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 2 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 33 125 58
Rank change year-on-year +92 -67 +21
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 318 299 494
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.30% 2.65% 4.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.10% 7.50% 17.75%
Number of salaries quoted 213 197 240
10th Percentile £33,140 £38,879 £37,066
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £66,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £69,800 £87,750 £86,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,050
% change year-on-year - -4.25% +9.18%

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 1,582 3,987 2,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 31.35% 35.36% 25.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,117 1,800 1,647
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.68% +1.82% -

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 2 December 2023.

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 2 December 2023. 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 +76 195 £55,000 - 90
East Midlands +79 123 £60,000 +9.09% 39
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 20 (6.29%) IIS
2 7 (2.20%) JBoss
2 7 (2.20%) Red Hat Fuse
3 6 (1.89%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.57%) MS Exchange
5 4 (1.26%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.94%) Appian
7 2 (0.63%) Confluence
7 2 (0.63%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.31%) nginx
8 1 (0.31%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.31%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.31%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 10 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.31%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 74 (23.27%) Azure
2 41 (12.89%) AWS
3 21 (6.60%) Cloud Computing
3 21 (6.60%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (6.29%) Serverless
5 17 (5.35%) GCP
6 14 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (3.77%) Entra ID
8 9 (2.83%) OneDrive
9 8 (2.52%) IaaS
10 7 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (2.20%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.89%) dbt
11 6 (1.89%) SaaS
12 5 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (1.26%) PaaS
13 4 (1.26%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.63%) Amazon ECS
14 2 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
14 2 (0.63%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 60 (18.87%) WAN
2 56 (17.61%) Firewall
3 27 (8.49%) BGP
4 22 (6.92%) LAN
4 22 (6.92%) Network Security
4 22 (6.92%) OSPF
5 18 (5.66%) SD-WAN
6 17 (5.35%) DNS
7 14 (4.40%) Intrusion Detection
7 14 (4.40%) VPN
8 12 (3.77%) Internet
9 11 (3.46%) DHCP
9 11 (3.46%) Wireless
10 10 (3.14%) HTTP
10 10 (3.14%) MPLS
10 10 (3.14%) TCP/IP
11 8 (2.52%) Cisco Nexus
11 8 (2.52%) SMTP
11 8 (2.52%) VLAN
12 7 (2.20%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.55%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.72%) NoSQL
3 14 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (3.14%) MySQL
5 8 (2.52%) Big Data
5 8 (2.52%) RDBMS
5 8 (2.52%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.20%) GIS
7 6 (1.89%) Oracle Database
8 5 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.94%) Power BI
10 2 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.63%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.63%) JasperReports
10 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.63%) Parquet
10 2 (0.63%) Redis
11 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 35 (11.01%) Git
2 14 (4.40%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.20%) IntelliJ
3 7 (2.20%) Rational DOORS
4 5 (1.57%) GitLab
4 5 (1.57%) JIRA
5 4 (1.26%) Selenium
6 2 (0.63%) eggPlant
6 2 (0.63%) IDA Disassembler
6 2 (0.63%) Maven
6 2 (0.63%) Postman
6 2 (0.63%) VectorCAST
7 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.31%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.31%) JMeter
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.31%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.31%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.31%) WebDriver
General
1 104 (32.70%) Social Skills
2 45 (14.15%) Public Sector
3 26 (8.18%) Telecoms
4 25 (7.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (6.29%) Presentation Skills
6 18 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (5.35%) Finance
8 16 (5.03%) Police
9 12 (3.77%) Retail
10 11 (3.46%) Aerospace
10 11 (3.46%) Electronics
10 11 (3.46%) Manufacturing
11 10 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.26%) Law
14 2 (0.63%) Digital Economy
14 2 (0.63%) Marketing
14 2 (0.63%) Military
15 1 (0.31%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 52 (16.35%) Architect
2 47 (14.78%) Senior
3 25 (7.86%) Solutions Architect
4 23 (7.23%) Systems Engineer
5 22 (6.92%) Developer
5 22 (6.92%) Software Engineer
6 21 (6.60%) Network Engineer
7 20 (6.29%) Presales Solution Architect
8 17 (5.35%) Lead
9 16 (5.03%) Security Engineer
10 15 (4.72%) Java Engineer
10 15 (4.72%) Network Architect
