SC Cleared Job Trends in Derby

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Derby with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 19 4
Rank change year-on-year -4 -15 +41
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 15 5 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Derby 6.88% 3.45% 21.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.27% 17.86% 68.63%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,750 £36,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £37,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% - -
75th Percentile £56,250 £42,500 -
90th Percentile £61,750 £53,000 -
Derbyshire median annual salary £52,500 £37,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +40.00% -51.61% +24.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Derby

SC 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 Derby.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 55 28 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derby 25.23% 19.31% 31.10%
Number of salaries quoted 21 15 14
10th Percentile - £31,722 £32,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £39,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £56,250 £60,625 £49,688
90th Percentile £58,250 £64,250 £53,800
Derbyshire median annual salary £50,760 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.71% +15.79% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Derby

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in Derby

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in Derby

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Derby over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in Derby

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Abaqus
1 1 (6.67%) AutoCAD
1 1 (6.67%) EPLAN
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) GCP
1 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) NAS
1 1 (6.67%) SAN
1 1 (6.67%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (6.67%) VPN
1 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle Database
2 1 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 7 (46.67%) Manufacturing
2 3 (20.00%) Electronics
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Lead
2 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure Support
2 4 (26.67%) IT Support
2 4 (26.67%) Technical Leader
2 4 (26.67%) Technical Support
3 3 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Cabling Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Cognos Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Design Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) ETL Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Incident Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) IT Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Systems Integration Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
1 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (6.67%) Data Structures
2 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.67%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) Replication
2 1 (6.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Linux
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Coaching
1 5 (33.33%) Containerisation
1 5 (33.33%) DevOps
1 5 (33.33%) High Availability
1 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (26.67%) Line Management
2 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
2 4 (26.67%) Project Delivery
3 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (13.33%) Configuration Management
3 2 (13.33%) Migration
3 2 (13.33%) Software Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Validation
3 2 (13.33%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (6.67%) ETL
4 1 (6.67%) Identity Management
4 1 (6.67%) Project Management
4 1 (6.67%) Project Planning
4 1 (6.67%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) IEC 61131
1 1 (6.67%) IEC 61508
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Docker
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle
2 2 (13.33%) Cognos
3 1 (6.67%) Allen-Bradley
3 1 (6.67%) ANSYS
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco
3 1 (6.67%) Informatica
3 1 (6.67%) Rockwell
3 1 (6.67%) SAP
3 1 (6.67%) VMware