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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 528 189 440
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 28.04% 32.76% 31.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 75.21% 67.50% 72.01%
Number of salaries quoted 368 103 315
10th Percentile £47,425 £35,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +16.67% -5.51%
75th Percentile £90,000 £94,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £84,000
South West median annual salary £72,500 £59,400 £58,000
% change year-on-year +22.05% +2.41% -3.33%

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 702 280 611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 37.28% 48.53% 43.71%
Number of salaries quoted 449 163 451
10th Percentile £41,250 £27,600 £31,350
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,500 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £82,500
South West median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +1.85%

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 25 July 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 25 July 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 0 233 £77,500 -11.43% 56
Gloucester 0 169 £70,000 -6.67% 34
Filton 0 13 £57,000 +3.64% 21
Tewkesbury -11 5 £52,500 +5.00% 4
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 28 (5.30%) Apache
2 7 (1.33%) Confluence
3 5 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.76%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.38%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Simulink
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 99 (18.75%) AWS
2 79 (14.96%) Azure
3 29 (5.49%) GCP
4 26 (4.92%) OpenShift
5 14 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (2.46%) OCI
7 11 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
7 11 (2.08%) Entra ID
7 11 (2.08%) Serverless
8 10 (1.89%) Azure AKS
9 8 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (1.33%) Azure Machine Learning
11 6 (1.14%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (1.14%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (1.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 6 (1.14%) PaaS
12 5 (0.95%) Amazon S3
12 5 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (0.76%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.27%) Network Security
2 10 (1.89%) Firewall
2 10 (1.89%) Software-Defined Radio
2 10 (1.89%) VPN
3 8 (1.52%) DHCP
3 8 (1.52%) DNS
4 4 (0.76%) LAN
4 4 (0.76%) WAN
5 3 (0.57%) LoRaWAN
5 3 (0.57%) LTE
5 3 (0.57%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (0.57%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.57%) VXLAN
6 2 (0.38%) AMQP
6 2 (0.38%) NAS
6 2 (0.38%) NGN
6 2 (0.38%) SAN
7 1 (0.19%) VLAN
7 1 (0.19%) VSAN
7 1 (0.19%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.60%) Elasticsearch
2 18 (3.41%) NoSQL
3 12 (2.27%) Big Data
3 12 (2.27%) MongoDB
3 12 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.33%) InfluxDB
5 6 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
6 4 (0.76%) Hadoop
6 4 (0.76%) MySQL
7 3 (0.57%) Flink
7 3 (0.57%) Redis
8 2 (0.38%) Cloudera CDH
8 2 (0.38%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.38%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.19%) Power BI
9 1 (0.19%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (6.25%) Git
2 30 (5.68%) GitLab
3 25 (4.73%) Jenkins
4 12 (2.27%) JIRA
5 8 (1.52%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.52%) SonarQube
6 7 (1.33%) Cypress.io
6 7 (1.33%) Robot Framework
6 7 (1.33%) Selenium
6 7 (1.33%) TestRail
7 6 (1.14%) Subversion
8 3 (0.57%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.57%) MLflow
8 3 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.57%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.38%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.38%) Gradle
9 2 (0.38%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.38%) Mockito
9 2 (0.38%) Valgrind
General
1 62 (11.74%) Finance
2 55 (10.42%) Social Skills
3 52 (9.85%) Public Sector
4 39 (7.39%) Aerospace
5 22 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.14%) Games
8 4 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (0.76%) Military
8 4 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (0.57%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.19%) Electronics
10 1 (0.19%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 108 (20.45%) Software Engineer
2 48 (9.09%) DevOps Engineer
2 48 (9.09%) Senior
3 46 (8.71%) Cloud Engineer
4 39 (7.39%) Lead
5 35 (6.63%) Architect
6 34 (6.44%) Data Engineer
7 32 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 29 (5.49%) Consultant
9 23 (4.36%) Analyst
10 22 (4.17%) Developer
10 22 (4.17%) Security Consultant
11 21 (3.98%) Administrator
11 21 (3.98%) Systems Administrator
12 19 (3.60%) Tester
13 18 (3.41%) Business Analyst
13 18 (3.41%) Data Scientist
14 17 (3.22%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 17 (3.22%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
15 16 (3.03%) Lead DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.79%) Elastic Stack
