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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 3 1
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 259 179 602
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 30.36% 34.29% 43.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 74.86% 49.72% 78.59%
Number of salaries quoted 171 88 392
10th Percentile £36,500 £39,625 £31,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +23.81% -16.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £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 346 360 766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 40.56% 68.97% 55.19%
Number of salaries quoted 205 125 523
10th Percentile £36,900 £38,480 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% +10.48% -12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,000 £81,250
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,600 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.56% +3.14% +2.00%

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 2 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 2 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 86 £67,500 - 51
Gloucester 0 85 £65,000 - 27
Filton +11 21 £35,250 +11.90% 27
Tewkesbury -1 13 £62,500 +47.06% 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 11 (4.25%) Apache
2 8 (3.09%) Confluence
3 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (1.93%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 57 (22.01%) AWS
2 46 (17.76%) Azure
3 9 (3.47%) GCP
3 9 (3.47%) OpenShift
4 5 (1.93%) AWS Lambda
4 5 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.93%) Serverless
5 4 (1.54%) Amazon S3
6 3 (1.16%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (1.16%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.77%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (0.77%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.39%) AWS Step Functions
8 1 (0.39%) Dagster
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.39%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.86%) DNS
1 10 (3.86%) Firewall
2 9 (3.47%) DHCP
3 8 (3.09%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.32%) LAN
4 6 (2.32%) WAN
5 5 (1.93%) Network Security
6 4 (1.54%) VPN
6 4 (1.54%) VSAN
7 3 (1.16%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (0.77%) NAS
8 2 (0.77%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.77%) SAN
8 2 (0.77%) VLAN
9 1 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.39%) ICMP
9 1 (0.39%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.39%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.39%) VXLAN
9 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.41%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (3.47%) NoSQL
3 8 (3.09%) Neo4j
4 6 (2.32%) Big Data
4 6 (2.32%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.54%) InfluxDB
6 3 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.77%) Metadata
7 2 (0.77%) MySQL
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.39%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.39%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.39%) Power BI
8 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (5.41%) Git
2 11 (4.25%) JIRA
3 10 (3.86%) GitLab
3 10 (3.86%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.70%) Cucumber
5 6 (2.32%) Subversion
6 5 (1.93%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.16%) Balsamiq
7 3 (1.16%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.16%) Robot Framework
7 3 (1.16%) SonarQube
7 3 (1.16%) TestRail
8 2 (0.77%) Gradle
8 2 (0.77%) IDA Disassembler
8 2 (0.77%) Maven
9 1 (0.39%) Selenium
9 1 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 41 (15.83%) Social Skills
2 22 (8.49%) Aerospace
3 21 (8.11%) Public Sector
4 20 (7.72%) Finance
5 15 (5.79%) Manufacturing
6 13 (5.02%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (4.63%) Military
8 10 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.93%) Advertising
10 5 (1.93%) Electronics
11 4 (1.54%) Aviation
11 4 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.54%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.16%) Avionics
12 3 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.16%) Law
13 2 (0.77%) Marketing
14 1 (0.39%) Games
Job Titles
1 37 (14.29%) Software Engineer
2 26 (10.04%) Senior
3 25 (9.65%) Consultant
4 24 (9.27%) Analyst
5 22 (8.49%) Security Consultant
6 21 (8.11%) Business Analyst
7 16 (6.18%) DevOps Engineer
7 16 (6.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (4.25%) Administrator
9 10 (3.86%) Architect
10 9 (3.47%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 9 (3.47%) Data Scientist
10 9 (3.47%) Test Engineer
11 8 (3.09%) Data Engineer
12 7 (2.70%) Project Manager
12 7 (2.70%) Splunk Engineer
12 7 (2.70%) Vulnerability Researcher
13 6 (2.32%) Linux Engineer
13 6 (2.32%) Network Engineer
13 6 (2.32%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.18%) React
2 12 (4.63%) AngularJS
3 8 (3.09%) MERN Stack
4 7 (2.70%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (2.70%) Spring
4 7 (2.70%) Spring Boot
5 6 (2.32%) Apache NiFi
5 6 (2.32%) Vue
6 5 (1.93%) REST
7 4 (1.54%) Node.js
8 3 (1.16%) Kafka
9 2 (0.77%) Hibernate
9 2 (0.77%) JPA
9 2 (0.77%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.77%) RESTful
10 1 (0.39%) ActiveMQ
10 1 (0.39%) Express.js
10 1 (0.39%) Flash
10 1 (0.39%) Middleware
10 1 (0.39%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.25%) Data Centre
1 11 (4.25%) Product Ownership
2 10 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.47%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.70%) Driving Licence
4 7 (2.70%) PKI
5 5 (1.93%) Algorithms
5 5 (1.93%) CMDB
5 5 (1.93%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.16%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.16%) PMI
7 3 (1.16%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.16%) Replication
8 2 (0.77%) Blockchain
8 2 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.77%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.77%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 43 (16.60%) Linux
2 19 (7.34%) Windows
3 8 (3.09%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.32%) CentOS
5 4 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.77%) Unix
8 1 (0.39%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (24.32%) Agile
2 52 (20.08%) Software Engineering
3 50 (19.31%) DevOps
4 35 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (11.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 28 (10.81%) AI
8 27 (10.42%) Infrastructure as Code
9 24 (9.27%) Collaborative Working
10 23 (8.88%) Collaborative Culture
11 21 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (8.11%) Data Science
12 19 (7.34%) CI/CD
13 18 (6.95%) Containerisation
14 17 (6.56%) Scrum
15 16 (6.18%) Full-Stack Development
15 16 (6.18%) ITIL
15 16 (6.18%) Machine Learning
16 15 (5.79%) Software Testing
17 14 (5.41%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 74 (28.57%) Python
2 47 (18.15%) Java
3 30 (11.58%) Bash
4 22 (8.49%) JavaScript
5 20 (7.72%) PowerShell
6 15 (5.79%) C
7 12 (4.63%) Go
7 12 (4.63%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.47%) C++
9 8 (3.09%) SQL
10 6 (2.32%) C#
10 6 (2.32%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.16%) Elixir
11 3 (1.16%) Erlang
11 3 (1.16%) Google Apps Script
11 3 (1.16%) Groovy
11 3 (1.16%) MATLAB
11 3 (1.16%) Tcl
11 3 (1.16%) VBScript
12 2 (0.77%) R
Qualifications
1 142 (54.83%) DV Cleared
2 121 (46.72%) SC Cleared
3 28 (10.81%) Degree
4 10 (3.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.32%) CCIE
5 6 (2.32%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.54%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 3 (1.16%) BC Cleared
7 3 (1.16%) CITP
7 3 (1.16%) CREST Certified
7 3 (1.16%) PhD
8 2 (0.77%) CBAP
8 2 (0.77%) CHECK Team Member
8 2 (0.77%) CISSP
8 2 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.39%) APMP
9 1 (0.39%) PMP
9 1 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.79%) QA
2 5 (1.93%) GDPR
2 5 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.54%) SLA
4 3 (1.16%) RMADS
5 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.77%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.39%) NIST
System Software
1 25 (9.65%) Docker
2 10 (3.86%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.93%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.16%) Firmware
4 3 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.77%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.77%) vSphere
6 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 44 (16.99%) Kubernetes
2 23 (8.88%) Ansible
3 21 (8.11%) Terraform
4 13 (5.02%) Grafana
5 7 (2.70%) Argo
6 6 (2.32%) Nagios
6 6 (2.32%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.32%) Rancher
6 6 (2.32%) yum
7 5 (1.93%) Puppet
8 4 (1.54%) Kibana
8 4 (1.54%) logstash
8 4 (1.54%) vCenter Server
9 3 (1.16%) McAfee ePO
9 3 (1.16%) SCVMM
10 2 (0.77%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.77%) SCCM
11 1 (0.39%) Check_MK
11 1 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.39%) Mesos
Vendors
1 15 (5.79%) Cisco
1 15 (5.79%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.25%) Red Hat
2 11 (4.25%) Splunk
2 11 (4.25%) VMware
3 8 (3.09%) Fortinet
4 6 (2.32%) F5
5 5 (1.93%) Atlassian
5 5 (1.93%) CheckPoint
5 5 (1.93%) Dell
5 5 (1.93%) Google
6 3 (1.16%) McAfee
7 2 (0.77%) HP
7 2 (0.77%) Juniper
7 2 (0.77%) Oracle
7 2 (0.77%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.77%) SAP
7 2 (0.77%) Veeam
8 1 (0.39%) NetApp