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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 35 57
Rank change year-on-year +1 +22 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 627 665 513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.38% 6.91% 4.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.88% 17.39% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 403 322 206
10th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,000 £38,624
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £78,125
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,168
% change year-on-year - +4.23% +0.30%

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 2,865 3,823 3,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.59% 39.73% 30.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,854 1,285 1,668
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,350 £25,745
25th Percentile £31,750 £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 £75,040
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 26 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 26 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 +19 425 £55,000 -4.35% 117
East Midlands -17 202 £44,500 -15.24% 38
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 34 (5.42%) IIS
2 29 (4.63%) ArcGIS
3 28 (4.47%) GeoServer
4 8 (1.28%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.80%) Confluence
6 4 (0.64%) Appian
6 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.64%) Office Communications Server
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%) Apache
8 2 (0.32%) JBoss
8 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Fuse
8 2 (0.32%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.16%) nginx
Applications
1 54 (8.61%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (6.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (6.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.96%) Simulink
6 5 (0.80%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.80%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.64%) EPLAN
7 4 (0.64%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (0.96%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (0.80%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.48%) Maximo
3 3 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.32%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.32%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (0.32%) SAP MDG
4 2 (0.32%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.16%) CA PPM
5 1 (0.16%) SAP Business ByDesign
5 1 (0.16%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 155 (24.72%) Azure
2 95 (15.15%) AWS
3 27 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (3.03%) 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 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (1.28%) IaaS
10 8 (1.28%) Power Platform
11 7 (1.12%) GCP
12 6 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (0.96%) Miro
13 5 (0.80%) dbt
14 4 (0.64%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (0.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 75 (11.96%) WAN
2 53 (8.45%) Firewall
3 31 (4.94%) MPLS
3 31 (4.94%) SD-WAN
4 29 (4.63%) IPsec
5 25 (3.99%) Wi-Fi
6 20 (3.19%) Wireless
7 19 (3.03%) DNS
8 16 (2.55%) 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 (1.12%) VLAN
13 6 (0.96%) 5G
13 6 (0.96%) LAN
14 5 (0.80%) 802.11
14 5 (0.80%) VSAN
14 5 (0.80%) Wireshark
15 4 (0.64%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (7.66%) SQL Server
2 34 (5.42%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (4.94%) GIS
4 28 (4.47%) QGIS
5 13 (2.07%) NoSQL
6 11 (1.75%) Oracle Database
7 6 (0.96%) MySQL
7 6 (0.96%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.80%) Power BI
8 5 (0.80%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.48%) DB2
10 3 (0.48%) Geospatial Data
10 3 (0.48%) Oracle Database 12c
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 (3.19%) GitLab
2 16 (2.55%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (1.75%) JIRA
4 8 (1.28%) 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 (30.62%) Social Skills
2 92 (14.67%) Public Sector
3 68 (10.85%) Finance
4 54 (8.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (4.47%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (4.31%) Retail
7 26 (4.15%) Influencing Skills
7 26 (4.15%) Manufacturing
8 25 (3.99%) Games
9 21 (3.35%) Telecoms
10 20 (3.19%) Police
11 18 (2.87%) Military
12 16 (2.55%) Analytical Skills
13 11 (1.75%) Electronics
14 8 (1.28%) Local Government
15 6 (0.96%) Banking
15 6 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.64%) Legal
18 3 (0.48%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 96 (15.31%) Senior
2 73 (11.64%) Architect
3 61 (9.73%) Network Engineer
4 49 (7.81%) Systems Engineer
5 47 (7.50%) Lead
5 47 (7.50%) Project Manager
6 43 (6.86%) Software Engineer
7 39 (6.22%) Solutions Architect
8 36 (5.74%) Consultant
9 33 (5.26%) Developer
10 28 (4.47%) Analyst
11 25 (3.99%) Graduate
11 25 (3.99%) Graduate Consultant
11 25 (3.99%) Research Consultant
