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 12 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 164 93
Rank change year-on-year +119 -71 -15
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 746 155 289
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.12% 1.63% 2.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 23.68% 4.20% 8.61%
Number of salaries quoted 546 129 180
10th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £61,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% +17.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £78,312 £78,312 £69,800
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £79,640
England median annual salary £70,000 £58,500 £58,900
% change year-on-year +19.66% -0.68% -1.83%

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 3,151 3,687 3,358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 13.17% 38.88% 25.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,917 1,032 1,213
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £29,800
25th Percentile £42,000 £31,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,042 £75,000 £79,225
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 +115 419 £70,000 +7.69% 216
North East +32 195 £65,000 - 128
Yorkshire +20 141 £66,805 +40.64% 55
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 27 (3.62%) Apache Spark
2 23 (3.08%) Apache
3 19 (2.55%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (2.55%) Jupyter
4 18 (2.41%) SharePoint
5 15 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.94%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.80%) Confluence
7 6 (0.80%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.40%) nginx
8 3 (0.40%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.13%) CMS
9 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.67%) SAP PSCD
3 4 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 196 (26.27%) AWS
2 99 (13.27%) Azure
3 54 (7.24%) GitHub
4 50 (6.70%) Amazon S3
5 37 (4.96%) AWS CloudFormation
6 33 (4.42%) Serverless
7 31 (4.16%) Amazon EC2
8 27 (3.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 26 (3.49%) Power Platform
10 24 (3.22%) Amazon ECR
11 23 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
12 21 (2.82%) Amazon ECS
12 21 (2.82%) Amazon EMR
13 20 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
14 18 (2.41%) GCP
15 14 (1.88%) SaaS
16 12 (1.61%) AWS KMS
17 11 (1.47%) Power Automate
17 11 (1.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.28%) Network Security
2 15 (2.01%) DNS
3 13 (1.74%) Firewall
4 12 (1.61%) Internet
5 10 (1.34%) SAN
5 10 (1.34%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.21%) VPN
7 7 (0.94%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (0.94%) Cisco Firepower
7 7 (0.94%) SSL
8 6 (0.80%) DHCP
8 6 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (0.54%) Skype
9 4 (0.54%) WAN
10 3 (0.40%) Reverse Proxy
10 3 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
11 2 (0.27%) AMQP
11 2 (0.27%) NX-OS
11 2 (0.27%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.41%) Amazon Athena
2 17 (2.28%) Big Data
2 17 (2.28%) Data Lake
2 17 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (2.14%) DynamoDB
4 13 (1.74%) MongoDB
4 13 (1.74%) Power BI
5 9 (1.21%) BigQuery
5 9 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (1.07%) Looker
7 7 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (0.94%) Hadoop
8 5 (0.67%) DocumentDB
8 5 (0.67%) Metadata
8 5 (0.67%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.54%) Tableau
10 3 (0.40%) OLAP
10 3 (0.40%) Power Query
10 3 (0.40%) PowerPivot
10 3 (0.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 83 (11.13%) GitLab
2 48 (6.43%) Jenkins
3 42 (5.63%) Git
4 22 (2.95%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 14 (1.88%) JIRA
6 6 (0.80%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.67%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.67%) JUnit
7 5 (0.67%) Mockito
8 4 (0.54%) Gatling
8 4 (0.54%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.40%) Maven
10 2 (0.27%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.27%) Balsamiq
10 2 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.27%) Vite
11 1 (0.13%) Claude Code
11 1 (0.13%) Mocha
11 1 (0.13%) Postman
11 1 (0.13%) Selenium
General
1 152 (20.38%) Public Sector
2 151 (20.24%) Social Skills
3 80 (10.72%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (9.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 61 (8.18%) Finance
6 28 (3.75%) Retail
7 26 (3.49%) Aerospace
8 23 (3.08%) Legal
9 18 (2.41%) Law
10 15 (2.01%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.34%) Police
13 8 (1.07%) Marketing
14 7 (0.94%) Local Government
15 4 (0.54%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.40%) Automotive
16 3 (0.40%) Military
16 3 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.27%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 139 (18.63%) Senior
2 84 (11.26%) DevOps Engineer
3 76 (10.19%) Developer
4 62 (8.31%) Cloud Engineer
5 57 (7.64%) Software Engineer
6 53 (7.10%) Data Engineer
6 53 (7.10%) Lead
7 51 (6.84%) Architect
8 47 (6.30%) Analyst
9 45 (6.03%) Consultant
10 38 (5.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 34 (4.56%) Principal Engineer
12 29 (3.89%) Systems Engineer
13 25 (3.35%) Cloud Native Engineer
13 25 (3.35%) Network Engineer
14 24 (3.22%) Java Developer
15 22 (2.95%) AWS DevOps
15 22 (2.95%) Principal DevOps Engineer
15 22 (2.95%) Software Developer
