SC Cleared Software Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

Security Check Clearance Software Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Security Check Clearance Software Engineer salary in Manchester is £63,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SC Cleared Software Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.075% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £44,125 - -
25th Percentile £50,313 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 - -
75th Percentile £70,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £63,750 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 4,923 1,931 4,655
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.05% 90.44% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,537 1,282 3,736
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +10.19% -6.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,925 £81,250
North West median annual salary £55,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.38% +9.59% -8.90%

SC Cleared Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SC Cleared Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

SC Cleared Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Manchester

SC Cleared Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for SC Cleared Software Engineer job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for SC Cleared Software Engineer job vacancies in Manchester

SC Cleared Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared Software Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 5 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared Software Engineer in Manchester

SC Cleared Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 5 May 2026, SC Cleared Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring SC Cleared Software Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Clean Code
3 2 (50.00%) Java
3 2 (50.00%) React
3 2 (50.00%) REST
3 2 (50.00%) Spring
3 2 (50.00%) Spring Boot
3 2 (50.00%) Vue
4 1 (25.00%) AI
4 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
4 1 (25.00%) AWS
4 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Docker
4 1 (25.00%) Epics
4 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
4 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (25.00%) GitLab
4 1 (25.00%) Kanban
4 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
4 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum

SC Cleared Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) GitLab
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) React
1 2 (50.00%) REST
1 2 (50.00%) Spring
1 2 (50.00%) Spring Boot
1 2 (50.00%) Vue
2 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Clean Code
4 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Epics
4 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
4 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (25.00%) Kanban
4 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) Secure Coding
4 1 (25.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (25.00%) TDD
4 1 (25.00%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes