Security Cleared Jobs in the South West

Security Clearance
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 5 5
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +9
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,929 1,389 1,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 20.91% 20.05% 19.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.30% 48.74% 50.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,245 641 827
10th Percentile £31,750 £31,680 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,125 £42,081
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,250 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South 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 South West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,309 2,850 3,096
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 35.86% 41.14% 38.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,144 1,270 1,627
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,493 £30,505
25th Percentile £39,940 £37,940 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,750 £76,520
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the South West

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the South West

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the South West over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the South West

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 5 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
Gloucestershire 0 696 £55,000 -12.00% 137
Bristol +7 590 £65,000 +13.04% 158
Wiltshire +5 391 £51,000 -7.27% 82
Dorset 0 136 £42,500 -19.05% 25
Somerset +5 66 £42,000 -7.05% 43
Devon -37 34 £49,000 +28.01% 50
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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
1 101 (5.24%) Confluence
2 41 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 40 (2.07%) Apache
4 35 (1.81%) Apache Spark
5 34 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
6 31 (1.61%) ArcGIS
7 27 (1.40%) GeoServer
8 17 (0.88%) Jupyter
8 17 (0.88%) nginx
9 14 (0.73%) SharePoint 2010
9 14 (0.73%) SharePoint 2013
10 13 (0.67%) IIS
11 4 (0.21%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.10%) JBoss
12 2 (0.10%) MS Project Server
12 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Fuse
12 2 (0.10%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.10%) WildFly
13 1 (0.052%) Moodle
Applications
1 52 (2.70%) Simulink
2 41 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.31%) Trello
6 4 (0.21%) Sketch
6 4 (0.21%) Stateflow
6 4 (0.21%) Windchill
7 2 (0.10%) GNU Octave
7 2 (0.10%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.052%) 1Password
8 1 (0.052%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.052%) Revit
Business Applications
1 46 (2.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (0.88%) Maximo
3 4 (0.21%) Primavera
4 3 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.052%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.052%) Q-Pulse
5 1 (0.052%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.052%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 390 (20.22%) AWS
2 336 (17.42%) Azure
3 92 (4.77%) OpenShift
4 87 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
5 48 (2.49%) GCP
6 45 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
7 43 (2.23%) SaaS
8 41 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (1.56%) IaaS
9 30 (1.56%) PaaS
10 28 (1.45%) Power Platform
11 24 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
11 24 (1.24%) Serverless
12 23 (1.19%) Amazon S3
13 18 (0.93%) Amazon EKS
14 17 (0.88%) MinIO
15 8 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (0.41%) Power Automate
16 7 (0.36%) Amazon EC2
16 7 (0.36%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 96 (4.98%) Firewall
2 82 (4.25%) TCP/IP
3 69 (3.58%) DNS
4 64 (3.32%) DHCP
4 64 (3.32%) WAN
5 62 (3.21%) HTTP
6 57 (2.95%) LAN
7 41 (2.13%) Network Security
8 26 (1.35%) VSAN
8 26 (1.35%) Wireless
9 21 (1.09%) SAN
10 20 (1.04%) AMQP
10 20 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
11 18 (0.93%) Software-Defined Networking
12 16 (0.83%) BGP
13 13 (0.67%) Ethernet
14 9 (0.47%) iSCSI
15 8 (0.41%) Cisco IPT
15 8 (0.41%) Fibre Channel
