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 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 39 52
Rank change year-on-year +20 +13 -7
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 30 12 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 7.41% 2.90% 2.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 23.44% 13.64% 8.84%
Number of salaries quoted 26 11 16
10th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,125 £40,625 £42,798
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £49,644
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -4.32% +64.07%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,125 £77,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £90,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% +35.04%

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 128 88 181
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 31.60% 21.26% 32.50%
Number of salaries quoted 68 45 109
10th Percentile £35,275 £37,750 £36,174
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,798
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £82,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £42,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -26.96% +4.55% +3.77%

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 20 November 2025.

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 (6.67%) Confluence
2 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Adobe XD
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 4 (13.33%) Figma
2 4 (13.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 4 (13.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 3 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (10.00%) Miro
4 2 (6.67%) Azure
5 1 (3.33%) AWS
5 1 (3.33%) GCP
5 1 (3.33%) Google Analytics
5 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (23.33%) DNS
1 7 (23.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (6.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Power BI
1 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (13.33%) Cypress.io
2 3 (10.00%) Axure RP
2 3 (10.00%) Balsamiq
2 3 (10.00%) Selenium
2 3 (10.00%) WebDriver
3 2 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 16 (53.33%) Law
2 12 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 11 (36.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
4 5 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (13.33%) Marketing
6 1 (3.33%) Finance
6 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Developer
2 6 (20.00%) Salesforce Developer
3 5 (16.67%) SOC Manager
4 4 (13.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Support Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Designer
5 3 (10.00%) Developer in Test
5 3 (10.00%) Security Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Software Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Senior
6 2 (6.67%) Senior Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Senior Software Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Service Designer
6 2 (6.67%) SOC Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.33%) .NET
1 4 (13.33%) Lightning Web Components
1 4 (13.33%) Middleware
1 4 (13.33%) REST
1 4 (13.33%) SOAP
1 4 (13.33%) Visualforce
2 3 (10.00%) Playwright
3 1 (3.33%) CSS
3 1 (3.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (10.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.33%) Android
1 4 (13.33%) Apple iOS
2 2 (6.67%) Linux
2 2 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Agile
2 12 (40.00%) Community of Practice
3 11 (36.67%) Technology Strategy
4 10 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (23.33%) Security Operations
7 5 (16.67%) Event Correlation
7 5 (16.67%) Incident Response
7 5 (16.67%) User Research
8 4 (13.33%) Analytics
8 4 (13.33%) DevOps
8 4 (13.33%) Mobile Device Management
8 4 (13.33%) Prototyping
8 4 (13.33%) Service Design
8 4 (13.33%) Service Management
8 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (13.33%) Test Automation
8 4 (13.33%) Translating Business Requirements
8 4 (13.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) Java
2 6 (20.00%) Python
3 5 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 4 (13.33%) Apex Code
5 3 (10.00%) C#
6 2 (6.67%) Bash
6 2 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (40.00%) Degree
3 3 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.33%) CISM
4 1 (3.33%) CISSP
4 1 (3.33%) CRISC
4 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (23.33%) Accessibility
2 4 (13.33%) QA
2 4 (13.33%) SLA
2 4 (13.33%) WCAG
3 1 (3.33%) COBIT
3 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (3.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (13.33%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
1 7 (23.33%) Salesforce
2 4 (13.33%) Apple
2 4 (13.33%) MuleSoft
2 4 (13.33%) Samsung
3 3 (10.00%) Adobe
4 1 (3.33%) Google
4 1 (3.33%) Oracle
4 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow