SC Cleared Jobs in the Midlands

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 75 90
Rank change year-on-year +6 +15 -4
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 388 403 376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 3.33% 4.21% 3.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 13.55% 10.58% 11.30%
Number of salaries quoted 231 227 160
10th Percentile £26,700 £38,966 £26,400
25th Percentile £42,139 £46,250 £37,066
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +12.97% -11.48%
75th Percentile £62,200 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

SC Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,863 3,808 3,328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.57% 39.80% 30.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,849 1,278 1,673
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,750 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.70% +2.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £54,995 £58,193 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.50% +5.81% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in the Midlands

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for SC Cleared in the Midlands

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the Midlands

SC Cleared
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
West Midlands +11 243 £55,000 -10.93% 67
East Midlands +2 145 £50,000 -4.76% 20
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 28 (7.22%) ArcGIS
1 28 (7.22%) GeoServer
2 19 (4.90%) IIS
3 8 (2.06%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.29%) Confluence
5 4 (1.03%) Appian
5 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.03%) Office Communications Server
5 4 (1.03%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.52%) JBoss
6 2 (0.52%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.26%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.55%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.55%) Simulink
3 5 (1.29%) AutoCAD
4 4 (1.03%) EPLAN
4 4 (1.03%) Sketch
5 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.77%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.52%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.26%) CA PPM
Cloud Services
1 122 (31.44%) Azure
2 67 (17.27%) AWS
3 22 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (3.61%) Entra ID
5 12 (3.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 11 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.58%) Azure Sentinel
8 8 (2.06%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.80%) GCP
10 6 (1.55%) Miro
11 5 (1.29%) dbt
11 5 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.03%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (1.03%) Amazon SQS
12 4 (1.03%) Figma
12 4 (1.03%) Heroku
12 4 (1.03%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 3 (0.77%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.77%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (15.21%) WAN
2 52 (13.40%) Firewall
3 31 (7.99%) SD-WAN
4 27 (6.96%) MPLS
5 26 (6.70%) IPsec
6 17 (4.38%) Wireless
7 13 (3.35%) BGP
7 13 (3.35%) DNS
8 12 (3.09%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (2.58%) Network Security
10 7 (1.80%) VPN
11 6 (1.55%) LAN
11 6 (1.55%) TCP/IP
12 5 (1.29%) DHCP
12 5 (1.29%) VSAN
13 4 (1.03%) Cisco Firepower
13 4 (1.03%) SSL
14 3 (0.77%) 3GPP
14 3 (0.77%) 5G
14 3 (0.77%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.99%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (7.22%) GIS
2 28 (7.22%) QGIS
3 27 (6.96%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.29%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.29%) Power BI
4 5 (1.29%) RDBMS
4 5 (1.29%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.77%) MySQL
7 2 (0.52%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.26%) Power Query
8 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (4.12%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (3.35%) GitLab
3 11 (2.84%) JIRA
4 4 (1.03%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.52%) Git
5 2 (0.52%) IntelliJ
5 2 (0.52%) Selenium
5 2 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.26%) Appium
6 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.26%) JUnit
6 1 (0.26%) Postman
6 1 (0.26%) PVCS
6 1 (0.26%) TestNG
6 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.26%) Zephyr
General
1 69 (17.78%) Social Skills
2 35 (9.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 30 (7.73%) Finance
4 21 (5.41%) Retail
5 16 (4.12%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.12%) Telecoms
6 15 (3.87%) Police
7 14 (3.61%) Military
8 10 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (2.58%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.32%) Electronics
10 4 (1.03%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.03%) Legal
11 3 (0.77%) Local Government
11 3 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.77%) Turkish Language
12 2 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.52%) Welsh Language
13 1 (0.26%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.26%) Games
Job Titles
1 91 (23.45%) Senior
2 60 (15.46%) Network Engineer
3 47 (12.11%) Architect
4 36 (9.28%) Software Engineer
5 33 (8.51%) Lead
6 32 (8.25%) Developer
6 32 (8.25%) Solutions Architect
7 28 (7.22%) Systems Engineer
8 24 (6.19%) Senior Software Engineer
9 23 (5.93%) Project Manager
10 17 (4.38%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 12 (3.09%) Analyst
