Security Cleared Job Trends in Essex

Security Clearance
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Essex with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 41 27
Rank change year-on-year -14 -14 +10
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 9 7 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 1.21% 1.52% 6.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.66% 5.60% 20.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 13
10th Percentile - - £56,500
25th Percentile £35,000 - £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +36.17%
75th Percentile £78,125 - £83,750
90th Percentile £79,250 - -
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.48% -3.33% +21.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Essex

Security 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 246 125 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 32.98% 27.11% 29.95%
Number of salaries quoted 73 30 77
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,875 £27,965
25th Percentile £29,250 £42,500 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +25.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62,771 £58,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,900 £65,000 £83,750
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.09% -3.64% +10.00%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Essex

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Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Security Cleared

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Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Essex over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Essex

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Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Essex region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Chelmsford - 5 - - 58
Saffron Walden - 2 £40,000 - 3
Harlow -1 1 £75,000 -
Security Cleared
East of England

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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
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Software-Defined Radio
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Research Scientist
1 5 (55.56%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Communications Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) DSP Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Engineering Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Communications Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Senior DSP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Driving Licence
2 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
2 1 (11.11%) GNSS
2 1 (11.11%) Verilog
2 1 (11.11%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Data Science
1 4 (44.44%) Machine Learning
2 2 (22.22%) Logistics
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Signal Processing
3 1 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Signal Processing
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (11.11%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C
1 1 (11.11%) C++
1 1 (11.11%) MATLAB
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) CCA
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft