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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 33 74
Rank change year-on-year +7 +41 -37
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 48 16 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 5.96% 5.33% 1.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.95% 22.86% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 37 15 12
10th Percentile £36,300 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £38,691
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +21.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,125 £52,813
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,050 £57,125
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +15.00% -4.76%

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 185 70 327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 22.95% 23.33% 32.83%
Number of salaries quoted 104 33 167
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £38,691
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% +3.90%
75th Percentile £68,125 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,250 £73,750
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,967 £46,550
% change year-on-year -11.71% +9.49% -3.27%

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 March 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 1 (2.08%) Camunda
1 1 (2.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Adobe XD
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.75%) AWS
1 9 (18.75%) Azure
2 8 (16.67%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 8 (16.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 7 (14.58%) GCP
4 5 (10.42%) Figma
5 4 (8.33%) Entra ID
6 3 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (6.25%) Miro
6 3 (6.25%) Power Platform
7 2 (4.17%) Google Analytics
8 1 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.08%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.25%) TCP/IP
2 2 (4.17%) DNS
3 1 (2.08%) BGP
3 1 (2.08%) BIG-IP
3 1 (2.08%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (2.08%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (2.08%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (2.08%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (2.08%) Firewall
3 1 (2.08%) ICMP
3 1 (2.08%) IPsec
3 1 (2.08%) Network Security
3 1 (2.08%) NGFW
3 1 (2.08%) OSPF
3 1 (2.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) MySQL
1 2 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.08%) Power BI
2 1 (2.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Axure RP
1 5 (10.42%) Balsamiq
2 3 (6.25%) Cypress.io
3 2 (4.17%) Git
4 1 (2.08%) Ant
4 1 (2.08%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.08%) Gradle
4 1 (2.08%) JIRA
4 1 (2.08%) JUnit
4 1 (2.08%) Maven
4 1 (2.08%) Mockito
4 1 (2.08%) Selenium
4 1 (2.08%) WebDriver
General
1 28 (58.33%) Law
2 24 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 24 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 20 (41.67%) Social Skills
4 7 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.33%) Finance
5 4 (8.33%) Marketing
5 4 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (33.33%) Developer
2 14 (29.17%) Salesforce Developer
3 7 (14.58%) Senior
4 4 (8.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 4 (8.33%) Analyst
4 4 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
4 4 (8.33%) Designer
4 4 (8.33%) Support Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Architect
5 3 (6.25%) Service Designer
6 2 (4.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 2 (4.17%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) Security Manager
6 2 (4.17%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (22.92%) .NET
2 8 (16.67%) Lightning Web Components
2 8 (16.67%) Middleware
2 8 (16.67%) REST
2 8 (16.67%) SOAP
2 8 (16.67%) Visualforce
3 3 (6.25%) CSS
3 3 (6.25%) HTML
4 2 (4.17%) RESTful
4 2 (4.17%) Spring
5 1 (2.08%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.08%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.08%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (2.08%) Bootstrap
5 1 (2.08%) Entity Framework
5 1 (2.08%) Nightwatchjs
5 1 (2.08%) Playwright
5 1 (2.08%) React
5 1 (2.08%) Spring Boot
5 1 (2.08%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Cloud Native
1 6 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.17%) Low-Code
2 2 (4.17%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.33%) Android
1 4 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (52.08%) Agile
2 24 (50.00%) Community of Practice
3 22 (45.83%) Technology Strategy
4 14 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (22.92%) DevOps
5 11 (22.92%) User Research
6 10 (20.83%) CI/CD
7 9 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (18.75%) Prototyping
8 8 (16.67%) Data Modelling
8 8 (16.67%) Mentoring
8 8 (16.67%) Service Design
8 8 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
8 8 (16.67%) User Experience
9 7 (14.58%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 6 (12.50%) Usability Testing
11 5 (10.42%) Analytical Thinking
11 5 (10.42%) Analytics
11 5 (10.42%) Collaborative Culture
11 5 (10.42%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (22.92%) Java
2 10 (20.83%) JavaScript
3 8 (16.67%) Apex Code
3 8 (16.67%) Python
4 4 (8.33%) C#
5 1 (2.08%) Go
5 1 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 24 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (4.17%) AWS Certification
3 2 (4.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (4.17%) Azure Certification
3 2 (4.17%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (2.08%) CISM
4 1 (2.08%) CISSP
4 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.08%) CRISC
4 1 (2.08%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.58%) Accessibility
2 5 (10.42%) WCAG
3 4 (8.33%) SLA
4 3 (6.25%) QA
5 1 (2.08%) COBIT
5 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (2.08%) NCSC
5 1 (2.08%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (4.17%) Docker
2 1 (2.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (8.33%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (31.25%) Salesforce
2 8 (16.67%) MuleSoft
3 6 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 5 (10.42%) Adobe
5 4 (8.33%) Apple
5 4 (8.33%) Samsung
6 3 (6.25%) Google
7 1 (2.08%) Cisco
7 1 (2.08%) Citrix
7 1 (2.08%) Computacenter
7 1 (2.08%) F5
7 1 (2.08%) Oracle
7 1 (2.08%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.08%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.08%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.08%) VMware