Security Cleared Job Trends in Bolton

Security Clearance
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bolton with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 10 7
Rank change year-on-year -13 -3 +12
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 4 24 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Bolton 3.70% 19.35% 13.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.80% 30.38% 46.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1 21 6
10th Percentile - - £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £47,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year - -8.30% +108.18%
75th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £64,313
90th Percentile - - £68,625
Manchester median annual salary £75,000 £58,800 £61,500
% change year-on-year +27.55% -4.39% +11.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bolton

Security Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Bolton.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 69 79 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 63.89% 63.71% 28.89%
Number of salaries quoted 55 65 10
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,200 £32,125
25th Percentile £33,250 £41,250 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,734
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +3.48% +1.47%
75th Percentile £53,835 £55,000 £60,500
90th Percentile £70,500 £60,000 £65,525
Manchester median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -12.50% +14.29%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Cleared relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bolton.

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Bolton

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Bolton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Big Data
1 1 (25.00%) Hadoop
1 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (25.00%) Neo4j
1 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Android
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Android Development
1 3 (75.00%) Design Patterns
1 3 (75.00%) Line Management
1 3 (75.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (75.00%) OO
1 3 (75.00%) OOP
2 1 (25.00%) API Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (25.00%) Natural Language Processing
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) Go
2 3 (75.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle