Security Cleared Jobs 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 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 139 664 508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 27.04% 37.73% 40.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.64% 77.12% 72.36%
Number of salaries quoted 68 423 152
10th Percentile £30,750 £31,500 £43,000
25th Percentile £43,438 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £82,188 £71,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £81,500 £86,125
South West median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -

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 326 861 702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 63.42% 48.92% 55.49%
Number of salaries quoted 188 586 216
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £52,500 £60,850
Median % change year-on-year +0.19% -13.72% +19.31%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £82,375 £80,000 £84,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £54,151 £54,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% +0.28% +8.00%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Gloucestershire

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Gloucestershire.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in Gloucestershire

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 24 May 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 24 May 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 44 £65,000 +8.33% 151
Gloucester 0 27 £67,500 +22.73% 162
Filton -11 10 £50,000 +23.51% 6
Tewkesbury 0 8 £35,750 -31.90% 14
Wotton-under-Edge - 2 - -
Security Cleared
South West

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (14.39%) Jupyter
2 5 (3.60%) Confluence
2 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.72%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.72%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (20.14%) AWS
2 15 (10.79%) Azure
3 11 (7.91%) Serverless
4 8 (5.76%) Amazon EC2
4 8 (5.76%) Amazon S3
4 8 (5.76%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (2.88%) GitHub
5 4 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (2.16%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.44%) GCP
8 1 (0.72%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.72%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (0.72%) AWS Control Tower
8 1 (0.72%) AWS Fargate
8 1 (0.72%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.32%) VPN
2 5 (3.60%) OSPF
3 4 (2.88%) Firewall
4 3 (2.16%) BGP
5 2 (1.44%) DNS
5 2 (1.44%) IPv4
5 2 (1.44%) LAN
5 2 (1.44%) MPLS
5 2 (1.44%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.44%) VLAN
5 2 (1.44%) WAN
6 1 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (28.78%) Big Data
2 6 (4.32%) Elasticsearch
2 6 (4.32%) MongoDB
3 5 (3.60%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (2.16%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.16%) Redis
6 1 (0.72%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.72%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 15 (10.79%) GitLab
2 9 (6.47%) Git
3 7 (5.04%) JIRA
4 4 (2.88%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (2.88%) Rational Rhapsody
5 3 (2.16%) Cypress.io
5 3 (2.16%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.16%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.44%) JUnit
7 1 (0.72%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.72%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.72%) GDB
General
1 48 (34.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 47 (33.81%) Finance
3 25 (17.99%) Social Skills
4 12 (8.63%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.04%) Aerospace
6 5 (3.60%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.88%) Electronics
7 4 (2.88%) Legal
7 4 (2.88%) Marketing
7 4 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.88%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.44%) Law
9 1 (0.72%) Aeronautics
9 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Publishing
9 1 (0.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 41 (29.50%) Data Scientist
2 31 (22.30%) Senior
3 20 (14.39%) Senior Data Scientist
4 13 (9.35%) Software Engineer
5 12 (8.63%) Developer
6 11 (7.91%) Lead
7 8 (5.76%) Administrator
7 8 (5.76%) Test Engineer
8 7 (5.04%) Systems Administrator
9 6 (4.32%) Architect
9 6 (4.32%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (4.32%) Senior Developer
9 6 (4.32%) Test Automation Engineer
10 5 (3.60%) DevOps Engineer
10 5 (3.60%) Lead Cloud Engineer
10 5 (3.60%) Software Developer
11 4 (2.88%) Automation Test Lead
11 4 (2.88%) Consultant
11 4 (2.88%) IAM Specialist
11 4 (2.88%) Lead Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.35%) React
2 4 (2.88%) .NET
2 4 (2.88%) AWS CDK
2 4 (2.88%) Hibernate
2 4 (2.88%) JSF
2 4 (2.88%) OAuth
2 4 (2.88%) Spring Boot
3 3 (2.16%) Django
3 3 (2.16%) FastAPI
3 3 (2.16%) Flask
3 3 (2.16%) GraphQL
3 3 (2.16%) HTML
3 3 (2.16%) Keycloak
3 3 (2.16%) pytest
3 3 (2.16%) RESTful
3 3 (2.16%) SQLAlchemy
3 3 (2.16%) WebSockets
4 2 (1.44%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.44%) Kafka
4 2 (1.44%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 40 (28.78%) Algorithms
1 40 (28.78%) Cyberattack
2 5 (3.60%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.88%) e-Learning
3 4 (2.88%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (2.88%) Private Cloud
3 4 (2.88%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.16%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.44%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.44%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.72%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.72%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 29 (20.86%) Linux
2 13 (9.35%) Windows
3 9 (6.47%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.72%) Android
5 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.72%) Unix
5 1 (0.72%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (40.29%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (38.13%) Machine Learning
3 49 (35.25%) Artificial Intelligence
4 44 (31.65%) DevOps
4 44 (31.65%) Mathematics
5 42 (30.22%) Computer Science
6 41 (29.50%) Data Science
6 41 (29.50%) Statistics
6 41 (29.50%) Visualisation
7 40 (28.78%) Data Analysis
7 40 (28.78%) Exploratory Data Analysis
7 40 (28.78%) OpenUP
8 39 (28.06%) Software Engineering
9 31 (22.30%) Mentoring
10 24 (17.27%) Microservices
11 22 (15.83%) Agile
11 22 (15.83%) Decision-Making
12 21 (15.11%) Analytics
13 20 (14.39%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 20 (14.39%) Predictive Modelling
Programming Languages
1 62 (44.60%) Python
2 43 (30.94%) Java
3 39 (28.06%) JavaScript
4 15 (10.79%) TypeScript
5 8 (5.76%) Bash
5 8 (5.76%) PowerShell
5 8 (5.76%) SQL
6 7 (5.04%) C++
7 4 (2.88%) Perl
7 4 (2.88%) PHP
8 3 (2.16%) C
8 3 (2.16%) R
9 2 (1.44%) Rust
10 1 (0.72%) Go
10 1 (0.72%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.72%) Scala
10 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.72%) VB
10 1 (0.72%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 92 (66.19%) DV Cleared
2 52 (37.41%) Degree
3 32 (23.02%) SC Cleared
4 20 (14.39%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (14.39%) Numerate Degree
5 8 (5.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.88%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.44%) CCIE
7 2 (1.44%) CCNP
7 2 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.44%) PhD
8 1 (0.72%) APMP
8 1 (0.72%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 1 (0.72%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 1 (0.72%) CISM
8 1 (0.72%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.72%) MCP
8 1 (0.72%) MCSA
8 1 (0.72%) MCSE
8 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.16%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.72%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (0.72%) NCSC
3 1 (0.72%) NIST
3 1 (0.72%) QA
System Software
1 50 (35.97%) Docker
2 6 (4.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.88%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.72%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.72%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.72%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.72%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.72%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 39 (28.06%) Kubernetes
2 18 (12.95%) Terraform
3 15 (10.79%) Ansible
4 5 (3.60%) Kibana
5 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (2.16%) EMC NetWorker
6 3 (2.16%) Grafana
6 3 (2.16%) Progress Chef
6 3 (2.16%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.44%) Puppet
8 1 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.72%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.72%) Nagios
8 1 (0.72%) Packer
8 1 (0.72%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (6.47%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.76%) Oracle
3 6 (4.32%) Atlassian
3 6 (4.32%) VMware
4 3 (2.16%) Cisco
4 3 (2.16%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.44%) CheckPoint
5 2 (1.44%) Citrix
5 2 (1.44%) F5
5 2 (1.44%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.44%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.44%) SAP
6 1 (0.72%) Google
6 1 (0.72%) IBM
6 1 (0.72%) McAfee
6 1 (0.72%) Symantec