Security Cleared Jobs in England

Security Clearance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 28 74
Rank change year-on-year +6 +46 -12
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 6,783 7,365 5,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.06% 7.66% 4.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.25% 23.37% 17.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,357 3,458 3,035
10th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,168
Median % change year-on-year - +4.23% +0.30%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,168
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.13% +0.30%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,012 31,518 33,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.55% 32.77% 26.19%
Number of salaries quoted 15,769 13,983 16,706
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,875
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,850 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.61% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,863
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £57,646 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.32% +4.81% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in England

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in England

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in England over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in England

Security 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 Security Cleared within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
South West +2 1,964 £55,000 - 456
South East +6 1,942 £55,000 +14.29% 468
London +16 1,023 £70,000 +7.69% 299
North of England +18 803 £55,000 -4.35% 223
Midlands +9 609 £52,500 -4.55% 165
North West +8 580 £55,000 -4.35% 168
West Midlands +20 405 £52,500 -4.55% 116
East of England +20 401 £57,500 +4.55% 141
East Midlands -17 204 £50,000 -4.76% 49
Yorkshire +52 192 £60,000 -9.77% 33
North East -38 33 £51,250 +7.89% 22
Security Cleared
UK

Security 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
1 205 (3.02%) ArcGIS
2 196 (2.89%) GeoServer
3 140 (2.06%) Confluence
4 129 (1.90%) SharePoint
5 85 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 73 (1.08%) IIS
7 70 (1.03%) Apache
8 65 (0.96%) WebLogic
9 51 (0.75%) Apache Spark
10 39 (0.57%) OpenStack
11 31 (0.46%) nginx
12 27 (0.40%) JBoss
12 27 (0.40%) Red Hat Fuse
13 24 (0.35%) Jupyter
14 18 (0.27%) CMS
15 15 (0.22%) Oracle Service Bus
16 11 (0.16%) SharePoint 2010
16 11 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
17 10 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
18 9 (0.13%) Drupal
Applications
1 250 (3.69%) Microsoft Office
2 124 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 105 (1.55%) Simulink
4 87 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 41 (0.60%) MS Visio
6 31 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 28 (0.41%) Sketch
8 11 (0.16%) AutoCAD
9 6 (0.088%) Trello
10 4 (0.059%) EPLAN
10 4 (0.059%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.059%) Siemens NX
10 4 (0.059%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.059%) Stateflow
10 4 (0.059%) Windchill
11 3 (0.044%) Revit
11 3 (0.044%) SOLIDWORKS
12 2 (0.029%) Abaqus
12 2 (0.029%) Fireworks
12 2 (0.029%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 79 (1.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 61 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
3 37 (0.55%) Siebel CRM
4 36 (0.53%) Primavera
5 26 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
5 26 (0.38%) Workday HCM
6 25 (0.37%) Maximo
7 11 (0.16%) Elite 3E
7 11 (0.16%) SAP HR
8 10 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
8 10 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
8 10 (0.15%) SAP CO
8 10 (0.15%) SAP FI
8 10 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
9 9 (0.13%) SAP SCM
9 9 (0.13%) Teamcenter
10 8 (0.12%) SAP EWM
11 7 (0.10%) SAP WM
12 6 (0.088%) SAP CRM
12 6 (0.088%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1,287 (18.97%) Azure
2 1,137 (16.76%) AWS
3 260 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
4 170 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
5 157 (2.31%) SaaS
6 147 (2.17%) GCP
7 142 (2.09%) Power Platform
8 130 (1.92%) Serverless
9 120 (1.77%) Amazon EKS
10 115 (1.70%) OpenShift
11 101 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
12 93 (1.37%) PaaS
13 90 (1.33%) AWS CloudFormation
14 75 (1.11%) Entra ID
15 72 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
16 70 (1.03%) IaaS
17 69 (1.02%) GitHub
18 65 (0.96%) Amazon ECS
19 59 (0.87%) AWS Lambda
