SC Cleared Jobs in the South East

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 24 46 86
Rank change year-on-year +22 +40 -6
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,217 896 761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.33% 5.94% 3.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.27% 14.97% 11.84%
Number of salaries quoted 825 500 388
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,500 £31,775
25th Percentile £42,200 £35,300 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,722 5,984 6,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 34.46% 39.68% 32.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,651 2,633 3,133
10th Percentile £29,175 £28,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,000 £67,050 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the South East

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the South East.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in the South East

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the South East

SC Cleared
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the South East 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
Thames Valley +37 564 £52,500 +10.53% 98
Berkshire +33 503 £53,000 -0.93% 62
Hampshire 0 378 £55,000 - 110
Surrey +19 220 £50,000 +3.09% 29
Buckinghamshire -42 40 £50,000 -4.76% 18
West Sussex +38 22 £67,500 -6.90% 8
Oxfordshire -12 21 £42,796 +22.27% 18
Kent +2 11 £91,250 +119.88% 1
Middlesex - 6 £35,000 -
Sussex - 4 £51,250 -
East Sussex +11 1 £82,500 +48.65%
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 41 (3.37%) WebLogic
2 31 (2.55%) OpenStack
3 29 (2.38%) ArcGIS
3 29 (2.38%) GeoServer
4 22 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.23%) Confluence
5 15 (1.23%) IIS
5 15 (1.23%) Oracle Service Bus
6 13 (1.07%) CMS
6 13 (1.07%) Exchange Server 2010
6 13 (1.07%) SharePoint
7 11 (0.90%) Red Hat Fuse
8 10 (0.82%) JBoss
9 6 (0.49%) Apache
10 4 (0.33%) TWiki
11 2 (0.16%) nginx
11 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 57 (4.68%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.81%) MS Visio
4 13 (1.07%) Simulink
5 11 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.33%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.33%) Sketch
8 2 (0.16%) Fireworks
8 2 (0.16%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 38 (3.12%) Siebel CRM
2 18 (1.48%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.33%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.33%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle EBS R12
4 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.16%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.082%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.082%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 258 (21.20%) Azure
2 198 (16.27%) AWS
3 55 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
4 44 (3.62%) Serverless
5 39 (3.20%) Amazon EKS
6 33 (2.71%) SaaS
7 32 (2.63%) Amazon ECS
8 23 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
9 20 (1.64%) Azure Monitor
9 20 (1.64%) GitHub
10 19 (1.56%) OCI
11 16 (1.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 12 (0.99%) Entra ID
13 11 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
13 11 (0.90%) Amazon S3
13 11 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
13 11 (0.90%) CloudFront
13 11 (0.90%) Power Platform
13 11 (0.90%) Route 53
13 11 (0.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 115 (9.45%) Firewall
2 68 (5.59%) DNS
3 49 (4.03%) VPN
4 47 (3.86%) DHCP
5 21 (1.73%) Cisco Firepower
5 21 (1.73%) WAN
6 20 (1.64%) BGP
6 20 (1.64%) Network Security
7 19 (1.56%) SSL
7 19 (1.56%) Wireless
8 16 (1.31%) 5G
8 16 (1.31%) SAN
8 16 (1.31%) SD-WAN
8 16 (1.31%) SNMP
9 14 (1.15%) TCP/IP
10 12 (0.99%) LAN
11 11 (0.90%) IPsec
11 11 (0.90%) OSPF
11 11 (0.90%) VLAN
12 8 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (7.48%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (3.70%) NoSQL
3 37 (3.04%) Relational Database
4 31 (2.55%) GIS
5 30 (2.47%) Oracle BI EE
5 30 (2.47%) Siebel EIM
6 29 (2.38%) QGIS
7 25 (2.05%) Oracle Database
8 24 (1.97%) SQL Server
9 22 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
10 19 (1.56%) MongoDB
11 18 (1.48%) Hadoop
12 16 (1.31%) Oracle Database 11g
13 15 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
13 15 (1.23%) Oracle Database 10g
13 15 (1.23%) VLDB
14 9 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
15 8 (0.66%) Power BI
16 7 (0.58%) Qlik Sense
16 7 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 100 (8.22%) Jenkins
2 62 (5.09%) Git
3 35 (2.88%) JIRA
4 24 (1.97%) Ant
5 20 (1.64%) GitLab
5 20 (1.64%) Subversion
6 16 (1.31%) CMake
7 15 (1.23%) JUnit
8 12 (0.99%) Cucumber
9 11 (0.90%) Selenium
10 10 (0.82%) Trac
10 10 (0.82%) Vagrant
11 9 (0.74%) JMeter
11 9 (0.74%) Visual Studio
12 7 (0.58%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.58%) REST Assured
12 7 (0.58%) WebDriver
13 6 (0.49%) MSI
13 6 (0.49%) TestNG
14 5 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
General
1 263 (21.61%) Social Skills
2 100 (8.22%) Aerospace
3 89 (7.31%) Public Sector
4 81 (6.66%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (3.04%) Military
7 28 (2.30%) Police
8 26 (2.14%) Finance
9 25 (2.05%) Telecoms
10 23 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (1.73%) Electronics
12 15 (1.23%) Back Office
12 15 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (0.66%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.49%) Marketing
15 6 (0.49%) Retail
16 5 (0.41%) Law
16 5 (0.41%) Local Government
17 4 (0.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 189 (15.53%) Senior
2 167 (13.72%) Architect
3 136 (11.18%) Software Engineer
4 125 (10.27%) Developer
5 103 (8.46%) Analyst
6 69 (5.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 54 (4.44%) Senior Software Engineer
8 51 (4.19%) Lead
9 49 (4.03%) Integration Engineer
10 47 (3.86%) Senior Developer
11 44 (3.62%) Applications Support
11 44 (3.62%) Consultant
11 44 (3.62%) Network Architect
12 43 (3.53%) Network Engineer
12 43 (3.53%) Systems Engineer
13 42 (3.45%) C++ Software Engineer
13 42 (3.45%) Support Analyst
14 41 (3.37%) DevOps Engineer
15 37 (3.04%) Applications Support Analyst
15 37 (3.04%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (5.42%) .NET
1 66 (5.42%) REST
2 64 (5.26%) Spring
3 56 (4.60%) Node.js
4 50 (4.11%) React
5 49 (4.03%) XML
6 48 (3.94%) Web Services
7 45 (3.70%) AngularJS
8 38 (3.12%) Spring Boot
9 36 (2.96%) CSS
10 33 (2.71%) Elastic Stack
11 32 (2.63%) Leaflet
12 31 (2.55%) Apache Camel
12 31 (2.55%) OpenLayers
13 30 (2.47%) JSON
14 29 (2.38%) J2EE
14 29 (2.38%) PostGIS
15 28 (2.30%) Hibernate
16 25 (2.05%) .NET Core
17 24 (1.97%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 38 (3.12%) Product Ownership
2 36 (2.96%) Algorithms
2 36 (2.96%) Data Centre
2 36 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
3 33 (2.71%) CMDB
4 30 (2.47%) Distributed Systems
5 27 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (1.81%) Management Information System
7 21 (1.73%) Satnav
8 19 (1.56%) PKI
9 17 (1.40%) FPGA
10 16 (1.31%) Private Cloud
10 16 (1.31%) VHDL
11 15 (1.23%) Client/Server
12 14 (1.15%) Analogue Electronics
12 14 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (1.07%) Digital Signage
14 8 (0.66%) Virtual Team
15 7 (0.58%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 282 (23.17%) Windows
2 241 (19.80%) Linux
3 138 (11.34%) Windows Server
4 50 (4.11%) Windows 10
5 49 (4.03%) Windows Server 2016
6 41 (3.37%) CentOS
6 41 (3.37%) Unix
7 40 (3.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 28 (2.30%) Ubuntu
9 27 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 22 (1.81%) Windows 7
11 21 (1.73%) Windows Server 2012
12 15 (1.23%) Solaris
13 12 (0.99%) Android
13 12 (0.99%) Windows XP
14 8 (0.66%) Windows NT
15 5 (0.41%) Rocky
16 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
