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 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 176 126
Rank change year-on-year +101 -50 -10
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 397 136 359
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.01% 1.67% 1.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 11.11% 3.79% 9.84%
Number of salaries quoted 331 108 273
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,786 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,258 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,500 £79,600
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +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 3,573 3,587 3,650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 18.09% 44.14% 19.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,583 1,226 2,627
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,480 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,445 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% +5.26% -12.23%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,188 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,850 £76,840 £79,760
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.92% -9.17%

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 7 June 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 7 June 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 +90 221 £63,750 +8.05% 123
Yorkshire +14 124 £62,500 +39.35% 40
North East +1 52 £55,000 -20.73% 49
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 13 (3.27%) Apache
1 13 (3.27%) Apache Spark
2 9 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (2.27%) Jupyter
2 9 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.50%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.25%) JBoss
4 1 (0.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (6.05%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 101 (25.44%) AWS
2 75 (18.89%) Azure
3 25 (6.30%) AWS CloudFormation
4 24 (6.05%) Amazon S3
5 22 (5.54%) GitHub
6 19 (4.79%) Serverless
7 17 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (4.03%) Amazon EC2
8 16 (4.03%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (3.78%) Amazon ECR
10 14 (3.53%) Amazon ECS
11 13 (3.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 13 (3.27%) Amazon EMR
11 13 (3.27%) SaaS
12 12 (3.02%) Amazon EKS
13 11 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (2.27%) AWS Step Functions
14 9 (2.27%) Power Platform
15 8 (2.02%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.53%) DNS
2 17 (4.28%) Network Security
3 16 (4.03%) DHCP
3 16 (4.03%) TCP/IP
4 13 (3.27%) Firewall
5 10 (2.52%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (2.02%) Cisco Firepower
7 7 (1.76%) VLAN
8 6 (1.51%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (1.51%) LAN
8 6 (1.51%) VPN
8 6 (1.51%) WAN
9 5 (1.26%) SAN
9 5 (1.26%) Structured Cabling
10 4 (1.01%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (1.01%) SMTP
11 3 (0.76%) AMQP
11 3 (0.76%) Broadband
11 3 (0.76%) DSLAM
11 3 (0.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.04%) DynamoDB
2 14 (3.53%) Amazon Athena
3 13 (3.27%) Big Data
4 9 (2.27%) Power BI
5 8 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.76%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.76%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.26%) Hadoop
7 5 (1.26%) Metadata
7 5 (1.26%) Power Query
7 5 (1.26%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.01%) Tableau
9 3 (0.76%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.76%) Cloudera CDH
9 3 (0.76%) Looker
9 3 (0.76%) OLAP
9 3 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.76%) PowerPivot
9 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (7.05%) GitLab
2 21 (5.29%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.02%) Git
4 8 (2.02%) SonarQube
5 7 (1.76%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.76%) Maven
6 6 (1.51%) JIRA
7 5 (1.26%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.76%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.50%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.50%) Postman
9 2 (0.50%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 57 (14.36%) Public Sector
1 57 (14.36%) Social Skills
2 33 (8.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 28 (7.05%) Finance
4 26 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (3.78%) Telecoms
6 10 (2.52%) Legal
7 9 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (1.76%) Law
9 6 (1.51%) Police
9 6 (1.51%) Retail
10 3 (0.76%) Aerospace
10 3 (0.76%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.25%) Banking
12 1 (0.25%) Marketing
12 1 (0.25%) Military
Job Titles
1 68 (17.13%) Senior
2 57 (14.36%) Developer
3 47 (11.84%) Cloud Engineer
4 33 (8.31%) Software Engineer
5 32 (8.06%) Architect
6 31 (7.81%) Java Developer
7 30 (7.56%) Consultant
8 25 (6.30%) DevOps Engineer
8 25 (6.30%) Network Engineer
9 24 (6.05%) Lead
10 22 (5.54%) Analyst
11 20 (5.04%) Senior Developer
12 18 (4.53%) IT Support
13 16 (4.03%) Data Engineer
14 13 (3.27%) Business Analyst
15 12 (3.02%) AWS Engineer
15 12 (3.02%) Business Consultant
15 12 (3.02%) Security Consultant
15 12 (3.02%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 11 (2.77%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.53%) AngularJS
1 18 (4.53%) Spring Boot
