SC Cleared Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Security Check (SC) Clearance
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 48 16
Rank change year-on-year +44 -32 -7
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 118 30 219
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 14.34% 5.52% 16.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.81% 8.06% 29.44%
Number of salaries quoted 99 20 191
10th Percentile £32,200 £36,438 £27,500
25th Percentile £48,125 £39,688 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +25.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £62,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £70,000
South West median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -6.58%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 339 372 744
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 41.19% 68.51% 56.15%
Number of salaries quoted 204 133 505
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,000 £29,440
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £39,759
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% +10.48% -9.48%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £84,250 £80,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,600 £50,600
% change year-on-year +4.56% +3.95% -0.78%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 23 February 2026.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in Gloucestershire

SC Cleared
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 23 February 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
Cheltenham +10 40 £70,000 +7.69% 16
Filton - 21 £35,250 - 1
Gloucester +6 19 £62,500 -20.63% 16
Tewkesbury - 9 £80,000 - 1
SC Cleared
South West

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.85%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (14.41%) Azure
2 14 (11.86%) AWS
3 5 (4.24%) Amazon ECS
3 5 (4.24%) Amazon S3
3 5 (4.24%) AWS Lambda
3 5 (4.24%) Serverless
4 4 (3.39%) GCP
5 3 (2.54%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.24%) Firewall
1 5 (4.24%) Network Security
2 3 (2.54%) DHCP
2 3 (2.54%) DNS
2 3 (2.54%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.69%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.39%) Big Data
2 3 (2.54%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.85%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.85%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.85%) MySQL
3 1 (0.85%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.54%) Balsamiq
General
1 21 (17.80%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.71%) Public Sector
3 14 (11.86%) Manufacturing
4 11 (9.32%) Military
5 7 (5.93%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.08%) Aerospace
7 5 (4.24%) Advertising
8 4 (3.39%) Aviation
8 4 (3.39%) Electronics
8 4 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.54%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.54%) Avionics
9 3 (2.54%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.85%) Automotive
11 1 (0.85%) Finance
11 1 (0.85%) Games
11 1 (0.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 21 (17.80%) Consultant
2 20 (16.95%) Software Engineer
3 19 (16.10%) Senior
4 18 (15.25%) Security Consultant
5 14 (11.86%) Analyst
6 12 (10.17%) Business Analyst
7 9 (7.63%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 7 (5.93%) Splunk Engineer
9 6 (5.08%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 6 (5.08%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
9 6 (5.08%) Senior Software Engineer
9 6 (5.08%) Vulnerability Researcher
10 5 (4.24%) Security Analyst
11 4 (3.39%) 1st Line Support
11 4 (3.39%) Integration Engineer
11 4 (3.39%) Network Engineer
11 4 (3.39%) Senior Analyst
11 4 (3.39%) Senior Quality Engineer
11 4 (3.39%) Software Support Engineer
11 4 (3.39%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.24%) React
2 4 (3.39%) Node.js
2 4 (3.39%) Spring
2 4 (3.39%) Spring Boot
3 3 (2.54%) REST
4 2 (1.69%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.85%) Express.js
5 1 (0.85%) NestJS
5 1 (0.85%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.93%) Cloud Native
1 7 (5.93%) Driving Licence
2 6 (5.08%) PKI
3 5 (4.24%) CMDB
3 5 (4.24%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.39%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.54%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.54%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.69%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.17%) Linux
2 7 (5.93%) Windows
3 2 (1.69%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (22.88%) Software Engineering
2 20 (16.95%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (11.86%) Agile
4 14 (11.86%) AI
5 13 (11.02%) Full-Stack Development
6 12 (10.17%) DevOps
7 11 (9.32%) ITIL
8 10 (8.47%) Penetration Testing
9 9 (7.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (7.63%) Innovative Thinking
10 7 (5.93%) Change Control
10 7 (5.93%) CI/CD
10 7 (5.93%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (5.93%) Data Analysis
10 7 (5.93%) Data Science
10 7 (5.93%) Machine Learning
10 7 (5.93%) Red Team
10 7 (5.93%) Systems Engineering
10 7 (5.93%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.41%) Python
2 13 (11.02%) Java
3 10 (8.47%) Bash
4 9 (7.63%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.39%) C
5 4 (3.39%) Go
6 3 (2.54%) C#
6 3 (2.54%) Elixir
6 3 (2.54%) Erlang
6 3 (2.54%) Google Apps Script
6 3 (2.54%) MATLAB
6 3 (2.54%) Tcl
6 3 (2.54%) VBScript
7 2 (1.69%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.85%) C++
8 1 (0.85%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 118 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 33 (27.97%) DV Cleared
3 12 (10.17%) Degree
4 9 (7.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (4.24%) CCIE
5 5 (4.24%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.54%) CITP
6 3 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.54%) CREST Certified
7 2 (1.69%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.63%) QA
2 5 (4.24%) GDPR
3 4 (3.39%) SLA
4 3 (2.54%) RMADS
5 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.85%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (3.39%) Docker
2 2 (1.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (9.32%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.93%) Terraform
3 6 (5.08%) Ansible
4 5 (4.24%) Nagios
5 3 (2.54%) Grafana
5 3 (2.54%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.69%) Puppet
6 2 (1.69%) SCCM
7 1 (0.85%) Podman
Vendors
1 7 (5.93%) Cisco
1 7 (5.93%) Splunk
2 6 (5.08%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.24%) CheckPoint
3 5 (4.24%) F5
3 5 (4.24%) Fortinet
4 3 (2.54%) Google
5 2 (1.69%) Dell
5 2 (1.69%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.85%) SAP