Security Cleared Jobs in Kent

Security Clearance
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 70 88
Rank change year-on-year +11 +18 +9
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 14 37 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 1.72% 2.47% 0.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.08% 11.25% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 8 30 11
10th Percentile £37,575 - £25,625
25th Percentile £53,438 £23,000 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £45,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +43.65% +6.47% -34.62%
75th Percentile £70,154 £62,500 £47,625
90th Percentile £80,931 £78,750 £51,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +11.11% -10.81%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 454 329 410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 55.77% 21.96% 36.61%
Number of salaries quoted 210 228 162
10th Percentile £31,800 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,988 £31,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,325 £41,375 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% -2.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £48,000 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £67,285
South East median annual salary £57,500 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.65% +3.00% -4.76%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Kent

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in Kent

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Kent over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Kent

Security Cleared
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Kent region over the 6 months to 12 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
Rochester - 2 £65,000 -
Gravesend +3 1 £70,615 +39.22%
Security Cleared
South East

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Simulink
2 1 (7.14%) GNU Octave
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) AWS
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Amazon EKS
2 3 (21.43%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) DNS
1 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.14%) VLAN
1 1 (7.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (7.14%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (7.14%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Electronics
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Law
4 1 (7.14%) Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Military
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Developer
1 3 (21.43%) Software Developer
1 3 (21.43%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (14.29%) Lead
2 2 (14.29%) Product Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 1 (7.14%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Category Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Commercial Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Field Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Linux Support
3 1 (7.14%) Linux Support Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) .NET
1 3 (21.43%) Node.js
1 3 (21.43%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Cyberattack
2 2 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (7.14%) CCTV
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
3 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Linux
2 3 (21.43%) Android
3 2 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Mathematics
2 5 (35.71%) Software Engineering
2 5 (35.71%) Systems Engineering
3 4 (28.57%) Agile
4 3 (21.43%) Android Development
4 3 (21.43%) Business Development
4 3 (21.43%) CI/CD
4 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (21.43%) Containerisation
4 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (21.43%) Kanban
4 3 (21.43%) Line Management
4 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
4 3 (21.43%) OO
4 3 (21.43%) OOP
4 3 (21.43%) OWASP
4 3 (21.43%) Physics
4 3 (21.43%) Secure Coding
4 3 (21.43%) Statistics
4 3 (21.43%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) C++
2 6 (42.86%) Python
3 3 (21.43%) C
3 3 (21.43%) C#
3 3 (21.43%) Go
3 3 (21.43%) Java
3 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
3 3 (21.43%) MATLAB
3 3 (21.43%) Rust
4 1 (7.14%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.14%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) COSHH
1 1 (7.14%) Def Stans
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) PMBOK
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Docker
2 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Ansible
1 3 (21.43%) Kubernetes
1 3 (21.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) EMC
2 2 (14.29%) Siemens
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft