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 10 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 2 1
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 177 229 426
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 28.59% 28.20% 49.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 64.36% 49.67% 78.17%
Number of salaries quoted 116 150 232
10th Percentile £36,375 £41,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £50,625 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,188 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £87,600
South West median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 275 461 545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 44.43% 56.77% 63.30%
Number of salaries quoted 174 218 325
10th Percentile £36,325 £41,250 £29,850
25th Percentile £43,125 £47,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £57,560 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.27% +9.64% -4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,875 £84,750 £80,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

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 10 December 2025.

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 10 December 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 0 57 £75,000 +11.11% 37
Gloucester 0 49 £80,000 +23.08% 17
Filton +20 25 £42,500 -19.05% 9
Tewkesbury 0 12 £67,500 +58.82% 8
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 6 (3.39%) Apache
2 5 (2.82%) Confluence
3 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.26%) Simulink
2 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 35 (19.77%) AWS
2 33 (18.64%) Azure
3 9 (5.08%) OpenShift
4 7 (3.95%) Azure Stack
4 7 (3.95%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.39%) Amazon S3
5 6 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (3.39%) Serverless
6 5 (2.82%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (2.26%) GCP
8 3 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.69%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.56%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.56%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.56%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.56%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.39%) LAN
1 6 (3.39%) WAN
2 5 (2.82%) Firewall
3 4 (2.26%) DNS
3 4 (2.26%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.26%) VSAN
3 4 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.69%) DHCP
4 3 (1.69%) Network Security
4 3 (1.69%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (1.13%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.13%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (1.13%) VPN
6 1 (0.56%) HTTP
6 1 (0.56%) ICMP
6 1 (0.56%) Internet
6 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.56%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.95%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.26%) Big Data
2 4 (2.26%) Neo4j
2 4 (2.26%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.69%) InfluxDB
3 3 (1.69%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.13%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 11 (6.21%) JIRA
2 9 (5.08%) GitLab
3 7 (3.95%) Git
4 6 (3.39%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.69%) Balsamiq
5 3 (1.69%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.13%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.13%) IDA Disassembler
6 2 (1.13%) Robot Framework
6 2 (1.13%) Subversion
6 2 (1.13%) TestRail
7 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.56%) JUnit
7 1 (0.56%) SonarQube
General
1 44 (24.86%) Social Skills
2 23 (12.99%) Public Sector
3 20 (11.30%) Aerospace
4 12 (6.78%) Manufacturing
5 11 (6.21%) Military
6 10 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.95%) Automotive
8 7 (3.95%) Electronics
9 6 (3.39%) Finance
9 6 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.26%) Aviation
11 3 (1.69%) Avionics
11 3 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.56%) Advertising
12 1 (0.56%) Games
12 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.56%) Law
12 1 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 25 (14.12%) Software Engineer
2 18 (10.17%) Consultant
3 15 (8.47%) Lead
4 12 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 12 (6.78%) Integration Engineer
4 12 (6.78%) Senior
5 11 (6.21%) Architect
6 10 (5.65%) Administrator
6 10 (5.65%) Analyst
7 9 (5.08%) DevOps Engineer
7 9 (5.08%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 9 (5.08%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 9 (5.08%) Security Consultant
8 8 (4.52%) Business Analyst
8 8 (4.52%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
8 8 (4.52%) Junior
8 8 (4.52%) Technical Consultant
9 7 (3.95%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 7 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (3.95%) Splunk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.21%) React
2 5 (2.82%) AngularJS
3 4 (2.26%) MERN Stack
3 4 (2.26%) Spring
3 4 (2.26%) Spring Boot
4 3 (1.69%) Apache NiFi
4 3 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.56%) .NET
5 1 (0.56%) Blazor
5 1 (0.56%) Express.js
5 1 (0.56%) Flash
5 1 (0.56%) HTML
5 1 (0.56%) JSF
5 1 (0.56%) Kafka
5 1 (0.56%) NestJS
5 1 (0.56%) Node.js
5 1 (0.56%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.56%) REST
5 1 (0.56%) RESTful
5 1 (0.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.21%) Data Centre
1 11 (6.21%) Onboarding
2 7 (3.95%) Algorithms
2 7 (3.95%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (3.95%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.95%) PKI
3 6 (3.39%) Driving Licence
4 5 (2.82%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (2.26%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.69%) CMDB
6 3 (1.69%) FPGA
6 3 (1.69%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.69%) Verilog
6 3 (1.69%) VHDL
7 2 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.13%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.56%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (20.90%) Linux
2 24 (13.56%) Windows
3 19 (10.73%) Windows Server
4 10 (5.65%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (3.95%) Rocky
6 6 (3.39%) CentOS
7 4 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.69%) Mac OS
8 3 (1.69%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (1.13%) CoreOS
9 2 (1.13%) Debian
9 2 (1.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (22.60%) Agile
2 33 (18.64%) Software Engineering
3 28 (15.82%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (14.69%) DevOps
5 23 (12.99%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (10.17%) AI
6 18 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (9.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 15 (8.47%) Containerisation
9 13 (7.34%) Collaborative Working
9 13 (7.34%) ITIL
9 13 (7.34%) Machine Learning
10 12 (6.78%) CI/CD
11 11 (6.21%) Full-Stack Development
11 11 (6.21%) Systems Engineering
12 10 (5.65%) Collaborative Culture
13 9 (5.08%) Business Development
13 9 (5.08%) Data Analysis
13 9 (5.08%) Innovative Thinking
13 9 (5.08%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 43 (24.29%) Python
2 20 (11.30%) Java
3 16 (9.04%) PowerShell
4 14 (7.91%) Bash
5 13 (7.34%) C
6 12 (6.78%) JavaScript
7 8 (4.52%) TypeScript
8 6 (3.39%) C++
8 6 (3.39%) Go
9 4 (2.26%) C#
9 4 (2.26%) Kotlin
9 4 (2.26%) SQL
10 3 (1.69%) Google Apps Script
10 3 (1.69%) MATLAB
10 3 (1.69%) Tcl
10 3 (1.69%) VBScript
11 1 (0.56%) Groovy
11 1 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 103 (58.19%) DV Cleared
2 90 (50.85%) SC Cleared
3 20 (11.30%) Degree
4 17 (9.60%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.95%) Azure Certification
5 7 (3.95%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.26%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.69%) CCIE
7 3 (1.69%) CITP
7 3 (1.69%) CREST Certified
8 2 (1.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (1.13%) BC Cleared
8 2 (1.13%) CHECK Team Member
8 2 (1.13%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.56%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.56%) PMP
9 1 (0.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.39%) QA
2 4 (2.26%) GDPR
3 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.69%) RMADS
4 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 17 (9.60%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.78%) Hyper-V
3 10 (5.65%) Docker
4 3 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.13%) vSphere
6 1 (0.56%) KVM
6 1 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (17.51%) Kubernetes
2 11 (6.21%) Ansible
3 10 (5.65%) Terraform
4 4 (2.26%) Grafana
5 3 (1.69%) Kibana
5 3 (1.69%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (1.69%) Nagios
5 3 (1.69%) SCVMM
6 2 (1.13%) Argo
6 2 (1.13%) Rancher
6 2 (1.13%) SCCM
6 2 (1.13%) yum
7 1 (0.56%) logstash
7 1 (0.56%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.56%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.56%) Puppet
7 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 9 (5.08%) Splunk
2 8 (4.52%) Red Hat
3 7 (3.95%) Cisco
3 7 (3.95%) Dell
3 7 (3.95%) Microsoft
4 6 (3.39%) Google
5 5 (2.82%) Fortinet
6 4 (2.26%) Atlassian
6 4 (2.26%) F5
6 4 (2.26%) IBM
6 4 (2.26%) VMware
7 3 (1.69%) CheckPoint
7 3 (1.69%) Cognizant
7 3 (1.69%) McAfee
8 2 (1.13%) Oracle
9 1 (0.56%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.56%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.56%) SAP