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 9 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 29 60
Rank change year-on-year -7 +31 -2
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 50 7 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 4.36% 2.92% 2.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.76% 11.29% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 30 6 18
10th Percentile £40,875 £48,000 £38,691
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,813 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +17.50% -16.67%
75th Percentile £74,063 £73,688 £52,500
90th Percentile £93,425 £79,125 £57,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -16.67%

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 253 62 247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 22.08% 25.83% 27.02%
Number of salaries quoted 126 21 172
10th Percentile £37,000 £27,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £51,438 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £76,250 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £89,750 £75,750 £70,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £55,000 £42,000 £44,309
% change year-on-year +30.95% -5.21% -15.60%

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 9 July 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (44.00%) Azure
2 9 (18.00%) AWS
2 9 (18.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 7 (14.00%) GCP
3 7 (14.00%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (12.00%) Power Platform
5 5 (10.00%) Cloudflare
5 5 (10.00%) Entra ID
6 4 (8.00%) Google Analytics
7 2 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (4.00%) GitHub
7 2 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (4.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 2 (4.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (20.00%) DNS
2 7 (14.00%) SSL
3 3 (6.00%) Firewall
3 3 (6.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.00%) Power BI
2 3 (6.00%) MySQL
2 3 (6.00%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (4.00%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.00%) Metadata
4 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) JUnit
2 2 (4.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.00%) Storybook
General
1 17 (34.00%) Analytical Skills
1 17 (34.00%) Public Sector
2 12 (24.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 12 (24.00%) Law
2 12 (24.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.00%) Finance
4 2 (4.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (4.00%) Retail
5 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (30.00%) Analyst
2 8 (16.00%) Senior
2 8 (16.00%) Software Engineer
3 7 (14.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 7 (14.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (14.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 7 (14.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (14.00%) Security Analyst
3 7 (14.00%) SOC Analyst
4 6 (12.00%) Azure Engineer
4 6 (12.00%) Incident Analyst
4 6 (12.00%) Security Incident Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) Lead
5 5 (10.00%) Lead Software Engineer
5 5 (10.00%) Software Team Leader
5 5 (10.00%) Team Leader
6 4 (8.00%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (8.00%) Performance Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) Salesforce Developer
7 3 (6.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.00%) .NET
2 2 (4.00%) CSS
2 2 (4.00%) HTML
2 2 (4.00%) Lightning Web Components
2 2 (4.00%) Middleware
2 2 (4.00%) React
2 2 (4.00%) REST
2 2 (4.00%) SOAP
2 2 (4.00%) Spring Boot
2 2 (4.00%) Visualforce
3 1 (2.00%) RESTful
3 1 (2.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (6.00%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.00%) CSOC
4 2 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.00%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.00%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.00%) Low-Code
5 1 (2.00%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 13 (26.00%) Linux
1 13 (26.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 14 (28.00%) Analytics
3 13 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (24.00%) Community of Practice
4 12 (24.00%) Technology Strategy
5 11 (22.00%) Agile
5 11 (22.00%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (20.00%) Security Operations
7 9 (18.00%) ITIL
7 9 (18.00%) Software Engineering
8 8 (16.00%) SIEM
9 7 (14.00%) Decision-Making
9 7 (14.00%) DevOps
9 7 (14.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (14.00%) Service Management
10 6 (12.00%) CI/CD
10 6 (12.00%) Service Design
11 5 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 4 (8.00%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (26.00%) Python
2 10 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 5 (10.00%) Java
3 5 (10.00%) SQL
4 4 (8.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (6.00%) Bash
5 3 (6.00%) C#
6 2 (4.00%) Apex Code
6 2 (4.00%) Go
6 2 (4.00%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (4.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (24.00%) Degree
3 9 (18.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (4.00%) CCNA CyberOps
5 2 (4.00%) CEH
5 2 (4.00%) CISSP
5 2 (4.00%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (4.00%) GCIA
5 2 (4.00%) GIAC
6 1 (2.00%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (2.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.00%) ISO 9001
2 2 (4.00%) ISO 22301
2 2 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.00%) SLA
3 1 (2.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.00%) QA
System Software
1 6 (12.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.00%) Docker
3 1 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (12.00%) Graylog
Vendors
1 16 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.00%) Google
3 3 (6.00%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.00%) Cisco
4 2 (4.00%) Fortinet
4 2 (4.00%) MuleSoft
4 2 (4.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.00%) Splunk
5 1 (2.00%) Citrix