Security Cleared Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Security Clearance
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 346 150 606
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 27.16% 35.89% 36.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 70.47% 63.03% 75.94%
Number of salaries quoted 247 79 442
10th Percentile £45,000 £30,750 £31,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £44,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +15.74% -13.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,125 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £81,500
South West median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 491 238 798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 38.54% 56.94% 47.99%
Number of salaries quoted 285 131 601
10th Percentile £41,250 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,875 £66,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £80,000
South West median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 30 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Gloucestershire

Security 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 Security Cleared within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 30 April 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 0 133 £70,000 +3.70% 41
Gloucester 0 115 £65,000 -3.70% 15
Tewkesbury 0 12 £58,750 +64.34% 1
Filton +7 8 £28,000 -44.00% 29
Security Cleared
South West

Security 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 14 (4.05%) Apache
2 8 (2.31%) Confluence
3 2 (0.58%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 80 (23.12%) AWS
2 64 (18.50%) Azure
3 20 (5.78%) GCP
4 12 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.47%) OpenShift
5 6 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.45%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.87%) Amazon S3
8 3 (0.87%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (0.87%) Azure Machine Learning
8 3 (0.87%) Serverless
9 2 (0.58%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.58%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.29%) Dagster
10 1 (0.29%) OCI
10 1 (0.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.89%) DHCP
1 10 (2.89%) DNS
1 10 (2.89%) Firewall
2 6 (1.73%) VPN
3 5 (1.45%) LAN
3 5 (1.45%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.45%) WAN
4 3 (0.87%) NAS
4 3 (0.87%) Network Security
4 3 (0.87%) SAN
5 2 (0.58%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (0.58%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.58%) VXLAN
6 1 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.29%) VLAN
6 1 (0.29%) VSAN
6 1 (0.29%) WebEx
6 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.62%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (3.18%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.31%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.02%) InfluxDB
5 6 (1.73%) Neo4j
6 4 (1.16%) Big Data
6 4 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.87%) Metadata
7 3 (0.87%) MySQL
8 2 (0.58%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.29%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.29%) Power BI
9 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (6.94%) Git
2 19 (5.49%) GitLab
3 17 (4.91%) Jenkins
4 14 (4.05%) JIRA
5 9 (2.60%) Cucumber
6 8 (2.31%) Cypress.io
7 7 (2.02%) Subversion
8 6 (1.73%) Robot Framework
8 6 (1.73%) SonarQube
8 6 (1.73%) TestRail
9 5 (1.45%) Selenium
10 4 (1.16%) Bitbucket
10 4 (1.16%) Gradle
11 2 (0.58%) JUnit
11 2 (0.58%) Maven
11 2 (0.58%) MLflow
11 2 (0.58%) Mockito
11 2 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
12 1 (0.29%) JMeter
12 1 (0.29%) Postman
General
1 47 (13.58%) Public Sector
2 35 (10.12%) Social Skills
3 29 (8.38%) Finance
4 24 (6.94%) Aerospace
5 12 (3.47%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (2.31%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.45%) Advertising
8 4 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.16%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.87%) Electronics
9 3 (0.87%) Military
9 3 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.58%) Law
10 2 (0.58%) Marketing
11 1 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (19.08%) Software Engineer
2 34 (9.83%) Consultant
3 33 (9.54%) Security Consultant
4 29 (8.38%) Senior
5 26 (7.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (7.23%) Analyst
7 22 (6.36%) Business Analyst
8 20 (5.78%) DevOps Engineer
9 19 (5.49%) Cloud Engineer
10 18 (5.20%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 15 (4.34%) Tester
12 14 (4.05%) Data Scientist
13 12 (3.47%) Security Engineer
13 12 (3.47%) Test Engineer
14 11 (3.18%) Architect
14 11 (3.18%) AWS Engineer
14 11 (3.18%) Data Engineer
14 11 (3.18%) Developer
15 10 (2.89%) Administrator
15 10 (2.89%) Penetration Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.34%) Elastic Stack
