Security Cleared Job Trends in the East Midlands

Security Clearance
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for Security 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 59 77 45
Rank change year-on-year +18 -32 +16
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 89 51 86
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 3.54% 2.31% 4.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.67% 6.34% 21.50%
Number of salaries quoted 62 32 30
10th Percentile - £34,000 £31,900
25th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £50,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,250 £42,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -29.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £69,000 £66,250 £67,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,495
% change year-on-year - +4.36% +3.40%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 651 805 400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 25.87% 36.43% 21.10%
Number of salaries quoted 224 210 252
10th Percentile £28,750 £24,649 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £34,959
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £56,250 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,020 £72,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

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

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the East Midlands

Security 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 Security Cleared within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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 +57 48 £33,500 -48.46% 8
Derbyshire -12 21 £52,500 +35.48% 21
Leicestershire -10 12 £35,000 -17.65% 6
Lincolnshire -8 7 £75,000 +66.67% 14
Northamptonshire +3 1 £70,000 +12.00% 10
Security Cleared
England

Security 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:

Applications
1 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.12%) Abaqus
3 1 (1.12%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.12%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 15 (16.85%) AWS
2 12 (13.48%) Azure
3 5 (5.62%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.12%) GCP
4 1 (1.12%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.11%) Structured Cabling
1 9 (10.11%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (4.49%) VPN
3 1 (1.12%) Firewall
3 1 (1.12%) LAN
3 1 (1.12%) NAS
3 1 (1.12%) SAN
3 1 (1.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.49%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.12%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (7.87%) Burp Suite
1 7 (7.87%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.12%) GitLab
2 1 (1.12%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (28.09%) Marketing
2 24 (26.97%) Law
3 23 (25.84%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (19.10%) Social Skills
5 10 (11.24%) Retail
6 8 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (8.99%) Legal
7 7 (7.87%) Manufacturing
8 6 (6.74%) Finance
9 3 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (3.37%) Electronics
9 3 (3.37%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.25%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.12%) Games
11 1 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 27 (30.34%) 2nd Line Support
2 26 (29.21%) Analyst
3 22 (24.72%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 22 (24.72%) Support Analyst
4 9 (10.11%) Cabling Engineer
4 9 (10.11%) Data Engineer
5 8 (8.99%) Support Engineer
6 7 (7.87%) Security Specialist
6 7 (7.87%) Technical Support
6 7 (7.87%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
7 6 (6.74%) C++ Software Engineer
7 6 (6.74%) Embedded C++ Engineer
7 6 (6.74%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
7 6 (6.74%) Embedded Engineer
7 6 (6.74%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 6 (6.74%) Lead
7 6 (6.74%) Qt Software Engineer
7 6 (6.74%) Software Engineer
8 5 (5.62%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (5.62%) Bid Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.74%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.48%) Driving Licence
2 10 (11.24%) Security Posture
3 9 (10.11%) Onboarding
4 7 (7.87%) Insider Threat
5 3 (3.37%) iSeries
5 3 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.25%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.25%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.12%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.12%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.12%) Replication
7 1 (1.12%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.99%) Windows
2 7 (7.87%) Linux
3 5 (5.62%) Android
3 5 (5.62%) Apple iOS
4 3 (3.37%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (25.84%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (24.72%) Incident Management
3 19 (21.35%) Batch Management
3 19 (21.35%) Patch Management
4 13 (14.61%) Mentoring
5 12 (13.48%) Decision-Making
6 10 (11.24%) Information Security
7 7 (7.87%) Actionable Insight
7 7 (7.87%) Agile
7 7 (7.87%) Anomaly Detection
7 7 (7.87%) Configuration Management
7 7 (7.87%) Ethical Hacking
7 7 (7.87%) Offensive Security
7 7 (7.87%) Open Source
7 7 (7.87%) Penetration Testing
7 7 (7.87%) Red Team
7 7 (7.87%) Software Engineering
7 7 (7.87%) Threat Intelligence
8 6 (6.74%) Containerisation
8 6 (6.74%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 24 (26.97%) SQL
2 6 (6.74%) C++
3 1 (1.12%) Bash
3 1 (1.12%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.12%) Python
Qualifications
1 71 (79.78%) SC Cleared
2 19 (21.35%) Degree
3 10 (11.24%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (11.24%) CISSP
3 10 (11.24%) CompTIA Security+
3 10 (11.24%) MCP
3 10 (11.24%) MCSE
3 10 (11.24%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (7.87%) CCNA
4 7 (7.87%) CEH
4 7 (7.87%) CISMP
4 7 (7.87%) CREST Certified
4 7 (7.87%) GIAC
4 7 (7.87%) GPEN
4 7 (7.87%) OSCP
5 5 (5.62%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (3.37%) AWS Certification
6 3 (3.37%) CISM
6 3 (3.37%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (26.97%) SLA
2 7 (7.87%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (3.37%) GDPR
3 3 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.37%) NIST
4 1 (1.12%) IEC 61131
4 1 (1.12%) IEC 61508
4 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 1 (1.12%) PMO
4 1 (1.12%) QA
System Software
1 5 (5.62%) Docker
2 4 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (7.87%) Nmap
2 5 (5.62%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (5.62%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.25%) Terraform
4 1 (1.12%) Ansible
4 1 (1.12%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (14.61%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.99%) Cisco
3 5 (5.62%) Apple
3 5 (5.62%) Samsung
4 4 (4.49%) Oracle
4 4 (4.49%) VMware
5 2 (2.25%) Cognos
6 1 (1.12%) Allen-Bradley
6 1 (1.12%) ANSYS
6 1 (1.12%) Informatica
6 1 (1.12%) Rockwell
6 1 (1.12%) SAP
6 1 (1.12%) ServiceNow