Security Cleared Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Security Clearance
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 49 20
Rank change year-on-year +7 -29 +60
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 31 33 46
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 3.48% 3.68% 7.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.40% 11.58% 18.11%
Number of salaries quoted 9 21 16
10th Percentile - £38,000 £39,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +8.70% +43.75%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £69,250
90th Percentile £66,128 - £74,625
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £59,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.02% -1.67% +20.60%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 298 285 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 33.41% 31.81% 42.05%
Number of salaries quoted 133 119 107
10th Percentile £26,250 £37,650 £29,600
25th Percentile £30,125 £47,875 £38,131
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -45.38% +18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,000 £80,000 £83,800
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% +10.00%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Security Cleared

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Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Cambridgeshire

Security Cleared
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Huntingdon +8 15 - - 3
Cambridge +2 9 £42,500 -34.62% 66
Peterborough -4 2 £53,395 -13.38% 62
Security Cleared
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (25.81%) Azure
2 4 (12.90%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (19.35%) Firewall
2 5 (16.13%) WAN
3 4 (12.90%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (12.90%) LAN
3 4 (12.90%) VPN
3 4 (12.90%) WLAN
4 2 (6.45%) DMZ
4 2 (6.45%) Network Security
5 1 (3.23%) Cisco Wireless
5 1 (3.23%) Internet
5 1 (3.23%) NetScaler
5 1 (3.23%) SD-WAN
5 1 (3.23%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) GitLab
1 1 (3.23%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (12.90%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.23%) Advertising
3 1 (3.23%) Electronics
3 1 (3.23%) Finance
3 1 (3.23%) Law
3 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.23%) Marketing
3 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (19.35%) Consultant
2 5 (16.13%) Network Engineer
3 4 (12.90%) Compliance Manager
3 4 (12.90%) DevOps Engineer
3 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (12.90%) Operations Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Architect
4 3 (9.68%) Machine Learning Consultant
4 3 (9.68%) Senior
4 3 (9.68%) Service Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 2 (6.45%) Security Consultant
5 2 (6.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (3.23%) Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Network Support
6 1 (3.23%) Network Support Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Software Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) AngularJS
1 3 (9.68%) Google JAX
1 3 (9.68%) JAX
1 3 (9.68%) PyTorch
1 3 (9.68%) React
1 3 (9.68%) TensorFlow
2 2 (6.45%) Vue
3 1 (3.23%) Kafka
3 1 (3.23%) Spring
3 1 (3.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Data Centre
1 4 (12.90%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (9.68%) CUDA
3 2 (6.45%) Blog
3 2 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.45%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (6.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (6.45%) PKI
3 2 (6.45%) Security Posture
3 2 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.23%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Linux
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (19.35%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (19.35%) DevOps
2 5 (16.13%) AI
2 5 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (12.90%) Computer Science
3 4 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (12.90%) Network Management
3 4 (12.90%) Network Monitoring
3 4 (12.90%) Network Virtualisation
3 4 (12.90%) Physics
4 3 (9.68%) Agile
4 3 (9.68%) Computer Vision
4 3 (9.68%) Machine Learning
4 3 (9.68%) Mathematics
4 3 (9.68%) Prototyping
4 3 (9.68%) Rapid Prototyping
4 3 (9.68%) SDLC
5 2 (6.45%) Cryptography
5 2 (6.45%) Software Engineering
5 2 (6.45%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.13%) Python
2 1 (3.23%) C
2 1 (3.23%) C++
2 1 (3.23%) Java
2 1 (3.23%) Rust
2 1 (3.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (45.16%) DV Cleared
2 12 (38.71%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.90%) CCNA
3 4 (12.90%) CCNP
3 4 (12.90%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (12.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.45%) Degree
5 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.23%) CISM
5 1 (3.23%) CISSP
5 1 (3.23%) IIBA
5 1 (3.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) GRC
1 3 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (9.68%) NIST
2 2 (6.45%) GDPR
2 2 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 2 (6.45%) JSP 440
2 2 (6.45%) NCSC
2 2 (6.45%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Docker
1 1 (3.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Cisco
1 5 (16.13%) Fortinet
1 5 (16.13%) Palo Alto
2 4 (12.90%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.23%) Aruba
3 1 (3.23%) CheckPoint
3 1 (3.23%) F5
3 1 (3.23%) HP
3 1 (3.23%) Meraki
3 1 (3.23%) SAP