Security Cleared Jobs in Merseyside

Security Clearance
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 12 16
Rank change year-on-year -21 +4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 22 119 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 5.03% 9.13% 12.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.78% 44.40% 30.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2 25 4
10th Percentile £62,875 £45,050 -
25th Percentile £69,063 £51,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,750 £60,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +39.58% +84.62% -18.75%
75th Percentile £94,063 £68,750 £42,813
90th Percentile £97,625 £73,750 £54,625
North West median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% +8.27%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 225 268 445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 51.49% 20.55% 41.01%
Number of salaries quoted 52 139 109
10th Percentile - £22,295 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -15.79% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,800
90th Percentile £80,750 £68,815 £86,250
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +11.62%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Merseyside

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Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in Merseyside

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Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Merseyside over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Merseyside

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Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 15 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
Southport - 3 - -
Liverpool -28 2 £83,750 +39.58% 16
Security Cleared
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) AWS
1 1 (4.55%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 20 (90.91%) DNS
1 20 (90.91%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) GitLab
General
1 21 (95.45%) Finance
2 20 (90.91%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (90.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 20 (90.91%) Developer
1 20 (90.91%) Software Developer
2 1 (4.55%) Consultant
2 1 (4.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 1 (4.55%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
2 1 (4.55%) Senior
2 1 (4.55%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (4.55%) Senior ServiceNow Consultant
2 1 (4.55%) Senior Technical Consultant
2 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow Consultant
2 1 (4.55%) Software Engineer
2 1 (4.55%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 20 (90.91%) Cyberattack
2 1 (4.55%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (90.91%) Android
1 20 (90.91%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (95.45%) Agile
1 21 (95.45%) Design Patterns
2 20 (90.91%) Android Development
2 20 (90.91%) Line Management
2 20 (90.91%) Mathematics
2 20 (90.91%) OO
2 20 (90.91%) OOP
3 1 (4.55%) CI/CD
3 1 (4.55%) Containerisation
3 1 (4.55%) DevOps
3 1 (4.55%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (4.55%) ITSM
3 1 (4.55%) Kanban
3 1 (4.55%) Open Source
3 1 (4.55%) Scrum
3 1 (4.55%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 21 (95.45%) Java
2 20 (90.91%) C++
2 20 (90.91%) Go
2 20 (90.91%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (90.91%) DV Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 20 (90.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (90.91%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow