Security Cleared Jobs in the East of England

Security Clearance
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 44 57
Rank change year-on-year +22 +13 -21
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 419 333 329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 6.85% 6.21% 5.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.12% 14.59% 13.78%
Number of salaries quoted 271 143 174
10th Percentile £25,575 £32,650 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,875 £66,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

Security Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,604 2,283 2,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 26.24% 42.55% 37.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,096 609 794
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.31%
75th Percentile £64,674 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £54,998 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.61% +8.23% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the East of England

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in the East of England.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the East of England

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 8 May 2024.

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 8 May 2024. 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 +13 279 £55,000 +0.92% 79
Cambridgeshire +62 79 £38,000 -31.53% 26
Bedfordshire +20 35 £77,500 +19.23% 16
Essex -15 15 £30,000 -55.56% 5
Suffolk 0 11 £70,000 +108.96% 13
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.72%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.48%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.24%) Confluence
Applications
1 28 (6.68%) Simulink
2 12 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.48%) Abaqus
Business Applications
1 4 (0.95%) SAP ERP
1 4 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.24%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 16 (3.82%) Azure
2 9 (2.15%) AWS
3 6 (1.43%) GCP
4 5 (1.19%) GitHub
4 5 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (0.72%) PaaS
5 3 (0.72%) SaaS
6 2 (0.48%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (0.48%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (0.48%) IaaS
6 2 (0.48%) Route 53
6 2 (0.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 46 (10.98%) Firewall
2 28 (6.68%) TCP/IP
3 26 (6.21%) LAN
4 24 (5.73%) SAN
5 21 (5.01%) Network Security
6 18 (4.30%) DNS
7 16 (3.82%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (3.10%) Ethernet
8 13 (3.10%) LTE
8 13 (3.10%) WAN
9 8 (1.91%) 3G
9 8 (1.91%) 4G
9 8 (1.91%) Bluetooth
9 8 (1.91%) GPRS
9 8 (1.91%) GSM
10 6 (1.43%) Software-Defined Radio
11 5 (1.19%) 5G
11 5 (1.19%) 5G NR
11 5 (1.19%) 802.11
11 5 (1.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.95%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.72%) MySQL
3 2 (0.48%) Hadoop
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (4.06%) Rational Rhapsody
2 12 (2.86%) Rational DOORS
3 7 (1.67%) JIRA
3 7 (1.67%) Rational Team Concert
4 5 (1.19%) GitLab
5 3 (0.72%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.72%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.72%) LabVIEW
5 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.24%) JMeter
6 1 (0.24%) Selenium
General
1 109 (26.01%) Social Skills
2 56 (13.37%) Aerospace
3 46 (10.98%) Electronics
4 31 (7.40%) Finance
5 30 (7.16%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (5.73%) Manufacturing
7 18 (4.30%) Telecoms
8 16 (3.82%) Military
9 15 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.86%) Public Sector
11 11 (2.63%) Law
12 9 (2.15%) Police
13 6 (1.43%) Marketing
14 4 (0.95%) French Language
14 4 (0.95%) Games
15 3 (0.72%) Italian Language
15 3 (0.72%) Welsh Language
16 2 (0.48%) Automotive
16 2 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (11.22%) Systems Engineer
2 45 (10.74%) Lead
3 41 (9.79%) Software Engineer
4 23 (5.49%) Architect
5 22 (5.25%) Administrator
6 21 (5.01%) Embedded Engineer
6 21 (5.01%) IT Administrator
6 21 (5.01%) Network Engineer
6 21 (5.01%) Server Administrator
7 20 (4.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 19 (4.53%) Analyst
9 16 (3.82%) Consultant
9 16 (3.82%) Security Consultant
9 16 (3.82%) Senior
10 15 (3.58%) Network Specialist
10 15 (3.58%) Support Engineer
10 15 (3.58%) Technical Engineer
11 14 (3.34%) Developer
11 14 (3.34%) Managing Consultant
12 13 (3.10%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.10%) Fluent Bit
2 7 (1.67%) .NET
3 5 (1.19%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.72%) Qt
5 2 (0.48%) OpenMP
6 1 (0.24%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.24%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.24%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.24%) WinForms
6 1 (0.24%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 42 (10.02%) Self-Motivation
2 36 (8.59%) Algorithms
3 29 (6.92%) Data Centre
4 19 (4.53%) Cyber Threat
5 14 (3.34%) Driving Licence
5 14 (3.34%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.86%) Operational Technology
7 8 (1.91%) NHS
7 8 (1.91%) PCIe
7 8 (1.91%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (1.43%) Animation
8 6 (1.43%) Graphic Design
8 6 (1.43%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.95%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (0.95%) FPGA
9 4 (0.95%) PMI
9 4 (0.95%) Virtual Reality
10 3 (0.72%) Verilog
10 3 (0.72%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 79 (18.85%) Windows
2 47 (11.22%) Linux
3 34 (8.11%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.63%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (0.72%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.48%) SUSE
7 2 (0.48%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (19.81%) Software Engineering
2 72 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (16.95%) Systems Engineering
4 67 (15.99%) Agile
5 57 (13.60%) Cybersecurity
6 50 (11.93%) Validation
7 40 (9.55%) Mentoring
8 37 (8.83%) Mathematics
9 34 (8.11%) Project Management
10 29 (6.92%) Physics
10 29 (6.92%) Verification and Validation
11 27 (6.44%) Signal Processing
12 25 (5.97%) Performance Monitoring
12 25 (5.97%) SIEM
13 24 (5.73%) Security Operations
14 23 (5.49%) Benchmarking
15 22 (5.25%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 22 (5.25%) Risk Management
15 22 (5.25%) Vulnerability Management
16 21 (5.01%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 50 (11.93%) C
2 46 (10.98%) PowerShell
3 44 (10.50%) C#
3 44 (10.50%) Python
4 29 (6.92%) MATLAB
5 22 (5.25%) Bash
6 19 (4.53%) Ada
7 16 (3.82%) Java
8 14 (3.34%) C++
9 11 (2.63%) PHP
10 10 (2.39%) SQL
11 6 (1.43%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.43%) VB
11 6 (1.43%) VB6
12 4 (0.95%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.72%) SystemVerilog
14 2 (0.48%) Perl
15 1 (0.24%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 158 (37.71%) BPSS Clearance
2 128 (30.55%) SC Cleared
3 81 (19.33%) Degree
4 56 (13.37%) DV Cleared
5 21 (5.01%) CISSP
6 14 (3.34%) CISM
7 13 (3.10%) CASP
7 13 (3.10%) CRISC
8 12 (2.86%) CEH
9 10 (2.39%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.91%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.43%) CTC Cleared
12 4 (0.95%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.24%) BC Cleared
14 1 (0.24%) GCFA
14 1 (0.24%) GCIH
14 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.06%) SLA
2 15 (3.58%) NCSC
3 14 (3.34%) PCI DSS
4 10 (2.39%) QA
5 5 (1.19%) Def Stans
6 3 (0.72%) MISRA
7 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.48%) NIST
8 1 (0.24%) GDPR
8 1 (0.24%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.24%) RMADS
8 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (6.92%) Active Directory
1 29 (6.92%) Firmware
2 14 (3.34%) KVM
3 8 (1.91%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.72%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.48%) Docker
6 2 (0.48%) Lustre
6 2 (0.48%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (3.10%) Fluentd
1 13 (3.10%) logstash
2 6 (1.43%) Ansible
3 4 (0.95%) Progress Chef
3 4 (0.95%) Puppet
4 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.48%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.48%) Terraform
4 2 (0.48%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.24%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.24%) MAILsweeper
5 1 (0.24%) Nessus
Vendors
1 57 (13.60%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.07%) Cisco
3 32 (7.64%) Juniper
4 29 (6.92%) Splunk
5 26 (6.21%) VMware
6 23 (5.49%) NetApp
7 21 (5.01%) Citrix
8 17 (4.06%) IBM
9 16 (3.82%) CheckPoint
9 16 (3.82%) Palo Alto
10 14 (3.34%) Blue Coat
10 14 (3.34%) Dell
10 14 (3.34%) Infoblox
11 13 (3.10%) Riverbed
12 6 (1.43%) Red Hat
13 5 (1.19%) Intel
13 5 (1.19%) Oracle
13 5 (1.19%) SAP
14 3 (0.72%) Microsemi
14 3 (0.72%) Xilinx