The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Cleared over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

Security Clearance
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank859796
Rank change year-on-year
Up+12Down-1
Matching permanent IT job ads360130582081
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK2.986 %2.494 %2.180 %
As % of the Qualifications category10.76 %9.514 %9.000 %
Number of salaries quoted284024311737
Average salary£45,000£41,500£41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.43 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£29,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£67,500£65,000£67,500
UK excluding London average salary£43,500£40,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+8.75 %-
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
334753214123123
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK27.76 %26.21 %24.22 %
Number of salaries quoted284762683119147
Average salary£42,500£41,000£41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65 %-1.20 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,500£38,000
% change year-on-year
+3.89 %+1.31 %

Security Cleared
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Security Cleared Demand Trend

Security Cleared
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the UK.

Security Cleared Salary Trend

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Cleared over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Security Cleared Salary Histogram

Security Cleared
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+93175£45,000+12.50 %
South EastUp+281044£42,500+6.25 %
South WestUp+5699£40,000+5.96 %
LondonNo change0616£50,000+5.26 %
GloucestershireNo change0380£40,000+2.56 %
HampshireUp+34348£40,000+6.66 %
BerkshireDown-1318£44,000-2.22 %
ReadingDown-1238£45,000-
SurreyUp+51206£45,500+13.75 %
GloucesterNo change0188£40,000-14.43 %
East of EnglandDown-48187£40,000+2.56 %
CheltenhamUp+2172£42,000+12.00 %
City of LondonUp+22147£50,000-4.76 %
North WestUp+23143£40,000+8.10 %
WiltshireUp+5129£40,250+15.00 %
ScotlandUp+27121£37,000-16.85 %
BristolDown-5120£40,000-11.11 %
West MidlandsDown-20119£45,000+20.00 %
East MidlandsUp+1597£45,000+24.13 %
SouthamptonUp+4187£36,250-8.22 %
StroudUp+582£42,500-
CheshireUp+3680£40,000-
EssexUp+4077£50,000+42.85 %
GuildfordUp+2370£52,500+23.52 %
TewkesburyUp+1163£47,500+53.22 %
YorkshireUp+162£37,500-6.25 %
HertfordshireDown-6560£40,000+3.89 %
FarnboroughUp+1852£52,500+65.35 %
CirencesterUp+1446£42,500+37.09 %
West SussexUp+2044£40,000+6.66 %

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Security Cleared also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Security Cleared.

13624 (51.72 %)SC Cleared
21496 (21.35 %)Windows
31477 (21.08 %)Java
41363 (19.45 %)Oracle
51167 (16.65 %)Degree
61156 (16.50 %)DV Cleared
7992 (14.16 %)Linux
8990 (14.13 %)Microsoft
9940 (13.42 %)UNIX
10892 (12.73 %)Finance
11855 (12.20 %)SQL
12815 (11.63 %)C++
13703 (10.03 %)ITIL
14693 (9.890 %)C#
14693 (9.890 %)SQL Server
15679 (9.690 %).NET
16670 (9.562 %)C
17630 (8.991 %)Cisco
18613 (8.748 %)MS Excel
19598 (8.534 %)J2EE
20571 (8.149 %)Project Management
21538 (7.678 %)UML
22536 (7.649 %)Firewall
23524 (7.478 %)Telecoms
24521 (7.435 %)Active Directory
25507 (7.236 %)SOA
26493 (7.036 %)VMware
27473 (6.750 %)Information Security
28467 (6.665 %)OO
29463 (6.608 %)XML

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Security Cleared also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Security Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1679 (9.690 %).NET
2598 (8.534 %)J2EE
3463 (6.608 %)XML
4457 (6.522 %)Spring
5406 (5.794 %)Hibernate
6386 (5.509 %)Web Services
7309 (4.410 %)Middleware
8245 (3.497 %)HTML
9213 (3.040 %)CSS
10195 (2.783 %)ASP.NET
11139 (1.984 %).NET Framework
12137 (1.955 %)GWT
13130 (1.855 %)Swing
14129 (1.841 %)Java EE
15128 (1.827 %)Oracle Fusion
16114 (1.627 %)SOAP
17112 (1.598 %)EJB
18103 (1.470 %)WebSphere
19102 (1.456 %)REST
20100 (1.427 %)JSF
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1263 (3.753 %)SharePoint
2206 (2.940 %)WebLogic
3177 (2.526 %)MS Exchange
4160 (2.283 %)Apache
5159 (2.269 %)IIS
6104 (1.484 %)SharePoint 2010
797 (1.384 %)Exchange Server 2010
887 (1.242 %)Exchange Server 2007
887 (1.242 %)ESB
973 (1.042 %)BizTalk Server
1069 (0.985 %)Tomcat
1158 (0.828 %)Exchange Server 2003
1251 (0.728 %)SharePoint Server
1346 (0.656 %)NetWeaver
1444 (0.628 %)SAS
1542 (0.599 %)Oracle SOA Suite
1635 (0.500 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1734 (0.485 %)GlassFish
1830 (0.428 %)Oracle Application Server
1921 (0.300 %)CMS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1613 (8.748 %)MS Excel
2201 (2.869 %)MS Office
3106 (1.513 %)MATLAB
484 (1.199 %)MS Visio
582 (1.170 %)MS Project
628 (0.400 %)Photoshop
628 (0.400 %)Simulink
628 (0.400 %)Pro/ENGINEER
718 (0.257 %)MS PowerPoint
814 (0.200 %)Stateflow
97 (0.100 %)Office 365
97 (0.100 %)CATIA
104 (0.057 %)Adobe Director
104 (0.057 %)Final Cut Pro
104 (0.057 %)Acrobat
113 (0.043 %)SPSS
113 (0.043 %)FrameMaker
113 (0.043 %)InfoPath
113 (0.043 %)PowerPivot
122 (0.029 %)Elements/Pro
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1390 (5.566 %)Oracle EBS
2328 (4.681 %)Oracle EBS R12
3133 (1.898 %)Oracle Financials
496 (1.370 %)Oracle BPM
572 (1.028 %)Oracle 11i
668 (0.970 %)Oracle Payroll
765 (0.928 %)Oracle HRMS
863 (0.899 %)Oracle Applications
950 (0.714 %)Oracle iProcurement
1045 (0.642 %)SAP FI
1045 (0.642 %)SAP CO
1144 (0.628 %)SAP FI/CO
1144 (0.628 %)Dynamics CRM
1235 (0.500 %)Oracle ERP
1322 (0.314 %)SAP CRM
1322 (0.314 %)SAP MM
1416 (0.228 %)SoftGrid
1514 (0.200 %)Hyperion Planning
1611 (0.157 %)Remedy ITSM
1611 (0.157 %)Oracle iRecruitment
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1536 (7.649 %)Firewall
2311 (4.438 %)TCP/IP
3283 (4.039 %)SAN
4247 (3.525 %)WAN
5240 (3.425 %)LAN
6223 (3.183 %)Network Security
7179 (2.555 %)DHCP
8169 (2.412 %)Internet
9168 (2.398 %)DNS
10151 (2.155 %)VPN
11119 (1.698 %)Cisco ASA
1287 (1.242 %)HTTP
1385 (1.213 %)Ethernet
1385 (1.213 %)Intrusion Detection
1483 (1.185 %)OSPF
1582 (1.170 %)Cisco PIX
1679 (1.127 %)Wireless
1770 (0.999 %)VoIP
1869 (0.985 %)MPLS
1967 (0.956 %)BGP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1693 (9.890 %)SQL Server
2173 (2.469 %)SQL Server 2008
3168 (2.398 %)MySQL
4165 (2.355 %)Data Warehouse
5161 (2.298 %)SQL Server 2005
6156 (2.226 %)ETL
7126 (1.798 %)Oracle 11g
8111 (1.584 %)Oracle 10g
9107 (1.527 %)RDBMS
1087 (1.242 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1184 (1.199 %)Oracle 8/8i
1275 (1.070 %)Oracle BI EE
1371 (1.013 %)OLTP
1464 (0.913 %)Oracle 9i
1560 (0.856 %)GIS
1657 (0.813 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1755 (0.785 %)Oracle Exadata
1849 (0.699 %)SQL Server 2000
