Security Cleared Jobs in the Midlands

Security Clearance
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 36 59
Rank change year-on-year +2 +23 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 629 675 516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.40% 7.01% 4.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.99% 17.66% 15.53%
Number of salaries quoted 402 325 209
10th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £27,800
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,000 £38,624
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% -11.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £79,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

Security 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 2,861 3,823 3,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.57% 39.72% 30.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,847 1,287 1,669
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,400 £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 £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the Midlands

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the Midlands

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the Midlands

Security 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 Security Cleared within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 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 +17 427 £55,000 -4.35% 116
East Midlands -20 202 £44,500 -15.24% 35
Security Cleared
England

Security 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 36 (5.72%) IIS
2 29 (4.61%) ArcGIS
3 28 (4.45%) GeoServer
4 8 (1.27%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.79%) Confluence
6 4 (0.64%) Apache
6 4 (0.64%) Appian
6 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.64%) Office Communications Server
6 4 (0.64%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.64%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.48%) MQSeries
7 3 (0.48%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 3 (0.48%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.32%) JBoss
8 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.16%) nginx
Applications
1 53 (8.43%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (6.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.95%) Simulink
6 5 (0.79%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.79%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.64%) EPLAN
7 4 (0.64%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.27%) NEC Housing
2 6 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.48%) Maximo
4 3 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.32%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.32%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (0.32%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.32%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.16%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 1 (0.16%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 155 (24.64%) Azure
2 95 (15.10%) AWS
3 27 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (3.02%) Entra ID
5 13 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
5 13 (2.07%) SaaS
6 12 (1.91%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 11 (1.75%) GitHub
8 10 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
8 10 (1.59%) PaaS
9 9 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (1.27%) IaaS
10 8 (1.27%) Power Platform
11 7 (1.11%) GCP
12 6 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (0.95%) Miro
13 5 (0.79%) dbt
14 4 (0.64%) Figma
14 4 (0.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 75 (11.92%) WAN
2 53 (8.43%) Firewall
3 31 (4.93%) MPLS
3 31 (4.93%) SD-WAN
4 29 (4.61%) IPsec
5 25 (3.97%) Wi-Fi
6 20 (3.18%) Wireless
7 19 (3.02%) DNS
8 16 (2.54%) BGP
9 12 (1.91%) Network Security
10 11 (1.75%) DHCP
10 11 (1.75%) TCP/IP
11 10 (1.59%) VPN
12 7 (1.11%) VLAN
13 6 (0.95%) 5G
13 6 (0.95%) LAN
14 5 (0.79%) 802.11
14 5 (0.79%) VSAN
14 5 (0.79%) Wireshark
15 4 (0.64%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (7.79%) SQL Server
2 35 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (4.93%) GIS
4 28 (4.45%) QGIS
5 14 (2.23%) Oracle Database
6 13 (2.07%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.95%) MySQL
7 6 (0.95%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.79%) Power BI
8 5 (0.79%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.64%) Oracle Database 12c
10 3 (0.48%) DB2
10 3 (0.48%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.32%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.16%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.16%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.16%) Metadata
12 1 (0.16%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 20 (3.18%) GitLab
2 16 (2.54%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (1.75%) JIRA
4 8 (1.27%) SonarQube
5 4 (0.64%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.32%) Git
6 2 (0.32%) IntelliJ
6 2 (0.32%) LSMW
6 2 (0.32%) Postman
6 2 (0.32%) Selenium
6 2 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.16%) Appium
7 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.16%) JUnit
7 1 (0.16%) PVCS
7 1 (0.16%) TestNG
7 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.16%) Zephyr
General
1 192 (30.52%) Social Skills
2 94 (14.94%) Public Sector
3 71 (11.29%) Finance
4 54 (8.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (4.45%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (4.29%) Retail
7 26 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
7 26 (4.13%) Manufacturing
8 25 (3.97%) Games
9 23 (3.66%) Police
10 21 (3.34%) Telecoms
11 18 (2.86%) Military
12 17 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
13 11 (1.75%) Electronics
13 11 (1.75%) Local Government
14 6 (0.95%) Banking
14 6 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.64%) Back Office
16 4 (0.64%) Legal
Job Titles
1 96 (15.26%) Senior
2 73 (11.61%) Architect
3 61 (9.70%) Network Engineer
4 49 (7.79%) Systems Engineer
5 47 (7.47%) Lead
5 47 (7.47%) Project Manager
6 43 (6.84%) Software Engineer
7 39 (6.20%) Solutions Architect
8 36 (5.72%) Consultant
9 33 (5.25%) Developer
10 27 (4.29%) Analyst
11 25 (3.97%) Graduate
11 25 (3.97%) Graduate Consultant
11 25 (3.97%) Research Consultant
11 25 (3.97%) Resource Consultant
12 24 (3.82%) Senior Software Engineer
13 17 (2.70%) Security Architect
13 17 (2.70%) Senior Systems Engineer
14 13 (2.07%) Administrator
14 13 (2.07%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (6.20%) React
2 36 (5.72%) .NET
3 28 (4.45%) Leaflet
3 28 (4.45%) OpenLayers
3 28 (4.45%) PostGIS
4 26 (4.13%) .NET Core
4 26 (4.13%) CSS
5 21 (3.34%) REST
6 19 (3.02%) WebRTC
7 16 (2.54%) 802.1X
8 12 (1.91%) RESTful
9 11 (1.75%) SOAP
10 10 (1.59%) HTML
11 8 (1.27%) ARM Templates
11 8 (1.27%) Azure Blueprints
11 8 (1.27%) Web Services
12 6 (0.95%) AngularJS
12 6 (0.95%) Django
12 6 (0.95%) Node.js
12 6 (0.95%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 73 (11.61%) Driving Licence
2 57 (9.06%) Management Information System
3 35 (5.56%) Clustering
4 23 (3.66%) Public Cloud
4 23 (3.66%) Virtual Team
5 16 (2.54%) Private Cloud
6 14 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (1.91%) Security Operations Centre
7 12 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.59%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.59%) PKI
9 9 (1.43%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.27%) Operational Technology
11 6 (0.95%) CMDB
12 5 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
13 4 (0.64%) Cloud Native
13 4 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.64%) IoT
13 4 (0.64%) Low-Code
14 3 (0.48%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 68 (10.81%) Windows
2 35 (5.56%) Linux
3 24 (3.82%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.07%) Unix
5 5 (0.79%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.64%) Solaris
7 3 (0.48%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (0.48%) zOS
8 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.16%) VMS
9 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (21.30%) Agile
2 119 (18.92%) Cybersecurity
3 117 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (15.10%) Actionable Insight
5 80 (12.72%) Project Management
5 80 (12.72%) Software Engineering
6 76 (12.08%) DevOps
7 70 (11.13%) Mentoring
8 60 (9.54%) Customer Service
9 50 (7.95%) Systems Engineering
10 45 (7.15%) ITIL
11 41 (6.52%) Customer Requirements
11 41 (6.52%) Project Delivery
12 39 (6.20%) Incident Response
13 38 (6.04%) Validation
14 37 (5.88%) Data Collection
15 35 (5.56%) High Availability
16 34 (5.41%) CI/CD
17 33 (5.25%) Risk Management
17 33 (5.25%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (9.70%) JavaScript
2 54 (8.59%) Python
3 41 (6.52%) SQL
4 39 (6.20%) Java
5 26 (4.13%) C#
6 19 (3.02%) TypeScript
7 17 (2.70%) MATLAB
8 16 (2.54%) PowerShell
9 10 (1.59%) C++
10 7 (1.11%) C
11 4 (0.64%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.48%) Groovy
12 3 (0.48%) Rust
13 2 (0.32%) Bash
13 2 (0.32%) PHP
13 2 (0.32%) R
14 1 (0.16%) ABAP
14 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 387 (61.53%) SC Cleared
2 100 (15.90%) Degree
3 42 (6.68%) DV Cleared
4 29 (4.61%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (4.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 24 (3.82%) CCNA
7 20 (3.18%) CCNP
8 15 (2.38%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.91%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.27%) CCSA
11 8 (1.27%) HND
12 7 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (0.95%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.95%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (0.79%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.79%) MCSA
15 4 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.64%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (7.31%) ISO 9001
2 45 (7.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 45 (7.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 37 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (3.50%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.86%) SLA
6 13 (2.07%) Def Stans
6 13 (2.07%) PCI DSS
7 12 (1.91%) NCSC
8 9 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (0.95%) QA
11 5 (0.79%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.79%) WCAG
12 4 (0.64%) NIST
12 4 (0.64%) PMO
13 3 (0.48%) COBIT
13 3 (0.48%) MISRA
13 3 (0.48%) MISRA C
14 2 (0.32%) IFRS
System Software
1 35 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (3.18%) VMware NSX
4 15 (2.38%) Docker
5 13 (2.07%) KVM
6 9 (1.43%) vSphere
7 8 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.79%) Firmware
9 4 (0.64%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
10 3 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 45 (7.15%) EnCase
2 14 (2.23%) SCCM
3 12 (1.91%) Terraform
4 11 (1.75%) Kubernetes
5 10 (1.59%) Ansible
6 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.79%) SCOM
8 3 (0.48%) OpenView
9 2 (0.32%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.32%) Nagios
9 2 (0.32%) Nessus
9 2 (0.32%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.32%) Puppet
9 2 (0.32%) VxRail
10 1 (0.16%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.16%) Grafana
10 1 (0.16%) Kibana
10 1 (0.16%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 145 (23.05%) Microsoft
2 55 (8.74%) Cisco
3 53 (8.43%) VMware
4 46 (7.31%) Juniper
5 28 (4.45%) ESRI
6 24 (3.82%) CheckPoint
6 24 (3.82%) Oracle
7 23 (3.66%) IFS
8 21 (3.34%) Dell
9 16 (2.54%) Workday
10 12 (1.91%) Aruba
10 12 (1.91%) Meraki
11 10 (1.59%) NEC
11 10 (1.59%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.43%) Fortinet
13 8 (1.27%) Cellebrite
14 7 (1.11%) EMC
14 7 (1.11%) HP
14 7 (1.11%) SAP
15 6 (0.95%) IBM