SC Cleared Jobs 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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 195 72 65
Rank change year-on-year -123 -7 +12
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 161 562 658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.21% 3.00% 4.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.68% 14.06% 15.13%
Number of salaries quoted 129 289 239
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -15.38% +22.64%
75th Percentile £74,258 £67,500 £78,125
90th Percentile £90,000 £79,225 £85,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +13.64%

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 6,016 3,998 4,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 45.28% 21.32% 31.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,399 2,503 1,666
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £54,711
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -8.61% +16.41%
75th Percentile £59,652 £62,750 £67,978
90th Percentile £72,750 £79,600 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,125 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.62% -9.79% +9.09%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SC Cleared in the North of England.

Salary trend for SC Cleared in the North of England

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 -144 79 £65,000 +18.18% 176
Yorkshire -10 72 £47,500 -20.83% 92
North East +23 10 £69,384 +18.00% 31
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 13 (8.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.48%) nginx
3 3 (1.86%) Confluence
4 2 (1.24%) Apache
4 2 (1.24%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.24%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.62%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.62%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (6.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 69 (42.86%) Azure
2 29 (18.01%) AWS
3 19 (11.80%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (9.94%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (9.32%) Entra ID
5 15 (9.32%) Power Platform
6 12 (7.45%) GCP
7 11 (6.83%) IaaS
7 11 (6.83%) PaaS
7 11 (6.83%) SaaS
8 7 (4.35%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (4.35%) GitHub
9 6 (3.73%) Amazon ECS
9 6 (3.73%) Amazon ElastiCache
9 6 (3.73%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 6 (3.73%) AWS CodeBuild
9 6 (3.73%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (3.73%) dbt
9 6 (3.73%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 21 (13.04%) TCP/IP
2 19 (11.80%) DNS
3 18 (11.18%) Firewall
4 17 (10.56%) DHCP
5 16 (9.94%) LAN
6 9 (5.59%) VPN
7 7 (4.35%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (4.35%) Cisco Firepower
7 7 (4.35%) Network Security
7 7 (4.35%) OSPF
7 7 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (3.73%) BGP
8 6 (3.73%) IPsec
9 5 (3.11%) WAN
10 4 (2.48%) EIGRP
10 4 (2.48%) HSRP
10 4 (2.48%) Junos
11 3 (1.86%) Wireless
12 2 (1.24%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (1.24%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (13.04%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (7.45%) NoSQL
3 11 (6.83%) MongoDB
4 10 (6.21%) Redis
5 8 (4.97%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (4.35%) MySQL
7 6 (3.73%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.86%) SQL Server
9 2 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.24%) Big Data
9 2 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.24%) Flink
9 2 (1.24%) Power BI
9 2 (1.24%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.62%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 1 (0.62%) Oracle Exadata
10 1 (0.62%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 9 (5.59%) Git
2 5 (3.11%) JIRA
3 2 (1.24%) ClearCase
3 2 (1.24%) GitLab
3 2 (1.24%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.62%) Jenkins
General
1 62 (38.51%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.66%) Finance
3 21 (13.04%) Public Sector
4 16 (9.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (8.07%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (5.59%) Marketing
7 8 (4.97%) Law
8 7 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (3.11%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.48%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.86%) Legal
11 3 (1.86%) Military
11 3 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.24%) Local Government
12 2 (1.24%) Police
13 1 (0.62%) Automotive
13 1 (0.62%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 28 (17.39%) Developer
2 26 (16.15%) Senior
3 22 (13.66%) Architect
4 16 (9.94%) Support Engineer
5 15 (9.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (8.70%) Lead
7 13 (8.07%) Consultant
7 13 (8.07%) Infrastructure Support
8 9 (5.59%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 9 (5.59%) Lead Developer
8 9 (5.59%) Service Desk Engineer
9 7 (4.35%) Coordinator
9 7 (4.35%) Lead Software Developer
9 7 (4.35%) Principal Engineer
9 7 (4.35%) Senior Consultant
9 7 (4.35%) Software Developer
10 6 (3.73%) Analyst
10 6 (3.73%) Network Engineer