16 21 (2.82%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (16.22%) Terraform
2 43 (5.76%) CSS
3 41 (5.50%) HTML
4 38 (5.09%) Node.js
5 27 (3.62%) Kafka
6 26 (3.49%) PySpark
7 22 (2.95%) REST
8 21 (2.82%) Spring Boot
9 19 (2.55%) Spring
10 16 (2.14%) .NET
10 16 (2.14%) React
11 15 (2.01%) AngularJS
12 10 (1.34%) Jest
13 9 (1.21%) Web Services
14 8 (1.07%) RESTful
15 7 (0.94%) Express.js
15 7 (0.94%) Gherkin
15 7 (0.94%) JSON
15 7 (0.94%) OpenAPI
15 7 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 85 (11.39%) Cloud Native
2 25 (3.35%) Driving Licence
3 20 (2.68%) Product Ownership
4 17 (2.28%) Management Information System
5 15 (2.01%) Onboarding
6 14 (1.88%) Data Centre
6 14 (1.88%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.74%) Security Posture
8 11 (1.47%) CMDB
8 11 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.34%) AI Agents
9 10 (1.34%) Enterprise Storage
10 9 (1.21%) Clustering
11 8 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.07%) PDA
12 7 (0.94%) Blog
12 7 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
13 6 (0.80%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 6 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 57 (7.64%) Linux
2 44 (5.90%) Windows
3 27 (3.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 24 (3.22%) CentOS
5 13 (1.74%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.47%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.80%) Unix
8 4 (0.54%) macOS
9 3 (0.40%) Solaris
9 3 (0.40%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.27%) AIX
10 2 (0.27%) Debian
10 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.27%) VMS
11 1 (0.13%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (26.94%) Agile
2 195 (26.14%) DevOps
3 160 (21.45%) CI/CD
4 125 (16.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 116 (15.55%) Mentoring
6 113 (15.15%) Technical Leadership
7 106 (14.21%) Infrastructure as Code
8 99 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
9 86 (11.53%) Software Engineering
10 78 (10.46%) AI
11 75 (10.05%) Coaching
12 74 (9.92%) Stakeholder Management
12 74 (9.92%) Validation
13 71 (9.52%) Test Automation
14 64 (8.58%) Platform Engineering
15 62 (8.31%) Analytics
16 58 (7.77%) Cybersecurity
17 57 (7.64%) Data Pipeline
18 55 (7.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 54 (7.24%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 112 (15.01%) Python
2 65 (8.71%) Java
2 65 (8.71%) SQL
3 57 (7.64%) JavaScript
4 27 (3.62%) PowerShell
5 25 (3.35%) TypeScript
6 24 (3.22%) Bash
7 13 (1.74%) C#
8 12 (1.61%) Groovy
9 7 (0.94%) PHP
9 7 (0.94%) Scala
10 6 (0.80%) Go
11 5 (0.67%) ABAP
11 5 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (0.67%) R
11 5 (0.67%) VBScript
12 4 (0.54%) C++
12 4 (0.54%) Ruby
13 3 (0.40%) Bicep
13 3 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 746 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 101 (13.54%) DV Cleared
3 42 (5.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 22 (2.95%) Degree
5 20 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (1.47%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.07%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.94%) CCNA
8 7 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (0.80%) CREST Certified
10 5 (0.67%) CCNP
10 5 (0.67%) SAP Certification
11 4 (0.54%) MCSA
11 4 (0.54%) MCSE
11 4 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.40%) CISSP
12 3 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.40%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (7.64%) QA
2 41 (5.50%) Data Quality
3 24 (3.22%) Accessibility
4 14 (1.88%) GDPR
5 12 (1.61%) SLA
6 10 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (1.21%) NIST
8 6 (0.80%) GRC
9 5 (0.67%) PMO
10 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (0.40%) NCSC
10 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.27%) WCAG
12 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.13%) AQAP
12 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.13%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
System Software
1 87 (11.66%) Docker
2 24 (3.22%) Active Directory
3 17 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.07%) BitLocker
5 7 (0.94%) Firmware
5 7 (0.94%) vSphere
6 4 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.40%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 84 (11.26%) Kubernetes
2 50 (6.70%) Ansible
3 14 (1.88%) SCCM
4 9 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (1.21%) Progress Chef
5 8 (1.07%) Grafana
5 8 (1.07%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.80%) Argo
7 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.40%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.40%) Podman
8 3 (0.40%) WSUS
9 2 (0.27%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.27%) Puppet
9 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.13%) Nessus
10 1 (0.13%) Opsview
10 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 84 (11.26%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.62%) ServiceNow
3 21 (2.82%) YouTube
4 20 (2.68%) VMware
5 18 (2.41%) Cisco
6 17 (2.28%) Databricks
6 17 (2.28%) Thales
7 15 (2.01%) Oracle
7 15 (2.01%) SAP
8 13 (1.74%) Google
9 9 (1.21%) Fortinet
10 7 (0.94%) BMC
10 7 (0.94%) Dynatrace
10 7 (0.94%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.80%) HP
11 6 (0.80%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.67%) Confluent
12 5 (0.67%) Qualys
12 5 (0.67%) Tenable
13 4 (0.54%) Remedy