Security Cleared Jobs in Cheshire

Security Clearance
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 32 55
Rank change year-on-year -11 +23 +19
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 56 80 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 7.23% 5.17% 3.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.29% 20.05% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2 78 26
10th Percentile £42,750 £24,840 £14,250
25th Percentile £43,125 £37,500 £25,420
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,112 £25,840
Median % change year-on-year -8.85% +101.67% -38.41%
75th Percentile £54,375 £65,000 £54,750
90th Percentile £56,250 £66,250 £67,625
North West median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% +8.27%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 213 399 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 27.48% 25.79% 30.29%
Number of salaries quoted 56 276 127
10th Percentile - £25,625 £25,420
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £87,550
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +11.62%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Cheshire

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in Cheshire

Security Cleared
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Warrington +1 20 £45,000 -2.72% 26
Neston -4 1 £50,000 -9.09% 2
Runcorn - 1 - -
Frodsham - 1 - -
Lymm - 1 - -
Widnes - 1 - -
Security Cleared
North West

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.79%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.79%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 21 (37.50%) Azure
2 20 (35.71%) AWS
2 20 (35.71%) GCP
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 28 (50.00%) DNS
2 27 (48.21%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Git
1 1 (1.79%) JIRA
1 1 (1.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 53 (94.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 27 (48.21%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (48.21%) Finance
3 6 (10.71%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.36%) Legal
4 3 (5.36%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.79%) Publishing
5 1 (1.79%) Retail
5 1 (1.79%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (48.21%) Developer
1 27 (48.21%) Software Developer
2 21 (37.50%) Software Engineer
3 20 (35.71%) Senior
3 20 (35.71%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (5.36%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (1.79%) Analyst
5 1 (1.79%) Architect
5 1 (1.79%) Azure Architect
5 1 (1.79%) Incident Analyst
5 1 (1.79%) Incident and Problem Analyst
5 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365 Architect
5 1 (1.79%) Problem Analyst
5 1 (1.79%) Problem Management Analyst
5 1 (1.79%) Requirements Engineer
5 1 (1.79%) Requirements Manager
5 1 (1.79%) Technical Architect
5 1 (1.79%) Wintel Architect
5 1 (1.79%) Wintel Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (35.71%) .NET
1 20 (35.71%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 47 (83.93%) Cyberattack
2 23 (41.07%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (35.71%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.79%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.79%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 47 (83.93%) Linux
2 28 (50.00%) Android
3 2 (3.57%) Windows
4 1 (1.79%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.79%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.79%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (85.71%) Agile
2 28 (50.00%) Line Management
2 28 (50.00%) OO
3 27 (48.21%) Android Development
3 27 (48.21%) Design Patterns
3 27 (48.21%) Mathematics
3 27 (48.21%) OOP
4 21 (37.50%) Mentoring
4 21 (37.50%) Software Engineering
5 20 (35.71%) Cloud Security
5 20 (35.71%) Data Engineering
5 20 (35.71%) Machine Learning
5 20 (35.71%) Microservices
5 20 (35.71%) Scrum
5 20 (35.71%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 20 (35.71%) User Experience
6 7 (12.50%) Project Delivery
7 3 (5.36%) Deadline-Driven
7 3 (5.36%) Systems Engineering
7 3 (5.36%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 48 (85.71%) C++
2 47 (83.93%) Go
2 47 (83.93%) Java
2 47 (83.93%) Python
3 20 (35.71%) JavaScript
3 20 (35.71%) Rust
4 1 (1.79%) C
4 1 (1.79%) MATLAB
4 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.79%) VB
4 1 (1.79%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 48 (85.71%) DV Cleared
2 20 (35.71%) AWS Certification
2 20 (35.71%) AWS Certified Developer
2 20 (35.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 8 (14.29%) Degree
4 5 (8.93%) SC Cleared
5 3 (5.36%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.79%) MCP
6 1 (1.79%) MCSA
6 1 (1.79%) MCSE
6 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.36%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.79%) NCSC
System Software
1 27 (48.21%) Docker
2 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.79%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (48.21%) Ansible
2 3 (5.36%) Functional Safety
3 1 (1.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (1.79%) McAfee
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft
1 1 (1.79%) Symantec
1 1 (1.79%) VMware