20 48 (0.71%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 450 (6.63%) Firewall
2 239 (3.52%) WAN
3 238 (3.51%) DNS
4 173 (2.55%) LAN
4 173 (2.55%) TCP/IP
5 159 (2.34%) DHCP
6 140 (2.06%) BGP
7 122 (1.80%) Network Security
8 114 (1.68%) VPN
9 86 (1.27%) SAN
10 79 (1.16%) Wireless
11 74 (1.09%) HTTP
12 61 (0.90%) SSL
13 59 (0.87%) MPLS
14 56 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
15 53 (0.78%) Internet
16 51 (0.75%) Cisco ASA
16 51 (0.75%) OSPF
17 49 (0.72%) SD-WAN
18 47 (0.69%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 287 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
2 235 (3.46%) GIS
3 196 (2.89%) QGIS
4 169 (2.49%) SQL Server
5 140 (2.06%) Relational Database
6 110 (1.62%) Big Data
7 90 (1.33%) NoSQL
8 87 (1.28%) Power BI
9 63 (0.93%) MongoDB
10 62 (0.91%) Hadoop
11 61 (0.90%) Oracle Database
12 58 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
13 54 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
14 45 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
15 41 (0.60%) MySQL
16 36 (0.53%) RDBMS
17 33 (0.49%) Oracle BI EE
18 29 (0.43%) Siebel EIM
19 23 (0.34%) Cloudera CDH
19 23 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 272 (4.01%) JIRA
2 267 (3.94%) Git
3 244 (3.60%) Jenkins
4 148 (2.18%) GitLab
5 133 (1.96%) Visual Studio
6 108 (1.59%) Bitbucket
7 91 (1.34%) Rational DOORS
8 67 (0.99%) Selenium
9 59 (0.87%) Sourcetree
10 38 (0.56%) Rational Rhapsody
11 37 (0.55%) Cucumber
12 31 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
13 30 (0.44%) Subversion
14 28 (0.41%) JUnit
15 25 (0.37%) Ant
16 23 (0.34%) LabVIEW
17 22 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
18 21 (0.31%) JMeter
19 18 (0.27%) IntelliJ
19 18 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 1,446 (21.32%) Social Skills
2 665 (9.80%) Public Sector
3 518 (7.64%) Finance
4 497 (7.33%) Aerospace
5 408 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 322 (4.75%) Analytical Skills
7 264 (3.89%) Military
8 206 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
9 186 (2.74%) Games
10 155 (2.29%) Telecoms
11 149 (2.20%) Manufacturing
12 127 (1.87%) Retail
13 121 (1.78%) Electronics
14 117 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
15 114 (1.68%) Police
16 111 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
17 91 (1.34%) Law
18 53 (0.78%) Marketing
19 52 (0.77%) Legal
20 32 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,172 (17.28%) Senior
2 853 (12.58%) Architect
3 671 (9.89%) Software Engineer
4 589 (8.68%) Developer
5 502 (7.40%) Lead
6 460 (6.78%) Consultant
7 426 (6.28%) Analyst
8 415 (6.12%) Systems Engineer
9 319 (4.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 292 (4.30%) Network Engineer
11 285 (4.20%) Solutions Architect
12 270 (3.98%) Project Manager
13 265 (3.91%) Senior Software Engineer
14 229 (3.38%) DevOps Engineer
15 184 (2.71%) Support Engineer
16 181 (2.67%) Security Consultant
17 152 (2.24%) Administrator
18 136 (2.01%) Senior Developer
19 121 (1.78%) Technical Architect
20 105 (1.55%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 398 (5.87%) .NET
2 351 (5.17%) React
3 226 (3.33%) CSS
4 201 (2.96%) .NET Core
5 199 (2.93%) OpenLayers
6 198 (2.92%) Leaflet
7 196 (2.89%) HTML
7 196 (2.89%) PostGIS
8 184 (2.71%) REST
9 170 (2.51%) Spring
10 164 (2.42%) AngularJS
11 136 (2.01%) Node.js
12 126 (1.86%) XML
13 125 (1.84%) Spring Boot
14 111 (1.64%) Web Services
15 107 (1.58%) JSON
16 100 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
17 90 (1.33%) RESTful
18 88 (1.30%) Unity (Game Engine)
19 85 (1.25%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 265 (3.91%) Management Information System
2 203 (2.99%) Algorithms
3 195 (2.87%) Driving Licence
4 177 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
5 150 (2.21%) Data Centre
6 144 (2.12%) PKI
7 140 (2.06%) Product Ownership
8 137 (2.02%) Cyberattack
9 118 (1.74%) Cloud Native
10 116 (1.71%) Public Cloud
11 106 (1.56%) Private Cloud
12 97 (1.43%) Virtual Reality
13 89 (1.31%) Security Operations Centre
14 80 (1.18%) Operational Technology
14 80 (1.18%) Virtual Team
15 74 (1.09%) Onboarding
16 71 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
17 66 (0.97%) Clustering
18 64 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
19 60 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 1,039 (15.32%) Linux
2 1,012 (14.92%) Windows
3 385 (5.68%) Windows Server
4 171 (2.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 156 (2.30%) Windows 10
6 144 (2.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 130 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
8 121 (1.78%) CentOS
9 118 (1.74%) Windows Server 2012
10 117 (1.72%) Ubuntu
11 99 (1.46%) Unix