10 6 (3.73%) Senior Developer
10 6 (3.73%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.07%) Node.js
2 10 (6.21%) Django
3 8 (4.97%) React
4 7 (4.35%) .NET
5 6 (3.73%) REST
6 5 (3.11%) AngularJS
6 5 (3.11%) SOAP
7 4 (2.48%) Middleware
7 4 (2.48%) Web Services
8 3 (1.86%) RESTful
8 3 (1.86%) Vue
9 2 (1.24%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (1.24%) SailPoint
9 2 (1.24%) XML
9 2 (1.24%) XSD
10 1 (0.62%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.62%) Kafka
10 1 (0.62%) Spring
10 1 (0.62%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.45%) Data Centre
2 8 (4.97%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.11%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.11%) CMDB
3 5 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.86%) CCTV
5 3 (1.86%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.24%) PKI
6 2 (1.24%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.62%) Blog
7 1 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.62%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.62%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.62%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.62%) Replication
7 1 (0.62%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 29 (18.01%) Windows
2 27 (16.77%) Windows Server
3 17 (10.56%) Linux
4 7 (4.35%) Unix
5 3 (1.86%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.86%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.62%) AIX
7 1 (0.62%) Android
7 1 (0.62%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.62%) Debian
7 1 (0.62%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.62%) Solaris
7 1 (0.62%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (15.53%) CI/CD
2 23 (14.29%) Agile
3 21 (13.04%) DevOps
4 20 (12.42%) Incident Management
5 17 (10.56%) Customer Service
5 17 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (9.94%) ITIL
6 16 (9.94%) Mentoring
7 15 (9.32%) Clean Code
7 15 (9.32%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (9.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 13 (8.07%) Project Delivery
8 13 (8.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (6.21%) ITSM
9 10 (6.21%) Service Delivery
10 9 (5.59%) Computer Science
10 9 (5.59%) Performance Monitoring
10 9 (5.59%) Software Engineering
10 9 (5.59%) Virtual Environments
11 8 (4.97%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 30 (18.63%) SQL
2 18 (11.18%) JavaScript
3 15 (9.32%) Python
4 14 (8.70%) Java
5 12 (7.45%) PowerShell
6 7 (4.35%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.48%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (2.48%) Perl
8 3 (1.86%) Bash
8 3 (1.86%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.86%) R
9 2 (1.24%) C#
9 2 (1.24%) Scala
10 1 (0.62%) Groovy
10 1 (0.62%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.62%) VB
10 1 (0.62%) VBScript
10 1 (0.62%) X++
Qualifications
1 161 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 25 (15.53%) Degree
3 12 (7.45%) DV Cleared
4 7 (4.35%) CCNA
4 7 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (3.73%) CompTIA CySA+
5 6 (3.73%) Master's Degree
5 6 (3.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (3.11%) CCNP
6 5 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.48%) JNCIA
8 3 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.86%) Chartered Engineer
8 3 (1.86%) PhD
9 2 (1.24%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.24%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.62%) APMG
10 1 (0.62%) CCSA
10 1 (0.62%) CCSE
10 1 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.21%) QA
1 10 (6.21%) SLA
2 9 (5.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (4.35%) NCSC
4 6 (3.73%) NIST
5 3 (1.86%) ISO 14001
5 3 (1.86%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.62%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.62%) P3O
System Software
1 29 (18.01%) Active Directory
2 16 (9.94%) Docker
3 13 (8.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (7.45%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.62%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.62%) Firmware
5 1 (0.62%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (5.59%) Terraform
2 6 (3.73%) AWS Copilot
3 5 (3.11%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.48%) HAProxy
4 4 (2.48%) QRadar
5 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.24%) SCCM
7 1 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.62%) Ansible
7 1 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.62%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 59 (36.65%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.56%) VMware
3 12 (7.45%) Cisco
4 8 (4.97%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.35%) CheckPoint
6 6 (3.73%) AlienVault
6 6 (3.73%) Google
7 5 (3.11%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.48%) Citrix
8 4 (2.48%) Juniper
9 3 (1.86%) Splunk
10 2 (1.24%) BeyondTrust
10 2 (1.24%) CyberArk
10 2 (1.24%) Okta
10 2 (1.24%) Oracle
11 1 (0.62%) Dell
11 1 (0.62%) HP
11 1 (0.62%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.62%) SAP
11 1 (0.62%) Symantec