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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 370 155 577
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 25.45% 33.48% 32.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 71.57% 63.79% 74.55%
Number of salaries quoted 270 80 420
10th Percentile £45,000 £31,200 £41,101
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,413 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +11.11% -14.77%
75th Percentile £80,000 £89,063 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £82,500
South West median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +4.35% +2.31%

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 517 243 774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 35.56% 52.48% 43.85%
Number of salaries quoted 333 138 579
10th Percentile £40,650 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,813 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +6.48% -12.52%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £81,250
South West median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 0 156 £70,000 -3.45% 56
Gloucester 0 116 £65,000 -5.45% 21
Tewkesbury -6 8 £58,750 +64.34% 1
Filton +2 7 £42,500 -22.73% 27
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 15 (4.05%) Apache
2 7 (1.89%) Confluence
3 2 (0.54%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.54%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 79 (21.35%) AWS
2 68 (18.38%) Azure
3 25 (6.76%) GCP
4 14 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (3.51%) OpenShift
6 5 (1.35%) Azure Machine Learning
6 5 (1.35%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.08%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.08%) OCI
7 4 (1.08%) Serverless
8 3 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (0.81%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.54%) Azure AKS
9 2 (0.54%) GitHub
9 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.27%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.97%) Firewall
2 9 (2.43%) DHCP
2 9 (2.43%) DNS
3 6 (1.62%) Network Security
3 6 (1.62%) Software-Defined Radio
4 5 (1.35%) LAN
4 5 (1.35%) VPN
4 5 (1.35%) WAN
5 4 (1.08%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.81%) LoRaWAN
6 3 (0.81%) LTE
6 3 (0.81%) NAS
6 3 (0.81%) SAN
6 3 (0.81%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.81%) VXLAN
7 2 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.27%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.27%) VSAN
8 1 (0.27%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.78%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (2.70%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.16%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.89%) Big Data
5 6 (1.62%) InfluxDB
6 4 (1.08%) Neo4j
6 4 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.81%) MySQL
8 2 (0.54%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.54%) Flink
8 2 (0.54%) Metadata
9 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.27%) Cloudera CDH
9 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.27%) Power BI
9 1 (0.27%) Redis
9 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (6.49%) Git
2 21 (5.68%) GitLab
3 17 (4.59%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.97%) JIRA
5 8 (2.16%) Cucumber
5 8 (2.16%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.62%) Robot Framework
6 6 (1.62%) Selenium
6 6 (1.62%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.62%) Subversion
6 6 (1.62%) TestRail
7 4 (1.08%) Gradle
8 3 (0.81%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.81%) MLflow
9 2 (0.54%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.54%) JUnit
9 2 (0.54%) Maven
9 2 (0.54%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.54%) Mockito
9 2 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 41 (11.08%) Public Sector
2 35 (9.46%) Social Skills
3 31 (8.38%) Aerospace
4 30 (8.11%) Finance
5 14 (3.78%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.35%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.08%) Advertising
8 4 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (0.81%) Games
9 3 (0.81%) Military
9 3 (0.81%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.54%) Law
10 2 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.27%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 71 (19.19%) Software Engineer
2 29 (7.84%) Consultant
2 29 (7.84%) Senior
3 28 (7.57%) Security Consultant
4 27 (7.30%) Analyst
4 27 (7.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 26 (7.03%) Cloud Engineer
6 23 (6.22%) Business Analyst
7 19 (5.14%) DevOps Engineer
8 18 (4.86%) Lead
9 17 (4.59%) Architect
10 16 (4.32%) Data Scientist
10 16 (4.32%) Tester
11 14 (3.78%) Security Engineer
12 13 (3.51%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 13 (3.51%) Data Engineer
13 12 (3.24%) Penetration Tester
13 12 (3.24%) Test Engineer
14 11 (2.97%) Developer
14 11 (2.97%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.05%) Elastic Stack
2 13 (3.51%) React
3 12 (3.24%) Vue
4 11 (2.97%) AngularJS
4 11 (2.97%) Apache NiFi
5 10 (2.70%) REST
5 10 (2.70%) Spring
5 10 (2.70%) Spring Boot
6 7 (1.89%) Kafka
7 5 (1.35%) Playwright
7 5 (1.35%) pytest
7 5 (1.35%) RESTful
8 4 (1.08%) MERN Stack
8 4 (1.08%) Node.js
9 3 (0.81%) gRPC
9 3 (0.81%) PyTorch
9 3 (0.81%) TensorFlow
10 2 (0.54%) JPA
10 2 (0.54%) Protocol Buffers
10 2 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.14%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.24%) Cloud Native
3 10 (2.70%) Data Centre
3 10 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.16%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (1.89%) Public Cloud
5 7 (1.89%) Security Posture
6 6 (1.62%) FPGA
6 6 (1.62%) VHDL
7 5 (1.35%) Blog
7 5 (1.35%) Verilog
8 4 (1.08%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.08%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.08%) Replication
9 3 (0.81%) NB-IoT
9 3 (0.81%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.81%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 64 (17.30%) Linux
2 29 (7.84%) Windows
3 8 (2.16%) CentOS
3 8 (2.16%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.35%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.81%) Unix
6 2 (0.54%) Android
6 2 (0.54%) VMS
6 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.27%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.27%) Debian
7 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (23.24%) Software Engineering
2 79 (21.35%) Agile
3 77 (20.81%) DevOps
4 51 (13.78%) Cybersecurity
5 46 (12.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 45 (12.16%) CI/CD
7 41 (11.08%) Infrastructure as Code
8 35 (9.46%) Collaborative Culture
8 35 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (8.92%) AI
10 32 (8.65%) Containerisation
11 31 (8.38%) Problem-Solving
11 31 (8.38%) Test Automation
12 28 (7.57%) Data Science
13 24 (6.49%) Scrum
13 24 (6.49%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 23 (6.22%) Penetration Testing
14 23 (6.22%) Platform Engineering
14 23 (6.22%) Software Testing
15 21 (5.68%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 91 (24.59%) Python
2 61 (16.49%) Java
3 33 (8.92%) C++
4 32 (8.65%) Bash
5 22 (5.95%) JavaScript
6 15 (4.05%) PowerShell
7 14 (3.78%) Go
8 12 (3.24%) C
9 10 (2.70%) Rust
9 10 (2.70%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.16%) SQL
11 5 (1.35%) Groovy
11 5 (1.35%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.81%) C#
12 3 (0.81%) Elixir
12 3 (0.81%) Erlang
12 3 (0.81%) Scala
13 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 205 (55.41%) DV Cleared
2 168 (45.41%) SC Cleared
3 26 (7.03%) Degree
4 7 (1.89%) CREST Certified
5 6 (1.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 5 (1.35%) CCIE
6 5 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.35%) OSCP
7 4 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.08%) CISSP
7 4 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.08%) PhD
8 3 (0.81%) CCNP
8 3 (0.81%) CEH
8 3 (0.81%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.81%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.54%) CCIE Data Center
10 1 (0.27%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.24%) QA
2 10 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.62%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.35%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.08%) SLA
6 3 (0.81%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.81%) GDPR
6 3 (0.81%) NIST
7 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.27%) NCSC
7 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
System Software
1 34 (9.19%) Docker
2 18 (4.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (4.05%) Active Directory
4 10 (2.70%) Firmware
5 5 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.81%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.81%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 50 (13.51%) Kubernetes
2 42 (11.35%) Terraform
3 41 (11.08%) Ansible
4 21 (5.68%) Grafana
5 11 (2.97%) Kibana
5 11 (2.97%) logstash
5 11 (2.97%) Puppet
6 8 (2.16%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.16%) vCenter Server
7 7 (1.89%) Argo
7 7 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (1.89%) Rancher
8 6 (1.62%) yum
9 4 (1.08%) Nagios
10 3 (0.81%) Kubeflow
10 3 (0.81%) SCCM
10 3 (0.81%) SCOM
10 3 (0.81%) SCOrch
11 2 (0.54%) Check_MK
11 2 (0.54%) vRealize
Vendors
1 26 (7.03%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.41%) VMware
3 14 (3.78%) Red Hat
4 12 (3.24%) Cisco
5 9 (2.43%) Atlassian
6 7 (1.89%) Splunk
7 6 (1.62%) Oracle
8 5 (1.35%) Dell
9 3 (0.81%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.54%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.54%) Databricks
10 2 (0.54%) F5
10 2 (0.54%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.27%) Google
11 1 (0.27%) HP
11 1 (0.27%) Juniper
11 1 (0.27%) McAfee
11 1 (0.27%) NetApp
11 1 (0.27%) SaltStack
11 1 (0.27%) Veeam