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

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 46 84
Rank change year-on-year +22 +38 -4
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,223 871 757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.33% 5.80% 3.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.25% 14.67% 11.69%
Number of salaries quoted 826 500 386
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,500 £32,250
25th Percentile £42,200 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,250 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -7.66% +6.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £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 5,754 5,937 6,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 34.46% 39.54% 32.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3,663 2,634 3,148
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,020 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% -

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 1 May 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 1 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
Thames Valley +33 564 £52,500 +10.53% 105
Berkshire +34 500 £53,000 -0.93% 71
Hampshire -2 380 £55,000 - 111
Surrey +25 224 £50,000 -4.76% 27
Buckinghamshire -36 44 £50,000 -4.76% 15
West Sussex +41 22 £67,500 -6.90% 9
Oxfordshire -8 20 £43,898 +25.42% 21
Kent +2 11 £91,250 +119.88% 1
Middlesex - 6 £35,000 -
Sussex - 4 £51,250 -
East Sussex +18 1 £82,500 +48.65% 1
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 (3.35%) WebLogic
2 31 (2.53%) OpenStack
3 29 (2.37%) ArcGIS
3 29 (2.37%) GeoServer
4 26 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (1.39%) Exchange Server 2010
6 15 (1.23%) Confluence
6 15 (1.23%) Oracle Service Bus
7 14 (1.14%) IIS
8 13 (1.06%) CMS
8 13 (1.06%) SharePoint
9 11 (0.90%) Red Hat Fuse
10 10 (0.82%) JBoss
11 6 (0.49%) Apache
12 4 (0.33%) TWiki
13 2 (0.16%) nginx
13 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 56 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.80%) MS Visio
4 15 (1.23%) Simulink
5 11 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.65%) 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 39 (3.19%) Siebel CRM
2 18 (1.47%) 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
1 268 (21.91%) Azure
2 204 (16.68%) AWS
3 59 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
4 45 (3.68%) Serverless
5 39 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
6 32 (2.62%) Amazon ECS
6 32 (2.62%) SaaS
7 24 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
8 23 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
9 19 (1.55%) GitHub
9 19 (1.55%) OCI
10 16 (1.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 13 (1.06%) Entra ID
12 11 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (0.90%) Amazon S3
12 11 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (0.90%) CloudFront
12 11 (0.90%) Power Platform
12 11 (0.90%) Route 53
12 11 (0.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 114 (9.32%) Firewall
2 67 (5.48%) DNS
3 53 (4.33%) VPN
4 46 (3.76%) DHCP
5 22 (1.80%) Cisco Firepower
6 21 (1.72%) Network Security
6 21 (1.72%) WAN
7 20 (1.64%) BGP
7 20 (1.64%) SSL
8 18 (1.47%) Wireless
9 17 (1.39%) SAN
10 16 (1.31%) 5G
10 16 (1.31%) SD-WAN
11 15 (1.23%) SNMP
12 14 (1.14%) TCP/IP
13 12 (0.98%) LAN
14 11 (0.90%) IPsec
14 11 (0.90%) OSPF
14 11 (0.90%) VLAN
15 8 (0.65%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (7.85%) PostgreSQL
2 49 (4.01%) NoSQL
3 38 (3.11%) Relational Database
4 31 (2.53%) GIS
4 31 (2.53%) Oracle BI EE
4 31 (2.53%) Siebel EIM
5 29 (2.37%) QGIS
6 25 (2.04%) Oracle Database
7 24 (1.96%) MongoDB
7 24 (1.96%) SQL Server
8 23 (1.88%) Hadoop
9 22 (1.80%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (1.31%) Oracle Database 11g
11 15 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (1.23%) Oracle Database 10g
11 15 (1.23%) VLDB
12 9 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (0.65%) Power BI
14 7 (0.57%) Big Data
14 7 (0.57%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 99 (8.09%) Jenkins
2 65 (5.31%) Git
3 34 (2.78%) JIRA
4 24 (1.96%) Ant
5 21 (1.72%) GitLab
6 20 (1.64%) Subversion
7 16 (1.31%) CMake
7 16 (1.31%) JUnit
8 12 (0.98%) Cucumber
8 12 (0.98%) Vagrant
9 10 (0.82%) Selenium
9 10 (0.82%) Trac
10 9 (0.74%) Visual Studio
11 8 (0.65%) JMeter
12 7 (0.57%) REST Assured
12 7 (0.57%) WebDriver
13 6 (0.49%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.49%) MSI
13 6 (0.49%) TestNG
14 5 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
General
1 260 (21.26%) Social Skills
2 102 (8.34%) Aerospace
3 88 (7.20%) Public Sector
4 80 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
6 37 (3.03%) Military
7 28 (2.29%) Police
8 26 (2.13%) Finance
9 25 (2.04%) Telecoms
10 23 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (1.64%) Electronics
12 15 (1.23%) Back Office
12 15 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (0.65%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.57%) 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
1 191 (15.62%) Senior
2 168 (13.74%) Architect
3 138 (11.28%) Software Engineer
4 126 (10.30%) Developer
5 101 (8.26%) Analyst
6 69 (5.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 55 (4.50%) Senior Software Engineer
8 51 (4.17%) Lead
9 49 (4.01%) Integration Engineer
10 48 (3.92%) Senior Developer
11 46 (3.76%) DevOps Engineer
12 44 (3.60%) Applications Support
12 44 (3.60%) Network Architect
12 44 (3.60%) Network Engineer
13 43 (3.52%) Consultant
13 43 (3.52%) Systems Engineer
14 42 (3.43%) C++ Software Engineer
14 42 (3.43%) Support Analyst
15 37 (3.03%) Applications Support Analyst
15 37 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (5.40%) .NET
1 66 (5.40%) REST
2 64 (5.23%) Spring
3 61 (4.99%) Node.js
4 50 (4.09%) React
5 49 (4.01%) XML
6 47 (3.84%) Web Services
7 45 (3.68%) AngularJS
8 38 (3.11%) Spring Boot
9 36 (2.94%) CSS
10 33 (2.70%) Elastic Stack
11 32 (2.62%) Leaflet
12 31 (2.53%) Apache Camel
12 31 (2.53%) OpenLayers
13 30 (2.45%) JSON
14 29 (2.37%) J2EE
14 29 (2.37%) PostGIS
15 28 (2.29%) Hibernate
16 25 (2.04%) .NET Core
17 24 (1.96%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 38 (3.11%) Product Ownership
2 37 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
3 36 (2.94%) Data Centre
4 35 (2.86%) Algorithms
5 32 (2.62%) CMDB
6 30 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
7 27 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 22 (1.80%) Management Information System
9 21 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
9 21 (1.72%) Satnav
10 18 (1.47%) PKI
11 16 (1.31%) Client/Server
11 16 (1.31%) FPGA
11 16 (1.31%) Private Cloud
12 15 (1.23%) VHDL
13 13 (1.06%) Analogue Electronics
13 13 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (1.06%) Digital Signage
14 8 (0.65%) Virtual Team
15 7 (0.57%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 280 (22.89%) Windows
2 246 (20.11%) Linux
3 135 (11.04%) Windows Server
4 49 (4.01%) Windows 10
5 48 (3.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 43 (3.52%) CentOS
7 42 (3.43%) Unix
8 39 (3.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 30 (2.45%) Ubuntu
10 29 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 22 (1.80%) Windows 7
12 21 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
13 15 (1.23%) Solaris
14 14 (1.14%) Android
15 12 (0.98%) Windows XP
16 8 (0.65%) Windows NT
17 5 (0.41%) Rocky
18 4 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
