SC Cleared Jobs in England

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 43 157
Rank change year-on-year -4 +114 -47
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 3,351 4,154 3,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.28% 5.84% 2.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.78% 17.50% 9.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,187 2,314 2,099
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,106 £46,250 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -0.16%
75th Percentile £70,250 £75,278 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,950 £86,250 £85,950
UK median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +12.61% +0.91%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

SC 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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,233 23,740 40,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.10% 33.40% 27.54%
Number of salaries quoted 12,087 12,302 17,912
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,770 £95,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in England

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in England.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in England

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in England

SC Cleared
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the England region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
South East +1 1,064 £55,000 - 149
South West -6 780 £55,000 -12.00% 133
London -47 523 £70,000 +7.69% 140
North of England +1 504 £55,000 -15.38% 104
North West -4 355 £53,362 -17.91% 76
Midlands -23 354 £52,500 -12.50% 55
West Midlands +2 257 £55,000 -8.33% 47
Yorkshire +22 123 £60,000 -11.11% 19
East Midlands -64 97 £44,225 -15.76% 8
East of England -34 88 £52,250 -5.00% 43
North East -21 26 £58,800 +23.79% 10
SC Cleared
UK

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 142 (4.24%) ArcGIS
2 129 (3.85%) GeoServer
3 96 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 86 (2.57%) SharePoint
5 58 (1.73%) Confluence
6 51 (1.52%) Apache
7 43 (1.28%) WebLogic
8 42 (1.25%) Apache Spark
9 18 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2010
10 16 (0.48%) OpenStack
11 15 (0.45%) Appian
12 10 (0.30%) SharePoint 2010
12 10 (0.30%) SharePoint 2013
13 6 (0.18%) IIS
13 6 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
13 6 (0.18%) SAS
14 5 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
15 4 (0.12%) JBoss
15 4 (0.12%) Office Communications Server
15 4 (0.12%) TWiki
Applications
1 118 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (1.82%) Simulink
3 34 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
4 32 (0.95%) Sketch
5 23 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
6 21 (0.63%) MS Visio
7 14 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (0.21%) AutoCAD
9 5 (0.15%) Adobe XD
10 4 (0.12%) InVision
10 4 (0.12%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.060%) Abaqus
11 2 (0.060%) EPLAN
11 2 (0.060%) Fireworks
11 2 (0.060%) InDesign
12 1 (0.030%) Blender
12 1 (0.030%) CPLEX
12 1 (0.030%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 48 (1.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 36 (1.07%) Siebel CRM
3 27 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
4 21 (0.63%) Maximo
5 7 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.21%) Primavera
6 5 (0.15%) SAP HR
7 4 (0.12%) Q-Pulse
8 3 (0.090%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.090%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.090%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.090%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (0.060%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.060%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.060%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.060%) Oracle General Ledger
9 2 (0.060%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.060%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.060%) SAP GRC
9 2 (0.060%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 810 (24.17%) Azure
2 631 (18.83%) AWS
3 204 (6.09%) Microsoft 365
4 110 (3.28%) GCP
5 96 (2.86%) Power Platform
6 86 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
7 84 (2.51%) Amazon EKS
8 76 (2.27%) Serverless
9 73 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
10 69 (2.06%) OpenShift
11 58 (1.73%) Entra ID
12 57 (1.70%) SaaS
13 50 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
14 49 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
