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 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 41 43
Rank change year-on-year +22 +2 +14
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 24 9 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 7.89% 2.26% 3.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.62% 12.33% 10.17%
Number of salaries quoted 20 8 18
10th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £42,034
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,063 £42,574
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,750 £46,787
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% +14.88% +51.13%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £75,075 £73,875 £90,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £60,000 £58,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.13% +11.90% +38.46%

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 111 73 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 36.51% 18.30% 32.66%
Number of salaries quoted 48 42 110
10th Percentile £30,750 £36,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,688 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £48,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -7.14% -0.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £71,125 £71,125 £77,750
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.64% - -

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 21 October 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 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.17%) Confluence
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Sage 200
1 1 (4.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 3 (12.50%) AWS
3 3 (12.50%) Azure
4 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (4.17%) Figma
4 1 (4.17%) GCP
4 1 (4.17%) Miro
4 1 (4.17%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.17%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (29.17%) DNS
1 7 (29.17%) TCP/IP
2 2 (8.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.33%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (8.33%) MongoDB
2 2 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Cypress.io
1 3 (12.50%) Selenium
1 3 (12.50%) WebDriver
2 2 (8.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 10 (41.67%) Law
2 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 6 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 5 (20.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (16.67%) Marketing
6 2 (8.33%) Finance
7 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) SOC Manager
2 4 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Developer
2 4 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Developer in Test
3 3 (12.50%) Security Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Software Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.33%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.33%) IT Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Platform Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Power Platform Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Software Developer
4 2 (8.33%) SOC Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) Playwright
1 3 (12.50%) REST
2 2 (8.33%) ActiveMQ
2 2 (8.33%) Kafka
2 2 (8.33%) React
2 2 (8.33%) Spring Boot
3 1 (4.17%) .NET
3 1 (4.17%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (4.17%) Middleware
3 1 (4.17%) SOAP
3 1 (4.17%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (12.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (8.33%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Android
1 4 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 2 (8.33%) Linux
2 2 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (29.17%) Agile
3 7 (29.17%) Security Operations
4 6 (25.00%) Community of Practice
4 6 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
5 5 (20.83%) Event Correlation
5 5 (20.83%) Incident Response
6 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 4 (16.67%) Configuration Management
6 4 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (16.67%) Service Management
7 3 (12.50%) Project Management
7 3 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (12.50%) Software Testing
7 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (12.50%) Test Automation
7 3 (12.50%) Test Scripting
7 3 (12.50%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) Java
2 3 (12.50%) C#
2 3 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 3 (12.50%) Python
3 2 (8.33%) Bash
3 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.33%) TypeScript
4 1 (4.17%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (29.17%) Degree
3 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (4.17%) CISM
5 1 (4.17%) CISSP
5 1 (4.17%) CRISC
5 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 4 (16.67%) QA
1 4 (16.67%) SLA
2 1 (4.17%) COBIT
2 1 (4.17%) ISO 22301
2 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (4.17%) NIST
2 1 (4.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (8.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) Apple
2 4 (16.67%) Samsung
3 2 (8.33%) Salesforce
3 2 (8.33%) WSO2
4 1 (4.17%) Concur
4 1 (4.17%) HubSpot
4 1 (4.17%) MuleSoft
4 1 (4.17%) Oracle
4 1 (4.17%) Sage
4 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow