Security Cleared Jobs 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 62 39
Rank change year-on-year +13 -23 +37
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 13 13 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 2.64% 1.45% 5.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.39% 7.69% 12.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 12
10th Percentile £55,200 - £32,325
25th Percentile £59,250 - £42,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £30,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +113.33% -55.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £66,500 £32,625 £87,813
90th Percentile - £65,925 £88,750
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 176 169 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 35.70% 18.86% 43.19%
Number of salaries quoted 58 133 89
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,759 £26,850
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £37,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -19.35% -7.00%
75th Percentile £63,125 £55,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £70,150 £72,000 £85,500
East of England median annual salary £53,000 £47,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year +11.58% -12.84% +9.00%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Essex

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in Essex

Security 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 Security Cleared within the Essex region over the 6 months to 29 May 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 +11 3 £64,000 +113.33% 17
Epping - 1 - -
Grays - 1 - -
Purfleet - 1 - -
Saffron Walden - 1 £55,000 - 2
Buckhurst Hill - 1 - -
Security Cleared
East of England

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Amazon EKS
1 8 (61.54%) AWS
1 8 (61.54%) AWS CloudFormation
1 8 (61.54%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (61.54%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) LabVIEW
General
1 8 (61.54%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (61.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
4 2 (15.38%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Developer
1 8 (61.54%) Software Developer
2 1 (7.69%) Category Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Development Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Senior
2 1 (7.69%) Senior Development Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Software Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Testing Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (61.54%) .NET
1 8 (61.54%) Node.js
1 8 (61.54%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Cyberattack
2 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
2 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Android
1 9 (69.23%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Software Engineering
2 9 (69.23%) Android Development
2 9 (69.23%) Mathematics
2 9 (69.23%) OO
2 9 (69.23%) OOP
3 8 (61.54%) Agile
3 8 (61.54%) CI/CD
3 8 (61.54%) Collaborative Working
3 8 (61.54%) Containerisation
3 8 (61.54%) Design Patterns
3 8 (61.54%) Kanban
3 8 (61.54%) Line Management
3 8 (61.54%) OWASP
3 8 (61.54%) Secure Coding
3 8 (61.54%) Statistics
4 3 (23.08%) Contract Management
5 1 (7.69%) Data Collection
5 1 (7.69%) Physics
5 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) Python
2 8 (61.54%) C++
2 8 (61.54%) Go
2 8 (61.54%) Java
2 8 (61.54%) JavaScript
2 8 (61.54%) Rust
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) DV Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (61.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (61.54%) Ansible
1 8 (61.54%) Kubernetes
1 8 (61.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Mentor Graphics