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 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 41 13
Rank change year-on-year +37 -28 +1
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 99 33 187
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 14.27% 5.27% 16.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 32.78% 8.42% 29.26%
Number of salaries quoted 76 23 153
10th Percentile £33,875 £40,250 £30,300
25th Percentile £45,938 £45,000 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £62,400
90th Percentile £85,000 £94,500 £78,500
South West median annual salary £60,000 £61,644 £51,716
% change year-on-year -2.67% +19.20% -3.33%

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 302 392 639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 43.52% 62.62% 56.15%
Number of salaries quoted 180 163 399
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £29,440
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,250 £39,759
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £69,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £81,300
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -2.04%

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 January 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 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
Cheltenham +17 34 £70,000 +7.69% 14
Filton - 21 £35,250 -
Gloucester +12 16 £60,000 - 16
Tewkesbury +5 11 £70,000 +55.56% 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 (1.01%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (14.14%) AWS
2 12 (12.12%) Azure
3 5 (5.05%) Amazon ECS
3 5 (5.05%) Amazon S3
3 5 (5.05%) AWS Lambda
3 5 (5.05%) Serverless
4 3 (3.03%) GCP
4 3 (3.03%) Google Workspace
4 3 (3.03%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.01%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (1.01%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.01%) Azure Stack
5 1 (1.01%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.06%) Firewall
2 5 (5.05%) Network Security
3 2 (2.02%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (1.01%) DHCP
4 1 (1.01%) DNS
4 1 (1.01%) Internet
4 1 (1.01%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.03%) Big Data
2 1 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.01%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (3.03%) Balsamiq
2 1 (1.01%) Git
General
1 24 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 15 (15.15%) Public Sector
3 14 (14.14%) Manufacturing
4 11 (11.11%) Military
5 7 (7.07%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (6.06%) Aerospace
7 4 (4.04%) Advertising
7 4 (4.04%) Aviation
7 4 (4.04%) Electronics
8 3 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.03%) Avionics
8 3 (3.03%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.01%) Automotive
10 1 (1.01%) Finance
10 1 (1.01%) Games
10 1 (1.01%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (19.19%) Consultant
2 15 (15.15%) Security Consultant
3 14 (14.14%) Analyst
4 13 (13.13%) Senior
5 12 (12.12%) Business Analyst
6 9 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 9 (9.09%) Software Engineer
7 7 (7.07%) Integration Engineer
7 7 (7.07%) Lead
7 7 (7.07%) Splunk Engineer
8 6 (6.06%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 6 (6.06%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
9 5 (5.05%) Security Analyst
10 4 (4.04%) 1st Line Support
10 4 (4.04%) Customer Engineer
10 4 (4.04%) Network Engineer
10 4 (4.04%) Quality Engineer
10 4 (4.04%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (4.04%) Senior Business Analyst
10 4 (4.04%) Senior Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.04%) React
1 4 (4.04%) Spring
1 4 (4.04%) Spring Boot
2 3 (3.03%) REST
3 1 (1.01%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.01%) Express.js
3 1 (1.01%) NestJS
3 1 (1.01%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.07%) Driving Licence
2 6 (6.06%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.06%) PKI
3 5 (5.05%) CMDB
3 5 (5.05%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.04%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.03%) Algorithms
5 3 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.03%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.02%) Blockchain
6 2 (2.02%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.12%) Linux
2 10 (10.10%) Windows
3 5 (5.05%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.02%) Unix
5 1 (1.01%) CentOS
5 1 (1.01%) CoreOS
5 1 (1.01%) Debian
5 1 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.01%) Rocky
5 1 (1.01%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (20.20%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (16.16%) Agile
2 16 (16.16%) Software Engineering
3 15 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (14.14%) AI
5 13 (13.13%) DevOps
6 12 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
7 11 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
8 10 (10.10%) ITIL
9 9 (9.09%) Innovative Thinking
10 7 (7.07%) Analytics
10 7 (7.07%) Change Control
10 7 (7.07%) CI/CD
10 7 (7.07%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (7.07%) Data Science
10 7 (7.07%) Machine Learning
10 7 (7.07%) Red Team
10 7 (7.07%) Systems Engineering
10 7 (7.07%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.14%) Python
2 9 (9.09%) Bash
3 7 (7.07%) PowerShell
4 6 (6.06%) Java
5 4 (4.04%) C
6 3 (3.03%) C#
6 3 (3.03%) Elixir
6 3 (3.03%) Erlang
6 3 (3.03%) Go
6 3 (3.03%) Google Apps Script
6 3 (3.03%) MATLAB
6 3 (3.03%) Tcl
6 3 (3.03%) VBScript
7 2 (2.02%) Kotlin
8 1 (1.01%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 99 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 30 (30.30%) DV Cleared
3 12 (12.12%) Degree
4 10 (10.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (5.05%) CCIE
5 5 (5.05%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (3.03%) CITP
6 3 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.03%) CREST Certified
7 2 (2.02%) CHECK Team Member
8 1 (1.01%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.07%) QA
2 4 (4.04%) GDPR
3 3 (3.03%) RMADS
4 2 (2.02%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.03%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.03%) Docker
2 1 (1.01%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 7 (7.07%) Ansible
3 5 (5.05%) Nagios
3 5 (5.05%) Terraform
4 3 (3.03%) Grafana
4 3 (3.03%) Prometheus
5 2 (2.02%) SCCM
6 1 (1.01%) Puppet
Vendors
1 7 (7.07%) Splunk
2 5 (5.05%) CheckPoint
2 5 (5.05%) Cisco
2 5 (5.05%) F5
2 5 (5.05%) Fortinet
3 3 (3.03%) Google
3 3 (3.03%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.02%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.01%) Dell
5 1 (1.01%) SAP