10 15 (4.72%) Project Manager
11 14 (4.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (4.40%) Java Software Engineer
12 13 (4.09%) Mobile Engineer
13 12 (3.77%) Cloud Engineer
13 12 (3.77%) Senior DevOps
14 11 (3.46%) Network Security Engineer
15 9 (2.83%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (8.81%) REST
2 21 (6.60%) JSON
3 19 (5.97%) Spring
4 18 (5.66%) Web Services
5 17 (5.35%) Node.js
6 15 (4.72%) React
7 14 (4.40%) .NET
7 14 (4.40%) XML
8 13 (4.09%) RESTful
8 13 (4.09%) WebRTC
9 10 (3.14%) SOAP
10 9 (2.83%) J2EE
10 9 (2.83%) Ruby on Rails
11 8 (2.52%) AngularJS
11 8 (2.52%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 8 (2.52%) YAML
12 7 (2.20%) Hibernate
12 7 (2.20%) JPA
12 7 (2.20%) XSD
13 5 (1.57%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.64%) Data Centre
2 33 (10.38%) Management Information System
3 25 (7.86%) Clustering
4 20 (6.29%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (4.72%) PKI
6 13 (4.09%) Virtual Team
7 12 (3.77%) Driving Licence
8 11 (3.46%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (3.46%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.52%) IoT
10 6 (1.89%) FPGA
10 6 (1.89%) VHDL
11 5 (1.57%) Client/Server
12 4 (1.26%) GNSS
12 4 (1.26%) Product Ownership
12 4 (1.26%) Tandem
12 4 (1.26%) Verilog
13 3 (0.94%) Embedded Systems
13 3 (0.94%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.94%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 49 (15.41%) Windows
2 21 (6.60%) Unix
3 14 (4.40%) Android
3 14 (4.40%) Apple iOS
3 14 (4.40%) Linux
3 14 (4.40%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.83%) Mac OS
5 7 (2.20%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (1.57%) Windows 2000
7 3 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (32.39%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (21.70%) Actionable Insight
3 61 (19.18%) Agile
4 59 (18.55%) DevOps
5 46 (14.47%) Software Engineering
6 45 (14.15%) Mentoring
7 38 (11.95%) Coaching
8 36 (11.32%) Continuous Integration
8 36 (11.32%) Cybersecurity
9 31 (9.75%) Analytics
9 31 (9.75%) CI/CD
9 31 (9.75%) Design Patterns
10 25 (7.86%) High Availability
11 24 (7.55%) Presales
11 24 (7.55%) Project Management
11 24 (7.55%) Prototyping
12 23 (7.23%) Validation
13 22 (6.92%) Computer Science
13 22 (6.92%) Data Analytics
13 22 (6.92%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 56 (17.61%) Python
2 45 (14.15%) Java
3 44 (13.84%) SQL
4 23 (7.23%) Go
5 21 (6.60%) Ruby
6 19 (5.97%) C#
6 19 (5.97%) PowerShell
7 15 (4.72%) Bash
8 13 (4.09%) JavaScript
9 8 (2.52%) C
9 8 (2.52%) PHP
10 6 (1.89%) C++
11 5 (1.57%) Perl
12 3 (0.94%) Ada
13 2 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.63%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.63%) VBA
14 1 (0.31%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 318 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 48 (15.09%) Degree
3 23 (7.23%) DV Cleared
4 22 (6.92%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (5.97%) CCNP
6 13 (4.09%) CTC Cleared
7 12 (3.77%) CCNA
8 10 (3.14%) CISSP
8 10 (3.14%) CompTIA Security+
9 9 (2.83%) Chartered Engineer
9 9 (2.83%) HND
10 8 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (2.20%) MCSE
11 7 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (2.20%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (1.89%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.89%) PMP
12 6 (1.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
14 4 (1.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (3.46%) NCSC
1 11 (3.46%) QA
1 11 (3.46%) SLA
2 7 (2.20%) Disclosure Scotland
3 5 (1.57%) DO-178B
3 5 (1.57%) IEC 61508
3 5 (1.57%) RMADS
4 3 (0.94%) COBIT
5 2 (0.63%) NIST
6 1 (0.31%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.31%) JSP 440
System Software
1 37 (11.64%) Active Directory
2 24 (7.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (5.03%) Firmware
4 12 (3.77%) Docker
5 10 (3.14%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (2.52%) Hyper-V
6 8 (2.52%) VMware NSX
7 5 (1.57%) vSphere
8 2 (0.63%) KVM
9 1 (0.31%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.31%) XenApp
9 1 (0.31%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (5.35%) Puppet
2 14 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (4.09%) Terraform
4 12 (3.77%) Kubernetes
4 12 (3.77%) SCCM
5 9 (2.83%) vCenter Server
6 8 (2.52%) Progress Chef
7 6 (1.89%) Cacti
7 6 (1.89%) Icinga
7 6 (1.89%) Nessus
8 5 (1.57%) AirWatch
8 5 (1.57%) McAfee ePO
8 5 (1.57%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.63%) SCOM
10 1 (0.31%) Ansible
10 1 (0.31%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.31%) Nagios
10 1 (0.31%) VxRail
10 1 (0.31%) WSUS
10 1 (0.31%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 59 (18.55%) Microsoft
2 42 (13.21%) VMware
3 34 (10.69%) Cisco
4 23 (7.23%) Juniper
5 17 (5.35%) Aruba
5 17 (5.35%) ServiceNow
6 16 (5.03%) CheckPoint
7 15 (4.72%) F5
8 13 (4.09%) Oracle
9 11 (3.46%) Fortinet
10 10 (3.14%) Google
11 9 (2.83%) Remedy
12 8 (2.52%) Ericsson
13 6 (1.89%) Citrix
13 6 (1.89%) HP
13 6 (1.89%) Palo Alto
14 5 (1.57%) McAfee
14 5 (1.57%) Samsung
14 5 (1.57%) Symantec
14 5 (1.57%) Veritas