SC Cleared Jobs in Leeds

Security Check (SC) Clearance
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 32 69
Rank change year-on-year -24 +37 +40
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 26 134 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 3.32% 5.61% 4.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.97% 27.74% 17.29%
Number of salaries quoted 13 34 41
10th Percentile £43,500 £50,000 £43,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,313 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £71,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.81% +1.79% +40.00%
75th Percentile £88,225 £82,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £91,875 £95,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £44,850 £68,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year -34.76% -1.79% +40.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 237 483 671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 30.23% 20.23% 23.66%
Number of salaries quoted 117 266 257
10th Percentile £25,313 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £37,500 £42,210
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -7.27% +9.62%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £71,652
90th Percentile £76,000 £82,500 £90,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £42,000 £50,500 £55,022
% change year-on-year -16.83% -8.22% +10.04%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Leeds

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in Leeds.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in Leeds

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Leeds over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in Leeds

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 3 (11.54%) Confluence
1 3 (11.54%) nginx
2 2 (7.69%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 13 (50.00%) AWS
2 8 (30.77%) Azure
3 5 (19.23%) GCP
4 4 (15.38%) GitHub
5 3 (11.54%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (11.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 3 (11.54%) Entra ID
5 3 (11.54%) Serverless
6 2 (7.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (7.69%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (7.69%) Amazon S3
7 1 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (3.85%) AWS Step Functions
7 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.85%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) DNS
1 1 (3.85%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (19.23%) NoSQL
3 4 (15.38%) MongoDB
4 3 (11.54%) MySQL
4 3 (11.54%) Redis
4 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
5 2 (7.69%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (7.69%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (7.69%) Big Data
5 2 (7.69%) Flink
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Git
2 3 (11.54%) JIRA
3 1 (3.85%) GitLab
General
1 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Developer
2 6 (23.08%) Senior
3 4 (15.38%) Lead
3 4 (15.38%) Senior Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Django Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Junior
4 3 (11.54%) Lead Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Node.js Developer
4 3 (11.54%) ServiceNow Developer
5 2 (7.69%) Architect
5 2 (7.69%) AWS Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Cloud Developer
5 2 (7.69%) Data Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (7.69%) Junior Software Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Principal Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Python/Django Developer
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (26.92%) Node.js
2 6 (23.08%) React
3 4 (15.38%) AngularJS
4 3 (11.54%) Django
4 3 (11.54%) Middleware
4 3 (11.54%) REST
4 3 (11.54%) RESTful
4 3 (11.54%) SailPoint
4 3 (11.54%) SOAP
4 3 (11.54%) Vue
4 3 (11.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 3 (11.54%) CMDB
2 3 (11.54%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Linux
2 1 (3.85%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) CI/CD
2 6 (23.08%) Agile
3 5 (19.23%) DevOps
3 5 (19.23%) Mentoring
3 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
4 4 (15.38%) ITSM
4 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (15.38%) Software Delivery
4 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (15.38%) Web Development
5 3 (11.54%) Clean Code
5 3 (11.54%) Code Quality
5 3 (11.54%) Containerisation
5 3 (11.54%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (11.54%) Information Management
5 3 (11.54%) ITIL
5 3 (11.54%) Software Engineering
5 3 (11.54%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (38.46%) JavaScript
2 6 (23.08%) SQL
3 5 (19.23%) Java
3 5 (19.23%) TypeScript
4 3 (11.54%) Python
5 2 (7.69%) Scala
6 1 (3.85%) Bash
6 1 (3.85%) C#
6 1 (3.85%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (3.85%) Perl
6 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (3.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) NCSC
1 1 (3.85%) NIST
1 1 (3.85%) NIST 800
1 1 (3.85%) QA
1 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (30.77%) Docker
2 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) HAProxy
1 3 (11.54%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.85%) Prometheus
2 1 (3.85%) QRadar
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) ServiceNow
2 3 (11.54%) BeyondTrust
2 3 (11.54%) CyberArk
2 3 (11.54%) Okta
3 1 (3.85%) AlienVault
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco
3 1 (3.85%) Dynatrace
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) Splunk