15 47 (1.40%) Miro
16 45 (1.34%) PowerApps
17 44 (1.31%) Power Automate
18 40 (1.19%) dbt
19 34 (1.01%) GitHub
20 33 (0.98%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 211 (6.30%) Firewall
2 117 (3.49%) DNS
3 95 (2.83%) TCP/IP
4 91 (2.72%) WAN
5 68 (2.03%) Network Security
6 66 (1.97%) VPN
7 65 (1.94%) LAN
8 63 (1.88%) DHCP
9 59 (1.76%) BGP
10 56 (1.67%) SSL
11 53 (1.58%) Wireless
12 45 (1.34%) Cisco Firepower
13 43 (1.28%) IPsec
14 41 (1.22%) SAN
15 36 (1.07%) SD-WAN
16 34 (1.01%) AMQP
17 32 (0.95%) 5G
17 32 (0.95%) MPLS
17 32 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
18 28 (0.84%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 212 (6.33%) PostgreSQL
2 134 (4.00%) GIS
3 129 (3.85%) QGIS
4 96 (2.86%) Relational Database
5 87 (2.60%) Hadoop
6 81 (2.42%) NoSQL
7 76 (2.27%) SQL Server
8 69 (2.06%) Big Data
9 68 (2.03%) Power BI
10 66 (1.97%) MongoDB
11 42 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
12 36 (1.07%) Oracle BI EE
12 36 (1.07%) Oracle Database
12 36 (1.07%) RDBMS
12 36 (1.07%) Siebel EIM
13 29 (0.87%) Cloudera CDH
14 26 (0.78%) MySQL
15 24 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
15 24 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
16 19 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 127 (3.79%) Git
2 123 (3.67%) JIRA
3 106 (3.16%) Jenkins
4 60 (1.79%) GitLab
5 45 (1.34%) Visual Studio
6 36 (1.07%) Bitbucket
7 33 (0.98%) Vagrant
8 26 (0.78%) JUnit
8 26 (0.78%) Rational DOORS
9 23 (0.69%) Sourcetree
10 20 (0.60%) Selenium
10 20 (0.60%) SonarQube
11 19 (0.57%) Cucumber
12 17 (0.51%) MSI
13 15 (0.45%) LabVIEW
14 14 (0.42%) TestNG
15 13 (0.39%) AdminStudio
15 13 (0.39%) InstallShield
15 13 (0.39%) REST Assured
15 13 (0.39%) WebDriver
General
1 647 (19.31%) Social Skills
2 270 (8.06%) Finance
3 260 (7.76%) Public Sector
4 236 (7.04%) Aerospace
5 167 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 158 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
7 106 (3.16%) Military
8 89 (2.66%) Telecoms
9 82 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
10 59 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
11 53 (1.58%) Police
12 44 (1.31%) Electronics
12 44 (1.31%) Games
13 37 (1.10%) Manufacturing
14 35 (1.04%) Retail
15 33 (0.98%) Law
16 29 (0.87%) Marketing
17 28 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
18 20 (0.60%) Back Office
19 18 (0.54%) Legal
Job Titles
1 564 (16.83%) Senior
2 404 (12.06%) Architect
3 337 (10.06%) Software Engineer
4 319 (9.52%) Developer
5 222 (6.62%) Lead
6 201 (6.00%) Analyst
7 176 (5.25%) Consultant
8 170 (5.07%) Network Engineer
9 154 (4.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 154 (4.60%) Systems Engineer
10 130 (3.88%) Senior Software Engineer
11 123 (3.67%) Project Manager
12 118 (3.52%) Solutions Architect
13 116 (3.46%) DevOps Engineer
14 102 (3.04%) Support Engineer
15 91 (2.72%) Senior Developer
16 81 (2.42%) Designer
17 75 (2.24%) Technical Architect
18 74 (2.21%) Security Consultant
19 66 (1.97%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 234 (6.98%) React
2 221 (6.60%) .NET
3 161 (4.80%) CSS
4 135 (4.03%) Node.js
5 134 (4.00%) .NET Core
6 132 (3.94%) Leaflet
7 131 (3.91%) OpenLayers
8 129 (3.85%) PostGIS
9 84 (2.51%) Spring Boot
10 78 (2.33%) REST
11 77 (2.30%) HTML
12 76 (2.27%) Spring
13 71 (2.12%) Kafka
14 62 (1.85%) RabbitMQ
15 60 (1.79%) Middleware
16 52 (1.55%) AngularJS
17 35 (1.04%) Django
18 33 (0.98%) ARM Templates
19 31 (0.93%) OpenAPI
19 31 (0.93%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 109 (3.25%) Management Information System
2 84 (2.51%) Driving Licence
3 77 (2.30%) Data Centre
4 75 (2.24%) Product Ownership
5 69 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
6 66 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
7 62 (1.85%) Algorithms
8 53 (1.58%) Cloud Native
9 52 (1.55%) Public Cloud
10 45 (1.34%) Private Cloud
11 43 (1.28%) Operational Technology
12 41 (1.22%) Cyberattack
13 36 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
14 31 (0.93%) Virtual Team
15 29 (0.87%) CMDB
15 29 (0.87%) PKI
16 28 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
17 26 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
18 25 (0.75%) Client/Server
18 25 (0.75%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 513 (15.31%) Windows
2 468 (13.97%) Linux
3 205 (6.12%) Windows Server
4 129 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 101 (3.01%) Windows 10
6 89 (2.66%) CentOS
7 82 (2.45%) Ubuntu
8 60 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
9 57 (1.70%) Unix
10 53 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
11 50 (1.49%) Android
12 30 (0.90%) Windows Server 2012
13 29 (0.87%) Debian
14 23 (0.69%) Solaris
14 23 (0.69%) Windows 7
15 14 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
16 12 (0.36%) AIX
17 11 (0.33%) zOS
18 9 (0.27%) Windows NT
19 6 (0.18%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,009 (30.11%) Agile
2 611 (18.23%) DevOps
3 574 (17.13%) Actionable Insight
4 521 (15.55%) Software Engineering
5 427 (12.74%) Problem-Solving
6 375 (11.19%) Cybersecurity
7 290 (8.65%) Scrum
8 288 (8.59%) Project Management
9 274 (8.18%) ITIL
10 240 (7.16%) Collaborative Working
11 228 (6.80%) Mentoring
12 226 (6.74%) Stakeholder Management
13 215 (6.42%) CI/CD
14 203 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 201 (6.00%) Artificial Intelligence
16 200 (5.97%) Service Management
17 171 (5.10%) Computer Science
18 162 (4.83%) Machine Learning
19 156 (4.66%) Kanban
20 155 (4.63%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 575 (17.16%) Python
2 372 (11.10%) Java
3 351 (10.47%) JavaScript
4 318 (9.49%) SQL
5 251 (7.49%) C#
6 191 (5.70%) PowerShell
7 156 (4.66%) C++
8 74 (2.21%) TypeScript
9 72 (2.15%) C
10 71 (2.12%) Bash
11 60 (1.79%) MATLAB
12 54 (1.61%) Kotlin
13 31 (0.93%) Shell Script
14 26 (0.78%) VB
15 20 (0.60%) Bicep
16 17 (0.51%) Go
17 16 (0.48%) Groovy
18 13 (0.39%) R
19 12 (0.36%) VBA
20 11 (0.33%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 3,351 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 614 (18.32%) DV Cleared
3 520 (15.52%) Degree
4 139 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 137 (4.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 96 (2.86%) CISM
7 93 (2.78%) CISSP
8 91 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 88 (2.63%) Azure Certification
10 83 (2.48%) AWS Certification
11 81 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
12 59 (1.76%) CESG Certified Professional
13 58 (1.73%) CCNA
13 58 (1.73%) CRISC
14 47 (1.40%) CCNP
15 39 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 32 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 30 (0.90%) CISA
17 30 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
18 25 (0.75%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 91 (2.72%) NCSC
3 86 (2.57%) Accessibility
4 80 (2.39%) QA
5 58 (1.73%) SLA
6 41 (1.22%) NIST
7 39 (1.16%) GDPR
8 35 (1.04%) WCAG
9 32 (0.95%) Data Quality
10 27 (0.81%) PMO
11 22 (0.66%) COBIT
12 19 (0.57%) GRC
13 18 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
14 13 (0.39%) Def Stans
14 13 (0.39%) ISO 9001
15 11 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 11 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
16 10 (0.30%) NIST 800
17 8 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 8 (0.24%) JSP 440
System Software
1 250 (7.46%) Active Directory
2 177 (5.28%) Docker
3 166 (4.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 103 (3.07%) Hyper-V
5 38 (1.13%) vSphere
6 33 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
7 29 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
8 18 (0.54%) Firmware
8 18 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
8 18 (0.54%) XenDesktop
9 17 (0.51%) Microsoft App-V
10 15 (0.45%) pfSense
11 12 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
12 9 (0.27%) NFS
12 9 (0.27%) VMware NSX
13 7 (0.21%) XenApp
14 6 (0.18%) Lustre
14 6 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 3 (0.090%) KVM
15 3 (0.090%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 227 (6.77%) Kubernetes
2 204 (6.09%) Ansible
3 185 (5.52%) Terraform
4 136 (4.06%) SCCM
5 64 (1.91%) Puppet
6 52 (1.55%) SCOM
7 49 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
8 47 (1.40%) WSUS
9 41 (1.22%) vCenter Server
10 32 (0.95%) Grafana
11 25 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
12 22 (0.66%) EMC NetWorker
12 22 (0.66%) ZABBIX
13 21 (0.63%) OpenView
14 20 (0.60%) Nagios
14 20 (0.60%) NetBackup
15 18 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 17 (0.51%) Prometheus
17 15 (0.45%) Progress Chef
18 12 (0.36%) Kibana
Vendors
1 568 (16.95%) Microsoft
2 257 (7.67%) VMware
3 210 (6.27%) Cisco
4 180 (5.37%) Juniper
5 167 (4.98%) Oracle
6 136 (4.06%) ESRI
7 105 (3.13%) ServiceNow
8 99 (2.95%) Red Hat
9 68 (2.03%) Google
10 49 (1.46%) HP
11 48 (1.43%) Sparx
12 47 (1.40%) IBM
13 41 (1.22%) Xilinx
14 40 (1.19%) Remedy
15 39 (1.16%) Dell
15 39 (1.16%) Veeam
16 38 (1.13%) F5
16 38 (1.13%) Fortinet
17 36 (1.07%) Siebel
18 34 (1.01%) Splunk