SC Cleared Jobs in Dorset

Security Check (SC) Clearance
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 20 25
Rank change year-on-year -26 +5 +11
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 16 104 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 3.76% 8.44% 11.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.99% 30.23% 25.41%
Number of salaries quoted 11 48 65
10th Percentile £46,250 - £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £37,000 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £41,536 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.40% -20.88% +23.53%
75th Percentile £68,125 £58,125 £68,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £65,150 £76,250
South West median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,250
% change year-on-year +9.09% -3.93% +7.40%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 267 344 303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 62.82% 27.92% 45.77%
Number of salaries quoted 76 135 122
10th Percentile £33,000 £24,100 £35,575
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% -19.05% +10.53%
75th Percentile £50,938 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £76,000
South West median annual salary £52,550 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.45% +1.85% +8.00%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Dorset

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Dorset.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in Dorset

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Dorset over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in Dorset

SC Cleared
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 28 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
Dorchester -9 2 £50,000 - 2
Wareham - 1 £60,000 - 1
SC Cleared
South West

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) AWS
1 3 (18.75%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) DHCP
1 6 (37.50%) DNS
1 6 (37.50%) Firewall
1 6 (37.50%) MPLS
1 6 (37.50%) Reverse Proxy
1 6 (37.50%) VPLS
1 6 (37.50%) VPN
2 5 (31.25%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (31.25%) Cisco Firepower
2 5 (31.25%) Network Security
2 5 (31.25%) PBX
3 1 (6.25%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) LabVIEW
1 1 (6.25%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Environmental Health
2 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.25%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Network Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Java Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Java Software Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Senior
3 1 (6.25%) Senior Hardware Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Acoustics
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Proactive Monitoring
2 4 (25.00%) Architectural Design
2 4 (25.00%) Validation
3 3 (18.75%) CI/CD
3 3 (18.75%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (18.75%) DevOps
3 3 (18.75%) Platform Engineering
3 3 (18.75%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (18.75%) Systems Thinking
4 1 (6.25%) Agile
4 1 (6.25%) Configuration Management
4 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing Engineering
4 1 (6.25%) OSINT
4 1 (6.25%) Prototyping
4 1 (6.25%) Requirements Management
4 1 (6.25%) Roadmaps
4 1 (6.25%) SDLC
4 1 (6.25%) Software Engineering
4 1 (6.25%) UML
4 1 (6.25%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.25%) Fortran
2 1 (6.25%) Java
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.25%) MATLAB
2 1 (6.25%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) CCNA
2 6 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (31.25%) CCNP
4 1 (6.25%) Degree
4 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Cisco
1 6 (37.50%) HP
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) SolarWinds
2 5 (31.25%) VMware
3 4 (25.00%) Citrix
3 4 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 4 (25.00%) Meraki
4 3 (18.75%) Oracle
5 1 (6.25%) Atlassian