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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 50 59
Rank change year-on-year -45 +9 +75
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,498 3,954 4,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.04% 4.14% 5.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.30% 15.41% 15.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,065 2,465 2,295
10th Percentile £38,500 £33,600 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,211 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +10.96%

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 23,789 25,654 27,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 48.34% 26.84% 33.76%
Number of salaries quoted 9,583 15,775 12,833
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,734 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -9.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,555 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.70% -10.74% +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 13 June 2025.

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 13 June 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
South East -19 513 £55,000 - 535
London -26 317 £65,000 -7.14% 587
South West -19 222 £62,373 +13.40% 434
Midlands -31 180 £65,000 +18.18% 199
West Midlands -9 142 £67,500 +22.73% 114
North of England -137 137 £55,000 -2.65% 292
East of England +17 87 £55,000 +5.26% 135
North West -166 68 £59,000 +7.27% 177
Yorkshire -10 59 £45,000 -25.00% 69
East Midlands -25 38 £52,000 +10.05% 74
North East +31 9 £69,384 +18.00% 47
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 40 (2.67%) Confluence
2 28 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (1.34%) SharePoint
4 14 (0.93%) JBoss
4 14 (0.93%) Red Hat Fuse
5 12 (0.80%) Apache Spark
6 9 (0.60%) Apache
7 8 (0.53%) Appian
8 7 (0.47%) nginx
8 7 (0.47%) Skype for Business
9 5 (0.33%) CMS
9 5 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
9 5 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2013
9 5 (0.33%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.27%) Office Communications Server
10 4 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
11 3 (0.20%) Alfresco
11 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
11 3 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 51 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.67%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.47%) InVision
5 7 (0.47%) Sketch
6 6 (0.40%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 5 (0.33%) Simulink
8 4 (0.27%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.27%) Oracle Smart View
9 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.13%) GNU Octave
10 2 (0.13%) Revit
10 2 (0.13%) Windchill
11 1 (0.067%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.067%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.067%) ProjectWise
11 1 (0.067%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (1.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 10 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.40%) Maximo
4 5 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.13%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.13%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.13%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.13%) SAP MM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.067%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.067%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.067%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 286 (19.09%) Azure
2 285 (19.03%) AWS
3 80 (5.34%) GCP
4 71 (4.74%) Power Platform
5 66 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (4.14%) Serverless
7 53 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
8 52 (3.47%) Amazon EC2
9 49 (3.27%) Amazon S3
10 47 (3.14%) AWS KMS
11 46 (3.07%) Entra ID
12 41 (2.74%) Amazon ECS
13 40 (2.67%) Dynamics 365
14 36 (2.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 32 (2.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 31 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
16 31 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
17 25 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
17 25 (1.67%) AWS Lambda
17 25 (1.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 174 (11.62%) Firewall
2 117 (7.81%) WAN
3 93 (6.21%) Network Security
4 73 (4.87%) LAN
5 68 (4.54%) BGP
6 56 (3.74%) VPN
7 51 (3.40%) DNS
7 51 (3.40%) OSPF
8 42 (2.80%) TCP/IP
9 41 (2.74%) Software-Defined Radio
10 40 (2.67%) SD-WAN
11 39 (2.60%) EIGRP
12 35 (2.34%) MPLS
13 33 (2.20%) Ethernet
14 32 (2.14%) Cisco ISE
15 30 (2.00%) IPsec
16 29 (1.94%) Wireless
17 28 (1.87%) ATM
17 28 (1.87%) Junos
17 28 (1.87%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (5.67%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (3.34%) Amazon RDS
3 41 (2.74%) Relational Database
4 39 (2.60%) MongoDB
4 39 (2.60%) Power BI
5 32 (2.14%) SQL Server
6 20 (1.34%) MySQL
6 20 (1.34%) NoSQL
7 18 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
8 15 (1.00%) Amazon Aurora
8 15 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
9 14 (0.93%) Redis
10 13 (0.87%) Big Data
10 13 (0.87%) DynamoDB
11 10 (0.67%) Data Lake
11 10 (0.67%) RDBMS
12 9 (0.60%) Metadata
13 8 (0.53%) GIS
14 6 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (0.33%) DB2
Development Applications
1 99 (6.61%) Git
2 91 (6.07%) Jenkins
3 59 (3.94%) JIRA
4 37 (2.47%) JUnit
5 25 (1.67%) GitLab
6 23 (1.54%) Vagrant
7 21 (1.40%) Mockito
8 20 (1.34%) JMeter
9 15 (1.00%) Selenium
10 13 (0.87%) Maven
11 12 (0.80%) Bitbucket Server
12 10 (0.67%) SonarQube
13 9 (0.60%) Axure RP
13 9 (0.60%) DbUnit
13 9 (0.60%) jMock
14 8 (0.53%) Postman
15 7 (0.47%) Cypress.io
15 7 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
15 7 (0.47%) Robot Framework
16 6 (0.40%) NDoc
General
1 325 (21.70%) Social Skills
2 212 (14.15%) Public Sector
3 176 (11.75%) Finance
4 95 (6.34%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (5.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 71 (4.74%) Law
7 52 (3.47%) Military
8 50 (3.34%) Marketing
9 47 (3.14%) Aerospace
10 36 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
11 33 (2.20%) Electronics
12 32 (2.14%) Telecoms
13 29 (1.94%) Manufacturing
14 27 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
14 27 (1.80%) Retail
15 24 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.34%) Advertising
16 20 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
17 15 (1.00%) Back Office
17 15 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 245 (16.36%) Architect
2 169 (11.28%) Developer
3 143 (9.55%) Senior
4 117 (7.81%) Lead
5 106 (7.08%) Network Architect
6 104 (6.94%) Network Engineer
7 80 (5.34%) Analyst
7 80 (5.34%) Support Engineer
8 77 (5.14%) Consultant
9 76 (5.07%) Systems Engineer
10 53 (3.54%) Java Developer
11 51 (3.40%) Software Engineer
12 45 (3.00%) Solutions Architect
13 42 (2.80%) Designer
14 41 (2.74%) DevOps Engineer
14 41 (2.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 40 (2.67%) Security Engineer
16 38 (2.54%) Data Engineer
17 36 (2.40%) Support Analyst
18 34 (2.27%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (4.27%) React
2 57 (3.81%) Spring
3 52 (3.47%) REST
3 52 (3.47%) RESTful
4 51 (3.40%) Spring Boot
5 50 (3.34%) HTML
6 47 (3.14%) AngularJS
6 47 (3.14%) Kafka
6 47 (3.14%) Web Services
7 37 (2.47%) CSS
7 37 (2.47%) SOAP
8 24 (1.60%) Hibernate
8 24 (1.60%) JSON
9 23 (1.54%) ActiveMQ
9 23 (1.54%) Apache Camel
10 21 (1.40%) .NET
10 21 (1.40%) Elastic Stack
10 21 (1.40%) PySpark
11 19 (1.27%) Django
11 19 (1.27%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 62 (4.14%) Data Centre
1 62 (4.14%) e-Learning
2 61 (4.07%) Management Information System
3 39 (2.60%) Cloud Native
4 38 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
5 31 (2.07%) Driving Licence
6 27 (1.80%) FPGA
6 27 (1.80%) Public Cloud
6 27 (1.80%) SCADA
7 26 (1.74%) Embedded Systems
8 24 (1.60%) Replication
9 22 (1.47%) Security Posture
10 20 (1.34%) Private Cloud
10 20 (1.34%) Product Ownership
11 19 (1.27%) Security Operations Centre
12 18 (1.20%) MicroBlaze
12 18 (1.20%) RISC-V
13 15 (1.00%) Algorithms
13 15 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
13 15 (1.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 183 (12.22%) Linux
2 166 (11.08%) Windows
3 66 (4.41%) Windows Server
4 27 (1.80%) Unix
5 25 (1.67%) Windows 10
6 22 (1.47%) Embedded Linux
6 22 (1.47%) VMS
7 19 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (1.20%) Android
