Security Cleared Jobs in the Thames Valley

Security Clearance
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 14 61
Rank change year-on-year +6 +47 +18
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 936 727 327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.98% 11.86% 4.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.72% 28.35% 14.46%
Number of salaries quoted 622 369 166
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,463 £35,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,909 £45,600 £56,288
Median % change year-on-year +18.22% -18.99% -13.40%
75th Percentile £61,738 £61,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,375 £75,000 £84,375
South East median annual salary £55,000 £48,850 £57,467
% change year-on-year +12.59% -14.99% +4.49%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,549 2,564 2,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 38.06% 41.83% 32.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,597 1,064 946
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,875
25th Percentile £38,000 £34,990 £36,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,850 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.47% -5.15% -6.36%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £51,350 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.70% -4.76% +5.00%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the Thames Valley

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 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
Berkshire +6 757 £52,550 +15.24% 133
Buckinghamshire -5 125 £55,000 +15.64% 33
Oxfordshire +5 54 £51,020 +20.05% 29
Security Cleared
South East

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (4.38%) WebLogic
2 33 (3.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (3.10%) ArcGIS
3 29 (3.10%) GeoServer
4 24 (2.56%) OpenStack
5 18 (1.92%) Exchange Server 2010
6 15 (1.60%) Oracle Service Bus
7 14 (1.50%) IIS
8 13 (1.39%) CMS
9 11 (1.18%) Confluence
9 11 (1.18%) JBoss
9 11 (1.18%) Red Hat Fuse
10 6 (0.64%) Apache
10 6 (0.64%) SharePoint
11 5 (0.53%) nginx
12 1 (0.11%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 59 (6.30%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (2.24%) MS Visio
4 10 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.43%) Siemens NX
6 4 (0.43%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (1.92%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.43%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (0.43%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.21%) C-CURE
4 2 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.21%) Primavera
5 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 190 (20.30%) Azure
2 102 (10.90%) AWS
3 48 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (4.06%) Azure Monitor
5 31 (3.31%) Amazon EKS
6 28 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (2.88%) Amazon ECS
7 27 (2.88%) Serverless
8 22 (2.35%) Entra ID
9 16 (1.71%) OCI
10 14 (1.50%) Azure Storage
11 11 (1.18%) SaaS
12 7 (0.75%) GitHub
13 6 (0.64%) Miro
14 5 (0.53%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (0.53%) PaaS
15 4 (0.43%) Amazon SQS
15 4 (0.43%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 81 (8.65%) Firewall
2 60 (6.41%) DNS
3 51 (5.45%) DHCP
4 31 (3.31%) VPN
5 18 (1.92%) LAN
6 15 (1.60%) WAN
7 14 (1.50%) BGP
7 14 (1.50%) OSPF
7 14 (1.50%) SNMP
8 13 (1.39%) SAN
9 12 (1.28%) SSL
9 12 (1.28%) Wireless
10 11 (1.18%) TCP/IP
11 10 (1.07%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
12 8 (0.85%) IPsec
12 8 (0.85%) Network Security
13 7 (0.75%) VLAN
13 7 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (0.64%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (6.41%) PostgreSQL
2 53 (5.66%) Relational Database
3 34 (3.63%) GIS
4 29 (3.10%) QGIS
5 27 (2.88%) SQL Server
