Security Cleared Job Trends in the East of England

Security Clearance
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 55 22
Rank change year-on-year +30 -33 +21
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 315 158 431
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 5.00% 5.26% 6.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.31% 10.98% 26.60%
Number of salaries quoted 201 127 274
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,750 £25,575
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,125 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.56% +6.09% -4.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,296 1,439 1,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 20.56% 47.87% 24.32%
Number of salaries quoted 567 572 1,098
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £37,770 £32,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +11.58% -13.64%
75th Percentile £66,250 £66,225 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.92% -9.17%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in the East of England

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the East of England over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the East of England

Security Cleared
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Hertfordshire +8 212 £55,000 -6.78% 68
Cambridgeshire -5 51 £75,000 +17.19% 41
Essex -10 24 £65,000 +1.56% 11
Bedfordshire +19 18 £34,500 -46.09% 22
Suffolk +24 6 £70,000 +7.69% 2
Norfolk -30 4 £65,000 +18.18%
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 9 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.27%) Simulink
3 3 (0.95%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.32%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Primavera
2 2 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.32%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 39 (12.38%) Azure
2 31 (9.84%) AWS
3 16 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.81%) SaaS
5 6 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
5 6 (1.90%) Boomi
5 6 (1.90%) Cohesity
6 5 (1.59%) AWS KMS
6 5 (1.59%) Matillion
6 5 (1.59%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.27%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.63%) IaaS
8 2 (0.63%) OCI
9 1 (0.32%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.32%) AWS CodePipeline
9 1 (0.32%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.32%) GitHub
9 1 (0.32%) PaaS
9 1 (0.32%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.30%) Firewall
2 13 (4.13%) WAN
3 12 (3.81%) LAN
3 12 (3.81%) VPN
4 11 (3.49%) Network Security
4 11 (3.49%) SAN
5 9 (2.86%) DNS
6 8 (2.54%) TCP/IP
7 7 (2.22%) FTP
7 7 (2.22%) HTTP
7 7 (2.22%) SMTP
8 6 (1.90%) DMZ
9 4 (1.27%) Skype
9 4 (1.27%) WLAN
10 3 (0.95%) DHCP
10 3 (0.95%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.95%) InfiniBand
11 1 (0.32%) SNMP
11 1 (0.32%) VoIP
11 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (1.59%) DTS
1 5 (1.59%) Pentaho
1 5 (1.59%) Snowflake Schema
1 5 (1.59%) Star Schema
2 3 (0.95%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.32%) GIS
3 1 (0.32%) Metadata
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.32%) Power BI
3 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (1.59%) Git
General
1 55 (17.46%) Social Skills
2 34 (10.79%) Aerospace
2 34 (10.79%) Public Sector
3 24 (7.62%) Finance
4 18 (5.71%) Telecoms
5 17 (5.40%) Law
6 15 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (3.81%) Legal
8 11 (3.49%) Electronics
8 11 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (3.17%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.22%) Swedish Language
11 5 (1.59%) Aviation
11 5 (1.59%) Games
11 5 (1.59%) Marketing
11 5 (1.59%) Military
12 4 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.95%) Advertising
13 3 (0.95%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 32 (10.16%) Systems Engineer
2 29 (9.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 23 (7.30%) Senior
4 21 (6.67%) Architect
5 20 (6.35%) Integration Engineer
5 20 (6.35%) Lead
5 20 (6.35%) Validation Engineer
6 17 (5.40%) Consultant
7 13 (4.13%) Wintel Engineer
8 12 (3.81%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (3.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 11 (3.49%) Data Engineer
9 11 (3.49%) Support Engineer
9 11 (3.49%) Systems Integration Engineer
10 10 (3.17%) Analyst
10 10 (3.17%) Cloud Engineer
10 10 (3.17%) Electronics Engineer
10 10 (3.17%) Embedded Engineer
11 9 (2.86%) Field Engineer
11 9 (2.86%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.22%) LDAP
2 5 (1.59%) PySpark
2 5 (1.59%) REST
2 5 (1.59%) SOAP
3 3 (0.95%) Google JAX
3 3 (0.95%) JAX
3 3 (0.95%) JSON
3 3 (0.95%) PyTorch
3 3 (0.95%) TensorFlow
4 2 (0.63%) JWT
5 1 (0.32%) .NET
5 1 (0.32%) CSS
5 1 (0.32%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.32%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.32%) HTML
5 1 (0.32%) JSON-LD
5 1 (0.32%) Middleware
5 1 (0.32%) OAuth
5 1 (0.32%) React
