Security Cleared Jobs 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 22 39
Rank change year-on-year -45 +17 +19
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 152 425 323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 4.61% 6.67% 6.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.83% 26.63% 15.06%
Number of salaries quoted 119 274 134
10th Percentile £28,750 £25,575 £32,000
25th Percentile £51,625 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £69,375 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

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 1,721 1,596 2,145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 52.21% 25.05% 42.80%
Number of salaries quoted 602 1,100 594
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £41,258 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £47,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.58% -12.84% +9.00%
75th Percentile £66,219 £62,500 £67,188
90th Percentile £69,875 £72,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £54,793 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.54% -9.17% +9.09%

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 29 May 2025.

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 29 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
Hertfordshire -11 93 £60,000 +9.09% 108
Cambridgeshire -13 23 £64,500 +69.74% 47
Essex +13 13 £64,000 +113.33% 59
Norfolk - 12 £55,000 - 12
Bedfordshire -26 9 £64,000 -17.42% 57
Suffolk -35 2 £67,500 +33.00% 18
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 (2.63%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 4 (2.63%) Exchange Server 2013
1 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (2.63%) Skype for Business
2 2 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.32%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.32%) Appian
3 1 (0.66%) Alfresco
3 1 (0.66%) Confluence
3 1 (0.66%) Documentum
3 1 (0.66%) SAS
3 1 (0.66%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.66%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (25.66%) AWS
2 27 (17.76%) Azure
3 15 (9.87%) Amazon EKS
3 15 (9.87%) AWS CloudFormation
3 15 (9.87%) AWS CodePipeline
3 15 (9.87%) AWS Lambda
3 15 (9.87%) SaaS
3 15 (9.87%) Serverless
4 14 (9.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 14 (9.21%) Amazon EventBridge
4 14 (9.21%) Amazon SQS
4 14 (9.21%) AWS CodeBuild
4 14 (9.21%) AWS CodeDeploy
4 14 (9.21%) AWS Step Functions
4 14 (9.21%) Boomi
5 4 (2.63%) Cohesity
6 3 (1.97%) Amazon S3
6 3 (1.97%) Figma
7 2 (1.32%) Amazon Cognito
7 2 (1.32%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.53%) Firewall
1 16 (10.53%) SMTP
1 16 (10.53%) VPN
2 15 (9.87%) TCP/IP
2 15 (9.87%) WAN
3 14 (9.21%) LAN
4 12 (7.89%) Cisco ISE
4 12 (7.89%) FTP
4 12 (7.89%) HTTP
5 10 (6.58%) Internet
6 9 (5.92%) Network Security
7 6 (3.95%) SAN
8 4 (2.63%) DNS
8 4 (2.63%) Ethernet
8 4 (2.63%) IMAP
8 4 (2.63%) MPLS
8 4 (2.63%) Skype
9 3 (1.97%) DHCP
9 3 (1.97%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.66%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.53%) Big Data
2 15 (9.87%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (5.26%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.32%) GIS
5 1 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (3.29%) JIRA
2 3 (1.97%) Git
2 3 (1.97%) Selenium
3 2 (1.32%) GitLab
3 2 (1.32%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.32%) Robot Framework
3 2 (1.32%) Snyk
4 1 (0.66%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.66%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.66%) ClearCase
4 1 (0.66%) ClearQuest
4 1 (0.66%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.66%) LabVIEW
General
1 30 (19.74%) Social Skills
2 26 (17.11%) Law
3 25 (16.45%) Public Sector
4 22 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (11.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (7.89%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (5.92%) Marketing
8 8 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (4.61%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.63%) Electronics
11 3 (1.97%) Finance
12 2 (1.32%) Advertising
12 2 (1.32%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.32%) Retail
13 1 (0.66%) Aviation
13 1 (0.66%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 32 (21.05%) Lead
2 21 (13.82%) Analyst
3 15 (9.87%) Developer
3 15 (9.87%) Software Developer
4 12 (7.89%) Automation Engineer
4 12 (7.89%) Field Engineer
4 12 (7.89%) Field Service Engineer
4 12 (7.89%) Support Analyst
5 11 (7.24%) Designer
6 10 (6.58%) 2nd Line Support
6 10 (6.58%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 10 (6.58%) Senior
7 9 (5.92%) Network Designer
8 8 (5.26%) Architect
9 6 (3.95%) Network Architect
10 5 (3.29%) Business Analyst
10 5 (3.29%) DevOps Engineer
10 5 (3.29%) Project Manager
11 4 (2.63%) Agile Project Manager
11 4 (2.63%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.18%) RESTful
2 16 (10.53%) .NET
3 15 (9.87%) Node.js
3 15 (9.87%) Pandas
4 14 (9.21%) JWT
4 14 (9.21%) OAuth
5 11 (7.24%) LDAP
6 2 (1.32%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (1.32%) Kafka
6 2 (1.32%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.66%) CSS
7 1 (0.66%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.66%) HTML
7 1 (0.66%) JSON
7 1 (0.66%) REST
7 1 (0.66%) SOAP
7 1 (0.66%) Spring
7 1 (0.66%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.66%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.87%) Cyberattack
2 13 (8.55%) Security Operations Centre
3 12 (7.89%) Client/Server
3 12 (7.89%) SCADA
4 5 (3.29%) PKI
5 4 (2.63%) Blackberry
5 4 (2.63%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.97%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (1.97%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.97%) MISP
6 3 (1.97%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.97%) Robotics
7 2 (1.32%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.32%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.32%) iSeries
7 2 (1.32%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.66%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (18.42%) Linux
2 16 (10.53%) Android
3 10 (6.58%) Windows
4 4 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.97%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.97%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.66%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.66%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (28.29%) Line Management
2 39 (25.66%) CI/CD
3 36 (23.68%) Agile
4 29 (19.08%) Kanban
5 28 (18.42%) Software Engineering
6 25 (16.45%) DevOps
7 23 (15.13%) Project Management
8 20 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
9 19 (12.50%) SIEM
10 18 (11.84%) Analytics
10 18 (11.84%) Coaching
10 18 (11.84%) Containerisation
10 18 (11.84%) OO
11 17 (11.18%) Data Analytics
11 17 (11.18%) Mathematics
12 16 (10.53%) Android Development
12 16 (10.53%) OOP
13 15 (9.87%) Secure Coding
13 15 (9.87%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 30 (19.74%) Java
2 28 (18.42%) Python
3 22 (14.47%) C++
4 16 (10.53%) JavaScript
5 15 (9.87%) C#
5 15 (9.87%) Go
5 15 (9.87%) Rust
6 11 (7.24%) SQL
7 8 (5.26%) Bash
7 8 (5.26%) PowerShell
8 6 (3.95%) Perl
9 2 (1.32%) C
10 1 (0.66%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 81 (53.29%) SC Cleared
2 55 (36.18%) DV Cleared
3 22 (14.47%) Degree
4 12 (7.89%) HNC
4 12 (7.89%) HND
5 4 (2.63%) CISSP
6 3 (1.97%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.97%) CISM
6 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.32%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.32%) GCIA
7 2 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.66%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.66%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.66%) CASP
8 1 (0.66%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.66%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.24%) SLA
2 3 (1.97%) QA
3 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.66%) Government Security Classifications
3 1 (0.66%) MIL-STD-1553
3 1 (0.66%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (13.82%) Docker
2 8 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.61%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.66%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.66%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (14.47%) Terraform
2 21 (13.82%) Kubernetes
3 19 (12.50%) Ansible
4 10 (6.58%) QRadar
5 1 (0.66%) Avamar
5 1 (0.66%) CASB
5 1 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.66%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.66%) Puppet
5 1 (0.66%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.66%) VxRail
Vendors
1 22 (14.47%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.82%) VMware
3 18 (11.84%) Splunk
4 16 (10.53%) ServiceNow
5 15 (9.87%) Cisco
6 14 (9.21%) Informatica
6 14 (9.21%) MuleSoft
6 14 (9.21%) Salesforce
7 12 (7.89%) Juniper
7 12 (7.89%) SevOne
8 4 (2.63%) NetApp
9 3 (1.97%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.32%) Aruba
10 2 (1.32%) BiZZdesign
10 2 (1.32%) Black Duck
10 2 (1.32%) Dell
10 2 (1.32%) EMC
10 2 (1.32%) ESRI
10 2 (1.32%) Freshdesk
10 2 (1.32%) UiPath