SC Cleared Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 36 59
Rank change year-on-year +16 +23 -19
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 47 17 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 7.41% 4.91% 1.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.66% 20.00% 4.51%
Number of salaries quoted 41 16 11
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,125 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £42,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £45,196
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +16.16% +49.37%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,063 £68,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,750 £77,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £48,848
% change year-on-year +13.04% +17.71% +61.44%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 164 85 244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 25.87% 24.57% 33.47%
Number of salaries quoted 96 42 128
10th Percentile £40,625 £36,625 £32,125
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,313 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,563 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,000 £73,625
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% +5.00%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SC Cleared relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in Milton Keynes

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 2 (4.26%) Confluence
2 1 (2.13%) Camunda
Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Adobe XD
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.15%) AWS
2 8 (17.02%) Azure
3 7 (14.89%) GCP
4 6 (12.77%) Figma
4 6 (12.77%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 6 (12.77%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 4 (8.51%) Entra ID
5 4 (8.51%) Miro
6 3 (6.38%) Power Platform
7 2 (4.26%) Google Analytics
7 2 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.13%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.02%) TCP/IP
2 7 (14.89%) DNS
3 3 (6.38%) Firewall
4 1 (2.13%) BGP
4 1 (2.13%) BIG-IP
4 1 (2.13%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (2.13%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (2.13%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (2.13%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (2.13%) ICMP
4 1 (2.13%) IPsec
4 1 (2.13%) Network Security
4 1 (2.13%) NGFW
4 1 (2.13%) OSPF
4 1 (2.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) MySQL
1 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.13%) Power BI
1 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Axure RP
1 5 (10.64%) Balsamiq
1 5 (10.64%) Cypress.io
2 3 (6.38%) Selenium
2 3 (6.38%) WebDriver
3 2 (4.26%) Git
3 2 (4.26%) JIRA
4 1 (2.13%) Ant
4 1 (2.13%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.13%) Gradle
4 1 (2.13%) JUnit
4 1 (2.13%) Maven
4 1 (2.13%) Mockito
General
1 29 (61.70%) Law
2 25 (53.19%) Public Sector
3 24 (51.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (40.43%) Social Skills
5 9 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (8.51%) Finance
6 4 (8.51%) Marketing
6 4 (8.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (31.91%) Developer
2 11 (23.40%) Salesforce Developer
3 5 (10.64%) Designer
3 5 (10.64%) Senior
3 5 (10.64%) SOC Manager
4 4 (8.51%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (8.51%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Analyst
4 4 (8.51%) Delivery Manager
4 4 (8.51%) Support Engineer
5 3 (6.38%) Agile Delivery Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Architect
5 3 (6.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Developer in Test
5 3 (6.38%) Security Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Service Designer
5 3 (6.38%) Software Developer
6 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (19.15%) .NET
2 6 (12.77%) Lightning Web Components
2 6 (12.77%) Middleware
2 6 (12.77%) REST
2 6 (12.77%) SOAP
2 6 (12.77%) Visualforce
3 3 (6.38%) CSS
3 3 (6.38%) HTML
3 3 (6.38%) Playwright
4 2 (4.26%) RESTful
4 2 (4.26%) Spring
5 1 (2.13%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.13%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (2.13%) Bootstrap
5 1 (2.13%) Entity Framework
5 1 (2.13%) Nightwatchjs
5 1 (2.13%) React
5 1 (2.13%) Spring Boot
5 1 (2.13%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Cloud Native
1 6 (12.77%) Product Ownership
2 5 (10.64%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (4.26%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.26%) Low-Code
5 1 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.51%) Android
1 4 (8.51%) Apple iOS
2 2 (4.26%) Linux
2 2 (4.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (55.32%) Agile
2 25 (53.19%) Community of Practice
3 23 (48.94%) Technology Strategy
4 18 (38.30%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (25.53%) User Research
6 9 (19.15%) DevOps
6 9 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (19.15%) Prototyping
6 9 (19.15%) Service Design
6 9 (19.15%) User Experience
7 8 (17.02%) CI/CD
7 8 (17.02%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (17.02%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 7 (14.89%) Mentoring
8 7 (14.89%) Security Operations
8 7 (14.89%) Usability Testing
9 6 (12.77%) Analytics
9 6 (12.77%) Data Modelling
9 6 (12.77%) Translating Business Requirements
10 5 (10.64%) Analytical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.40%) Java
2 8 (17.02%) JavaScript
2 8 (17.02%) Python
3 6 (12.77%) Apex Code
3 6 (12.77%) C#
4 2 (4.26%) Bash
4 2 (4.26%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.13%) Go
5 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 25 (53.19%) Degree
3 3 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.26%) AWS Certification
4 2 (4.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (4.26%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.26%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (2.13%) CISM
5 1 (2.13%) CISSP
5 1 (2.13%) CRISC
5 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (21.28%) Accessibility
2 6 (12.77%) QA
2 6 (12.77%) WCAG
3 4 (8.51%) SLA
4 1 (2.13%) COBIT
4 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (2.13%) NCSC
4 1 (2.13%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Docker
2 1 (2.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (8.51%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (4.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (25.53%) Salesforce
2 7 (14.89%) Microsoft
3 6 (12.77%) MuleSoft
4 5 (10.64%) Adobe
5 4 (8.51%) Apple
5 4 (8.51%) Samsung
6 3 (6.38%) Google
7 1 (2.13%) Cisco
7 1 (2.13%) Computacenter
7 1 (2.13%) F5
7 1 (2.13%) Oracle
7 1 (2.13%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.13%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.13%) VMware