19 3 (0.25%) AIX
20 2 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (29.11%) Agile
2 298 (24.37%) Problem-Solving
3 288 (23.55%) Actionable Insight
4 215 (17.58%) DevOps
5 163 (13.33%) Software Engineering
6 125 (10.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 110 (8.99%) ITIL
7 110 (8.99%) Service Management
8 103 (8.42%) Test Automation
9 100 (8.18%) Scrum
10 99 (8.09%) Collaborative Working
11 92 (7.52%) Project Management
12 77 (6.30%) Customer Service
13 68 (5.56%) Microservices
14 67 (5.48%) Computer Science
15 65 (5.31%) Kanban
16 64 (5.23%) Configuration Management
16 64 (5.23%) Incident Management
17 63 (5.15%) Containerisation
18 61 (4.99%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 220 (17.99%) Java
2 205 (16.76%) SQL
3 174 (14.23%) Python
4 159 (13.00%) PowerShell
5 125 (10.22%) JavaScript
6 108 (8.83%) C++
7 74 (6.05%) C#
8 53 (4.33%) C
9 28 (2.29%) Shell Script
10 24 (1.96%) PL/SQL
11 20 (1.64%) Kotlin
12 13 (1.06%) Ruby
13 11 (0.90%) VB
14 10 (0.82%) Groovy
15 9 (0.74%) Bash
16 7 (0.57%) Bicep
16 7 (0.57%) Go
16 7 (0.57%) VBScript
17 6 (0.49%) MATLAB
17 6 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1,223 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 300 (24.53%) DV Cleared
3 175 (14.31%) Degree
4 61 (4.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
6 35 (2.86%) AWS Certification
6 35 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 33 (2.70%) CCNP
8 30 (2.45%) CCNA
9 24 (1.96%) Azure Certification
10 18 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (1.39%) JNCIS
11 17 (1.39%) PhD
12 16 (1.31%) A+ Certification
12 16 (1.31%) DBS Check
13 14 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 13 (1.06%) CISSP
14 13 (1.06%) MCP
15 9 (0.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 9 (0.74%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (4.74%) SLA
2 36 (2.94%) QA
3 21 (1.72%) Software Quality Assurance
4 17 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.31%) NIST
6 12 (0.98%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.82%) RMADS
8 9 (0.74%) JSP 440
9 8 (0.65%) 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
1 132 (10.79%) Active Directory
2 95 (7.77%) Docker
3 66 (5.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 60 (4.91%) Hyper-V
5 25 (2.04%) VMware ESXi
6 23 (1.88%) Firmware
6 23 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
7 21 (1.72%) Virtual Servers
8 16 (1.31%) pfSense
9 15 (1.23%) KVM
9 15 (1.23%) Oracle RAC
10 13 (1.06%) vSphere
11 10 (0.82%) NFS
12 9 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
13 4 (0.33%) Microsoft App-V
13 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
15 1 (0.082%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 109 (8.91%) Kubernetes
2 107 (8.75%) Ansible
3 77 (6.30%) Terraform
4 76 (6.21%) SCCM
5 57 (4.66%) SCOM
6 43 (3.52%) vCenter Server
7 38 (3.11%) WSUS
8 26 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
9 25 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
10 22 (1.80%) OpenSSO
11 19 (1.55%) NetBackup
12 18 (1.47%) Grafana
13 17 (1.39%) ZABBIX
14 16 (1.31%) EMC NetWorker
15 15 (1.23%) Data Guard
15 15 (1.23%) Oracle RMAN
16 11 (0.90%) Rancher
17 10 (0.82%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
17 10 (0.82%) SCDPM
18 8 (0.65%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 206 (16.84%) Microsoft
2 119 (9.73%) Oracle
3 109 (8.91%) Juniper
3 109 (8.91%) VMware
4 90 (7.36%) Cisco
5 48 (3.92%) ServiceNow
6 40 (3.27%) Remedy
7 39 (3.19%) Siebel
8 31 (2.53%) HP
8 31 (2.53%) WSO2
9 29 (2.37%) Dynatrace
9 29 (2.37%) ESRI
10 26 (2.13%) Fortinet
10 26 (2.13%) Veeam
11 20 (1.64%) F5
11 20 (1.64%) Red Hat
12 17 (1.39%) EMC
12 17 (1.39%) McAfee
13 15 (1.23%) Sun
14 14 (1.14%) Xilinx