SC Cleared Jobs in England

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 2 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 34 95 121
Rank change year-on-year +61 +26 -19
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 3,109 3,854 3,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.64% 3.51% 3.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.50% 11.95% 12.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,923 1,912 1,984
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,938 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,050
Median % change year-on-year - -4.25% +9.18%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £75,188
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £60,050
% change year-on-year -3.33% -0.08% +9.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

SC 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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 15,167 32,248 27,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.42% 29.40% 24.01%
Number of salaries quoted 9,770 15,404 15,877
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +1.82% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -

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 2 December 2023.

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 2 December 2023. 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 +40 874 £54,000 +2.86% 308
South West +16 764 £55,000 +2.80% 271
London +99 511 £70,000 +2.21% 298
North of England +119 439 £57,500 - 142
Midlands +92 318 £56,000 +1.82% 129
North West +96 285 £60,000 +8.60% 100
West Midlands +76 195 £55,000 - 90
East Midlands +79 123 £60,000 +9.09% 39
Yorkshire +123 122 £59,500 -14.02% 29
East of England +23 101 £59,250 +31.67% 70
North East +25 35 £57,291 -8.34% 13
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 67 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 52 (1.67%) Red Hat Fuse
3 50 (1.61%) JBoss
4 49 (1.58%) IIS
5 40 (1.29%) Confluence
6 38 (1.22%) WebLogic
7 26 (0.84%) MS Exchange
8 17 (0.55%) Apache Spark
9 12 (0.39%) OpenStack
10 9 (0.29%) WebSphere
11 8 (0.26%) Oracle Service Bus
11 8 (0.26%) WebSphere Application Server
12 7 (0.23%) SharePoint 2010
12 7 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
13 5 (0.16%) Apache
13 5 (0.16%) nginx
14 4 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 4 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
15 3 (0.096%) CMS
15 3 (0.096%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 104 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 63 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 37 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.35%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.26%) Windchill
7 7 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.19%) OrCAD
9 5 (0.16%) Chatbot
10 4 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.096%) Acrobat
11 3 (0.096%) Simulink
12 2 (0.064%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.064%) InVision
12 2 (0.064%) Sketch
13 1 (0.032%) 3ds Max
13 1 (0.032%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.032%) AutoCAD
13 1 (0.032%) CATIA
13 1 (0.032%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 38 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
2 24 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.55%) Primavera
4 16 (0.51%) Maximo
4 16 (0.51%) Siebel CRM
5 15 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
5 15 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 11 (0.35%) Elite 3E
6 11 (0.35%) SAP SCM
7 6 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.19%) SAP CO
7 6 (0.19%) SAP FI
7 6 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.19%) SAP PS
8 4 (0.13%) SAP HR
9 3 (0.096%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.096%) SAP MM
10 2 (0.064%) SAP GRC
10 2 (0.064%) SAP HCM
10 2 (0.064%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 633 (20.36%) Azure
2 480 (15.44%) AWS
3 185 (5.95%) Serverless
4 180 (5.79%) Microsoft 365
5 135 (4.34%) GCP
6 122 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
7 119 (3.83%) SaaS
8 109 (3.51%) Power Platform
9 84 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
10 74 (2.38%) Entra ID
11 45 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
12 39 (1.25%) Amazon ECS
13 38 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
14 36 (1.16%) dbt
15 35 (1.13%) AWS CloudFormation
16 33 (1.06%) GitHub
17 31 (1.00%) Amazon EKS
18 30 (0.96%) OpenShift
19 29 (0.93%) PaaS
