SC Cleared Job Trends in Guildford

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Guildford with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 5 0 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Guildford 2.50% - 8.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.11% - 21.54%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 12
10th Percentile - - £42,625
25th Percentile - - £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £54,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +81.67%
75th Percentile - - £65,000
90th Percentile - - -
Surrey median annual salary £37,250 £57,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -35.22% +5.50% +3.81%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Guildford

SC 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 Guildford.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 45 55 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Guildford 22.50% 42.31% 40.88%
Number of salaries quoted 28 27 50
10th Percentile £37,700 £41,100 £23,125
25th Percentile £60,000 £46,250 £38,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.91% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £106,563 £68,750 £64,063
90th Percentile £116,000 £79,500 £67,700
Surrey median annual salary £48,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -19.17% +9.09% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SC Cleared relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Guildford.

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Guildford

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in Guildford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Structured Cabling
1 4 (80.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 5 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Cabling Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Data Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Data Centre
1 4 (80.00%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (20.00%) FPGA
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) CAD
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) HNC
2 1 (20.00%) HND
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) SAP