9 13 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
10 11 (0.73%) Amazon Linux
10 11 (0.73%) Apple iOS
11 7 (0.47%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.33%) CentOS
12 5 (0.33%) Solaris
12 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.27%) HPUX
14 3 (0.20%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
14 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (21.09%) Agile
2 218 (14.55%) DevOps
3 180 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
4 161 (10.75%) CI/CD
5 142 (9.48%) Mentoring
6 131 (8.74%) Software Engineering
7 129 (8.61%) Cybersecurity
8 101 (6.74%) Innovative Thinking
9 100 (6.68%) Scrum
10 94 (6.28%) Technical Leadership
11 91 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 90 (6.01%) Analytics
12 90 (6.01%) Computer Science
13 86 (5.74%) Cloud Security
13 86 (5.74%) Customer Service
14 83 (5.54%) Microservices
15 78 (5.21%) Roadmaps
16 70 (4.67%) ITIL
17 68 (4.54%) Artificial Intelligence
17 68 (4.54%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 205 (13.68%) Python
2 141 (9.41%) SQL
3 139 (9.28%) Java
4 108 (7.21%) JavaScript
5 81 (5.41%) PowerShell
6 55 (3.67%) C++
7 44 (2.94%) TypeScript
8 41 (2.74%) C
9 36 (2.40%) Bash
10 35 (2.34%) C#
11 33 (2.20%) MATLAB
12 24 (1.60%) Groovy
13 20 (1.34%) Perl
14 17 (1.13%) Shell Script
15 12 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
16 11 (0.73%) Scala
17 10 (0.67%) Go
18 9 (0.60%) Fortran
19 8 (0.53%) R
20 7 (0.47%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,498 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 282 (18.83%) DV Cleared
3 231 (15.42%) Degree
4 96 (6.41%) Cisco Certification
5 69 (4.61%) CCNA
6 65 (4.34%) CCNP
7 52 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 47 (3.14%) AWS Certification
9 41 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 41 (2.74%) CISSP
10 30 (2.00%) Azure Certification
11 27 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
12 26 (1.74%) JNCIA
13 25 (1.67%) Master's Degree
14 20 (1.34%) HND
14 20 (1.34%) JNCIS
15 19 (1.27%) CISM
15 19 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
16 17 (1.13%) CTC Cleared
17 16 (1.07%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (6.14%) SLA
2 47 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (2.47%) NIST
4 30 (2.00%) QA
5 28 (1.87%) GDPR
6 26 (1.74%) Accessibility
7 24 (1.60%) NCSC
8 22 (1.47%) Def Stans
9 17 (1.13%) Data Quality
10 12 (0.80%) HIPAA
10 12 (0.80%) WCAG
11 10 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (0.67%) RMADS
12 9 (0.60%) GRC
13 8 (0.53%) JSP 440
14 7 (0.47%) ISO 9001
15 6 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 4 (0.27%) ISO 14001
16 4 (0.27%) ISO 9000
16 4 (0.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 146 (9.75%) Docker
2 95 (6.34%) Active Directory
3 53 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 45 (3.00%) Firmware
5 38 (2.54%) Embedded Firmware
6 20 (1.34%) VMware NSX
7 17 (1.13%) DFS Replication
7 17 (1.13%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.33%) Postfix
11 4 (0.27%) ISA Server
12 3 (0.20%) Dovecot
12 3 (0.20%) Squid
13 2 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
14 1 (0.067%) IAG
14 1 (0.067%) Microsoft App-V
14 1 (0.067%) NFS
14 1 (0.067%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 143 (9.55%) Terraform
2 111 (7.41%) Kubernetes
3 85 (5.67%) Ansible
4 44 (2.94%) FortiGate
5 42 (2.80%) Prometheus
6 41 (2.74%) Grafana
7 22 (1.47%) QRadar
8 13 (0.87%) Kibana
9 11 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
10 10 (0.67%) AWS Copilot
11 8 (0.53%) Nessus
11 8 (0.53%) SCCM
12 6 (0.40%) ArcSight ESM
12 6 (0.40%) Proxmox
13 5 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 5 (0.33%) Progress Chef
14 4 (0.27%) HAProxy
14 4 (0.27%) Puppet
14 4 (0.27%) SCOM
14 4 (0.27%) WMI
Vendors
1 243 (16.22%) Cisco
2 216 (14.42%) Microsoft
3 151 (10.08%) Juniper
4 106 (7.08%) VMware
5 55 (3.67%) Google
6 51 (3.40%) Splunk
7 45 (3.00%) SAP
7 45 (3.00%) ServiceNow
8 42 (2.80%) Fortinet
9 41 (2.74%) Oracle
10 31 (2.07%) Red Hat
11 29 (1.94%) CheckPoint
12 27 (1.80%) SolarWinds
13 26 (1.74%) F5
14 20 (1.34%) Blue Coat
14 20 (1.34%) McAfee
15 19 (1.27%) Sparx
16 17 (1.13%) Databricks
17 16 (1.07%) Forcepoint
18 13 (0.87%) Atlassian