11 25 (3.99%) Resource Consultant
12 24 (3.83%) Senior Software Engineer
13 17 (2.71%) Security Architect
13 17 (2.71%) Senior Systems Engineer
14 13 (2.07%) WAN Engineer
15 12 (1.91%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (6.22%) React
2 36 (5.74%) .NET
3 28 (4.47%) Leaflet
3 28 (4.47%) OpenLayers
3 28 (4.47%) PostGIS
4 26 (4.15%) .NET Core
4 26 (4.15%) CSS
5 21 (3.35%) REST
6 19 (3.03%) WebRTC
7 16 (2.55%) 802.1X
8 12 (1.91%) RESTful
9 11 (1.75%) SOAP
10 10 (1.59%) HTML
11 8 (1.28%) ARM Templates
11 8 (1.28%) Azure Blueprints
12 6 (0.96%) AngularJS
12 6 (0.96%) Django
12 6 (0.96%) Node.js
12 6 (0.96%) Web Services
12 6 (0.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 73 (11.64%) Driving Licence
2 57 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 35 (5.58%) Clustering
4 23 (3.67%) Virtual Team
5 21 (3.35%) Public Cloud
6 16 (2.55%) Private Cloud
7 14 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (1.91%) Security Operations Centre
9 11 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.59%) Onboarding
10 10 (1.59%) PKI
11 9 (1.44%) Data Centre
12 8 (1.28%) Operational Technology
13 6 (0.96%) CMDB
14 5 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
15 4 (0.64%) Cloud Native
15 4 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
15 4 (0.64%) IoT
15 4 (0.64%) Low-Code
16 3 (0.48%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 66 (10.53%) Windows
2 33 (5.26%) Linux
3 24 (3.83%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.59%) Unix
5 5 (0.80%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.48%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (0.48%) zOS
8 2 (0.32%) Solaris
8 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.16%) VMS
9 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (21.37%) Agile
2 120 (19.14%) Cybersecurity
3 118 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (15.15%) Actionable Insight
5 80 (12.76%) Project Management
5 80 (12.76%) Software Engineering
6 76 (12.12%) DevOps
7 70 (11.16%) Mentoring
8 59 (9.41%) Customer Service
9 50 (7.97%) Systems Engineering
10 44 (7.02%) ITIL
11 41 (6.54%) Customer Requirements
11 41 (6.54%) Project Delivery
12 40 (6.38%) Incident Response
13 38 (6.06%) Data Collection
13 38 (6.06%) Validation
14 35 (5.58%) High Availability
15 34 (5.42%) CI/CD
16 33 (5.26%) Risk Management
16 33 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (9.73%) JavaScript
2 54 (8.61%) Python
3 41 (6.54%) SQL
4 39 (6.22%) Java
5 26 (4.15%) C#
6 19 (3.03%) TypeScript
7 17 (2.71%) MATLAB
8 16 (2.55%) PowerShell
9 10 (1.59%) C++
10 7 (1.12%) C
11 3 (0.48%) Groovy
11 3 (0.48%) Rust
12 2 (0.32%) Bash
12 2 (0.32%) PHP
12 2 (0.32%) R
12 2 (0.32%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.16%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.16%) SAPscript
13 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 387 (61.72%) SC Cleared
2 98 (15.63%) Degree
3 42 (6.70%) DV Cleared
4 29 (4.63%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (4.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 24 (3.83%) CCNA
7 20 (3.19%) CCNP
8 15 (2.39%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.91%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.28%) CCSA
11 8 (1.28%) HND
12 7 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (0.96%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.96%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (0.80%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.80%) MCSA
15 4 (0.64%) A+ Certification
15 4 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (7.50%) ISO 9001
2 46 (7.34%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 46 (7.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (3.03%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.87%) SLA
6 13 (2.07%) Def Stans
6 13 (2.07%) PCI DSS
7 12 (1.91%) NCSC
8 9 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (0.96%) QA
11 5 (0.80%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.80%) 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 (5.58%) Active Directory
2 31 (4.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (3.19%) VMware NSX
4 15 (2.39%) Docker
5 13 (2.07%) KVM
6 9 (1.44%) vSphere
7 8 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.80%) Firmware
9 4 (0.64%) Hyper-V
10 3 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
10 3 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 46 (7.34%) EnCase
2 14 (2.23%) SCCM
3 12 (1.91%) Terraform
4 11 (1.75%) Kubernetes
5 10 (1.59%) Ansible
6 8 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.80%) 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
1 144 (22.97%) Microsoft
2 55 (8.77%) Cisco
3 53 (8.45%) VMware
4 46 (7.34%) Juniper
5 28 (4.47%) ESRI
6 24 (3.83%) CheckPoint
7 23 (3.67%) IFS
8 21 (3.35%) Dell
8 21 (3.35%) Oracle
9 16 (2.55%) Workday
10 12 (1.91%) Aruba
10 12 (1.91%) Meraki
11 10 (1.59%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.44%) Fortinet
13 8 (1.28%) Cellebrite
14 7 (1.12%) EMC
14 7 (1.12%) HP
14 7 (1.12%) NEC
14 7 (1.12%) SAP
15 6 (0.96%) IBM