1 15 (4.34%) React
2 12 (3.47%) AngularJS
2 12 (3.47%) Vue
3 10 (2.89%) Apache NiFi
3 10 (2.89%) REST
4 8 (2.31%) Spring
4 8 (2.31%) Spring Boot
5 6 (1.73%) MERN Stack
6 5 (1.45%) RESTful
7 4 (1.16%) Kafka
7 4 (1.16%) Node.js
7 4 (1.16%) Playwright
7 4 (1.16%) pytest
8 2 (0.58%) gRPC
8 2 (0.58%) JPA
8 2 (0.58%) Protocol Buffers
8 2 (0.58%) PyTorch
8 2 (0.58%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.58%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.49%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (2.89%) Cloud Native
3 10 (2.89%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.02%) Security Posture
5 5 (1.45%) Blog
6 4 (1.16%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.16%) Cloud Security Posture
6 4 (1.16%) PKI
6 4 (1.16%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.16%) Replication
7 3 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (0.87%) Fat Client
7 3 (0.87%) PMI
7 3 (0.87%) Thin Client
8 2 (0.58%) CMDB
8 2 (0.58%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.58%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.58%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 57 (16.47%) Linux
2 28 (8.09%) Windows
3 9 (2.60%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.73%) CentOS
5 4 (1.16%) Unix
6 2 (0.58%) Android
6 2 (0.58%) VMS
6 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (24.57%) Software Engineering
2 78 (22.54%) Agile
3 76 (21.97%) DevOps
4 52 (15.03%) Cybersecurity
5 46 (13.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 41 (11.85%) Infrastructure as Code
7 39 (11.27%) CI/CD
8 35 (10.12%) Collaborative Culture
9 33 (9.54%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (8.09%) Containerisation
10 28 (8.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 28 (8.09%) Test Automation
11 26 (7.51%) AI
11 26 (7.51%) Data Science
11 26 (7.51%) Penetration Testing
12 22 (6.36%) Collaborative Working
12 22 (6.36%) Full-Stack Development
12 22 (6.36%) Scrum
12 22 (6.36%) Software Testing
13 21 (6.07%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 86 (24.86%) Python
2 60 (17.34%) Java
3 35 (10.12%) Bash
4 26 (7.51%) JavaScript
5 21 (6.07%) C++
6 20 (5.78%) PowerShell
7 15 (4.34%) Go
8 12 (3.47%) C
8 12 (3.47%) TypeScript
9 10 (2.89%) SQL
10 8 (2.31%) Kotlin
11 7 (2.02%) Rust
12 4 (1.16%) C#
12 4 (1.16%) Groovy
13 3 (0.87%) Elixir
13 3 (0.87%) Erlang
14 2 (0.58%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.29%) R
15 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 193 (55.78%) DV Cleared
2 153 (44.22%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.94%) Degree
4 6 (1.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 6 (1.73%) CREST Certified
5 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.16%) CCIE
6 4 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.16%) PhD
6 4 (1.16%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.87%) BC Cleared
7 3 (0.87%) CISSP
7 3 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.58%) CBAP
8 2 (0.58%) CCIE Data Center
8 2 (0.58%) CCNP
8 2 (0.58%) CHECK Team Member
8 2 (0.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.29%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.05%) QA
2 11 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.45%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.16%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.16%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.16%) SLA
5 2 (0.58%) GDPR
5 2 (0.58%) NIST
6 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.29%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.29%) NCSC
6 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.29%) RMADS
System Software
1 34 (9.83%) Docker
2 16 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (4.05%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.45%) Firmware
5 4 (1.16%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.58%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 54 (15.61%) Kubernetes
2 38 (10.98%) Ansible
3 37 (10.69%) Terraform
4 22 (6.36%) Grafana
5 10 (2.89%) Kibana
5 10 (2.89%) logstash
5 10 (2.89%) Puppet
6 9 (2.60%) Prometheus
7 8 (2.31%) Argo
7 8 (2.31%) Rancher
8 7 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (2.02%) vCenter Server
8 7 (2.02%) yum
9 4 (1.16%) Nagios
9 4 (1.16%) SCCM
10 3 (0.87%) SCOM
10 3 (0.87%) SCOrch
11 2 (0.58%) Check_MK
11 2 (0.58%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.58%) vRealize
Vendors
1 28 (8.09%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.20%) VMware
3 13 (3.76%) Cisco
3 13 (3.76%) Red Hat
3 13 (3.76%) Splunk
4 7 (2.02%) Atlassian
5 6 (1.73%) Dell
6 4 (1.16%) Fortinet
7 3 (0.87%) Oracle
8 2 (0.58%) CheckPoint
8 2 (0.58%) F5
8 2 (0.58%) HP
8 2 (0.58%) Juniper
8 2 (0.58%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.58%) SAP
8 2 (0.58%) Veeam
9 1 (0.29%) Databricks
9 1 (0.29%) Google
9 1 (0.29%) McAfee
9 1 (0.29%) NetApp