17 3 (0.25%) AIX
18 2 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (29.25%) Agile
2 299 (24.57%) Problem-Solving
3 287 (23.58%) Actionable Insight
4 210 (17.26%) DevOps
5 159 (13.06%) Software Engineering
6 124 (10.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 112 (9.20%) Service Management
8 111 (9.12%) ITIL
9 104 (8.55%) Test Automation
10 99 (8.13%) Scrum
11 95 (7.81%) Collaborative Working
12 93 (7.64%) Project Management
13 80 (6.57%) Customer Service
14 66 (5.42%) Incident Management
15 65 (5.34%) Computer Science
15 65 (5.34%) Configuration Management
15 65 (5.34%) Microservices
16 64 (5.26%) Kanban
17 62 (5.09%) Containerisation
18 60 (4.93%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 213 (17.50%) Java
2 198 (16.27%) SQL
3 168 (13.80%) Python
4 161 (13.23%) PowerShell
5 124 (10.19%) JavaScript
6 105 (8.63%) C++
7 74 (6.08%) C#
8 53 (4.35%) C
9 28 (2.30%) Shell Script
10 24 (1.97%) PL/SQL
11 17 (1.40%) Kotlin
12 13 (1.07%) Ruby
13 11 (0.90%) VB
14 10 (0.82%) Groovy
15 9 (0.74%) Bash
16 7 (0.58%) Bicep
16 7 (0.58%) Go
16 7 (0.58%) VBScript
17 6 (0.49%) MATLAB
17 6 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1,217 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 302 (24.82%) DV Cleared
3 174 (14.30%) Degree
4 59 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (3.29%) Cisco Certification
6 35 (2.88%) AWS Certification
7 33 (2.71%) CCNP
8 31 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
8 31 (2.55%) CCNA
9 24 (1.97%) Azure Certification
10 18 (1.48%) PhD
11 17 (1.40%) JNCIS
11 17 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
12 16 (1.31%) A+ Certification
12 16 (1.31%) DBS Check
13 14 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 14 (1.15%) CISSP
14 13 (1.07%) MCP
15 10 (0.82%) Master's Degree
16 9 (0.74%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (4.85%) SLA
2 35 (2.88%) QA
3 21 (1.73%) Software Quality Assurance
4 17 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.31%) NIST
6 12 (0.99%) Accessibility
7 11 (0.90%) RMADS
8 9 (0.74%) JSP 440
9 8 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (0.49%) NCSC
10 6 (0.49%) PMO
11 5 (0.41%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.41%) WCAG
12 3 (0.25%) COBIT
12 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.25%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.25%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.25%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.16%) GDPR
System Software
1 138 (11.34%) Active Directory
2 94 (7.72%) Docker
3 69 (5.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 61 (5.01%) Hyper-V
5 26 (2.14%) VMware ESXi
6 23 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (1.81%) Firmware
8 21 (1.73%) Virtual Servers
9 16 (1.31%) pfSense
10 15 (1.23%) KVM
10 15 (1.23%) Oracle RAC
11 13 (1.07%) vSphere
12 10 (0.82%) NFS
13 8 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
14 4 (0.33%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 108 (8.87%) Kubernetes
2 104 (8.55%) Ansible
3 77 (6.33%) SCCM
4 74 (6.08%) Terraform
5 58 (4.77%) SCOM
6 44 (3.62%) vCenter Server
7 38 (3.12%) WSUS
8 25 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
9 22 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
9 22 (1.81%) OpenSSO
10 19 (1.56%) NetBackup
11 18 (1.48%) Grafana
12 17 (1.40%) ZABBIX
13 16 (1.31%) EMC NetWorker
14 15 (1.23%) Data Guard
14 15 (1.23%) Oracle RMAN
15 11 (0.90%) Rancher
16 10 (0.82%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 10 (0.82%) SCDPM
17 9 (0.74%) Nessus
Vendors
1 205 (16.84%) Microsoft
2 118 (9.70%) Oracle
3 111 (9.12%) VMware
4 109 (8.96%) Juniper
5 89 (7.31%) Cisco
6 49 (4.03%) ServiceNow
7 40 (3.29%) Remedy
8 38 (3.12%) Siebel
9 31 (2.55%) HP
9 31 (2.55%) WSO2
10 30 (2.47%) Dynatrace
11 29 (2.38%) ESRI
12 26 (2.14%) Fortinet
12 26 (2.14%) Veeam
13 20 (1.64%) Red Hat
14 19 (1.56%) F5
15 17 (1.40%) EMC
15 17 (1.40%) McAfee
16 15 (1.23%) Sun
17 14 (1.15%) 3PAR