2 17 (3.22%) Kafka
3 16 (3.03%) Apache NiFi
4 15 (2.84%) Spring
4 15 (2.84%) Spring Boot
5 11 (2.08%) Vue
6 8 (1.52%) REST
6 8 (1.52%) RESTful
7 7 (1.33%) pytest
7 7 (1.33%) React
8 6 (1.14%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.14%) Node.js
8 6 (1.14%) Playwright
9 5 (0.95%) Keycloak
10 4 (0.76%) gRPC
11 3 (0.57%) OpenGL
11 3 (0.57%) PyTorch
11 3 (0.57%) RabbitMQ
11 3 (0.57%) TensorFlow
11 3 (0.57%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.44%) Cloud Native
2 24 (4.55%) Product Ownership
3 17 (3.22%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (2.46%) Embedded Systems
5 12 (2.27%) Public Cloud
6 10 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (1.52%) FPGA
7 8 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.52%) VHDL
8 7 (1.33%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.33%) Verilog
9 5 (0.95%) Algorithms
9 5 (0.95%) Blog
9 5 (0.95%) Mobile App
9 5 (0.95%) Operational Technology
9 5 (0.95%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.76%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (0.76%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.76%) PKI
10 4 (0.76%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 84 (15.91%) Linux
2 33 (6.25%) Windows
3 14 (2.65%) Unix
4 11 (2.08%) Android
5 10 (1.89%) CentOS
6 7 (1.33%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.95%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.38%) Debian
9 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.38%) VMS
9 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.19%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.19%) Rocky
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (23.86%) Software Engineering
2 116 (21.97%) DevOps
3 113 (21.40%) Agile
4 82 (15.53%) CI/CD
5 70 (13.26%) Infrastructure as Code
6 61 (11.55%) Containerisation
7 58 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 56 (10.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 51 (9.66%) Collaborative Culture
10 46 (8.71%) AI
10 46 (8.71%) Cybersecurity
11 42 (7.95%) Test Automation
12 37 (7.01%) Problem-Solving
13 35 (6.63%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 32 (6.06%) Data Science
15 31 (5.87%) Analytics
16 30 (5.68%) Platform Engineering
16 30 (5.68%) Scrum
17 26 (4.92%) Collaborative Working
17 26 (4.92%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 122 (23.11%) Python
2 81 (15.34%) Java
3 61 (11.55%) C++
4 35 (6.63%) Bash
5 27 (5.11%) JavaScript
6 25 (4.73%) Go
7 18 (3.41%) SQL
8 17 (3.22%) C
9 16 (3.03%) PowerShell
9 16 (3.03%) Rust
10 10 (1.89%) TypeScript
11 9 (1.70%) Scala
12 7 (1.33%) Groovy
13 6 (1.14%) Bicep
14 5 (0.95%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.76%) C#
16 3 (0.57%) GLSL
17 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.38%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 311 (58.90%) DV Cleared
2 221 (41.86%) SC Cleared
3 33 (6.25%) Degree
4 16 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (1.52%) CREST Certified
6 7 (1.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 7 (1.33%) OSCP
7 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.95%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.95%) CEH
9 4 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.76%) PhD
10 3 (0.57%) CCIE
10 3 (0.57%) CCNP
10 3 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.57%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.38%) CISSP
11 2 (0.38%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.19%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.27%) QA
2 8 (1.52%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.14%) PCI DSS
4 5 (0.95%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.38%) GDPR
5 2 (0.38%) NCSC
5 2 (0.38%) NIST
5 2 (0.38%) SLA
6 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.19%) NIST 800
System Software
1 46 (8.71%) Docker
2 24 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (3.98%) Active Directory
4 10 (1.89%) Firmware
5 6 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.57%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.38%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 79 (14.96%) Kubernetes
2 71 (13.45%) Terraform
3 61 (11.55%) Ansible
4 24 (4.55%) Grafana
5 16 (3.03%) Puppet
6 14 (2.65%) Kibana
6 14 (2.65%) logstash
7 9 (1.70%) Argo
8 8 (1.52%) Prometheus
8 8 (1.52%) Rancher
8 8 (1.52%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (1.14%) yum
11 3 (0.57%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.57%) Mesos
11 3 (0.57%) Packer
11 3 (0.57%) SCCM
11 3 (0.57%) SCOM
11 3 (0.57%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 32 (6.06%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.11%) VMware
3 16 (3.03%) Red Hat
4 15 (2.84%) Oracle
5 10 (1.89%) Atlassian
5 10 (1.89%) Cisco
6 8 (1.52%) Splunk
7 4 (0.76%) Databricks
7 4 (0.76%) Dell
8 2 (0.38%) Google
8 2 (0.38%) Intel
8 2 (0.38%) Microsemi
8 2 (0.38%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.38%) SaltStack
8 2 (0.38%) Xilinx
9 1 (0.19%) Citrix
9 1 (0.19%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.19%) McAfee
9 1 (0.19%) NetApp