SC Cleared Jobs in the Midlands

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 73 71
Rank change year-on-year -50 -2 +24
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 156 399 405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.29% 3.16% 4.53%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.94% 13.02% 11.39%
Number of salaries quoted 124 241 237
10th Percentile £41,250 £30,000 £38,629
25th Percentile £50,625 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +12.97%
75th Percentile £73,750 £62,200 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -11.29% +12.73%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,962 3,064 3,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 58.28% 24.30% 39.78%
Number of salaries quoted 794 1,889 1,254
10th Percentile £27,019 £25,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £63,438 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,793 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.54% -9.17% +9.09%

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 May 2025.

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 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
West Midlands -11 130 £65,000 +18.18% 574
East Midlands -57 26 £52,000 +10.05% 387
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 15 (9.62%) Confluence
2 6 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.21%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.28%) CMS
4 2 (1.28%) Headless CMS
4 2 (1.28%) nginx
4 2 (1.28%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.28%) Mozilla Thunderbird
1 2 (1.28%) Oracle Smart View
1 2 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.56%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.28%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.28%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (1.28%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.28%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.28%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.28%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.28%) Oracle Receivables
2 2 (1.28%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 1 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 37 (23.72%) Azure
2 34 (21.79%) AWS
3 19 (12.18%) Amazon EC2
3 19 (12.18%) Amazon S3
4 17 (10.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 17 (10.90%) AWS KMS
5 12 (7.69%) Amazon ELB
5 12 (7.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 10 (6.41%) Amazon Glacier
7 9 (5.77%) GCP
7 9 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (4.49%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (4.49%) Entra ID
8 7 (4.49%) Route 53
8 7 (4.49%) Serverless
9 6 (3.85%) Amazon SQS
9 6 (3.85%) Power Platform
10 5 (3.21%) OneDrive
10 5 (3.21%) Power Automate
11 4 (2.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 50 (32.05%) WAN
2 26 (16.67%) Firewall
3 16 (10.26%) LAN
4 15 (9.62%) MPLS
4 15 (9.62%) Network Security
5 13 (8.33%) BGP
5 13 (8.33%) IPsec
6 12 (7.69%) Junos
7 11 (7.05%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (7.05%) VLAN
8 10 (6.41%) DNS
8 10 (6.41%) Modbus
8 10 (6.41%) SD-WAN
9 7 (4.49%) ATM
9 7 (4.49%) Frame Relay
9 7 (4.49%) FTP
9 7 (4.49%) HTTP
9 7 (4.49%) SDH
9 7 (4.49%) SMTP
9 7 (4.49%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (12.82%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (5.77%) Amazon Aurora
4 6 (3.85%) DynamoDB
5 5 (3.21%) Power BI
6 3 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.92%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.92%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.92%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.28%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.28%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.64%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.64%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.64%) Redis
8 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 21 (13.46%) Jenkins
2 20 (12.82%) Git
3 17 (10.90%) JIRA
4 12 (7.69%) Vagrant
5 7 (4.49%) Maven
6 6 (3.85%) JUnit
6 6 (3.85%) Mockito
6 6 (3.85%) SonarQube
7 5 (3.21%) Bitbucket Server
7 5 (3.21%) DbUnit
7 5 (3.21%) jMock
8 4 (2.56%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (1.28%) Selenium
9 2 (1.28%) Storybook
10 1 (0.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.64%) GitLab
General
1 35 (22.44%) Social Skills
2 21 (13.46%) Public Sector
3 16 (10.26%) Finance
4 15 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.77%) Law
6 8 (5.13%) Marketing
6 8 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (4.49%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.85%) Legal
8 6 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.21%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.56%) Advertising
11 2 (1.28%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.28%) Local Government
12 1 (0.64%) Electronics
12 1 (0.64%) Retail
12 1 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (36.54%) Architect
2 43 (27.56%) Network Architect
3 13 (8.33%) Lead
3 13 (8.33%) Network Engineer
4 12 (7.69%) Automation Engineer
4 12 (7.69%) Senior
5 11 (7.05%) Analyst
5 11 (7.05%) Developer
6 9 (5.77%) 2nd Line Support
