Security Cleared Jobs in Northern Ireland

Security Clearance
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 28 42
Rank change year-on-year +20 +14 +15
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 117 100 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 16.91% 11.89% 5.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 48.55% 41.15% 16.00%
Number of salaries quoted 16 7 5
10th Percentile - £22,500 -
25th Percentile £55,400 £26,625 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £32,500 £22,500
Median % change year-on-year +84.62% +44.44% -66.67%
75th Percentile £69,800 £38,250 £23,750
90th Percentile £79,600 £44,200 £35,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,168
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.13% +0.30%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 241 243 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 34.83% 28.89% 33.09%
Number of salaries quoted 79 75 86
10th Percentile £28,100 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £27,031
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £42,500 £40,625
Median % change year-on-year +16.47% +4.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £62,200 £55,625 £60,188
90th Percentile £70,090 £68,880 £67,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £57,646 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.32% +4.81% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Northern Ireland

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Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in Northern Ireland

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Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Northern Ireland

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Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 16 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
County Antrim +16 115 £60,000 +80.45% 17
Security Cleared
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 28 (23.93%) ArcGIS
1 28 (23.93%) GeoServer
2 4 (3.42%) Confluence
2 4 (3.42%) WebLogic
3 3 (2.56%) JBoss
3 3 (2.56%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 4 (3.42%) Sketch
2 2 (1.71%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (1.71%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 36 (30.77%) Azure
2 35 (29.91%) AWS
3 6 (5.13%) Miro
4 5 (4.27%) dbt
4 5 (4.27%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (3.42%) Amazon EKS
5 4 (3.42%) Amazon SQS
5 4 (3.42%) Figma
5 4 (3.42%) Heroku
6 2 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.71%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.42%) BGP
1 4 (3.42%) DNS
1 4 (3.42%) SSL
1 4 (3.42%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.56%) Software-Defined Radio
3 1 (0.85%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (25.64%) GIS
2 28 (23.93%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (23.93%) QGIS
3 5 (4.27%) RDBMS
3 5 (4.27%) Relational Database
4 4 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (3.42%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.71%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.85%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (6.84%) JIRA
2 3 (2.56%) IntelliJ
3 1 (0.85%) Git
3 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (27.35%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.69%) Finance
2 9 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 8 (6.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (4.27%) Retail
5 3 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.71%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.71%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.71%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.71%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.85%) Games
7 1 (0.85%) Police
Job Titles
1 41 (35.04%) Senior
2 31 (26.50%) Software Engineer
3 27 (23.08%) Architect
4 21 (17.95%) Senior Software Engineer
5 19 (16.24%) Lead
6 16 (13.68%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (9.40%) Presales Solution Architect
8 10 (8.55%) Designer
8 10 (8.55%) Developer
9 8 (6.84%) Analyst
10 7 (5.98%) Business Analyst
11 6 (5.13%) Senior Developer
12 5 (4.27%) Product Manager
12 5 (4.27%) UI Designer
12 5 (4.27%) UI/UX Designer
12 5 (4.27%) User Researcher
12 5 (4.27%) UX Designer
13 4 (3.42%) ERP Developer
13 4 (3.42%) Senior UI/UX Designer
13 4 (3.42%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (25.64%) React
2 28 (23.93%) Leaflet
2 28 (23.93%) OpenLayers
2 28 (23.93%) PostGIS
3 24 (20.51%) .NET
3 24 (20.51%) .NET Core
3 24 (20.51%) CSS
4 7 (5.98%) AngularJS
5 6 (5.13%) Django
5 6 (5.13%) Node.js
6 5 (4.27%) HTML
7 4 (3.42%) Express.js
7 4 (3.42%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (3.42%) RESTful
7 4 (3.42%) Spring
7 4 (3.42%) Spring Boot
8 3 (2.56%) Java EE
8 3 (2.56%) JPA
8 3 (2.56%) JSON
8 3 (2.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.27%) Virtual Team
2 4 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (3.42%) Public Cloud
3 3 (2.56%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.71%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.71%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.85%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.69%) Linux
2 4 (3.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (3.42%) Ubuntu
3 2 (1.71%) Unix
3 2 (1.71%) Windows
4 1 (0.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (80.34%) Actionable Insight
2 69 (58.97%) Agile
3 41 (35.04%) DevOps
4 35 (29.91%) Software Engineering
5 28 (23.93%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (23.93%) Web Development
6 17 (14.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (14.53%) User Research
7 16 (13.68%) Business Case
8 15 (12.82%) Commercial Awareness
9 14 (11.97%) Project Management
9 14 (11.97%) Workshop Facilitation
10 13 (11.11%) Presales
10 13 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 11 (9.40%) Contract Negotiation
11 11 (9.40%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 11 (9.40%) IT Strategy
11 11 (9.40%) Service Design
11 11 (9.40%) Thought Leadership
11 11 (9.40%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 30 (25.64%) Python
2 28 (23.93%) JavaScript
3 16 (13.68%) C#
4 4 (3.42%) Java
Qualifications
1 107 (91.45%) SC Cleared
2 12 (10.26%) Degree
3 4 (3.42%) AWS Certification
3 4 (3.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 4 (3.42%) Azure Certification
3 4 (3.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (1.71%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.85%) CISM
5 1 (0.85%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.40%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.27%) WCAG
3 2 (1.71%) COBIT
3 2 (1.71%) PMO
3 2 (1.71%) QA
4 1 (0.85%) GDPR
4 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.85%) NCSC
4 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (1.71%) OpenView
2 1 (0.85%) SCCM
2 1 (0.85%) WSUS
Vendors
1 28 (23.93%) ESRI
2 7 (5.98%) Microsoft
3 6 (5.13%) Oracle
4 5 (4.27%) Sparx
5 2 (1.71%) BMC
5 2 (1.71%) Citrix
5 2 (1.71%) HP
5 2 (1.71%) Remedy
5 2 (1.71%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.71%) Thales
6 1 (0.85%) Apple
6 1 (0.85%) Cadence
6 1 (0.85%) VMware