5 1 (0.32%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.98%) Data Centre
2 13 (4.13%) Security Posture
3 11 (3.49%) Robotics
3 11 (3.49%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (2.86%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.54%) Cloud Native
5 8 (2.54%) Low-Code
6 7 (2.22%) PKI
6 7 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.90%) Algorithms
7 6 (1.90%) Blog
7 6 (1.90%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.90%) Cloud Security Posture
7 6 (1.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.59%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.59%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.59%) Fat Client
8 5 (1.59%) Thin Client
9 4 (1.27%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 35 (11.11%) Windows
2 19 (6.03%) Linux
3 17 (5.40%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.49%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (3.49%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (2.22%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.59%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.27%) Android
8 3 (0.95%) Unix
8 3 (0.95%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.63%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.32%) CentOS
10 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (12.06%) Validation
2 33 (10.48%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (9.21%) AI
3 29 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
3 29 (9.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 28 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (7.30%) Risk Management
5 23 (7.30%) Software Engineering
6 19 (6.03%) Use Case
7 18 (5.71%) ITIL
8 17 (5.40%) Verification and Validation
9 15 (4.76%) Collaborative Working
9 15 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (4.44%) Presales
11 12 (3.81%) Project Delivery
11 12 (3.81%) Security Architecture
12 11 (3.49%) Cloud Security
12 11 (3.49%) Containerisation
12 11 (3.49%) RBAC
12 11 (3.49%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.89%) Python
2 10 (3.17%) C#
2 10 (3.17%) C++
2 10 (3.17%) SQL
3 8 (2.54%) Bash
3 8 (2.54%) C
3 8 (2.54%) JavaScript
4 6 (1.90%) Perl
4 6 (1.90%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.27%) Embedded C
5 4 (1.27%) MATLAB
6 3 (0.95%) Delphi
7 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.32%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (0.32%) SHACL
7 1 (0.32%) SPARQL
7 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.32%) VB
7 1 (0.32%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.32%) VB6
Qualifications
1 116 (36.83%) SC Cleared
2 70 (22.22%) DV Cleared
3 18 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (4.13%) Degree
5 9 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.22%) CISSP
7 6 (1.90%) CEH
7 6 (1.90%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (1.90%) CREST Certified
8 5 (1.59%) CCNA
8 5 (1.59%) CCNP
9 4 (1.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.27%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.95%) CCSK
10 3 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.95%) Postgraduate
10 3 (0.95%) RHCE
11 2 (0.63%) CISM
11 2 (0.63%) City & Guilds
11 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.67%) SLA
2 16 (5.08%) GDPR
2 16 (5.08%) NIST
3 14 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (4.44%) QA
4 11 (3.49%) GRC
5 9 (2.86%) NCSC
6 7 (2.22%) JSP 440
6 7 (2.22%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 5 (1.59%) Data Quality
8 5 (1.59%) HIPAA
8 5 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (1.27%) DO-254
10 3 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 3 (0.95%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 24 (7.62%) Active Directory
2 17 (5.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (3.49%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.59%) Firmware
4 5 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.27%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.95%) Lustre
6 3 (0.95%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.32%) Docker
7 1 (0.32%) GPFS
Systems Management
1 10 (3.17%) SCCM
2 8 (2.54%) WSUS
3 6 (1.90%) QRadar
4 5 (1.59%) SCOM
4 5 (1.59%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 4 (1.27%) Ansible
5 4 (1.27%) Terraform
6 3 (0.95%) Check_MK
6 3 (0.95%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 3 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.32%) Nessus
Vendors
1 50 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.25%) VMware
3 13 (4.13%) SAP
4 11 (3.49%) MuleSoft
5 10 (3.17%) Dell
5 10 (3.17%) Red Hat
6 8 (2.54%) Apple
6 8 (2.54%) Cisco
6 8 (2.54%) NetApp
6 8 (2.54%) Splunk
7 7 (2.22%) HP
7 7 (2.22%) IBM
8 6 (1.90%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.90%) Informatica
8 6 (1.90%) Palo Alto
9 5 (1.59%) Aruba
9 5 (1.59%) Pega
9 5 (1.59%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.59%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.59%) Talend