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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 24 46
Rank change year-on-year 0 +22 +2
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 69 13 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 5.59% 5.00% 2.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.14% 16.88% 8.39%
Number of salaries quoted 39 11 12
10th Percentile £41,250 £48,000 £37,625
25th Percentile £51,250 £49,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £51,875
90th Percentile £93,250 £75,750 £57,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -9.09%

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 264 77 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 21.39% 29.62% 24.92%
Number of salaries quoted 128 29 114
10th Percentile £37,000 £27,000 £36,400
25th Percentile £51,250 £43,750 £42,532
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £79,063 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £88,350 £75,150 £70,875
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £55,000 £42,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +30.95% -6.67% -7.68%

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 23 August 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 (1.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.90%) UserZoom
2 1 (1.45%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 27 (39.13%) Azure
2 13 (18.84%) AWS
2 13 (18.84%) Azure Sentinel
3 10 (14.49%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (11.59%) GCP
5 7 (10.14%) Google Analytics
6 6 (8.70%) Cloudflare
6 6 (8.70%) Entra ID
7 5 (7.25%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (7.25%) Power Platform
8 4 (5.80%) GitHub
8 4 (5.80%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.45%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 14 (20.29%) DNS
2 8 (11.59%) SSL
3 6 (8.70%) Firewall
3 6 (8.70%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.45%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.25%) MySQL
1 5 (7.25%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (7.25%) Power BI
2 4 (5.80%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.90%) Metadata
4 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Jenkins
2 3 (4.35%) JUnit
3 1 (1.45%) Axure RP
3 1 (1.45%) Balsamiq
3 1 (1.45%) GitLab
3 1 (1.45%) JIRA
3 1 (1.45%) Storybook
General
1 27 (39.13%) Public Sector
2 22 (31.88%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (17.39%) Social Skills
4 11 (15.94%) Law
5 9 (13.04%) Finance
5 9 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.80%) Marketing
6 4 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (5.80%) Public Speaking
7 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.90%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (23.19%) Analyst
2 11 (15.94%) Software Engineer
3 10 (14.49%) Senior
4 8 (11.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 8 (11.59%) Security Analyst
4 8 (11.59%) SOC Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 7 (10.14%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) Incident Analyst
6 6 (8.70%) Lead
6 6 (8.70%) Security Incident Analyst
6 6 (8.70%) SOC Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Architect
7 5 (7.25%) Lead Software Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Senior Software Engineer
7 5 (7.25%) Software Team Leader
7 5 (7.25%) Team Leader
7 5 (7.25%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.14%) CSS
1 7 (10.14%) HTML
2 4 (5.80%) React
2 4 (5.80%) Spring Boot
3 3 (4.35%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.39%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (8.70%) CSOC
2 6 (8.70%) Cyber Defence
3 5 (7.25%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (5.80%) Hackathon
4 4 (5.80%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.35%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.90%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.90%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.45%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.45%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.45%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (26.09%) Linux
2 17 (24.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (31.88%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (27.54%) Analytics
2 19 (27.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 18 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (20.29%) Security Operations
5 13 (18.84%) Technology Strategy
6 12 (17.39%) Agile
6 12 (17.39%) SIEM
6 12 (17.39%) Software Engineering
7 11 (15.94%) Community of Practice
7 11 (15.94%) Service Design
8 10 (14.49%) AI
8 10 (14.49%) ITIL
9 9 (13.04%) Decision-Making
10 8 (11.59%) Project Delivery
10 8 (11.59%) Service Management
10 8 (11.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (10.14%) Actionable Insight
11 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (23.19%) Python
2 14 (20.29%) PowerShell
3 7 (10.14%) C#
3 7 (10.14%) JavaScript
4 6 (8.70%) Bash
5 5 (7.25%) Kusto Query Language
5 5 (7.25%) SQL
6 4 (5.80%) Java
6 4 (5.80%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.90%) Go
Qualifications
1 69 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (18.84%) CompTIA Security+
3 12 (17.39%) Degree
4 6 (8.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 5 (7.25%) CCNA CyberOps
5 5 (7.25%) CEH
5 5 (7.25%) CISSP
5 5 (7.25%) CompTIA CySA+
5 5 (7.25%) GCIA
5 5 (7.25%) GIAC
6 2 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.45%) ISEB
7 1 (1.45%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.25%) ISO 9001
2 4 (5.80%) Accessibility
3 3 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.35%) WCAG
4 2 (2.90%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (2.90%) ISO 22301
4 2 (2.90%) SLA
5 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (1.45%) QA
5 1 (1.45%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 7 (10.14%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.80%) Docker
3 1 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (10.14%) Graylog
Vendors
1 23 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.14%) Google
3 5 (7.25%) Cisco
3 5 (7.25%) Fortinet
4 2 (2.90%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.90%) Splunk
5 1 (1.45%) Adobe
5 1 (1.45%) Citrix