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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 31 72
Rank change year-on-year +7 +41 -34
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 45 15 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 6.12% 4.90% 0.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.28% 19.74% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 39 14 9
10th Percentile £38,150 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £38,691
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% +44.38% -23.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,188 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,350 £54,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +43.75% -23.81%

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 76 290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 24.22% 24.84% 31.80%
Number of salaries quoted 107 33 139
10th Percentile £43,500 £41,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% +21.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,250 £65,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £52,984 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.07% +11.54% -5.00%

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 22 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 1 (2.22%) Camunda
1 1 (2.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (11.11%) Adobe XD
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.78%) AWS
1 8 (17.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 8 (17.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 7 (15.56%) Azure
3 6 (13.33%) GCP
4 5 (11.11%) Figma
5 4 (8.89%) Entra ID
6 3 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (6.67%) Miro
6 3 (6.67%) Power Platform
7 2 (4.44%) Google Analytics
8 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.22%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 4 (8.89%) DNS
3 2 (4.44%) Firewall
4 1 (2.22%) BGP
4 1 (2.22%) BIG-IP
4 1 (2.22%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (2.22%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (2.22%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (2.22%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (2.22%) ICMP
4 1 (2.22%) IPsec
4 1 (2.22%) Network Security
4 1 (2.22%) NGFW
4 1 (2.22%) OSPF
4 1 (2.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) MySQL
1 1 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.22%) Power BI
1 1 (2.22%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (11.11%) Axure RP
1 5 (11.11%) Balsamiq
2 4 (8.89%) Cypress.io
3 2 (4.44%) Git
3 2 (4.44%) Selenium
3 2 (4.44%) WebDriver
4 1 (2.22%) Ant
4 1 (2.22%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.22%) Gradle
4 1 (2.22%) JIRA
4 1 (2.22%) JUnit
4 1 (2.22%) Maven
4 1 (2.22%) Mockito
General
1 28 (62.22%) Law
2 24 (53.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 24 (53.33%) Public Sector
3 20 (44.44%) Social Skills
4 8 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.89%) Marketing
6 3 (6.67%) Finance
6 3 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (37.78%) Developer
2 14 (31.11%) Salesforce Developer
3 4 (8.89%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 4 (8.89%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (8.89%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 4 (8.89%) Analyst
3 4 (8.89%) Designer
3 4 (8.89%) Senior
3 4 (8.89%) Support Engineer
4 3 (6.67%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 3 (6.67%) Architect
4 3 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 3 (6.67%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (6.67%) Security Manager
4 3 (6.67%) Service Designer
4 3 (6.67%) SOC Manager
5 2 (4.44%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.44%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (4.44%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (24.44%) .NET
2 8 (17.78%) Lightning Web Components
2 8 (17.78%) Middleware
2 8 (17.78%) REST
2 8 (17.78%) SOAP
2 8 (17.78%) Visualforce
3 3 (6.67%) CSS
3 3 (6.67%) HTML
4 2 (4.44%) Playwright
4 2 (4.44%) RESTful
4 2 (4.44%) Spring
5 1 (2.22%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.22%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (2.22%) Bootstrap
5 1 (2.22%) Entity Framework
5 1 (2.22%) Nightwatchjs
5 1 (2.22%) React
5 1 (2.22%) Spring Boot
5 1 (2.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) Product Ownership
2 5 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (4.44%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.44%) Low-Code
4 2 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.89%) Android
1 4 (8.89%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.22%) Linux
2 1 (2.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (55.56%) Agile
2 24 (53.33%) Community of Practice
3 22 (48.89%) Technology Strategy
4 15 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (24.44%) DevOps
6 10 (22.22%) CI/CD
6 10 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (22.22%) User Research
7 8 (17.78%) Data Modelling
7 8 (17.78%) Prototyping
7 8 (17.78%) Translating Business Requirements
7 8 (17.78%) User Experience
8 7 (15.56%) Mentoring
8 7 (15.56%) Service Design
8 7 (15.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 6 (13.33%) Usability Testing
10 5 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
10 5 (11.11%) Analytics
10 5 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (8.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 12 (26.67%) Java
2 10 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 9 (20.00%) Python
4 8 (17.78%) Apex Code
5 5 (11.11%) C#
6 1 (2.22%) Bash
6 1 (2.22%) Go
6 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 24 (53.33%) Degree
3 2 (4.44%) AWS Certification
3 2 (4.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (4.44%) Azure Certification
3 2 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.44%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (2.22%) CISM
4 1 (2.22%) CISSP
4 1 (2.22%) CRISC
4 1 (2.22%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.22%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.78%) Accessibility
2 5 (11.11%) WCAG
3 4 (8.89%) QA
3 4 (8.89%) SLA
4 1 (2.22%) COBIT
4 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (2.22%) NCSC
4 1 (2.22%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (4.44%) Docker
2 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (8.89%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (4.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 8 (17.78%) MuleSoft
3 6 (13.33%) Microsoft
4 5 (11.11%) Adobe
5 4 (8.89%) Apple
5 4 (8.89%) Samsung
6 3 (6.67%) Google
7 1 (2.22%) Cisco
7 1 (2.22%) Computacenter
7 1 (2.22%) F5
7 1 (2.22%) Oracle
7 1 (2.22%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.22%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.22%) VMware