Security Cleared Jobs in Bristol

Security Clearance
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 3 12
Rank change year-on-year -41 +9 -4
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 73 592 406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 5.82% 19.04% 15.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.31% 56.38% 44.42%
Number of salaries quoted 56 402 167
10th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £34,100
25th Percentile £54,925 £53,750 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +13.04% -8.59%
75th Percentile £79,375 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,625 £89,750 £81,750
South West median annual salary £59,400 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 593 1,050 914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 47.25% 33.77% 34.93%
Number of salaries quoted 369 752 460
10th Percentile £32,900 £36,025 £27,000
25th Percentile £47,603 £47,500 £40,798
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £60,000 £55,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.33% +8.60% +4.03%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £84,100
South West median annual salary £52,600 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.19% - +5.00%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Bristol

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Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in Bristol

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Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Bristol over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Windchill
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 22 (30.14%) Azure
2 21 (28.77%) AWS
3 2 (2.74%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (2.74%) Amazon S3
3 2 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (2.74%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (2.74%) GCP
3 2 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.74%) Pulumi
3 2 (2.74%) Serverless
4 1 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (1.37%) Dagster
4 1 (1.37%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.37%) OCI
4 1 (1.37%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.37%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.85%) VPN
2 4 (5.48%) Firewall
2 4 (5.48%) LAN
2 4 (5.48%) Network Security
2 4 (5.48%) WAN
3 2 (2.74%) BGP
3 2 (2.74%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (2.74%) DHCP
3 2 (2.74%) DNS
3 2 (2.74%) EIGRP
3 2 (2.74%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (2.74%) MPLS
3 2 (2.74%) OSPF
3 2 (2.74%) SD-WAN
3 2 (2.74%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.37%) Broadband
4 1 (1.37%) Converged Networks
4 1 (1.37%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.37%) Intranet
4 1 (1.37%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.48%) MongoDB
1 4 (5.48%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.11%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.74%) DynamoDB
3 2 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.37%) MySQL
4 1 (1.37%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (1.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) GitLab
2 2 (2.74%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.74%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.37%) Git
3 1 (1.37%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 15 (20.55%) Social Skills
2 12 (16.44%) Public Sector
3 8 (10.96%) Manufacturing
3 8 (10.96%) Military
4 7 (9.59%) Aerospace
4 7 (9.59%) Finance
5 5 (6.85%) Electronics
5 5 (6.85%) Marketing
6 4 (5.48%) Telecoms
7 3 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.74%) Local Government
9 1 (1.37%) Back Office
9 1 (1.37%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (16.44%) Software Engineer
2 9 (12.33%) Architect
2 9 (12.33%) Consultant
3 8 (10.96%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 8 (10.96%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 7 (9.59%) Lead
5 6 (8.22%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (6.85%) Data Consultant
6 5 (6.85%) Developer
6 5 (6.85%) Full-Stack Developer
6 5 (6.85%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (5.48%) Analyst
7 4 (5.48%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 4 (5.48%) Java Developer
7 4 (5.48%) Lead Systems Engineer
7 4 (5.48%) Project Engineer
7 4 (5.48%) Project Leader
7 4 (5.48%) Senior
8 3 (4.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (17.81%) React
2 7 (9.59%) AngularJS
2 7 (9.59%) Vue
3 6 (8.22%) Spring
3 6 (8.22%) Spring Boot
4 4 (5.48%) Kafka
5 3 (4.11%) .NET
5 3 (4.11%) Node.js
5 3 (4.11%) RESTful
6 1 (1.37%) CSS
6 1 (1.37%) CSS3
6 1 (1.37%) HTML
6 1 (1.37%) HTML5
6 1 (1.37%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.96%) Cloud Native
1 8 (10.96%) Private Cloud
2 5 (6.85%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.11%) e-Learning
3 3 (4.11%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.37%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.37%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.37%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.37%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.22%) Linux
2 5 (6.85%) Windows
3 3 (4.11%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.37%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (1.37%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.51%) Agile
2 21 (28.77%) Software Engineering
3 13 (17.81%) Full-Stack Development
4 11 (15.07%) Analytics
4 11 (15.07%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (15.07%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (15.07%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (13.70%) Roadmaps
6 7 (9.59%) Business Case
7 6 (8.22%) API Integration
7 6 (8.22%) Mentoring
7 6 (8.22%) Systems Engineering
7 6 (8.22%) TOGAF
8 5 (6.85%) API Development
8 5 (6.85%) Artificial Intelligence
8 5 (6.85%) Change Management
8 5 (6.85%) Data Governance
8 5 (6.85%) DevOps
8 5 (6.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (5.48%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 15 (20.55%) Java
2 9 (12.33%) JavaScript
3 8 (10.96%) Python
4 3 (4.11%) C#
4 3 (4.11%) SQL
5 2 (2.74%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.37%) Ada
6 1 (1.37%) C++
6 1 (1.37%) Go
6 1 (1.37%) Rust
Qualifications
1 49 (67.12%) SC Cleared
2 12 (16.44%) Degree
2 12 (16.44%) DV Cleared
3 5 (6.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.11%) PhD
5 2 (2.74%) CCNA
5 2 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.74%) CISSP
6 1 (1.37%) CESG Certified Professional
6 1 (1.37%) CISM
6 1 (1.37%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.37%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.37%) MCSA
6 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.37%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.37%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.37%) PMP
6 1 (1.37%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.22%) Def Stans
1 6 (8.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (6.85%) NIST
3 3 (4.11%) SLA
4 2 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (2.74%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.74%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.74%) RMADS
5 1 (1.37%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.37%) GDPR
5 1 (1.37%) JSP 440
5 1 (1.37%) MISRA
5 1 (1.37%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.37%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.74%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.37%) Docker
2 1 (1.37%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (5.48%) Terraform
2 2 (2.74%) Ansible
2 2 (2.74%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.37%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.37%) QRadar
Vendors
1 7 (9.59%) VMware
2 6 (8.22%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.85%) Cisco
4 4 (5.48%) Oracle
4 4 (5.48%) SAP
5 3 (4.11%) Juniper
5 3 (4.11%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.74%) F5
6 2 (2.74%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.74%) PTC
6 2 (2.74%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.74%) Sparx
7 1 (1.37%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.37%) Google
7 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.37%) Splunk