SC Cleared Job Trends in Newport

Security Check (SC) Clearance
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Newport with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 10 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -6
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 27 6 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Newport 15.25% 9.52% 15.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.86% 14.29% 37.04%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 8
10th Percentile £53,750 £44,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,750 £55,688 £42,894
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £94,250 £52,517
Median % change year-on-year -23.61% +79.46% +5.03%
75th Percentile £76,000 £107,500 £72,969
90th Percentile £76,233 - £74,539
South Wales median annual salary £73,801 £62,215 £57,291
% change year-on-year +18.62% +8.60% +17.52%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Newport

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 Newport.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 63 42 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 35.59% 66.67% 41.54%
Number of salaries quoted 17 35 24
10th Percentile £28,400 £36,900 £33,082
25th Percentile £40,750 £42,000 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £46,780
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +17.57% -10.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £63,500 £63,125
90th Percentile £90,420 £89,850 £73,813
South Wales median annual salary £56,631 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.97% +15.79% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SC Cleared relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Newport.

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Newport

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in Newport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in Newport

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Newport over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in Newport

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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 12 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (51.85%) Azure
3 4 (14.81%) Google Workspace
3 4 (14.81%) SurveyMonkey
4 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (44.44%) DHCP
1 12 (44.44%) DNS
2 4 (14.81%) Bluetooth
2 4 (14.81%) Firewall
2 4 (14.81%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (14.81%) Modbus
2 4 (14.81%) Network Security
2 4 (14.81%) TCP/IP
2 4 (14.81%) VLAN
2 4 (14.81%) Wireshark
2 4 (14.81%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (44.44%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Burp Suite
1 4 (14.81%) Metasploit
2 2 (7.41%) Selenium
2 2 (7.41%) SpecFlow
2 2 (7.41%) WebDriver
3 1 (3.70%) Git
General
1 16 (59.26%) Social Skills
2 13 (48.15%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Aerospace
3 4 (14.81%) Law
3 4 (14.81%) Manufacturing
4 3 (11.11%) Back Office
5 1 (3.70%) Finance
5 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) Desktop Support
2 3 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) Site Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Analyst
3 2 (7.41%) Architect
3 2 (7.41%) Automation Tester
3 2 (7.41%) Tester
4 1 (3.70%) Business Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) C# Software Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Compliance Manager
4 1 (3.70%) IT Governance Manager
4 1 (3.70%) IT Manager
4 1 (3.70%) IT Risk Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (3.70%) Risk Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Security Architect
4 1 (3.70%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) REST
1 2 (7.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (44.44%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (22.22%) Operational Technology
3 5 (18.52%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (14.81%) CAN bus
4 4 (14.81%) IoT
4 4 (14.81%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 16 (59.26%) Linux
2 15 (55.56%) Windows
3 12 (44.44%) Windows Server
3 12 (44.44%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (14.81%) Android
4 4 (14.81%) Kali Linux
4 4 (14.81%) Ubuntu
5 3 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 15 (55.56%) Customer Experience
2 15 (55.56%) Customer Service
3 14 (51.85%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (48.15%) Migration
5 12 (44.44%) Email Filtering
5 12 (44.44%) Kalman Filter
5 12 (44.44%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 12 (44.44%) Web Filtering
6 9 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (22.22%) AI
7 6 (22.22%) Machine Learning
7 6 (22.22%) Risk Management
7 6 (22.22%) User Experience
8 5 (18.52%) Security Architecture
9 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
9 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (14.81%) Ergonomics
9 4 (14.81%) Human Factors
9 4 (14.81%) Psychology
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) Python
2 4 (14.81%) C++
2 4 (14.81%) Java
2 4 (14.81%) R
2 4 (14.81%) Rust
3 2 (7.41%) SQL
4 1 (3.70%) C#
Qualifications
1 27 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (25.93%) Degree
3 4 (14.81%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (14.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (11.11%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (44.44%) Cyber Essentials
1 12 (44.44%) PCI DSS
2 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (11.11%) NIST
2 3 (11.11%) SLA
3 1 (3.70%) GRC
3 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 12 (44.44%) Active Directory
1 12 (44.44%) Hyper-V
1 12 (44.44%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Nessus
1 4 (14.81%) Nmap
2 1 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (59.26%) Microsoft
1 16 (59.26%) Splunk
2 12 (44.44%) Brocade
2 12 (44.44%) Nimble Storage
2 12 (44.44%) SolarWinds
2 12 (44.44%) Tanium
2 12 (44.44%) Veeam
2 12 (44.44%) VMware
3 7 (25.93%) Cisco
4 4 (14.81%) Google
4 4 (14.81%) Qualtrics
4 4 (14.81%) Red Hat