Security Cleared Job Trends in Bridgend

Security Clearance
South Wales > Bridgend

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bridgend with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 2
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 3 0 46
As % of all permanent jobs in Bridgend 3.26% - 24.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.86% - 62.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 - -
75th Percentile £49,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +114.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bridgend

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 Bridgend.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7 8 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bridgend 7.61% 44.44% 39.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 24
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,750 - £35,195
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 - £42,693
Median % change year-on-year - - +70.77%
75th Percentile £49,250 - £48,356
90th Percentile - - £49,507
South Wales median annual salary £53,000 £62,000 £47,264
% change year-on-year -14.52% +31.18% +5.03%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgend

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Bridgend

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Bridgend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgend 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Converged Networks
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) FTP
1 1 (33.33%) HTTP
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) SMTP
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Wintel Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) SOAR
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Swim Lanes
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GRC
1 1 (33.33%) NEBOSH
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) QRadar
1 1 (33.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ArcSight
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk
1 1 (33.33%) VMware