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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 81 84
Rank change year-on-year -75 +3 +77
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 158 328 341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.68% 2.34% 3.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.46% 9.74% 13.67%
Number of salaries quoted 129 214 227
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £40,293
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.82% -15.38% +20.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £79,225 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% +5.82%

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 3,545 3,367 2,494
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 37.78% 23.98% 27.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,053 1,386 1,421
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £36,963 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,800 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,180 £59,000
% change year-on-year -2.10% -4.78% +7.27%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025. 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 -90 77 £65,000 +23.81% 203
Yorkshire +16 72 £47,500 -20.83% 104
North East +1 13 £65,000 +4.48% 25
SC Cleared
England

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (12.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.27%) Apache
2 2 (1.27%) Confluence
2 2 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (9.49%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (6.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (5.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.27%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.63%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.63%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.63%) InVision
5 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.63%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 59 (37.34%) Azure
2 22 (13.92%) AWS
2 22 (13.92%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (10.76%) Dynamics 365
4 16 (10.13%) SaaS
5 15 (9.49%) Power Platform
6 13 (8.23%) IaaS
6 13 (8.23%) PaaS
7 8 (5.06%) GCP
8 6 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (3.16%) GitHub
9 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Copilot
9 5 (3.16%) Serverless
10 4 (2.53%) OCI
11 3 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.90%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.90%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.90%) Entra ID
12 2 (1.27%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (11.39%) DHCP
1 18 (11.39%) DNS
2 16 (10.13%) TCP/IP
3 9 (5.70%) Network Security
4 7 (4.43%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (3.80%) Firewall
5 6 (3.80%) LAN
5 6 (3.80%) VPN
6 5 (3.16%) WAN
7 4 (2.53%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (2.53%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (2.53%) Junos
8 3 (1.90%) BGP
8 3 (1.90%) EIGRP
8 3 (1.90%) HSRP
8 3 (1.90%) IPsec
8 3 (1.90%) OSPF
9 1 (0.63%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.86%) MongoDB
1 14 (8.86%) NoSQL
2 11 (6.96%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.16%) MySQL
3 5 (3.16%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.27%) Big Data
5 2 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.27%) Flink
5 2 (1.27%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.27%) Neo4j
5 2 (1.27%) Power BI
5 2 (1.27%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.90%) JIRA
2 1 (0.63%) Axure RP
2 1 (0.63%) Gatling
2 1 (0.63%) JMeter
2 1 (0.63%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.63%) Mockito
General
1 53 (33.54%) Social Skills
2 23 (14.56%) Finance
3 20 (12.66%) Public Sector
4 17 (10.76%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (9.49%) Law
6 10 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (5.70%) Marketing
8 7 (4.43%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.53%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.90%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.90%) Legal
10 3 (1.90%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.27%) Advertising
11 2 (1.27%) Electronics
11 2 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.63%) Police
12 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (20.25%) Developer
2 27 (17.09%) Senior
3 24 (15.19%) Consultant
4 21 (13.29%) Architect
5 20 (12.66%) Lead
6 10 (6.33%) Lead Developer
7 9 (5.70%) Senior Consultant
7 9 (5.70%) Software Developer
8 8 (5.06%) 3rd Line Support
9 7 (4.43%) Analyst
9 7 (4.43%) Coordinator
9 7 (4.43%) Data Engineer
9 7 (4.43%) Java Developer
9 7 (4.43%) Lead Software Developer
9 7 (4.43%) Senior Developer
9 7 (4.43%) Technical Consultant
10 6 (3.80%) Full-Stack Developer
10 6 (3.80%) Infrastructure Support
11 5 (3.16%) Principal Architect
11 5 (3.16%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.86%) Node.js
2 7 (4.43%) React
2 7 (4.43%) REST
3 6 (3.80%) .NET
3 6 (3.80%) AngularJS
3 6 (3.80%) Vue
4 5 (3.16%) CSS
4 5 (3.16%) HTML
4 5 (3.16%) SOAP
5 4 (2.53%) CSS3
5 4 (2.53%) Express.js
5 4 (2.53%) hapi
5 4 (2.53%) HTML5
5 4 (2.53%) NestJS
5 4 (2.53%) Web Services
6 2 (1.27%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (1.27%) Bootstrap
6 2 (1.27%) HTML5 Boilerplate
6 2 (1.27%) Spring
6 2 (1.27%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.06%) Cloud Native
2 7 (4.43%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.53%) CMDB
3 4 (2.53%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (2.53%) Mobile App
4 3 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.27%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.27%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (1.27%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.27%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.27%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.27%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.27%) SCADA
6 1 (0.63%) Blog
6 1 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.63%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.63%) Robotics
6 1 (0.63%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.63%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.63%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 19 (12.03%) Windows
2 17 (10.76%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.63%) Linux
3 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.63%) Unix
3 1 (0.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (20.89%) Agile
2 22 (13.92%) Project Delivery
3 21 (13.29%) DevOps
3 21 (13.29%) Incident Management
3 21 (13.29%) Mentoring
4 19 (12.03%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (10.76%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (10.13%) CI/CD
7 14 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (8.86%) Project Management
7 14 (8.86%) Software Engineering
8 12 (7.59%) Customer Service
8 12 (7.59%) Virtual Environments
9 11 (6.96%) ITSM
9 11 (6.96%) Technical Leadership
10 10 (6.33%) Information Security
11 9 (5.70%) Computer Science
11 9 (5.70%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 9 (5.70%) ITIL
11 9 (5.70%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.19%) SQL
2 20 (12.66%) JavaScript
3 14 (8.86%) Java
3 14 (8.86%) PowerShell
4 9 (5.70%) Python
5 8 (5.06%) TypeScript
6 4 (2.53%) Scala
7 3 (1.90%) C#
8 2 (1.27%) Bash
8 2 (1.27%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.63%) C++
9 1 (0.63%) Groovy
9 1 (0.63%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.63%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.63%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.63%) X++
Qualifications
1 158 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 27 (17.09%) Degree
3 8 (5.06%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (3.16%) CCNA
4 5 (3.16%) CCNP
4 5 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (3.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 4 (2.53%) JNCIA
5 4 (2.53%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.90%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (1.27%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.27%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.63%) CCSA
8 1 (0.63%) CCSE
8 1 (0.63%) HND
8 1 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.63%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.86%) QA
2 7 (4.43%) NIST
3 6 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.80%) SLA
4 5 (3.16%) NCSC
5 4 (2.53%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.53%) PMO
6 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.63%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.63%) P3O
6 1 (0.63%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (13.29%) Active Directory
2 12 (7.59%) Hyper-V
2 12 (7.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.53%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.27%) Terraform
3 1 (0.63%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.63%) SCCM
Vendors
1 58 (36.71%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.13%) VMware
3 9 (5.70%) ServiceNow
4 8 (5.06%) Cisco
5 7 (4.43%) Oracle
6 4 (2.53%) CheckPoint
6 4 (2.53%) Citrix
6 4 (2.53%) Juniper
6 4 (2.53%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.90%) Google
7 3 (1.90%) Splunk
8 2 (1.27%) AlienVault
8 2 (1.27%) Dell
9 1 (0.63%) AVEVA
9 1 (0.63%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.63%) EMC
9 1 (0.63%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.63%) UiPath
9 1 (0.63%) YouTube
9 1 (0.63%) Zscaler