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 8 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 34 63
Rank change year-on-year +10 +29 -23
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 49 17 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 6.90% 5.09% 0.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.53% 19.77% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 42 16 8
10th Percentile £40,500 £38,125 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £38,691
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £39,685
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +32.29% -4.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,063 £59,688
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,750 £77,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £62,543 £56,250 £39,685
% change year-on-year +11.19% +41.74% -4.09%

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 178 86 285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 25.07% 25.75% 31.84%
Number of salaries quoted 106 41 137
10th Percentile £41,125 £36,250 £30,300
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,188 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £69,250
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -

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 8 February 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 (4.08%) Confluence
2 1 (2.04%) Camunda
Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Adobe XD
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.37%) AWS
2 8 (16.33%) Azure
3 7 (14.29%) GCP
3 7 (14.29%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 7 (14.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 6 (12.24%) Figma
5 4 (8.16%) Entra ID
5 4 (8.16%) Miro
6 3 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (6.12%) Power Platform
7 2 (4.08%) Google Analytics
8 1 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.04%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.33%) TCP/IP
2 7 (14.29%) DNS
3 3 (6.12%) Firewall
4 1 (2.04%) BGP
4 1 (2.04%) BIG-IP
4 1 (2.04%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (2.04%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (2.04%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (2.04%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (2.04%) ICMP
4 1 (2.04%) IPsec
4 1 (2.04%) Network Security
4 1 (2.04%) NGFW
4 1 (2.04%) OSPF
4 1 (2.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) MySQL
1 1 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.04%) Power BI
1 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Axure RP
1 5 (10.20%) Balsamiq
2 4 (8.16%) Cypress.io
3 2 (4.08%) Git
3 2 (4.08%) JIRA
3 2 (4.08%) Selenium
3 2 (4.08%) WebDriver
4 1 (2.04%) Ant
4 1 (2.04%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.04%) Gradle
4 1 (2.04%) JUnit
4 1 (2.04%) Maven
4 1 (2.04%) Mockito
General
1 29 (59.18%) Law
2 25 (51.02%) Public Sector
3 24 (48.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (40.82%) Social Skills
5 8 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (8.16%) Finance
6 4 (8.16%) Marketing
6 4 (8.16%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (32.65%) Developer
2 13 (26.53%) Salesforce Developer
3 5 (10.20%) Designer
3 5 (10.20%) SOC Manager
4 4 (8.16%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (8.16%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Analyst
4 4 (8.16%) Delivery Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Senior
4 4 (8.16%) Support Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Agile Delivery Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Architect
5 3 (6.12%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Security Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Service Designer
6 2 (4.08%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Developer in Test
6 2 (4.08%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (20.41%) .NET
2 7 (14.29%) Lightning Web Components
2 7 (14.29%) Middleware
2 7 (14.29%) REST
2 7 (14.29%) SOAP
2 7 (14.29%) Visualforce
3 3 (6.12%) CSS
3 3 (6.12%) HTML
4 2 (4.08%) Playwright
4 2 (4.08%) RESTful
4 2 (4.08%) Spring
5 1 (2.04%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.04%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.04%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (2.04%) Bootstrap
5 1 (2.04%) Nightwatchjs
5 1 (2.04%) React
5 1 (2.04%) Spring Boot
5 1 (2.04%) Spring MVC
5 1 (2.04%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Cloud Native
1 6 (12.24%) Product Ownership
2 5 (10.20%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.08%) Low-Code
3 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.16%) Android
1 4 (8.16%) Apple iOS
2 2 (4.08%) Linux
2 2 (4.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (53.06%) Agile
2 25 (51.02%) Community of Practice
3 23 (46.94%) Technology Strategy
4 18 (36.73%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (24.49%) User Research
6 10 (20.41%) DevOps
7 9 (18.37%) CI/CD
7 9 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (18.37%) Prototyping
7 9 (18.37%) Service Design
7 9 (18.37%) User Experience
8 8 (16.33%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (16.33%) Mentoring
8 8 (16.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 7 (14.29%) Data Modelling
9 7 (14.29%) Security Operations
9 7 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
9 7 (14.29%) Usability Testing
10 6 (12.24%) Analytics
11 5 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (22.45%) Java
2 9 (18.37%) JavaScript
2 9 (18.37%) Python
3 7 (14.29%) Apex Code
4 5 (10.20%) C#
5 2 (4.08%) Bash
5 2 (4.08%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.04%) Go
6 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 25 (51.02%) Degree
3 2 (4.08%) AWS Certification
3 2 (4.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (4.08%) Azure Certification
3 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.08%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (2.04%) CISM
4 1 (2.04%) CISSP
4 1 (2.04%) CRISC
4 1 (2.04%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.04%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (18.37%) Accessibility
2 6 (12.24%) WCAG
3 5 (10.20%) QA
4 4 (8.16%) SLA
5 1 (2.04%) COBIT
5 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (2.04%) NCSC
5 1 (2.04%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Docker
2 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (8.16%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (4.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (28.57%) Salesforce
2 8 (16.33%) Microsoft
3 7 (14.29%) MuleSoft
4 5 (10.20%) Adobe
5 4 (8.16%) Apple
5 4 (8.16%) Samsung
6 3 (6.12%) Google
7 1 (2.04%) Cisco
7 1 (2.04%) Computacenter
7 1 (2.04%) F5
7 1 (2.04%) Oracle
7 1 (2.04%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.04%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.04%) VMware