1948 (0.685 %)Oracle Reports
2044 (0.628 %)SAP BW
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1185 (2.640 %)JUnit
2181 (2.583 %)Maven
3176 (2.512 %)ClearCase
4156 (2.226 %)Eclipse
5149 (2.126 %)Subversion
6126 (1.798 %)Ant
7122 (1.741 %)Visual Studio
884 (1.199 %)Rational DOORS
970 (0.999 %)LoadRunner
1069 (0.985 %)TestDirector
1069 (0.985 %)Bugzilla
1166 (0.942 %)QuickTest Pro
1166 (0.942 %)Git (software)
1252 (0.742 %)Rational Rhapsody
1351 (0.728 %)Hudson
1445 (0.642 %)Oracle Forms
1536 (0.514 %)MSI
1630 (0.428 %)Team Foundation Server
1725 (0.357 %)Oracle APEX
1725 (0.357 %)InstallShield
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1892 (12.73 %)Finance
2524 (7.478 %)Telecoms
3277 (3.953 %)Back Office
4236 (3.368 %)Aerospace
5188 (2.683 %)Retail
6179 (2.555 %)Manufacturing
7178 (2.540 %)Military
8139 (1.984 %)Electronics
994 (1.342 %)Banking
1068 (0.970 %)General Ledger
1156 (0.799 %)Advertising
1247 (0.671 %)Legal
1346 (0.656 %)Marketing
1444 (0.628 %)Publishing
1536 (0.514 %)Avionics
1631 (0.442 %)Automotive
1727 (0.385 %)Law
1822 (0.314 %)Games
1917 (0.243 %)Local Government
2015 (0.214 %)Billing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11290 (18.41 %)Developer
2991 (14.14 %)Consultant
3751 (10.72 %)Architect
4647 (9.234 %)Analyst
5570 (8.135 %)Software Engineer
6533 (7.607 %)Java Developer
7272 (3.882 %)Systems Engineer
8210 (2.997 %)Project Manager
9195 (2.783 %)Oracle Consultant
10194 (2.769 %)Java/J2EE Developer
11186 (2.654 %)Support Engineer
12178 (2.540 %)Network Engineer
13175 (2.498 %)Solutions Architect
14174 (2.483 %)Software Developer
15154 (2.198 %)Security Consultant
16152 (2.169 %)SAP Consultant
17151 (2.155 %)Infrastructure Engineer
18148 (2.112 %).NET Developer
19146 (2.084 %)Test Analyst
20144 (2.055 %)Technical Architect
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1209 (2.983 %)Mathematics
2203 (2.897 %)Management Information System
3199 (2.840 %)Computer Science
4172 (2.455 %)Clustering
5122 (1.741 %)Embedded Systems
6114 (1.627 %)CESG
6114 (1.627 %)Physics
779 (1.127 %)Blackberry
867 (0.956 %)CESG CLAS
966 (0.942 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
1060 (0.856 %)RMADS
1156 (0.799 %)Replication
1252 (0.742 %)iPhone
1348 (0.685 %)Human Factors
1447 (0.671 %)Oracle Exalogic
1544 (0.628 %)Open Source
1642 (0.599 %)Data Integration
1741 (0.585 %)Client/Server
1837 (0.528 %)Visualisation
1935 (0.500 %)PKI
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11496 (21.35 %)Windows
2992 (14.16 %)Linux
3940 (13.42 %)UNIX
4428 (6.108 %)Windows Server 2003
5382 (5.452 %)Windows Server 2008
6284 (4.053 %)Solaris
7172 (2.455 %)Windows XP
8128 (1.827 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9105 (1.499 %)Windows 7
10102 (1.456 %)HPUX
1185 (1.213 %)Windows 2000
1282 (1.170 %)AIX
1372 (1.028 %)Android
1454 (0.771 %)Windows Vista
1553 (0.756 %)VxWorks
1640 (0.571 %)Windows 2000 Server
1734 (0.485 %)Windows NT
1831 (0.442 %)LynxOS
1930 (0.428 %)CentOS
2021 (0.300 %)Apple iOS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1703 (10.03 %)ITIL
2571 (8.149 %)Project Management
3538 (7.678 %)UML
4507 (7.236 %)SOA
5473 (6.750 %)Information Security
6467 (6.665 %)OO
7392 (5.594 %)Software Engineering
8314 (4.481 %)Service Delivery
9297 (4.239 %)Agile Software Development
10296 (4.224 %)Business Intelligence
11262 (3.739 %)Risk Management
12256 (3.653 %)PRINCE2
13241 (3.439 %)Business Development
