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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 29 75
Rank change year-on-year +6 +46 -10
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 6,781 6,794 6,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.96% 7.51% 4.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.00% 23.04% 17.77%
Number of salaries quoted 4,304 3,347 3,107
10th Percentile £31,500 £33,650 £31,275
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,125 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £86,350
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

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 24,214 29,487 35,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.43% 32.60% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 15,696 13,357 16,642
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,800 £59,526 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.94% +8.23% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +8 1,937 £55,000 +11.68% 560
South West +3 1,918 £55,000 - 496
London +13 1,043 £70,000 +7.69% 355
North of England +14 806 £55,000 -4.35% 265
Midlands -3 636 £52,500 -4.55% 202
North West +4 579 £55,000 -4.35% 210
West Midlands +14 439 £55,000 - 127
East of England +21 418 £55,000 - 144
East Midlands -18 197 £44,362 -15.50% 75
Yorkshire +32 190 £60,000 -9.77% 33
North East -37 37 £55,000 +22.22% 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
3 142 (2.09%) Confluence
4 125 (1.84%) SharePoint
5 106 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 84 (1.24%) Apache
7 75 (1.11%) IIS
8 65 (0.96%) WebLogic
9 55 (0.81%) Apache Spark
10 39 (0.58%) OpenStack
11 29 (0.43%) nginx
12 28 (0.41%) JBoss
13 26 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
13 26 (0.38%) Red Hat Fuse
14 17 (0.25%) CMS
14 17 (0.25%) Jupyter
15 15 (0.22%) Oracle Service Bus
15 15 (0.22%) Tomcat
16 14 (0.21%) SharePoint 2010
16 14 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 240 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
2 128 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 114 (1.68%) Simulink
4 84 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 42 (0.62%) MS Visio
6 32 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
7 29 (0.43%) Sketch
8 10 (0.15%) 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
12 2 (0.029%) Abaqus
12 2 (0.029%) GNU Octave
12 2 (0.029%) InDesign
12 2 (0.029%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 79 (1.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 56 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
3 39 (0.58%) Siebel CRM
4 36 (0.53%) Primavera
5 32 (0.47%) NEC Housing
6 26 (0.38%) Workday HCM
7 23 (0.34%) Maximo
7 23 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
8 14 (0.21%) SAP HR
9 10 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
9 10 (0.15%) SAP CO
9 10 (0.15%) SAP FI
9 10 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
10 9 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
10 9 (0.13%) SAP SCM
10 9 (0.13%) Teamcenter
11 8 (0.12%) Elite 3E
11 8 (0.12%) SAP EWM
12 6 (0.088%) Oracle Applications
12 6 (0.088%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1,316 (19.41%) Azure
2 1,138 (16.78%) AWS
3 260 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
4 158 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
5 151 (2.23%) SaaS
6 145 (2.14%) Power Platform
7 137 (2.02%) GCP
8 128 (1.89%) Serverless
9 117 (1.73%) Amazon EKS
10 114 (1.68%) OpenShift
11 103 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
12 93 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
13 91 (1.34%) PaaS
14 78 (1.15%) Entra ID
15 66 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
16 64 (0.94%) IaaS
17 63 (0.93%) Amazon ECS
18 61 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
19 59 (0.87%) GitHub
20 52 (0.77%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 436 (6.43%) Firewall
2 256 (3.78%) DNS
3 211 (3.11%) WAN
4 177 (2.61%) TCP/IP
5 161 (2.37%) DHCP
6 150 (2.21%) LAN
7 141 (2.08%) Network Security
8 129 (1.90%) BGP
8 129 (1.90%) VPN
9 78 (1.15%) SAN
10 75 (1.11%) Wireless
11 71 (1.05%) HTTP
12 59 (0.87%) SSL
12 59 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
13 58 (0.86%) MPLS
14 57 (0.84%) Internet
15 49 (0.72%) Cisco ASA
16 48 (0.71%) IPsec
16 48 (0.71%) OSPF
