SC Cleared Job Trends in the East Midlands

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 109 129
Rank change year-on-year +29 +20 -37
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 88 24 58
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.94% 1.31% 1.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.39% 3.26% 6.58%
Number of salaries quoted 66 23 29
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,250 £39,700
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,000 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,500 £70,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 937 736 882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 20.61% 40.17% 20.85%
Number of salaries quoted 276 216 573
10th Percentile £26,750 £24,649 £25,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -1.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £56,200
90th Percentile £79,500 £68,013 £67,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,021 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.05% +0.04% -7.60%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the East Midlands

SC Cleared
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 May 2026. 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
Nottinghamshire +39 60 £50,000 +19.21% 15
Lincolnshire -9 15 £60,000 -25.00% 5
Derbyshire -6 9 £55,000 +29.41% 5
Leicestershire -44 3 £61,500 +18.27% 5
Northamptonshire +4 1 £55,000 - 1
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.64%) Azure
2 9 (10.23%) AWS
3 4 (4.55%) GCP
3 4 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.14%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.14%) Azure Storage
5 1 (1.14%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.14%) GitHub
5 1 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.14%) IaaS
5 1 (1.14%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.14%) PaaS
5 1 (1.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.41%) BGP
1 3 (3.41%) Firewall
1 3 (3.41%) VPN
2 2 (2.27%) OSPF
2 2 (2.27%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.27%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.27%) VLAN
2 2 (2.27%) WAN
3 1 (1.14%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (1.14%) MPLS
3 1 (1.14%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.27%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.14%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.55%) Burp Suite
1 4 (4.55%) Metasploit
General
1 26 (29.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 13 (14.77%) Social Skills
3 11 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.82%) Avionics
5 4 (4.55%) Retail
6 2 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.27%) Finance
6 2 (2.27%) Games
6 2 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 27 (30.68%) Analyst
2 26 (29.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 26 (29.55%) IT Analyst
2 26 (29.55%) IT Security Analyst
2 26 (29.55%) Security Analyst
3 14 (15.91%) Senior
4 11 (12.50%) Software Engineer
5 8 (9.09%) Embedded Engineer
5 8 (9.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 8 (9.09%) IT Engineer
5 8 (9.09%) IT Manager
6 7 (7.95%) C++ Software Engineer
6 7 (7.95%) Embedded C++ Engineer
6 7 (7.95%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
6 7 (7.95%) Qt Software Engineer
7 6 (6.82%) IT Operations Manager
7 6 (6.82%) IT Security Manager
7 6 (6.82%) Operational Security Manager
7 6 (6.82%) Security Manager
7 6 (6.82%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.95%) Qt
2 1 (1.14%) Django
2 1 (1.14%) FastAPI
2 1 (1.14%) Flask
2 1 (1.14%) React
Miscellaneous
1 20 (22.73%) CSOC
2 14 (15.91%) Security Operations Centre
3 10 (11.36%) Security Posture
4 4 (4.55%) Cyberattack
4 4 (4.55%) Insider Threat
4 4 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.41%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.27%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.14%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.14%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.14%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.68%) Windows
2 4 (4.55%) Linux
3 1 (1.14%) Solaris
3 1 (1.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (44.32%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (22.73%) Security Operations
3 18 (20.45%) SIEM
4 12 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (13.64%) Incident Response
4 12 (13.64%) Mentoring
4 12 (13.64%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 11 (12.50%) Software Engineering
6 10 (11.36%) Service Delivery
6 10 (11.36%) Threat Intelligence
7 8 (9.09%) ITSM
7 8 (9.09%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 7 (7.95%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (6.82%) Actionable Insight
9 6 (6.82%) AI
9 6 (6.82%) Analytical Thinking
9 6 (6.82%) Line Management
9 6 (6.82%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (6.82%) Service Management
9 6 (6.82%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.95%) C++
2 6 (6.82%) Kusto Query Language
3 5 (5.68%) Python
4 4 (4.55%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.41%) JavaScript
5 3 (3.41%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.27%) Bash
6 2 (2.27%) SQL
7 1 (1.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 88 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (11.36%) CompTIA Security+
2 10 (11.36%) SANS
3 9 (10.23%) Degree
4 5 (5.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (4.55%) CCNA
5 4 (4.55%) CEH
5 4 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (4.55%) CISMP
5 4 (4.55%) CISSP
5 4 (4.55%) CREST Certified
5 4 (4.55%) GIAC
5 4 (4.55%) GPEN
5 4 (4.55%) MCSE
5 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 4 (4.55%) OSCP
6 2 (2.27%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
1 4 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.41%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.41%) Firmware
2 1 (1.14%) Docker
2 1 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.55%) Nmap
2 2 (2.27%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (19.32%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.68%) Cisco
3 3 (3.41%) Fortinet
4 2 (2.27%) AlienVault
5 1 (1.14%) Oracle
5 1 (1.14%) Sybase
5 1 (1.14%) VMware