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 9 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 34 14
Rank change year-on-year +29 -20 +4
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 81 63 157
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 14.84% 6.81% 17.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.22% 12.80% 28.55%
Number of salaries quoted 51 44 109
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,875 £29,650
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +1.85% -6.46%
75th Percentile £80,000 £60,938 £72,000
90th Percentile - £70,125 £79,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% -0.87% +5.02%

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 230 492 550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 42.12% 53.19% 61.52%
Number of salaries quoted 160 232 306
10th Percentile £37,671 £41,250 £29,440
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.38% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £80,000
South West median annual salary £51,058 £55,000 £51,716
% change year-on-year -7.17% +6.35% +3.43%

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 9 November 2025.

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 9 November 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
Cheltenham +21 21 £65,000 +18.18% 20
Gloucester +4 21 £75,000 +36.36% 20
Filton - 18 £42,500 - 9
Tewkesbury +6 3 £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 2 (2.47%) Apache
1 2 (2.47%) Confluence
2 1 (1.23%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (22.22%) Azure
2 15 (18.52%) AWS
3 8 (9.88%) Azure Stack
3 8 (9.88%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.17%) Amazon ECS
4 5 (6.17%) Amazon S3
4 5 (6.17%) AWS Lambda
4 5 (6.17%) Serverless
5 4 (4.94%) GCP
6 3 (3.70%) Google Workspace
6 3 (3.70%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.23%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.17%) Firewall
2 3 (3.70%) Network Security
3 2 (2.47%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (1.23%) BGP
4 1 (1.23%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (1.23%) Internet
4 1 (1.23%) OSPF
4 1 (1.23%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.70%) Big Data
2 1 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.23%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.23%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.23%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Balsamiq
2 2 (2.47%) Git
3 1 (1.23%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.23%) GitLab
3 1 (1.23%) JIRA
3 1 (1.23%) JUnit
General
1 28 (34.57%) Social Skills
2 19 (23.46%) Public Sector
3 11 (13.58%) Military
4 7 (8.64%) Manufacturing
4 7 (8.64%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (7.41%) Aerospace
6 4 (4.94%) Aviation
7 3 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.70%) Avionics
7 3 (3.70%) Electronics
8 2 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.23%) Automotive
9 1 (1.23%) Games
9 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (18.52%) Lead
2 14 (17.28%) Integration Engineer
3 13 (16.05%) Consultant
4 11 (13.58%) Software Engineer
5 9 (11.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 9 (11.11%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 9 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (9.88%) IT Engineer
6 8 (9.88%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (8.64%) Senior
7 7 (8.64%) Technical Consultant
8 6 (7.41%) Junior
8 6 (7.41%) Junior Consultant
8 6 (7.41%) Junior Technical Consultant
9 5 (6.17%) Analyst
10 4 (4.94%) Business Development Manager
10 4 (4.94%) Customer Engineer
10 4 (4.94%) Development Manager
10 4 (4.94%) Security Consultant
10 4 (4.94%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.17%) React
2 4 (4.94%) Spring
2 4 (4.94%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.23%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.23%) Apache NiFi
3 1 (1.23%) Express.js
3 1 (1.23%) NestJS
3 1 (1.23%) Node.js
3 1 (1.23%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.81%) Data Centre
1 12 (14.81%) Onboarding
2 8 (9.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (7.41%) Driving Licence
3 6 (7.41%) PKI
4 4 (4.94%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.70%) Algorithms
5 3 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.70%) CMDB
5 3 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.47%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.23%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (19.75%) Linux
2 15 (18.52%) Windows
3 12 (14.81%) Windows Server
4 8 (9.88%) Rocky
4 8 (9.88%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.23%) CentOS
5 1 (1.23%) CoreOS
5 1 (1.23%) Debian
5 1 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.23%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.16%) Agile
2 21 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (20.99%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (18.52%) Software Engineering
5 14 (17.28%) AI
6 13 (16.05%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (16.05%) DevOps
7 10 (12.35%) Containerisation
7 10 (12.35%) Full-Stack Development
8 9 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (11.11%) Innovative Thinking
9 8 (9.88%) Business Development
9 8 (9.88%) Data Analysis
10 7 (8.64%) Analytics
10 7 (8.64%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (8.64%) Computer Science
10 7 (8.64%) ITIL
10 7 (8.64%) Machine Learning
10 7 (8.64%) Systems Engineering
10 7 (8.64%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 12 (14.81%) Python
2 7 (8.64%) PowerShell
3 5 (6.17%) Bash
3 5 (6.17%) Java
4 3 (3.70%) C
4 3 (3.70%) C#
4 3 (3.70%) Go
4 3 (3.70%) Google Apps Script
4 3 (3.70%) MATLAB
4 3 (3.70%) Tcl
4 3 (3.70%) VBScript
5 2 (2.47%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 81 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 27 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 17 (20.99%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (16.05%) Degree
5 8 (9.88%) Azure Certification
5 8 (9.88%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (4.94%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (3.70%) CCIE
7 3 (3.70%) CITP
7 3 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.70%) CREST Certified
8 1 (1.23%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.23%) CCNA
8 1 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.94%) GDPR
1 4 (4.94%) QA
2 3 (3.70%) RMADS
System Software
1 11 (13.58%) Active Directory
2 9 (11.11%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.47%) Docker
4 1 (1.23%) KVM
4 1 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (18.52%) Kubernetes
2 6 (7.41%) Ansible
3 5 (6.17%) Terraform
4 4 (4.94%) Nagios
5 2 (2.47%) SCCM
6 1 (1.23%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.23%) Kibana
6 1 (1.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 8 (9.88%) Dell
2 5 (6.17%) Cisco
3 4 (4.94%) Google
3 4 (4.94%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.70%) CheckPoint
4 3 (3.70%) F5
4 3 (3.70%) Fortinet
4 3 (3.70%) Splunk
5 2 (2.47%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.23%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.23%) Oracle
6 1 (1.23%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.23%) VMware