Security Cleared Jobs in the North West

Security Clearance
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Security 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 28 33 14
Rank change year-on-year +5 -19 +53
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 583 648 1,155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 6.01% 8.14% 12.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.65% 23.29% 40.97%
Number of salaries quoted 296 211 584
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,680 £28,250
25th Percentile £39,473 £42,250 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +8.26% +1.17%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £65,294
90th Percentile £79,800 £83,750 £76,520
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 North West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,365 2,782 2,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 24.39% 34.94% 29.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,601 938 1,303
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,600
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,787 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the North West

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the North West

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the North West

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the North West 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
Manchester -3 276 £61,250 +2.08% 74
Merseyside +7 122 £60,000 +84.62% 6
Cheshire +17 81 £50,000 +93.50% 41
Cumbria +8 63 £38,734 -39.00% 48
Lancashire -10 38 £53,500 +25.88% 20
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 61 (10.46%) ArcGIS
2 57 (9.78%) GeoServer
3 15 (2.57%) Apache
4 11 (1.89%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.72%) SharePoint
6 9 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (1.37%) Confluence
7 8 (1.37%) WebLogic
8 5 (0.86%) IIS
8 5 (0.86%) JBoss
8 5 (0.86%) Red Hat Fuse
9 4 (0.69%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.34%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (1.37%) MS Visio
1 8 (1.37%) Sketch
2 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.86%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.34%) Revit
7 1 (0.17%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 29 (4.97%) Primavera
2 10 (1.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 8 (1.37%) NEC Housing
4 6 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.34%) SAP PLM
5 2 (0.34%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payroll
6 1 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 147 (25.21%) Azure
2 126 (21.61%) AWS
3 19 (3.26%) Amazon EKS
4 17 (2.92%) GCP
5 15 (2.57%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
6 14 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
6 14 (2.40%) Serverless
7 13 (2.23%) OpenShift
8 12 (2.06%) Miro
8 12 (2.06%) SaaS
9 11 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (1.72%) Power Platform
11 8 (1.37%) Amazon SQS
11 8 (1.37%) Figma
11 8 (1.37%) Heroku
12 7 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.20%) IaaS
12 7 (1.20%) PaaS
13 6 (1.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.06%) TCP/IP
2 11 (1.89%) AMQP
2 11 (1.89%) BGP
2 11 (1.89%) DNS
2 11 (1.89%) SAN
3 9 (1.54%) Firewall
3 9 (1.54%) Wireless
4 8 (1.37%) Software-Defined Radio
4 8 (1.37%) SSL
4 8 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.86%) Network Security
6 4 (0.69%) LAN
6 4 (0.69%) TETRA
6 4 (0.69%) VLAN
7 3 (0.51%) DHCP
7 3 (0.51%) IPsec
7 3 (0.51%) MPLS
7 3 (0.51%) VPN
7 3 (0.51%) VRRP
7 3 (0.51%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (10.46%) GIS
1 61 (10.46%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (9.78%) QGIS
3 18 (3.09%) SQL Server
4 16 (2.74%) Oracle Database
5 11 (1.89%) Big Data
5 11 (1.89%) Cloudera CDH
5 11 (1.89%) Hadoop
6 10 (1.72%) RDBMS
6 10 (1.72%) Relational Database
7 8 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (1.37%) Power BI
8 4 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (0.69%) Oracle Database 12c
9 2 (0.34%) MySQL
10 1 (0.17%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 31 (5.32%) JIRA
2 12 (2.06%) Git
3 10 (1.72%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.37%) GitLab
5 5 (0.86%) IntelliJ
6 3 (0.51%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.51%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.51%) Metasploit
6 3 (0.51%) Postman
6 3 (0.51%) Selenium
6 3 (0.51%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.34%) Appium
7 2 (0.34%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.34%) GDB
7 2 (0.34%) JUnit
7 2 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.34%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.34%) SOAtest
7 2 (0.34%) TestNG
7 2 (0.34%) WebDriver
General
1 129 (22.13%) Social Skills
2 59 (10.12%) Public Sector
3 50 (8.58%) Aerospace
4 47 (8.06%) Finance
5 28 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (4.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (2.74%) Manufacturing
7 14 (2.40%) Law
8 13 (2.23%) Military
9 12 (2.06%) Local Government
10 10 (1.72%) Police
11 8 (1.37%) Avionics
11 8 (1.37%) Retail
12 7 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.03%) Polish Language
13 6 (1.03%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.86%) Electronics
15 4 (0.69%) Back Office
16 2 (0.34%) Games
16 2 (0.34%) Legal
Job Titles
1 114 (19.55%) Senior
2 87 (14.92%) Software Engineer
3 78 (13.38%) Architect
4 68 (11.66%) Lead
5 48 (8.23%) Senior Software Engineer
6 40 (6.86%) Solutions Architect
7 37 (6.35%) Developer
7 37 (6.35%) Systems Engineer
8 27 (4.63%) Analyst
8 27 (4.63%) Project Planner
9 23 (3.95%) Designer
9 23 (3.95%) DevOps Engineer
10 21 (3.60%) Project Manager
11 19 (3.26%) Presales Solution Architect
12 16 (2.74%) UX Designer
13 13 (2.23%) Consultant
13 13 (2.23%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
14 12 (2.06%) Product Manager
14 12 (2.06%) Senior Developer
14 12 (2.06%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (14.24%) React
2 57 (9.78%) Leaflet
2 57 (9.78%) OpenLayers
2 57 (9.78%) PostGIS
3 56 (9.61%) .NET
4 49 (8.40%) .NET Core
4 49 (8.40%) CSS
5 29 (4.97%) AngularJS
6 25 (4.29%) Spring Boot
7 24 (4.12%) Node.js
7 24 (4.12%) Spring
8 19 (3.26%) RabbitMQ
9 16 (2.74%) REST
10 12 (2.06%) HTML
10 12 (2.06%) Swagger
11 11 (1.89%) gRPC
11 11 (1.89%) Material-UI
11 11 (1.89%) OpenAPI
11 11 (1.89%) RESTful
12 10 (1.72%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.12%) Operational Technology
2 16 (2.74%) Cloud Native
3 14 (2.40%) Public Cloud
4 13 (2.23%) Driving Licence
4 13 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (2.23%) Virtual Team
5 12 (2.06%) SCADA
6 10 (1.72%) Private Cloud
7 9 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (1.54%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 9 (1.54%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.54%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.37%) Cyberattack
8 8 (1.37%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (0.86%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.86%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (0.69%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (0.69%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 69 (11.84%) Linux
2 32 (5.49%) Windows
3 21 (3.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (3.26%) Ubuntu
5 17 (2.92%) Unix
6 11 (1.89%) CentOS
6 11 (1.89%) Debian
7 6 (1.03%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.86%) VMS
9 4 (0.69%) Solaris
10 3 (0.51%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.34%) FreeBSD
11 2 (0.34%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.34%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.17%) Android
12 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (38.08%) Actionable Insight
2 203 (34.82%) Agile
3 124 (21.27%) DevOps
4 115 (19.73%) Software Engineering
5 72 (12.35%) Mentoring
6 71 (12.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 69 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (10.46%) Coaching
9 57 (9.78%) Web Development
10 56 (9.61%) Project Management
11 53 (9.09%) Scrum
12 52 (8.92%) Collaborative Working
13 51 (8.75%) Cybersecurity
14 42 (7.20%) Kanban
15 41 (7.03%) Business Case
16 39 (6.69%) CI/CD
17 38 (6.52%) Open Source
17 38 (6.52%) User Research
18 37 (6.35%) Continuous Integration
18 37 (6.35%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 94 (16.12%) Python
2 89 (15.27%) JavaScript
3 46 (7.89%) Java
4 38 (6.52%) C#
5 12 (2.06%) C++
6 11 (1.89%) TypeScript
7 9 (1.54%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.69%) Bicep
8 4 (0.69%) C
8 4 (0.69%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.51%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.34%) Bash
10 2 (0.34%) Perl
10 2 (0.34%) SQL
11 1 (0.17%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 399 (68.44%) SC Cleared
2 69 (11.84%) Degree
3 59 (10.12%) DV Cleared
4 19 (3.26%) DBS Check
5 14 (2.40%) Azure Certification
5 14 (2.40%) CISA
5 14 (2.40%) CISM
5 14 (2.40%) CRISC
6 13 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (1.89%) CESG Certified Professional
8 8 (1.37%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (0.86%) CCNP
9 5 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (0.86%) CREST Certified
9 5 (0.86%) HND
9 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.69%) CCNA
10 4 (0.69%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.35%) Accessibility
2 32 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.09%) SLA
4 14 (2.40%) GDPR
4 14 (2.40%) GRC
5 10 (1.72%) PCI DSS
5 10 (1.72%) WCAG
6 9 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 6 (1.03%) COBIT
9 6 (1.03%) QA
10 3 (0.51%) NIST
11 2 (0.34%) PMO
12 1 (0.17%) Data Quality
System Software
1 27 (4.63%) Docker
2 10 (1.72%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.20%) KVM
5 5 (0.86%) SRDF
5 5 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.51%) Firmware
6 3 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.51%) vSphere
7 2 (0.34%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.17%) Lustre
8 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.17%) Snort
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 40 (6.86%) Terraform
2 39 (6.69%) Kubernetes
3 32 (5.49%) Ansible
4 11 (1.89%) Puppet
5 6 (1.03%) OpenView
6 4 (0.69%) WSUS
7 3 (0.51%) Nessus
7 3 (0.51%) Nmap
8 2 (0.34%) SCCM
9 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.17%) Grafana
9 1 (0.17%) Icinga
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.17%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.17%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 60 (10.29%) Microsoft
2 57 (9.78%) ESRI
3 21 (3.60%) Oracle
4 14 (2.40%) Cisco
5 13 (2.23%) Red Hat
5 13 (2.23%) VMware
6 12 (2.06%) Google
7 11 (1.89%) SaltStack
8 10 (1.72%) Sparx
9 9 (1.54%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.37%) NEC
11 7 (1.20%) Dell
11 7 (1.20%) HP
11 7 (1.20%) Thales
12 6 (1.03%) BMC
12 6 (1.03%) Remedy
13 5 (0.86%) Brocade
13 5 (0.86%) EMC
13 5 (0.86%) Fortinet
13 5 (0.86%) Juniper