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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 44 62
Rank change year-on-year +21 +18 -24
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 412 334 309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 6.81% 6.01% 4.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.48% 14.17% 13.21%
Number of salaries quoted 267 139 170
10th Percentile £25,281 £35,370 £39,975
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £59,250
Median % change year-on-year - -7.17% -8.85%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £66,625
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,168
% change year-on-year - +4.23% +0.30%

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 1,617 2,357 2,340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 26.73% 42.44% 36.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,098 616 782
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,875 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

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 26 April 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 26 April 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 +13 275 £57,500 +5.50% 95
Cambridgeshire +56 73 £38,000 -31.53% 33
Bedfordshire +23 37 £77,500 +19.23% 16
Essex -16 16 £30,000 -55.56% 12
Suffolk -5 11 £70,000 +66.67% 6
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 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.49%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.24%) Confluence
2 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 28 (6.80%) Simulink
2 12 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.49%) Abaqus
Business Applications
1 3 (0.73%) SAP ERP
1 3 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.24%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 17 (4.13%) Azure
2 11 (2.67%) AWS
3 7 (1.70%) GCP
4 5 (1.21%) GitHub
4 5 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (0.97%) Route 53
6 3 (0.73%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (0.73%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (0.73%) PaaS
6 3 (0.73%) SaaS
6 3 (0.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (0.49%) IaaS
8 1 (0.24%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (9.71%) Firewall
2 26 (6.31%) LAN
2 26 (6.31%) TCP/IP
3 22 (5.34%) SAN
4 16 (3.88%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (3.40%) Network Security
6 13 (3.16%) Ethernet
6 13 (3.16%) LTE
6 13 (3.16%) WAN
7 9 (2.18%) DNS
8 8 (1.94%) 3G
8 8 (1.94%) 4G
8 8 (1.94%) Bluetooth
8 8 (1.94%) GPRS
8 8 (1.94%) GSM
9 6 (1.46%) Software-Defined Radio
10 5 (1.21%) 5G
10 5 (1.21%) 5G NR
10 5 (1.21%) 802.11
10 5 (1.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.97%) MySQL
2 2 (0.49%) Hadoop
2 2 (0.49%) Oracle Database
2 2 (0.49%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (4.13%) Rational Rhapsody
2 13 (3.16%) Rational DOORS
3 8 (1.94%) JIRA
4 7 (1.70%) Rational Team Concert
5 6 (1.46%) GitLab
6 4 (0.97%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.73%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.73%) LabVIEW
7 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.24%) Git
8 1 (0.24%) JMeter
8 1 (0.24%) Maven
8 1 (0.24%) Selenium
8 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 104 (25.24%) Social Skills
2 49 (11.89%) Aerospace
3 46 (11.17%) Electronics
4 31 (7.52%) Finance
5 28 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (5.83%) Manufacturing
7 18 (4.37%) Telecoms
8 16 (3.88%) Military
9 15 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.91%) Law
10 12 (2.91%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.18%) Police
12 6 (1.46%) Marketing
13 4 (0.97%) French Language
13 4 (0.97%) Games
14 3 (0.73%) Italian Language
14 3 (0.73%) Welsh Language
15 2 (0.49%) Automotive
15 2 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (11.41%) Systems Engineer
2 45 (10.92%) Lead
3 41 (9.95%) Software Engineer
4 23 (5.58%) Architect
5 22 (5.34%) Administrator
6 21 (5.10%) Embedded Engineer
6 21 (5.10%) IT Administrator
6 21 (5.10%) Network Engineer
6 21 (5.10%) Server Administrator
7 20 (4.85%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 17 (4.13%) Senior
9 16 (3.88%) Analyst
9 16 (3.88%) Consultant
9 16 (3.88%) Security Consultant
10 15 (3.64%) SIEM Engineer
10 15 (3.64%) Support Engineer
10 15 (3.64%) Technical Engineer
11 14 (3.40%) Developer
11 14 (3.40%) Managing Consultant
12 13 (3.16%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.16%) Fluent Bit
2 7 (1.70%) .NET
3 5 (1.21%) 802.1X
4 3 (0.73%) Qt
5 2 (0.49%) OpenMP
6 1 (0.24%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.24%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.24%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.24%) LDAP
6 1 (0.24%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.24%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.24%) WinForms
6 1 (0.24%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.71%) Self-Motivation
2 36 (8.74%) Algorithms
3 32 (7.77%) Data Centre
4 19 (4.61%) Cyber Threat
5 14 (3.40%) Driving Licence
5 14 (3.40%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.91%) Operational Technology
7 8 (1.94%) NHS
7 8 (1.94%) PCIe
7 8 (1.94%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (1.70%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.46%) Animation
9 6 (1.46%) Graphic Design
10 5 (1.21%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.97%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (0.97%) Embedded Systems
11 4 (0.97%) FPGA
11 4 (0.97%) PMI
11 4 (0.97%) Virtual Reality
12 3 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 77 (18.69%) Windows
2 50 (12.14%) Linux
3 32 (7.77%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.18%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.49%) SUSE
6 2 (0.49%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (20.15%) Software Engineering
2 71 (17.23%) Systems Engineering
3 70 (16.99%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (16.26%) Agile
5 55 (13.35%) Cybersecurity
6 50 (12.14%) Validation
7 40 (9.71%) Mentoring
8 37 (8.98%) Mathematics
9 29 (7.04%) Physics
9 29 (7.04%) Verification and Validation
10 28 (6.80%) SIEM
11 27 (6.55%) Project Management
11 27 (6.55%) Signal Processing
12 25 (6.07%) Performance Monitoring
13 24 (5.83%) Security Operations
14 23 (5.58%) Benchmarking
14 23 (5.58%) DevOps
15 22 (5.34%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
15 22 (5.34%) Risk Management
15 22 (5.34%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (12.38%) C
2 48 (11.65%) Python
3 47 (11.41%) PowerShell
4 44 (10.68%) C#
5 29 (7.04%) MATLAB
6 22 (5.34%) Bash
7 19 (4.61%) Ada
8 17 (4.13%) Java
9 14 (3.40%) C++
10 11 (2.67%) PHP
11 10 (2.43%) SQL
12 6 (1.46%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.46%) VB
12 6 (1.46%) VB6
13 5 (1.21%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.73%) Perl
14 3 (0.73%) SystemVerilog
15 1 (0.24%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 158 (38.35%) BPSS Clearance
2 132 (32.04%) SC Cleared
3 80 (19.42%) Degree
4 43 (10.44%) DV Cleared
5 21 (5.10%) CISSP
6 14 (3.40%) CISM
7 13 (3.16%) CASP
7 13 (3.16%) CRISC
8 12 (2.91%) CEH
9 10 (2.43%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.94%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.46%) CTC Cleared
12 4 (0.97%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.24%) CCNA
15 1 (0.24%) GCIH
15 1 (0.24%) HND
15 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.64%) NCSC
1 15 (3.64%) SLA
2 14 (3.40%) PCI DSS
3 11 (2.67%) QA
4 5 (1.21%) Def Stans
5 3 (0.73%) MISRA
6 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.49%) NIST
7 1 (0.24%) GDPR
7 1 (0.24%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.24%) RMADS
7 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (7.04%) Firmware
2 28 (6.80%) Active Directory
3 14 (3.40%) KVM
4 8 (1.94%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.97%) Docker
6 3 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.49%) Lustre
7 2 (0.49%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.49%) vSphere
8 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (3.16%) Fluentd
1 13 (3.16%) logstash
2 8 (1.94%) Ansible
3 4 (0.97%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.97%) Progress Chef
3 4 (0.97%) Puppet
3 4 (0.97%) Terraform
4 2 (0.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.49%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.24%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.24%) Kustomize
5 1 (0.24%) MAILsweeper
5 1 (0.24%) Nessus
Vendors
1 55 (13.35%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.77%) Splunk
3 31 (7.52%) Cisco
4 25 (6.07%) Juniper
5 24 (5.83%) VMware
6 23 (5.58%) NetApp
7 21 (5.10%) Citrix
8 17 (4.13%) IBM
9 14 (3.40%) Dell
10 9 (2.18%) CheckPoint
10 9 (2.18%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.70%) Blue Coat
11 7 (1.70%) Infoblox
11 7 (1.70%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.46%) Oracle
12 6 (1.46%) Riverbed
13 5 (1.21%) Intel
14 4 (0.97%) SAP
15 3 (0.73%) Microsemi
15 3 (0.73%) Xilinx