2 14 (3.53%) REST
3 12 (3.02%) Spring
4 11 (2.77%) PySpark
5 9 (2.27%) .NET
5 9 (2.27%) React
6 7 (1.76%) Jest
6 7 (1.76%) Node.js
6 7 (1.76%) RabbitMQ
6 7 (1.76%) Web Services
7 6 (1.51%) Gherkin
7 6 (1.51%) Regular Expression
7 6 (1.51%) YAML
8 5 (1.26%) Kafka
8 5 (1.26%) Vue
9 4 (1.01%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (1.01%) SAML
10 3 (0.76%) gRPC
10 3 (0.76%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.53%) Data Centre
1 18 (4.53%) Driving Licence
2 17 (4.28%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.78%) Cloud Native
4 11 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (2.52%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (2.27%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.02%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.76%) Cyberattack
8 7 (1.76%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.51%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.26%) Enterprise Cloud
10 5 (1.26%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (1.26%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (1.01%) Clustering
11 4 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
13 2 (0.50%) CCTV
13 2 (0.50%) Distributed Architecture
13 2 (0.50%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 42 (10.58%) Windows
2 27 (6.80%) Windows Server
3 16 (4.03%) Linux
4 10 (2.52%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.26%) CentOS
7 3 (0.76%) Debian
7 3 (0.76%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.76%) Unix
8 2 (0.50%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.25%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (21.16%) Agile
2 75 (18.89%) DevOps
3 51 (12.85%) CI/CD
4 49 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (11.84%) Software Engineering
6 43 (10.83%) Infrastructure as Code
7 42 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (10.33%) Mentoring
9 34 (8.56%) Platform Engineering
10 27 (6.80%) Cybersecurity
11 25 (6.30%) Coaching
12 24 (6.05%) Containerisation
12 24 (6.05%) ITIL
13 23 (5.79%) Analytics
13 23 (5.79%) Data Modelling
13 23 (5.79%) Stakeholder Management
14 22 (5.54%) Data Pipeline
14 22 (5.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 20 (5.04%) Full-Stack Development
15 20 (5.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 63 (15.87%) Python
2 55 (13.85%) Java
3 43 (10.83%) SQL
4 15 (3.78%) Bash
4 15 (3.78%) Groovy
5 14 (3.53%) PowerShell
6 10 (2.52%) JavaScript
7 9 (2.27%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.51%) C++
9 3 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.76%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.76%) R
9 3 (0.76%) VBScript
10 2 (0.50%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.50%) Scala
11 1 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.25%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 397 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 68 (17.13%) DV Cleared
3 14 (3.53%) AWS Certification
3 14 (3.53%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (3.27%) Degree
5 8 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.76%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.76%) CCNP
6 7 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.51%) CCNA
8 5 (1.26%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 5 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.01%) CISSP
9 4 (1.01%) MCSA
9 4 (1.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.76%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.76%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.50%) CIPD
11 2 (0.50%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.54%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.52%) QA
3 9 (2.27%) SLA
4 5 (1.26%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.01%) GDPR
5 4 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.76%) NIST
7 2 (0.50%) GRC
7 2 (0.50%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.50%) PMO
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.25%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.25%) JSP 440
System Software
1 32 (8.06%) Docker
2 30 (7.56%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.26%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.50%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.50%) vSphere
6 1 (0.25%) Firmware
6 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 55 (13.85%) Terraform
2 27 (6.80%) Kubernetes
3 21 (5.29%) Ansible
4 10 (2.52%) SCCM
5 6 (1.51%) HP Fortify
6 5 (1.26%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.76%) Puppet
9 2 (0.50%) Argo
9 2 (0.50%) AWS Copilot
9 2 (0.50%) Grafana
9 2 (0.50%) Kibana
9 2 (0.50%) Packer
9 2 (0.50%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.25%) Podman
Vendors
1 50 (12.59%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.79%) VMware
3 18 (4.53%) ServiceNow
4 14 (3.53%) Citrix
5 13 (3.27%) Cisco
6 10 (2.52%) Databricks
7 8 (2.02%) Google
8 6 (1.51%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.26%) Aruba
10 4 (1.01%) AppDynamics
10 4 (1.01%) CyberArk
10 4 (1.01%) HP
10 4 (1.01%) IBM
10 4 (1.01%) Juniper
10 4 (1.01%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.01%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.76%) BT
11 3 (0.76%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.76%) Oracle
11 3 (0.76%) SAP