Security Cleared Job Trends in the Midlands

Security Clearance
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 51 38
Rank change year-on-year -3 -13 +17
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 392 269 544
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.98% 5.26% 4.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.90% 12.50% 18.71%
Number of salaries quoted 296 188 393
10th Percentile £34,250 £35,350 £25,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,438 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £77,875 £71,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -2.54%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,295 2,152 2,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 25.05% 42.06% 24.39%
Number of salaries quoted 954 779 1,866
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,125 £33,625 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% 0.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £63,250 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £83,600 £74,014 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Cleared relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

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 21 May 2026. 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 -25 276 £61,761 -4.98% 104
East Midlands +33 110 £55,000 +5.77% 41
Security Cleared
England

Security Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 25 (6.38%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.30%) SAS
3 6 (1.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (1.28%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.26%) Apache
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.26%) Appian
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.26%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.77%) SAP CO
2 3 (0.77%) SAP FI
2 3 (0.77%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (0.77%) SAP FSCM
2 3 (0.77%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.51%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.26%) C-CURE
4 1 (0.26%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.26%) Primavera
4 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.26%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 94 (23.98%) Azure
2 54 (13.78%) AWS
3 37 (9.44%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (4.59%) Entra ID
5 12 (3.06%) Azure Sentinel
6 10 (2.55%) Power Platform
7 9 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (2.30%) GCP
8 7 (1.79%) Google Workspace
9 5 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.02%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.02%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.77%) Nutanix
12 2 (0.51%) GitHub
12 2 (0.51%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.51%) IaaS
12 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.51%) Pulumi
12 2 (0.51%) Slack
12 2 (0.51%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 26 (6.63%) Firewall
2 22 (5.61%) WAN
3 16 (4.08%) VPN
4 15 (3.83%) LAN
5 13 (3.32%) Network Security
6 12 (3.06%) DNS
6 12 (3.06%) SD-WAN
7 11 (2.81%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (2.55%) VLAN
9 8 (2.04%) DHCP
10 5 (1.28%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (1.28%) Skype
11 4 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (0.77%) BGP
12 3 (0.77%) TCP/IP
13 2 (0.51%) OSPF
14 1 (0.26%) Broadband
14 1 (0.26%) DSLAM
14 1 (0.26%) MPLS
14 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.81%) SAP HANA
2 9 (2.30%) Power BI
3 5 (1.28%) GIS
4 4 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (1.02%) Big Data
4 4 (1.02%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.77%) Pentaho
6 2 (0.51%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.26%) MySQL
7 1 (0.26%) Power Query
7 1 (0.26%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (2.81%) JIRA
2 10 (2.55%) JUnit
3 9 (2.30%) Maven
3 9 (2.30%) Mockito
4 4 (1.02%) Burp Suite
4 4 (1.02%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.26%) Appium
5 1 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.26%) Selenium
5 1 (0.26%) TestNG
General
1 80 (20.41%) Social Skills
2 42 (10.71%) Finance
3 41 (10.46%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (9.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 36 (9.18%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.34%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.55%) Military
8 9 (2.30%) Electronics
9 6 (1.53%) Avionics
9 6 (1.53%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.28%) Retail
11 4 (1.02%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.02%) Front Office
11 4 (1.02%) Games
12 2 (0.51%) Legal
13 1 (0.26%) Advertising
13 1 (0.26%) Automotive
13 1 (0.26%) Law
13 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 75 (19.13%) Senior
2 68 (17.35%) Analyst
3 41 (10.46%) Security Analyst
4 33 (8.42%) IT Analyst
5 32 (8.16%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 32 (8.16%) IT Security Analyst
6 28 (7.14%) Software Engineer
7 25 (6.38%) Developer
8 24 (6.12%) Architect
9 23 (5.87%) IT Engineer
10 20 (5.10%) Network Engineer
10 20 (5.10%) Operations Manager
11 17 (4.34%) Lead
11 17 (4.34%) Senior Analyst
11 17 (4.34%) Service Manager
12 16 (4.08%) Consultant
