SC Cleared Job Trends in Essex

Security Check (SC) Clearance
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 50 39
Rank change year-on-year +2 -11 +9
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 9 3 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 1.31% 0.66% 3.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.70% 2.33% 11.86%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 12
10th Percentile £35,000 - £62,875
25th Percentile £42,500 - £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.52%
75th Percentile - - £83,750
90th Percentile £71,250 - -
East of England median annual salary £51,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.30% -4.17% +33.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 243 129 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 35.32% 28.41% 25.93%
Number of salaries quoted 72 30 77
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,875 £27,965
25th Percentile £29,712 £42,500 £38,569
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £50,000 £39,085
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +27.93% -21.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,340 £65,000 £83,000
East of England median annual salary £46,750 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.62% -2.73% +10.00%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SC Cleared relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Essex

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Essex over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in Essex

SC Cleared
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Essex region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Chelmsford - 5 £65,000 - 6
Saffron Walden - 2 £40,000 -
Harlow +2 1 £75,000 -
Colchester - 1 £65,000 - 12
SC Cleared
East of England

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Data Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Research Scientist
1 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Engineering Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Data Science
1 3 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 2 (22.22%) Logistics
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) CCA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft