Security Cleared Jobs in the North of England

Security Clearance
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 6 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 20 103 65
Rank change year-on-year +83 -38 +79
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 712 588 725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.10% 3.43% 4.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.24% 13.55% 20.24%
Number of salaries quoted 285 311 500
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £47,250 £42,000 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.55% +6.22%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,875 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,000 £90,000 £82,625
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

Security Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,142 4,339 3,582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 27.39% 25.31% 21.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,208 2,071 2,471
10th Percentile £28,675 £30,000 £28,838
25th Percentile £41,227 £37,926 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,480 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.81% +2.69% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Security Cleared in the North of England

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in the North of England over the 6 months to 6 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in the North of England

Security 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 Security Cleared within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 December 2023. 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 +55 504 £61,000 +10.91% 158
Yorkshire +115 173 £60,000 -8.40% 51
North East +13 38 £56,145 -6.42% 19
Security Cleared
England

Security 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 22 (3.09%) JBoss
1 22 (3.09%) Red Hat Fuse
2 7 (0.98%) MS Exchange
3 6 (0.84%) Confluence
4 4 (0.56%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.56%) WebSphere
4 4 (0.56%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (0.42%) CMS
6 1 (0.14%) Apache
Applications
1 23 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.56%) Windchill
3 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.28%) Simulink
3 2 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.14%) 3ds Max
4 1 (0.14%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 12 (1.69%) Primavera
2 2 (0.28%) SAP PP
2 2 (0.28%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.14%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.14%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.14%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.14%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.14%) SAP R/3
3 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 156 (21.91%) AWS
2 141 (19.80%) Azure
3 78 (10.96%) Serverless
4 63 (8.85%) GCP
5 42 (5.90%) OpenShift
6 36 (5.06%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (3.23%) GitHub
8 18 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (2.53%) Power Platform
9 13 (1.83%) dbt
10 11 (1.54%) SaaS
11 10 (1.40%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (1.26%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (1.26%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (0.98%) Mimecast
15 6 (0.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 4 (0.56%) Pulumi
16 4 (0.56%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.65%) Wireless
2 23 (3.23%) Firewall
3 17 (2.39%) LAN
4 13 (1.83%) DNS
5 12 (1.69%) Cisco Firepower
5 12 (1.69%) VPN
6 11 (1.54%) Network Security
6 11 (1.54%) WLAN
7 9 (1.26%) Cisco ISE
7 9 (1.26%) WAN
8 8 (1.12%) Cisco ASA
8 8 (1.12%) HTTP
8 8 (1.12%) TCP/IP
8 8 (1.12%) VLAN
9 7 (0.98%) Cisco IOS
9 7 (0.98%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.98%) Software-Defined Radio
10 6 (0.84%) IPv4
11 5 (0.70%) Ethernet
11 5 (0.70%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.63%) Elasticsearch
2 31 (4.35%) SQL Server
3 26 (3.65%) RDBMS
3 26 (3.65%) Relational Database
4 21 (2.95%) MongoDB
5 15 (2.11%) MySQL
6 14 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
7 13 (1.83%) Oracle Database
7 13 (1.83%) Power BI
8 11 (1.54%) Big Data
9 6 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.84%) JasperReports
9 6 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (0.70%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.70%) Redis
11 4 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
11 4 (0.56%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 3 (0.42%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.42%) Hadoop
13 2 (0.28%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 76 (10.67%) Git
2 57 (8.01%) Jenkins
3 26 (3.65%) JIRA
3 26 (3.65%) Selenium
4 22 (3.09%) IntelliJ
5 20 (2.81%) Cucumber
6 19 (2.67%) Cypress.io
7 12 (1.69%) GitLab
8 10 (1.40%) Maven
9 4 (0.56%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.56%) AutoIt
9 4 (0.56%) eggPlant
9 4 (0.56%) GDB
9 4 (0.56%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.56%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.42%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.28%) Serenity BDD
12 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
General
1 282 (39.61%) Social Skills
2 111 (15.59%) Finance
3 92 (12.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 68 (9.55%) Public Sector
5 55 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
6 47 (6.60%) Influencing Skills
7 44 (6.18%) Presentation Skills
8 43 (6.04%) Police
9 42 (5.90%) Banking
9 42 (5.90%) Games
10 38 (5.34%) Aerospace
11 22 (3.09%) Retail
12 12 (1.69%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.40%) Law
15 8 (1.12%) Legal
15 8 (1.12%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.56%) Automotive
16 4 (0.56%) Avionics
16 4 (0.56%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 151 (21.21%) Architect