7 8 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 8 (5.13%) Java Developer
7 8 (5.13%) Support Analyst
8 7 (4.49%) DevOps Engineer
8 7 (4.49%) Security Engineer
8 7 (4.49%) Senior Network Engineer
9 6 (3.85%) Cloud Architect
9 6 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 6 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (3.85%) Lead Developer
9 6 (3.85%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.77%) AngularJS
1 9 (5.77%) SOAP
1 9 (5.77%) Spring
1 9 (5.77%) Spring Boot
2 8 (5.13%) REST
3 7 (4.49%) ActiveMQ
3 7 (4.49%) JPA
4 6 (3.85%) Bootstrap
4 6 (3.85%) RESTful
4 6 (3.85%) Web Services
5 5 (3.21%) Hibernate
5 5 (3.21%) PowerMock
5 5 (3.21%) Spring Batch
5 5 (3.21%) Spring Integration
6 4 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (1.92%) React
7 3 (1.92%) Spring Cloud
7 3 (1.92%) Vue
8 2 (1.28%) GraphQL
8 2 (1.28%) MEAN Stack
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.69%) SCADA
2 9 (5.77%) Replication
3 4 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (1.92%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.92%) Distributed Architecture
4 3 (1.92%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.92%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.28%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.28%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.28%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.28%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.64%) PKI
6 1 (0.64%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.64%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 24 (15.38%) Linux
2 18 (11.54%) Windows
3 12 (7.69%) VMS
4 8 (5.13%) Amazon Linux
5 3 (1.92%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.28%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.64%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.64%) Unix
7 1 (0.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (15.38%) Network Management
2 22 (14.10%) DevOps
3 17 (10.90%) Change Management
3 17 (10.90%) Technical Leadership
4 16 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (10.26%) ITIL
4 16 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (9.62%) Cloud Security
5 15 (9.62%) Patch Management
6 14 (8.97%) Agile
6 14 (8.97%) Computer Science
6 14 (8.97%) Mentoring
6 14 (8.97%) Network Design
7 13 (8.33%) Configuration Management
7 13 (8.33%) Validation
8 12 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
9 11 (7.05%) Microservices
10 10 (6.41%) Decarbonisation
10 10 (6.41%) Incident Management
10 10 (6.41%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 22 (14.10%) PowerShell
1 22 (14.10%) Python
2 20 (12.82%) SQL
3 17 (10.90%) Java
4 12 (7.69%) Groovy
5 7 (4.49%) Perl
6 3 (1.92%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.92%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.64%) Bash
7 1 (0.64%) C
7 1 (0.64%) C#
7 1 (0.64%) C++
7 1 (0.64%) R
Qualifications
1 156 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 24 (15.38%) Degree
3 18 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (10.90%) CCNA
5 15 (9.62%) CCNP
6 12 (7.69%) JNCIS
7 7 (4.49%) AWS Certification
7 7 (4.49%) CISA
7 7 (4.49%) CISM
7 7 (4.49%) CISSP
7 7 (4.49%) GIAC
7 7 (4.49%) ISACA
7 7 (4.49%) SANS
8 6 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (3.21%) Azure Certification
9 5 (3.21%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.92%) MCSA
11 2 (1.28%) MCP
11 2 (1.28%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.54%) SLA
2 8 (5.13%) NCSC
3 7 (4.49%) GRC
4 6 (3.85%) JSP 440
5 4 (2.56%) QA
6 3 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.92%) NIST
7 1 (0.64%) COBIT
7 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.64%) GDPR
7 1 (0.64%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.64%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (14.10%) Active Directory
2 20 (12.82%) Docker
3 9 (5.77%) DFS Replication
4 6 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (2.56%) Postfix
6 3 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.28%) Dovecot
7 2 (1.28%) Squid
7 2 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.64%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (11.54%) Terraform
2 15 (9.62%) Grafana
2 15 (9.62%) Prometheus
3 5 (3.21%) Ansible
3 5 (3.21%) Nessus
4 3 (1.92%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.28%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.28%) Proxmox
5 2 (1.28%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.64%) Argo
6 1 (0.64%) AWS Copilot
6 1 (0.64%) Kibana
6 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.64%) SCCM
6 1 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 53 (33.97%) Cisco
2 43 (27.56%) Juniper
3 13 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 13 (8.33%) ServiceNow
4 9 (5.77%) Google
5 7 (4.49%) SolarWinds
6 6 (3.85%) VMware
7 5 (3.21%) Atlassian
8 4 (2.56%) Jaspersoft
8 4 (2.56%) Oracle
8 4 (2.56%) Tenable
9 3 (1.92%) Databricks
10 2 (1.28%) arcserve
10 2 (1.28%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.28%) Hyperion
10 2 (1.28%) JD Edwards
10 2 (1.28%) PeopleSoft
10 2 (1.28%) Splunk
11 1 (0.64%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.64%) Veeam