12 69 (1.02%) Windows 7
13 61 (0.90%) Embedded Linux
14 51 (0.75%) VMS
15 29 (0.43%) Debian
16 18 (0.27%) Android
17 17 (0.25%) Solaris
18 16 (0.24%) AIX
19 15 (0.22%) Windows NT
19 15 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,911 (28.17%) Agile
2 1,255 (18.50%) Actionable Insight
3 1,118 (16.48%) DevOps
4 1,109 (16.35%) Software Engineering
5 1,090 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
6 786 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
7 620 (9.14%) Project Management
8 542 (7.99%) Scrum
9 532 (7.84%) Mentoring
10 527 (7.77%) ITIL
11 448 (6.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 432 (6.37%) Collaborative Working
13 408 (6.02%) CI/CD
14 381 (5.62%) Systems Engineering
15 379 (5.59%) Stakeholder Management
16 378 (5.57%) Project Delivery
17 305 (4.50%) Validation
18 294 (4.33%) Coaching
18 294 (4.33%) Customer Service
19 284 (4.19%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1,082 (15.95%) Python
2 686 (10.11%) Java
3 647 (9.54%) JavaScript
4 512 (7.55%) PowerShell
5 469 (6.91%) C#
6 434 (6.40%) SQL
7 298 (4.39%) Bash
8 259 (3.82%) C++
9 250 (3.69%) C
10 140 (2.06%) MATLAB
11 101 (1.49%) TypeScript
12 80 (1.18%) Shell Script
13 63 (0.93%) Rust
14 53 (0.78%) Embedded C
15 45 (0.66%) Perl
16 44 (0.65%) Ada
17 42 (0.62%) Go
18 38 (0.56%) PL/SQL
19 35 (0.52%) Fortran
20 34 (0.50%) R
Qualifications
1 3,855 (56.83%) SC Cleared
2 1,656 (24.41%) DV Cleared
3 1,104 (16.28%) Degree
4 591 (8.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 205 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
6 152 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 144 (2.12%) CISSP
8 139 (2.05%) AWS Certification
9 131 (1.93%) CCNP
10 127 (1.87%) CCNA
11 117 (1.72%) CISM
12 93 (1.37%) Azure Certification
13 91 (1.34%) CESG Certified Professional
14 88 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 86 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
16 75 (1.11%) CRISC
17 73 (1.08%) Master's Degree
18 69 (1.02%) CTC Cleared
18 69 (1.02%) DBS Check
19 59 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 229 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 186 (2.74%) SLA
3 168 (2.48%) QA
4 128 (1.89%) NIST
5 113 (1.67%) NCSC
6 93 (1.37%) Accessibility
7 90 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 63 (0.93%) ISO 9001
9 54 (0.80%) GDPR
10 47 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 45 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 44 (0.65%) RMADS
13 42 (0.62%) Def Stans
13 42 (0.62%) GRC
13 42 (0.62%) NIST 800
14 40 (0.59%) PCI DSS
15 39 (0.57%) JSP 440
15 39 (0.57%) PMO
16 37 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 35 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 572 (8.43%) Active Directory
2 421 (6.21%) Docker
3 401 (5.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 214 (3.15%) Hyper-V
5 108 (1.59%) Firmware
6 95 (1.40%) vSphere
7 80 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
8 56 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
9 54 (0.80%) VMware NSX
10 53 (0.78%) KVM
11 21 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
12 19 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
13 17 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
14 16 (0.24%) pfSense
15 15 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
16 12 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
17 11 (0.16%) NFS
18 9 (0.13%) Forefront TMG
18 9 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
19 5 (0.074%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 490 (7.22%) Ansible
2 457 (6.74%) Kubernetes
3 422 (6.22%) Terraform
4 241 (3.55%) SCCM
5 149 (2.20%) Puppet
6 95 (1.40%) SCOM
7 93 (1.37%) vCenter Server
8 88 (1.30%) WSUS
9 53 (0.78%) Grafana
10 47 (0.69%) EnCase
11 43 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
12 41 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
13 37 (0.55%) Prometheus
14 35 (0.52%) Progress Chef
15 34 (0.50%) NetBackup
16 29 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
17 28 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
18 25 (0.37%) FortiGate
18 25 (0.37%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
18 25 (0.37%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1,197 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 556 (8.20%) VMware
3 425 (6.27%) Cisco
4 313 (4.61%) Oracle
5 268 (3.95%) Juniper
6 202 (2.98%) ESRI
7 182 (2.68%) Red Hat
8 136 (2.01%) ServiceNow
9 104 (1.53%) HP
10 92 (1.36%) IBM
11 86 (1.27%) Remedy
12 84 (1.24%) SAP
13 83 (1.22%) Google
14 79 (1.16%) Sparx
15 66 (0.97%) Dell
16 65 (0.96%) Splunk
17 60 (0.88%) SolarWinds
18 54 (0.80%) Fortinet
19 53 (0.78%) BMC
20 52 (0.77%) NetApp