2 133 (18.68%) Software Engineer
3 107 (15.03%) Senior
4 78 (10.96%) Solutions Architect
5 69 (9.69%) Developer
6 61 (8.57%) Presales Solution Architect
7 46 (6.46%) Lead
7 46 (6.46%) Senior Software Engineer
8 45 (6.32%) Java Engineer
9 44 (6.18%) Java Software Engineer
9 44 (6.18%) Security Architect
10 43 (6.04%) Business Development Manager
10 43 (6.04%) Business Manager
10 43 (6.04%) Development Manager
11 39 (5.48%) DevOps Engineer
12 35 (4.92%) Project Manager
13 32 (4.49%) Software Developer
14 31 (4.35%) Analyst
15 19 (2.67%) Java Developer
15 19 (2.67%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (11.10%) Spring
2 74 (10.39%) React
3 58 (8.15%) Node.js
4 43 (6.04%) .NET
5 33 (4.63%) AngularJS
6 32 (4.49%) Web Services
7 29 (4.07%) JSON
7 29 (4.07%) XML
8 28 (3.93%) J2EE
8 28 (3.93%) RESTful
8 28 (3.93%) Ruby on Rails
8 28 (3.93%) SOAP
9 25 (3.51%) REST
10 23 (3.23%) Hibernate
10 23 (3.23%) JPA
11 22 (3.09%) Spring Boot
11 22 (3.09%) XSD
12 20 (2.81%) Java EE
13 15 (2.11%) ModSecurity
14 10 (1.40%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.78%) Cyberattack
2 31 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (3.93%) Management Information System
4 24 (3.37%) Public Cloud
5 23 (3.23%) Linux Command Line
6 17 (2.39%) Data Centre
7 16 (2.25%) Product Ownership
7 16 (2.25%) Virtual Team
8 15 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
9 14 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (1.97%) Private Cloud
10 11 (1.54%) Algorithms
10 11 (1.54%) Embedded Systems
11 10 (1.40%) CMDB
11 10 (1.40%) Onboarding
12 9 (1.26%) Blog
12 9 (1.26%) FPGA
13 8 (1.12%) Cloud Native
13 8 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (1.12%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 100 (14.04%) Linux
2 62 (8.71%) Windows
3 26 (3.65%) Unix
4 20 (2.81%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (0.98%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.56%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.28%) Android
8 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.28%) VMS
8 2 (0.28%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.14%) CentOS
9 1 (0.14%) Fedora
9 1 (0.14%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.14%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (43.82%) Actionable Insight
2 217 (30.48%) Problem-Solving
3 202 (28.37%) Agile
4 178 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 133 (18.68%) DevOps
6 116 (16.29%) Mentoring
7 115 (16.15%) Microservices
8 104 (14.61%) Containerisation
9 95 (13.34%) Coaching
10 92 (12.92%) Cybersecurity
11 86 (12.08%) IT Strategy
12 84 (11.80%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 79 (11.10%) Analytics
14 78 (10.96%) Design Patterns
15 70 (9.83%) CI/CD
16 69 (9.69%) Business Case
16 69 (9.69%) Technology Strategy
17 68 (9.55%) Continuous Integration
17 68 (9.55%) Presales
17 68 (9.55%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 204 (28.65%) Java
2 188 (26.40%) Python
3 84 (11.80%) JavaScript
4 58 (8.15%) C#
5 50 (7.02%) C++
6 49 (6.88%) SQL
7 48 (6.74%) Ruby
8 43 (6.04%) Go
9 30 (4.21%) Bash
10 26 (3.65%) PowerShell
11 23 (3.23%) Rust
12 21 (2.95%) Perl
13 20 (2.81%) TypeScript
14 19 (2.67%) C
15 9 (1.26%) MATLAB
16 6 (0.84%) VB.NET
17 4 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
17 4 (0.56%) PL/SQL
18 3 (0.42%) Kotlin
19 2 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 442 (62.08%) SC Cleared
2 115 (16.15%) DV Cleared
3 74 (10.39%) Degree
4 27 (3.79%) AWS Certification
5 23 (3.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 23 (3.23%) AWS Certified Developer
5 23 (3.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 15 (2.11%) CISA
6 15 (2.11%) CISM
6 15 (2.11%) CISSP
6 15 (2.11%) CRISC
7 11 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.40%) CCNP
9 9 (1.26%) PhD
10 8 (1.12%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.98%) CCSE
11 7 (0.98%) GIAC
12 6 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (0.70%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.60%) QA
2 18 (2.53%) GRC
2 18 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (2.39%) NIST
4 15 (2.11%) Accessibility
4 15 (2.11%) ISO 22301
5 11 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (0.98%) SLA
7 4 (0.56%) WCAG
8 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.28%) NCSC
8 2 (0.28%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.28%) PMO
9 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.14%) COBIT
9 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 70 (9.83%) Docker
2 43 (6.04%) Virtual Machines
3 30 (4.21%) Active Directory
4 11 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.70%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.70%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.56%) vSphere
7 2 (0.28%) Firmware
7 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.14%) NFS
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.14%) Samba
Systems Management
1 72 (10.11%) Kubernetes
2 44 (6.18%) Terraform
3 29 (4.07%) Ansible
4 8 (1.12%) Puppet
5 5 (0.70%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.70%) SCCM
6 4 (0.56%) Grafana
6 4 (0.56%) Kustomize
7 3 (0.42%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.28%) Packer
8 2 (0.28%) SCOM
8 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.14%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.14%) Istio
9 1 (0.14%) Nagios
9 1 (0.14%) OpenNMS
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 54 (7.58%) Microsoft
2 40 (5.62%) Oracle
3 33 (4.63%) Cisco
4 22 (3.09%) VMware
5 20 (2.81%) CA
6 19 (2.67%) CheckPoint
7 17 (2.39%) ServiceNow
8 16 (2.25%) F5
9 15 (2.11%) Fortinet
10 14 (1.97%) Juniper
11 12 (1.69%) Google
12 10 (1.40%) Aruba
13 9 (1.26%) Infoblox
14 8 (1.12%) Red Hat
15 7 (0.98%) ESET
15 7 (0.98%) HP
15 7 (0.98%) Palo Alto
15 7 (0.98%) Riverbed
16 6 (0.84%) SolarWinds
16 6 (0.84%) Splunk