SC Cleared Job Trends in the North of England

Security Check (SC) Clearance
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 166 106
Rank change year-on-year +103 -60 -1
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 506 166 334
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.38% 1.74% 2.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.19% 4.34% 10.52%
Number of salaries quoted 427 131 261
10th Percentile £45,000 £32,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £46,713
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% +5.45% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,312 £74,258 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +9.09% -12.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,331 3,822 3,174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.69% 40.14% 20.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,711 1,229 1,943
10th Percentile £29,250 £25,496 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,267 £33,250 £35,321
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,242 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £88,148 £76,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in the North of England

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 July 2026.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in the North of England

SC Cleared
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the North of England region over the 6 months to 27 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +105 274 £67,500 +3.85% 113
Yorkshire +5 130 £65,000 +36.84% 53
North East +19 102 £60,000 -10.70% 44
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 21 (4.15%) Apache Spark
2 16 (3.16%) Apache
3 13 (2.57%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.57%) Jupyter
4 11 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.78%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.59%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.40%) Confluence
8 1 (0.20%) CMS
8 1 (0.20%) JBoss
8 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.79%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 139 (27.47%) AWS
2 84 (16.60%) Azure
3 35 (6.92%) GitHub
4 31 (6.13%) Amazon S3
5 30 (5.93%) AWS CloudFormation
6 26 (5.14%) Serverless
7 21 (4.15%) Amazon ECR
8 20 (3.95%) Amazon EC2
9 19 (3.75%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (3.56%) Power Platform
11 17 (3.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 17 (3.36%) Amazon EMR
11 17 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
12 14 (2.77%) Amazon ECS
13 13 (2.57%) GCP
14 12 (2.37%) Amazon EKS
14 12 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
14 12 (2.37%) SaaS
15 9 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.36%) Network Security
2 13 (2.57%) Firewall
3 11 (2.17%) DNS
4 10 (1.98%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.78%) SAN
6 8 (1.58%) Cisco Firepower
6 8 (1.58%) DHCP
6 8 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (1.19%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (1.19%) VLAN
7 6 (1.19%) WAN
8 5 (0.99%) LAN
8 5 (0.99%) Structured Cabling
8 5 (0.99%) VPN
9 4 (0.79%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (0.79%) Skype
10 3 (0.59%) Broadband
10 3 (0.59%) DSLAM
10 3 (0.59%) SMTP
10 3 (0.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.75%) DynamoDB
2 16 (3.16%) Amazon Athena
2 16 (3.16%) Big Data
3 13 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.17%) Power BI
5 8 (1.58%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.38%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.19%) Looker
8 5 (0.99%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.79%) Metadata
9 4 (0.79%) Tableau
10 3 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.59%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.59%) Power Query
10 3 (0.59%) PowerPivot
10 3 (0.59%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 48 (9.49%) GitLab
2 36 (7.11%) Jenkins
3 26 (5.14%) Git
4 12 (2.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 11 (2.17%) JIRA
6 9 (1.78%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.58%) Cypress.io
7 8 (1.58%) Maven
8 3 (0.59%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.59%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.40%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.40%) Postman
9 2 (0.40%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.40%) Vite
10 1 (0.20%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.20%) Selenium
General
1 92 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 90 (17.79%) Public Sector
3 53 (10.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 41 (8.10%) Finance
5 38 (7.51%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (2.96%) Legal
7 14 (2.77%) Telecoms
8 10 (1.98%) Retail
9 9 (1.78%) Law
10 6 (1.19%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.19%) Police
11 4 (0.79%) Marketing
12 3 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.40%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.40%) Local Government
14 1 (0.20%) Banking
14 1 (0.20%) Military
14 1 (0.20%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 92 (18.18%) Senior
2 78 (15.42%) Developer
3 59 (11.66%) Cloud Engineer
4 49 (9.68%) Consultant
5 48 (9.49%) DevOps Engineer
6 42 (8.30%) Software Engineer
7 35 (6.92%) Architect
8 34 (6.72%) Java Developer
9 28 (5.53%) Analyst
10 27 (5.34%) Lead
11 26 (5.14%) Network Engineer
11 26 (5.14%) Senior Developer
12 22 (4.35%) Security Consultant
13 21 (4.15%) AWS DevOps
14 20 (3.95%) Data Engineer
15 18 (3.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (3.56%) Principal Engineer
16 16 (3.16%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
17 15 (2.96%) AWS DevOps Engineer
17 15 (2.96%) Cloud Native Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.56%) PySpark
2 17 (3.36%) AngularJS
2 17 (3.36%) HTML
2 17 (3.36%) Spring Boot
3 16 (3.16%) CSS
4 15 (2.96%) REST
5 14 (2.77%) Node.js
5 14 (2.77%) React
6 12 (2.37%) .NET
7 10 (1.98%) Jest
7 10 (1.98%) Spring
8 9 (1.78%) Kafka
9 7 (1.38%) Gherkin
9 7 (1.38%) Web Services
10 6 (1.19%) RabbitMQ
10 6 (1.19%) Regular Expression
10 6 (1.19%) YAML
11 5 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
12 4 (0.79%) RESTful
12 4 (0.79%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.10%) Cloud Native
2 24 (4.74%) Driving Licence
3 21 (4.15%) Onboarding
4 16 (3.16%) Data Centre
5 10 (1.98%) Data Structures
5 10 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (1.78%) Enterprise Storage
7 7 (1.38%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.38%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (1.19%) Cyberattack
8 6 (1.19%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.19%) Management Information System
9 5 (0.99%) Clustering
9 5 (0.99%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (0.79%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.79%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.59%) AI Agents
11 3 (0.59%) CCTV
11 3 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.72%) Windows
2 27 (5.34%) Linux
3 15 (2.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (2.77%) CentOS
4 14 (2.77%) Windows 10
4 14 (2.77%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.79%) Unix
6 3 (0.59%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.40%) Debian
7 2 (0.40%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.20%) Android
8 1 (0.20%) Solaris
8 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (24.90%) Agile
2 115 (22.73%) DevOps
3 88 (17.39%) CI/CD
4 70 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 64 (12.65%) Infrastructure as Code
5 64 (12.65%) Mentoring
6 61 (12.06%) Software Engineering
7 59 (11.66%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (9.49%) Technical Leadership
9 46 (9.09%) Platform Engineering
10 43 (8.50%) Cybersecurity
11 40 (7.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 37 (7.31%) Coaching
13 36 (7.11%) Stakeholder Management
14 34 (6.72%) Analytics
15 31 (6.13%) Containerisation
15 31 (6.13%) Data Pipeline
16 30 (5.93%) AI
16 30 (5.93%) Data Modelling
17 29 (5.73%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 83 (16.40%) Python
2 62 (12.25%) Java
3 49 (9.68%) SQL
4 26 (5.14%) JavaScript
5 22 (4.35%) PowerShell
6 18 (3.56%) Bash
7 16 (3.16%) TypeScript
8 15 (2.96%) Groovy
9 7 (1.38%) Scala
10 6 (1.19%) C++
11 5 (0.99%) VBScript
12 4 (0.79%) R
13 3 (0.59%) C#
13 3 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.59%) PHP
14 2 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.20%) Bicep
15 1 (0.20%) Ladder Logic
15 1 (0.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 506 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 87 (17.19%) DV Cleared
3 29 (5.73%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (2.77%) Degree
4 14 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (2.57%) AWS Certification
6 8 (1.58%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 6 (1.19%) CCNP
8 6 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.99%) CCNA
9 5 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.79%) CISSP
10 4 (0.79%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.79%) MCSA
10 4 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.40%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.40%) CIPD
11 2 (0.40%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.93%) Data Quality
2 26 (5.14%) QA
3 10 (1.98%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.98%) GDPR
4 9 (1.78%) SLA
5 6 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.99%) NIST
7 3 (0.59%) PMO
8 2 (0.40%) GRC
8 2 (0.40%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.40%) WCAG
9 1 (0.20%) AQAP
9 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.20%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
System Software
1 53 (10.47%) Docker
2 29 (5.73%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.38%) BitLocker
5 6 (1.19%) Firmware
6 4 (0.79%) vSphere
7 3 (0.59%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 79 (15.61%) Terraform
2 50 (9.88%) Kubernetes
3 36 (7.11%) Ansible
4 14 (2.77%) SCCM
5 7 (1.38%) HP Fortify
6 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.99%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.59%) Argo
8 3 (0.59%) Grafana
8 3 (0.59%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.40%) AWS Copilot
9 2 (0.40%) Kibana
9 2 (0.40%) Packer
9 2 (0.40%) Puppet
9 2 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.20%) Nessus
10 1 (0.20%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 66 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.55%) ServiceNow
3 19 (3.75%) VMware
4 13 (2.57%) Cisco
5 12 (2.37%) Databricks
6 11 (2.17%) Google
7 7 (1.38%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.19%) Citrix
8 6 (1.19%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.99%) Aruba
10 4 (0.79%) AppDynamics
10 4 (0.79%) HP
10 4 (0.79%) IBM
10 4 (0.79%) Juniper
10 4 (0.79%) Remedy
11 3 (0.59%) BT
11 3 (0.59%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.59%) Informatica
11 3 (0.59%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.59%) SAP