16 48 (0.71%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 313 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
2 229 (3.38%) GIS
3 196 (2.89%) QGIS
4 175 (2.58%) SQL Server
5 139 (2.05%) Relational Database
6 100 (1.47%) NoSQL
7 97 (1.43%) Power BI
8 92 (1.36%) Big Data
9 85 (1.25%) Oracle Database
10 82 (1.21%) Hadoop
11 77 (1.14%) MongoDB
12 50 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
13 48 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
14 38 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
15 36 (0.53%) RDBMS
16 35 (0.52%) MySQL
17 34 (0.50%) Oracle BI EE
18 31 (0.46%) Siebel EIM
19 30 (0.44%) Tableau
20 26 (0.38%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 268 (3.95%) Git
2 266 (3.92%) JIRA
3 231 (3.41%) Jenkins
4 142 (2.09%) GitLab
5 135 (1.99%) Visual Studio
6 111 (1.64%) Bitbucket
7 92 (1.36%) Rational DOORS
8 62 (0.91%) Selenium
9 59 (0.87%) Sourcetree
10 38 (0.56%) Rational Rhapsody
11 37 (0.55%) Cucumber
12 30 (0.44%) JUnit
13 29 (0.43%) Subversion
14 25 (0.37%) Ant
14 25 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
15 23 (0.34%) LabVIEW
16 21 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 18 (0.27%) IntelliJ
17 18 (0.27%) SonarQube
18 17 (0.25%) TestNG
General
1 1,457 (21.49%) Social Skills
2 674 (9.94%) Public Sector
3 526 (7.76%) Aerospace
4 525 (7.74%) Finance
5 366 (5.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 337 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
7 244 (3.60%) Military
8 209 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
9 188 (2.77%) Games
10 161 (2.37%) Telecoms
11 150 (2.21%) Manufacturing
12 144 (2.12%) Police
13 126 (1.86%) Retail
14 119 (1.75%) Electronics
15 116 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
16 111 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
17 93 (1.37%) Law
18 53 (0.78%) Legal
19 52 (0.77%) Marketing
20 49 (0.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,113 (16.41%) Senior
2 869 (12.82%) Architect
3 686 (10.12%) Software Engineer
4 602 (8.88%) Developer
5 500 (7.37%) Lead
6 445 (6.56%) Consultant
7 429 (6.33%) Analyst
8 427 (6.30%) Systems Engineer
9 324 (4.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 286 (4.22%) Solutions Architect
11 276 (4.07%) Network Engineer
12 261 (3.85%) Project Manager
12 261 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
13 238 (3.51%) DevOps Engineer
14 175 (2.58%) Administrator
14 175 (2.58%) Security Consultant
15 166 (2.45%) Support Engineer
16 143 (2.11%) Senior Developer
17 121 (1.78%) Technical Architect
18 105 (1.55%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 379 (5.59%) .NET
2 357 (5.26%) React
3 224 (3.30%) CSS
4 199 (2.93%) Leaflet
4 199 (2.93%) OpenLayers
5 196 (2.89%) .NET Core
5 196 (2.89%) PostGIS
6 174 (2.57%) REST
7 173 (2.55%) Spring
8 162 (2.39%) AngularJS
9 161 (2.37%) HTML
10 147 (2.17%) Node.js
11 126 (1.86%) Spring Boot
12 116 (1.71%) XML
13 108 (1.59%) Web Services
14 99 (1.46%) JSON
15 93 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
16 88 (1.30%) Unity (Game Engine)
17 82 (1.21%) RESTful
18 78 (1.15%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 276 (4.07%) Management Information System
2 208 (3.07%) Driving Licence
3 195 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
4 185 (2.73%) Algorithms
5 146 (2.15%) Data Centre
6 140 (2.06%) Product Ownership
7 122 (1.80%) Cloud Native
8 121 (1.78%) Public Cloud
9 120 (1.77%) PKI
10 105 (1.55%) Cyberattack
11 101 (1.49%) Private Cloud
12 97 (1.43%) Virtual Reality
13 84 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
14 81 (1.19%) Operational Technology
15 74 (1.09%) Virtual Team
16 73 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
17 64 (0.94%) Onboarding
18 62 (0.91%) Cyber Defence
18 62 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
19 53 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1,067 (15.74%) Linux
2 976 (14.39%) Windows
3 344 (5.07%) Windows Server
4 182 (2.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 146 (2.15%) Windows 10
6 131 (1.93%) CentOS
7 130 (1.92%) Unix
8 128 (1.89%) Ubuntu
9 123 (1.81%) Windows Server 2019
10 121 (1.78%) Windows Server 2016
11 93 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
12 65 (0.96%) Embedded Linux
13 62 (0.91%) Windows 7
14 53 (0.78%) VMS
15 33 (0.49%) Debian
16 27 (0.40%) Solaris
17 22 (0.32%) Android
