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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 4 1
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 266 160 621
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 27.65% 34.04% 41.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 72.09% 46.92% 77.72%
Number of salaries quoted 189 87 410
10th Percentile £42,250 £37,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £44,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year - +22.07% -14.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,500 £82,500
South West median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +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 369 341 799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 38.36% 72.55% 53.16%
Number of salaries quoted 227 130 557
10th Percentile £37,500 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £46,939 £43,813 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +10.48% -12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,188 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £81,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,600 £52,000
% change year-on-year +4.56% +1.15% +1.96%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 97 £67,500 - 34
Gloucester 0 88 £65,000 - 25
Tewkesbury -1 13 £62,500 +47.06% 5
Filton +10 7 £28,000 -11.11% 34
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 11 (4.14%) Apache
2 8 (3.01%) Confluence
3 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (1.88%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 65 (24.44%) AWS
2 52 (19.55%) Azure
3 11 (4.14%) GCP
4 9 (3.38%) OpenShift
5 5 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.50%) Amazon S3
6 4 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (1.50%) Serverless
7 3 (1.13%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (0.75%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (0.75%) Azure Machine Learning
8 2 (0.75%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.38%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.38%) AWS Step Functions
9 1 (0.38%) Dagster
9 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.38%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.38%) DNS
1 9 (3.38%) Firewall
2 8 (3.01%) DHCP
3 7 (2.63%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.88%) LAN
4 5 (1.88%) WAN
5 4 (1.50%) Network Security
5 4 (1.50%) VPN
6 3 (1.13%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (1.13%) VSAN
7 2 (0.75%) NAS
7 2 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.75%) SAN
7 2 (0.75%) VLAN
8 1 (0.38%) HTTP
8 1 (0.38%) ICMP
8 1 (0.38%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.38%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.38%) WebEx
8 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.26%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (3.38%) NoSQL
3 8 (3.01%) Neo4j
4 6 (2.26%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.88%) InfluxDB
6 3 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.13%) Big Data
6 3 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.75%) Metadata
7 2 (0.75%) MySQL
8 1 (0.38%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.38%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.38%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.38%) Power BI
8 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (5.26%) Git
2 11 (4.14%) GitLab
2 11 (4.14%) Jenkins
2 11 (4.14%) JIRA
3 7 (2.63%) Cucumber
3 7 (2.63%) Cypress.io
4 6 (2.26%) Subversion
5 4 (1.50%) Robot Framework
5 4 (1.50%) TestRail
6 3 (1.13%) Balsamiq
6 3 (1.13%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.13%) Selenium
6 3 (1.13%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.75%) Gradle
7 2 (0.75%) IDA Disassembler
7 2 (0.75%) Maven
8 1 (0.38%) MLflow
8 1 (0.38%) Postman
8 1 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 37 (13.91%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.15%) Public Sector
3 21 (7.89%) Finance
4 16 (6.02%) Aerospace
5 12 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (4.14%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.76%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.38%) Military
9 5 (1.88%) Advertising
9 5 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.50%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.13%) Law
12 2 (0.75%) Electronics
12 2 (0.75%) Marketing
13 1 (0.38%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 41 (15.41%) Software Engineer
2 29 (10.90%) Consultant
3 26 (9.77%) Security Consultant
3 26 (9.77%) Senior
4 22 (8.27%) Analyst
5 19 (7.14%) Business Analyst
5 19 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
6 17 (6.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (4.89%) Data Scientist
8 12 (4.51%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 11 (4.14%) Administrator
9 11 (4.14%) Architect
10 9 (3.38%) Data Engineer
11 8 (3.01%) Senior Software Engineer
