Security Cleared Jobs in Lancashire

Security Clearance
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 47 46
Rank change year-on-year +26 -1 -43
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 389 40 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 17.66% 3.07% 4.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.14% 10.90% 11.55%
Number of salaries quoted 11 29 27
10th Percentile £39,000 - -
25th Percentile £39,810 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +17.65% +21.43%
75th Percentile £49,625 £58,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £76,000 £62,500 £55,000
North West median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% +8.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,840 367 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 83.52% 28.17% 39.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,113 322 104
10th Percentile - £26,250 £26,340
25th Percentile £47,683 £35,940 £37,214
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% +5.26% +25.00%
75th Percentile £54,793 £55,000 £60,800
90th Percentile £58,943 £63,750 £70,600
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +11.00%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Lancashire

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Lancashire

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in Lancashire

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Lancashire over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Lancashire

Security 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 Security Cleared within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 11 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
Preston -25 8 £70,000 +16.67% 16
Blackpool -30 5 - - 1
Chorley - 5 - -
Blackburn - 5 - - 1
Darwen - 5 - -
Accrington - 4 - -
Burnley - 3 - -
Colne - 3 - -
Nelson - 3 - -
Ormskirk - 3 - -
Rossendale - 3 - -
Skelmersdale - 3 - - 1
Lancaster +12 2 £37,924 -8.03%
Poulton-le-Fylde - 2 - -
Newton-le-Willows - 2 - - 1
Clitheroe - 2 - -
Bacup - 2 - -
Barnoldswick - 1 - -
Morecambe - 1 - -
Fleetwood - 1 - -
Security Cleared
North West

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 2 (0.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 70 (17.99%) AWS
1 70 (17.99%) Azure
1 70 (17.99%) GCP
2 2 (0.51%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 305 (78.41%) DNS
1 305 (78.41%) VPN
2 2 (0.51%) Firewall
3 1 (0.26%) SAN
3 1 (0.26%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.26%) Power BI
1 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket
1 2 (0.51%) ClearCase
1 2 (0.51%) Git
1 2 (0.51%) JIRA
1 2 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.26%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.26%) GitLab
2 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.26%) JUnit
2 1 (0.26%) NetBeans
General
1 375 (96.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 311 (79.95%) Analytical Skills
3 307 (78.92%) Finance
4 7 (1.80%) Social Skills
5 3 (0.77%) Aerospace
6 2 (0.51%) Military
7 1 (0.26%) Automotive
7 1 (0.26%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 306 (78.66%) Developer
2 305 (78.41%) Software Developer
3 71 (18.25%) Software Engineer
4 70 (17.99%) Senior
4 70 (17.99%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (0.51%) Administrator
5 2 (0.51%) Analyst
5 2 (0.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (0.51%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
5 2 (0.51%) Design Engineer
5 2 (0.51%) Security Analyst
5 2 (0.51%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (0.51%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (0.26%) Architect
6 1 (0.26%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.26%) Junior
6 1 (0.26%) Junior Systems Administrator
6 1 (0.26%) ServiceNow Developer
6 1 (0.26%) Technical Assurance Specialist
6 1 (0.26%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (17.99%) .NET
1 70 (17.99%) Node.js
2 2 (0.51%) Regular Expression
2 2 (0.51%) XML
2 2 (0.51%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 375 (96.40%) Cyberattack
2 72 (18.51%) Self-Motivation
3 70 (17.99%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (0.51%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 378 (97.17%) Linux
2 305 (78.41%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 377 (96.92%) Agile
2 306 (78.66%) OO
3 305 (78.41%) Android Development
3 305 (78.41%) Design Patterns
3 305 (78.41%) Line Management
3 305 (78.41%) Mathematics
3 305 (78.41%) OOP
4 72 (18.51%) Scrum
5 71 (18.25%) Software Engineering
6 70 (17.99%) Cloud Security
6 70 (17.99%) Data Engineering
6 70 (17.99%) Machine Learning
6 70 (17.99%) Mentoring
6 70 (17.99%) Microservices
6 70 (17.99%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 70 (17.99%) User Experience
7 7 (1.80%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (1.29%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (0.77%) Analytics
9 3 (0.77%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 376 (96.66%) Java
2 375 (96.40%) C++
2 375 (96.40%) Go
2 375 (96.40%) Python
3 71 (18.25%) JavaScript
4 70 (17.99%) Rust
5 2 (0.51%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 375 (96.40%) DV Cleared
2 70 (17.99%) AWS Certification
2 70 (17.99%) AWS Certified Developer
2 70 (17.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 8 (2.06%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.51%) CISM
4 2 (0.51%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.51%) Degree
5 1 (0.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
1 2 (0.51%) Def Stans
1 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (0.51%) NIST
1 2 (0.51%) QA
System Software
1 305 (78.41%) Docker
2 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 305 (78.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (0.51%) Atlassian
1 2 (0.51%) Microsoft
1 2 (0.51%) Symantec
2 1 (0.26%) Alteryx
2 1 (0.26%) Red Hat
2 1 (0.26%) ServiceNow
2 1 (0.26%) Sparx
2 1 (0.26%) VMware