15 8 (0.41%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (2.90%) Big Data
2 43 (2.23%) GIS
3 38 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (1.87%) Hadoop
4 36 (1.87%) MongoDB
5 32 (1.66%) SQL Server
6 27 (1.40%) QGIS
7 21 (1.09%) Power BI
8 18 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (0.93%) Relational Database
9 17 (0.88%) Presto
10 14 (0.73%) Cloudera CDH
11 13 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (0.57%) NoSQL
13 10 (0.52%) Tableau
14 9 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
15 8 (0.41%) MySQL
16 7 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
17 6 (0.31%) Oracle Database
17 6 (0.31%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 147 (7.62%) JIRA
2 123 (6.38%) Git
3 98 (5.08%) Visual Studio
4 92 (4.77%) Bitbucket
5 59 (3.06%) Sourcetree
6 51 (2.64%) Rational DOORS
7 44 (2.28%) Jenkins
8 36 (1.87%) GitLab
9 20 (1.04%) LabVIEW
9 20 (1.04%) Rational Rhapsody
10 17 (0.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 10 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
12 8 (0.41%) NetBeans
13 7 (0.36%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.36%) Selenium
13 7 (0.36%) Subversion
14 6 (0.31%) Cucumber
14 6 (0.31%) Rational Team Concert
15 4 (0.21%) Eclipse
16 3 (0.16%) MSI
General
1 295 (15.29%) Social Skills
2 251 (13.01%) Aerospace
3 190 (9.85%) Finance
4 144 (7.47%) Games
5 117 (6.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 114 (5.91%) Military
7 112 (5.81%) Presentation Skills
8 90 (4.67%) Public Sector
9 84 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
10 45 (2.33%) Telecoms
11 40 (2.07%) Retail
12 39 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
13 28 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.19%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.04%) Electronics
16 13 (0.67%) Legal
17 10 (0.52%) Aviation
18 8 (0.41%) French Language
18 8 (0.41%) Police
19 7 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 360 (18.66%) Senior
2 249 (12.91%) Software Engineer
3 219 (11.35%) Architect
4 173 (8.97%) Developer
5 165 (8.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 143 (7.41%) Consultant
7 139 (7.21%) Systems Engineer
8 136 (7.05%) Lead
9 98 (5.08%) Project Manager
10 95 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
11 88 (4.56%) 3D Developer
11 88 (4.56%) Games Developer
11 88 (4.56%) Unity 3D Developer
12 87 (4.51%) Security Consultant
13 82 (4.25%) DevOps Engineer
13 82 (4.25%) Network Engineer
13 82 (4.25%) Support Engineer
14 74 (3.84%) Analyst
15 71 (3.68%) Senior Software Engineer
16 67 (3.47%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (4.77%) React
2 89 (4.61%) .NET
3 88 (4.56%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 56 (2.90%) AngularJS
5 46 (2.38%) HTML
6 40 (2.07%) RabbitMQ
7 38 (1.97%) Spring
8 34 (1.76%) .NET Core
8 34 (1.76%) CSS
8 34 (1.76%) REST
9 30 (1.56%) Node.js
10 29 (1.50%) OpenID
10 29 (1.50%) SAML
11 27 (1.40%) JSON
11 27 (1.40%) Leaflet
11 27 (1.40%) OpenLayers
11 27 (1.40%) PostGIS
11 27 (1.40%) XML
12 26 (1.35%) Elastic Stack
12 26 (1.35%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 88 (4.56%) Virtual Reality
2 84 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 78 (4.04%) Management Information System
4 64 (3.32%) Driving Licence
5 61 (3.16%) Cyberattack
6 58 (3.01%) Algorithms
7 40 (2.07%) Public Cloud
8 39 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
8 39 (2.02%) Private Cloud
9 38 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
10 33 (1.71%) Cyber Defence
11 32 (1.66%) Data Centre
11 32 (1.66%) Security Operations Centre
12 28 (1.45%) PKI
13 25 (1.30%) Product Ownership
14 20 (1.04%) Robotics
15 17 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
16 16 (0.83%) Clustering
16 16 (0.83%) Linux Command Line
17 15 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 441 (22.86%) Linux
2 267 (13.84%) Windows
3 97 (5.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 79 (4.10%) Windows Server
5 64 (3.32%) CentOS
6 53 (2.75%) Embedded Linux
7 43 (2.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 42 (2.18%) Windows 10
9 41 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
9 41 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 22 (1.14%) Ubuntu
11 18 (0.93%) Debian
12 16 (0.83%) Unix
13 13 (0.67%) AIX
13 13 (0.67%) Windows 7
14 11 (0.57%) CoreOS
15 5 (0.26%) Android
16 3 (0.16%) Kali Linux
16 3 (0.16%) zOS
17 2 (0.10%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (27.32%) Agile
2 399 (20.68%) Software Engineering
3 380 (19.70%) Actionable Insight
4 354 (18.35%) DevOps
5 280 (14.52%) Cybersecurity
6 215 (11.15%) Scrum
7 196 (10.16%) Problem-Solving
8 190 (9.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 189 (9.80%) Project Management
10 157 (8.14%) UML
11 153 (7.93%) Collaborative Working
12 150 (7.78%) ITIL
13 133 (6.89%) Systems Engineering
14 127 (6.58%) Validation
15 117 (6.07%) Information Assurance
15 117 (6.07%) Infrastructure as Code
16 115 (5.96%) Risk Management
17 114 (5.91%) Mentoring
18 113 (5.86%) Full Stack Development
19 107 (5.55%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 429 (22.24%) Python
2 224 (11.61%) Java
3 194 (10.06%) Bash
4 149 (7.72%) JavaScript
5 148 (7.67%) C#
6 141 (7.31%) PowerShell
7 109 (5.65%) C
8 91 (4.72%) SQL
9 69 (3.58%) MATLAB
10 56 (2.90%) Rust
11 53 (2.75%) C++
12 50 (2.59%) Embedded C
13 36 (1.87%) TypeScript
14 30 (1.56%) Shell Script
15 24 (1.24%) Ada
16 14 (0.73%) R
17 13 (0.67%) Go
18 8 (0.41%) Perl
19 6 (0.31%) T-SQL
19 6 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 878 (45.52%) SC Cleared
2 635 (32.92%) DV Cleared
3 375 (19.44%) Degree
4 283 (14.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 59 (3.06%) TOGAF Certification
6 53 (2.75%) CISSP
7 51 (2.64%) CESG Certified Professional
8 49 (2.54%) CISM
9 45 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
10 36 (1.87%) AWS Certification
11 34 (1.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 33 (1.71%) CRISC
13 32 (1.66%) CCNA
14 21 (1.09%) CCNP
15 19 (0.98%) A+ Certification
16 16 (0.83%) HNC
17 15 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
18 14 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
18 14 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
18 14 (0.73%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 57 (2.95%) NCSC
3 56 (2.90%) NIST
4 36 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 34 (1.76%) SLA
6 28 (1.45%) NIST 800
7 26 (1.35%) QA
8 23 (1.19%) JSP 440
9 22 (1.14%) RMADS
10 19 (0.98%) Def Stans
11 17 (0.88%) IEC 61508
12 14 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 11 (0.57%) Accessibility
13 11 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
14 10 (0.52%) ISO 9001
15 9 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 9 (0.47%) GRC
16 8 (0.41%) GDPR
17 7 (0.36%) MISRA
17 7 (0.36%) TickIT
System Software
1 190 (9.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 144 (7.47%) Active Directory
3 142 (7.36%) Docker
4 91 (4.72%) Hyper-V
5 40 (2.07%) VMware ESXi
6 39 (2.02%) vSphere
7 23 (1.19%) Firmware
8 20 (1.04%) VMware NSX
9 8 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
10 6 (0.31%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.16%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.16%) Forefront TMG
11 3 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (0.16%) VMware Workstation
11 3 (0.16%) XenApp
12 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 231 (11.98%) Ansible
2 168 (8.71%) Kubernetes
3 141 (7.31%) Terraform
4 115 (5.96%) Puppet
5 67 (3.47%) SCCM
6 38 (1.97%) vCenter Server
7 22 (1.14%) Grafana
7 22 (1.14%) Prometheus
8 17 (0.88%) HAProxy
9 15 (0.78%) Nagios
10 14 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
10 14 (0.73%) Progress Chef
11 12 (0.62%) Backup Exec
11 12 (0.62%) NetBackup
12 9 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
13 8 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
13 8 (0.41%) ZABBIX
14 7 (0.36%) Kibana
15 6 (0.31%) Icinga
16 5 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 350 (18.14%) Microsoft
2 222 (11.51%) VMware
3 127 (6.58%) Red Hat
4 117 (6.07%) Cisco
5 61 (3.16%) Oracle
6 46 (2.38%) IBM
6 46 (2.38%) Sparx
7 43 (2.23%) Google
8 32 (1.66%) ESRI
9 31 (1.61%) SolarWinds
10 21 (1.09%) NetApp
11 18 (0.93%) SaltStack
12 17 (0.88%) Citrix
12 17 (0.88%) EMC
12 17 (0.88%) Veeam
13 13 (0.67%) Hitachi
14 12 (0.62%) Atlassian
14 12 (0.62%) ServiceNow
14 12 (0.62%) Snow
14 12 (0.62%) Veritas