Counter-Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CTC 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 830 955 1167
Rank change year-on-year +125 +212 -274
Permanent jobs citing CTC Cleared 66 15 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.067% 0.014% 0.042%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 0.044% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 60 15 47
10th Percentile £46,750 £34,400 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £38,750 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £43,250 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.17% +23.57% -22.22%
75th Percentile £57,500 £66,846 £48,798
90th Percentile £62,500 £78,750 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £43,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year +27.17% +8.13% -11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CTC 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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,286 34,290 41,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.76% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,237 15,306 18,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CTC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CTC Cleared in the UK

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Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CTC Cleared.

Salary trend for CTC Cleared in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CTC Cleared over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CTC Cleared in the UK

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Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CTC Cleared within the UK 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
England +164 66 £55,000 +27.17% 18
UK excluding London +70 63 £55,000 +27.17% 15
South East +82 53 £55,000 -29.03% 8
Work from Home +130 44 £55,000 +13.86% 4
London +169 42 £55,000 +39.24% 2
East of England - 6 - - 3
West Midlands +24 3 £30,000 -25.56%
Midlands +6 3 £30,000 -25.56%
North West - 1 £26,216 -
North of England - 1 £26,216 - 4

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.52%) JBoss
Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (30.30%) Azure
1 20 (30.30%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (18.18%) Firewall
2 9 (13.64%) 4G
2 9 (13.64%) 5G
2 9 (13.64%) MPLS
2 9 (13.64%) WAN
3 2 (3.03%) Network Security
3 2 (3.03%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (28.79%) Relational Database
2 7 (10.61%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Maven
General
1 10 (15.15%) Telecoms
2 7 (10.61%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.09%) Marketing
4 2 (3.03%) Police
5 1 (1.52%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 39 (59.09%) Developer
2 19 (28.79%) COBOL Developer
2 19 (28.79%) HTML CSS Developer
2 19 (28.79%) HTML Developer
2 19 (28.79%) JavaScript Developer
2 19 (28.79%) Mainframe Developer
3 10 (15.15%) Systems Engineer
4 7 (10.61%) .NET Developer
4 7 (10.61%) ASP.NET Developer
4 7 (10.61%) C# .NET Developer
4 7 (10.61%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 7 (10.61%) C# Developer
5 6 (9.09%) Author
5 6 (9.09%) Technical Author
6 5 (7.58%) IBM Mainframe Developer
6 5 (7.58%) Senior
7 4 (6.06%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 2 (3.03%) Digital Transformation
8 2 (3.03%) IT Technician
8 2 (3.03%) Security Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (31.82%) CSS
1 21 (31.82%) HTML
2 7 (10.61%) .NET
2 7 (10.61%) .NET Framework
2 7 (10.61%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.52%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.52%) Hibernate
3 1 (1.52%) J2EE
3 1 (1.52%) Struts
3 1 (1.52%) Struts2
3 1 (1.52%) Web Services
3 1 (1.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (28.79%) Mainframe
2 13 (19.70%) Management Information System
3 11 (16.67%) Driving Licence
4 9 (13.64%) ARM Cortex
4 9 (13.64%) IoT
5 8 (12.12%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (9.09%) Animation
6 6 (9.09%) Graphic Design
7 5 (7.58%) IBM Mainframe
8 1 (1.52%) CCTV
8 1 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.06%) Windows
2 2 (3.03%) Linux
2 2 (3.03%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (56.06%) ITIL
2 36 (54.55%) Service Delivery
3 21 (31.82%) Web Development
4 20 (30.30%) DevOps
4 20 (30.30%) MVC
5 13 (19.70%) Cybersecurity
5 13 (19.70%) MVVM
5 13 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (13.64%) Data Management
6 9 (13.64%) Project Management
7 8 (12.12%) Time Management
8 7 (10.61%) Change Control
9 6 (9.09%) CAD
9 6 (9.09%) Customer Service
9 6 (9.09%) Functional Testing
10 4 (6.06%) Patch Management
11 3 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (4.55%) Contract Management
11 3 (4.55%) Penetration Testing
12 2 (3.03%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (31.82%) JavaScript
2 19 (28.79%) COBOL
3 7 (10.61%) C#
4 1 (1.52%) Java
Qualifications
1 66 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (15.15%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.03%) Degree
4 2 (3.03%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.52%) CISM
5 1 (1.52%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (19.70%) GDPR
2 10 (15.15%) COSHH
2 10 (15.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.03%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.52%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (15.15%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.03%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (15.15%) FortiGate
2 2 (3.03%) Nessus
Vendors
1 19 (28.79%) Unisys
2 14 (21.21%) Oracle
3 11 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 10 (15.15%) Cisco
5 9 (13.64%) Darktrace
5 9 (13.64%) HP
5 9 (13.64%) Mitel
5 9 (13.64%) NEC
5 9 (13.64%) Ribbon
6 5 (7.58%) IBM
7 2 (3.03%) Forcepoint
8 1 (1.52%) Aruba