11 8 (3.01%) Test Engineer
12 7 (2.63%) AWS Engineer
12 7 (2.63%) Project Manager
12 7 (2.63%) Splunk Engineer
12 7 (2.63%) Vulnerability Researcher
13 6 (2.26%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.64%) React
2 12 (4.51%) AngularJS
3 8 (3.01%) Elastic Stack
3 8 (3.01%) MERN Stack
4 6 (2.26%) Apache NiFi
4 6 (2.26%) Spring
4 6 (2.26%) Spring Boot
4 6 (2.26%) Vue
5 5 (1.88%) REST
6 4 (1.50%) Node.js
7 3 (1.13%) Kafka
8 2 (0.75%) Hibernate
8 2 (0.75%) JPA
8 2 (0.75%) Playwright
8 2 (0.75%) pytest
8 2 (0.75%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.75%) RESTful
9 1 (0.38%) Flash
9 1 (0.38%) Middleware
9 1 (0.38%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.51%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.76%) Cloud Native
2 10 (3.76%) Data Centre
2 10 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.50%) CMDB
3 4 (1.50%) Driving Licence
3 4 (1.50%) PKI
4 3 (1.13%) Blog
4 3 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (1.13%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.13%) PMI
4 3 (1.13%) Public Cloud
4 3 (1.13%) Replication
5 2 (0.75%) Algorithms
5 2 (0.75%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (0.75%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 47 (17.67%) Linux
2 23 (8.65%) Windows
3 7 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.26%) CentOS
5 3 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.75%) Unix
6 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (24.81%) Agile
2 57 (21.43%) Software Engineering
3 56 (21.05%) DevOps
4 36 (13.53%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (12.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 32 (12.03%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (11.28%) Infrastructure as Code
8 24 (9.02%) AI
9 23 (8.65%) Collaborative Culture
10 22 (8.27%) CI/CD
11 21 (7.89%) Collaborative Working
12 20 (7.52%) Containerisation
12 20 (7.52%) Data Science
13 19 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
14 18 (6.77%) Scrum
14 18 (6.77%) Software Testing
15 15 (5.64%) Full-Stack Development
15 15 (5.64%) Penetration Testing
16 14 (5.26%) ITIL
16 14 (5.26%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 76 (28.57%) Python
2 48 (18.05%) Java
3 30 (11.28%) Bash
4 23 (8.65%) JavaScript
5 20 (7.52%) PowerShell
6 14 (5.26%) C
7 12 (4.51%) Go
7 12 (4.51%) TypeScript
8 11 (4.14%) C++
9 8 (3.01%) SQL
10 6 (2.26%) C#
10 6 (2.26%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.13%) Elixir
11 3 (1.13%) Erlang
11 3 (1.13%) Groovy
11 3 (1.13%) VBScript
12 2 (0.75%) R
13 1 (0.38%) Rust
13 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 160 (60.15%) DV Cleared
2 117 (43.98%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.65%) Degree
4 6 (2.26%) CREST Certified
5 5 (1.88%) CCIE
5 5 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 4 (1.50%) PhD
6 4 (1.50%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.13%) BC Cleared
7 3 (1.13%) CITP
7 3 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.75%) CBAP
8 2 (0.75%) CHECK Team Member
8 2 (0.75%) CISSP
8 2 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.38%) CCNP
9 1 (0.38%) IIBA
9 1 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.89%) QA
2 8 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.50%) SLA
4 3 (1.13%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.13%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.13%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.13%) RMADS
5 2 (0.75%) GDPR
6 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 28 (10.53%) Docker
2 12 (4.51%) Active Directory
3 11 (4.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.50%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.13%) Firmware
5 3 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.75%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (17.29%) Kubernetes
2 24 (9.02%) Ansible
2 24 (9.02%) Terraform
3 15 (5.64%) Grafana
4 7 (2.63%) Argo
4 7 (2.63%) Prometheus
5 6 (2.26%) Rancher
5 6 (2.26%) yum
6 5 (1.88%) Kibana
6 5 (1.88%) logstash
6 5 (1.88%) Nagios
6 5 (1.88%) Puppet
6 5 (1.88%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.75%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (0.75%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.75%) SCCM
7 2 (0.75%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.38%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.38%) Mesos
8 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 15 (5.64%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.26%) Cisco
3 12 (4.51%) Splunk
3 12 (4.51%) VMware
4 11 (4.14%) Red Hat
5 7 (2.63%) Fortinet
6 6 (2.26%) Atlassian
7 5 (1.88%) Dell
7 5 (1.88%) F5
8 4 (1.50%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.75%) Google
9 2 (0.75%) HP
9 2 (0.75%) Juniper
9 2 (0.75%) McAfee
9 2 (0.75%) Oracle
9 2 (0.75%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.75%) SAP
9 2 (0.75%) Veeam
10 1 (0.38%) Databricks
10 1 (0.38%) NetApp