12 16 (4.08%) Data Engineer
13 15 (3.83%) Support Engineer
14 14 (3.57%) Security Engineer
15 13 (3.32%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.81%) REST
2 10 (2.55%) React
3 7 (1.79%) Qt
3 7 (1.79%) Spring
4 4 (1.02%) Playwright
4 4 (1.02%) XML
5 3 (0.77%) RESTful
6 2 (0.51%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.51%) SAP Basis
6 2 (0.51%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (0.51%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.26%) .NET
7 1 (0.26%) Django
7 1 (0.26%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.26%) Flask
7 1 (0.26%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (0.26%) JSON
7 1 (0.26%) Material-UI
7 1 (0.26%) OLE
7 1 (0.26%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.36%) CSOC
2 19 (4.85%) Driving Licence
2 19 (4.85%) Security Posture
3 17 (4.34%) Security Operations Centre
4 14 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (3.32%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.04%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.53%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.53%) CMDB
7 6 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.53%) Operational Technology
7 6 (1.53%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.28%) Smartphone
9 4 (1.02%) Culture of Ownership
9 4 (1.02%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.02%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.02%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.02%) Insider Threat
9 4 (1.02%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (7.65%) Linux
2 25 (6.38%) Windows
3 7 (1.79%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.53%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.51%) Unix
6 1 (0.26%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (19.64%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (15.31%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (14.29%) Agile
4 52 (13.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 41 (10.46%) ITIL
6 34 (8.67%) Mentoring
7 32 (8.16%) CI/CD
8 31 (7.91%) Service Delivery
9 29 (7.40%) Software Engineering
10 27 (6.89%) SIEM
11 26 (6.63%) AI
11 26 (6.63%) Cloud Security
11 26 (6.63%) Security Operations
12 25 (6.38%) Decision-Making
13 24 (6.12%) Migration
14 23 (5.87%) ITSM
15 22 (5.61%) Scrum
16 20 (5.10%) Incident Response
17 19 (4.85%) Analytics
18 18 (4.59%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 20 (5.10%) SQL
2 18 (4.59%) Bash
2 18 (4.59%) Python
3 16 (4.08%) PowerShell
4 14 (3.57%) JavaScript
5 12 (3.06%) Java
6 10 (2.55%) C++
7 9 (2.30%) PL/SQL
8 7 (1.79%) Bicep
8 7 (1.79%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (1.79%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.28%) C
10 4 (1.02%) R
11 3 (0.77%) C#
11 3 (0.77%) Rust
12 2 (0.51%) ABAP
12 2 (0.51%) Google Apps Script
13 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.26%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 301 (76.79%) SC Cleared
2 64 (16.33%) DV Cleared
3 34 (8.67%) Degree
4 17 (4.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (3.83%) CompTIA Security+
7 10 (2.55%) DBS Check
7 10 (2.55%) SANS
8 8 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (2.04%) CTC Cleared
9 5 (1.28%) CCNA
9 5 (1.28%) CISSP
9 5 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.02%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.02%) CCNP
10 4 (1.02%) CEH
10 4 (1.02%) CREST Certified
10 4 (1.02%) GIAC
10 4 (1.02%) MCSE
10 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.85%) QA
2 18 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (2.30%) NIST
6 8 (2.04%) SLA
7 7 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 6 (1.53%) Accessibility
9 5 (1.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (1.28%) GDPR
9 5 (1.28%) PMO
10 3 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 3 (0.77%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.77%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.77%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.77%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.77%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.51%) GRC
System Software
1 21 (5.36%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.81%) Docker
3 8 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.02%) Firmware
5 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.26%) IAG
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (5.10%) Terraform
2 15 (3.83%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.79%) Ansible
5 4 (1.02%) Nmap
5 4 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.77%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.51%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 62 (15.82%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.14%) Cisco
3 19 (4.85%) SAP
4 13 (3.32%) Oracle
4 13 (3.32%) VMware
5 10 (2.55%) HP
6 7 (1.79%) Avaya
6 7 (1.79%) Dell
6 7 (1.79%) Google
6 7 (1.79%) Meraki
6 7 (1.79%) SolarWinds
6 7 (1.79%) Zscaler
7 6 (1.53%) McAfee
7 6 (1.53%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.53%) Sophos
8 5 (1.28%) Aruba
8 5 (1.28%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.28%) Juniper
8 5 (1.28%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.02%) Ariba