20 28 (0.90%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 229 (7.37%) Firewall
2 127 (4.08%) WAN
3 123 (3.96%) DNS
4 106 (3.41%) Network Security
5 95 (3.06%) DHCP
6 88 (2.83%) LAN
7 74 (2.38%) TCP/IP
7 74 (2.38%) VPN
8 57 (1.83%) BGP
9 56 (1.80%) HTTP
10 52 (1.67%) Wireless
11 44 (1.42%) OSPF
12 43 (1.38%) SSL
13 38 (1.22%) SAN
14 37 (1.19%) SD-WAN
15 35 (1.13%) Internet
16 34 (1.09%) Cisco Firepower
17 30 (0.96%) SMTP
18 28 (0.90%) SNMP
19 27 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (5.21%) SQL Server
2 93 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
3 82 (2.64%) Relational Database
4 76 (2.44%) MySQL
5 74 (2.38%) Big Data
6 73 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
7 70 (2.25%) Oracle Database
8 63 (2.03%) Power BI
9 61 (1.96%) RDBMS
10 52 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
11 50 (1.61%) NoSQL
12 46 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
13 30 (0.96%) Redis
14 29 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
15 26 (0.84%) GIS
16 19 (0.61%) DynamoDB
17 17 (0.55%) Oracle BI EE
18 16 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
18 16 (0.51%) MongoDB
19 14 (0.45%) JasperReports
Development Applications
1 233 (7.49%) Git
2 172 (5.53%) Jenkins
3 125 (4.02%) JIRA
4 78 (2.51%) GitLab
5 60 (1.93%) Selenium
6 54 (1.74%) IntelliJ
7 43 (1.38%) Maven
8 30 (0.96%) Bitbucket
8 30 (0.96%) MSI
9 29 (0.93%) Cucumber
9 29 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
10 25 (0.80%) Artifactory
11 24 (0.77%) Oracle APEX
11 24 (0.77%) Visual Studio
12 19 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
13 18 (0.58%) JUnit
13 18 (0.58%) SonarQube
13 18 (0.58%) Subversion
14 16 (0.51%) AdminStudio
14 16 (0.51%) InstallShield
General
1 831 (26.73%) Social Skills
2 365 (11.74%) Public Sector
3 199 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 148 (4.76%) Finance
5 147 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
5 147 (4.73%) Presentation Skills
6 135 (4.34%) Military
7 125 (4.02%) Police
8 103 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
9 91 (2.93%) Telecoms
10 80 (2.57%) Aerospace
11 65 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
12 61 (1.96%) Retail
13 59 (1.90%) Law
14 47 (1.51%) Electronics
15 44 (1.42%) Manufacturing
16 37 (1.19%) Legal
17 36 (1.16%) Marketing
18 20 (0.64%) Games
18 20 (0.64%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 505 (16.24%) Senior
2 424 (13.64%) Architect
3 343 (11.03%) Developer
4 299 (9.62%) Software Engineer
5 228 (7.33%) Solutions Architect
6 197 (6.34%) Consultant
7 183 (5.89%) Analyst
8 151 (4.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 144 (4.63%) Presales Solution Architect
10 133 (4.28%) Lead
11 131 (4.21%) DevOps Engineer
12 129 (4.15%) Project Manager
13 115 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
14 112 (3.60%) Java Engineer
15 106 (3.41%) Java Software Engineer
16 103 (3.31%) Support Engineer
17 96 (3.09%) Senior Software Engineer
18 88 (2.83%) Senior Developer
19 77 (2.48%) Java Developer
20 68 (2.19%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 203 (6.53%) Spring
2 156 (5.02%) REST
3 153 (4.92%) Web Services
4 138 (4.44%) .NET
4 138 (4.44%) XML
5 137 (4.41%) React
6 124 (3.99%) SOAP
7 118 (3.80%) JSON
8 93 (2.99%) J2EE
9 89 (2.86%) Node.js
10 87 (2.80%) AngularJS
11 86 (2.77%) HTML
12 83 (2.67%) RESTful
13 81 (2.61%) Java EE
14 79 (2.54%) Ruby on Rails
15 65 (2.09%) CSS
16 57 (1.83%) Hibernate
17 55 (1.77%) JPA
18 53 (1.70%) XSD
19 41 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 124 (3.99%) Data Centre
2 110 (3.54%) Management Information System
3 89 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
4 84 (2.70%) PKI
5 69 (2.22%) Private Cloud
6 63 (2.03%) Public Cloud
7 58 (1.87%) Product Ownership
8 57 (1.83%) CMDB
9 50 (1.61%) Virtual Team
10 44 (1.42%) Clustering
11 42 (1.35%) Driving Licence
12 40 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
13 37 (1.19%) Algorithms
13 37 (1.19%) Cloud Native
14 34 (1.09%) Virtual Reality
15 33 (1.06%) Operational Technology
16 32 (1.03%) FPGA
17 31 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
18 26 (0.84%) Embedded Systems
19 25 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 502 (16.15%) Windows
2 356 (11.45%) Linux
3 220 (7.08%) Windows Server
4 119 (3.83%) Unix
5 80 (2.57%) Android
6 72 (2.32%) Windows 10
7 65 (2.09%) Windows Server 2016
8 56 (1.80%) Windows Server 2019
9 53 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
10 43 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 41 (1.32%) Apple iOS
12 34 (1.09%) Windows 7
13 32 (1.03%) Mac OS
14 19 (0.61%) Solaris
15 15 (0.48%) CentOS
15 15 (0.48%) Windows Server 2003
16 11 (0.35%) Ubuntu
17 9 (0.29%) VMS
18 7 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
19 5 (0.16%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 883 (28.40%) Agile
2 781 (25.12%) Actionable Insight
3 711 (22.87%) Problem-Solving
4 512 (16.47%) DevOps
5 490 (15.76%) Software Engineering
6 306 (9.84%) Analytics
7 300 (9.65%) Mentoring
8 280 (9.01%) ITIL
9 270 (8.68%) Cybersecurity
10 258 (8.30%) CI/CD
11 256 (8.23%) Coaching
12 224 (7.20%) Continuous Integration
13 216 (6.95%) Presales
14 208 (6.69%) Containerisation
14 208 (6.69%) Microservices
14 208 (6.69%) Project Management
15 206 (6.63%) Project Delivery
16 201 (6.47%) Service Management
17 199 (6.40%) Scrum
17 199 (6.40%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 566 (18.21%) Java
2 516 (16.60%) Python
3 344 (11.06%) SQL
4 273 (8.78%) PowerShell
5 262 (8.43%) C#
6 226 (7.27%) JavaScript
7 141 (4.54%) Ruby
8 129 (4.15%) Bash
9 106 (3.41%) C++
10 77 (2.48%) C
10 77 (2.48%) Go
11 73 (2.35%) Perl
12 60 (1.93%) PL/SQL
13 44 (1.42%) VB
14 35 (1.13%) TypeScript
15 33 (1.06%) Shell Script
16 24 (0.77%) VBScript
17 23 (0.74%) R
18 19 (0.61%) MATLAB
19 17 (0.55%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 3,109 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 506 (16.28%) DV Cleared
3 447 (14.38%) Degree
4 100 (3.22%) BPSS Clearance
5 84 (2.70%) CISSP
6 82 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
7 67 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 55 (1.77%) CCNA
9 52 (1.67%) CCNP
10 47 (1.51%) TOGAF Certification
11 46 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
12 42 (1.35%) CISM
13 37 (1.19%) Azure Certification
14 32 (1.03%) Master's Degree
15 30 (0.96%) CREST Certified
16 25 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 24 (0.77%) AWS Certification
18 21 (0.68%) CRISC
18 21 (0.68%) CTC Cleared
19 19 (0.61%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (4.89%) QA
2 82 (2.64%) SLA
3 79 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 55 (1.77%) NCSC
5 45 (1.45%) NIST
6 39 (1.25%) Data Quality
7 30 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
8 29 (0.93%) Accessibility
9 26 (0.84%) RMADS
10 25 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 18 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 16 (0.51%) Software Quality Assurance
13 15 (0.48%) GRC
14 14 (0.45%) NIST 800
15 13 (0.42%) ISO 9001
16 12 (0.39%) JSP 440
17 11 (0.35%) IEC 61508
18 8 (0.26%) COBIT
18 8 (0.26%) PMO
19 7 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 367 (11.80%) Active Directory
2 246 (7.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 168 (5.40%) Docker
4 119 (3.83%) Hyper-V
5 60 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
6 56 (1.80%) VMware ESXi
7 53 (1.70%) Firmware
8 36 (1.16%) vSphere
9 30 (0.96%) VMware NSX
10 29 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
11 26 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
12 16 (0.51%) Microsoft App-V
13 9 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
14 6 (0.19%) HDFS
15 5 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
15 5 (0.16%) KVM
16 4 (0.13%) Squid
17 2 (0.064%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 2 (0.064%) XenApp
17 2 (0.064%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 234 (7.53%) Kubernetes
2 178 (5.73%) Terraform
3 156 (5.02%) Ansible
4 145 (4.66%) SCCM
5 77 (2.48%) SCOM
6 69 (2.22%) vCenter Server
7 60 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
8 59 (1.90%) WSUS
9 49 (1.58%) Puppet
10 34 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
11 28 (0.90%) OpenSSO
12 26 (0.84%) VxRail
13 25 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 22 (0.71%) Grafana
15 18 (0.58%) Microsoft Clustering
15 18 (0.58%) Nessus
15 18 (0.58%) Packer
16 17 (0.55%) HP UCMDB
17 16 (0.51%) NetBackup
17 16 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 577 (18.56%) Microsoft
2 316 (10.16%) VMware
3 251 (8.07%) Oracle
4 159 (5.11%) Cisco
5 157 (5.05%) ServiceNow
6 97 (3.12%) Remedy
7 95 (3.06%) Juniper
8 79 (2.54%) Google
9 76 (2.44%) SAP
10 72 (2.32%) HP
11 57 (1.83%) Fortinet
12 48 (1.54%) F5
13 45 (1.45%) Aruba
14 44 (1.42%) Red Hat
15 43 (1.38%) Splunk
16 42 (1.35%) CheckPoint
17 41 (1.32%) IBM
18 35 (1.13%) BMC
19 34 (1.09%) Citrix
20 29 (0.93%) SolarWinds