18 16 (0.24%) AIX
19 14 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
20 12 (0.18%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,938 (28.58%) Agile
2 1,258 (18.55%) Actionable Insight
3 1,117 (16.47%) DevOps
4 1,111 (16.38%) Software Engineering
5 1,102 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
6 797 (11.75%) Cybersecurity
7 622 (9.17%) Project Management
8 566 (8.35%) Scrum
9 530 (7.82%) ITIL
10 513 (7.57%) Mentoring
11 456 (6.72%) Collaborative Working
12 447 (6.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 413 (6.09%) CI/CD
14 394 (5.81%) Systems Engineering
15 382 (5.63%) Project Delivery
16 372 (5.49%) Stakeholder Management
17 308 (4.54%) Customer Service
18 305 (4.50%) Validation
19 297 (4.38%) Analytics
20 295 (4.35%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 1,056 (15.57%) Python
2 698 (10.29%) Java
3 625 (9.22%) JavaScript
4 476 (7.02%) C#
5 456 (6.72%) SQL
6 453 (6.68%) PowerShell
7 292 (4.31%) Bash
8 284 (4.19%) C++
9 264 (3.89%) C
10 143 (2.11%) MATLAB
11 100 (1.47%) TypeScript
12 90 (1.33%) Shell Script
13 60 (0.88%) Rust
14 53 (0.78%) Embedded C
15 44 (0.65%) Ada
16 39 (0.58%) Fortran
17 36 (0.53%) PL/SQL
18 33 (0.49%) Perl
18 33 (0.49%) VB
19 30 (0.44%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 3,785 (55.82%) SC Cleared
2 1,610 (23.74%) DV Cleared
3 1,113 (16.41%) Degree
4 596 (8.79%) BPSS Clearance
5 202 (2.98%) Cisco Certification
6 158 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 144 (2.12%) CISSP
8 132 (1.95%) AWS Certification
9 129 (1.90%) CCNP
10 126 (1.86%) CCNA
11 115 (1.70%) CISM
12 98 (1.45%) Azure Certification
13 92 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
14 86 (1.27%) CESG Certified Professional
15 82 (1.21%) Master's Degree
16 81 (1.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 69 (1.02%) CRISC
18 66 (0.97%) DBS Check
19 63 (0.93%) CTC Cleared
20 59 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 233 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 187 (2.76%) SLA
3 150 (2.21%) QA
4 133 (1.96%) NIST
5 124 (1.83%) Accessibility
6 112 (1.65%) NCSC
7 88 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 61 (0.90%) ISO 9001
9 54 (0.80%) GDPR
10 47 (0.69%) NIST 800
11 45 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 45 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 43 (0.63%) GRC
13 42 (0.62%) Def Stans
13 42 (0.62%) PCI DSS
14 41 (0.60%) PMO
15 40 (0.59%) JSP 440
16 39 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 36 (0.53%) WCAG
18 34 (0.50%) RMADS
System Software
1 510 (7.52%) Active Directory
2 406 (5.99%) Docker
3 347 (5.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 187 (2.76%) Hyper-V
5 104 (1.53%) Firmware
6 85 (1.25%) vSphere
7 75 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
8 55 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
9 54 (0.80%) KVM
10 39 (0.58%) VMware NSX
11 22 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
12 21 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
13 16 (0.24%) pfSense
14 15 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
14 15 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
15 12 (0.18%) Microsoft App-V
16 11 (0.16%) NFS
17 9 (0.13%) Forefront TMG
17 9 (0.13%) VMware Workstation
17 9 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 499 (7.36%) Ansible
2 446 (6.58%) Kubernetes
3 419 (6.18%) Terraform
4 201 (2.96%) SCCM
5 154 (2.27%) Puppet
6 86 (1.27%) vCenter Server
6 86 (1.27%) WSUS
7 83 (1.22%) SCOM
8 65 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
9 54 (0.80%) Grafana
10 45 (0.66%) EnCase
11 44 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
12 37 (0.55%) Prometheus
13 35 (0.52%) Progress Chef
14 34 (0.50%) NetBackup
15 29 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
15 29 (0.43%) FortiGate
16 28 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 24 (0.35%) ZABBIX
18 22 (0.32%) OpenSSO
Vendors
1 1,167 (17.21%) Microsoft
2 505 (7.45%) VMware
3 412 (6.08%) Cisco
4 330 (4.87%) Oracle
5 280 (4.13%) Juniper
6 202 (2.98%) ESRI
7 190 (2.80%) Red Hat
8 126 (1.86%) ServiceNow
9 100 (1.47%) HP
10 87 (1.28%) IBM
11 85 (1.25%) Google
12 83 (1.22%) SAP
13 81 (1.19%) Remedy
14 79 (1.17%) Sparx
15 74 (1.09%) Dell
16 62 (0.91%) Splunk
17 55 (0.81%) Fortinet
18 53 (0.78%) Veeam
19 52 (0.77%) SolarWinds
20 51 (0.75%) NetApp