Security Cleared Job Trends in Chippenham

Security Clearance
Wiltshire > Chippenham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Chippenham with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 8 1
Rank change year-on-year +7 -7 +6
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 37 7 61
As % of all permanent jobs in Chippenham 57.81% 25.00% 53.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 78.72% 46.67% 74.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 9
10th Percentile - - £43,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +40.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £78,125 £80,000
90th Percentile - £80,000 -
Wiltshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Chippenham

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 Chippenham.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 47 15 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chippenham 73.44% 53.57% 71.93%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 29
10th Percentile - £25,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £28,500 £33,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% - +4.05%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £75,000 £80,000
Wiltshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +2.04% -2.00%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Chippenham

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Chippenham

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Chippenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chippenham citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chippenham citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chippenham 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 10 (27.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (27.03%) Azure
3 1 (2.70%) IaaS
3 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (35.14%) DNS
2 10 (27.03%) DHCP
3 4 (10.81%) Firewall
4 3 (8.11%) LTE
5 2 (5.41%) BGP
5 2 (5.41%) VPN
6 1 (2.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (27.03%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) GitLab
General
1 24 (64.86%) Social Skills
2 18 (48.65%) Finance
3 12 (32.43%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Back Office
5 2 (5.41%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (27.03%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (21.62%) Administrator
2 8 (21.62%) Systems Administrator
3 6 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Senior
5 3 (8.11%) Architect
5 3 (8.11%) Consultant
5 3 (8.11%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 3 (8.11%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Desktop Support
5 3 (8.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Security Consultant
5 3 (8.11%) Site Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (5.41%) Network Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Senior Network Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.51%) Apache NiFi
2 4 (10.81%) OAuth
2 4 (10.81%) OAuth2
2 4 (10.81%) OpenID
2 4 (10.81%) SAML
3 3 (8.11%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 11 (29.73%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (21.62%) e-Learning
3 4 (10.81%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (8.11%) Data Centre
4 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.70%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (56.76%) Windows
2 19 (51.35%) Linux
3 18 (48.65%) Windows Server
4 10 (27.03%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (18.92%) Unix
6 3 (8.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (35.14%) Customer Experience
2 13 (35.14%) Customer Service
3 12 (32.43%) High Availability
3 12 (32.43%) Migration
4 10 (27.03%) Email Filtering
4 10 (27.03%) Kalman Filter
4 10 (27.03%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 10 (27.03%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 10 (27.03%) Web Filtering
5 9 (24.32%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (21.62%) Innovative Thinking
7 6 (16.22%) Analytics
7 6 (16.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (13.51%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (10.81%) ITIL
9 4 (10.81%) RBAC
10 3 (8.11%) Business Continuity
10 3 (8.11%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (70.27%) SC Cleared
2 20 (54.05%) DV Cleared
3 8 (21.62%) CCNP
3 8 (21.62%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (18.92%) CCNA
5 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (8.11%) CISA
6 3 (8.11%) CISM
6 3 (8.11%) CISSP
6 3 (8.11%) CTC Cleared
6 3 (8.11%) Degree
7 1 (2.70%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (27.03%) Cyber Essentials
1 10 (27.03%) PCI DSS
2 3 (8.11%) Accessibility
2 3 (8.11%) GRC
2 3 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (8.11%) NCSC
2 3 (8.11%) NIST
2 3 (8.11%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (40.54%) Active Directory
2 13 (35.14%) Hyper-V
3 10 (27.03%) Terminal Server
4 5 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (8.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (10.81%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (8.11%) Kubernetes
3 3 (8.11%) VxRail
Vendors
1 17 (45.95%) Microsoft
2 16 (43.24%) VMware
3 13 (35.14%) Cisco
4 10 (27.03%) Brocade
4 10 (27.03%) Nimble Storage
4 10 (27.03%) SolarWinds
4 10 (27.03%) Splunk
4 10 (27.03%) Tanium
4 10 (27.03%) Veeam
5 4 (10.81%) Dell
6 3 (8.11%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (5.41%) F5
7 2 (5.41%) Infoblox
7 2 (5.41%) Palo Alto
7 2 (5.41%) Thales
8 1 (2.70%) Red Hat