14234 (3.340 %)Change Management
15228 (3.254 %)ERP
16216 (3.083 %)Migration
17213 (3.040 %)Software Architecture
18210 (2.997 %)Validation
18210 (2.997 %)RUP
19208 (2.968 %)Configuration Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11477 (21.08 %)Java
2855 (12.20 %)SQL
3815 (11.63 %)C++
4693 (9.890 %)C#
5670 (9.562 %)C
6307 (4.381 %)Perl
7287 (4.096 %)JavaScript
8203 (2.897 %)Shell Script
9194 (2.769 %)Python
10179 (2.555 %)PL/SQL
11111 (1.584 %)VB
1282 (1.170 %)VBScript
1379 (1.127 %)PHP
1473 (1.042 %)T-SQL
1571 (1.013 %)VB.NET
1655 (0.785 %)ABAP
1655 (0.785 %)Ada
1751 (0.728 %)PowerShell
1849 (0.699 %)Bash shell
1944 (0.628 %)Embedded C
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13624 (51.72 %)SC Cleared
21167 (16.65 %)Degree
31156 (16.50 %)DV Cleared
4369 (5.266 %)Cisco Certification
5294 (4.196 %)ISEB
6239 (3.411 %)Microsoft Certification
7227 (3.240 %)CISSP
8215 (3.068 %)CCNA
9201 (2.869 %)CCNP
10174 (2.483 %)MCSE
11110 (1.570 %)ISTQB
12103 (1.470 %)MCITP
1375 (1.070 %)CISA
1466 (0.942 %)CCSP
1565 (0.928 %)CCSA
1664 (0.913 %)CISM
1664 (0.913 %)HND
1755 (0.785 %)ITIL Certification
1854 (0.771 %)CCDP
1949 (0.699 %)CCIE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1274 (3.910 %)ISO/IEC 27001
2209 (2.983 %)SLA
3202 (2.883 %)QA
475 (1.070 %)PCI DSS
563 (0.899 %)ISO 9001
661 (0.871 %)DO-178B
743 (0.614 %)Data Quality
837 (0.528 %)JSP 440
928 (0.400 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
1020 (0.285 %)BS7799
1115 (0.214 %)TickIT
1214 (0.200 %)IEC 61508
1312 (0.171 %)BS25999
1411 (0.157 %)WAI
1510 (0.143 %)JTAG
166 (0.086 %)COBIT
175 (0.071 %)ISO 14001
184 (0.057 %)HMG Infosec
192 (0.029 %)CESG Infosec
192 (0.029 %)ISO 9000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1521 (7.435 %)Active Directory
2268 (3.825 %)VMware Infrastructure
3150 (2.141 %)Hyper-V
4114 (1.627 %)vSphere
595 (1.356 %)VMware ESX
673 (1.042 %)Xen
768 (0.970 %)Oracle RAC
866 (0.942 %)XenApp
948 (0.685 %)Oracle RMAN
1044 (0.628 %)Terminal Services
1138 (0.542 %)XenDesktop
1224 (0.343 %)XenServer
1224 (0.343 %)Nmap
1224 (0.343 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1224 (0.343 %)VMware ESXi
1322 (0.314 %)ISA Server
1421 (0.300 %)Samba
1517 (0.243 %)SRDF
1615 (0.214 %)NFS
1714 (0.200 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1143 (2.041 %)NetBackup
298 (1.399 %)HP Quality Center
371 (1.013 %)SCCM
457 (0.813 %)Data Guard
551 (0.728 %)Tivoli
645 (0.642 %)OpenView
739 (0.557 %)OpenView Configuration Management
837 (0.528 %)Nessus
930 (0.428 %)Backup Exec
1029 (0.414 %)Netcool
1029 (0.414 %)Nagios
1128 (0.400 %)WSUS
1128 (0.400 %)SCOM
1219 (0.271 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1316 (0.228 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1316 (0.228 %)BMC PATROL
1316 (0.228 %)BladeLogic
1415 (0.214 %)Norton AntiVirus
1415 (0.214 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
1514 (0.200 %)Control-M
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11363 (19.45 %)Oracle
2990 (14.13 %)Microsoft
3630 (8.991 %)Cisco
4493 (7.036 %)VMware
5386 (5.509 %)HP
6366 (5.223 %)Citrix
7298 (4.253 %)SAP
8273 (3.896 %)JBoss
9201 (2.869 %)Juniper
10194 (2.769 %)CheckPoint
11186 (2.654 %)IBM
12164 (2.341 %)Symantec
13141 (2.012 %)EMC
14137 (1.955 %)Red Hat
15123 (1.755 %)NetApp
16102 (1.456 %)Brocade
1796 (1.370 %)Blue Coat
1880 (1.142 %)Veritas
1976 (1.085 %)Nokia
2065 (0.928 %)Business Objects