Security Cleared Job Trends in Cornwall

Security Clearance
South West > Cornwall

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cornwall with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 - 11
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 12 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cornwall 7.79% - 1.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.49% - 6.25%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile £31,000 - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £31,500
75th Percentile £33,750 - £35,750
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -1.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cornwall

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 Cornwall.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 49 17 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cornwall 31.82% 21.79% 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 31 11 13
10th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £27,300
25th Percentile £31,125 £44,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +58.73% +31.25%
75th Percentile £36,000 £62,500 £42,500
90th Percentile - £81,250 £47,500
South West median annual salary £52,500 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.19% +5.20% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Cornwall

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Cornwall

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Cornwall

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cornwall citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cornwall citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Job Locations in Cornwall

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Cornwall region over the 6 months to 29 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
Redruth - 8 £32,500 -
Helston - 1 - -
Security Cleared
South West

Security Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cornwall 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:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) Firewall
1 8 (66.67%) VSAT
2 2 (16.67%) LTE
2 2 (16.67%) Network Security
2 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Support Engineer
1 11 (91.67%) Technical Engineer
1 11 (91.67%) Technical Support
1 11 (91.67%) Technical Support Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) NOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) ModSecurity
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 8 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
1 8 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 8 (66.67%) Web Filtering
2 6 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 6 (50.00%) Proactive Management
3 4 (33.33%) Statistics
4 2 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Virtual Environments
5 1 (8.33%) Migration
5 1 (8.33%) Workflow
5 1 (8.33%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) SC Cleared
2 8 (66.67%) CCNA
2 8 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (66.67%) JNCIA
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Starlink
2 2 (16.67%) Freshdesk