12 10 (2.58%) Designer
12 10 (2.58%) Senior Network Engineer
12 10 (2.58%) WAN Engineer
13 9 (2.32%) 2nd Line Support
14 8 (2.06%) IP Architect
14 8 (2.06%) Presales Solution Architect
15 7 (1.80%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 7 (1.80%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (9.79%) React
2 36 (9.28%) .NET
3 28 (7.22%) Leaflet
3 28 (7.22%) OpenLayers
3 28 (7.22%) PostGIS
4 26 (6.70%) .NET Core
4 26 (6.70%) CSS
5 21 (5.41%) REST
6 19 (4.90%) WebRTC
7 12 (3.09%) RESTful
8 11 (2.84%) 802.1X
8 11 (2.84%) SOAP
9 10 (2.58%) HTML
10 6 (1.55%) AngularJS
10 6 (1.55%) Django
10 6 (1.55%) XML
11 5 (1.29%) JSON
11 5 (1.29%) Node.js
11 5 (1.29%) Spring Boot
12 4 (1.03%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.73%) Management Information System
2 23 (5.93%) Virtual Team
3 19 (4.90%) Clustering
4 13 (3.35%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.58%) Private Cloud
5 10 (2.58%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (2.32%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.80%) Operational Technology
7 7 (1.80%) PKI
8 6 (1.55%) CMDB
8 6 (1.55%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.29%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.03%) IoT
10 4 (1.03%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.77%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.77%) IBM Mainframe
11 3 (0.77%) Mainframe
11 3 (0.77%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 39 (10.05%) Windows
2 22 (5.67%) Windows Server
3 19 (4.90%) Linux
4 5 (1.29%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.03%) Unix
6 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (0.77%) zOS
7 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.26%) VMS
8 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (29.38%) Agile
2 84 (21.65%) Actionable Insight
3 67 (17.27%) DevOps
4 61 (15.72%) Software Engineering
5 57 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (13.14%) Cybersecurity
7 40 (10.31%) Project Management
8 38 (9.79%) ITIL
8 38 (9.79%) Validation
9 34 (8.76%) Mentoring
10 33 (8.51%) Systems Engineering
11 30 (7.73%) Stakeholder Management
12 28 (7.22%) Change Management
12 28 (7.22%) Web Development
13 26 (6.70%) Load Balancing
14 25 (6.44%) Customer Requirements
14 25 (6.44%) Project Delivery
14 25 (6.44%) Service Management
15 21 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 20 (5.15%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 54 (13.92%) JavaScript
2 51 (13.14%) Python
3 24 (6.19%) SQL
4 21 (5.41%) C#
5 19 (4.90%) Java
6 17 (4.38%) MATLAB
7 13 (3.35%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.84%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.03%) C
10 3 (0.77%) C++
11 2 (0.52%) Bash
11 2 (0.52%) PHP
12 1 (0.26%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.26%) R
12 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 388 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 66 (17.01%) Degree
3 28 (7.22%) DV Cleared
4 23 (5.93%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (4.90%) CCNA
6 15 (3.87%) AWS Certification
7 14 (3.61%) CCNP
8 12 (3.09%) Azure Certification
9 9 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (2.06%) CCSA
11 7 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.55%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.55%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (1.29%) HND
13 5 (1.29%) MCSA
14 4 (1.03%) A+ Certification
14 4 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 3 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
16 2 (0.52%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.61%) Accessibility
2 13 (3.35%) Def Stans
3 8 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 8 (2.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (1.29%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.29%) SLA
4 5 (1.29%) WCAG
5 4 (1.03%) NCSC
5 4 (1.03%) PMO
6 3 (0.77%) COBIT
6 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.77%) NIST
7 2 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.52%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.52%) QA
8 1 (0.26%) RMADS
System Software
1 29 (7.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (7.22%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.32%) vSphere
4 7 (1.80%) VMware NSX
5 6 (1.55%) Docker
6 3 (0.77%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.52%) Firmware
7 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (3.61%) SCCM
2 8 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (1.29%) SCOM
4 4 (1.03%) Terraform
5 3 (0.77%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.77%) OpenView
6 2 (0.52%) Ansible
6 2 (0.52%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.52%) Nagios
6 2 (0.52%) Nessus
6 2 (0.52%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.52%) Puppet
6 2 (0.52%) VxRail
7 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.26%) WSUS
Vendors
1 74 (19.07%) Microsoft
2 49 (12.63%) Cisco
3 43 (11.08%) Juniper
4 38 (9.79%) VMware
5 28 (7.22%) ESRI
6 24 (6.19%) CheckPoint
7 12 (3.09%) Aruba
7 12 (3.09%) Meraki
7 12 (3.09%) Oracle
8 9 (2.32%) Fortinet
9 8 (2.06%) Dell
10 7 (1.80%) HP
11 6 (1.55%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.55%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.29%) EMC
12 5 (1.29%) IFS
12 5 (1.29%) Sparx
13 3 (0.77%) BMC
13 3 (0.77%) Databricks
13 3 (0.77%) Remedy