SC Cleared Job Trends in Lancashire

Security Check (SC) Clearance
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 68 25
Rank change year-on-year +16 -43 +20
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 11 10 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.97% 1.26% 4.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.49% 2.59% 20.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 20
10th Percentile - £38,550 £45,000
25th Percentile - £39,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £40,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -38.46% -
75th Percentile £31,200 £46,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £31,920 £69,200 £72,500
North West median annual salary £62,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +19.05% -8.70% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 739 386 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 65.00% 48.61% 19.96%
Number of salaries quoted 88 223 82
10th Percentile £27,850 £38,800 £31,100
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,500 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +5.38% +11.76%
75th Percentile £54,850 £58,943 £64,375
90th Percentile £64,230 £66,400 £67,500
North West median annual salary £48,450 £50,055 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.21% -4.66% -4.55%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Lancashire

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Lytham St Annes - 2 £31,200 -
SC Cleared
North West

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) DMZ
1 3 (27.27%) Modbus
1 3 (27.27%) Network Security
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Aerospace
2 4 (36.36%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Administrator
1 4 (36.36%) PMO Administrator
1 4 (36.36%) PMO Assistant
1 4 (36.36%) Project Assistant
1 4 (36.36%) Support Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Security Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) IT Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) IT Support
3 2 (18.18%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Deskside Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Deskside Support
4 1 (9.09%) Deskside Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Desktop Support
4 1 (9.09%) Operations Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Security Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Driving Licence
1 3 (27.27%) Operational Technology
1 3 (27.27%) SCADA
2 2 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (36.36%) Mathematics
1 4 (36.36%) Order Management
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (36.36%) Project Management
1 4 (36.36%) Time Management
2 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (27.27%) Digital Forensics
2 3 (27.27%) Incident Response
2 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
2 3 (27.27%) Risk Register
3 2 (18.18%) Compliance Management
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) Degree
3 3 (27.27%) HND
4 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) PMO
2 3 (27.27%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft