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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 160 94
Rank change year-on-year +107 -66 -9
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 569 169 345
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.51% 1.76% 2.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.64% 4.57% 10.09%
Number of salaries quoted 457 133 247
10th Percentile £45,000 £33,900 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,312 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £75,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +4.35% -7.85%

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 3,225 3,699 3,418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 14.25% 38.61% 22.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,754 1,172 1,635
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £33,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,438 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £74,258 £77,500
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 24 August 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 24 August 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 +109 310 £67,788 +8.46% 102
Yorkshire +21 139 £65,000 +36.84% 46
North East +25 120 £57,500 -11.54% 46
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 24 (4.22%) Apache Spark
2 19 (3.34%) Apache
3 17 (2.99%) SharePoint
4 15 (2.64%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (2.64%) Jupyter
4 15 (2.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.70%) Confluence
6 3 (0.53%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.18%) CMS
7 1 (0.18%) JBoss
7 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.18%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 156 (27.42%) AWS
2 91 (15.99%) Azure
3 43 (7.56%) GitHub
4 38 (6.68%) AWS CloudFormation
5 37 (6.50%) Amazon S3
6 33 (5.80%) Serverless
7 26 (4.57%) Amazon EC2
8 25 (4.39%) AWS Lambda
8 25 (4.39%) Power Platform
9 22 (3.87%) Amazon ECR
10 20 (3.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 20 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (3.34%) Amazon EMR
12 17 (2.99%) GCP
13 14 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (2.28%) Amazon ECS
14 13 (2.28%) Amazon EKS
15 12 (2.11%) SaaS
16 11 (1.93%) Power Automate
16 11 (1.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.81%) Network Security
2 12 (2.11%) Firewall
3 10 (1.76%) SAN
4 7 (1.23%) Cisco Firepower
4 7 (1.23%) DNS
5 6 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (1.05%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.70%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (0.70%) Internet
7 4 (0.70%) Skype
7 4 (0.70%) VLAN
7 4 (0.70%) VPN
7 4 (0.70%) WAN
8 3 (0.53%) DHCP
8 3 (0.53%) LAN
8 3 (0.53%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.35%) AMQP
9 2 (0.35%) SSL
9 2 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.69%) DynamoDB
2 17 (2.99%) Big Data
3 16 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (2.64%) Amazon Athena
5 12 (2.11%) Power BI
6 10 (1.76%) BigQuery
6 10 (1.76%) Data Lake
7 9 (1.58%) Looker
8 8 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.05%) Hadoop
9 6 (1.05%) Metadata
10 5 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.88%) Tableau
11 4 (0.70%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.70%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.53%) OLAP
12 3 (0.53%) Power Query
12 3 (0.53%) PowerPivot
12 3 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 58 (10.19%) GitLab
2 44 (7.73%) Jenkins
3 32 (5.62%) Git
4 16 (2.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 13 (2.28%) JIRA
6 9 (1.58%) Cypress.io
6 9 (1.58%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.41%) Maven
8 3 (0.53%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.53%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.35%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.35%) Balsamiq
9 2 (0.35%) Postman
9 2 (0.35%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.35%) Vite
10 1 (0.18%) Mocha
10 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.18%) Selenium
General
1 109 (19.16%) Social Skills
2 105 (18.45%) Public Sector
3 58 (10.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 53 (9.31%) Finance
5 49 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (4.22%) Legal
7 17 (2.99%) Retail
8 13 (2.28%) Law
9 9 (1.58%) Manufacturing
9 9 (1.58%) Police
10 7 (1.23%) Local Government
10 7 (1.23%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (0.88%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.70%) Marketing
14 3 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.35%) Military
16 1 (0.18%) Banking
16 1 (0.18%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 99 (17.40%) Senior
2 84 (14.76%) Developer
3 67 (11.78%) Cloud Engineer
4 56 (9.84%) DevOps Engineer
5 51 (8.96%) Software Engineer
6 46 (8.08%) Consultant
7 34 (5.98%) Java Developer
7 34 (5.98%) Lead
8 31 (5.45%) Analyst
9 30 (5.27%) Architect
10 26 (4.57%) Network Engineer
10 26 (4.57%) Senior Developer
11 23 (4.04%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 23 (4.04%) Principal Engineer
12 22 (3.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 21 (3.69%) Data Engineer
14 20 (3.51%) Cloud Native Engineer
15 18 (3.16%) AWS DevOps
15 18 (3.16%) Security Consultant
16 17 (2.99%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (16.70%) Terraform
2 26 (4.57%) CSS
3 24 (4.22%) HTML
4 21 (3.69%) Node.js
4 21 (3.69%) PySpark
5 19 (3.34%) React
6 18 (3.16%) .NET
6 18 (3.16%) AngularJS
7 17 (2.99%) REST
7 17 (2.99%) Spring Boot
8 12 (2.11%) Jest
9 11 (1.93%) Web Services
10 10 (1.76%) Kafka
10 10 (1.76%) Spring
11 7 (1.23%) Gherkin
11 7 (1.23%) JSON
11 7 (1.23%) OpenAPI
12 6 (1.05%) RabbitMQ
12 6 (1.05%) Regular Expression
12 6 (1.05%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (9.31%) Cloud Native
2 21 (3.69%) Driving Licence
3 19 (3.34%) Onboarding
4 13 (2.28%) Data Structures
4 13 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (2.11%) Data Centre
6 10 (1.76%) Enterprise Storage
7 9 (1.58%) Clustering
7 9 (1.58%) Management Information System
7 9 (1.58%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.41%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.23%) Blog
10 6 (1.05%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.05%) CMDB
10 6 (1.05%) Cyberattack
10 6 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.05%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
11 5 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (0.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 39 (6.85%) Linux
2 33 (5.80%) Windows
3 19 (3.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (3.16%) CentOS
5 13 (2.28%) Windows 10
6 12 (2.11%) Windows Server
7 6 (1.05%) Unix
8 3 (0.53%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.35%) Debian
9 2 (0.35%) Solaris
9 2 (0.35%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.35%) VMS
10 1 (0.18%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (24.43%) Agile
2 135 (23.73%) DevOps
3 109 (19.16%) CI/CD
4 85 (14.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 76 (13.36%) Infrastructure as Code
5 76 (13.36%) Software Engineering
6 74 (13.01%) Mentoring
7 61 (10.72%) Technical Leadership
8 60 (10.54%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (9.31%) Platform Engineering
10 49 (8.61%) Cybersecurity
11 43 (7.56%) Coaching
12 42 (7.38%) Validation
13 41 (7.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 41 (7.21%) Stakeholder Management
14 39 (6.85%) Containerisation
14 39 (6.85%) Full-Stack Development
15 38 (6.68%) AI
15 38 (6.68%) Data Modelling
15 38 (6.68%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 96 (16.87%) Python
2 71 (12.48%) Java
3 54 (9.49%) SQL
4 39 (6.85%) JavaScript
5 27 (4.75%) PowerShell
6 21 (3.69%) TypeScript
7 19 (3.34%) Bash
7 19 (3.34%) Groovy
8 9 (1.58%) C#
9 7 (1.23%) PHP
9 7 (1.23%) Scala
10 6 (1.05%) C++
11 5 (0.88%) R
11 5 (0.88%) VBScript
12 4 (0.70%) Ruby
13 3 (0.53%) Bicep
13 3 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.35%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 569 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 99 (17.40%) DV Cleared
3 40 (7.03%) BPSS Clearance
4 19 (3.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (2.99%) Degree
6 13 (2.28%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.41%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.05%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 6 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.88%) CCNA
9 5 (0.88%) CCNP
9 5 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.70%) CISSP
10 4 (0.70%) MCSA
10 4 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.35%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.35%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (0.35%) MCSE
11 2 (0.35%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (6.33%) Data Quality
2 34 (5.98%) QA
3 13 (2.28%) GDPR
4 10 (1.76%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.58%) SLA
6 6 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.88%) NIST
8 3 (0.53%) PMO
9 2 (0.35%) GRC
9 2 (0.35%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.35%) WCAG
10 1 (0.18%) AQAP
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.18%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.18%) JSP 440
System Software
1 67 (11.78%) Docker
2 26 (4.57%) Active Directory
3 14 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.23%) BitLocker
4 7 (1.23%) Firmware
5 5 (0.88%) vSphere
6 3 (0.53%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 64 (11.25%) Kubernetes
2 43 (7.56%) Ansible
3 14 (2.46%) SCCM
4 9 (1.58%) Progress Chef
5 8 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (1.23%) HP Fortify
7 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.53%) Argo
8 3 (0.53%) Grafana
8 3 (0.53%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.35%) Kibana
9 2 (0.35%) Packer
9 2 (0.35%) Puppet
9 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.35%) WSUS
10 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.18%) Nessus
10 1 (0.18%) Podman
10 1 (0.18%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 74 (13.01%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.57%) ServiceNow
3 17 (2.99%) VMware
4 16 (2.81%) Cisco
5 14 (2.46%) Google
6 13 (2.28%) Databricks
7 9 (1.58%) Fortinet
8 7 (1.23%) SAP
9 6 (1.05%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.88%) Aruba
11 4 (0.70%) AppDynamics
11 4 (0.70%) HP
11 4 (0.70%) IBM
11 4 (0.70%) Juniper
11 4 (0.70%) Remedy
11 4 (0.70%) YouTube
12 3 (0.53%) Informatica
12 3 (0.53%) Intel
12 3 (0.53%) Oracle
12 3 (0.53%) Red Hat