6 26 (2.78%) Oracle Database
7 22 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
8 19 (2.03%) NoSQL
9 16 (1.71%) Oracle Database 11g
10 15 (1.60%) Oracle Database 10g
10 15 (1.60%) VLDB
11 5 (0.53%) MySQL
11 5 (0.53%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
13 2 (0.21%) NonStop SQL
14 1 (0.11%) Spatial Data
14 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 47 (5.02%) Jenkins
2 34 (3.63%) Git
3 22 (2.35%) GitLab
4 19 (2.03%) JIRA
5 14 (1.50%) JUnit
5 14 (1.50%) Visual Studio
6 12 (1.28%) Selenium
7 10 (1.07%) Cucumber
8 9 (0.96%) TestRail
9 7 (0.75%) Rational DOORS
9 7 (0.75%) REST Assured
9 7 (0.75%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.64%) TestNG
11 5 (0.53%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.53%) Oracle APEX
12 4 (0.43%) Bitbucket Server
12 4 (0.43%) MSI
12 4 (0.43%) Serenity BDD
12 4 (0.43%) SoapUI
12 4 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 204 (21.79%) Social Skills
2 75 (8.01%) Public Sector
3 68 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (2.67%) Police
6 20 (2.14%) Finance
7 15 (1.60%) Back Office
8 9 (0.96%) Manufacturing
8 9 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (0.85%) Aerospace
10 6 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (0.64%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.53%) Law
11 5 (0.53%) Local Government
11 5 (0.53%) Military
11 5 (0.53%) Publishing
12 4 (0.43%) Aeronautics
12 4 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.43%) Legal
12 4 (0.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 163 (17.41%) Senior
2 133 (14.21%) Analyst
3 102 (10.90%) Developer
4 86 (9.19%) Architect
5 79 (8.44%) Systems Engineer
6 58 (6.20%) Software Engineer
7 51 (5.45%) Support Analyst
8 45 (4.81%) Applications Support
9 44 (4.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 44 (4.70%) Support Specialist
10 42 (4.49%) Lead
11 38 (4.06%) Network Engineer
11 38 (4.06%) Senior Analyst
12 37 (3.95%) Applications Support Analyst
13 35 (3.74%) Senior Software Engineer
14 33 (3.53%) Administrator
15 30 (3.21%) Java Developer
16 27 (2.88%) Infrastructure Support
16 27 (2.88%) Support Engineer
17 25 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (6.20%) Spring
2 51 (5.45%) CSS
3 49 (5.24%) .NET
4 47 (5.02%) React
5 42 (4.49%) REST
6 36 (3.85%) Web Services
7 35 (3.74%) AngularJS
8 33 (3.53%) HTML
9 32 (3.42%) Leaflet
9 32 (3.42%) Node.js
9 32 (3.42%) OpenLayers
9 32 (3.42%) Spring Boot
10 29 (3.10%) Elastic Stack
10 29 (3.10%) J2EE
10 29 (3.10%) PostGIS
11 27 (2.88%) .NET Core
11 27 (2.88%) XML
12 25 (2.67%) JSON
13 24 (2.56%) Apache Camel
13 24 (2.56%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 41 (4.38%) Management Information System
2 34 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (3.31%) CMDB
4 30 (3.21%) Algorithms
5 26 (2.78%) Data Centre
6 25 (2.67%) PKI
7 23 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
8 20 (2.14%) Product Ownership
9 19 (2.03%) Mainframe
10 17 (1.82%) Driving Licence
11 16 (1.71%) Private Cloud
12 13 (1.39%) Digital Signage
13 9 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
13 9 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (0.75%) Client/Server
15 7 (0.75%) Virtual Team
16 6 (0.64%) CUDA
16 6 (0.64%) Cyber Defence
16 6 (0.64%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 172 (18.38%) Windows
2 155 (16.56%) Linux
3 89 (9.51%) Windows Server
4 76 (8.12%) Windows 10
5 59 (6.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 58 (6.20%) Unix
6 58 (6.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 45 (4.81%) Windows 7
8 42 (4.49%) Windows Server 2012
9 21 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 16 (1.71%) CentOS
11 15 (1.60%) Solaris
12 13 (1.39%) Windows NT
13 12 (1.28%) Windows XP
14 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
15 3 (0.32%) Rocky
16 1 (0.11%) Debian
16 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
16 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (25.64%) Agile
2 208 (22.22%) ITIL
3 203 (21.69%) Problem-Solving
4 154 (16.45%) Actionable Insight
5 153 (16.35%) DevOps
6 105 (11.22%) Customer Service
7 100 (10.68%) Service Management
8 69 (7.37%) Service Delivery
8 69 (7.37%) Software Engineering
9 68 (7.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 65 (6.94%) Scrum
11 64 (6.84%) Project Management
12 60 (6.41%) CI/CD
12 60 (6.41%) Cybersecurity
13 58 (6.20%) Decision-Making
14 55 (5.88%) Software Testing
15 54 (5.77%) ITSM
15 54 (5.77%) Release Management
16 53 (5.66%) Incident Management
17 52 (5.56%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 124 (13.25%) JavaScript
2 117 (12.50%) Python
3 96 (10.26%) Java
4 74 (7.91%) PowerShell
5 71 (7.59%) C#
5 71 (7.59%) SQL
6 41 (4.38%) C++
7 34 (3.63%) Fortran
8 29 (3.10%) Shell Script
9 25 (2.67%) VBScript
10 24 (2.56%) VB
11 22 (2.35%) Bash
11 22 (2.35%) PL/SQL
12 19 (2.03%) C
12 19 (2.03%) COBOL
13 14 (1.50%) Bicep
14 13 (1.39%) TypeScript
15 12 (1.28%) MATLAB
16 9 (0.96%) Groovy
17 7 (0.75%) Perl
Qualifications
1 554 (59.19%) SC Cleared
2 304 (32.48%) DV Cleared
3 177 (18.91%) Degree
4 48 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
5 42 (4.49%) CCNA
6 40 (4.27%) CTC Cleared
7 29 (3.10%) NVQ Level 3
8 28 (2.99%) CCNP
9 27 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
10 23 (2.46%) PhD
11 21 (2.24%) HNC
12 20 (2.14%) AWS Certification
12 20 (2.14%) Master's Degree
13 19 (2.03%) A+ Certification
14 15 (1.60%) Azure Certification
14 15 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
15 14 (1.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 14 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (1.39%) MCP
17 10 (1.07%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (6.73%) SLA
2 18 (1.92%) QA
3 16 (1.71%) NIST
4 15 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.18%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.07%) PMO
7 8 (0.85%) JSP 440
7 8 (0.85%) RMADS
8 7 (0.75%) NCSC
9 6 (0.64%) GRC
9 6 (0.64%) NIST 800
10 5 (0.53%) WCAG
11 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.32%) COBIT
13 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
14 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
14 1 (0.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.11%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 132 (14.10%) Active Directory
2 51 (5.45%) Docker
3 48 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 40 (4.27%) Firmware
5 38 (4.06%) Hyper-V
6 24 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (1.60%) KVM
7 15 (1.60%) Oracle RAC
8 14 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
8 14 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.43%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 103 (11.00%) SCCM
2 70 (7.48%) Kubernetes
3 64 (6.84%) SCOM
4 59 (6.30%) Ansible
5 47 (5.02%) WSUS
6 39 (4.17%) Terraform
7 32 (3.42%) Microsoft Intune
8 25 (2.67%) vCenter Server
9 22 (2.35%) OpenSSO
9 22 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
10 20 (2.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 19 (2.03%) NetBackup
12 16 (1.71%) EMC NetWorker
13 15 (1.60%) Data Guard
13 15 (1.60%) Oracle RMAN
14 14 (1.50%) Rancher
15 13 (1.39%) Sysprep
16 5 (0.53%) Kibana
17 3 (0.32%) Nagios
17 3 (0.32%) OpenView
Vendors
1 266 (28.42%) Microsoft
2 86 (9.19%) Oracle
3 81 (8.65%) Cisco
4 65 (6.94%) VMware
5 54 (5.77%) Juniper
6 48 (5.13%) ServiceNow
7 43 (4.59%) HP
8 40 (4.27%) Remedy
9 29 (3.10%) ESRI
10 27 (2.88%) Dynatrace
11 24 (2.56%) WSO2
12 19 (2.03%) Unisys
13 17 (1.82%) EMC
14 16 (1.71%) Extreme Networks
14 16 (1.71%) Veeam
15 15 (1.60%) Sun
16 13 (1.39%) Dell
16 13 (1.39%) Riverbed
17 12 (1.28%) Palo Alto
17 12 (1.28%) Symantec