 4 (0.63%) Cloud Native
13 4 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.63%) Low-Code
14 3 (0.47%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 70 (11.01%) Windows
2 36 (5.66%) Linux
3 28 (4.40%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.04%) Unix
5 5 (0.79%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.63%) Solaris
7 3 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (0.47%) zOS
8 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.16%) Android
9 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (21.38%) Agile
2 127 (19.97%) Cybersecurity
3 115 (18.08%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (14.94%) Actionable Insight
5 81 (12.74%) Software Engineering
6 80 (12.58%) Project Management
7 76 (11.95%) DevOps
8 70 (11.01%) Mentoring
9 60 (9.43%) Customer Service
10 52 (8.18%) Systems Engineering
11 45 (7.08%) ITIL
12 43 (6.76%) Project Delivery
13 40 (6.29%) Customer Requirements
14 39 (6.13%) Incident Response
15 37 (5.82%) Data Collection
15 37 (5.82%) Validation
16 35 (5.50%) Risk Management
17 34 (5.35%) CI/CD
17 34 (5.35%) High Availability
18 33 (5.19%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 61 (9.59%) JavaScript
2 54 (8.49%) Python
3 39 (6.13%) Java
3 39 (6.13%) SQL
4 26 (4.09%) C#
5 19 (2.99%) TypeScript
6 17 (2.67%) MATLAB
7 16 (2.52%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.57%) C++
9 7 (1.10%) C
10 4 (0.63%) R
10 4 (0.63%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.47%) Groovy
11 3 (0.47%) Rust
12 2 (0.31%) Bash
13 1 (0.16%) ABAP
13 1 (0.16%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.16%) SAPscript
13 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 388 (61.01%) SC Cleared
2 101 (15.88%) Degree
3 47 (7.39%) DV Cleared
4 30 (4.72%) Cisco Certification
5 27 (4.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 24 (3.77%) CCNA
7 21 (3.30%) CCNP
8 15 (2.36%) AWS Certification
9 13 (2.04%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.26%) CCSA
11 8 (1.26%) HND
12 7 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (0.94%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.94%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (0.79%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.79%) MCSA
14 5 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
15 4 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (7.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (7.23%) ISO 9001
3 45 (7.08%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 37 (5.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 23 (3.62%) Accessibility
6 17 (2.67%) SLA
7 13 (2.04%) Def Stans
7 13 (2.04%) PCI DSS
8 12 (1.89%) NCSC
9 9 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 8 (1.26%) NIST
11 6 (0.94%) QA
12 5 (0.79%) Data Quality
12 5 (0.79%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.79%) WCAG
13 4 (0.63%) PMO
14 3 (0.47%) COBIT
14 3 (0.47%) MISRA
14 3 (0.47%) MISRA C
System Software
1 40 (6.29%) Active Directory
2 33 (5.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (3.14%) VMware NSX
4 14 (2.20%) Docker
5 13 (2.04%) KVM
6 10 (1.57%) vSphere
7 8 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.94%) Hyper-V
9 4 (0.63%) Firmware
10 3 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
10 3 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 45 (7.08%) EnCase
2 14 (2.20%) SCCM
3 12 (1.89%) Terraform
4 11 (1.73%) Kubernetes
5 10 (1.57%) Ansible
6 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.79%) SCOM
8 3 (0.47%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.47%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.47%) OpenView
8 3 (0.47%) VxRail
9 2 (0.31%) Grafana
9 2 (0.31%) Nagios
9 2 (0.31%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.31%) Puppet
10 1 (0.16%) Kibana
10 1 (0.16%) Nessus
10 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 145 (22.80%) Microsoft
2 56 (8.81%) VMware
3 55 (8.65%) Cisco
4 46 (7.23%) Juniper
5 28 (4.40%) ESRI
6 24 (3.77%) CheckPoint
6 24 (3.77%) Oracle
7 23 (3.62%) IFS
8 22 (3.46%) Dell
9 16 (2.52%) Workday
10 14 (2.20%) Aruba
11 13 (2.04%) Meraki
12 11 (1.73%) Fortinet
12 11 (1.73%) NEC
13 10 (1.57%) ServiceNow
14 8 (1.26%) Cellebrite
14 8 (1.26%) Veeam
15 7 (1.10%) EMC
15 7 (1.10%) HP
15 7 (1.10%) Palo Alto